FURTHER UPDATE 9/9/24, READ THIS BEFORE BUYING THE GUITAR, I have discovered that this guitar was set up for baritone length to my knowledge from the manufacture and was likely not expecting players to put 9-46 gauge strings on the guitar. This in turn resulted in a maxed out truss rod and unfixable buzzing that i cant counteract as the neck will not add anymore relief due to the tension change of the lighter 9-46 gauge. I elaborate on this in a reply to a comment asking about the guitar: you will have to do some adjustments as the neck is made for 13 gauge strings as it’s was actually set up for a baritone by the manufacturer when i put 9-46 gauge strings on it, the neck bowed back quite a bit and caused buzzing since there was not enough tension on the neck. the truss rod even got maxed out i have found out through my luthier, causing me to not be able to add any more relief to the neck and i’ve reached out to the guitar company 10s to fix the issue, they are helping me out with it. as far as price, id say its worth it for the quality as the hardware and electronics are awesome, as well as the craftsman ship on the guitar. As stock baritone with 13 gauge strings it’s perfect. however as for the truss rod maxing out likely because the guitar wasn’t set up for 9-46 gauge strings, i don’t think the price is worth it as any truss rod maxing out at $700 is unacceptable.
@@gelette80 depends on the string gauge, with the stock 13 gauge - no problems at all! however with lighter like 9-46 you’ll have buzzing, big buzzing without truss rod adjustments.
@@gelette80 no. buzzing on a guitar can not be fixed with a pedal. with distortion on the guitar, the buzzing will not really be noticeable. It’s only that the note won’t sustain as long. With a clean tone, however, the buzzing is more noticeable and the lack of sustain is definitely more noticeable
thanks for this im gonna start saving up right now. i remember when i was 5 years old and my dad showed me the most famous clip of soothsayer live. i fell in love instantly.
You really know your stuff on guitars 🎸, including how to play them so well. I love Buckethead's unique sound, & it really amazes me at how readily you've mastered it. Obviously, you practice a lot. However, your musical talent has got to be a gift from some Higher Authority!
Nice vid dudee🔥🔥Nahhh i have so many like what tuning u in what distortion u use and what are those pedals at 2:47 and 5:00 nahh dude sorry for so many questions but got mad impacted by ya playing 🔥🔥
ty! read the description, lots of details and my signal chain. The 2:47 is the line 6 fm4. at 5:00 is the digitech synth wah. and no problem for the questions, happy to gelp
Hey man, awesome review and its very helpful. i just ordered this guitar. The website did say the manager will contact me. Are they going to ask me about what kind of setup i want or do i have to let them know by sending them an email? I do want the red pickup selector switch as well.
Did you end up getting the guitar with the specs you wanted? I'm about to buy one and I definitely want peace of mind that it'll come out the way I want haha
@@itschallenger6563 yes they listened and i got the specs i wanted. however the truss rod on mine is maxed out and will not allow any more relief to the neck to compensate for the less tension on the neck with lighter gauge strings at 9-46s that I and buckethead also uses. this guitar (as to honestly be expected) is made for baritone use and baritone heavy stings so the truss rod is designed for that tension I believe. so with the 13 gauge strings it comes stock with, the truss rod is fine do what i didn’t do, if i could go back, i would’ve emailed the company to design the guitar in favor of lighter gauge strings for less tension on the neck. This was the truss rod would be designed for this tension and would not be maxed out. (this is all speculation on my part, i am not a professional and this is just what I think will happen) After visiting my luthier tho, he said the truss rod should move no matter the tension difference so maybe mine is just broken. Let me know if u email them asking this. I emailed them and they were helping me up until a month ago which was their last message with me. I sent them a video of my luthier showing the truss rod being broken and it’s been radio silence 😞. It’s too bad too, i love playing this guitar and it has all the details and specs i want it to have. I just wish i could fix the higher action to compensate for the buzzing i have with the truss rod being broken and too bowed back 😭. hope this helps 🤘
@@azizlewis Ahh gotcha yea this does help a lot. I emailed them and ended up getting a response today from them saying they can make the guitar for me with 9 or 10 gauge strings on it. Did you also only have the option to pay for the guitar with paypal by the way?
@@itschallenger6563 ah that’s good, hopefully you can benefit from my mistake then if the they make the guitar this way. Yes, I payed for the guitar by paypal i believe.
