Im not going to share a link to this guitar so don't ask. If you are looking for the right tools, there is no better source than StewMac: stewmac.sjv.io/Y9MnAB Hosa Safety Gloves: amzn.to/3ZsNU6v If you want a Rickenbacker why not buy a real one? 360/12: sweetwater.sjv.io/7a5Kqd 330/12: musicians-friend.pxf.io/jera06 Every Ric on Reverb: tidd.ly/3OsCTNq 620FG: thmn.to/thoprod/169949?offid=1&affid=405 Did you know you can buy Rickenbackers on amazon?: amzn.to/3OuyQQB
I popped over to StewMac and didn't see that fret puller. Looks like it's been discontinued. Now that it's disassembled, you should send that to Phil for a Sharpen My Axe episode. He can definitely fix it.
I believe there is a new fret puller coming in 2025 that features AI to assist with fret removal, I believe its going powered by the pentium 12 50,000mhz central processing unit
i swear my local guitar centers fire their techs so fast. They never have one there when I need something done. Gonna learn how to do mods/repairs myself next year.
Honestly would have preferred he sanded the name off and like, gave it to some snotty neighborhood kid or school or something. But I can't deny this is kind of peak content.
Me watching bare hands rip apart a guitar: "he's going to cut himself" Seconds later: "Oh look at that I cut myself" My inner anxious dad energy compels me to tell you be careful! 🤣
Thank you for this helpful tutorial. I'll be sure to reference this video and follow these steps the next time I have an issue with a guitar that I need to troubleshoot.
This is some real luthiery, no fancy tools, just the pure human touch! Everyone knows tone is in the fingers so you're just getting that tone juice riiiiight up in it's business. 'For sale; real Rickenbacker, subtle and tasteful mods, no offers'
Your seriousness, willingness, and ability to friggen keep yourself together without breaking character is absolutely amazing. You should be on Saturday Night Live or something man!
This is like watching a horror film, in which an evil captor slowly whittles away a prisoner's limbs, all the while cheerily saying "how will I get this finger off, hmm? Should I use the ear remover tool we used before? It's not strictly the rules, but I can bend them now and then."
Not only was this a great tear down DIY. It was also the best video on the entire net on how to play one of these! Great work! Best tip ever. Everyone should wear safety gloves when playing one of these guitars.
There is only one guitar brand which I would like to see disassembled in such a way. The Grump Tuitar. But even a Grump tuitar can be converted into a normal cheap Chinese guitar by removing the paint and repainting.
The stuff removed by hand was weirdly satisfying, everything removed with the pick-up-removal tools was upsetting. I don't know why that was the divide in my brain but that's where I'm at with it This would have killed the algorithm if it was posted April 1
a much better technique for removing the tuners would be the use of a saw... sawing the whole head stock off is a truly professional trick at your disposal in the search for resolving tuning instability...
Ryan coins new variation on Ted Woodford's signature phrase - 'hammering, hammering, hammering...' I'm 17 minutes in to the video - it'll be interesting to see how this relicing job turns out.
This inspired me to finally fix my 57 les paul my grandad bought and kept in my basement. Think I'll use some of these techniques I've seen here, thanks Ryan!
Nice relic job. I'm not into destroying stuff for destruction sake tbh. This guitar could have frustrated a new player into giving up learning guitar.. think about that when you destroy your next guitar.
I can vouch for the behind the scenes guitar give away. What was it Ryan 4 years ago I got the $60.00 Glarry thing you tried the Hydro Dipped project Grant sent you. Yep that was a real project just to get it sanded down again. Haven't got much past that phase, but I still have it all still awaiting some miracle awakening. 😆
@@60CycleHumcast no worries dude, this was just me being a smart ass. I know things can be so bad they can turn off newbies from ever dedicating any time to a hobby.
Shame on you Ryan! Don't you realize there are kids starving in Japan that are going to bed hungry tonight never knowing the joy of playing such a fine instrument? Glary on you!
When you first got the guitar and I saw the headstock tuner slots didn't get routed through the whole headstock and looked so um, finely crafted, I knew you were going to have fun with this one! This is like the guitar version of those Oakley sunglasses they sell on the street in NYC. "Check out my new axe guys!!" "Uhhhhhhhh........Erm, Nice." I was appalled yet at the same time not surprised at the quality on this. Finally an honest teardown and review!
