How To Get a Perfect Guitar Setup - The Andertons Plek Machine!
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I had a guitar shop do a PLEK service for free on a guitar I bought from them, and it was not an expensive guitar (it was a Reverend). Before shipping the guitar out to me, they realised it had some problems. Because they didn't have another to give me, they fixed it with the PLEK machine for free. Now it's my favourite guitar.
Please do a plek and non plek guitar comparison of the same guitar model/spec. Many thanks.
And it must be 'Blindfolded'. Not necessarily literally, but you shouldn't know which is which.
This seems like something you would physically have to try for yourself to feel the difference.
This wont translate to screen, its just either feeling better or the same. However the enthusiasm of knowing what this would be like is something that we share!
Considering that any two guitars-even of the same model & spec-won’t have exactly the same issues, I’m not sure how much light this would shed on anything.
@@RobertFisher1969 Ohhhh Dad... You spoil everything 😉
Every guitar manufacturer should do this. It should be industry standard!
I have a guitar that was Pleked by Martin when I bought it. Definitely does an excellent job of leveling and crowning. What it doesn't do is dress the fret ends. That still takes a person to do that work as far as I know.
Yup, and they charge for that too. Just say it starts at 299 and goes up from there. Very quickly you can see a price of 500 or more.
I used to set up and program CNC lathes in a machine shop and do the inspection on all the parts in my department. This geeky video is exactly what I like.
Lee, great job on the Narration. Cheers!
The Captain will now be leaving Anderton’s to embark on his new Documentary Narration and Voice Over career. Well done Sir, Well done.
Professional video guy here: he really did do a nice job on the narration.
I had my Gibson Les Paul studio PLEK'd at Andertons. Big improvement. Highly recommended.
This is very interesting! I haven't watched this done before. It really makes me want to get my guitar done now.
That was so relaxing. Thank you captain
Years ago, you'd take your car for new tyres, and the guy would drive forwards and backwards over a couple of devices with moving pointers, which helped him to adjust the tracking. Now, they attach lasers to the wheels, to do the job much more scientifically. I see the Plek as being a bit like this. You'd expect the result to be just that bit better, and more confidence-inspiring than with the old method. Regarding guitars, I do all my own setups (even a refret, which turned out ok), but if I wasn't handy, or couldn't get to a trustworthy tech, I'd get my guitars Plekked without hesitation. One other thing though: it'll only be as good as the person operating it.
Cool video and cool machine.
Love your videos. 🎸
PLEK is definitely worth it! I have 2 PLEKd and they are by best playing guitars by far!
Haha I just dropped my bass in to get plek’d at andertons - was half hoping to see it in the background 🤣
It’s not just any plek machine, this is an andertons plek machine.
There is a plek down the road a few miles from me...had 2 guitars done over the years. Just spot on perfect. It's a way to take some of those not quite so perfect Indonesian guitars to perfection...and to my specs!!! I have some gibson LPs that were great from the factory and one very beautiful Epiphone that had a high fret or 2 and some other rough spots, it is now my favorite player of the bunch after the plek! I have set up 100s of guitars over the years for many people and have all the tools, but had to try the plek and was not disappointed.
How much did it cost?
@@lukeduke798 right at $200 after tax for the last one I had done at sporthitech as a walk in customer in Philadelphia area.(Exton PA)
Just a note to people who don't understand what this machine is. It's worth doing this to a new guitar you think might not be playing correctly or a really old guitar you haven't played in years. Most adjustments and maintenence can be done by hand and is pretty simple. You don't need to go to a plec machine every time your guitar doesn't stay in tune.
A good idea for a video would be 'plek'd squire' vs 'master built fender' just looking at fretwork and lowest action before it frets out (with same radius).
What's a "squire"?
Spoken to the guys already and - fingers crossed - I'll be dropping one of mine off in the next 2 weeks (live in Bracknell but lots going on)
Very cool technology!!
wow that is one fancy CNC machine- I love it
AMAZING❤
Oh shit congratulations on the machine!!!
Wow! Thanks for this video! I have never had a guitar pleked but it is very interesting to see what is actually done and how it comes to the final outcome!
