Love the Guitar!! Every one has that one favorite/first guitar 😁sorry for your lost Brian😔.. But we know that he is in a better place😇 God bless you and your family...
Sorry for your loss Brian. Guitars that are connected to our stories and our families stories that are part of us are always the best guitars. Thanks for sharing!
I’ve been watching you for a while. I knew that you had built this guitar with your grandfather before you ever said it. From a video I saw years back. It would be my favorite as well. God bless you.
Awesome Brian. I appreciate you sharing the whole story. I just ordered all the pieces for my “parts-caster”. 1st one. Hopefully it goes well. Keep the Worship coming!
Sorry to hear of your loss Brian! What a great memory you get to hold onto! Looks like you have the same neck pickup that I do in my partscaster that I built for my son when he was born! I did it for the same reason that he will have something to hold on to long after I get to go sit at the feet of the Lord!
I love hearing about the gear journey! It really adds to the connection we have with our preferred gear. Great story! Sorry for your loss. It’s gratifying you’ve got such a strong connection to your Grandfather.
LOVE GTR Stories! I have a TELE of the same color blue. BUT, mine is the Hybrid that has 3 noiseless pickups & a 5-way switch with the two diagonal switch settings that emulate a Strat sound. It also has locking tuners. It's the Nashville model. Love it. I have 4 other EG's, but this is my main EG for worship music, along with my POD GO. But this Sunday, I'll drag along my orange Gretsch 5420T for the last two songs, as I'll finger-pick those, as they are more subdued mellow songs, more suitable in tone for the Gretsch. God is GOOD! In a couple weeks, I'll be 79 yrs old, and just SO blessed by God's Son Jesus, that I'm still able to play EVERY Sunday for Him, and at an acceptably high level. I'll continue to do it as long as He lets me! Jeremiah 6:8! Here I am, Lord, use me!
Praying for you and your family I'm so sorry to hear about your grandpa passing . thank you for sharing the story about the guitar .I want to hear more stories about other guitars !
What a cool story. I too had a grandpa Wilbur. It was my Grandpa Ed that was the wood worker though. My Grandpa Ed passed away at the beginning of 2020 a week away from turning 99. Your memories brought back mine. I built my first guitars in high-school wood shop class, but was always bringing them to show my Grandpa, and he'd show my the cedar chest, or whatever else he was building and we'd talk shop. Thanks again for the story.
I loved the personal story about your blue Tele and your grandfather. What a special tribute! Back in the 80's, my oldest brother helped me buy my first electric guitar, a Kramer. My brother was in a southern rock band and would let me tag along and jam with them during their rehearsals, and those are some special memories. At some point, I decided to take the Kramer apart, sand off the finish, and stain the middle to make it look like a neck-through guitar 🤣 Honestly, I can't remember what happened to the guitar, but I wish I had held onto it. My brother passed away earlier this year. He had such a big influence on my life, including faith, music, playing guitar, and the list goes on. Thank you so much for your channel. I love everything y'all are doing. God bless you!
I wish I could find that exact guitar somewhere, it's perfect. It's so awesome to hear the story behind it as well. Praying for you and your family today brother.
Sorry to hear about your grandpa. It's awesome that you posted this now. I've been considering making my own tele. Want to make a thin line, for the top sheet I want to use barn wood from my grandpa's barn. He passed away 1.5 years ago. This convinced me. Love the story and the character. Guitar sounds incredible. I love that thick tone from the neck pickup.
Love the guitar stories, this one was a good one. I personally cherish my "Story" guitars more than the ones that are worth the most monetarily. Awesome Channel Brian!
So sorry for your loss, Brian. This is very cool and what a neat tribute to Wilbur. Didn’t know you had built a guitar with him. Merry Christmas! God bless you and your crew!
Can confirm. Warmoth stuff is great. My Tele has the 59 roundback profile and is amazing. Not too thick or thin. Perfect. Roasted maple and stainless frets too. Another note to make is the body is Warmoth too and they couldn’t fit together any more perfectly. Nice and snug.
I agree about the Little 59 un the bridge! Before putting the Fishman Fluence pickups in my Telecaster I had the same set up with the SD Mini Humbucker in the neck and a little 59 in the bridge. After watching this I'm strongly considering doing a partscaster, using the mini HB, and getting a Porter for the bridge. 👊🏼🙂
Very cool guitar and story. What a treasure that you have to remember your Grandpa Wilbur. As for what I would like to see next....I want to see the update on that Squier Classic Vibe 60s Strat!
Loved this man. There's almost always a story behind every guitar. Awesome series and I can't wait to see what else you come up with. Need to get Bradford in there to do one and maybe rope in Kurtis Lambert to talk about his story too. Collabs for days!
