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I recently built a JM baritone using a PGK kit and love it! Many mistakes were made on my part, but they’re good reminders of the progress I’ve been making
@@lotechrevolt4513 what kind of advice is this? Unsolicited and less than sound if I’m being generous. Sounds like you want to be highlighted as the “high praise of the week” segment
Ah, Precision kits, I was actually looking into getting the AX model with the Fender scale a while back, they're definitely legit. You should definitely make an Eclipse style singlecut or an SG next, that would be dope!
This makes me remember about my first guitar (a Yamaha erg 121) which I sanded all by hand til barewood and proceeded to chisel mindlessly... I couldn't find a finish I loved so it's golden over black (over white over red) but I haven't put the electronics on because I moved and misplaced stuff 😅 So it's been there naked for a year 😅
My gripe with kits is that it is a money pit, super fun and rewarding but it’s money you’re never getting back and if you don’t have the right level of skill might play as well as a Squier with electronic problems, so this is around 1000 imperial credits , which it is to say it’s not an alternative to a factory guitar, but a great addition to a collection absolutely
Nice project, and it turned out quite nice. Kit builds are relatively easy to do and you learn so much from it. Just expect to make mistakes and don't expect it to be perfect, you'll learn enough to make the next one a little bit better. And soon enough you've gathered enough tools and experience to make your own complete build.
It looks great I wouldn’t have use pup rings, I think it would look way better with out them, but I was looking at a 7 string tele to order from them. May have to do that now.
Wow. For the price of those kits you could buy a decent finished guitar and save the hassle. Yes, there is something being said for DIY'ing it as I've done it myself, but in the end it is always substandard to a finished guitar just for the equipment and tooling they have to build and finish on a larger scale. If the kit was actually priced at what a 'kit' is worth then ok, but they are priced the same as very good budget guitars, and even higher than a home builder could attempt to compare to without tools and experience.
Another thing you need to make sure when gluing up a neck into the neck joint is MAKE SURE your neck angle is correct or you're up shit creek without a paddle. Also throw a string butler on that headstock to help with that full straight pull on the strings will help even more with tuning stability.
A flat, clean surface, a clamp for the neck, a few tools, and some paint, and you have what you need. Kits aren't as bad as you would think. Do research. Watch videos, and take your time. 🤘
I don’t even really play but I’ve been wanting to build a kit for years. I’m buying me and my kid guitars this week and we’re both going to learn so maybe I’ll actually build one soon too.
@@agoodballet that's awesome. My son and I love playing, and tinkering with guitars. It's something fun, we'll always have in common. You guys will too, if you decide you enjoy it. Have fun!
@@randymiles904 same for me and my dad, we're thinking of throwing emg 81 and 85 in his Korean epiphone les paul, set it up and sort all the wiring. It should be fun 🤘
@@roastpenguin8787 fantastic guitar to mod. I was lucky enough to find a Korean Les Paul, and it's one of my favorites. Well built guitar. After sperzel locking tuners, graph tech nut, Ebonized fret board, 80's Duncan distortion bridge pup, and a tone pros bridge, it's a killer. Have fun with your project man. Agufish inspired me to finally mod one a few years back. Now I can't stop. It's like a game, to see how good I can make any guitar. Lol FYI stew Mac has some AMAZING videos.
And here I was hoping that PGK would stay under the radar! There goes their in-stock models!😂 I’m actually getting ready to start one of their explorers! Super excited. I’m hoping they eventually offer a ‘67 style Flying V kit as well!
This kit seems to be of very good quality!! It would have looked even better if the wood grains could pop through in my opinion. It is actually simple to do: after applying stain (darker color first), you can take the excess away with a clean cloth and after it has dried, you should sand the whole body to reveal the wood grain (darker where in open pores). You can reapply a light coat of stain (same of lighter color), rub the excess and do a fine sanding to finish. And at the end apply the final coats (tung oil or less). Like this, you will really see the wood structure (if you want to..)
Black Stone Cherry is one of my favorite bands ever. I just discovered them a couple of years ago, and they exceeded to number one status on my playlists. That’s sayin a lot to displace Govn’t Mule but anyway they f@#$in rock and rock hard… I like your kit build, it turned out awesome… I don’t know if you are into double cuts like Les Paul jr. Precision makes a couple of cool jr kits as well single cut jr kit would be cool if you don’t like the double cuts… Thanks man…
I've never had a kit guitar, however I have built several guitars that we call a "Parts Caster". A Tele style with SD Hotrail Pickups, a Jackson with P90 pickups and a Strat style HSS with Lace gold pickups and a 10 way super switch.
