Tips & Mods To Make Your New Guitar Even Better!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2024
- Everyone loves new guitar day! Getting a new guitar is something really special, wether you're new to guitar or an established guitarist, that feeling doesn't go away! In this video Dagan shows you how to make your new guitar EVEN BETTER with tips and tricks to help with tuning stability, playability, keeping it locked onto a strap and even how to stop any unwanted squeaks!
Some of these may be obvious, some might not be, but these are tips, tricks and modifications that Dagan has picked up over his years of experience, but if you want to expand on anything he mentions or want to add your own little nifty tip - please comment down below!
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Guitar Strings - bit.ly/3ULb1q3
Dunlop Restring Kit With SuperLube Gel Pen - bit.ly/3L9nEYK
Locking Tuners - bit.ly/3mIzO1p
Guitar Straps - bit.ly/3MRhgqp
Dunlop Fret Polishing Gear - bit.ly/41zPxOW
Dunlop Lemon Oil / Fretboard Moisturiser - bit.ly/3Hj6e9V
Strap Locks - bit.ly/41FS4Y4
Watch MORE 'Easy Tips & Guitar Modifications' you can do at PMTVUK here - • 13 Essential (& Easy) ...
0:00 Intro & What's Coming Up!
1:47 Strings
3:50 Properly Stretching Your Strings
5:08 Lubricate The Guitar Nut
6:57 Locking Tuners
8:55 Locking Your String WITHOUT Locking Tuners
10:03 Overwrapping Your Strings Over The Tailpiece
11:41 Stopping Any Unwanted Tremolo Spring Noise/Reverb
13:38 Stopping Guitar Neck Dive
16:07 Get Rid Of Scratchy Frets
17:02 Moisturising The Fingerboard
18:20 Adjusting The Pickup Height
19:20 Strap Locks
21:08 Roller Bridges With Tremolos
22:32 Adding A Big Brass Block To Tremolo
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Once fitted, keep an eye on your strap locks because the nut can loosen over time with use... even the expensive ones!
Unless you get DiMarzio Cliplock straps
the schaller s lock has a set screw to lock the nut
@@PersianRockstar21😊😊
I like using blue threadlock when possible.
Pencil graphite also works well in the nut slots for lubrication.
Graphite does work well…..I keep a pencil in my guitar work box
Pencil graphite is also perfect for your tuning gears, doesn't attach dust or lint and keeps em spinning smooth with no snags or messy oil to deal with ✏️👌
Dagan the fact you got a CKY sticker on the back of ur kramer makes u 100000000x more awesome!!!!
Long-time follower. I don’t comment much. I take notes and change practices.
Friggin’ awesome advice. ❤
One to add (crediting Steve Vai for this one), if you want to keep the back plate on your guitar but don’t wanna deal with the screws, use velcro instead. Works a little bit better on guitars with recessed routes for the plate but I’ve done it on 2 guitars and it’s been really handy.
Now he uses a magnet to snap in the back-plate. Don’t know why more brands aren’t doing that.
For the neck dive, my favourite solution is tyre weights. You can get a box of them at any auto parts shop, and they are VERY cheap. Glue them onto the wood inside the control cavity, as close to the centre of the body as possible. You want to move the guitar's centre of gravity to be as close to the centre of the body as possible. Yes, you are making the guitar heavier, but neck dive is caused by LACK of body weight in the first place. The body needs to be heavier than the neck. Simple as that.
As for the strap locks, I prefer the Fender rubber washers. You can get a bag of them at any guitar shop, and they are VERY cheap, come in several colours, and don't require ANY modification to the guitar, or the strap. Another option is Grolsch beer, or any beer or cider with that lever and plug top. The rubber washer is the same size as those Fender washers. Remove the washer, and stick them on your guitar. Easy. Yes, getting two washers means you need TWO bottles. HAVE FUN!
With the string stretching thing, I like to pull up at around the neck pickup, while fretting at all the marked frets so there’s different tension throughout the process, and it keeps it from coming out of the nut slot.
I bought a Digi Tech drop pedal cause of this guy.... coolest pedal
That Kramer he's holding is badass!
Great tips! Thanks, guys! 🎸
Hi Dagan! Well, there are some Ibanez guitars from early 90s that have raw maple fretboard, not lacquered. And you can clean maple fretboard the same way you do with rosewood fretboard (i use 0000 wool steel and wood oil after that, work like a charm).
Great video Dagan🤘🏻🙏🏻 lots of great info for your guitar👏🏻🤘🏻👏🏻🤘🏻👏🏻!!!
Great vid and awesome advice, nice one Dagan 🤘🏼
Very Cool, Thankyou. So many tips, Cheers.
Did not know about the strap locks on the strap. Thank you!
Just bought a new American Pro II that looks identical to the Strat Dagan is wielding (save for the HB in the bridge position) from one of the preeminent guitar dealers here in Nashville and after watching the tip about over then under-wrapping the tuner post I took a look at mine. I'll be damned, that's how it's strung... I done learned me something today!
