@@atakdragonfly1675 I don't see how people get those gouges in their fretboards. The first time I played with long fingernails and had a nail dig into the rosewood, I clipped my nails *immediately*. And now I keep them shorter than I ever have at any point in my life lol. I play my guitars daily so I just keep my nails trimmed back so there's no white growth at the ends. Lol. They're *short.* I could *never* catch the fretboard and dig out a chunk with them this short.
I know absolutely nothing about woodwork, electronics or luthiery but I'm totally addicted to this channel. If I lived in Canada this is the gentleman who would look after my instruments. Amazing work 👍
the paint work on the strat is so lovely, and hearing the context makes it all the more beautiful. I hope the owner's mom is managing okay or that they've been able to find some small peace in this time
As soon as you FLASHED to the Waterloo guitar...I was like whoa! Nice! Striking in a way I still can't describe... And not normally my thing. I never liked the top so light.
I am sending the most strongest vibes to his mother I possibly can because I had a brain injury and I will never be the same and I can't believe that people do not show their fellow human beings love like they should I learn so much from this accident(I know this comment is over a year old I do not care I hope it's mother is still with us and I am sending love her way)
Awsome as always, and now I have to read up on baked maple. I crimp the tabs on the ground pin around the cable sleeve, but I guess it doesn't matter much in this case. My heart goes out to the mother and artist, and the people close to her. I know what It's like to have a loved one go through that.
1 AM right here, it's been a short yet weird night. But what a great way to end it. All the best to that guy's mother...a member of my family currently is suffering from hard cancer too...not a good place to be in life that's for sure.
Thank you for sharing these. I enjoy them so much. As a side note, I do not get bored of the tasks you have shown repeatedly, i.e. fret dressing, nut filing. If you can bear to edit the footage, I’ll watch it all. 🤍
One of the coolest guitars I've seen on Reverb was an early 80s Charvel shredder with homemade graphics of Fred Flintstone and Barney playing guitars on the front, done by what I'd say was a talented amateur. Very cool, punky, DIY vibe, and I was of course too broke to grab it at the time. Anyway, the strawberries are lovely, good vibes to that guy's mom.
I so love your channel man. So entertaining and informative. I’m a producer and session bassist in Nashville for the last 22 years and I tell everyone about your channel. Thank you for the effort and education!
15:54 - Yes! That way of pronouncing "out" has totally been *the* give-away to me over the past two years or so that someone's from Canada 😀 I love it! 😊
"ah-oot" - that's awesome, I never realized before that the Canadian pronunciation is actually more of a multi-syllabic (actually a dipthong) and phonetic one, albeit still a regional choice of how to pronounce each vowel. Thanks.
I know I’m 2 years late.. minjacks were never meant to be permanent connections. They relied on frequent removal and reinsertions to clean the contacts. A mini xlr would be a better permanent choice.
Whenever I am fixing this sort of slot angle problem, I draw a line with a graphite pencil down the bottom of slots, and then file them at the angle untill only the last dot of the pencil graphite remains at the front of the slot. The last move I do is to "erase" that trace with one final strike of the file...
All instruments have a voice. To find it is the challenge. It is hard for some to go through time and effort to find the voice, that’s why players trade an instrument for another, and when the voice is found it may not be the voice a player wanted or it is a new voice that is welcomed. All of your videos entertain, teach, and challenge one’s abilities! Fantastic! Love from NW Colorado. Thanxz
Thanks for continuing to post these excellent videos despite all the armchair quarterbacking you always get in the comments. They are informative and entertaining.
Funny enough I just spent a couple hours changing pics ups and re-wiring my Strat today. Took my time and it the wiring looks so much better than before. It also sounds like I want to Strat I am playing to sound.
Don't forget, Ted, all instruments have a spirit and a soul of some sort. Some can bond with the player. That's why some owners don't care what the cost is to bring it back to that "magical" experience it once had. Others can not relate to the spirit and / or soul of the machine and might abuse it creating negativity from within said instrument. The repair person has to decide how to deal with the energy. Is it good or otherwise. A good repair luthier can tell soon enough.
