...I'm not stuck in quarantine I work in a hospital. In Canada where it's... not quite the same. Statistically I'd say I'm not the only one watching who works at a hospital in Canada. So there! XD Now you know what some of us are doing. :)
The aluminium guitar neck is an old invention. I own an Ovation Matrix from ca. early 1970’s with a solid aluminium neck but with a rosewood fretboard. It also has extraordinary sound, as all Ovations do.
Exactly - As it's done in the video, we have no idea if the sound of the guitar was changed at all. I initially thought it sounded quite bright but was that really due to the new neck? Without an A/B - preferably with the visual turned off or moved away from the necks for a moment so we are not influenced by what we see - I can't say the neck had any affect on the sound. It does look quite cool!
I dont think the point of it is that its ment to sound recognisably different? I think the biggest change there is how it FEELS different, it probably feels great
You're not crazy. The high end could just as (or more) easily be accounted for by the amplifier settings or the capacitor on the tone pot. Neck material makes such a negligible difference in tone, it's easily covered by the electronics.
@@DavidHite this is simply a false statement regarding tone wood. comments on the electronics is true. Check out a pbass or jbass comparison. Same model with maple fingerboard vs. rosewood. You will find if you put the two through a spectrum analyzer at matched volume, there is actually a few DB's of a difference in certain frequency areas. So objectively, it in fact does make more than a negligible difference if you dont feel like compensating with your equalizer in a surgical way all the time
@@chrismusicx sure, you can see the difference with a spectrum analyzer and even hear the difference with your ears. But it's not a radical difference. It's easier (not to mention cheaper) to tweak a knob on your amplifier or guitar, or even change the position of your picking hand than to change instruments. Granted, much of that goes out the door with acoustic instruments, but even with that, the position of your hands likely makes a much more significant and noticeable difference than the neck material.
I don’t know, for me it actually sounds quite weak, like the sound just wants to die constantly and he has to do something to keep it going. I mean the sound itself is pretty normal, but it’s as if it had no body and no sustain.
The funniest thing is he's vehemently a "tonewood" person and attempts to joke about people who think otherwise. I guess it's hard for him to justify flashing his cash on youtube if he doesn't get to talk about how great the wood sounds
My dad's electronic guitar is a cheap Swedish version of a Walmart guitar purchase. Sounded like shit out of the box. Also certain frets where to high. He filed the frets in question to order and put new pickups on it. Great sound now.
mostly, yeah. But everything can contribute to the sound. it's little differences that all comes down to preference. I prefer a warmer, vintage vibe so I modify my guitars to suit that.
Best guitar I ever heard was a Jackson with 2 Seymour Duncans and one B.B. King pickup. All three on sounded fantastic. Everybody always wanted to play that cheap guitar over the expensive ones.
As a lightly rounded musician keeping it as a hobby and having a career as an automotive technician and avid drag racer, I've found it easier to keep it simple rather then go over the top. And it definitely seems to work in both aspects of my life 😂 Currently kicking around the idea of building a strat. Just keeping the body of it, thinking a relic style.
Don't worry about that. Keeping it in tune as the temperature shifts one degree will get you ripe for the funny farm long before the fingerprints will do.
It's about rocking it. If you care about fingerprints and cigarette dust and dents and so on, you're a 50s housewife with OCD, not a rocker... Heck, most of the greats played hella burnt, bruised, dented guitars...
I have one. Most aluminium necks are much much smaller than wooden ones, mine is about 0.6" at the first fret. They feel very solid to play, I cant describe in more detail than that, but wooden necks feel like toys now, they also don't get sticky or anything if you sweat.
@@whatatool Yeah all modern aluminium necks have steel frets, no need to re fret them, it can be done but no luthier will touch them. They are fretted like any other instrument, fret wire pressed into a slot.
ive played one before. they're smooth and feel amazing. the only downside is the weight and the fact that the neck is a little bit cold when you first pick it up
My first brand name guitar was an Ovation Matrix, it had an aluminum neck. By and large, the neck contributes little to the sound, imo, the Matrix's body projects differently than a wide body; back to the neck, the frets cratered out in @2-2/2 years and there was a 6 month backlog in getting a replacement.
@@mikelord9860 Yeah, for me it was an Ovation Applause, also aluminum neck. It was my first decent guitar. Played it for a couple of years, then sold it. Later I realized that the biggest down side is that frets cast right into the neck can't ever be replaced.
@@bryangluce I dont know if it's the same guy but the first video recommendation I got with this video was about glass guitars and the channel is called Morningstar glass guitars.
Alu neck player here. Aluminium necks are much more wide range, they are balanced at the top and the bottom end, wood sounds quite muffled in comparison, lots of low end woof but no clarity up top
@@adammaher6962 Yeah that ain't true. I've actually tested this myself. I took a strat with a rosewood fretboard and swapped the neck for a gloss maple fretboard, while keeping all the pickups and everything else the same, and the maple fretboard sounded noticably brighter.
Very interesting sound.. not a complete sound difference but better than what I thought with a metal buzz sound I was expecting.. I've watched this video before and had to do it again as I love mash up sounds. Nice job my friend.
It could have been interresting to hear the sound of the guitar before the neck switch, as compared to after the change. Sort of beeing an A/B comparison of certain licks/riffs...
And, make that comparison with the same strings, and using NO effects on the amplifier. That way, we could REALLY hear the difference between the original neck, and the aluminum neck.
@@vincentrobinette1507 I build once all aluminum guitar made of aluminum profiles glued together with a silicon. as a profile was a kind of flat square tube it really had an interesting sound of metallic resonance. it was nor electric, just fret-less acoustic. Another one was iron neck bass guitar i made with a friend. The neck was made from triangle steel profile, and the body was made from epoxy heavy toilet seat cut in two halves. the sound was great and had a steel resonance i haven't heard in any bass guitar. actually it was too heavy to carry around...
