I converted a tele to semi-hollow by shaving 3/8" off the top, hollowing the existing body with a router, adding a quilt top, and rerouting the top. It sounds absolutely killer.
Turning a solid body into a semi-hollow body? You peaked my interest with that. I'm a fan, and a hobbyist luthier. Although I don't always agree with you, you are entertaining and intelligent. Thank you for the videos.
Those light high/heavy low strings are the real deal. I was working some fingerpicking ideas in Nick Drake's CGCFCE tuning, and it didn't sound/feel satisfying on my electric until I switched to the string set that is mentioned here. I am happy to say that I am totally into these strings in standard tuning too. Seriously. Rad.
Man, you have got a winner there. Enjoyed the video, and am impressed with your creativity and workmanship. I like your loose attitude and kind of coolness. Thanks very much, time well spent watching.
I love seeing all your crazy build hacks! You just keep adding to the list of toys I want to buy. Thanks for putting these videos together. As soon as I build my own kit with your hacks I'll make sure to post a picture and maybe an audio clip.
that is a gorgeous guitar and a killer swapout plan. i would suggest finding a multipin connector so you can simply make one connection, no soldering. kinda like a soca. you can wire the connectors to plan. excellent work!
I made and used the fret crowning hack, it works perfectly. I didn't do a great job looking at it now so might go back and fix it, but the tool is a top notch idea.
Another benefit of locking tuners though is that they eliminate the wraps on your tuning pegs. Those wraps can cause the strings to resettle slightly differently after tension on the strings changes (vibrato bar, bends, heavy strumming). You'll always have this issue unless you get locking tuners. Just something to think about
Took the plunge and bought kit. First ever build for me. Ordered the roller bridge and noticed it doesn't fit into provided holes. What did you use to install it? Thanks
Do you have any video showing how you "lock" the strings down with how you wrap them? if not maybe a small vid to demonstrate? Thanks and keep up the good content love the review
I have always, and I do mean always locked in my strings like that on my personal guitars. When I worked at a music store a good 15years after I first started playing, I had to learn how to string up the "normal" way so customers didn't get confused. I will say though that fender vintage fstyle slotted tuners are my favorite. The end of the string gets shoved down into the hole too, so no sharp bits to cut my fingers.
If you could expand on the finish a little bit that would be great. Just how many coats of stain and tung oil. I'm building a bass for my son and that coloring is wonderful. Thanks and great job!
I maintain that the Jazzmaster tremolo is the best design there is - I've had two and never had any tuning issues on either, even with wild wobbly bar whacking action
Love watching your videos. One thing I believe you mention in this and the one where you built the Purple $750 guitar you sold in 1 day, is the dollar amount you have invested seems minimal. What I think is pretty obvious is your skill as a Luthier and the equipment you already have. Meaning the various tools you use to carve out the body, tools for measuring the frets, etc. I know cost of time is subjective & you wouldn't have second rate tools, so unless someone has your skill level and tools, it's a bit unfair to say that. I'm planning to do a kit with my grandson, but it will be on the inexpensive side until we/he feels comfortable with doing this more. Then I'll invest in better kits and better tools.
I just bought this kit, I'm thinking I'll eventually put a pair of Seymour Duncan p-rails in and wire it up so I can switch between the single coil/p90/humbucker tones. I'm pretty sure I'll end up upgrading the bridge, nut, and string trees to the ones you got as well.
Wow wasn't expecting what I found when I clicked in on your video. Really glad I did. I'm 60 years old I love my guitars and my gun's and you really made me feel good about this countries future. thanks for making my day better!
I tried a "toasted" finish once on a kit guitar and that's how I discovered that it was a composite (MDF) body with a grain veneered on. So only do it on a solid wood guitar body!
Hi dan. I’m compiling different items together to build a p bass customized to my own design. But I’m having a hard time finding a good passive preamp. What do you suggest? Thank you!!!!
Locking tuners are made so that there are no wraps around the tuning post. This can be a reason that tremolos knock guitars out of tune, the normal way of stringing a guitar to have 3-4 wraps around the post causes the strings to uncoil, and coil again in a different position when the tremolo bar is depressed and released. Locking tuners eliminate this problem, however the common misconception with locking tuners has people using them the wrong way, and not getting the results they're after.
