Did You Know Sweetwater Has A Custom Shop?
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Did you know Sweetwater has a Custom Shop? Let's talk about it!
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Start
0:09 - Intro
1:24 - Disclosure
1:44 - Background Story
2:37 - Full Mix
3:21 - How It Was Stock
4:06 - Playthrough/ Shop Footage
6:19 - The Process
7:19 - The Boost
8:09 - The Frets
9:14 - Wrap Up
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I'm getting my Ibanez Pleked from Sweetwater!
Just picked up a Line 6 Pod Go from Sweetwater. I've never experienced customer service like that. Can't imagine ever purchasing anything from anywhere else. 🤘🤘
I love my Pod Go! Hope you enjoy!
@@adamguthrie7063 I've been 🐒 ing with it all day. It's by far the easiest processor I've ever messed with. I had all the DigiTech up until the Rp355. So far this Line 6 is far easier to navigate. I'm pretty much an idiot when it comes to this stuff and I was able to download the software on my computer and edit it on my desktop. Very easy. Probably took me 15 minutes to get it up and going. I'll keep the DigiTech around for the drum machine but this thing is going to be a mainstay. 🤘🤘
They are the best
I just bought a POD go about a month ago, I love that thing. A lot of options for something so small.
@@nicksparrow8376 I've had it two days and am blown away by how easy to use it is.
This is a pretty amazing service. Surprised I haven’t heard about it more and can’t wait to use it one day!
Fancy seeing you here! Also I agree! Can’t wait to try it out myself
Rock on, Ryan. I can’t imagine how awesome but is to have kickass companies like SweetWater and Music Man behind you. But you deserve it. Hellz yeah
Yeah they should really advertise this more, I don't see why they don't. Glad they now have this video to spread the word.
I’ve purchased quite a few guitars from Sweetwater and always purchase the setup before shipping. They do a great job at getting the action low and setting Floyd’s. And the cool thing is they catch any playability issues before I get it. Well worth the money.
We twins now, bro
Dude…getting to see the sweetwater staff work on your guitar was so cool man. Really do love sweetwater…such a great little new piece of knowledge.
One thing that about living in BFE Indiana, I live 1 hour away from Sweetwater! Won't give my patronage to anyone else!! Place is second to none, customer service is incredible too! If you play any instrument, do yourself a favor. Make it a priority to visit this place sometime in your life! You wont be disappointed!!
This is awesome to know. Gonna have to use this when I purchase my forever guitar from them in the future
I bought a Luke III SSH a few months ago! Such a great guitar! Awesome Fluff!!
I just ordered a ESP LTD BB 1000et from Sweetwater it's my second guitar I've bought from them in the last two months 🤘🎸
Good to know these guys do custom work! Sweetwater second to none!
First thing I always do to a new guitar is black out the hardware. Not a fan of chrome at all, especially on Fenders. Love the Hipshot tuners and bridges, but it can get a little pricey.
Nice looking EBMM Fluff!
I’m the same way friend. My only advice is if you think deleting chrome for black on a guitar is expensive don’t get a Harley lol.
Ya I’ve had Sweetwater do a bunch of work to my guitars. They have always killed it!!!
I play bass, but you’re probably my favorite guitar youtuber. You’re very entertaining. 🤘
I did now and mine j custom got black winter install and a setup to love sweetwater and love you channel
Thats my favorite guitar you have ever played forsure.
Looks like you're playing a bass boat, in a great way!
Man Fluff that’s a gorgeous Luke I see they also have a sick purple one at Sweetwater I’ve bought so many guitars from them they have become my number one place to buy gear from thanks for the video I never new they had a custom shop.
I had them swap out the nut on mine for a tusq nut for better trek stability. So glad I did. So cool that they can do that.
Love the channel. Great shirt. Do you collect?
shoot i didnt know that! thanks man!
My friend sent in his 93 LP Custom to have his frets dressed and plek'd. It took a couple weeks for him to get it back, but it was setup great and played awesome after he got it back!
Awesome job w the guitar man...super nice and love the aqua sparkle 💖
The tone in this video is so sick! I’m looking at replacing the neck on my old squier strat to a baritone and just saw, last night, that Sweetwater sells fender baritone conversion necks. Super excited about it. I just need to decide if I want an hss or hh pickup configuration and my options for an upgraded bridge.
HH is a working man's guitar pickup configuration, it just works and also the baritone scale will make the guitar have more jangle in the highs anyway.