Hi ! thanks for all your videos, will Anderton's team do videos at Namm 2024? i'll always remember your videos at namm before covid. they very interresting and quite entrertaining. happy new year by the way
Need one up north!! They’re all down south or abroad. Please let me send my guitar to you haha
I had my '93 Gibson Nighthawk Plek'd here in Dallas at Tone Shop Guitars, and it was one of the best things that I could have done for that guitar. Above and beyond the Plek is the polish and set up done by the tech. That makes all the difference in the world. But you'll never get the same quality set up without the Plek that you would with it. I'm certain Andertons techs are top notch, so I wouldn't give it a second thought of taking mine in to have it done there. I absolutely recommend this process. You won't be sorry.
How much ?
Wow! Andertons is officially legit! Getting that job done at the time of purchase, especially on a used guitar, would be awesome.
Wow, gotta find someone with this machine !
I have 2 Lakland Geezer Butler basses that are plekked. They are unbelievably playable.
I will have to have this done on one of my guitars, as soon as the bridge I've ordered from you comes into stock, which I think is about May?
In the USA, at Sweetwater, Plek costs $299. I think at that price-point, no matter how good it is, the average guitar player isn't going to shell out an extra $300 for the Plek.
Generally though if you order from Sweetwater you can offset some of that cost by calling your sales rep and seeing what sort of deal they can make you. It's never going to be the full cost of a plek but in my experience it offsets it enough to make it worth it beyond an entry level guitar.
$300 for a plek then within 6 months that overpriced fret jobs is worthless because cheap fret material wearing out prematurely.
@whiskeytangofoxtrot9403 exactly. On anything above entry level it's worth it but entry level stuff is just throwing away money. I wouldn't plek an Epiphpone, Squier, or PRS SE, but for a proper Gibson or Player Series (or above Fender or American made PRS, it's probably worth it. Though the PRS are so well made in the S2 and core lines. You probably don't need to.
Especially when the frets should be levelled correctly prior to selling!
@@EnglishVeteranto a 1000th of an inch?! Youre asking for Patek Phillipe engineering on a Sekonda watch. Pretty much all guitars ARE levelled correctly, and plenty of music has been successfully composed, performed and sold on non-Plek’d guitars.
My Gibson slash les Paul was pleked and I’m dumbfounded by how well it plays.
I'd love to hear a pro player commenting the before and after feel of the guitar.
Cheers from Canada...
big up Luke!
Fantastic Lee, good to know you have one of these wonderful machines, I used to operate one in the states a few years ago. you can't get a better paying feel once you have one guitar Pleked,
you want them all Pleked......
Okay, now do a blindfolded "Which One's Plek'd?"
I like Lee’s “how it’s made” voice.
Sweetwater charges $300 and I’ve seen lots of complaints that the actual setup wasn’t done that well. For 100 quid on top of a good setup, I’d gladly pay Anderton’s
How about adding a Plek set up option to the new guitars you sell? Adding value to the instruments you see.
Sweetwater does add the option for 299.00 Usd.
And now I know! I want a Implant that helps me remember chord names, when you get that let us know.
Wer hats erfunden? Great German engeneer! ❤
I’ve heard of this and it looks brilliant. Personally I am so crap it doesn’t make much difference if I’m in tune or not ;0)
Yeah I’m a terrible player too and I’m not going to pretend I even know what good frets feel like but I did just get a new guitar Plek’d and it is the easiest playing guitar I own.
Of course, Lee's Sire S7 gets the first go! ;-)
Lee is pretty good at doing voice overs.
This was the weirdest experience ever. I never expected to hear Lee being the voice over for business promo video.
After seeing the PRS factory tour though, I don't want Plek, I want the PRS people.
However, as someone who studies machine engineering and has had his touch with measuring machines and manufacturing machines, Plek does fascinate me a lot. It's like seeing the fundamentals of your field in action in your hobby.
Support your friendly local guitar tech.
Very interesting to see the actual Plek process. This may be a silly question, but given the orientation of the guitar during the fret levelling and the fact it's done fully assembled, is there any kind of protection to stop metal dust from the filing making its way into the pickups through the pull of the magnets? I always see people advising against getting wire wool anywhere near pickups for this very reason...