I was just getting ready to buy this very kit! Glad I found this video! I’m thinking dark blue wood dye and finding a pearl white Pickguard! One thing I had decided to do was looking into purchasing a replacement Jazzmaster neck! From what I understand are the correct scale length and should fit with minimal adjustment
The Jazz master pickups also are badly noise sensitive. That's why there are aluminium pick guards on the originals usually. I had to shield mine additionally still though. Now it is perfect. Was no kit though
I built that same kit. No F hole but I did replace the tailpiece with an original Fender Jazzmaster piece and your other mods except the bridge. I got the bridge you recommended but the damned holes didn’t line up. The pins weren’t set wide enough. Routing out the wood for the tailpiece with a Dremmel was a bitch but the cover hides my shitty work. Sounds great.
I've played on Ernie hybrids (top 3 from a 9 set, bottom 3 from a 10s set) pretty much all my life. Nice to see you joining the bandwagon on the mixed sets, they're awesome! As for the coment below about the wilkinson 2 point trems, try one on the firebird or a V maybe? I know Pitbull guitars would easily edit a V or Firebird kit to have a 2 point trem on them, or heck, go the whole hog and throw in a floyd rose or something. So many people that think you HAVE to dive and abuse the F-hole out of floyds yet forget you can use them for small, classy bending as well. Honestly, I think a 2-point V or Firebird would fit great, both guitars are common in both rock and metal styles and some lighter ones, so a trem that sits between "no trem" and "heavy metal double locker" would also fit quite nicely. This, of course, assumes you've not ordered either a firebird or a V yet. Just coming to mind, aren't their Bass vibratos? maybe a build with one of them on it?
Single humbucker sg. That's a custom I need to see. Been wanting one real bad with a emg h4a and the after burner in the tone pot. Same finish as the rick you did.
You would have to route out the cavity to fit the dog ear style p90’s and redesign the pickguard because there isn’t enough room for the upper dog ear of the bridge pickup
I've used both methods, wraping the string under itself and locking tuners. The locking tuners are much more stable. But if your like me and you take your strings on and off a lot to mod your guitar etc. Then locking tuners are easier in those situations but more likely to break the string at the kink rendering it useless. So there's pros an cons but I prefer locking tuners for now, the tuning stability has improved on every guitar I've used them on. They do take time to get used to but I found it worth it. I went from tuning ever 1-2 days to tuning every 5 days to a week or more and I practice/jam multiple times a day.
Dan, I am at the end of a reformed body guitar build, that I started because of your videos. I even used the flap paddle to form the body. It worked like a dream! It WAS a First Act guitar. I have made it mine. I am even experimenting with the bridge set up. I'm using a roller bridge for a Les Paul AND the bridge that came with the First Act. I want to see if the set up will be more accurate when adjusting the attenuation. Could I get some thoughts on that?
@@GunsandGuitars , yeah it's like a strat bridge. The reason I'm trying it is maybe I'll be able to get a more accurate tuning than just the roller bridge. Wish me luck. I'll update once I see what happens.
the thing with locking tuners is that you dont have to wrap the string around the post. Lets say you wrap a string 2 times around the post, then when you use the trem that wrap around the post loosens and tightens rapidly which can change the seating of the string around the post if that makes any sense.
It makes total sense, I appreciate your input. Like I said, there are a lot of reasons to have good tuners, but for tuning stability, there are other things I’ll spend my money on first.
thanks for these videos, ive learned so much. i just got my first kit and with these videos i kind of feel like i know what to do, and maybe what not to do. I appreciate it.
Pronounced ‘Dad-a-Rio’ or ‘Daddy-Rio’ ;) I dig your content. You got me building my second guitar now. First was a 335 from fretwire, now I got a $70 strat eBay kit to work on. Still in need of a detailed soldering video, if possible. Cheers!
Are p90s similar enough size to put a humbucker in their place? Might be a dumb question but I'm thinking of doing a heavy metal fender kinda thing. Thanks!
You could try to do something like guitarfetish with their "quickplug" stuff and use what looks like a 3.5mm plug to connect the ground wire to the pickguard to make the swap easy. They use it for pickups though, kind of like EMG
Just did this build myself, had the same issue with tremolo. As soon as a got the strings to pitch the tremolo would stick wherever I moved it. Gonna sand down the cavity tonight.