Update, put hybrid slinky’s on it (46-9 gauge) and it sounds great and will plays the same more or less with stock 12 gauge strings it came with. Some buzzing, i’ll have to adjust the action or truss rod to fix it but it’ll work out.
couldn't resist, just bought it! hope they have no problems shipping it to Brazil. also, lemme ask you, is the guitar oversized just as Buckethead's gibson?
@@gelette80 congrats on your purchase! unfortunately no, that’s the one thing it isn’t up to spec with if u really want the oversized body u can ask for it in an email for a custom order but it’ll run you 1200 bucks
very smooth, i ordered the guitar straight from their website then listed the requirements i wanted i listed in the description. Let me know if u have any questions, i’m happy to help. I’ve been playing the guitar for about a month now and it’s given me no problems
They also sell on reverb. Price is different though. Probably to cover reverb fees, but you'll get piece of mind. I also got mine through their website.
Man, I got mine a year ago and I love it, but mine only has 22 frets. Not a big deal since I never use 23&24. Mine did, however, had no output from bridge pickup. Found a wire that wasn't soldered and took care of it myself. Wish I thought to request the white covers and chrome tuners like you did. Does yours have a super chunky neck? Mine is like a baseball bat.
How long did it take for them to get back to your email when you emailed them about getting the right specs? I emailed them a couple days ago and still haven't heard back. Definitely wanna know they can build the guitar the way I want before ordering it. Your review really helped a lot too so thanks for that!
@@itschallenger6563 Glad you liked the vid! expect 3-7 day response times. The gotten them sometimes in hours after sending or weeks lol. The time difference with them being located in china doesn’t help either as i’m in the US. Hope it works out for you! let me know if u have any questions.
I am about to buy one and I just wanted to ask you whether I have to ask specifically about - White backplates - Red tip on the pickup selector - 24 fret baritone 27inch scale neck - Chrome, Grover tuning pegs instead of black, given the fact that the listing of the guitar on their page has exactly the same specs as the one you got,( except the red tip on the pickup selector), after specifically asking for those.
@@hoodiumm not an option on the site, you have to email them directly about your order and specifications. Their email is listed in their support/contact page
How does the body feel with respect to the 27" scale? does it feel / looks like the neck is too long for the body?? (Since the body isn't as big as the gibson signature) Also what shipping method / agency did they delivered the guitar with??
@@Ashclips you will have to do some adjustments as the neck is made for 13 gauge strings as it’s was actually set up for a baritone by the manufacturer when i put 9-46 gauge strings on it, the neck bowed back quite a bit and caused buzzing since there was not enough tension on the neck. the truss rod even got maxed out i have found out through my luthier, causing me to not be able to add any more relief to the neck and i’ve reached out to the guitar company 10s to fix the issue, they are helping me out with it. as far as price, id say its worth it for the quality as the hardware and electronics are awesome, as well as the craftsman ship on the guitar. As stock baritone with 13 gauge strings it’s perfect. however as for the truss rod maxing out likely because the guitar wasn’t set up for 9-46 gauge strings, i don’t think the price is worth it as any truss rod maxing out at $700 is unacceptable. hope this helps, gonna pin this
Is the body oversized like bucketheads ? If you didn’t know (probably do) , the Gibson Buckethead body is about an inch longer in addition the extended scale length
Unfortunately as i mentioned in the video, 10s clone of buckethead’s guitar is by default not oversized on the body of the guitar like the original gibson signature. However you can put in a custom order to oversize the body and get all the specs the same as the original sig but according to the emails i’ve gotten, it’s run me $1200 instead of the retail price
Gaw damnit, it’s fine. I would buy a firefly Buckethead guitar but the thing is that it’s not really a baritone, persay referring to the scales, it’s not 27. I don’t want to risk buying a 10s from a seller, well it’s hard to find one, they usually blur the headstock
@@kane3812 well mine didn’t ship until 5 days after my order placement so i’m sure it was holiday or memorial day in play. Hope it comes to you soon and in good condition 🤘
@@azizlewis I've been warned by people who know more than I that the neck may not handle the string tension tuning to a higher pitch, regardless of the string gauge. My son has a Telecaster baritone, when we want to play in standard pitch we just use a capo to be safe.