That guitar is beautiful
I own myself three Music Man LIII guitars, two of them with Music Man Custom Pickups in your video. I Love these pickups, they are clear, articulate and dynamic. Hands down the best guitars I have ever played in 25 years. (My third LIII has the stock Dimarzio Transition Pickups but I prefer the Music Man pickups by far)
Just a Canadian wishing I could have them ship to me
I haven’t owned any Ernie Ball MM guitars yet, but I’ve built several Warmoth custom Strats with stainless steel jumbo frets, roasted maple neck, crazy cool sparkle finishes and all black hardware. They craft the body and neck, and everything else is left up to me which is perfect. I’m not the best luthier or finish guy, I just don’t have the facilities for all that so I leave it to the experts, and my guitars are very similar to the Music Man stuff, beautiful, fast, modern rock machines.
I really love these guitars especially your blue 1 but ive never seen any in lefty 😢
Damn my next purchase from Sweetwater will be optimized af
Those prices are outrageous for some of the services listed.
No, but I know now~ that's also a very cool music man guitar~
🤘🎸🤘
Someone has been jamming the new STYG
I did not know this.
You mean I can buy a Schecter Banshee GT in charcoal burst with the EMG 81/60 pickups and have them put Fishman Fluence Moderns in it?
You can but it's gonna cost you another 5-$600 at least. You have to pay for the pickups which Fishman'sare definetly not cheap and their outrageous install prices. You'd be much better off doing it yourself. Pickup swaps are super simple and only take about 30 minutes.
I probably would have just picked a guitar with black hardware and ss frets lol. I don't have fluff money though lol
Yes I did, I used to work there.
THATS NOT FAIR
My Stingray RS also has a birdseye maple neck.
That is a very odd situation to use the term custom shop. It isn't. It's a good repair shop that customizes guitars like most local luthiers can and will do. I cannot order a Music Man Petrucci with a maple fretboard and swamp ash body now can I? Or can I?
Do you have an affiliate link? Im always buying from sweetwater. Anything to support the channel man
Re-fretting a brand-new Luke III guitar? That's raising the bar for other youtube guitar channels to attain.
low profile easy to slide and bend and feels better with lighter strings, may sacrifice the string tightness found in higher set ups needed for hard hitting power chords - i like this video - its cool to see some wonderful weirdo proud of his Quitar
. u rok
What happen with tour fishman signature pickup? I'm waiting for it since you talk about ir a while ago
Still can't believe you and Ben bought the same guitar... it must be quite the guitar...
I'd love if sweetwater would come to Ireland / UK/ Europe thomann just isn't the same
Sweetwater aint got no air duster in that big ol' warehouse?
They used it all up huffin in the back. How do you think they came up with their crazy install prices?
The price of doing that service (like changing frets) is less expensive to just buy it and take it to an outside luthier? and do they keep the original warranty of the product? thanks
Using them for the frets makes sense. Their prices for things like a switch upgrade on my G&L was insane. The part I wanted was 20 bucks (from their store) but would have cost like 150 for them to install. So yeah, they have the shop but be careful.
That price was just to have the one switch installed?
@@TM42 I believe it's 120 just to have anything electric done, at least the last time I checked it was around that price.
just buy a soldering kit and learn how to do it yourself, you'll save money and you will learn a new skill for that guitar center application lol
@@TM42 reverse the control plate and install a 5 way super switch.. it was way too much. I did the entire job myself in less than 20 minutes.
I learned real quick working in a guitar shop that a lot of this stuff is easy and just takes patience. Building a guitar is difficult, fixing one is not.
Yea it's like $40 just for one pot installed that takes me less than 5 minutes to do. He basicly bought another $1,000+ guitar having these few upgrades done. But I mean if you have the $...
I would love to know what the cost was for those upgrades to the fretboard.
I know PLEK is like 300 bucks, God knows how much the other stuff is.
I think it's it's around $500-$600 just for SS frets. He easily spent another grand or more on the upgrades.
I added it up using sweetwaters pricing, this is gonna hurt... $1046 not including any parts. And probably more realistically as they didn't just 'swap pups' they re covered them and swapped all hardware
@@joesharpe7685 yea I figured around 1,500 at least in the end with everything
Does this mean I could get an E-II Eclipse Evertune and have it outfitted with stainless steel frets, a graphtech nut, and possibly make the humbuckers direct mount instead of ring mounted?