Nickel frets are not magnetic so not an issue, stainless is also not magnetic
@@Shadow-of-Mampang Nickel is magnetic. So is Iron. But iron in the form of most stainless steels is non-magnetic and nickel in the form of nickel silver is also non-magnetic. MrSongwriter2 is correct. Most of the concern of magnetic particles from fret work damaging pickups are from wire wool - which IS magnetic and from the gritty nature of the fret filings and abrasive materials which can get into and damage the pickup windings. In truth, the risk is probably overstated but it is worth the effort to protect pickups just in case.
The plek machine appears to use large grinding wheels to cut the frets. I suspect the may be suction hoses removing any particles but I don't know for sure.
@@Shadow-of-Mampang so explain to me how when I take a piece of fretwire and put it on a rescued extremely strong hard disk magnet there is NO magnetic reaction?????? Where as if I put anything steel on it I have to pry it off with a lot of force?
Amazing. I wanna buy one. As I know, there is no plek machine in Korea.
The best set up for me is my set up. For the price of one Plek job you could buy the tools to do every guitar you'll ever own yourself.
Me too, as long as you're handy with tools; which many people aren't. I do all my own setups, mainly using tools that I already have in my workshop, and not "proper" luthier tools.
What will it do if the fretboard/neck is not correct ?
Definitely need to invite Dan and Mick over for a joint broadcast about Plek. Mick is so finicky, he'll give a truthful review of one of his guitars being done.
No thanks…the video will go for 3 hours
@@davebennett919and the sexual tension will be huge
Nice 👍
I want one, too. 🙂
God bless Andertons
Taking Pete’s purple tele and pleking it would be a great video.
He knows that guitar very well and would be able to do a great before and after.
Are you mental? He'd never agree to that. The whole story of Pete and that guitar is the magic he felt when he picked it up. Pleking it would totally destroy that guitar's character.
Really???
Magical???
😂😂😂
Do you live at Disney Land???
I'm surprised how well you have priced that service. I'm usually good at guessing the price of things and I was way over.
I am tempted to abuse this lol. I am looking at building a few guitars from scratch but adjusting the nut, fret height, bridge height and truss rod was putting me off. Now I don't have to worry because you have to do it all! (manic laughter).
Will it work on Bass guitars aswell?
This is the coolest shit iv ever seen wtf
Would the Captain put his strat with the Two Legs sticker through the Plek machine? Not seen that strat for a while Cap'n, bust it out again.
The new SixStringers Fret Maestro is a personal plek😉👍
And...it's only $130.00
The Plek is an amazing tool for any guiarist that doesn't do their own maintenance 😎👍👍
Will have to look into that one
I just watched a video on this item and process. Have you, or anyone you know, tried this product? You got me curiouser.
@@mikelundquist4596
Just became available on the 11th of Jan. over on Reverb😉👍
Getting one Feb1st myself 😎👍👍
😎✌👍❤🖖
Plek king
That guitar is beautiful what is it?
Buy a bass from lakland... all their basses are plekd before shipment... even the non-Usa models.
How much does it cost?
Hearing the Cap's smooth-as-hell British radio voice was not on my 2024 bingo card
Genuine question, after the fret grinding the shot focused on the metal dust showing what was removed. Surely some of that metal dust falls on the pickups and held there by the magnets?
Blows off with a can or compresed air.
@@lukegunnlee1988 you can't blow it with compressed air, the metal is trapped by the magnet. That's why luthiers tape off the pickups
@truthtorpedo99 you can.... its quite easy.
Lee should do ASMR videos. What a soothing video. 😂
An ASMR video about guitars would be rather good!
That music was cringy and horrible.
Captain!!!! ❤ you sexy beast!! Im gonna put on a fire, and grab a glass of wine and watch this again with the lights down. 😅
Please do a blind fold challenge of a plek and non plek guitar.
Can it do acoustics?
It's surprising a quiet machine.
You should test it with a blind comparisons then
I'm sure I don't want to know the cost of this thing. Nice!
Here in Cali, when all said and done, looking at in the ballpark of 300 to 500 us dollars. Santa Cruz has a shop there.
Lee’s voiceover sounds like an AI reproduction, but I must admit it’s very relaxing and makes me want a Plek!
It also made me wanna get my body plekd after soothing voice.
Lee has the best narrating voice though.
What’s the average cost?
Link's in the description
It's £160 for fixed bridge and if tremolo or whatever will cost slightly more...
