Dealing with Weirdos I Saving a 1957 Stratocaster Reissue
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People are weird.
This week I saved a 1988 Squier Fender Stratocaster from being covered in awful decals. I also share a few tips for how to deal with weird people along the way.
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I've been teaching high school for 30 years. I know weird.
@JP If you've been teaching high school for (30) years, you *ARE* weird. *lol* At least *EXTREMELY* patient and tolerant. ;-)
LIGHTER FLUID removes the sticky stuff so easy in seconds every time with no damage at all.
I’ve been using it for 30 years.
I agree, except it's cheaper to buy a quart of Naphtha at the hardware store, which is what lighter fluid is...
Arnd2it cool!! I'll look out for it.
I'm an old school graphic designer - before Macs - artboard, pmts, camera ready artwork, typesetting etc...
We used spray mount, wax, cow gum, photo mount, masking tapes and everything else sticky for making artwork. Lighter fluid was industry standard for removing all that stuff in seconds.
I've tried that Goo Gone rubbish. Totally useless.
*.........I think JIMMY HENDRIX used the LIGHTER FLUID idea once......(and set fire to his guitar).....*
I worked retail for many years. Including many late nights. Things got so weird I don't even know what weird is any more. You work in any shop long enough in a customer facing role, you get to see quite a cross section of society
“E” serial # Japanese Squier guitars like this red one are the same guitars as the Japanese Fenders....some were badged Squier and some were badged Fender. 1988 was early in the Squier brand development
Yeah those E series Squiers are badass. No reason to be disappointed with it. They're still worth a good bit and are great guitars.
That guitar would look grear with a silver wrapped body and maybe some stickers also on the headstock and neck
. . . heard their worth 10X's more than a regular reissue!
They sell duct tape in more than just silver.
I have an early '80's Japanese '60's style Squier strat that is absolutely fantastic! You were right to restore this one.
I also like that you kept a bit of what it was before it came to you.
Great story !!! Love the shirt too.
Jap 80s Squier starts are absolute jems. Definitely worth fixing up with new electronics.
Killer production quality. Very well done...you look like you could be Fluff's brother too. Cool little guitar, I have a soft spot for MIJ gear.
Wow, body looks brand new after hitting it with acetone. What did the weight end up at?
Cool guitar! I have a MIJ Squire Tele ('84 I believe) that needed a little TLC when I picked it up but is now a great guitar. The necks on those 80s MIJ Fenders are beautiful.
As soon as you finish this, Groove Bon will have a worldwide smash hit song.
That's funny!
I was thinking, "He definitely better have done his research on Groove Bon before removing everything."
Neat guitar. It’s cool to see some of this stuff that people used to scoff at getting love.
Crystal meth has a tendency to make people weird.
It's the most terrible drug ever introduced in our country in my experienced opinion...been there and done that.
@@TheVatonaught meth is bad but synthetic cathinones like alpha pvp or alpha php (bath salts,flacca) are like meth on crack! Much worse!
@@Donkeykongington thanks glad they weren't available when I bought my stuff from a well know motorcycle 'club'.
What's the song that starts at around 5 minutes? Is that yours Jeremy? If so I would like to purchase that track from you!
another cool / interesting video and spreading the love for guitars, music and friendship, Peace !
Hey. Can I use the same solvent to get sticker residue off a 4x12 cab? I have very sticky velcro residue on my mesa 4x12...
I'd use warm water. Solvents can destroy the vinyl. Be slow and gentle on it.
Yeah this video really hits home
Hi Jeremy, through my guitarchaeolgical research, I thought that the Squier logo was solid black up until 2013, that the gold with black outline was used after 2013...now this appears to be completely incorrect...of course I've never owned an early Japanese Squier, so maybe this headstock logo dating only applies to the Indonesian and Korean Affinity strats?
It has a kind of cool 80's vibe with that silver on it.
Nice guitar brother! Great job.
Been waiting for this video! Love the Martin shirt... but not as good as that new merch you dropped! 🔥
Nice job! I liked the guitar the way it was, minus the stickers on the neck. But the original you revealed is cool, too.
I work at a guitar shop in Lincolnton NC, and you described 23% of my clientele. What a great representation of these people. Good video brother.
Hahah
Great job...killer save....