Fingers get stuck to the neck, like a tongue to a flagpole? "Alright, everybody. This is a new song I just wrote. It's called, 'Just the G Chord.' Hope you like it."
Eric Hopkins Yeah it sounds “CRAZY” to me as someone who has played many different guitars. It’s pretty cool. Also I bet the difference is more audible in real life versus through this video.
Exactly , todays guitars are made way different than back in the day . you were lucky to have a volume and treble dial on an electric guitar and at least 2 different pedals to make it sing ! I love the way he plays and makes his guitars magic !
I had a silver pick with gold and some emerald inside, my mom found it after a public concert. Some *sshole stole it. I hope he gets cursed by some ancient ghost.
Such a bright and powerful tone. It goes to show that the neck influences 2/3rd of the overall tone simply because it's longer than the body , twice as long in fact
@@danielflintknapping The problem is the expectation given for something that didn't happen, if your boyfriend tells you you're getting head tonight after work you'll be bummed when he says he's too tired. I've never heard an aluminum neck, so if he says it sounds crazy, i'm expecting to hear something not quite like anything I've ever heard. He could easily title it, SOLID ALUMINUM NECK!!! I'd watch for that alone without the expectation of some crazy sound.
I mean it depends on what level you are at player guitar. When i first started i couldn't even hear the difference between humbuckers and single coils. Yet there are guitarists like Eric Johnson who can hear the difference between a battery powered fuzz pedal and a dc powered.
And a lot has to do with left- and right-hand technique. I told my granddaughter that it's better to spend your money on a good amp. A good amp will make even a less-expensive guitar sound good. I like my original '59 tweed Deluxe, personally. It makes even a Harley Benton sound great.
I own a few guitars with aluminum replacement necks & they dont sound too different than a neck made of wood. The main difference is that the aluminum necks have more of a piano like quality to the sustain and can have a bit of harsh high end if the guitar has single coils. I actually found my aluminum neck strat (with texas specials) had a warmer tone overall compared to my all rosewood neck strat (also has texas specials).
Kramer made a guitar back in the 70s that had an aluminum neck. I remember the headstock was split down the middle. They were actually really cool and were quite popular. I don't remember them sounding all that different, but that was 45 years ago!
I’ve had a number of the squier affinity strats over the years and that neck definitely gave it a more tinny sound than a standard wood neck. People saying otherwise simply haven’t played affinity strats or they just don’t possess the skills required to hear the difference
@@xx3astmanxx287 I just don't know man... I mean, the video's title is quite misleading as the guy also replaced the pickups (enhancing the sounding possibilities of the guitar) so it kinda ruins it for me, but for my untrained ear is quite difficult to really tell any difference. That being said, I reckon you trained ear is one rare blessing that we people should have to improve (if possible), so props to you, my friend.
alluminium is softer then the steal strings so u gonne get some scratches! alluminium it self can not corrode wich is pritty awesome, but it can get less shine do to a self hardenig process over a long time.
Tyler: "If you are not signing for the event, I dont know what you are doing" Event price: $100 Me: a college student in a 3rd world country: haha fany jok...
So yeah pickups determine sound on an electric guitar, not the neck or body, which is why you can make an electric guitar any shape, and out of any material that can support the strings. How about an acoustic guitar made out of aluminum instead?
what about the natural nodes and antinodes of a material or shape? it also effects the overall tone... even hardware being over torqued have an effect on the tone
You can get aluminium (or whatever metal it is) bodies dobros, but with wooden necks, but I am sure someone has made an all aluminium body and neck dobro.
@@FrankRizzo2002 the effects that it has isn't nearly as pronounced as many think. Yes rosewood and ebony will sound very slightly different. But at this point just play what you think sounds, plays, and looks the best. Because most the time people actually think there's a difference when it's just their mind tricking them
I have strats with rosewood and maple fretboards and others with bodies made from alder and ash and they all sound noticeably different, hence the material makes just as much difference as the pickups.
I am probably the worst guitarist considering I’ve owned a guitar since I was 14yrs old (I’m now 55yrs). But I did start taking lessons when I was maybe 16-17yrs old and I remember my teacher (Mr Bodhingle) had an all aluminium guitar. Fretboard and body the whole thing (it sounded awesome).
I don’t think the neck creates the reverb/chorus, cause you can hear in the second song he plays that there is no reverb or chorus. Kinda sucks that we couldn’t get a true comparison seeing as he changed the pick ups out with the neck
honestly, it's pretty stupid of him to post this and not even have a comparison, I'm not sorry for saying that. A waste of my time but I got to see what it looked like I guess
@Aidan Van Dera Do you have a guitar neck stuck up there? Yes I would have liked a comparison but it's probably mostly aesthetic and it looks pretty great. Maybe there's someone playing that same guitar he bought, on YT.
@@aidanvandera7069 The guitar would have sound way worse before. He changed the mics, probably for some expensive ones. So the before should sound like a 150-200$ guitar, nice but weak. The after sounds like a maybe 1200$ guitar. I try to estimate but the effects don't help. Plus he must have a great amp like no begginer has... So it'll be a bit like comparing Despacito with Moonlight Sonata.