Not sure even a robot can do anything with my ibanez jem, from 1989. The guitar would probably disintegrate and fall apart, under vibration. 170 quid to do it seems reasonable, pity I couldn't send it and have to go to the Andertons store to drop it off and pick it up.
This needs to be done on every high end guitar!
Or so they would like you to believe.
Soon every guitar shop will have a Plek machine so you can put a quarter in and get your own guitar pleked. 😃
So cool, does it cost $200 -$300 or what’s the damage
£100 more than the standard setup cost, so 160 to 190 depending on what sort of bridge/term setup you have.
now only if it could play the guitar for i would be set😄
very impressive machine, it must be costly to keep running, yearly services, blade changing, calibration etc. but yeh, impressive.
Spending on the machine because they can't find people who have the mindset for working on guitars. I'd prefer to spend on training skills than maintaining such a complex machine.
@@whatilearnttoday5295 I've learnt to set my own guitars up now but it was 30 years before I decided to. I just don't like handing guitars over to shops and waiting weeks for them to come back. And it's hard to trust someone with your prize possession. I'd be interested to see what this machine could do if it offered a same day service.
@@whatilearnttoday5295 That's a whole different topic (albeit related). I've decided that the National Minimum Wage is too high, which is why young people who really should train for skilled, but often dirty and cold trades, choose the easier path of flipping burgers, or making coffee, in a nice warm environment!
Cool, but will it make me play like David Gilmour?
If a factory does not know a perfect set-up for an individual how does Anderton's?
You tell them when you buy the guitar
@@somethingbl Tell them what? High ,low, etc. are almost meaningless. The purchaser would need to give numbers that could be measured otherwise it is the luthiers interpretation of phrases.
@@sometimesdimneverthin8901 PLEKing just makes the frets as level as possible, the set-up preferences (action height, string gauge, etc.) are personal preferences that can be communicated to a luthier after the PLEK.
@@somethingbl Lee said that it was worth doing even if the manufacturer Pleked first basically because we are all different. This means a Gibson purchaser of a factory Pleked guitar would pay Andertons to Plek again and luthier fine tune. As the customer is most likely several miles away how would those precise details be provided to Andertons? I am a terrible guitar player which means my idea of low action is very different to a pros. My low could be another person's high but even then my idea of high could be another's low.
@@sometimesdimneverthin8901I don't see how you being a terrible guitarist affects your perception of action - could you explain?
Sounds like a Sir David Attenborough nature documentary.
No idea. Would one fit onto my pedal board? If so, i’ll take one please.
Promote 'em all, I say, because this is true: if you haven't gotten a plek job from a superior officer, well, you're just letting the best in life pass you by...
Never heard of this till you. Yet there have been plenty of icons that made it work without science but with soul and feel and touch and creativeness. I can’t play guitar yet, but I think my heros figured it out without your voodoo and measured science. GIMMICK and I plan not to follow you from across the pond for this.
Sounds like a M&S advert
Sounds like someone found out about eleven labs voice cloning 👀😂
Great informative video. I've had a pleck job done on one of my newer Strats (Professional II). It does make an amazing difference on a new guitar setup if done correctly; that guitar plays perfectly to my specifications... noticeably perfect and really nice. Don' know why, but I am hesitant to have it done on the 61 vintage II strat that I am going to order. Seems like taking a cool retro guitar and making it too perfect and somehow modern... and I would wonder if it would mess with my cool 7.25 radius. So I probably will skip in on that beauty. I don't want a robotic machine getting its mitts on my 61 classic beauty...
Plenty of audio glitches in the video (e.g. 4:25-4:27 tick on description). Not the only video recently wtih audio issues.
Not on my computer: maybe it's your equipment.
I have a question, does the Plek machine work for the uneven belly, and nipples on th human body, I might need to get myself Plek'd!
Lee needs to farm out his services as the virtual voice for British male for the IPhone.
That guy in the video looks a bit like the guitarist from Aconite....
So fret polish with the strings on. Or do you just waste a fresh set of strings?
That's a very complicated and expensive machine for what can be accomplished with a few files glued to bits of wood.
The PLEK Story : th-cam.com/video/u-8kns35Lhk/w-d-xo.html
So why are guitars being sold with Frets that need levelling?