Awesome build man! Love the color. One question though, should the bushings for the bridge and tailpiece be switched? I think they are supposed to be installed opposite of what you have.
Always love the random inclusion of blink riffs. Beautiful build man, I’ve been wanting to do one for awhile and this has definitely made me want to even more.
With waterside transfers, you want to get a good gloss coat under them, apply logo and get a good gloss coat over the top of them. Whenever this is dry you can then finish it with satin or whatever finish that you want.
do you ever put the neck pickup back into humbucking mode? if you dont then a humbucker sized p90 in the neck would suit you well. (I do that with my guitars now)
i made my strat with a pocket knife some files a hand drill some chisels and sand paper! and it turned out great! i did a thick curly flame quilt maple top with mahogany back and i copped a 59 strat for the contours and comfort cuts, that's wear the pocket knife came in handy! its my nicest guitar now!
First of all Hunter, i absolutelly love your show, content, builds and everything. My only concern about DistroKid is they were keeping SOME revenue from a brazilian youtuber - it took him a whole saga to solve that issue, which led to DistroKid even removing the "keep 100% of your share" from their website at the time. I don't know many details on what went on with that, but it made me not want to use distrokid for sure. Just wanted to say that. Otherwise, much love Hunter!!
I believe the issue there is since DistroKid is a US-based service, it technically counts as you making money in the US , and the IRS forced them to withhold US taxes. It’s a standard thing, and the communication was not great but it has nothing to do with them taking a cut. The other option is to have DistroKid users voluntarily file US taxes, which no one is going to do lol. It’s the fucking IRS :(
Awesome job Hunter !! Looks & sounds great !! And YES canadian proud Precision guitar kits out of the province of british columbia here in canada !! :) The oddity on the headstock might just be precisions way to avoid any gibson bs as they do alot of gibson shapes. They have been around for quite some time now & as much as they are pricey ... as you seen .. you get what you pay for !! :) Congrats again !! :)
I tried 9's on my LP (type) once. It did indeed feel like spaghetti lol. Stuck 10's back on it. I do use 9's on 25.5" scale length, but definitely not on a Les Paul again. But I guess in the end it's whatever you are used to.
@@raytorvalds3699 I don't think scale length matters as much as the tuning when it comes to string gauge. I put 10s on my Jazzmaster (25.5 scale) and tune it to e flat and the string are loose enough to do great vibrato but not floppy, while tens on my Monarkh (24.75 Scale) feel stiff while in e standard. I'm switching to 9s on the Monarkh so I can retain the easy bending feel of my other guitar that is in e flat. I think the tuning impacts the feel just as much as string gauge.
Just curious and I'm sure I have it correct, but is there any significance to that Serial #? I have a feeling its 04 (April) 26th 2021? Builds looking fucking FIRE btw, LOVE it!
I own 21 guitars that are “store bought”. I just finished a headless kit build (mahogany body, maple neck, ebony fretboard, fishman moderns wired down to a single volume) and I’m working on a 6 string super strat and a 7 string rg style right now. I don’t think I’ll ever buy another manufactured guitar. You can build anything you want for not a ton of money and it’s so much fun and rewarding
How hard could it be, right? Only took a year lol. And check out Precision Guitar Kits for your custom projects: precisionguitarkits.com/
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Great Choice, Precision Kits are the very best of the best.
I recently built a JM baritone using a PGK kit and love it! Many mistakes were made on my part, but they’re good reminders of the progress I’ve been making
@@lotechrevolt4513 what kind of advice is this? Unsolicited and less than sound if I’m being generous. Sounds like you want to be highlighted as the “high praise of the week” segment
But you had painkillers, so....... it would've relieved it? lolol 🤣
p.s. thanks for all the content over the years Hunter!
Maybe I missed it in the video, but but what brand of dye did you use? Came out really well Hunter
Came out so good my man!
yeah very vool!
@@davidtguitar so vool
Next project don’t forget to put multiple coats of oil and raise the grain. Sick build!
That’s some light black limba. My black limba Kiesel has is darker and has a bunch of streaking.