Much better than the stock kit... which I liked. My favorite tones were the double-100% series, which the parallel counterpart close behind. I like the multiple pickguard switching idea, but the SSS one needs to be a different color. Well, it doesn't NEED need to be, but I think tortoise would look better.
Again a great video, Dan! I really like series/parallel options on teles but I think p90s are beefy enough on their own. Looking forward to those pickguard swaps.
I would like to see you try one of the Solo brand headless guitar kits. I would have done a dark stain on the pick guard to match the fret board, and black paint in the hollow body style inset.
I used high top/heavy bottom strings for years and years. I went back to 10-46, because I started to notice that I had a bigger difference in volume between bottom and top, and it began to annoy me. And I had my 2v/1t setup changed so the volume the closest to my hand was the bridge volume.
Hmmm...I don’t have that issue with the volume being inconsistent across the strings. Maybe an adjustment to the pickup height would’ve fixed it? Like drop the low string side a tad or raise the high string side a tab?
Done all of that, and it didn't work. And it got really boomy on the full mahogany guitar (neck and slab body), in combination with a firm distortion (rock/grunge/metal). I'm not that handy, so I had it done by the guy who sold me the guitar 10 years before I switched to 10-52's, and I tried it the long haul; almost 7 years I tried to get it balanced, and it was right back when I went back to 10-46. Plus I discovered that heaviness is in the playing, not in the strings you use.
Hey man, was wondering if you know of any decent semi hollow bass kits for a total diy noob like me :D. Something about hollow bodies just really excites me
Can you add the strat pickguard to a guitar without one? I mean I know you could do anything but would there be any reasons to consider avoid doing so? Great video as always
Not sure exactly what you mean here. As long as you have all the components you need, and the pickups line up with the strings, I don’t really see what can go wrong.
Def love your videos. I was curious about those roller string trees when I saw them. I'm glad they turned out to be a good product. I think I'll use them on my first build :)
Always love your mods! I like that you don't care what people think about any design changes you make to the style of your guitars either. You make it your own without trying to please everyone and make a cookie cutter copy of what everyone else does. I finally figured out you control knobs...looks like shotgun shells...I think??? One thing is cool is that you can look at pictures of your guitars with pictures of others and always pick out yours! That's a cool talent. I've always done that with my cars and I'm trying to do the same with my guitars too! Keep up the great work and making cool videos...always look forward to them!👍😎🎸🎶
Thanks man! You’re correct the knobs are made from shotgun shells, I have a video up on how to make them. And what you said about my guitars being unique...best compliment I can ever ask for. Thanks so much!
lots of metal in p90, there's no metal plate on a strat pickup for exemple! The plate is a big part on a p90, with the two magnet bars which benefits the big magnetic field created with this plate! It is consequently most sensible
Hi Dan, can i find the P90 wiring with the pushpull knobs ans paralel / series with the two tonecontrols somewhere, or could you provide it it any way ? Thanks Dan, great guitar btw.
8:16 The nut you linked is curved and has a tab on the bottom, whereas the original that came in the neck for my fretwire jazzmaster kit has a flat bottom nut and is thicker. Do you know if they changed the neck that comes with the kit or was this also your experience?
I converted a tele to semi-hollow by shaving 3/8" off the top, hollowing the existing body with a router, adding a quilt top, and rerouting the top. It sounds absolutely killer.
Turning a solid body into a semi-hollow body? You peaked my interest with that. I'm a fan, and a hobbyist luthier. Although I don't always agree with you, you are entertaining and intelligent. Thank you for the videos.
You’re welcome. And thanks for your honesty!
“But it’s my guitar and I don’t give an F-hole what you think”😂😂😂
That quotes gonna make you famous
😆
Can you make a Video about the Thinline Tele on the fretwire
Those light high/heavy low strings are the real deal. I was working some fingerpicking ideas in Nick Drake's CGCFCE tuning, and it didn't sound/feel satisfying on my electric until I switched to the string set that is mentioned here. I am happy to say that I am totally into these strings in standard tuning too. Seriously. Rad.
Great job with this vid. Love your humility and willingness to admit if you’re wrong about something. You’ve got some LEGIT setup skills!
I love blending pickups. Personally I would have added a third knob for master tone as well since in my old age I am finding a use for it.