Very knowledgeable tear down video. I appreciated the indepth look at the chickenbacker. seriously though, one of the best videos you've made. Loved it!
PETE TOWNSHEND called to say that he thinks your disasembly process was feeble and took way to long, proving that guitar is certainly not the real thing. Pete says a real Rickenbacker 12 string can be destroyed in less than 10 seconds if you know what you are doing.
Im not going to share a link to this guitar so don't ask.
If you are looking for the right tools, there is no better source than StewMac: stewmac.sjv.io/Y9MnAB
Hosa Safety Gloves: amzn.to/3ZsNU6v
If you want a Rickenbacker why not buy a real one?
360/12: sweetwater.sjv.io/7a5Kqd
330/12: musicians-friend.pxf.io/jera06
Every Ric on Reverb: tidd.ly/3OsCTNq
620FG: thmn.to/thoprod/169949?offid=1&affid=405
Did you know you can buy Rickenbackers on amazon?: amzn.to/3OuyQQB
That loose screw fell off the bridge pickup and into the guitar.
Having worked on a number of terrible guitars, I cannot begin to express how cathartic this was.
We all needed this
One of the funniest things I've ever seen ❤😂😂😂
I'm sharing with guitar buddies and everyone else
came for the 60 cycle hum, stayed for the 60 cycle harm
60 cycle harm would be a great name for this channel if he did punk instead of surf rock
@ 60 cycle harm is the alternate reality show with Evil Ryan that plays punk and metal
Great name for a band.
and the 60 pounding hammer
You had me at 60 cycle ham.
If you watch this video in reverse its a man building a terrible guitar out of scrap wood.
Glad to see you understand the value of tenderizing the wood. So few techs know about this.
they all know but they try to keep it a secret.
You should contact the manufacturer to get that tuner replaced under warranty, it shouldn't just fall apart like that.
Satire?
I popped over to StewMac and didn't see that fret puller. Looks like it's been discontinued.
Now that it's disassembled, you should send that to Phil for a Sharpen My Axe episode. He can definitely fix it.
@@JohnKelly2 yeah I bought it years ago. I think the new one has Bluetooth and comes with an app.
I believe there is a new fret puller coming in 2025 that features AI to assist with fret removal, I believe its going powered by the pentium 12 50,000mhz central processing unit
Yeah I believe there was a recall on it.
" I learned this from The Guitar Center shipping department" 😅😅😅😅
Truth!!!
Must have not had the guys we did, we had craftsmen who were ready to complain and correct everyone else’s shipping horrors.
Pretty sure you’d be hired as a guitar tech at GC on the spot
i swear my local guitar centers fire their techs so fast. They never have one there when I need something done. Gonna learn how to do mods/repairs myself next year.
@@DredgenXI’ve noticed that here too, must not be paying them enough.
That was easily 10 years of experience right there.
This is the most sadistic, frustration induced ASMR I've ever seen 🤣
The new relics are getting very faithful to a natural wear and tear. Thanks for the tutorial!
A million souls just cried out "just as good" and then were suddenly silenced. 😆
🤣
this is a well crafted comment
Honestly would have preferred he sanded the name off and like, gave it to some snotty neighborhood kid or school or something.
But I can't deny this is kind of peak content.
Be careful, you don't want to damage that genuine old growth Brazilian Rosewood fretboard.
Followed your tutorial to refurbish my dad's '62 Tele. Can't wait to surprise him for Christmas.
Now that is funny.
This. This is the quality content I come to youtube for
Me watching bare hands rip apart a guitar: "he's going to cut himself"
Seconds later: "Oh look at that I cut myself"
My inner anxious dad energy compels me to tell you be careful!
🤣
It would be fun to watch in reverse to see you put it back together.
Thank you for this helpful tutorial. I'll be sure to reference this video and follow these steps the next time I have an issue with a guitar that I need to troubleshoot.
I think this is easily the most in-depth and meticulous version of My Generation I've ever come across.
You just know you're giving the custom shops ideas for relic'ing
hopefully murphy lab names a few techniques after me.