BB may have gone to higher action later, but he always played 008s... Back in 1970 I got a brief time to visit with BB, and he let me play Lucille... In that time period he preferred both low frets and low action.. just like I had my Guild Starfire V set up. I know... I actually got a few minutes of noodling around with Lucille. He was a FINE man, a true gentle soul. I have cherished that brief time with BB my entire life
No! All that opposing tension would cause the Strat body to split and rip in halves straight up the centre of the body causing extremely serious injury to the player, band and audience. 😁😁
The key to tiny soldering is a magnifying lens, or opti-visors, a fine pencil tip iron, and a third-hand to hold the parts. Easy on the coffee too. As I've aged, I now need both a magnifying lens AND opti-visors.
Love your videos. Can i make a suggestion purely based on my slight ocd when it comes to the visuals? When you added the fourth spring, why not move the centre one over to the next position, that way, you would have two on either side of centre. This would (for me anyway), be visually nicer as they would be symmetrical. Keep up the great work dude.
For me, that red strat is a really nice combination of form and function. And you can’t get more functional than strat design (well, maybe tele?). Sending positive energy to the talented lady...
I understand the high action... It changes where the string hits your finger (pad vs tip) and if you do a lot of bends, you want all your pickup points to be the same.
I could worry about using a mono cable in a stereo jack -- when you plug it all the way in, you are shorting one output to the sleeve. On a passive system, that's no big deal, but on a system with a preamp it could be an issue.
Nicely done Ted, I always love you care and wisdom. My inner OCD was wishing you’d moved the middle spring to the left leaving the middle slot empty, for symmetry, don’t you think? From your description it didn’t seem you realised about this option, but maybe you just took into account the higher tension on the bass strings.
You guys will find if you like to play Stevie ray songs,high action is essential to really nail his Texas shuffle (dirty rake)..low action just doesn't sound the same when you rake mute..
You do a really great job. I love watching your videos. But it always hurts me seeing that a inferior connector is used when replacing original. It is like the plaque of RCA jacks that replaced DIN connectors in the 70s in consumer electronics. I see your point. If you are uncomfortable doing the job, then it is better to not do it. If there wasn't that small pond between us, I'd gladly solder those plugs for you. Regards, Etna.
Yeah, man, Waterloo are built by the amazing Collings Guitars. My pal is a very high-end builder (Carter-Paulson Guitars) and Bill was a friend of his. He introduced me to Bill at an old NAMM show in Anaheim way before Bill got sick with cancer. Waterloo hit the entry point pricing on better guitars. Collings are closer at this time to around $5K which are amazing cool. The next step up are Carter-Poulsen Guitars which are about $8600 starting price which sound expensive until you realize they are competing against Traugott Guitars that start around $30K with a 10-year waiting list. Welcome to the deeper end of quality builds...
Enjoyed the video as always, but a bit disappointed with your electronics (my specialty) in contrast with your luthiery which is immaculate! The new pickup wiring should have had some heat shrink tubing on it at both the exit through the remains of the mini XLR and the entry to the new mini jack. I guess you'll have tied it all down, good and proper, so it won't fret and cut or short the wires, but still - must do better next time!
I keep my electrics at 3/32 and my acoustics at 7/64. It is what I prefer. I tried really low action on an electric; my fingers lay on top of the strings and then you push. I prefer to get under a note and really yank em, lol.
On the Waterloo acoustic, the inset/threaded screw nut inserts on the pickup are at different heights. Can you go over what these do and maybe the reason that you would need to adjust these or possibly give an example of improper and proper heights whenever you have an opportunity in the future? Thank you so much for sharing your craft with us.
When you solder clean the tip with a clean rag. Have a damp clean small sponge and run the tip over the sponge making a hissing sound. It thermally shocks the iron so the surface of the tip is hotter. Then tin the surface of the pins and wires before soldering together.