What are you playing for the demos? It sounds awesome
The guitar
Chords
Good job man. I love the fake soundhole. Pick guard is awesome. A+
Thanks!
Both pickups in Parallel, with bridged roleled back a bit, sounds just so amazing. It's sweet and crunchy but has surprisingly good definition!
I liked both the series the parallel pick up configuration with the bridge at 80% in the neck at 100%. Sounds great Dan, awesome work as always.
Thanks!
AMEN to the string-wrapping!! Row behind row behind row!! I've been doing it that way for 20 years, thanks to a good teacher.
How do ya do it
Man, you have got a winner there. Enjoyed the video, and am impressed with your creativity and workmanship. I like your loose attitude and kind of coolness. Thanks very much, time well spent watching.
One of my favorite channels.
You may also have fun changing magnets they are cheap and easy. Blues 2 or 4 Ceramic for metal rest are in between
That does sound fun. I might try it!
Nice job on that kit build dude, I dig your channel and good for you for participating in that ride for ending childhood cancer.
Thanks and thanks!
the mods and the upgrades, the mods and the upgrades, the rippin and the tearin, the rippin and the tearin
Still waiting for a drop-tuned/7-string metal-ish guitar to see what kind of hacks you would do :v
I will get to this build eventually. I would personally love a 7-string.
É o Patrux! Pensei que eu era o único BR nesse canal...
Guns and Guitars if you do build a 7 string try to find a long scale kit like a 26.5 or a 27
Bomfim 003 pensou errado, otário
Guns and Guitars Bargain Musician has a 7 string flying V, that would be sweet!
Could you please make a detailed explanation on how to wire the guitar like you did with this one?
I love seeing all your crazy build hacks! You just keep adding to the list of toys I want to buy. Thanks for putting these videos together. As soon as I build my own kit with your hacks I'll make sure to post a picture and maybe an audio clip.
Do some Fretwire Kits come with quick connectors? It would be a lot easier than learning to solder.
that is a gorgeous guitar and a killer swapout plan. i would suggest finding a multipin connector so you can simply make one connection, no soldering. kinda like a soca. you can wire the connectors to plan. excellent work!
Also, shimming the neck .85 degrees, will help get rid of unwanted buzz, by raising the bridge level.
I made and used the fret crowning hack, it works perfectly. I didn't do a great job looking at it now so might go back and fix it, but the tool is a top notch idea.
Dan. Try out a kiesel kit or kiesel pre fretboarded and truss rodded neck through neck/body.
I love your headstock design, never seen something like that!
The fact that you made it interchangeable is just awesome. I never thought of doing that
Another benefit of locking tuners though is that they eliminate the wraps on your tuning pegs. Those wraps can cause the strings to resettle slightly differently after tension on the strings changes (vibrato bar, bends, heavy strumming). You'll always have this issue unless you get locking tuners. Just something to think about
Took the plunge and bought kit. First ever build for me. Ordered the roller bridge and noticed it doesn't fit into provided holes. What did you use to install it? Thanks
Do you have an update? I wanna build one too so I know how to prepare
Do you have any video showing how you "lock" the strings down with how you wrap them? if not maybe a small vid to demonstrate?
Thanks and keep up the good content love the review
I don’t, but a lot of people are requesting it, it would be easy enough so I probably will make one here soon.
What's the song?
I have always, and I do mean always locked in my strings like that on my personal guitars. When I worked at a music store a good 15years after I first started playing, I had to learn how to string up the "normal" way so customers didn't get confused.
I will say though that fender vintage fstyle slotted tuners are my favorite. The end of the string gets shoved down into the hole too, so no sharp bits to cut my fingers.
@Zach Isley well, yeah, that's definitely the easy way to say it :)
If you could expand on the finish a little bit that would be great. Just how many coats of stain and tung oil. I'm building a bass for my son and that coloring is wonderful. Thanks and great job!
I maintain that the Jazzmaster tremolo is the best design there is - I've had two and never had any tuning issues on either, even with wild wobbly bar whacking action
Love watching your videos. One thing I believe you mention in this and the one where you built the Purple $750 guitar you sold in 1 day, is the dollar amount you have invested seems minimal. What I think is pretty obvious is your skill as a Luthier and the equipment you already have. Meaning the various tools you use to carve out the body, tools for measuring the frets, etc. I know cost of time is subjective & you wouldn't have second rate tools, so unless someone has your skill level and tools, it's a bit unfair to say that. I'm planning to do a kit with my grandson, but it will be on the inexpensive side until we/he feels comfortable with doing this more. Then I'll invest in better kits and better tools.
