I TOOK A BELT SANDER TO MY GUITAR! GUITAR MODS
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In this video, I show you all the modification I did my Balaguer Toro custom baritone!
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Take some TrueOil and apply a few coats to that contour to seal up the wood and it will look really pretty.
He could also try using some black wood stain if he wants the mahogany to not stand out so much.
I was about to say the same. Protect from moisture
Yes, oil it up a bit! Or rub it with your hand for two days straight 😂
No,no,no. Dye the wood first, then stain, then apply 10 to 20 coats of poly and it will be 3D
I live in Korea and had a chance to pick up my Balaguer guitar in person. Their shop is incredibly clean and well maintained. Also SUPER SMALL. I can't believe that team of 4 dudes makes most of this company's guitars. I met the lead builder and he's very knowledgable.
Love doing the diy thing, too. Whatever it takes to inspire you and makes ya want to pick it up more often and write sick riffs. Great job my friend.
Thanks buddy!
Now THAT’S how we roll here! Thanks to your friend for helping to make this guitar playable for you. I’m glad you’re able to play that thing again. I’m sure this vid made at least one dude who built this guitar at Balaguer sweat a bit or even game ‘em nightmares, lol, jk. Like you said in the other vid, it really wasn’t their fault that you picked a totally flat top. I’m sure they’re glad as long as you’re happy playing with it.
Like others said, once you decide you’re happy with the bevel, maybe oil it or add some clear coat from a can to finish it off so it’ll match the headstock better and protect the wood from degrading.
It's great and honestly refreshing to see someone who is not afraid to touch their guitars and treat them as tools instead of showpieces, and honestly it doesn't look half bad and I'd even go as far as to say it's even a better showpiece now with the story added, and I'm sure a bit more sanding would be totally fine as well. Keep it up man!!
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That's a sick mod, gonna make that guitar much more comfortable to play :) You can give the wood some oil to bring out the natural grain and give the whole contour a nice dark finish that would match the black edges of the silverburst.
Anything to make it more playable. Congrats. Idk if i could have done it. I mean, if i had a friend that would do as good as a job, then sure. This and the orange solar are my favorites of your guitars!
I haven’t modified any of my guitars to that extent but damn sure gives me motivation. I used to feel bad for any imperfections but it’s just character of the guitar
Holy crap you actually did it, turned out great dude! Looks sick
Honestly, that looks really nice for a DIY mod, your friend did an excellent job. I was scared for you after reading the title, but I'm happy that it still looks great. Playability is the #1 priority anyway, though, and since the sanding made that guitar better to play, that's all that matters!
Also, I love the tone of that Baluger. A lot of these baritones have such shrill and brash tones, but this one has a really nice bass response
Cheers to this guy and baliguer guitars. He took a belt sander to the edge of the binding and it didnt delaminate. Thats quality from the factory.
You just wait now Balaguer is going to start building new ones just like that.
I wouldn’t be surprised
That genuinely looks sick man, love all your stuff, shout out from Belfast N. Ireland ❤️
Looks killer, reminds me of the forearm contours/bevelled edges on a Kiesel
Love it, Ray. Love everything about it, job well done on that one, I'd say. Hope you and yours are doing well this Holiday season.
I have done custome carves on 3 of my guitars using hand tools you get a way more controle that way. I would mask off the body and repaint that section with black and fade in to reproduce the burst. Lots of instructional videos how to do it on TH-cam. My thumbnail was an old Teisco heavily modified with one of the most complicated wiring jobs you could think of.
Nice, I love the guitar mod videos. Your friend did a great job
I have an old school Schecter A7 from 1999 that just never felt right. The edges were totally squared off and it made my picking arm go numb after a while.
A roommate had always wanted to Mod guitars so he busted out a Dremel and spent 7 straight hours reshaping it. Not only did we find some GORGEOUS Mahogany under the Black paint...he went on to become one hell of a luthier!!
These kinds of projects are the sh*t. Mod it again and you'll be playing that Balageur all the damn time!!
I feel like doing that to my Gibson Les Paul Jr. I love it. But super uncomfortable. No belly cut and arm contour. If it had that, it’d be perfect.
Metal Ray, you're a comfort!
This type of binding is usually applied in a liquid form. They put the body in a mold and just pour the binding into the channel. You can tell by the look of the binding itself. It's not multi-laminate and has this cheese-like color. So, it isn't the classic way of applying binding with binding strips and glue. This is why it wouldn't just flake or break off when sanding it. It's completely melted onto the body itself and basically part of the finish.
The mod turned out pretty damn well! It looks really cool. And you are right, Ibanez had guitars like that and Kiesel, too.
Wow! It actually looks really good. I didn't expect that. 😮
100% put some oil on that, itll look even more awesome :)
Love mods like this, you lads have done good :)
Great video man! I think I lost count of how many times I asked “are you sure you want to do this?” before I let the sander loose. 😂
Dude that looks absolutely sick. I love it. If it were my guitar. Now ONLY if it were mine (my opinion only) I would try to match the wood to the tint of the headstock.
So sick to see how this turned out - excited for next update!
watching you grow this channel has been amazing, Keep Going.
Awesome man! I remember an interview with Jimmy Page. He talked about sanding down the neck of an old Les Paul. Someone told him that was dumb because the value dropped. He said “these are Jimmy Pages guitars”. He just meant, he’s the one that’s gotta play the darn things, so make them comfortable! But now that’s an even dumber thought, dropped the resale value? Those are Jimmy Pages GUITARS!!!
Weird I found this video today! I had the same problem with a guitar I have. The side is sharp on my arm when I play. It's a left handed Schecter Diamond Series 2008 C-1 FR. I tried gorilla taping a soft piece on it and it just felt weird, so I took it off.