Came out sounding really bright to me, kinda like a steel body guitar. Not my thing, but that twang it has could really be good if you're into that. Overall, pretty cool idea
James Zelazny jr Gibson’s headstock have had this notorious problem for decades. I’ve heard it’s in the physics of the guitar, and also that it’s supposedly gotten better in recent years.
yo, you are the second guy i witness to say "should have did". isnt it actually "should have done" ? im not a native english speaker and interested in this phenomenon. pls help me understand :-*
A couple of guitars you should try to track down: 1) Bond electric guitar. Mick Jones of The Clash used one as his primary guitar when he started Big Audio Dynamite. Had a synthetic fretboard with a saw-looking profile. Each "tooth" of the saw served as a fret. 2) Ok, not a guitar, but Novatone made a guitar neck with interchangeable fingerboards. Their biggest name endorsee was bassist Tony Levin, who used them with Peter Gabriel in the '80s.
as someone who’s on their 18th rewatch of the office, this is a misquote. The quote says “He finally has a story that we all want to hear. And he knows it.” Episode is called “Two Weeks” if u want to fact check it
I bet it was super slimy sanitizer. The stuff dumb businesses provide which makes it difficult to even handle things in the store, let alone an expensive aluminum neck. Tyler wasn't going to make his hands slimy for the rest of the afternoon. I would recommend having your own wipes or sanitizer if you're going to try a guitar.
It has a little more high-end and it's just a tiny bit smoother sounding- because when you're using vibrato the string isn't rubbing over a rough surface- has a flow to it that I really like. If you shred- this thing would be perfect imo. Also sounds great for elevator jazz- which I happen to like so- maybe I'll get to put one together some day. Looks easy enough to do- the only part I've never done is taking the neck off and replacing it but- with the bolt on Fender design- no shims or anything- easy to do.
this is so unrelated, but you showing that shopping plaza brought back a forgotten memory. Specifically, throwing up in front of that Burlington coat factory when I was a little kid. Small world huh
I started to mill out a solid aluminum guitar when I was in the Navy on the mill machine in our shop. The petty officer in charge of our division stopped me because I was wasting aluminum solid stock. Neat to see what it would of sounded like. Cool vid
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First
Buy a fan fret (multiscale) neck and then scallop the frets
If you're not down with the squire neck, I'll take it
Call me stupid, but does an aluminum neck really make a difference? I mean the pickups are the ones making the sound right? I am really confused.
...I'm not stuck in quarantine I work in a hospital. In Canada where it's... not quite the same. Statistically I'd say I'm not the only one watching who works at a hospital in Canada.
So there! XD Now you know what some of us are doing. :)
Wow thats crazy it sounds just like a guitar
God damn. It really sounds like guitar...
Is someone gonna get woodshed?
Wooshed
exactly
Waiting to r/woooosh someone...
“Will definitely be seen in more videos!”
*never seen again*
Omg yes! Not even in the background or anything!
probably woke up the next morning and it had bent from gravity
4 months later... 🤔
7 months later... 😢
Update, never seen again
If you really pay attention to it, you can hear that it sounds like a guitar. Mindblowing.
I would've liked your comment, but it's at 69 likes, and in the right mind, I can't ruin that perfect harmony
do you guys know what song is playing when he's changing out the neck?
Gee how about that.
The aluminium guitar neck is an old invention. I own an Ovation Matrix from ca. early 1970’s with a solid aluminium neck but with a rosewood fretboard. It also has extraordinary sound, as all Ovations do.
7:15 he finally starts playing
My hero
We love you
Hero we deserve.
Thank
Thx
1. Play this before swapping necks.
2. Play after swapping necks.
3. Turn off all the effects while testing.
3/5 episode. GL
Yes thank you
Exactly - As it's done in the video, we have no idea if the sound of the guitar was changed at all. I initially thought it sounded quite bright but was that really due to the new neck? Without an A/B - preferably with the visual turned off or moved away from the necks for a moment so we are not influenced by what we see - I can't say the neck had any affect on the sound. It does look quite cool!
^^^
you don't know how its sounds??? Differences !!! Jajajajajaja let me guess, You're TAB GUY"??!!!!
Agreed i dont hear any difference between neck materials at all
That's cool, he totally got that Strat to sound like a Strat!
Yeah it doesn't sound any different to me personally.
Sounds a little different but i would say it’s more from the sustain then actual metal, aluminum would probably have an interesting density
but F truss rods :P
I dont think the point of it is that its ment to sound recognisably different? I think the biggest change there is how it FEELS different, it probably feels great
@@carlosfernandez3565don't need it. It doesn't bend haha
I am with the others on this... Sounds pretty "normal". I ABSOLUTELY love the look of the finished project though. Seriously love the unique beauty
Man I can't believe you didn't do a before and after sound test so we can compare the difference
he didn't cause there would be no difference
@@veryverydemocraticpeoplesr2992that face with the name democratic 👌👌
@@phantom-rider lol. the official name of north korea is DPRK or Democratic People's Republic of Korea. That's the joke he made
Exactly what I was thinking
@@veryverydemocraticpeoplesr2992 well he did change the pickups so it would sound different t
Literally builds a metal guitar - does not play metal. I am so disappointed right now.
Check out the Melvins, Torche, Made Out of Babies... plenty of bands use aluminum neck guitars and basses.
So disappointed he didn't play surfing with the alien
Wow 🤣you win
He is not skilled enough to play metal. He only knows one thing, click baiting
Was not a metal guitar. It was a metal neck
The employees in that store are so chill, wish people were that chill where I'm at.
W H Y A R E Y O U E V E R Y W H E R E
My local guitar center has like 2 nice people, the rest couldn't care less.
Oh you again
lmao ur everywhere like stickmaster500 and justin y
Probably they’re chilled because they know him
Man i am in love with that guitar, incredibly stylish. That sky blue with alu looks epic. Great job...
damn everyone’s guitar center is huge and mine is like a closet compared to theirs 😹
Mine is moving to a town a few miles further but those people are in their 70's soooo that will take over a year for a small closet to move
I live in Australia and we don’t even have guitar centres
@@charliemills7259 How 'central' do you mean?