Great video, I pretty much do all this to my various guitars, but with all my Floyd Rose guitars I run the brass big blocks and Titanium saddle blocks and screws. Definitely gives better note definition, all 5 of my Floyds run Fu-tone stuff, absolutely awesome stuff for Floyd type tremolos!
Love these slightly manic presentations. Thanks Dagan 😎
yup...a long way to go and a limited amount of time to get there...still, always explained in a way that even a noob can understand. being able to communicate well with such a wide range of people in one's audience is a skill that can transfer to more than one setting...as Dagan so aptly illustrates...whether from on-stage, in the store showroom or through a vid. if TH-camrs don't have an equivalent of the Grammy's, Golden Globes or Oscars, they ought to!
Going up in string gauge & over wrapping would be daring after so many years. Intriguing.
Love that 335 and the Signature "Blues Power" Epi Les Paul behind you. Very snazzy.
nice one Dagan!
Buckledown do some really nice straps! And I've not had an issue with strap popping off 😅 could be lucky, but I do look after my guitar like a baby 😂
I like my richter guitar strap. Comfortable and the guitar stays put.
Funny how I‘m always gasping for air watching your videos, as I always seem to get the feeling you should just talk a little bit slower and take time to breathe. 😂
Anyhow, very helpful tipps here! Much appreciated!
Dagan doing everything he can to KIT while talking about lubing the nut 😂😂
I'm thinking about a vacation to UK. I'll def go into a PMTV onlybif Dagen is working perhaps buy another axe
you know you can buy straps with locking ends, or get clips to lock your strap on the standard strap buttons?
I've been using locking straps for years, no need to mess with the strap buttons
I use to put Gretsch type strap holders on my guitars. I think they look cool and I think they work well. You dont get the rattling that the dunlop type has if you use it sitting down without a strap fastened either.
I did exactly what you said and dropped my pride and joy because it came off the strap, bang on to my pedal board, caused a little damage :( the only trouble with strap locks is the screws don't always fit the holes that the buttons came out from, i don't really like drilling into my guitars, so i ended up just getting the cheap rubber things you just push over the button to keep the strap on, they seem to do the job pretty well as long as the end of the strap isn't too thick so there is enough room for them.
5:20 The most important part.... Changed my whole life. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Lenny!
I wish I had a guitar shop like PMT near me in the U.S
Cheers for the Video. Been playing on and off (mostly off), for 30 years and picked up few tips - buying some strap locks. I really want to get a Player Stratocaster HSH in Seafoam Green. I think it might make me a better guitarist... And person. 🙄
the strap was another ENORMOUS change. i got a cheap fender feax fur strap, cause i'd ordered an ibanez with amber flame burst and it would've looked great with the tiger print, but ended up getting the gray burst instead. but i loved the strap so much, i got one for my bass as well. they should really used that same material in other colors, just like plain colors or something. cause they are SO comfortable, and only 20 bucks... they only problem, was they both had a little sharp corner on the nylon underneath where it met the top material. and just on that corner. but a minute or two and a lighter fixed it and got it nice and rounded where it wouldn't poke my neck anymore. again, they are SO COMFORTABLE for the money. even with the nylon on the back, they don't slide around. just a really great strap, and i'll probably have them on every guitar i own, but since i love them, they'll almost certainly stop making them soon... and they really still look awesome on the gray burst and my natural walnut finish bass as well. guess it'll be my little signature strap... like i'm ever going to be good enough where it matters. lol but seriously, they're just so awesome, i'll never buy another, even if it looks ridiculous on the particular guitar.
Dagan for president!
What pickups and pick guard are you using in the AQ35… looks great.
I like your videos. What about rounding the bottom of the fretboard? I think you've shown this before...
as a beginner, the nyxl strings i got made a HUGE difference. and the locking string method you describe works great as well, i saw it in another bideo and used that when i restrung the last time. on top of the already thuge difference the ernie balls i tried before that had made. maybe just a bad string, and i probably helped it, but the high e broke within a week. so i tried the nyxl. the ernie balls were heavy top skinny bottoms, which didn't help. but i did something, i don't remember what, and needed to loosen the strings. and before i even got close to retuned to e it snapped. i think it really just got kinked after i loosened it and then retightend to tune it and snapped. but the nyxl just feel so much better, and like they won't break nearly as easy. not that the ernie balls were bad, but they were a lot cheaper, so that also plays into it. pretty sure the nyxl are the same gauges, or very close. don't remember exactly, but i know they weren't far off if any difference. but so far a few months later, they're still perfect and stay in tune better. but i also ran the claw screws in all the way with the ernie balls to help. they're both such a transformation from the stock strings, it was amazing. but it is a cheap ibanez, so i didn't think they'd be all that great. now it plays way better than i ever would've thought, though.
You said bideo instead of video 😅
I got some inexpensive locking tuners and they work great. I think I got them from musiclily, but some of those cheap ones are very good. I think I paid 40 bucks for a six pack. And I'm looking for the package that they came in and I can't find it cuz I'd like to tell you people which ones they are because they're great, if I find a packaging I'll put the comment down and you guys can check it out, music Lily, I bought a few things from them very nice stuff. I got a brass nut to replace on my Squier affinity and it's a perfect fit and I got the brass block for tremolo from music Lily and it fit like a glove machined very nicely. Sorry Dagan I would purchase things from your store but you're an England I'm in the United States in the cost of shipping and all that is just ridiculous but if you were closer I would buy stuff from you anyway rock on Brothers & Sisters😎 and God bless all
Do you recommend locking nut? I do have those on a couple of my guitars, seem to work pretty good
It might be a good idea to include a disclaimer that lemon oil IS NOT LEMON JUICE so that a new player doesn't damage their new guitar!