I love that you’ve named your guitar. Of all my guitars, I have only two with names. My workhorse bass is named “Red” after the Fraggle, yes it is red, and my workhorse acoustic is named “Melba” after Rocko’s neighbor, who is named after the food Melba Toast. All my others are nameless.
Amazing story and build! Sorry for your loss and I’m sure your grandpa would appreciate that this guitar and the story is able to be shared with thousands of others now. And of course Boomer Sooner!
Thanks Brian, I really enjoyed watching your story of your special Tele. You should definitely play that guitar more, it's a beaut. Just a suggestion for future videos like this one (and it's fine that you didn't do this for this particular guitar because of it's special sentimental value) but it would be great if you could get Bradford to do a shorter take 2 (i.e. a second opinion) of what he thinks of the same guitar that you are talking about. Or if it is Bradford doing one of his guitars you should do a take 2 on what you think of the same guitar. Could be filmed together talking about the guitar or filmed separately, it wouldn't matter.
I love the story behind your guitar! Something I think about often is the memories that I made with some of my favorite things. I love the things because they were part of some rich and meaninful relationships. I hope that some day you pass Wilbur 2 down to your kid or grandkid and get to make some amazing memories just like your Grandpa did with you!
I used to hate teles becauee I thought they were too one dimensional and their sound quality was inferior I was so wrong. I appreciate teles now because they peirce the mix with their sharp attack. As for the sound quality, rings like a silver bell, pure beautiful sound.
I have only owned 2 guitars that had that sound of rolling, pulsing and dynamic projection. A Heritage l.p. from the mid 90s and a original valley arts lukather model in conjunction with my old 70s Marshall combo. Out of 12 guitars that I own now none do that to the extent that yours and the two I had to sell years ago. I to have always used Warmoth necks for any build of mine. Best neck for 200 bucks. Bless you brother
That rolling sound may be caused because of the pickup height. My humbucker guitar had that sound, but i screwed the pickups away from the strings and that sound is now gone. Kinda miss it, but the strings were scrathing the hell put of the bridge humbucker. Plus the bridge humbucker sometimes got too crazy, too much bass and output.
My sunburst thinline tele is actually another home-brew guitar (I did the finish on that one, too). I'll do a video on it soon. Building guitars is a lot of fun, but if you use really high end parts and pickups, it can be an expensive hobby. Although it could be worth reaching out to Warmoth to see if they'd sponsor a build. That's a possibility.
Lately I've been thinking on making an electric guitar from scratch, too Surely is gonna be interesting 👌 With a set of Lamberstones pickups and 🤯 ufff
I finished my Tele neck with boiled linseed oil, then wet sanded it with 1200 grit sandpaper dipped in a mineral spirit/ linseed oil mixture. It's smoother than a baby's bottom!
If Pottery Barn ever questioned him, I'm sure he could tell them that he's just measuring it to make sure it would fit where he's planning to put it. And technically he was...
brother you need vitamins! don't put your health to the side. God bless you. I hope you're doing okay! if you need prayer or anything i'm praying for you right now
Want more guitar story videos? We have a bunch of guitars, ha. Let me know in the comments! 👇🏻
Please
Yes please 😃
Yes I love to hear “guitar stories”
Do it!
Yessss! For sure! I love this!
Sorry to hear about your grandpa passing away Brian, hope you and the fam are well!
Thanks Matt - really appreciate it.
So sorry for your loss man! Its a blessing that you'll always have the great memories
Sorry about the loss of your Granpa. What a great memory. God Bless your family.
Love the Guitar!! Every one has that one favorite/first guitar 😁sorry for your lost Brian😔.. But we know that he is in a better place😇
God bless you and your family...
I’m sorry about your loss brother. Praying for you and your family. I’m glad you guys have memories together
Praying for comfort for your family man! Much love, thanks for all you and Bradford do!
Sorry for your loss Brian. Guitars that are connected to our stories and our families stories that are part of us are always the best guitars. Thanks for sharing!
I’ve been watching you for a while. I knew that you had built this guitar with your grandfather before you ever said it. From a video I saw years back.
It would be my favorite as well. God bless you.
This was amazing Brian. Sorry to hear of your loss but there is such a great memory here. Thank you for sharing this precious person.
What a beautiful tribute to Wilbur. Loved this video Brian, keep it going!
Awesome Brian. I appreciate you sharing the whole story. I just ordered all the pieces for my “parts-caster”. 1st one. Hopefully it goes well. Keep the Worship coming!
Sorry to hear of your loss Brian! What a great memory you get to hold onto! Looks like you have the same neck pickup that I do in my partscaster that I built for my son when he was born! I did it for the same reason that he will have something to hold on to long after I get to go sit at the feet of the Lord!