Guitar Center is the devil, avoid at all cost.
Charlie Mills only guitar millenniums
Could've done a before and after with the original neck.
Agreed, but I think it has less woody clunk to it and I like woody clunk...
so I give it 2*...
It's a Squier dude, if you've heard one cheap squier strat you've heard them all.
@@sorrenblitz805 do you watch the video?he changing the pickup dammit
@@drpastormartinosempa8930 none of my guitars have ever made clunky sounds. are you sure it's the wood?
@@davidtomkins4242 Oh?.... Don't worry... One day you'll get better! ; ^ D
Now that's called metal music.
nice
The tone is pretty *_bright_*
Wah wah waaaah
See what I did there😂
@@mnkeeper0611 kirk hammet ?
@@mk_rexx it took me 18 minutes to get the joke and it was also funny 🤣🤣
The real question I hoped was answered is : how does it FEEL?
Hey, so in case anyone is cares, the name of the song that plays while he's assembling the guitar is "The Forgotten Memories" by Luella Green
I guess I like classical music now
Thank you!!
bruhh thanks
Let's go I was looking for it in the description anyways thx brother
thanks
Is it just me or does it not actually sound that crazy? Sounds like a normal Strat with maybe a bit more high end or jangliness.
You're not crazy. The high end could just as (or more) easily be accounted for by the amplifier settings or the capacitor on the tone pot. Neck material makes such a negligible difference in tone, it's easily covered by the electronics.
@@DavidHite this is simply a false statement regarding tone wood. comments on the electronics is true. Check out a pbass or jbass comparison. Same model with maple fingerboard vs. rosewood. You will find if you put the two through a spectrum analyzer at matched volume, there is actually a few DB's of a difference in certain frequency areas. So objectively, it in fact does make more than a negligible difference if you dont feel like compensating with your equalizer in a surgical way all the time
@@chrismusicx sure, you can see the difference with a spectrum analyzer and even hear the difference with your ears. But it's not a radical difference. It's easier (not to mention cheaper) to tweak a knob on your amplifier or guitar, or even change the position of your picking hand than to change instruments. Granted, much of that goes out the door with acoustic instruments, but even with that, the position of your hands likely makes a much more significant and noticeable difference than the neck material.
@@chrismusicx And how do you know that the difference in those comparisons is the tonewood, and not the other components of the guitar?
I don’t know, for me it actually sounds quite weak, like the sound just wants to die constantly and he has to do something to keep it going. I mean the sound itself is pretty normal, but it’s as if it had no body and no sustain.
It’s almost as if most of the sound of an electric guitar comes from the pickups
Yep,...99.99999%
The funniest thing is he's vehemently a "tonewood" person and attempts to joke about people who think otherwise.
I guess it's hard for him to justify flashing his cash on youtube if he doesn't get to talk about how great the wood sounds
My dad's electronic guitar is a cheap Swedish version of a Walmart guitar purchase.
Sounded like shit out of the box. Also certain frets where to high.
He filed the frets in question to order and put new pickups on it. Great sound now.
mostly, yeah. But everything can contribute to the sound. it's little differences that all comes down to preference.
I prefer a warmer, vintage vibe so I modify my guitars to suit that.
9% pickups. 90% amp and other post cord effects. 1% body and neck.
Best guitar I ever heard was a Jackson with 2 Seymour Duncans and one B.B. King pickup. All three on sounded fantastic. Everybody always wanted to play that cheap guitar over the expensive ones.
Which Jackson model?
As a lightly rounded musician keeping it as a hobby and having a career as an automotive technician and avid drag racer, I've found it easier to keep it simple rather then go over the top. And it definitely seems to work in both aspects of my life 😂 Currently kicking around the idea of building a strat. Just keeping the body of it, thinking a relic style.
Next: These strings are 100% wood and they sound EXCELLENT
CRAZY*
Heh heh heh huh...he said...
🤣🤣🤣
@@michaela.c.2097 uuuh dammit beevith...
@ u disgusting, bud
The fingerprints that neck would accumulate every single time the guitar is played would drive me absolutely bonkers.
It’s the first thing you notice!
Yea if I got anything like this it would HAVE to have a satin or flat finish. Or I'd lose it.
Don't worry about that. Keeping it in tune as the temperature shifts one degree will get you ripe for the funny farm long before the fingerprints will do.
Brushed finish is win, polished seems like a mistake on that otherwise uniquely beautiful neck!
It's about rocking it. If you care about fingerprints and cigarette dust and dents and so on, you're a 50s housewife with OCD, not a rocker... Heck, most of the greats played hella burnt, bruised, dented guitars...
Wish you talked a bit about how the neck actually feels to play. Sounds great though.
I have one. Most aluminium necks are much much smaller than wooden ones, mine is about 0.6" at the first fret. They feel very solid to play, I cant describe in more detail than that, but wooden necks feel like toys now, they also don't get sticky or anything if you sweat.
Are the frets steel though? I would think aluminum frets would not be good. He stated it was all aluminum.
@@whatatool Yeah all modern aluminium necks have steel frets, no need to re fret them, it can be done but no luthier will touch them. They are fretted like any other instrument, fret wire pressed into a slot.
ive played one before. they're smooth and feel amazing. the only downside is the weight and the fact that the neck is a little bit cold when you first pick it up
@@BoyHobbies If nobody will refret them then that seems pointless. You'll just have to end up buying a whole new aluminium neck every few years.
Im a machinist in germany and my company produces these guitar necks for baguley!