Because that would be a dream come true
Yep, you sure could.
That would be on SICK AF guitar bto
I wish Ernie Ball Music Man and Sterling sold replacement parts, would love to put black hardware on my Sterling SR50 don't know where to get the bridge from and by who.
So when I order, how do I customize?
BUT WHERES THE HSS!!FLUFF?
This is not new news I thought everyone knew you can customize any guitar you buy from Sweetwater you just better hope you like it once you recieve it
Are the pickups Dimarzio Transitions or is Steve using something else?
ok, english wasn't my 1st language, so i got question. what do u mean when u say the guitar is fast???
Does it require a guitar that cost a certain amount or higher to request that service?? would love to get one of those Yamaha Revstar with some amazing pickups and configuration :O
I know they do the 55pt. inspection on everything above $299. Can't imagine anyone having them do hundreds of dollars worth of mods on a guitar that costs less than 1k. Had them plek a $599 epi SG Modern, and it was worth every penny.
Phillip McKnight had them Plek a Squire Affinity Strat just as an experiment. He shows the invoice in his video and he paid more for the Plek job than the guitar itself. The results were really cool though.
Is this service also available for Left Handed players?
How much does it cost to have them do something like swap out chrome for black hardware?
Enough to where you should just do it yourself if you know how to use a screwdriver.
I sit here jamming on my guitar, watching another man jam on his own guitar whilst yet another man works on a guitar that funny enough: man two is jamming on while i jam to them. my name is Jamison and this is my story.
It's cool they offer these services, but Damn you have to be rich or connected with them to be able to afford it. My local shop Manchester Music Mill & there Music Techs who are Authorized Retailer, Service Center with for all Gibson & Fender brands and many others brands as well like Marshall & Mesa Boogie with over 80 years of expreance in the bussiness between there 3 techs would charge $400 for a SS refret vs Sweetwaters $750. Comparing prices for other jobs as well there around 50% cheaper. Not sure what other places around the world charge but id check your local shops first if you cant do the work your self.
I wonder if Sweetwater does Evertune installations. I know Evertune themselves does this through their custom program, but I'm curious if Sweetwater might do it cheaper. Their shipping is certainly cheaper than Evertunes if you want something shipped to Europe.
They absolutely do install Evertunes. I have a buddy who works in the Sweetwater shop, and he actually just finished one up a few days ago.
@@jakestichter9743 Nice! I’ll send them an email and ask for an estimate to compare.
Has the custom shop started doing refinishes? Or will they ever? May of last year, I asked Sweetwater about buying a Fender, and having the custom shop match the headstock to the body, because I am ALL ABOUT matching headstocks. I also asked if they could do a satin finish on the back of the neck.
They told me they have previously discussed the possibility, but they do not currently offer refinishes.
It's a repair shop, not a custom shop
My only question was why did the tech use a razor blade on the fretboard? Was it to achieve a slightly worn in feel?
Just scraping the excess glue off. How do you think they get binding flush? Same way. Almost all guitars have some tool marks. That's what emery cloth is for.
@@andrewbecker3700 I get that there is often excess glue, but I have seen other methods used to remove the excess. The way the tech scored the board made it seem like he was actually removing material beyond just excess glue.
@@RequiemDead Nope, thats why he holds what's most likely a dull blade at a 90 degree angle to the fretboard when he scrapes. Good luthiers usually don't buy or use many specialized tools. He's actually not even scraping, but just making sure no dried glue chuncks are sticking up.
@@andrewbecker3700 he was scraping parts of the guitar to feed on later. He loves micro particles.
@@areyoujelton He saves em in a little stash container and is waiting till he has enuff to do a big ripper! Ha, ha!
Oh.... I need a kill switch. 💀
can someone please explain the string on the headstock to me?
Reduces that 'ring' that happens behind the nut
Weird that EBMM sent all black hardware except for the neck plate. Do they not make them in black?
The serial number is on the neck plate, so they probably wouldn't agree to make a duplicate.
I could have gotten a black one but because of the serial it was more trouble than it was worth
Ah ok. Makes perfect sense, thanks guys 👍
$750 for a refret
As a UK based Luthier holy crap please people. Don't use big box stores for repairs and mods (This is a generic repair shop, no 'custom shop') Worse service and extortionate pricing.