I’d love to hear more stories about your guitars. I think that’s so cool
I love hearing about the gear journey! It really adds to the connection we have with our preferred gear.
Great story! Sorry for your loss. It’s gratifying you’ve got such a strong connection to your Grandfather.
LOVE GTR Stories! I have a TELE of the same color blue. BUT, mine is the Hybrid that has 3 noiseless pickups & a 5-way switch with the two diagonal switch settings that emulate a Strat sound. It also has locking tuners. It's the Nashville model. Love it. I have 4 other EG's, but this is my main EG for worship music, along with my POD GO. But this Sunday, I'll drag along my orange Gretsch 5420T for the last two songs, as I'll finger-pick those, as they are more subdued mellow songs, more suitable in tone for the Gretsch. God is GOOD! In a couple weeks, I'll be 79 yrs old, and just SO blessed by God's Son Jesus, that I'm still able to play EVERY Sunday for Him, and at an acceptably high level. I'll continue to do it as long as He lets me! Jeremiah 6:8! Here I am, Lord, use me!
That guitar is absolutely beautiful 😍
Praying for you and your family I'm so sorry to hear about your grandpa passing . thank you for sharing the story about the guitar .I want to hear more stories about other guitars !
Sorry to hear about your loss. God bless!❤️🙏
Nice tribute to your Grandpa, love the personal connection, and your willingness to share with us. Great sound too!
What a cool story. I too had a grandpa Wilbur. It was my Grandpa Ed that was the wood worker though. My Grandpa Ed passed away at the beginning of 2020 a week away from turning 99. Your memories brought back mine. I built my first guitars in high-school wood shop class, but was always bringing them to show my Grandpa, and he'd show my the cedar chest, or whatever else he was building and we'd talk shop. Thanks again for the story.
Love the boat neck! The only one I'll play now!
I loved the personal story about your blue Tele and your grandfather. What a special tribute!
Back in the 80's, my oldest brother helped me buy my first electric guitar, a Kramer. My brother was in a southern rock band and would let me tag along and jam with them during their rehearsals, and those are some special memories. At some point, I decided to take the Kramer apart, sand off the finish, and stain the middle to make it look like a neck-through guitar 🤣 Honestly, I can't remember what happened to the guitar, but I wish I had held onto it. My brother passed away earlier this year. He had such a big influence on my life, including faith, music, playing guitar, and the list goes on.
Thank you so much for your channel. I love everything y'all are doing. God bless you!
That is a fantastic guitar, great work. Super great playing also. Bless you.
I wish I could find that exact guitar somewhere, it's perfect. It's so awesome to hear the story behind it as well. Praying for you and your family today brother.
Sorry for the loss of your Grandfather. I remember that story though! Love everything about this.
You should make more guitars! That guitar is a beauty
Sorry to hear about your grandpa. It's awesome that you posted this now. I've been considering making my own tele. Want to make a thin line, for the top sheet I want to use barn wood from my grandpa's barn. He passed away 1.5 years ago. This convinced me. Love the story and the character. Guitar sounds incredible. I love that thick tone from the neck pickup.
3:55 This has to be one of the best guitar tones I have ever heard in my entire life. 😍😍
Love the guitar stories, this one was a good one. I personally cherish my "Story" guitars more than the ones that are worth the most monetarily. Awesome Channel Brian!
Sorry for your loss dude. Great guitar by the way.
Thanks for sharing, Brian! Very inspiring! Looking forward to this series! :)
Please do more of these! I love hearing stories about other players instruments!
I watched parts of this twice! Great story, great build and great sounding guitar!
I have a real affinity for guitar history and “nerdom” so thank you for this series. I will really enjoy it!
This was awesome. Loved the story, and it looks and sounds fantastic.
Enjoyed this highly, yes to these type videos.
So sorry for your loss, Brian. This is very cool and what a neat tribute to Wilbur. Didn’t know you had built a guitar with him. Merry Christmas! God bless you and your crew!
Can confirm. Warmoth stuff is great. My Tele has the 59 roundback profile and is amazing. Not too thick or thin. Perfect. Roasted maple and stainless frets too. Another note to make is the body is Warmoth too and they couldn’t fit together any more perfectly. Nice and snug.
I agree about the Little 59 un the bridge! Before putting the Fishman Fluence pickups in my Telecaster I had the same set up with the SD Mini Humbucker in the neck and a little 59 in the bridge. After watching this I'm strongly considering doing a partscaster, using the mini HB, and getting a Porter for the bridge. 👊🏼🙂
Very cool guitar and story. What a treasure that you have to remember your Grandpa Wilbur. As for what I would like to see next....I want to see the update on that Squier Classic Vibe 60s Strat!
2nd kit done, tele and SG styles, great fun!
