As for upgrades, I also did this to my JCraft surf green Strat guitar, for the goal of making a semi-replica of the Fender Vintera 50's Stratocaster. Locking tuners, bone nut, Alnico V pickups with cream bobbins installed on a white pickguard, and vintage-style bent saddles. Plays good for my taste, and my go-to instrument for cleans and Hendrix/Malmsteen songs.
Perfecto, I'm where you are on doing my own guitar work. I use the stuff I work on and I wouldn't charge for messing with someone else's axe at this point. I may have more tools than you, although I can't be sure of that. I am glad to see that you did a fret level, crowning and polishing. In my opinion, those are the most important things you can do to a cheap guitar. Doing these right improves playability, tone, and sustain more than any other single thing. I would have gone with a six-saddle bridge over the compensated saddle solution you used. I also would probably swap both single coils with humbuckers, probably single-coil sized. I am no better at enlarging holes than you, with my having done overcutting when I enlarged the vibrato cutout of MY Glarry GST (Strat-style guitar). My overrun is visible from the strap-button end of the body. Oh, well, look at how messed up looking some of Les Paul's and Eddie Van Halen's guitars came out ... and still sounded great! The other thing is that your overrun and mine have the virtue of not being very obvious from any distance. Eddie Van Halen cut a chunk of wood out of his Ibanez Destroyer and destroyed it, by his own admission. Point is that that's why you buy cheap guitars: To learn from them by working on them, undeterred by the though of destroying them, because they're cheap enough not to worry about! I personally have yet to destroy a guitar through the ill use of tools. Probably, you can say the same.
Thanks for giving me the link to this video! My Glarry will arrive tomorrow and I hope to learn to do mods before I molest my beloved Ibanez RG. If I end up with a playable, good sounding axe, that's a bonus! Didn't know Graphtech made string trees.. so that's on my mod list now! Again, thanks for going through the effort to produce this video!!!
I think it's alot of fun modifying cheap guitars, I have several squiers and fenders that I modified, I even built a parts caster that I put together. I get alot of enjoyment working on these guitars.
the only upgrades i did on my guitar are i change the vintage type strings trees to a roller type and added 2 more springs on the whammy for tuning stability then i added a pushpull pot (volume) for the neck and bridge to work in series then i remove the tone number 2 and on the volume hole i added a switch to make the 3 pickups of the strat work in parallel and i added a kill switch everything in the guitar is stock i love the way how it sounds stock with 1 master volume and tone
I’m literally doing the same thing to a Glarry GTL Humbucker/Single… But unlike you, I’m a noob at guitar playing and repair. I have the same issues with the control cavity depth-I’m scared to Dremel out the depth.😅 My other big issue was that I wanted to change out the white pearloid pickguard to a black one, and realizing the new one won’t fit.😖
and Larry.G's saga continues, hehehehe so fun to watch from the very beginning when the guy is just a cheap $89 tele. hehehe more series like this maestro, love and support from Ph.
@@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro will continue supporting your contents maestro, I can't afford the membership kaya di ko nalang iiskip ang mga ads hehehe, ingat lage sir perf.