@@60CycleHumcast The name Ryan Murphy is taken
This video had more suppressed grunting sounds than I expected.
Trogly's been real quiet since this video dropped
Even thought the guitar was a terrible piece of garbage, it still hurt my soul to see it destroyed.
No feelings were hurt in the making of this video, well maybe just yours.
This is some real luthiery, no fancy tools, just the pure human touch! Everyone knows tone is in the fingers so you're just getting that tone juice riiiiight up in it's business.
'For sale; real Rickenbacker, subtle and tasteful mods, no offers'
Thoughts about using Dunlop 65 as beard oil?
“Frets are the wrong type,” is my favorite line.
You just made Bob Rickenbacker proud
Your seriousness, willingness, and ability to friggen keep yourself together without breaking character is absolutely amazing. You should be on Saturday Night Live or something man!
The upside down use of the chisel turns this into high art. Wonderful video.
There are times when you want use a chisel bevel down. This isn't one of them.
I wondering if anyone was going to notice that😂
@@jclebedev what chisel? I see a StewMac Pickup Remover®
This is like watching a horror film, in which an evil captor slowly whittles away a prisoner's limbs, all the while cheerily saying
"how will I get this finger off, hmm? Should I use the ear remover tool we used before? It's not strictly the rules, but I can bend them now and then."
Ryan disassembling a guitar like a real Caveman.Guitar purists must be loosing their minds watching this 😂.
Not only was this a great tear down DIY. It was also the best video on the entire net on how to play one of these! Great work! Best tip ever. Everyone should wear safety gloves when playing one of these guitars.
This string pulling technique just shows you how strong Ryan is. I am impressed
Or how pissed he was, Your choice
Very informative. I have a les Paul that’s a little too heavy, I might try some of these techniques for weight relief on it.
Why'd they even bother to put a truss rod in there?
Suffering for the sake of art.
I don't understand. I followed these directions exactly to dismantle my Gibson custom shop ES-335.... I'm not pleased with the results....
Bro didn’t fix the problem he was testing how much durability it had
There is only one guitar brand which I would like to see disassembled in such a way. The Grump Tuitar. But even a Grump tuitar can be converted into a normal cheap Chinese guitar by removing the paint and repainting.
It's inspiring to see the love with which you treat this guitar.
This was painful
I was going to say "Oh no, not the expensive guitar!" but turns out it's cheap copy so I was like, "Carry on."
The stuff removed by hand was weirdly satisfying, everything removed with the pick-up-removal tools was upsetting. I don't know why that was the divide in my brain but that's where I'm at with it
This would have killed the algorithm if it was posted April 1
Two minutes in and I’m thinking that if a hammer isn’t involved at some point in this I will feel cheated.
Anytime someone asks for help with a set-up, I'm sending them this.
When deconstructing the tuners you missed the chance to edit the tunr time thing in the timelapse
i knew i forgot something!
Your Craigslist ad should read "As is" 😂
Only 1 tool was used for disassembly
a much better technique for removing the tuners would be the use of a saw... sawing the whole head stock off is a truly professional trick at your disposal in the search for resolving tuning instability...
Ryan coins new variation on Ted Woodford's signature phrase - 'hammering, hammering, hammering...'
I'm 17 minutes in to the video - it'll be interesting to see how this relicing job turns out.
I could feel the glee and released angry frustration literally ripping the parts out of this "guitar" through the screen
Thankfully you were able to identify the problem.
Great video ! I think it has potential run backwards, w a voice over pretending you're putting it together
like those heartwarming videos of firemen putting people back into their burning homes.
That would be brilliant! Hoping to see!
@@60CycleHumcast fire is definitely heartwarming :D
Of all the "how to improve your fake aliexpress guitar" videos on TH-cam, I found this one to be by far the most helpful one yet! Great work Ryan!
"I learned that from the Guitar Center Shipping Department" 💀
sometimes I use my pickup removal tool to fix the switch on my Behringer XD300
Oh, no. I was looking for the old video of the table. That was broken. And I found a new 60 cycle hum video 😱
"You've got to tenderize the wood" is my favorite Ween song
Could have gone with a The Who tribute act, but i gotta say, this is an interesting new take on guitar destruction lol
I thought that as well but the real guitars in the room may have gotten damaged. So good call on Ryan's part. That is why he is a Pro!
seems like all the budget went to proper screws.