Im a guitarist as well so its always fun to hold them
Would be interesting to see what an aluminium neck would sound like on an acoustic guitar 🤔👌
Probably make it to weighty on the neck side but I am also super curious as to how it would affect its sound.
My first brand name guitar was an Ovation Matrix, it had an aluminum neck. By and large, the neck contributes little to the sound, imo, the Matrix's body projects differently than a wide body; back to the neck, the frets cratered out in @2-2/2 years and there was a 6 month backlog in getting a replacement.
I think it would only be interesting to see what it would sound like on an acoustic.
@@mikelord9860 Yeah, for me it was an Ovation Applause, also aluminum neck. It was my first decent guitar. Played it for a couple of years, then sold it. Later I realized that the biggest down side is that frets cast right into the neck can't ever be replaced.
Now that's something
There's a guy in England who makes glass necks. Glass guitars too.
The one British guy that isn’t a lazy git
Any of his guitar craftsmanship viewable online? Possibly TH-cam?
What about glass strings?
He should do that next
@@bryangluce I dont know if it's the same guy but the first video recommendation I got with this video was about glass guitars and the channel is called Morningstar glass guitars.
Definitely would’ve wanted to hear the wood neck with those new pickups to see the difference.
Alu neck player here. Aluminium necks are much more wide range, they are balanced at the top and the bottom end, wood sounds quite muffled in comparison, lots of low end woof but no clarity up top
It would sound the same, providing the frets are made from the same material...
They would sound the exact same, fretboard material changes absolutely nothing as far as tone goes, it just feels different
@@adammaher6962 Yeah that ain't true. I've actually tested this myself. I took a strat with a rosewood fretboard and swapped the neck for a gloss maple fretboard, while keeping all the pickups and everything else the same, and the maple fretboard sounded noticably brighter.
Bombaclat 1
Nope, they won‘t😊
And the neck is entirely made out of aluminium😉 not just the fretboard... big difference😊
Very interesting sound.. not a complete sound difference but better than what I thought with a metal buzz sound I was expecting.. I've watched this video before and had to do it again as I love mash up sounds. Nice job my friend.
Rumor has it this guy is still carrying a squirt of hand sanitizer in his hand
he doesnt know how the stuff works xD
I’m dyin😂
I thought I was the only one...
disobeying the arrows
That thing is smoother than my marriage.
Austyn Roderick self depreciation joke.
Its okay dude.
F
That's rough bro
Smoother then my grandpa's ass
@@theworldsokayestmichigande851 Not having wrinkles helps
It could have been interresting to hear the sound of the guitar before the neck switch, as compared to after the change. Sort of beeing an A/B comparison of certain licks/riffs...
And, make that comparison with the same strings, and using NO effects on the amplifier. That way, we could REALLY hear the difference between the original neck, and the aluminum neck.
@@vincentrobinette1507 I build once all aluminum guitar made of aluminum profiles glued together with a silicon. as a profile was a kind of flat square tube it really had an interesting sound of metallic resonance. it was nor electric, just fret-less acoustic. Another one was iron neck bass guitar i made with a friend. The neck was made from triangle steel profile, and the body was made from epoxy heavy toilet seat cut in two halves. the sound was great and had a steel resonance i haven't heard in any bass guitar. actually it was too heavy to carry around...
Vincent Robinette probably so little difference he had to use effects😂
I was thinking the same thing. Just sounded like a normal guitar to me. The tone could vary a lot depending on good setup
I agree comparisons always help
0:10 thanks for acknowledging us Tyler
Your profile picture reminds me of me
“I got busted for touching the guitar” 😂😂😂
“But I’m gunna buy it”
Any other year, that guitar would cost six figures.
I bet you could touch string packages all day long and nobody would say a word.
He was gonna finger it later either way
At least you didn't play Stairway on it...
imagine playing this thing in cold winter.
Fingers get stuck to the neck, like a tongue to a flagpole?
"Alright, everybody. This is a new song I just wrote. It's called, 'Just the G Chord.' Hope you like it."
@@Huntington12345678 hahahaha thats funny
Hell no. Live in the summer heat
I played a Burns Flight bass guitar years ago. It had a metal neck. Yeah that was painfully cold.
Screw that. Leave it in a car in Phoenix for a few hours in a July afternoon. Then play!
Title: SOUNDS CRAZY
Guitar: Sounds totally normal
I agree.
Doesn’t sound normal to me. It has a different tone than a normal guitar.
@@psych336 would you call that crazy? I'd call having a slightly different tone normal
Eric Hopkins Yeah it sounds “CRAZY” to me as someone who has played many different guitars. It’s pretty cool. Also I bet the difference is more audible in real life versus through this video.
@@psych336 sorry. Didn't realize you have played many different guitars
The 1980’s would have liked this tone.
real
Why is there only 38 likes on a verified comment?
@@floridaman1644 I’m wondering that myself
Exactly , todays guitars are made way different than back in the day . you were lucky to have a volume and treble dial on an electric guitar and at least 2 different pedals to make it sing ! I love the way he plays and makes his guitars magic !
Darrell Braun: Glass neck
Tyler: Aluminium neck
Just watched the Braun video last night the stars have aligned
It's now time for a concrete neck
B.E.Guitar with a gold truss rod
natenate concrete and gold foo fighters
Obsidian Neck
Me: See's him apply hand sanitizer
also me: staring at his hand the whole time and not do anything with it
Yeah. He just... carried it in his hand??
He probably got the sanitizer and then remembered "Oh crap, I'm holding the neck in my other hand."
@@fishysquidman5689 i woulda just held it with my arm but yeah im also prone to being stupid like this
It looked to me like he didn't actually push the top to make it dispense. No hand sanitizer to be accounted for
that was me lol
kinda wish you did a control with the wooden neck so we can hear the difference
Nah because that would ruin his tonewood ideas
A word that i haven't heard anybody use to describe the sound yet..