I thought about doing the same thing as you did. Man, your guitar even looks good and it's also more comfortable to play as you said. Great video brother. Cheers !!! PS: You ROCK !!! \,,/..\,,/
I don’t know why there are any guitars out there, nowadays, that do not have contoured bodies for the belly and the arm.
That actually turned out sick! 🔥
Use painter tape to protect what you want to keep nice. Use an angle grinder with a sanding flap disc to shape the guitar more. It will be faster and give you more of the result you’re looking for.
yeah, its cool. i like it way more than i thought i was going to.
I think I would paint the exposed wood black to kind of blend in with the black edges of the silver burst and it would look a lot better and protect the wood.
came out sick!!
Man, I wish I could let go of perfection in my guitar finishes. Any little nick or dent and I feel my heart sink like a loved one has died or something, and that's just on my Squiers... My Fenders are still mint. I gotta let goooo
Yeah dude it’s just a tool and they’re meant to be played
I can feel the rage of every purist slowly boiling right now lol.
Nice job, that looks pretty good for a DIY.
I love how he uses a cloth to rest the guitar on for protection but then proceeds to take the whole thing to a belt sander 😂
When I noticed your neck pickup was so sunk in I was wondering what was up. Then I thought oh yeah he probably doesn't use it at all.
Hey that looks great to me, brave move even thinking about it. I have to agree about the edges being a bit uncomfortable on instruments like that
Need a part 2!
Wow, this is really cool. It seems easier than I thought it was; less involved, especially with the binding. I would’ve thought the binding would’ve presented a problem and I would’ve been afraid that it would start coming undone around the body. So does this mean I could do any guitar with binding? Such as my telecaster?
Looks great, and at the end of the day feel is king anyway. Glad you’ll be happier with this guitar now
looks sick, nice demo song too : o
Looks sweet!! get some gunstock oil on it. Hows it playyyy?
sounds & looks sick. carve it more like a fender strat and finish it to match the headstock. go boydz, beat da hauwks!
Reminds me of Jeff Beck's tele that also had DIY contours
Thats awesome. It would have been a waste not to play such a cool instrument.
Looks awesome! I may treat the newly exposed wood with some F1 oil just to protect it, but I love it!
the schecter reaper 7 has the swoopy thing you were talking about
Dang dude… that looks good
That painful first contact
My esp I have has a the same problem but I just wear a big wrist band and it solved the problem for me. But I didn’t have an issue with placement, it was just cutting into my arm. But wrist band worked. Are u going to seal the wood now?
What I bolts do you use for your strap? Also the mod looks sick!
If it makes playing easier for you, it's a good mod. And I agree, arm contour > no arm contour.
I think personally I would take it closer to what fender does on strats. Feels way more natural
Hell yeah, I dig it.
the main thing is its more comfortable so now its not a hassle to play.
Hello again mr Charles, long time no see
I was one of those people, great job. Looks awesome too
Id put some finish on that otherwise it aint gonna age well. Unsealed wood will swell with humidity changes. Could cause some problems.
Even if you rub some teak oil into it to prevent this, itll go a long way
What running is that on guitar sounds heavy
if you took a torch to it, it would look cool burnt, metal AF lol
I would stain it darker? Could be cool, unless youre just happy as is
my man kept the strings on lol
Give it the ol' Jeff Beck tele! 🤘🎸
Now . Saw up a few other brands so you dont piss them off
Good move, smart move!!!!!!!!!!!!
Would a explorer, V, or star shape be the most uncomfortable type of guitar for you?
Yeah by a mile
Balaguer seeing this like😕
Sick mod tho lol
oh yes almost like an RGD Ibanez
looks incredible! i recently got a 30" baritone from gear4music and im struggling to find the right tuning its a 6 string guitar / bass VI hybrid, tuned an octave lower than a conventional electric guitar and everywhere i search for tuning apps or a video/post to find that tuning i just cant find it. anyone here in the comments who could help? maybe type out like EADGBE type deal with the proper like D1 E1 etc
It'd be E1 A1 D2 G2 B2 E3, assuming you want to keep standard tuning but just dropped an octave
This is EXACTLY what I would've done with this! 🤣
In my experience, more with a flatter curve is necessary, it has to disappear to the arm while playing. FWIW. Your friend has some balls not taping of the guitar before going to war on that, one wrong twist and he is sanding the bridge!
I have smashed a lot of guitars. I have a problem when people tell other people what to do. Its your guitar, enjoy!
Put some gun oil on, so it matches the headstock.
Keep sanding man I think you’d be happier with more access.
Gods:D at least mask pickups and surrounding next time:D
So much dust now in the electronics and cavities... why...
How dare you do that to such a fine instrument!😡 This will surely have an effect on the tonewood
That’s what keeps me away from some of the more vintage guitars. The ergonomics. Idk Ola totally got it right on the solar guitars. Classic shapes but very streamlined and way more easy to play.
Not gonna lie, that kind of hurt me but I still would have done the same.
I made a heart attack at 1'22" .......!!!!!!!!!!!! ahah !!!
"Tone" is in 240 Grit Sand Paper ............!!!!
Dude... just frankenstein the shit out of it! Talkin no more neck pickup no more switch therefore... but no clean up either. Maybe a few stickers and wear and tear.. you know what i mean 😎 think about it! ☝️
Didnt you just say you will play anything if it looks cool and now you dont care how it looks :D just joking ;) awesome mod
Problem solved 😊
I love it when people butcher their guitars. The more fucked up it looks the better 🙌
hoping the belt sander helps my shlong..went on a tinder date and now I am not sure whats going on
thats cheating, I wanted to see you go ham with a handheld belt sander, lol looks good
The guitar abuser strikes again!
What running is that on guitar sounds heavy