Last year, while i was contemplating about what should i buy for my first guitar I stumbled upon this jcraft t-style but dual humbackers product they had, and syempre, may mga video din ng nag upgrade nung gitara nya. Im a cyclist, so upgrading what i have is always a thing. Pero last minute yung post ng yamaha rgx na floyd rose, nasilaw ako idol sa floyd rose eh malapit lng nmn ung presyo nya s jcraft so yung yamaha ang binili ko. Bad move😂, sabi n kcng nag t-style n lng ako tpos inupgrade ko n lng. Sakit sa ulo mag alaga ng floyd rose bridge, hahahaha, pambawi n lng ung emg pick ups nya, hahaha. Nice content idol, ipinaalala mo ang wrong move ko last year😂
si S!r perf kahit anong kalikutin natin sa fretboard ng gitara para akin alam nya yun lahat kaya lang hindi sya gaano responsive sa mga tanong about playing guitar since malaking tulong po yun sana sa katulad kong maging guitar gods player.stay safe idol👍
Dremel kit are very useful talaga not only for guitars, it also awesome for mini woodworks like oud & violins. dremel stylo user here. Nomad kit are also interesting, musicians should own one in the bag even not techie person. Bosconian techies malulupit talaga kapag tool kit na ang usapan. Rakenrol \m/,
Well done on modding the guitar Perf! Sick tools you got there. I dig it man. A very honest opinion on the question "Is it worth it?" and I totally agree on both answers of yours. That is why quality guitars are expensive due to the tedious working process and of course the reliable parts installed on it. Modding on the other hand is fun provided we do it on an inexpensive or junk guitars. As an aircraft greese monkey myself, a successful challenging modification is rewarding at the end of the process. Speaking of junk guitar, Eddie Van Halen build and modified his Frankenstrat from factory rejected parts and installed a PAF humbucker on it to get the best of both worlds. He has done these with limited technical skills and the guitar sounds immortal and legendary. Stay safe and nice to see great videos from you. Peace and love from Dubai from yours truly. 🙂
Sir perf quick question lang bakit may noises sa pickups ko at meron din tahimik lang pano mawawala un kelangan ba palitan ung pickups? Salamat at more power 🤘🏼
@@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro how abt the tagima tele that you also reviewed? Is it worth it to be a project guitar or should I just save up and buy a squier
Logistics reason, mas mahal pa shipping fee kesa sa isang unit ng JCraft para mapadala sa lugar niya lol I already suggested na gumawa siya ng reviews sa mga cheap gear dito sa Pinas pero for the same reason, di niya magawa lol
@Fett Wey alam ko lol. Pero bat hindi nya nalang i consider bilang appreciation nalang din sa mga kababayan/Subcriber nyang pinoy na sumusuporta sakanya HAHAHA it seems youtuber/Vlogger sya Bat hindi nya nalang isipin yun as a Investments lol
As for upgrades, I also did this to my JCraft surf green Strat guitar, for the goal of making a semi-replica of the Fender Vintera 50's Stratocaster. Locking tuners, bone nut, Alnico V pickups with cream bobbins installed on a white pickguard, and vintage-style bent saddles.
Plays good for my taste, and my go-to instrument for cleans and Hendrix/Malmsteen songs.
Wow, great demo Perfecto! The pickups were originally designed for Colt Westbrook of Walrus Audio. Thanks for using them in the video!
Pistoleros ROCK!
Perfecto, I'm where you are on doing my own guitar work. I use the stuff I work on and I wouldn't charge for messing with someone else's axe at this point. I may have more tools than you, although I can't be sure of that. I am glad to see that you did a fret level, crowning and polishing. In my opinion, those are the most important things you can do to a cheap guitar. Doing these right improves playability, tone, and sustain more than any other single thing.
I would have gone with a six-saddle bridge over the compensated saddle solution you used. I also would probably swap both single coils with humbuckers, probably single-coil sized. I am no better at enlarging holes than you, with my having done overcutting when I enlarged the vibrato cutout of MY Glarry GST (Strat-style guitar). My overrun is visible from the strap-button end of the body. Oh, well, look at how messed up looking some of Les Paul's and Eddie Van Halen's guitars came out ... and still sounded great! The other thing is that your overrun and mine have the virtue of not being very obvious from any distance. Eddie Van Halen cut a chunk of wood out of his Ibanez Destroyer and destroyed it, by his own admission. Point is that that's why you buy cheap guitars: To learn from them by working on them, undeterred by the though of destroying them, because they're cheap enough not to worry about! I personally have yet to destroy a guitar through the ill use of tools. Probably, you can say the same.
Great video! It's giving me the courage to try my first mods on my cheap guitars!