Ken, The thermal shock of the hot soldering-iron tip hitting a damp sponge is actually bad for the lifetime of the tip (damages the steel plating found on high-quality tips). I prefer the special brass wool sponges that Weller and others sell specially for this purpose, although I suppose you can even use a stainless steel kitchen scrub sponge, which are easy to find. It is worth noting that most soldering iron tips are made of copper or brass, and the steel plating is necessary to keep the solder and flux from quickly eating away at the copper tip. Modern lead- free solder is much harder on soldering iron tips because the flux (no longer merely rosin, but instead contains organic acids) eat away at the metal more quickly, and also it requires a higher temperature setting for soldering with lead-free solder. The fumes from lead free solder are also much worse for you than rosin fumes from ordinary tin/ lead solder, and require good ventilation or at least a fan ( If you breathe in those fumes or they drift towards your eyes, you definitely won't like it). I personally detest lead free solder and avoid using it. The fluxes in the solder core remain corrosive after soldering has been completed and must be thoroughly cleaned away, as they can actually eat into the connection and damage circuit boards and so on.
@@kennogawa6638 , I've been soldering stuff for over 50 years, including 15 years as a full time audio repair tech, but this is something that I only learned about maybe 10 years ago. Granted, it may be more of an issue if you're using lead-free solder and the higher tip-temperatures necessary for that stuff.... but considering the cost of good quality soldering tips and the difficulty in finding replacements for some older soldering equipment that you might still be using, it's a good idea to preserve their life as much as possible. I have noticed that some of the "replacement" tips sold nowadays have much shorter useable life than the ones that we bought a decade or two ago; probably made in China with cheaper metals, and not thickly plated with steel. Bare copper or brass tips would corrode away pretty quickly, which is why you should never file soldering iron tips. In addition to the brass wool tip cleaners I mentioned earlier, at work we also have these little cylindrical tip cleaning blocks (made by Multi-Core I think) that are apparently a mix of flux and powdered solder or a similar alloy; they work great.
I retired ten years ago so maybe they changed things since then. The main thing is to make a good physical connection since the solder in electronics is for good electron flow not physical strength.
Higher action for me means my fingers grip the string better when I am bending it. Lower action and my finger often slips off the string during a bend.
Strings need room to swing. I'm glad somebody else is talking about the 'no angle' headstock on a Strat. The Gibson hate brigade really don't get understand that part of Gibson's designs. Fender have string trees, staggered tuners and all sorts of little tricks to try and get some decent break angle over the nut and they work to an extent, but not consistent string to string - And it's OK of course. But it's the whole reason for an angled headstock on many people solid body electrics - Perfect and consistent break angles. When I fix synths and things I sometimes have to solder under magnification. Never tried this soddering business though ;-)... That's quite the wiring loom that you stashed inside that teeny little guitar! Great vid as always. And good tip for Strats and suchlike to wrap the string down the post to improve break angle!
@@ileutur6863 I've got a really high mileage Les Paul Custom been gigged loads, loads of finish wear from good honest playing, over many years. No breaks ever. there's nothing to be afraid of. I have a USA Strat too, so I'm not biased! The differences are all good. My LP is my number one guitar though. The feel and tone are what I want to experience most often. The Strat only gets occasional outings
I'd much rather have a dark spot than a gouge like that in my fretboard. I'm sure the owner was thrilled! 👍
I've got lots of guitars where it's naturally that way anyways
@@atakdragonfly1675 I don't see how people get those gouges in their fretboards. The first time I played with long fingernails and had a nail dig into the rosewood, I clipped my nails *immediately*. And now I keep them shorter than I ever have at any point in my life lol.
I play my guitars daily so I just keep my nails trimmed back so there's no white growth at the ends. Lol. They're *short.* I could *never* catch the fretboard and dig out a chunk with them this short.
@@J.C... That one doesn't look like it came from nails, he probably accidentally bashed it up against something or it fell over into something.