After years of following you, I'm amazed by your growth, both as a musician and TH-camr. This demo track fucking slaps! 🤘🏻
For how cheap you can buy these kits you really get a nice starting place for your project.
Ah, Precision kits, I was actually looking into getting the AX model with the Fender scale a while back, they're definitely legit. You should definitely make an Eclipse style singlecut or an SG next, that would be dope!
Oh, Canada!!! 🇨🇦
Yeeeeeeeee
Oh noo
Your tone wood specs are very close to mine. Deadly build man, looks sharp AF and sounds awesome
why don"t we see the cat in any recent videos? Did Pringle eat it!!!???
Nice build Sir
Nice build! Those multi-ratio tuners are fascinating
Hey, Austin, thanks! Yeah, dude. Have you tried them before? It's almost bizarre how accurate they get
Nice build. Definitely want to consider painting any routed cavity (pickups/controls) with shielding paint, especially with passive pickups
This makes me remember about my first guitar (a Yamaha erg 121) which I sanded all by hand til barewood and proceeded to chisel mindlessly... I couldn't find a finish I loved so it's golden over black (over white over red) but I haven't put the electronics on because I moved and misplaced stuff 😅
So it's been there naked for a year 😅
Yamahas are sick modding platforms! I have Bareknuckle pickups in mine and it rocks its socks off.
Think I’d have gone with a gloss on top and satin on the rest,maybe ring oil on the neck
My favorite track yet! Killer riffage.
I see you with those deep cut Sum41 and Blink182 riffs. Killer job on this build!
Shut up
@@Myfukinusername that is indeed one of the songs haha
My gripe with kits is that it is a money pit, super fun and rewarding but it’s money you’re never getting back and if you don’t have the right level of skill might play as well as a Squier with electronic problems, so this is around 1000 imperial credits , which it is to say it’s not an alternative to a factory guitar, but a great addition to a collection absolutely
Nice project, and it turned out quite nice. Kit builds are relatively easy to do and you learn so much from it. Just expect to make mistakes and don't expect it to be perfect, you'll learn enough to make the next one a little bit better. And soon enough you've gathered enough tools and experience to make your own complete build.
Instructions unclear, Made bass :(
THIS IS THE BEST COMMENT. And I'm sorry it's taken 2 years for someone to acknowledge your comment
Discord SQUAAAAAAAD! Right Pringle?
Well work! Well done! Congrats!
It looks great I wouldn’t have use pup rings, I think it would look way better with out them, but I was looking at a 7 string tele to order from them. May have to do that now.
i had no idea these existed. im gonna get one and use some 57/66 emg’s so i dont have to do all that soldering stuff.
cool build. really like the hardware you chose. is gibsons corina and limba the same wood ?
W.O.W! Great job. We need 250 by next Wednesday.
Oh PS I want a signature Chris Robertson PRS SE.
Wish they still made those!!!
Kind of avoided the biggest pitfall - neck positioning, getting the right angle and glueing it in...
I built a slide guitar in my bedroom, it was definitely a process lol but its pretty cool
2021 was a good year for kit guitars. I also did my first, a Warmoth Baritone Jazzmaster. I'll need to submit it for a smash or pass ;-)
Wow. For the price of those kits you could buy a decent finished guitar and save the hassle. Yes, there is something being said for DIY'ing it as I've done it myself, but in the end it is always substandard to a finished guitar just for the equipment and tooling they have to build and finish on a larger scale. If the kit was actually priced at what a 'kit' is worth then ok, but they are priced the same as very good budget guitars, and even higher than a home builder could attempt to compare to without tools and experience.
Everybody needs a Wendel in their life.
Black limba and white limba are the exact same wood just from a different part of the tree
lol love seeing people play summer
love it!!! Make an Iceman style that would be sick !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! set neck
PGK is sick.
I wish I had the money to do the type of projects you do, lmao.
Korina and black limba is the SAME THING ;)
at 12:54 he literally said "Deez Nuts" nice
thanx bro my wife gonna be pissed cuz now i need another axe lol happy new year
Looks like a neck break there?
New signature model when?
Hunter Dude, you Should get your chicky friend, the artist, to paint the "Smoking Cherry" From Black Stone Cherry, on the guitar!!!
SEGWAY!
Dudes i literally just built my first guitar FROM SCRATCH. No experience.