Go for it! It's fun and you'll learn a lot 😉
Thanks for giving me the link to this video! My Glarry will arrive tomorrow and I hope to learn to do mods before I molest my beloved Ibanez RG. If I end up with a playable, good sounding axe, that's a bonus! Didn't know Graphtech made string trees.. so that's on my mod list now! Again, thanks for going through the effort to produce this video!!!
Enjoy!
Clever thought on the bridge pickup with the Jimi config!
Thank you for showing your dremmel error result...I learned from it
Glad it helped!
The lefty tele bridge makes it unique and sounds clear and crisp than usual tele bridge saddles.
Wow, a lot of work but it sounds SO much better and I like the reverse angle of the bridge pickup!! I learned a lot!!!! Great video!!!
Thanks! Hope this helps you in your own project
I think it's alot of fun modifying cheap guitars, I have several squiers and fenders that I modified, I even built a parts caster that I put together. I get alot of enjoyment working on these guitars.
Fun is what matters!
I would love to hear more about those pickups
the only upgrades i did on my guitar are i change the vintage type strings trees to a roller type and added 2 more springs on the whammy for tuning stability
then i added a pushpull pot (volume) for the neck and bridge to work in series
then i remove the tone number 2 and on the volume hole i added a switch to make the 3 pickups of the strat work in parallel and i added a kill switch everything in the guitar is stock i love the way how it sounds stock with 1 master volume and tone
Nice mods!
I also use my DB ‘card’ (ability to solder and read circuit diagrams) to mod my guitar :)
Haha yes!
interesting trick in mounting the bridge pickup. the @Sonic Pickups are interesting as well. might give them a check for my Explorer project guitar.
From philippines, tnx bro and God bless.
Tito perf ! If given the chance na makasali ka sa biggest shred collab ni jared dines, will you play along with them ? 👉👈
Perf Can you do an upgrade of a Tagima TG 530 please?🎸🙏
Sounds great man! Looking to upgrade these stock Glarry pups and looking for ideas, thanks for sharing!
No problem 👍
I’m literally doing the same thing to a Glarry GTL Humbucker/Single… But unlike you, I’m a noob at guitar playing and repair. I have the same issues with the control cavity depth-I’m scared to Dremel out the depth.😅 My other big issue was that I wanted to change out the white pearloid pickguard to a black one, and realizing the new one won’t fit.😖
and Larry.G's saga continues, hehehehe so fun to watch from the very beginning when the guy is just a cheap $89 tele. hehehe more series like this maestro, love and support from Ph.
Haha ending the Glarry saga here to make room for others 😁
@@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro will continue supporting your contents maestro, I can't afford the membership kaya di ko nalang iiskip ang mga ads hehehe, ingat lage sir perf.
Wow just knew you were a bosconian too sir perf!
''bridge pickup twang'' ...even got some Brad Paisley vibe thrown into the mix
really liked that jam.
Wow. Looks fun. Need to check the second hand shop guitar🤩
Have fun!
Sir Perfecto can u make a video about what to consider in buying electric guitar for intermediate players
Last year, while i was contemplating about what should i buy for my first guitar I stumbled upon this jcraft t-style but dual humbackers product they had, and syempre, may mga video din ng nag upgrade nung gitara nya. Im a cyclist, so upgrading what i have is always a thing. Pero last minute yung post ng yamaha rgx na floyd rose, nasilaw ako idol sa floyd rose eh malapit lng nmn ung presyo nya s jcraft so yung yamaha ang binili ko. Bad move😂, sabi n kcng nag t-style n lng ako tpos inupgrade ko n lng. Sakit sa ulo mag alaga ng floyd rose bridge, hahahaha, pambawi n lng ung emg pick ups nya, hahaha. Nice content idol, ipinaalala mo ang wrong move ko last year😂
si S!r perf kahit anong kalikutin natin sa fretboard ng gitara para akin alam nya yun lahat kaya lang hindi sya gaano responsive sa mga tanong about playing guitar since malaking tulong po yun sana sa katulad kong maging guitar gods player.stay safe idol👍
Galing mo talaga idollll❤️baka naman new guitar lng para sa debut kopo idoll HAHAHA😂
Seems like a great guitar now and it sounds fantastic. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Thanks for watching!