I know absolutely nothing about woodwork, electronics or luthiery but I'm totally addicted to this channel. If I lived in Canada this is the gentleman who would look after my instruments. Amazing work 👍
the paint work on the strat is so lovely, and hearing the context makes it all the more beautiful. I hope the owner's mom is managing okay or that they've been able to find some small peace in this time
Hand decorated guitars are unmatched in my mind it really makes your guitar yours and unique to you
healing energy aimed at the artist , much love from someone who's been there and is still here
You're awesome. I'm giving you a hi-five from Texas.
Two high fives from TX.
@@kylevandeusen Nice...where aboots? Lol...
@@tommywilliamsjr.697 Fort Worth area (or, for anyone not familiar, "Dallas".)
@@kylevandeusen Just outside of Austin.
I need to tell you Ted you have saved my life watching you work on guitars is so calming😊
I always feel a genuine “joy” when watching your videos. Please don’t stop sharing! 😎👍👊👏 🎸
Good man. We all feel the same. Ted is a positive force.
The wood of that strawberry Strat neck is really pretty.
That strawberry caster looks cool
I LUV watching a Surgeon at work! Your THE MAN! Thanx for enriching another day in My Life! Rock On Big Fella!
As soon as you FLASHED to the Waterloo guitar...I was like whoa! Nice! Striking in a way I still can't describe... And not normally my thing. I never liked the top so light.
Good health to you and all of your viewers.
Always makes me smile when he plays at the end, just very cool.
I am sending the most strongest vibes to his mother I possibly can because I had a brain injury and I will never be the same and I can't believe that people do not show their fellow human beings love like they should I learn so much from this accident(I know this comment is over a year old I do not care I hope it's mother is still with us and I am sending love her way)
That's a lovely looking guitar
New to this channel. You’re amazing, almost hypnotic to watch. Keep the vids coming
Glad to see you're still oot and aboot!
Healing vibes sent. Hope she won.
Awsome as always, and now I have to read up on baked maple.
I crimp the tabs on the ground pin around the cable sleeve, but I guess it doesn't matter much in this case.
My heart goes out to the mother and artist, and the people close to her. I know what It's like to have a loved one go through that.
I went back and crimped them after I tested it. I left them loose until I was sure.
1 AM right here, it's been a short yet weird night. But what a great way to end it.
All the best to that guy's mother...a member of my family currently is suffering from hard cancer too...not a good place to be in life that's for sure.
Thank you for sharing these. I enjoy them so much.
As a side note, I do not get bored of the tasks you have shown repeatedly, i.e. fret dressing, nut filing. If you can bear to edit the footage, I’ll watch it all. 🤍
Everytime I watch these videos, I learn a lot. I also vibe with the chill atmosphere
Nice tone on that Waterloo
For someone who isn't used to open D that sounded pretty good. Damn, now I think I need a Waterloo!
One of the coolest guitars I've seen on Reverb was an early 80s Charvel shredder with homemade graphics of Fred Flintstone and Barney playing guitars on the front, done by what I'd say was a talented amateur. Very cool, punky, DIY vibe, and I was of course too broke to grab it at the time. Anyway, the strawberries are lovely, good vibes to that guy's mom.
I so love your channel man. So entertaining and informative. I’m a producer and session bassist in Nashville for the
last 22 years and I tell everyone about your channel. Thank you for the effort and education!
15:54 - Yes! That way of pronouncing "out" has totally been *the* give-away to me over the past two years or so that someone's from Canada 😀 I love it! 😊
that bit at the end needs to be your intro music! damn fine!
"ah-oot" - that's awesome, I never realized before that the Canadian pronunciation is actually more of a multi-syllabic (actually a dipthong) and phonetic one, albeit still a regional choice of how to pronounce each vowel. Thanks.
Great I information as always thank you
I love to start my sunday morings with your videos keep up the good work
I know I’m 2 years late.. minjacks were never meant to be permanent connections. They relied on frequent removal and reinsertions to clean the contacts. A mini xlr would be a better permanent choice.