Loved your video. Doing the same with a Blade 1 VMI Sebring I got for free. I've never heard of them before and there is very little info online about them other than the fact that I don't think they're the same as the other Blade 1 guitars still being made now... Stripped it down to the wood and finishing with polyurethane, changing the pick guard cause the old one is cracked and warped. Going to reuse the pickups and hardware because I've heard they sound great for the cheap guitar it was back in the day. It's the first time I have ever saved a guitar and I'm excited about how it's going. Thanks for your video.
Nice job. I made the mistake of using a drop of acetone to spot clean a little something something on an acoustic with a lacquer top....😝 It turned into a nightmare! It was a cheapo but lesson learned.
Cool video, I can't recall how many times I've watched pickups being put into a guitar, and I'm a drummer. Lol. I've used acetone to remove the logos from drum heads. It works well, if you can get passed the smell.
A guitar worth saving. Cool video. The converse to your story about the weirdness of the public sometimes is like in my area where a lot of guitar techs are unaware of anything past 1970 (Hipshot bridge? What are Bare Knuckle pickups?) or, worse, will do things to your guitar you didn't want or told them not to do because of whatever internet folklore they personally subscribe to. .
Clear surgical spirit BP, available from most Pharmcies. Great for cleaning your guitars with, however if used on your fret board be sure and give it a good oiling. Lemon oil or a good fret conditioner or exotic wood nourishment balm. I use an aerosol called Wood Silk it's a great all rounder, cleans and conditions but it's best to use a Microfibre cloth for the cleaning as these cloths are brilliant at getting all losee debris caused by the cleaning.
Jeremy, you posted an excellent, and informative, video; thank you.
I would like add to your list of solvents that assist in removing glue residue from surfaces. I have found that Ronsonol lighter fluid works excellently. The main ingredient in the Ronsonol is Naphtha. I have used Naphtha on nitro cellulose finishes to gently clean and remove any type of residue or crud that has built up on surfaces of guitars. However, as you point out in your video, always test any type of cleaning solution on an inconspicuous section of the item being addressed.
Thanks again for your well produced videos.
Sweet
Nice job!
you think : "just keep movin "
you say : "we're cool , we're cool"
he says : ok man , I gotta go , my moms here to pick me up"
you could do stand up comedy with stuff like that
You make the world a better place!
cool set o chords 15:47 , what tune is that ?
Really nice work, with a great result? It seems to have been well worth saving because it was already very well setup as to the neck being straight, intonation & frets all in great shape without you having to do anything? Unless you did it off-camera? That nut-it’s more of a replacement type of upgrade, (I realize that they’re available from the factory on some Strats-but probably not that one?). It would’ve been interesting if you’d talked a bit about that. Still, you’ve 'unearthed' a diamond in the rough in one weekend! Thanks very much for sharing this post. Good eye!
what happened to the guitar (1 year later)? Did you sell it? Great video. Love your channel!
I have a 57 squier strat also nice guitars,i put some custom shop 54 pickups in mine.
Will Texas Specials fir?
@@soulvaccination8679 should think so,don't see why not.
Excellent video Jeremy! Always very exciting to watch these type videos especially when it turns out a nice guitar for your time and effort. What does a guitar like this go for? Thank you!
Gerald, off the top of my head I'd say around $500.
Jeremy, let me know how far off I am?
usually that 3rd color on something will stick my eye , but this one , i think it looks great , maybe the knobs need to go , go nuts and get some flat black lge diameter rubberized "speed knobs" ? make it a picnic ?
Yes about Japanese strats. I have a 1974 Mann (Ibanez) Strat copy--maple neck, cream finish--and it has all Fender hardware (big tremolo block, Alnico 4 pickups). I hardtailed it, and then tapped half of brass pipe ring into the space between the tremolo block and the wood of the body. Rings like a bell! Try it, an upgrade for about $2 that sounds like a pickup swap-out.
great story
I'll give you credit. The rehab was cool, but the music made me feel like you found a surprise baby at the top of a mountain.
loving the tyler childers thrown in there on the demo...
Good stuff. Subbed.
That’s right out of a Coen Brothers film “No Country For Old Men”. LOLOLOL!!! Yes - Acetone will remove lacquer - Beware. You’re lucky it was Poly ... in a way. I would change the pickup covers and knobs back to white. Silver is just strange looking.