@@covepanda6051 i did it both times, i asked and confirmed before buying the guitar that they could do the changes. then after i bought the guitar, i received an order number, which i then emailed the support staff email for 10s. i told them my order number and my requests for them to change and they did it. hopefully this makes sense. lmk if u need additional help.
@@riximus contrary to popular belief, they both do the same thing - dump the single to ground. Which in turn, kills the signal. Making them both killswitches that both only just kill the signal of the guitar at the tap of the button.
It might be a situational thing, where you can use the bottom killswitch for entire riffs, or use the top one to quickly kill some notes but then jump back down to the strings without missing any notes. But i havent tried one of these yet so not sure
@@azizlewisTHAT WAS MY BAD, I miss heard you on the video. I do have a question. You probably do not know but is it possible to ask them to make the nobs pull and push instead of toggle or is the toggle on the nobs what Bucketheads specs on his guitar is? I’m trying to get it to be extremely accurate.
I have the left handed version of this guitar. As its a lefty, mine has 24 frets like the Gibson Bucketheads becthere isn't a copyyright infringement. I upgraded the pickups to white SD Distortions which are very close specs wise to the Gibson 496R/500T set. I LOVE these guitars. They sound incredible and are so light and resonant. Great demo
@azizlewis the stock pickups are good but you cant beat the Gibson pickups or Seymour Duncans as an alternative. I strung mine with 9 gauge strings and tuned it to E flat like Big B. With it being a regular sized body I noticed there is slight neck dive but I cured it with a Stretch Strap which balances the weight better. The body is thicker than a regular les paul. Also the Sanwa kill switches are correct, its the same ones Gibson used. I tweaked the wiring so its like the original gibson model. For the money, its an incredible guitar. What settings are you using on the Growler effect?
FURTHER UPDATE 9/9/24, READ THIS BEFORE BUYING THE GUITAR,
I have discovered that this guitar was set up for baritone length to my knowledge from the manufacture and was likely not expecting players to put 9-46 gauge strings on the guitar. This in turn resulted in a maxed out truss rod and unfixable buzzing that i cant counteract as the neck will not add anymore relief due to the tension change of the lighter 9-46 gauge.
I elaborate on this in a reply to a comment asking about the guitar:
you will have to do some adjustments as the neck is made for 13 gauge strings as it’s was actually set up for a baritone by the manufacturer
when i put 9-46 gauge strings on it, the neck bowed back quite a bit and caused buzzing since there was not enough tension on the neck.
the truss rod even got maxed out i have found out through my luthier, causing me to not be able to add any more relief to the neck and i’ve reached out to the guitar company 10s to fix the issue, they are helping me out with it.
as far as price, id say its worth it for the quality as the hardware and electronics are awesome, as well as the craftsman ship on the guitar. As stock baritone with 13 gauge strings it’s perfect.
however as for the truss rod maxing out likely because the guitar wasn’t set up for 9-46 gauge strings, i don’t think the price is worth it as any truss rod maxing out at $700 is unacceptable.
but if we downtune it, will it work fine?
@@gelette80 depends on the string gauge, with the stock 13 gauge - no problems at all! however with lighter like 9-46 you’ll have buzzing, big buzzing without truss rod adjustments.
@@azizlewis could this buzzing possibly be solved with a noise suppressor pedal?
@@gelette80 no. buzzing on a guitar can not be fixed with a pedal. with distortion on the guitar, the buzzing will not really be noticeable. It’s only that the note won’t sustain as long.
With a clean tone, however, the buzzing is more noticeable and the lack of sustain is definitely more noticeable
@@azizlewis Did it come tuned B to B like a standard baritone or E to E?
thanks for this im gonna start saving up right now. i remember when i was 5 years old and my dad showed me the most famous clip of soothsayer live. i fell in love instantly.
@@robkang5932 it’s a great guitar! just be careful when changing string gauges on it of your gonna!
You really know your stuff on guitars 🎸, including how to play them so well. I love Buckethead's unique sound, & it really amazes me at how readily you've mastered it. Obviously, you practice a lot. However, your musical talent has got to be a gift from some Higher Authority!
aw thanks for such a kind comment! glad you enjoy buckets music as much as i do.
Great playing and sound man! I'm impressed
@@KevinToine thanks!