I just use mineral oil with a few drops of orange or lemon whichever I have on hand, extremely inexpensive and works like a charm
20:32 Dagan finally succeeded to shot this one after 20th try. It was a brand new guitar and after 19 unsuccessful try now it is a Vintage Relic guitar 😅
Of course kidding.
Nice job Dagan! Many thanks for the tips
foam pieces work better in the spring cavity on spring trem guitars, and it lasts longer.
Honestly strings and a proper setup make the world of difference. I know that's very obvious and im sure someone will comment and tell me it is, however the price of getting a proper tech to do a full setup including the neck and frets sould always be considered when purchasing your guitars.
Longboard bearing lube on the nut grooves works to I found out
For strap locks you can also use the rubber gasket off a bottle of Grolsch. Drink two bottle and, bingo, free strap locks!
Favorite strings are ernie ball cobalt the sound and feel are awesome the feel just makes me play how I want to play I really don't like d adario strings atleast the normal ones haven't tried the other types of d adario might give em a try
Sometimes you get a guitar with crappy fret ends. Easy enough to painters tape your pickups and neck and just sand the edges off and even roll the edge of the neck if you like. I do it myself to all my guitars, they play like butter
2 questions, what neck profile would be recommended for someone who's thumb will never ever touch a string. Other question, I've seen people blackening a fretboard but never seen anyone whitening one, any reason?
I use carbon ( pencil "lead")
Also works great!
All spot on except one, don't overwrap the bridge. It's a myth (and actually less slinky). Simple objective test: break angle issues at the headstock are both well known and accepted; now apply it the other end.
I was thinking that when I saw the strings do pretty much a 180 as they leave the bridge. That has got to make it weaker at those points?
Surely a better solution is to raise the bridge using the screws in the posts?
@@steves1015 Indeed! The 'round' tailpiece/stopbar is not designed to be overwrapped for that reason along with poor break angle which gives poor sustain and tuning stability.
The only guitar I can think of as a proper exception is the SG (affectionally called the shit guitar...). The tailpiece is designed very close to the bridge hence the strings tend to rest on the bridge edge. To overcome this, the tailpiece has to be raised to a stupid height. The alternative is to do the overwrap with the pivot point moved back so that the tail piece can be low to the body with good break angle. But that doesn't solve your point and Gibson thought the exact the same! There's a 'knuckle' profile now on the SG tailpiece to distribute the string load on the surface and encourage wraparound. Why they don't just move the tailpiece further down is for traditional reasons....
Thanks for the heads up on this, I was wondering about that method he was mentioning and was originally considering testing it on my Les Paul but it definitely makes more sense to not even attempt a backwards bridge stringing after you brought it down life's that. Appreciate you saving me from damaging my shiny chrome bridge piece haha 👍
I don't understand why so many people say over wrapping a les paul bridge makes the strings have less tension when in my experience over wrapping it makes the strings have way more tension. So many people say the exact opposite for some reason. Am I missing something?
What's that kramer model? Is it available in market?
Where did you get that Kramer with the sustainiac??
Dagan modded his own Kramer Pacer ⚡️
I tend to use some extra virgin olive oil for the occasional fretboard hydration and not done me wrong so far, but I'm tight af 😅
Out of curiosity why do you paint your nails with finger nail polish? Is there a meaning or something to it?
What Strat is that?? No pickups are slanted
Play and enjoy
Add a Jet Phaser 😎
Cory Wong puts a hair tie around his tremolo springs to stop the ring.
Great tips and a great video. I'm betting there's a LOT of Americans who canna understand much of your narth east accent though. 😂
We have a fair few American viewers and I think they manage okay! haha
No link for the big block
This dudes a giant or thats a baby Kramer. My head can't compute this
Yeah I'm sure he's pretty tall 😮
Lube your nut! 😂😂😂 this is gold!
😂👌
i love nut sauce!
If you gotta mod your new guitar, you purchased the wrong guitar. (unless you purchased it to mod it in the first place)
IMO
Since I have limited time to play my musical instruments, I have a choice, do I spend time being a wannabe luthier, pedal builder, amp builder, etc. or do I spend time actually practicing or playing my gear?
Someone was a bit hung over the day of the recording.
Yeah when you stick sponge or cotton into your Springs all your doing is taking the Strat sound away. I don't know if something else is vibrating it ain't the Springs if something's loose or something you shouldn't have to do that. If you want your guitar to play like butter bring it to me. Send me an email and we'll fix your guitar once and for all get it playing like a dream.😎 and no we will not be muffleing the Springs thank-you not necessary you want that sound.
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He moves around so much..like hes a drunk jack sparrow. Lol too funny..stand still man...