I just bought this kit, I'm thinking I'll eventually put a pair of Seymour Duncan p-rails in and wire it up so I can switch between the single coil/p90/humbucker tones.
I'm pretty sure I'll end up upgrading the bridge, nut, and string trees to the ones you got as well.
dude that sounds awesome! I want to try out those p-rails, they are really cool
Maybe try making a short-scale baritone (24.5") and use bass strings on it. I tried a .105 string on an Epiphone Jr and tuned it to C, it worked.
Wow wasn't expecting what I found when I clicked in on your video. Really glad I did. I'm 60 years old I love my guitars and my gun's and you really made me feel good about this countries future. thanks for making my day better!
Thanks Randy!
Man. Thanks. I have a vintage modified jaguar squire and I will do some of these upgrades.
I tried a "toasted" finish once on a kit guitar and that's how I discovered that it was a composite (MDF) body with a grain veneered on.
So only do it on a solid wood guitar body!
Oh no! 🤦♂️ great tip for those looking to do this on a veneer
Hi dan. I’m compiling different items together to build a p bass customized to my own design. But I’m having a hard time finding a good passive preamp. What do you suggest? Thank you!!!!
Locking tuners are made so that there are no wraps around the tuning post. This can be a reason that tremolos knock guitars out of tune, the normal way of stringing a guitar to have 3-4 wraps around the post causes the strings to uncoil, and coil again in a different position when the tremolo bar is depressed and released. Locking tuners eliminate this problem, however the common misconception with locking tuners has people using them the wrong way, and not getting the results they're after.
I was just getting ready to buy this very kit! Glad I found this video! I’m thinking dark blue wood dye and finding a pearl white Pickguard! One thing I had decided to do was looking into purchasing a replacement Jazzmaster neck! From what I understand are the correct scale length and should fit with minimal adjustment
Did you end up doing that?
The Jazz master pickups also are badly noise sensitive. That's why there are aluminium pick guards on the originals usually. I had to shield mine additionally still though. Now it is perfect. Was no kit though
So i had the idea of making a "fake" f-hole on a les paul kit, bit then staining it black and putting emgs in it for metal, any opinions?
I built that same kit. No F hole but I did replace the tailpiece with an original Fender Jazzmaster piece and your other mods except the bridge. I got the bridge you recommended but the damned holes didn’t line up. The pins weren’t set wide enough. Routing out the wood for the tailpiece with a Dremmel was a bitch but the cover hides my shitty work. Sounds great.
I love the swappable pickguard/electronics idea! I'm wanting to do a similar thing to a kit bass!
Any way you could send a wiring diagram or suggest any additional resources for wiring the p90s in series/parallel like this?
Locking tuners are for quick string changes for those who gig. If you get the staggered locking tuners you can get rid of your string trees.
Quickswap pick guard and pickups is a fantastic idea.
I've played on Ernie hybrids (top 3 from a 9 set, bottom 3 from a 10s set) pretty much all my life. Nice to see you joining the bandwagon on the mixed sets, they're awesome!
As for the coment below about the wilkinson 2 point trems, try one on the firebird or a V maybe? I know Pitbull guitars would easily edit a V or Firebird kit to have a 2 point trem on them, or heck, go the whole hog and throw in a floyd rose or something. So many people that think you HAVE to dive and abuse the F-hole out of floyds yet forget you can use them for small, classy bending as well.
Honestly, I think a 2-point V or Firebird would fit great, both guitars are common in both rock and metal styles and some lighter ones, so a trem that sits between "no trem" and "heavy metal double locker" would also fit quite nicely.
This, of course, assumes you've not ordered either a firebird or a V yet.
Just coming to mind, aren't their Bass vibratos? maybe a build with one of them on it?
Heck I want one.
Thanks for all the info. Do you have a wiring diagram for how you customized with the push/pull pots?
Wow! Amazing work. I especially like the wood pickguard. Where did you buy the volume and tone knobs?