Wow. There is no genetic reason this should be possible. Hahahaha
The dust will fill in the grain? Come on man
Say hello to Wendell for me
Another thing you need to make sure when gluing up a neck into the neck joint is MAKE SURE your neck angle is correct or you're up shit creek without a paddle. Also throw a string butler on that headstock to help with that full straight pull on the strings will help even more with tuning stability.
hahaha I’m here before the bot said you posted again
A flat, clean surface, a clamp for the neck, a few tools, and some paint, and you have what you need. Kits aren't as bad as you would think. Do research. Watch videos, and take your time. 🤘
Exactly this🤘
I don’t even really play but I’ve been wanting to build a kit for years. I’m buying me and my kid guitars this week and we’re both going to learn so maybe I’ll actually build one soon too.
@@agoodballet that's awesome. My son and I love playing, and tinkering with guitars. It's something fun, we'll always have in common. You guys will too, if you decide you enjoy it. Have fun!
@@randymiles904 same for me and my dad, we're thinking of throwing emg 81 and 85 in his Korean epiphone les paul, set it up and sort all the wiring. It should be fun 🤘
@@roastpenguin8787 fantastic guitar to mod. I was lucky enough to find a Korean Les Paul, and it's one of my favorites. Well built guitar. After sperzel locking tuners, graph tech nut, Ebonized fret board, 80's Duncan distortion bridge pup, and a tone pros bridge, it's a killer. Have fun with your project man. Agufish inspired me to finally mod one a few years back. Now I can't stop. It's like a game, to see how good I can make any guitar. Lol FYI stew Mac has some AMAZING videos.
And here I was hoping that PGK would stay under the radar! There goes their in-stock models!😂
I’m actually getting ready to start one of their explorers! Super excited. I’m hoping they eventually offer a ‘67 style Flying V kit as well!
When did they get explorer kits? I’ve been looking for one that’s good quality for awhile now…
This kit seems to be of very good quality!! It would have looked even better if the wood grains could pop through in my opinion. It is actually simple to do: after applying stain (darker color first), you can take the excess away with a clean cloth and after it has dried, you should sand the whole body to reveal the wood grain (darker where in open pores). You can reapply a light coat of stain (same of lighter color), rub the excess and do a fine sanding to finish. And at the end apply the final coats (tung oil or less). Like this, you will really see the wood structure (if you want to..)
And with just tongue oil it should be easy to sand it back and brighten it up
DIY projects are fun and a great learning experience
Precision Guitar builds the very best guitar kits available.
Good Choice
That’s really good love that color combo
Eyy that "Shut Up" riff brings me back
I almost bought the precision explorer kit, they had one on clearance, ended up going with a Harley Benton Kit instead.
Black Stone Cherry is one of my favorite bands ever. I just discovered them a couple of years ago, and they exceeded to number one status on my playlists. That’s sayin a lot to displace Govn’t Mule but anyway they f@#$in rock and rock hard… I like your kit build, it turned out awesome…
I don’t know if you are into double cuts like Les Paul jr. Precision makes a couple of cool jr kits as well single cut jr kit would be cool if you don’t like the double cuts…
Thanks man…
Dope
french toast sticks
That's such a cool guitar and it sounds so good. 👌
Great job! Hunter, it looks and sounds mean 😈
What's up with those riffs? When did you get that good? Demo song was straight up 🔥
Cool dude, I tried to build some stuff too, it's not so easy! But man I love to try this kind of stuff.
I've never had a kit guitar, however I have built several guitars that we call a "Parts Caster". A Tele style with SD Hotrail Pickups, a Jackson with P90 pickups and a Strat style HSS with Lace gold pickups and a 10 way super switch.
Awesome build man! Love the color.
One question though, should the bushings for the bridge and tailpiece be switched? I think they are supposed to be installed opposite of what you have.
Dude, the tapping you’ve been doing on your riffs are so sick!! I gotta start doing more of that!
Been waiting to see this video. Looks like it was a lot of fun and you learned a lot!
Always love the random inclusion of blink riffs. Beautiful build man, I’ve been wanting to do one for awhile and this has definitely made me want to even more.
Goodness man, that was one of my favorite demo tracks you've ever made
Sounds and looks great, Hunter! The Bareknuckles have a ton of clarity to them.
Good job tho
Limba? isnt that what Steve Jobs died of?