The guitars on the background watching this and thinking “oh I guess I’ll work perfectly pretty much forever”
Now that pile of whatever deserves a fire. Kick your inner Jimi...
I want this as my Yule Log loop video this year for Christmas
You can really hear the sustain now
Uh, Ryan. You had a pair of gloves this whole time?
"Uh, yea. We're takin' apart a shitty guitar." - Probably
This inspired me to finally fix my 57 les paul my grandad bought and kept in my basement. Think I'll use some of these techniques I've seen here, thanks Ryan!
Now put it all back in the box and ship it back! 😂
And all the other guitars on the set watching this happen were suddenly scared into not sucking.
In a parallel universe, Ricky the jungle surfer humanist is exposing a counterfeit TH-camr imitating Ryan.
Guitar teardown 101...this is how you do it!
A tribute to Pete Townsend
Some kindling to light the fireplace, it's almost winter🤣
Is this Jazz?
Once i started watching this one, i couldn't stop. Most enthralling how-to video I've ever seen.
Note to self: don't let Ryan work on my guitar.....
This man has been waiting for the perfect moment to demolish this guitar, probably stared at it like Jack Nicholson in the shining for months 😂
A year
OMG 😱 Reminder; don't ask Ryan if he can fix my guitar 😂
I feel sorry for the tree that had its life ended to be turned into such a shitty useless guitar shaped object
Phil McKnight must quaking in his boots. Youre killing it with this teardown!
I hope you can still send it back
Dont be too hard on yourself. For a beginner, this was about as good as a repair goes, my friend.
I watch this for therapy and my therapist is worried.
Thank you so much. This is one of the best guitar tear down tutorials I have ever seen thank you for sharing your great knowledge.
My strings buzz a little, what kind of hammer & chisel set do you recommend for a complete fret job?
Nice relic job. I'm not into destroying stuff for destruction sake tbh. This guitar could have frustrated a new player into giving up learning guitar.. think about that when you destroy your next guitar.
i give away a lot of guitars behind the scenes, i couldn't give this to anyone in good conscience. it was that bad.
I can vouch for the behind the scenes guitar give away. What was it Ryan 4 years ago I got the $60.00 Glarry thing you tried the Hydro Dipped project Grant sent you. Yep that was a real project just to get it sanded down again. Haven't got much past that phase, but I still have it all still awaiting some miracle awakening. 😆
@@60CycleHumcast no worries dude, this was just me being a smart ass. I know things can be so bad they can turn off newbies from ever dedicating any time to a hobby.
@@frankb5728 ;-)
Shame on you Ryan! Don't you realize there are kids starving in Japan that are going to bed hungry tonight never knowing the joy of playing such a fine instrument? Glary on you!
Pete Townsend!
The best guitar shredding tutorial out there.
This made me uncomfortable.
THIS IS THE BESTEST VIDEO ON THE INTERNET. pretty sure
Fender custom shop could learn something from this relic work.
this is Phil McKnight's personal hell
Wasn't this the tech that broke the guitar at Guitar Center? 🤣
Guitar shaped object
That’s an understatement
When you first got the guitar and I saw the headstock tuner slots didn't get routed through the whole headstock and looked so um, finely crafted, I knew you were going to have fun with this one! This is like the guitar version of those Oakley sunglasses they sell on the street in NYC. "Check out my new axe guys!!" "Uhhhhhhhh........Erm, Nice." I was appalled yet at the same time not surprised at the quality on this. Finally an honest teardown and review!
Very knowledgeable tear down video. I appreciated the indepth look at the chickenbacker. seriously though, one of the best videos you've made. Loved it!
I own some Rics and I have to say, even though it’s not a real Ric, I did shed a few tears watching this. Of laughter, of course!
This week on interdimensional cable....
Diabolical and I’m here for it.
You sir, truly are an inspiration to me! Thank you and happy Thanksgiving!
PETE TOWNSHEND called to say that he thinks your disasembly process was feeble and took way to long, proving that guitar is certainly not the real thing. Pete says a real Rickenbacker 12 string can be destroyed in less than 10 seconds if you know what you are doing.