Nice vid dudee🔥🔥Nahhh i have so many like what tuning u in what distortion u use and what are those pedals at 2:47 and 5:00 nahh dude sorry for so many questions but got mad impacted by ya playing 🔥🔥
ty! read the description, lots of details and my signal chain. The 2:47 is the line 6 fm4. at 5:00 is the digitech synth wah. and no problem for the questions, happy to gelp
3:30 was that Fourneau Cosmique? One of my all time favorites and saw it live. Nice playing and review!
@@dedik8SKB yes it is! good ear and thank you!
Sounds fantastic 👏
🤘
Awesome now lets see some BH covers
Hey man, awesome review and its very helpful. i just ordered this guitar. The website did say the manager will contact me. Are they going to ask me about what kind of setup i want or do i have to let them know by sending them an email? I do want the red pickup selector switch as well.
@@anishroy5336 congrats! let them know by email! they will not change anything unless u state it to them
Did you end up getting the guitar with the specs you wanted? I'm about to buy one and I definitely want peace of mind that it'll come out the way I want haha
@@itschallenger6563 yes they listened and i got the specs i wanted. however the truss rod on mine is maxed out and will not allow any more relief to the neck to compensate for the less tension on the neck with lighter gauge strings at 9-46s that I and buckethead also uses.
this guitar (as to honestly be expected) is made for baritone use and baritone heavy stings so the truss rod is designed for that tension I believe. so with the 13 gauge strings it comes stock with, the truss rod is fine
do what i didn’t do, if i could go back, i would’ve emailed the company to design the guitar in favor of lighter gauge strings for less tension on the neck. This was the truss rod would be designed for this tension and would not be maxed out. (this is all speculation on my part, i am not a professional and this is just what I think will happen) After visiting my luthier tho, he said the truss rod should move no matter the tension difference so maybe mine is just broken.
Let me know if u email them asking this. I emailed them and they were helping me up until a month ago which was their last message with me.
I sent them a video of my luthier showing the truss rod being broken and it’s been radio silence 😞.
It’s too bad too, i love playing this guitar and it has all the details and specs i want it to have. I just wish i could fix the higher action to compensate for the buzzing i have with the truss rod being broken and too bowed back 😭.
hope this helps 🤘
@@azizlewis Ahh gotcha yea this does help a lot. I emailed them and ended up getting a response today from them saying they can make the guitar for me with 9 or 10 gauge strings on it. Did you also only have the option to pay for the guitar with paypal by the way?
@@itschallenger6563 ah that’s good, hopefully you can benefit from my mistake then if the they make the guitar this way. Yes, I payed for the guitar by paypal i believe.
Update, put hybrid slinky’s on it (46-9 gauge) and it sounds great and will plays the same more or less with stock 12 gauge strings it came with.
Some buzzing, i’ll have to adjust the action or truss rod to fix it but it’ll work out.
couldn't resist, just bought it! hope they have no problems shipping it to Brazil.
also, lemme ask you, is the guitar oversized just as Buckethead's gibson?
@@gelette80 congrats on your purchase! unfortunately no, that’s the one thing it isn’t up to spec with
if u really want the oversized body u can ask for it in an email for a custom order but it’ll run you 1200 bucks
@@azizlewis thx for the info.
can we get some more Buckethead covers? I would love to see her in action!
@@gelette80 haha maybe i’ll upload one
Amazing!
ty!
How does the purchase process work? I’m looking at this guitar, love this clone
very smooth, i ordered the guitar straight from their website then listed the requirements i wanted i listed in the description. Let me know if u have any questions, i’m happy to help.
I’ve been playing the guitar for about a month now and it’s given me no problems
They also sell on reverb. Price is different though. Probably to cover reverb fees, but you'll get piece of mind. I also got mine through their website.
Yo you are coldddd with itttt🥶🥶
@@Karbuncle. 🙏🙏🙏
How long did it took to arrive ? BTW is Such a gorgeous guitar ❤️🔥
it took roughly 2 weeks total to arrive. One week for the guitar to actually ship from 10s and another for it to arrive after shipping. also ty!
Man, I got mine a year ago and I love it, but mine only has 22 frets. Not a big deal since I never use 23&24.
Mine did, however, had no output from bridge pickup. Found a wire that wasn't soldered and took care of it myself. Wish I thought to request the white covers and chrome tuners like you did.