Single humbucker sg. That's a custom I need to see. Been wanting one real bad with a emg h4a and the after burner in the tone pot. Same finish as the rick you did.
do you think there would be enough room to add three P90 dog-ear pickups like on the Epiphone Casino
You would have to route out the cavity to fit the dog ear style p90’s and redesign the pickguard because there isn’t enough room for the upper dog ear of the bridge pickup
I've used both methods, wraping the string under itself and locking tuners. The locking tuners are much more stable. But if your like me and you take your strings on and off a lot to mod your guitar etc. Then locking tuners are easier in those situations but more likely to break the string at the kink rendering it useless. So there's pros an cons but I prefer locking tuners for now, the tuning stability has improved on every guitar I've used them on. They do take time to get used to but I found it worth it. I went from tuning ever 1-2 days to tuning every 5 days to a week or more and I practice/jam multiple times a day.
Would the bridge work on any jaxzmaster?
Dan, I am at the end of a reformed body guitar build, that I started because of your videos. I even used the flap paddle to form the body. It worked like a dream! It WAS a First Act guitar. I have made it mine. I am even experimenting with the bridge set up. I'm using a roller bridge for a Les Paul AND the bridge that came with the First Act. I want to see if the set up will be more accurate when adjusting the attenuation. Could I get some thoughts on that?
I’m not entirely sure what you’re saying. Is the first act bridge like at strat style bridge? If so, not sure you can add a tuneomatic to it.
@@GunsandGuitars , yeah it's like a strat bridge. The reason I'm trying it is maybe I'll be able to get a more accurate tuning than just the roller bridge. Wish me luck. I'll update once I see what happens.
Also bought one I’m currently doing a vintage sunburst like the 67 it’s absolutely gorgeous!
Sounds awesome man! I’d love to see a pic of it!
the thing with locking tuners is that you dont have to wrap the string around the post. Lets say you wrap a string 2 times around the post, then when you use the trem that wrap around the post loosens and tightens rapidly which can change the seating of the string around the post if that makes any sense.
It makes total sense, I appreciate your input. Like I said, there are a lot of reasons to have good tuners, but for tuning stability, there are other things I’ll spend my money on first.
Greetings from the UK! You did a fantastic job, as always. Cheers.
Please make that solid to semi hollow video i would love to do it but cant find any videos on how to
I enjoyed the pickups in parallel with the bridge at 80% the most.
bro, you did an amazing job on that guitar, its beautiful.... I've been playing and occasionally building guitars for 20 years and thats a keeper
Do you add Tongue oil to the fretboard itself?
thanks for these videos, ive learned so much. i just got my first kit and with these videos i kind of feel like i know what to do, and maybe what not to do. I appreciate it.
Hey! Loved the video!
Would you be willing to do a video on how you do your headstock shapes?
and/or
How you specifically do tongue oil finishes?
Hmmm...I don’t see why not
Pronounced ‘Dad-a-Rio’ or ‘Daddy-Rio’ ;) I dig your content. You got me building my second guitar now. First was a 335 from fretwire, now I got a $70 strat eBay kit to work on. Still in need of a detailed soldering video, if possible. Cheers!
Ik it's not a lot or an electric guitar but you should do a video on upgrading a rouge ra acoustic guitar
What a great and creative guy you are! Best greetings from Vienna, Austria!
Are p90s similar enough size to put a humbucker in their place? Might be a dumb question but I'm thinking of doing a heavy metal fender kinda thing. Thanks!
Nevermind. Hahaha lesson learned always finish the video before commenting. Have a nice day.
You could try to do something like guitarfetish with their "quickplug" stuff and use what looks like a 3.5mm plug to connect the ground wire to the pickguard to make the swap easy. They use it for pickups though, kind of like EMG
That’s pretty similar to my hack.
Oh sweet! Looking forward to your video on that!
Hey Dan could you please do a vid on how to string your guitar like a lock-in tuner guitar! Thanks, keep up the good content and work.
I think I probably will one day
When will you do the floyd rose strat video?
That’s a long term collaboration project. Hopefully within the end of next month.
I like your style of playing and the tone you get out those guitars you build.
If you're looking for an awesome replacement pickup brand, Warman pickups are a great option for interesting styles and great price to quality
Beautiful job. My dream guitar is an offset with p90s so that is my favorite tone here. Wish I could pull something off like this.
Just did this build myself, had the same issue with tremolo. As soon as a got the strings to pitch the tremolo would stick wherever I moved it. Gonna sand down the cavity tonight.