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Crispy
That is literally the perfect guitar to play Pink Floyd’s “Breathe” on.
Or "hey you"
😄I was thinking about Primus for The Desaturating Seven😆
Man, stop being that basic
Well Gilmour played a Travis Bean with an aluminum neck on that album so there you go.
@@heybruhchill Your advice is appreciated and duly noted, 'chill 420'.
4:00
Ok, now that you said the words "Silver Surfer" you have to make a Surfing with the Alien cover with this guitar
7:36 whenever this chord is played, Steve Vai's vibes automatically warms every guitarist soul.
Fmaj7#11 baby!!
I get some ocarina of Time vibes there
Also Don't Get 2 Close 2 My Fantasy by Ween.
*_Man, no question that is one of the most badass Guitar Necks I've ever seen. Even Prince would have been in Envy of it._*
why did he use the hand sanitizer and then just hold it in his hand awkwardly for like 45 seconds lmaoooo
To throw it away
I was thinking the same thing lol
probably was thinking about giving a 45 second quarantine or something
And then he really got covid-19
Because you touch yourself
Tyler only sanitizes his right hand so that his picking stays clean but his legato is filthy.
Well said
lmaooo 😂
Tyler: *puts hand sanitizer in one hand* *proceeds to hold it and not do anything with it* lol
Gotta at least go through the motions. There's a deadly pandemic afoot, after all.
He did accomplish contaminating his thumb on the plunger. So you gotta give him some credit.
Thanks for the aluminium translation for us Australians that love your work!
Should’ve gotten a silver pick guard as well
Just what I thought too, why leave that cheapo plastic one on?
I was thinkin more, silver chrome EVERYTHING!
lace Alumitones w
chrome pickguard would make it look super cool.
I had a silver pick with gold and some emerald inside, my mom found it after a public concert. Some *sshole stole it.
I hope he gets cursed by some ancient ghost.
You managed to make the guitar sound like a guitar. Good work man! 🤘🏻
5:22 I found the work highlights to be super-satisfying and calming. Great editing, soundtrack, etc!
I concur.
Can u please tell me what he did at 6:58..? After he cut the extra strings ? Thanx in advance
Yon Slash he’s winding the strings using a pegwinder (maybe Ernie Ball’s Powerpeg?)
Whats the song used? Waltzy
Such a bright and powerful tone. It goes to show that the neck influences 2/3rd of the overall tone simply because it's longer than the body , twice as long in fact
"SOUNDS CRAZY"
The only crazy thing about this vid was the clickbait man. That thing sounds pretty damn normal.
i cant believe i watched this whole thing. should've read the comments
@@visionofdisorder 10 minutes of free content, you poor guy...
@@danielflintknapping staring at the wall is also free. this was a handjob with no climax
@@danielflintknapping The problem is the expectation given for something that didn't happen, if your boyfriend tells you you're getting head tonight after work you'll be bummed when he says he's too tired. I've never heard an aluminum neck, so if he says it sounds crazy, i'm expecting to hear something not quite like anything I've ever heard. He could easily title it, SOLID ALUMINUM NECK!!! I'd watch for that alone without the expectation of some crazy sound.
@werewolvesbyday yeah, I just scrubbed through the vid to find the part where he played and can’t believe there’s like 7 minutes of bullshit before
7:19 for who don't wanna waste their time...
Thanks 😊
Yup.... don't notice any difference im the tone🤷🏻♂️
@@renhey9979 ya welcome
@@35i_Hearse_Driver yay
I can tell it’s around there just by the ad placement 😂
MiW: Today we’re building a Silver Surfer Guitar.
Satriani: Sees his Batsignal.
Satchsignal is more appropiate i think.
Wahwahwah
7:19 is where he actually starts playing the thing so you can hear it.
*thanks*
thank you
Thanks I hate all of that intro bullshit
Nobody gets to the fucking point anymore. These youtubers are unashamed to waste your time
thanks
Little exaggerated on the click bait here buddy. It sounds just a little different than a wood neck.
He’s gotta pay for his chipotle some how.
It sounds way different do research before commenting
I mean it depends on what level you are at player guitar. When i first started i couldn't even hear the difference between humbuckers and single coils. Yet there are guitarists like Eric Johnson who can hear the difference between a battery powered fuzz pedal and a dc powered.
Don't call him buddy, buddy.
@@peterhopqk Buddy
'I'm only interested in the body'. Men, they're all the same.
Lmao
But The head is part of the body.
omh20,
The Joke ------>
You
I don't know about you, but I'm all about the neck.
Only because WE KNOW BETTER !
THAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ELECTRIC GUITAR I HAVE EVER HEARD
The coolest squier award goes to...
Him: sign up now”
Me: *sees price* “oh well” *leaves page*
I am also learning the to cmnt pussy funny and get likes and cmnt reply ☻
Roshan Subba what
@@Jacob-on2sb he is speaking the language of gods
Hey, you might win a free guitar tho...
That’s where self teaching yourself from a book comes in
No way to judge this. You needed to do a before after tone test so one could hear the timbre differences. 90% of the guitar sound is the pickups.
Same. Or at least do the neck, then the pickups.
@joseph felice
Agreed! I love his channel but he definitely screwed up this video.
And a lot has to do with left- and right-hand technique. I told my granddaughter that it's better to spend your money on a good amp. A good amp will make even a less-expensive guitar sound good. I like my original '59 tweed Deluxe, personally. It makes even a Harley Benton sound great.
Yup..... would go with a much better pickup setup with the rig.