Does yours have a super chunky neck? Mine is like a baseball bat.
yup, i think it has to do with the 27inch scale length
How long did it take for them to get back to your email when you emailed them about getting the right specs? I emailed them a couple days ago and still haven't heard back. Definitely wanna know they can build the guitar the way I want before ordering it. Your review really helped a lot too so thanks for that!
@@itschallenger6563 Glad you liked the vid! expect 3-7 day response times. The gotten them sometimes in hours after sending or weeks lol. The time difference with them being located in china doesn’t help either as i’m in the US.
Hope it works out for you! let me know if u have any questions.
I am about to buy one and I just wanted to ask you whether I have to ask specifically about - White backplates - Red tip on the pickup selector - 24 fret baritone 27inch scale neck
- Chrome, Grover tuning pegs instead of black, given the fact that the listing of the guitar on their page has exactly the same specs as the one you got,( except the red tip on the pickup selector), after specifically asking for those.
@@hoodiumm def ask about them just in case, because my buddy on reddit ordered one like mine and without specifying, gave him black tuning pegs
@@azizlewisThank you very much. Also, do I send an email with my order and ask for those or do I do it through the site while at checkout?
@@hoodiumm honestly you could do both, as long as they get the message/instructions from you. and no problem!
There is such option in the website while I add the guitar to my cart. Do I get to specify what I want after I pay?
@@hoodiumm not an option on the site, you have to email them directly about your order and specifications. Their email is listed in their support/contact page
Fuck I need one of these
How does the body feel with respect to the 27" scale? does it feel / looks like the neck is too long for the body?? (Since the body isn't as big as the gibson signature)
Also what shipping method / agency did they delivered the guitar with??
@@dr_solrac4241 body looks a tad small in comparison to the neck being 27inches but as far as tgr shipping agency goes it was DHL i think
Would you say it’s worth the price would I have to do any time of adjustments to the body or anything?
@@Ashclips you will have to do some adjustments as the neck is made for 13 gauge strings as it’s was actually set up for a baritone by the manufacturer
when i put 9-46 gauge strings on it, the neck bowed back quite a bit and caused buzzing since there was not enough tension on the neck.
the truss rod even got maxed out i have found out through my luthier, causing me to not be able to add any more relief to the neck and i’ve reached out to the guitar company 10s to fix the issue, they are helping me out with it.
as far as price, id say its worth it for the quality as the hardware and electronics are awesome, as well as the craftsman ship on the guitar. As stock baritone with 13 gauge strings it’s perfect.
however as for the truss rod maxing out likely because the guitar wasn’t set up for 9-46 gauge strings, i don’t think the price is worth it as any truss rod maxing out at $700 is unacceptable.
hope this helps, gonna pin this
@@azizlewisahh okay thanks for letting me know
@@Ashclips ofc!
Is the body oversized like bucketheads ? If you didn’t know (probably do) , the Gibson Buckethead body is about an inch longer in addition the extended scale length
Unfortunately as i mentioned in the video, 10s clone of buckethead’s guitar is by default not oversized on the body of the guitar like the original gibson signature.
However you can put in a custom order to oversize the body and get all the specs the same as the original sig but according to the emails i’ve gotten, it’s run me $1200 instead of the retail price
How do you get a hold of 10s?? I’ve been emailing them and I got nothing back 😭 it’s been 2 months
@@EricYamf same, they haven’t repsoneddd to me in a while and i emailed them close to two and a half months ago.
Gaw damnit, it’s fine. I would buy a firefly Buckethead guitar but the thing is that it’s not really a baritone, persay referring to the scales, it’s not 27. I don’t want to risk buying a 10s from a seller, well it’s hard to find one, they usually blur the headstock
Sounds great where can I get it? Would you consider to sell it?
ty! Got it from 10sguitars website, link is in the description and nah not planning on selling it.
@@azizlewis How long do they take to ship after placing an order? It’s been 9 days since I placed my order, and it still hasn’t shipped.
@@kane3812 well mine didn’t ship until 5 days after my order placement so i’m sure it was holiday or memorial day in play. Hope it comes to you soon and in good condition 🤘
Sounds great. With that scale length, being a baritone it wont be able to be tuned to standard pitch. Just use a capo if need be, but looks great. 👍
even with lower gauge strings?