No hate to fluff, and the guitar is sick, but when a fucking strap button cost $49 to 'install' something is fucked (parts not included) hahaha
I just had a HORRIBLE experience with Sweetwater's "Custom shop" -- I sent in my PRS Custom 24, which has very small sized / vintage sized frets that have been worn down and leveled quite a bit since I first purchased the guitar in 2012, that I wished to have changed for more modern jumbo sized stainless frets.
I chatted with the custom shop guy about it before I sent it in, we went over everything and then I shipped it to them.
They received it this week, and immediately started giving me the runaround.
First they tried to claim that the frets used by PRS stock are "just as good as stainless steel" -- this isn't true. They're not. They're Jescar NS (nickel silver).
They're certainly better than the old vintage nickel alloy frets that Fender and Gibson used in the 70s, but Jescar themselves make SS frets.
If they're just as good, why would Jescar themselves EVEN MAKE stainless steel wire? Lmao.
Next they told me that even though they're smaller sized frets, they're still "within PRS spec" -- I explained that I prefer a larger fret size for my playing, and I would still really like to have the frets upgraded.
Then they finally gave me the _real reason_ why they don't want to do it...which, talk about dishonesty.
There's a finish on the sides of the rosewood fingerboard, and their luthier isn't confident that he can do the work without chipping / damaging the side finish.
I should have caught this myself, so this is partially on me...I just didn't think it would be an issue, but damn...
They tell me this AFTER I sent the guitar into them and paid UPS $250 to ship it there.
And to make matters worse, I originally bought this exact guitar from them 10 years ago.
This is the last time I ever take the advice of a TH-camr.
Unfortunately though, living where I live in Buffalo NY, there aren't any other local options...just Guitar Center, which I imagine is even worse than Sweetwater.
@@5urg3x As a tech myself I’m honestly embarrassed that this is acceptable luthiery for most people. Almost all rosewood boards have lacquer on the sides, and maples boards are entirely lacquered. Absolutely NO luthier worth their salt would say they can refret rosewood boards, unless there is finish on the sides, clearly just an inexperienced tech. Pathetic. Im sure if you look hard enough you will find someone local and I urge you to, a refret in the states should cost you about $300 for stainless, if some company tells you it’ll be more they’re ripping you off
@@joesharpe7685 I hope I can find someone closer. I just wasted $250 shipping it to Sweetwater for absolutely nothing.
Will they paint a guitar for me?
My only question is how much this service costs. Im sure its not cheap
$749 for stainless steel refret with setup.
@@kevinhagensieker0828 on an almost sub 4k guitar to begin with… no thanks
Music Man are absolutely the best value for the money. They're not cheap by any means, but they are the best. Shhhh, don't tell anyone or they'll get artificially inflated too......
I have never played a music man. They are above my pay grade and just not that common for me to run into. In fact i only own 1 25 1/2 scale guitar (a charvel) maybe 1 day
For what? Candy?
They already come with stainless steel frets
Sounds like you should have just ordered a custom guitar...
So, it's not a custom shop. It's a mod shop lol
Custom shop implies they make a guitar from scratch.
always the same t shirt
you bought??? realistically you bought with store credit. you didnt debit your own bank account, did u? tell the truth big boy =)
Why buy a custom guitar when you can fill your gas tank up....once😋.
Haa, Ernie Ball guitars, when I need a $7000 guitar after I win the lottery, I'll let you know. These guitar makers are out of their f**kin minds, but not as f**kin out of their minds as the customers that keep paying these STUPID prices. It's one thing if you're on tour and sponsored, it's another to steal a fair % of peoples salaries. I make six figures, and I'm not comfortable with these prices, WTF guitar makers?
LOL at getting parts for your guitar that normal people cant get then claiming this as a custom shop thing. Whack.
your reviews are pretty much useless since they are all sponsored. whats the point of this channel then
That might be putting too sharp of a point onto it. Yes, there's obviously a certain advertising element to the sponsorship else it wouldn't be a monetization strategy. That doesn't mean you can't take it with a portion of salt and use it to inform your decisions/perspective.
What's the point of a useless negative comment?
I dont do reviews I do demos. If you dont like something I am doing, you simply dont have to watch, my guy. Have a great day!
That’s all the TH-cam guitar community is these days. Channels like Glenn Fricker’s are rare. It’s all people paying for advertisements and promotions and “demos” and not giving the whole story - we should call these people what they are, and that is basically no different than car salesman.
@@5urg3x exactly