I dig it. Good call on saving the silver covers... I thought the whole thing was so ugly to begin with I would have trashed those covers from the outset. Glad you didn't, although the verdict is still out on the knobs... but who knows, maybe they will grow on me.
What the heck does that miny toggle do. Kill switch
No copper foil in the electronics cavity?
You should try 710 cleaner/soaker. It's made for soaking bongs with lots of pot residue and it works better than goo gone and it's not all oily. You can also soak sticky parts in it over night.
Ha! I'm in the Burg right now, drinking coffee, and ran across your video. It was cool to hear you talk about Warren and Guitar and Amp. I guess you know the shop is closed these days. I hope life is treating you well. Have a day!
Mike! Small world. I worked for Warren from 2005 to 2013. I helped him begin closing it but moved before it was all the way done. I miss it. Have you stopped by Wonder Records? Elliott is great. Also, for coffee I hope it’s broadporch or black sheep!
@@JeremySheppard My dog and I stop by Wonder all the time! Eliot is the best. I knew his dad back in the 80's when he owned the record store. Small world indeed. Although, I make my own coffee :)
Bro! your fly is down while you're stringing the guitar! LOL!
Better for ventilation. Humidity control....hahahahah #notthefirsttime
I can't believe you took all that amazing history and flair and turned it into another boring red strat!
Yes, because everyone wants extremely tacky silver decals all over their guitars.
CS B not everyone: thats the point.
Is the music explosions in the sky?
Ayye we got the same name hahah great video man!
Nice video.Good job.
great video! I dig the resto project video type. Too bad i was just looking for a Groove Bon guitar!!!
Dennis V please, no. Hahah
@@JeremySheppard So you're saying i shouldn't Groove Bon this Mary Kaye 50th anniversary Stratocaster?!?!? haha!
It needs a stp sticker
Fiesta Red Squire....good job...you're a patient man.
I have removed an increadible amount of labels and stickers. That layer of glue remains left behind is your enemy. Cleaning that up takes a lot of time. And using solvents usually only serves in rubbing around, smearing it all over. First get a heat gun. Set it to low, so you don't damage the paint. Heat up the stickers and the glue underneath becomes softer. If you peel off the stickers now, most of the glue stays on the sticker, leaving your surfaces almost clean. Especially when you rip the sticker off. How to best remove the remaining glue? Sticky tape! Put the tape on, and rip it off again. The tape will pick up the glue remains from the surface you're cleaning. But be careful around damaged or cracked paint. The final remains of glue will be minimal, and that's when you grab the solvents.
Loved the story how you described Joe Walsh ?
Best sticker glue remover I know, Rosonol. Yes, lighter fluid. Goo Gone never works for me, and it smells. As Richard mentioned earlier, it also works on lacquer as well as it does on poly finishes.
Goo Gone used to work pretty well. I think it had some naphtha in it, but they changed the formula several years ago and the stuff is pretty useless now. As has been suggested elsewhere, Ronsonol lighter fluid or similar has lots of naphtha and is kind to most guitar finishes and is great at removing goo.
That is a great story.
I was a bouncer at a biker bar for almost 10 years...you don't know weird like I do, Lol!
🐰❤️🎸🎵✨🤝✌️
Boy how true
Was that a promotional giveaway guitar? that was probably a expensive guitar graphic kit. Nice work cleaning it up.🎸
You give good advise ! I used the same technique when dealing with a guy all methed up who had just murdered someone with a shotgun...the stuff on his clothing was brains and blood. He finally left and I had no confrontation with him...just tried to be helpful although i was looking for a box of guns from a prison race group...that's what he said. I was alone in the Post Office that day and had no weapons at all at the counter...except my wits and patience.
I know you don’t like reverb to much after the customer quality dropped but have you ever sold parts and if so what’s you thought. Is it worth it ?
Reverb is great for everything except vintage guitars with any issues. It's a great tool for selling gear. They are getting pricey, especially their buyers protection.
Youse I just lost my job and it’s hard to get government to help. I love making leather telecasters body’s. I did trade a few for some art work. I’m buying just cheap body’s $100 to $120 average and making waylon style and some movie theme old Eastwood movies. would that stuff sell do you see more custom work or just factory you standard brand name stuff. what would leather work on telecasters style body’s put a higher value ?