@@azizlewis I've been warned by people who know more than I that the neck may not handle the string tension tuning to a higher pitch, regardless of the string gauge. My son has a Telecaster baritone, when we want to play in standard pitch we just use a capo to be safe.
@@hotroddinwillie2364yes … yes it can “I heard it somewhere , bro!”
@@juanvaldez5422 fingers crossed brother 👍. Good luck with it.
@@hotroddinwillie2364Buckethead literally tunes his to standard and half step down
How did they ship the guitar? Do you think its safe to bring it on a plane?
@@JonathanHay-eg9xz I think they shipped it by plane, and i also believe it is safe to bring on plane.
@@azizlewis Thank you im planing to buy a left handed buckethead baritone.
Where did you put in your requests for this guitar? I know you mentioned through email, but did you do that before purchase or afterwards?
@@covepanda6051 i did it both times, i asked and confirmed before buying the guitar that they could do the changes.
then after i bought the guitar, i received an order number, which i then emailed the support staff email for 10s. i told them my order number and my requests for them to change and they did it.
hopefully this makes sense. lmk if u need additional help.
What's the difference in the two kill switches?
@@riximus contrary to popular belief, they both do the same thing - dump the single to ground. Which in turn, kills the signal. Making them both killswitches that both only just kill the signal of the guitar at the tap of the button.
It might be a situational thing, where you can use the bottom killswitch for entire riffs, or use the top one to quickly kill some notes but then jump back down to the strings without missing any notes. But i havent tried one of these yet so not sure
@@covepanda6051 yea it’s exactly that. buckethead alternates between the switches, depending on how and what he’s playing.
@@azizlewis makes sense
Wow, I had no idea this existed!! thanks for the video.
glad to be able to put it out there! let me know if u have any questions
don’t you typically use much larger gauge strings on a baritone as the scale length is drastically larger and the tuning much lower
@@singingfedexmanjoshcampbel1614 Yes but in this case i wanted the same gauge as bucket
@@azizlewis ohh i see
i don’t know shit about bucket head lmao
They updated the guitar, scale is accurate now.
it’s always been 27” on the site no?
@@azizlewisTHAT WAS MY BAD, I miss heard you on the video. I do have a question.
You probably do not know but is it possible to ask them to make the nobs pull and push instead of toggle or is the toggle on the nobs what Bucketheads specs on his guitar is? I’m trying to get it to be extremely accurate.
Is it in baritone tuning?…
@@jincasa nah, eb standered
I was wondering if it has neck dive or anything from the longer neck?
definitely some neck dive with a strap on it
@@azizlewis I'm guessing the bigger body would probably even it out a bit. Either way sick guitar.
@@SixEightSixty it really does, especially when your playing it, it’s not the big of a deal. of ur not holding it though, it dives. and ty!
How much did you pay for custom taxes?
@@hoodiumm zero taxes. However. The shipping came out to be $81.
i still see that prs on the wall huh - Gabe
perhaps
I have the left handed version of this guitar. As its a lefty, mine has 24 frets like the Gibson Bucketheads becthere isn't a copyyright infringement. I upgraded the pickups to white SD Distortions which are very close specs wise to the Gibson 496R/500T set. I LOVE these guitars. They sound incredible and are so light and resonant.
Great demo
i agree! glad u say they feel like Gibsons as i’ve never own one. thanks for ur insight
@azizlewis the stock pickups are good but you cant beat the Gibson pickups or Seymour Duncans as an alternative.
I strung mine with 9 gauge strings and tuned it to E flat like Big B. With it being a regular sized body I noticed there is slight neck dive but I cured it with a Stretch Strap which balances the weight better. The body is thicker than a regular les paul. Also the Sanwa kill switches are correct, its the same ones Gibson used. I tweaked the wiring so its like the original gibson model.
For the money, its an incredible guitar.
What settings are you using on the Growler effect?
@@SouthpawSatch very true
@@SouthpawSatchhow did you tweak the wiring btw for the killswitches? and i was using the growler setting on the fm4 here
👍🏻🙂🎁🙂👍🏻
its real ?
very!
whats the lil tune @ 1:35 thanks great review too bud
buckethead - whitewash
and ty!
@@azizlewis thanks!