I own a few guitars with aluminum replacement necks & they dont sound too different than a neck made of wood. The main difference is that the aluminum necks have more of a piano like quality to the sustain and can have a bit of harsh high end if the guitar has single coils. I actually found my aluminum neck strat (with texas specials) had a warmer tone overall compared to my all rosewood neck strat (also has texas specials).
Kramer made a guitar back in the 70s that had an aluminum neck. I remember the headstock was split down the middle. They were actually really cool and were quite popular. I don't remember them sounding all that different, but that was 45 years ago!
He keeps calling it a Silver Surfer guitar and he doesn't play Satriani's Surfing with the Alien???
Same reason that image is not used on the cover of Satriani's 2nd album anymore.
That's the wanker thing to do
I'm thinking Satch is gonna want an aluminum guitar, now....
It’s almost a criminal offense
Me, an acoustic only guitar player, thinking he'd just unscrew and screw neck.
Tyler: E L E C T R O N I C S
It still sounds like a regular electric guitar to me.
same
It sounds like a Gibson SG.
What?
I’ve had a number of the squier affinity strats over the years and that neck definitely gave it a more tinny sound than a standard wood neck. People saying otherwise simply haven’t played affinity strats or they just don’t possess the skills required to hear the difference
@@xx3astmanxx287 I just don't know man... I mean, the video's title is quite misleading as the guy also replaced the pickups (enhancing the sounding possibilities of the guitar) so it kinda ruins it for me, but for my untrained ear is quite difficult to really tell any difference. That being said, I reckon you trained ear is one rare blessing that we people should have to improve (if possible), so props to you, my friend.
Just found your channel today, That is how I spent quite a bit of time learning how awesome you are what you do ! Love it !!!!
Honestly, I kinda hear some difference compared to a regular elec guitar but I think there's nothing "CRAZY" about how it sounds.
That's just because he changed the pickups.
There’s no difference
I mean the riff at 7:18 sounds especially great on this neck but otherwise there isn’t too much special sound-wise
Im more curious about how does it feel
@@gezi0752 their is a difference, yes
imagine how many fingerprints and nasty stuff would get all over that polished metal finish
I think of the aluminum exposure honestly. Stuff is nasty and id worry about whatever clear coat wearing off over time
alluminium is softer then the steal strings so u gonne get some scratches!
alluminium it self can not corrode wich is pritty awesome, but it can get less shine do to a self hardenig process over a long time.
@@thedude7726 what aluminium exposure lmao as if aluminium is extremely toxic
@@hmcredfed1836 aluminum does. Its a white powder. It does not rust but it 100% oxides
@@jetaddict420 look it up bro. Shits toxic
"Where's the truss rod?"
*The neck is the truss rod*
Just try and put it in the sun. 😂
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Didn't see you put any lemon oil on the neck. That aluminium is soooo going to dry out!!
Love the grit on the the low mid range, the look is beutiful!!
Tyler:
"If you are not signing for the event, I dont know what you are doing"
Event price: $100
Me: a college student in a 3rd world country: haha fany jok...
Where are you from?
Yeah all latino américa
Totally relatable living in Iran. I can barely buy a Guitar.
Its the price of my guitar actually
We all here to cry together about our shitty economy and our horrible exchange rate. Tercer mundo unido! jaja
Steps off the arrows...random guy: stop! You have committed a crime against skyrim and her people! What say you in your defense?
Let me guess, somebody stole your sweet roll!
Hey, i know u
I once took an arrow to the knee
No lolligaging
Steppin' of the arrows breaking a law, nah, just some jackass that put blue tape down, for absolutely nothing.
music is win: *buys metal neck*
also music is win: *doesnt play metal*
@Weinpeen Ceejey
Respecc
He did? 🤔
@@Funwithcoolbros he did not play metal
Weinpeen Ceejey Lol it was just a bad joke
@@Funwithcoolbros ight lol
I always here everyone say we’re stuck in quarantine. I’m so glad I live in Florida where we never shut down.
Looks like something Joe satriani would have played.
So yeah pickups determine sound on an electric guitar, not the neck or body, which is why you can make an electric guitar any shape, and out of any material that can support the strings. How about an acoustic guitar made out of aluminum instead?
what about the natural nodes and antinodes of a material or shape? it also effects the overall tone... even hardware being over torqued have an effect on the tone
You can get aluminium (or whatever metal it is) bodies dobros, but with wooden necks, but I am sure someone has made an all aluminium body and neck dobro.
@@FrankRizzo2002 the effects that it has isn't nearly as pronounced as many think. Yes rosewood and ebony will sound very slightly different. But at this point just play what you think sounds, plays, and looks the best. Because most the time people actually think there's a difference when it's just their mind tricking them
I have strats with rosewood and maple fretboards and others with bodies made from alder and ash and they all sound noticeably different, hence the material makes just as much difference as the pickups.
No, material maters… a lot… like a lot…
I am probably the worst guitarist considering I’ve owned a guitar since I was 14yrs old (I’m now 55yrs). But I did start taking lessons when I was maybe 16-17yrs old and I remember my teacher (Mr Bodhingle) had an all aluminium guitar. Fretboard and body the whole thing (it sounded awesome).
That’s so cool
Lol what?
@@theodddrawer3051 that first sentence got lost in the rest of your paragraph lmao
He was one of the first HEAVY METAL GUITAR GODS! 😁
Watching this 3 yrs later with all we know now about Covid blows your mind
So how was the sound before the original neck was exchanged and without effects? Or does the aluminum create the chorus/reverb tone itself?