Whenever I am fixing this sort of slot angle problem, I draw a line with a graphite pencil down the bottom of slots, and then file them at the angle untill only the last dot of the pencil graphite remains at the front of the slot. The last move I do is to "erase" that trace with one final strike of the file...
I am not much of an acoustic fan, but that Waterloo sounds wonderful.
All instruments have a voice. To find it is the challenge. It is hard for some to go through time and effort to find the voice, that’s why players trade an instrument for another, and when the voice is found it may not be the voice a player wanted or it is a new voice that is welcomed. All of your videos entertain, teach, and challenge one’s abilities! Fantastic! Love from NW Colorado. Thanxz
Thanks for continuing to post these excellent videos despite all the armchair quarterbacking you always get in the comments. They are informative and entertaining.
You can play man... love when you play something at the end.. learned a lot from you.
What a pleasant surprise! Thank you, Ted :)
I learn something every time I watch; thank you.
Most strats with 12s will sit flush with three springs if you configure them in a \|/ shape. I find 4 springs can be a bit stiff at times.
Sunday morning in Australia. Twoodfrd and Abom! Bring it on! Extreme opposite ends of the engineering spectrum but so much in common.
On those little solder cups: use a short length or shrink tube on EACH wire to strain relieve between the solder cup and the insulation.
Thank you for the efforts you make to share your skill, knowledge and bits of philosophy. For Saturday nights this is essential viewing
I’ve watched so many of your videos that I feel like I’ve had both a history lesson and done a luthiery apprenticeship 😀
Funny enough I just spent a couple hours changing pics ups and re-wiring my Strat today. Took my time and it the wiring looks so much better than before. It also sounds like I want to Strat I am playing to sound.
Don't forget, Ted, all instruments have a spirit and a soul of some sort. Some can bond with the player. That's why some owners don't care what the cost is to bring it back to that "magical" experience it once had. Others can not relate to the spirit and / or soul of the machine and might abuse it creating negativity from within said instrument. The repair person has to decide how to deal with the energy. Is it good or otherwise. A good repair luthier can tell soon enough.
Zen, and the Art of Guitar Repair!
Words of wisdom spoken at 18:10. Seems obvious, but so easy to forget about... : )
Why not move one of the springs over and have a 2 and 2 symmetrical configuration? Great content as always!
Yeah what Hanan said, I was thinking the same thing.
I just commented that before in read the comments. Another vote for the 2x 2 configuration.
Was eating a strawberry when I clicked and then I see the red guitar. Delightful
My Saturday is complete 👍 yes
Guitars repaired, weekend improved. Thanks Ted.
The Strat sounds amazing!
"You wouldn't want to leave it off, it would look foolish" 😁
We learn by our mistakes! 😊
BB may have gone to higher action later, but he always played 008s... Back in 1970 I got a brief time to visit with BB, and he let me play Lucille... In that time period he preferred both low frets and low action.. just like I had my Guild Starfire V set up. I know... I actually got a few minutes of noodling around with Lucille. He was a FINE man, a true gentle soul. I have cherished that brief time with BB my entire life
12:03 couldn't you just move the middle spring so there is two on each side to make it symmetric?
I thought the same thing
No! All that opposing tension would cause the Strat body to split and rip in halves straight up the centre of the body causing extremely serious injury to the player, band and audience. 😁😁
Hehehe. Sometimes I do things to provoke a reaction.
Thanks for playing them for us Ted.
Very good video, simple and very clear, thank you for these tips.
4 springs two up two down if the springs are same. Or go 5 springs and back of claw screws. Great video as usual.
The key to tiny soldering is a magnifying lens, or opti-visors, a fine pencil tip iron, and a third-hand to hold the parts. Easy on the coffee too. As I've aged, I now need both a magnifying lens AND opti-visors.
I put two pairs of glasses on, but then I am really old.
Two thumbs up to any video in which one can legitimately utilize the word "jackhole".
easily became my favorite channel.
Energy sent.
The acoustic guitar was so loud... i liked how it sounds too
As always, amazing attention to detail
Nice job on that “toasted” neck! Beautiful.