It works now?
Much better than the stock kit... which I liked.
My favorite tones were the double-100% series, which the parallel counterpart close behind.
I like the multiple pickguard switching idea, but the SSS one needs to be a different color. Well, it doesn't NEED need to be, but I think tortoise would look better.
Again a great video, Dan! I really like series/parallel options on teles but I think p90s are beefy enough on their own. Looking forward to those pickguard swaps.
Thanks for your input on the pickups!
could you build the Tele style guitar from the fretwire? I'm really interested in that kit, but I wanna know what you think before picking it up.
I would like to see you try one of the Solo brand headless guitar kits. I would have done a dark stain on the pick guard to match the fret board, and black paint in the hollow body style inset.
You can definitely tell more of a tonal difference when they're in series than paralell. Turned out awesome and makes me want to build one myself
I agree, I really like the series wiring as an option to beef it up a bit.
Cool guitar! I love how the burnt finish looks. Also, cool idea having the different pickguards.
Thanks man!
I used high top/heavy bottom strings for years and years. I went back to 10-46, because I started to notice that I had a bigger difference in volume between bottom and top, and it began to annoy me.
And I had my 2v/1t setup changed so the volume the closest to my hand was the bridge volume.
Hmmm...I don’t have that issue with the volume being inconsistent across the strings. Maybe an adjustment to the pickup height would’ve fixed it? Like drop the low string side a tad or raise the high string side a tab?
Done all of that, and it didn't work. And it got really boomy on the full mahogany guitar (neck and slab body), in combination with a firm distortion (rock/grunge/metal).
I'm not that handy, so I had it done by the guy who sold me the guitar 10 years before I switched to 10-52's, and I tried it the long haul; almost 7 years I tried to get it balanced, and it was right back when I went back to 10-46.
Plus I discovered that heaviness is in the playing, not in the strings you use.
Could you do a build using the 3 pickup rickenbacker kit from thefretwire?
I’d love to. Thanks for the recommendation!
Hey man, was wondering if you know of any decent semi hollow bass kits for a total diy noob like me :D. Something about hollow bodies just really excites me
Can you add the strat pickguard to a guitar without one? I mean I know you could do anything but would there be any reasons to consider avoid doing so? Great video as always
Not sure exactly what you mean here. As long as you have all the components you need, and the pickups line up with the strings, I don’t really see what can go wrong.
Def love your videos. I was curious about those roller string trees when I saw them. I'm glad they turned out to be a good product. I think I'll use them on my first build :)
Always love your mods! I like that you don't care what people think about any design changes you make to the style of your guitars either. You make it your own without trying to please everyone and make a cookie cutter copy of what everyone else does. I finally figured out you control knobs...looks like shotgun shells...I think??? One thing is cool is that you can look at pictures of your guitars with pictures of others and always pick out yours! That's a cool talent. I've always done that with my cars and I'm trying to do the same with my guitars too! Keep up the great work and making cool videos...always look forward to them!👍😎🎸🎶
Thanks man! You’re correct the knobs are made from shotgun shells, I have a video up on how to make them. And what you said about my guitars being unique...best compliment I can ever ask for. Thanks so much!
Guns and Guitars yep...you're welcome! I'll check for the video on the shell knobs...thanks!
Can you check out a semi-hollowbody firebird kit on ebay? I believe the one I saw was by a company called Pango.
lots of metal in p90, there's no metal plate on a strat pickup for exemple! The plate is a big part on a p90, with the two magnet bars which benefits the big magnetic field created with this plate! It is consequently most sensible
This channel is underrated. You honestly deserve more subs
Love what you did with the headstock 👍👍👍
Great video, but how do we do the wiring for the push pull pots?
Dude LTHB strings are my go to - awesome for drop tunes too!
Hi Dan, can i find the P90 wiring with the pushpull knobs ans paralel / series with the two tonecontrols somewhere, or could you provide it it any way ? Thanks Dan, great guitar btw.
8:16 The nut you linked is curved and has a tab on the bottom, whereas the original that came in the neck for my fretwire jazzmaster kit has a flat bottom nut and is thicker. Do you know if they changed the neck that comes with the kit or was this also your experience?
Yes that’s right. It still works fine
dan this kit is awesome! I cant believe you only have $200 IN IT!!!