I don’t think the neck creates the reverb/chorus, cause you can hear in the second song he plays that there is no reverb or chorus. Kinda sucks that we couldn’t get a true comparison seeing as he changed the pick ups out with the neck
I remember Kramer made the Basses with aluminum necks...curious...
honestly, it's pretty stupid of him to post this and not even have a comparison, I'm not sorry for saying that. A waste of my time but I got to see what it looked like I guess
@Aidan Van Dera Do you have a guitar neck stuck up there?
Yes I would have liked a comparison but it's probably mostly aesthetic and it looks pretty great. Maybe there's someone playing that same guitar he bought, on YT.
@@aidanvandera7069 The guitar would have sound way worse before.
He changed the mics, probably for some expensive ones.
So the before should sound like a 150-200$ guitar, nice but weak.
The after sounds like a maybe 1200$ guitar.
I try to estimate but the effects don't help. Plus he must have a great amp like no begginer has...
So it'll be a bit like comparing Despacito with Moonlight Sonata.
Came out sounding really bright to me, kinda like a steel body guitar. Not my thing, but that twang it has could really be good if you're into that. Overall, pretty cool idea
Yeah, a lot of people saying it sounds no different. I'm hearing a punchier attack.
And that's how to upgrade a guitar from 170$ to 1000$
Yes by this expencive Neck 😂
Lmao
That guitar is totally awesome!
This is what Gibson needs. Maybe their headstocks will stop breaking off
If you are breaking head stocks off...something else is wrong ! Maybe a lumber jack is a better hobby for you :)
James Zelazny jr Gibson’s headstock have had this notorious problem for decades. I’ve heard it’s in the physics of the guitar, and also that it’s supposedly gotten better in recent years.
Personally only one of my two gibsons got a broken headstock. Just buy 2 and youll be fine
Hugh tube implying one can simply afford 2 Gibsons
@@m.m.3303 😂
The playing starts at 7:18. Perhaps he should have did an a/b comparison between the original and new neck so we could hear the difference.
The trick is there is no difference.
@@dankelpuff8381 - Exactly.
That and all the effects should be taken off
yo, you are the second guy i witness to say "should have did". isnt it actually "should have done" ? im not a native english speaker and interested in this phenomenon. pls help me understand :-*
@@marellius2868 You are correct. "done" is the correct term. That one slipped by me.
I have a Kramer Duke, aluminum necked beasty, that thing is just *chef's kiss*
U cool
Damn dude, I'm not even a girl and I'm wet. You're so cool!!
A couple of guitars you should try to track down:
1) Bond electric guitar. Mick Jones of The Clash used one as his primary guitar when he started Big Audio Dynamite. Had a synthetic fretboard with a saw-looking profile. Each "tooth" of the saw served as a fret.
2) Ok, not a guitar, but Novatone made a guitar neck with interchangeable fingerboards. Their biggest name endorsee was bassist Tony Levin, who used them with Peter Gabriel in the '80s.
Played a Bond back in the 80s. It sounded great but it was extremely difficult to bend strings on it.
"It's like he finally has a story we're interested in, so he's taking full advantage the of our attention." - Pam, The Office
as someone who’s on their 18th rewatch of the office, this is a misquote. The quote says “He finally has a story that we all want to hear. And he knows it.” Episode is called “Two Weeks” if u want to fact check it
@@gavinstewart9152 thank you I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for my mistake
kupofdirt The Lord forgives
Am I the only one fixated on the fact that he didn’t like rub the hand sanitizer in? Just put it in his hand 😂😂
I literally have been scrolling through the whole comment section to find at least one commenter who pointed it out. You're the first lmao
@@maximord531 not the first, but one of the few.
lol yeah
I bet it was super slimy sanitizer. The stuff dumb businesses provide which makes it difficult to even handle things in the store, let alone an expensive aluminum neck.
Tyler wasn't going to make his hands slimy for the rest of the afternoon.
I would recommend having your own wipes or sanitizer if you're going to try a guitar.
@Diogenes 。 Maybe, just maybe, some of us JUST MIGHT have an autoimmune disorder.
Did anyone else thoroughly enjoy that song he played while assembling it?
Yes
its called the forgotten memories by luella gren
if you liked it i'd recommend listening to drinking songs by matt eliott
Really enjoyable part of the video... even more than testing it lol...
I liked the song at then end.
@@outsidethebrain THANK YOU
It has a little more high-end and it's just a tiny bit smoother sounding- because when you're using vibrato the string isn't rubbing over a rough surface- has a flow to it that I really like. If you shred- this thing would be perfect imo. Also sounds great for elevator jazz- which I happen to like so- maybe I'll get to put one together some day. Looks easy enough to do- the only part I've never done is taking the neck off and replacing it but- with the bolt on Fender design- no shims or anything- easy to do.
this is so unrelated, but you showing that shopping plaza brought back a forgotten memory. Specifically, throwing up in front of that Burlington coat factory when I was a little kid. Small world huh
I started to mill out a solid aluminum guitar when I was in the Navy on the mill machine in our shop. The petty officer in charge of our division stopped me because I was wasting aluminum solid stock. Neat to see what it would of sounded like. Cool vid
That would have been bad ass ✌️ and 🤘
Petty by rank, petty by nature
Should’ve recorded what the guitar sounded like before you modified it, it sounds friggin sick tho 🤘🤘
Love the look! It probably feels more different than it sounds!
The song he used while modifying the guitar is: The Forgotten Memories by Luella Gren.
DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH MAN, Along with metal im an EDM producer and I really wanted to sample this, thank you man
Thank you
Thank you!
Chrome pick guard would’ve been dope 🤘🏻
Some Soul Power strat vibes...
When I first saw it I was all "oh God, the fingerprints"😂
Hey Silver Surfer this is Reeds Richard rock on man !