Yup
I made my first kit guitar last year. It definitely was a learning experience. Wasn't the best but it works!
It looks awesome and sounds phenomenal. And a sense of pride when you play it , knowing you created a beast
Nailed it, looks great, sounds incredible.
Happy Holidays!
With waterside transfers, you want to get a good gloss coat under them, apply logo and get a good gloss coat over the top of them. Whenever this is dry you can then finish it with satin or whatever finish that you want.
Let me specify, it needs to be a water based gloss coat.
A little Gloss and it wouldnt be so ugly!? 🎶🎸👀🤷♂️
"from Scratch"
do you ever put the neck pickup back into humbucking mode? if you dont then a humbucker sized p90 in the neck would suit you well. (I do that with my guitars now)
just here to say that those hipshot tom's are sick af
Ay I recognized shut up from the first two strokes and went no way he’s playing a toypaj song. Anyways sounds great. 26:21
finally a well produced video on a precision guitar kits build
was not expecting to hear shut up by blink in this video, after the first bits of playing. great build, now i wanna do one too
This guitar has got me literally foaming out of the mouth, my next guitar is going to be an LP kit build similar to this for sure
no pickup ring screws? It's karma telling you to direct mount. Lol
i made my strat with a pocket knife some files a hand drill some chisels and sand paper! and it turned out great! i did a thick curly flame quilt maple top with mahogany back and i copped a 59 strat for the contours and comfort cuts, that's wear the pocket knife came in handy! its my nicest guitar now!
Pocket knife is great for carving! Used it too a lot on my kit-build avatar!🙌🏼
What we call Korina is actually white Limba
Its a black limba top with a white limba body.
First of all Hunter, i absolutelly love your show, content, builds and everything. My only concern about DistroKid is they were keeping SOME revenue from a brazilian youtuber - it took him a whole saga to solve that issue, which led to DistroKid even removing the "keep 100% of your share" from their website at the time. I don't know many details on what went on with that, but it made me not want to use distrokid for sure. Just wanted to say that. Otherwise, much love Hunter!!
I believe the issue there is since DistroKid is a US-based service, it technically counts as you making money in the US , and the IRS forced them to withhold US taxes. It’s a standard thing, and the communication was not great but it has nothing to do with them taking a cut. The other option is to have DistroKid users voluntarily file US taxes, which no one is going to do lol. It’s the fucking IRS :(
Look at this photoguitargraph
It doesn't seem like you sanded the factory sealer coat
Awesome job Hunter !! Looks & sounds great !! And YES canadian proud Precision guitar kits out of the province of british columbia here in canada !! :)
The oddity on the headstock might just be precisions way to avoid any gibson bs as they do alot of gibson shapes. They have been around for quite some time now & as much as they are pricey ... as you seen .. you get what you pay for !! :)
Congrats again !! :)
Those are pretty cool kits !☠️☠️☠️🖖🏻🎄
I was gonna suggest calling it the "Intergricaster" but I guess it's not quite the right shape... "Les Intergrity"?
I was thinking Higher Intergrity.
You play 9’s? Damn that must feel like spaghetti…
Not for standard tuning, but anything lower is spagett.
I tried 9's on my LP (type) once. It did indeed feel like spaghetti lol. Stuck 10's back on it.
I do use 9's on 25.5" scale length, but definitely not on a Les Paul again.
But I guess in the end it's whatever you are used to.
@@raytorvalds3699 I don't think scale length matters as much as the tuning when it comes to string gauge. I put 10s on my Jazzmaster (25.5 scale) and tune it to e flat and the string are loose enough to do great vibrato but not floppy, while tens on my Monarkh (24.75 Scale) feel stiff while in e standard. I'm switching to 9s on the Monarkh so I can retain the easy bending feel of my other guitar that is in e flat. I think the tuning impacts the feel just as much as string gauge.
Just curious and I'm sure I have it correct, but is there any significance to that Serial #? I have a feeling its 04 (April) 26th 2021?
Builds looking fucking FIRE btw, LOVE it!
I own 21 guitars that are “store bought”. I just finished a headless kit build (mahogany body, maple neck, ebony fretboard, fishman moderns wired down to a single volume) and I’m working on a 6 string super strat and a 7 string rg style right now. I don’t think I’ll ever buy another manufactured guitar. You can build anything you want for not a ton of money and it’s so much fun and rewarding