Godin rolls the FB edges has awesome build quality premium electronics and priced better than most import guitars. Great Value!
Loved this man. There's almost always a story behind every guitar. Awesome series and I can't wait to see what else you come up with. Need to get Bradford in there to do one and maybe rope in Kurtis Lambert to talk about his story too. Collabs for days!
I love that you’ve named your guitar. Of all my guitars, I have only two with names. My workhorse bass is named “Red” after the Fraggle, yes it is red, and my workhorse acoustic is named “Melba” after Rocko’s neighbor, who is named after the food Melba Toast.
All my others are nameless.
Amazing story and build! Sorry for your loss and I’m sure your grandpa would appreciate that this guitar and the story is able to be shared with thousands of others now. And of course Boomer Sooner!
Thanks Brian, I really enjoyed watching your story of your special Tele. You should definitely play that guitar more, it's a beaut. Just a suggestion for future videos like this one (and it's fine that you didn't do this for this particular guitar because of it's special sentimental value) but it would be great if you could get Bradford to do a shorter take 2 (i.e. a second opinion) of what he thinks of the same guitar that you are talking about. Or if it is Bradford doing one of his guitars you should do a take 2 on what you think of the same guitar. Could be filmed together talking about the guitar or filmed separately, it wouldn't matter.
God bless you and comfort you in this time
Thank you and That is a cool story
I love the story behind your guitar! Something I think about often is the memories that I made with some of my favorite things. I love the things because they were part of some rich and meaninful relationships. I hope that some day you pass Wilbur 2 down to your kid or grandkid and get to make some amazing memories just like your Grandpa did with you!
I used to hate teles becauee I thought they were too one dimensional and their sound quality was inferior
I was so wrong.
I appreciate teles now because they peirce the mix with their sharp attack. As for the sound quality, rings like a silver bell, pure beautiful sound.
I have only owned 2 guitars that had that sound of rolling, pulsing and dynamic projection. A Heritage l.p. from the mid 90s and a original valley arts lukather model in conjunction with my old 70s Marshall combo. Out of 12 guitars that I own now none do that to the extent that yours and the two I had to sell years ago. I to have always used Warmoth necks for any build of mine. Best neck for 200 bucks. Bless you brother
That rolling sound may be caused because of the pickup height.
My humbucker guitar had that sound, but i screwed the pickups away from the strings and that sound is now gone. Kinda miss it, but the strings were scrathing the hell put of the bridge humbucker. Plus the bridge humbucker sometimes got too crazy, too much bass and output.
I think you guys should do a current Warmoth Build, build another Partscaster
My sunburst thinline tele is actually another home-brew guitar (I did the finish on that one, too). I'll do a video on it soon. Building guitars is a lot of fun, but if you use really high end parts and pickups, it can be an expensive hobby.
Although it could be worth reaching out to Warmoth to see if they'd sponsor a build. That's a possibility.
Wow what a way to keep his legacy alive. That is so cool bother. Never sell it keep it in a case pass it down!
Lately I've been thinking on making an electric guitar from scratch, too
Surely is gonna be interesting 👌
With a set of Lamberstones pickups and 🤯 ufff
I really really liked this
I finished my Tele neck with boiled linseed oil, then wet sanded it with 1200 grit sandpaper dipped in a mineral spirit/ linseed oil mixture. It's smoother than a baby's bottom!
Porter pickups just came out with gatekeeper series, you guys should review those!
Oh no. Sorry to hear that. Great story... you actually built it with your grandpa? That's very cool!
My condolences for your loss. The guitar is elegant by the way; do you happen to know where I can buy that specific guitar?
You should remake ''Wilbur 1''
I think at this point I could put a neck and hardware on it and get it to play pretty great. It would still be ridiculously heavy, though.
Nice
Pueden hacer un review con las Yamaha revstar?? Me gustaría escuchar sonidos worship con esas guitarras :)
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If Pottery Barn ever questioned him, I'm sure he could tell them that he's just measuring it to make sure it would fit where he's planning to put it. And technically he was...
Are guys considering reviewing the NUX B-5RC?
Hey please teach us that lead guitar of I surrender of hillsong.
4th position is good for slide and swell stuff
Works best with two single coils, might be too thick with the hb
What are using? Amp.. ? Great story. Thank you.
Thanks! Axe-FX III
Its tough loosing loved ones :((
Frst yes
Jesus loves you!!!!
Awesome story, also with the hole in the back you can put your weed in it.
notice popular streamer and singer wilbur soot uses a blue telecaster
hhaha no the pick guard was short, the body is fine lol
brother you need vitamins! don't put your health to the side. God bless you. I hope you're doing okay! if you need prayer or anything i'm praying for you right now