Positive vibes on their way.
Love your videos. Can i make a suggestion purely based on my slight ocd when it comes to the visuals? When you added the fourth spring, why not move the centre one over to the next position, that way, you would have two on either side of centre. This would (for me anyway), be visually nicer as they would be symmetrical. Keep up the great work dude.
For me, that red strat is a really nice combination of form and function. And you can’t get more functional than strat design (well, maybe tele?). Sending positive energy to the talented lady...
Just fixed my first 12 stringer neck break quality job i might add thanks to u bro easy meat
I understand the high action... It changes where the string hits your finger (pad vs tip) and if you do a lot of bends, you want all your pickup points to be the same.
I could worry about using a mono cable in a stereo jack -- when you plug it all the way in, you are shorting one output to the sleeve. On a passive system, that's no big deal, but on a system with a preamp it could be an issue.
No, it is not an issue.
this is hands down one of the best channels on youtube. and i'm subscribed to an obscene amount of channels lol
That neck is incredible
That’s a damn fine sounding guitar! Great video as always!
Nicely done Ted, I always love you care and wisdom. My inner OCD was wishing you’d moved the middle spring to the left leaving the middle slot empty, for symmetry, don’t you think? From your description it didn’t seem you realised about this option, but maybe you just took into account the higher tension on the bass strings.
Incredibly well done, as usual!
Thanks, I enjoyed that photo.
Cheers 🍻
Thank you for your videos!
Great work. Thank you so much.
Good vibes aimed at the dudes mom. Jeff Beck said his white strat was an awful guitar that challenged him but played right it sang
You guys will find if you like to play Stevie ray songs,high action is essential to really nail his Texas shuffle (dirty rake)..low action just doesn't sound the same when you rake mute..
I wish I could like your videos more than once
You do a really great job. I love watching your videos. But it always hurts me seeing that a inferior connector is used when replacing original. It is like the plaque of RCA jacks that replaced DIN connectors in the 70s in consumer electronics. I see your point. If you are uncomfortable doing the job, then it is better to not do it. If there wasn't that small pond between us, I'd gladly solder those plugs for you.
Regards, Etna.
Yeah, man, Waterloo are built by the amazing Collings Guitars. My pal is a very high-end builder (Carter-Paulson Guitars) and Bill was a friend of his. He introduced me to Bill at an old NAMM show in Anaheim way before Bill got sick with cancer. Waterloo hit the entry point pricing on better guitars. Collings are closer at this time to around $5K which are amazing cool. The next step up are Carter-Poulsen Guitars which are about $8600 starting price which sound expensive until you realize they are competing against Traugott Guitars that start around $30K with a 10-year waiting list. Welcome to the deeper end of quality builds...
Dude, you're a wood smith, that why you can't solder. Those pins are huge.
Yeah, I thought the same :-)
Enjoyed the video as always, but a bit disappointed with your electronics (my specialty) in contrast with your luthiery which is immaculate! The new pickup wiring should have had some heat shrink tubing on it at both the exit through the remains of the mini XLR and the entry to the new mini jack. I guess you'll have tied it all down, good and proper, so it won't fret and cut or short the wires, but still - must do better next time!
I keep my electrics at 3/32 and my acoustics at 7/64. It is what I prefer. I tried really low action on an electric; my fingers lay on top of the strings and then you push. I prefer to get under a note and really yank em, lol.
I wish your client's mother all the best, Ted. I hope she's doing OK.
Robin Trower uses 12s. He likes that heavy tone.
On the Waterloo acoustic, the inset/threaded screw nut inserts on the pickup are at different heights. Can you go over what these do and maybe the reason that you would need to adjust these or possibly give an example of improper and proper heights whenever you have an opportunity in the future? Thank you so much for sharing your craft with us.
@Matt Hayden Nice. Thank you, Matt. Appreciate it.
When you solder clean the tip with a clean rag. Have a damp clean small sponge and run the tip over the sponge making a hissing sound. It thermally shocks the iron so the surface of the tip is hotter. Then tin the surface of the pins and wires before soldering together.