Typo I know
They would raise the value for sure but limit the audience. I've always wanted a leather covered Tele! Send me pics and info. jeremy@jeremysheppard.com
Try a product called “Solveplast” it is a medical adhesive remover
Great video! Not crazy about the silver though.
I bought an Epiphone SG for $40 because somebody had let ( I assume) a child color with sparkle nail polish. Had it been a Gibson that would have devalued it but nail polish remover took it off in minutes. I actually left a few sparkles because at that amount they cool
Gloves with Goo gone. It'll make you trip out. Toxic stuff.
Nice job on the guitar
I know people are weird. I worked in EMS for 26 years. Good job and good video.
That’s called passing the turd, when someone says something weird you can either hold the turd, as in say something equally awkward, and stand there feeling stupid, ‘ holding the turd,’ or do what you did and pass that turd right back to him!
Now let me ask you a question.I have a Squire Strat.Made in China.2008.Will Texas specials fit in it?
Yup!
That looks like "Torino Red" to me. Don't despair over a MIJ Squier, the 80s MIJ Fender & Squire Strats are pretty much the same guitar except for different Tuners and pickups. In the 90s I had a bunch of those and changed all the pickups to Lace... don't know if I'd go for Lace now.
Most nail polish remover ( you show a bottle ) is not acetone.. it ethyl acetate, a by product of the distillation process. It is a far less aggressive solvent than acetone.
Hey man that’s a Squier JV 1982-84 very sought after in original condition .. not so much in that condition
edit:: after I saw the headstock it’s not a JV it’s post JV most likely E Series if not E serial It’s a JDM model
Ah, the Lace Sensor era...
I prefer Groove Bon's early stuff. More honest, before they sold out.
Nice score.
I see this “weirdo” about twice a week! Hell yeah for music retail in the south!!!
Dude! So glad you were able to remove that awfulness and document it for us. The guitar looks great! I don’t mind the silver pickup covers, but the knobs are goofy for sure. I have a ‘72 Twin myself. Great video Jeremy!
Nice video brother! What camera you are using?
I use a Canon 6D Mark ii. My macro shots come from an 80's Lumix 50mm f4 macro lens i've adapted to canon.
@@JeremySheppard Thank you for your reply! Nice work! 🙏
Well, you get yourself all branded up your gonna run into people that see that as self defacement. You gotta be ready to deal with them. That's a neat little Japan Squire Strat.
If you wanted to stay with Lace pick-ups, I would have replaced the pick-ups with Gold lace for the sound I like…at very least Gold in Neck and middle, then maybe a hot rail in bridge..
Hahahah he just left when the mom showed up lol
This was cool (and you sir have a new follower!)
To me that colour look more like "Dakota red"?
Keep it up..
I think you’re right. I’m not good with the fender reds.
Montage music is a bit loud, but cool project nonetheless
Lace sensors are awesome.
gotta say, I'm impressed.
best story ever at opening
People do some goofy stuff to guitars. Nice turn around.
You think that's bad, you should see drums that have been unprofessionaly modified. Sometimes it's great, other times it's terrible.
cetone got all over my hand while I was holding my Swiss Army Knife.....It left my fingerprints in the handle. I believe it would have dissolved the handle. Just a note on using Acetone
Decal remover is citrus based and works well.
Did you rip a bonghit before this video? I like the inspirational music like the guitar survived Cancer. Yeahhh.
I'm glad someone else typed it so I didn't.
#survive
😂😂😂😂
Wake ‘n’ bake
Great video! Did I hear a little Tyler Childers ‘Follow You To Virgie’ in there?
TylerHoodMusic good ear. I’ve been hooked on him for a few months. Something about growing up in the mountains and similar experiences.
Yess! Hometown boy...I thought I heard his stuff. Glad to see him popping up in peoples content. Great video too..I love my Japanese Strat
Jeremy Sheppard the man is a brilliant wordsmith. Had the pleasure of seeing him here in Orlando last month, killer band and one hell of a show.
you can tell this is prolly his first strat, cuz i would defiinitely put some stickers on my first guitar
have you played a thin skin Strat?
Ashton I haven’t. I should!