Ken, The thermal shock of the hot soldering-iron tip hitting a damp sponge is actually bad for the lifetime of the tip (damages the steel plating found on high-quality tips). I prefer the special brass wool sponges that Weller and others sell specially for this purpose, although I suppose you can even use a stainless steel kitchen scrub sponge, which are easy to find.
It is worth noting that most soldering iron tips are made of copper or brass, and the steel plating is necessary to keep the solder and flux from quickly eating away at the copper tip. Modern lead- free solder is much harder on soldering iron tips because the flux (no longer merely rosin, but instead contains organic acids) eat away at the metal more quickly, and also it requires a higher temperature setting for soldering with lead-free solder. The fumes from lead free solder are also much worse for you than rosin fumes from ordinary tin/ lead solder, and require good ventilation or at least a fan ( If you breathe in those fumes or they drift towards your eyes, you definitely won't like it). I personally detest lead free solder and avoid using it. The fluxes in the solder core remain corrosive after soldering has been completed and must be thoroughly cleaned away, as they can actually eat into the connection and damage circuit boards and so on.
Interesting been doing it this way for forty years and the only tips I've replaced are the ones that bent.
@@kennogawa6638 , I've been soldering stuff for over 50 years, including 15 years as a full time audio repair tech, but this is something that I only learned about maybe 10 years ago. Granted, it may be more of an issue if you're using lead-free solder and the higher tip-temperatures necessary for that stuff.... but considering the cost of good quality soldering tips and the difficulty in finding replacements for some older soldering equipment that you might still be using, it's a good idea to preserve their life as much as possible. I have noticed that some of the "replacement" tips sold nowadays have much shorter useable life than the ones that we bought a decade or two ago; probably made in China with cheaper metals, and not thickly plated with steel. Bare copper or brass tips would corrode away pretty quickly, which is why you should never file soldering iron tips.
In addition to the brass wool tip cleaners I mentioned earlier, at work we also have these little cylindrical tip cleaning blocks (made by Multi-Core I think) that are apparently a mix of flux and powdered solder or a similar alloy; they work great.
I retired ten years ago so maybe they changed things since then. The main thing is to make a good physical connection since the solder in electronics is for good electron flow not physical strength.
I thought his intermittent in this case was caused by a cold solder joint.
You could put two springs, space, two springs.... 🤔
You should’ve moved the middle trem spring to mirror the position of the new one you put in, the lack of symmetry triggered me a bit!
Had strat put locking tuners low E was doing that jumping, I put a thi4d roller saddle worked great
Why don’t you put the springs on the outside and leave the middle claw with out one? That’s what I do with 4 springs
Higher action for me means my fingers grip the string better when I am bending it. Lower action and my finger often slips off the string during a bend.
Thanks ,more please .
Strings need room to swing. I'm glad somebody else is talking about the 'no angle' headstock on a Strat. The Gibson hate brigade really don't get understand that part of Gibson's designs. Fender have string trees, staggered tuners and all sorts of little tricks to try and get some decent break angle over the nut and they work to an extent, but not consistent string to string - And it's OK of course. But it's the whole reason for an angled headstock on many people solid body electrics - Perfect and consistent break angles. When I fix synths and things I sometimes have to solder under magnification. Never tried this soddering business though ;-)... That's quite the wiring loom that you stashed inside that teeny little guitar! Great vid as always. And good tip for Strats and suchlike to wrap the string down the post to improve break angle!
I'd take inconsistent break angle over fragility any day of the week, especially on an expensive instrument
@@ileutur6863 I've got a really high mileage Les Paul Custom been gigged loads, loads of finish wear from good honest playing, over many years. No breaks ever. there's nothing to be afraid of. I have a USA Strat too, so I'm not biased! The differences are all good. My LP is my number one guitar though. The feel and tone are what I want to experience most often. The Strat only gets occasional outings
I bet you play better than 80% of owners