Dremel kit are very useful talaga not only for guitars, it also awesome for mini woodworks like oud & violins. dremel stylo user here.
Nomad kit are also interesting, musicians should own one in the bag even not techie person. Bosconian techies malulupit talaga kapag tool kit na ang usapan. Rakenrol \m/,
Nice one Sir Perf! Knife tlaga ang bida ehh...hehehe
Well done on modding the guitar Perf! Sick tools you got there. I dig it man. A very honest opinion on the question "Is it worth it?" and I totally agree on both answers of yours. That is why quality guitars are expensive due to the tedious working process and of course the reliable parts installed on it. Modding on the other hand is fun provided we do it on an inexpensive or junk guitars. As an aircraft greese monkey myself, a successful challenging modification is rewarding at the end of the process. Speaking of junk guitar, Eddie Van Halen build and modified his Frankenstrat from factory rejected parts and installed a PAF humbucker on it to get the best of both worlds. He has done these with limited technical skills and the guitar sounds immortal and legendary. Stay safe and nice to see great videos from you. Peace and love from Dubai from yours truly. 🙂
Sir perf ganda ng set up sa guitar and sounds quality is great
Kahit pa sampo ang adds na dumaan. Hindi ako mag iskip!! more videos idol
Yaaaaaan!
Great vid!!!
Sir Yan din Po balak ko sa Pinag ipunan Kong Gitara Maraming Salamattt po mauupgrade Kona din sa wakas
Im gonna need a blueprint
That solo was amazing! Holy shit like I don't usually go out of my way to make comments like this tbh, but damn, my jaw dropped 👌🔥
Wow!
Perf at Malmsteen pareho nag DIY sa kanilang guitars...
Idol kung makauwi man sana kayo ng pilipinas gawa kau vid about sa Raon guitars tapos i upgrade nyo na din hahahaha
Where did u get the spaceman sticker?
www.intotheam.com/perfecto
Though it looks like they don’t have stickers anymore, lots of cool shirt designs tho
Very nice
Does it play better than the Tagima TW55 after the upgrade?
Not really, still felt like a cheap guitar that stayed in tune and sounded good
Sir perf quick question lang bakit may noises sa pickups ko at meron din tahimik lang pano mawawala un kelangan ba palitan ung pickups? Salamat at more power 🤘🏼
Mga how much po magagastos in upgrading?
as long the guitar sounds right i did it from shopee
How's this guitar (the neck and the wood of the body) compared to the MIM fenders?
It’s very cheap
@@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro how abt the tagima tele that you also reviewed? Is it worth it to be a project guitar or should I just save up and buy a squier
Ganda ng music :)
Swabe sir perf
Hi Perf. 🙂 Bakit po pala Perfecto name mo po? 😁
parang yung barbero ko, perfecto name niya pero pekto tawag sakanya hehe
Ayus sir perf
Grabe sir perf,,galing mo din magrepair,,
May plano ka sir gamitin yan sa live show mo?
Pwede, pero di pa alam kelan magkaka-live show uli 😬
@@OfficialPerfectoDeCastro Malapit na yan sir ♥️
Idol. Gosto kopo nanang guitar 😆
🖒🖒🖒🎸
Well done po sir perf! Give away nayan HAHAHAHAHA
Giveaway na yan hahahhaa
214th like sir perf 😊✌
Waiting for the glarry guiter to give away HAHAHAHAHHAHA
ROOKIE MISTAKE 2:58 BY NONE OTHER THAN perf "quintessential guitarists guitarist"
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Sana jcraft brand nalang ang ginanyan mo instead of that kind of foreign brand or what hehe. It seems naman na halos pinoy lahat ng subscriber mo lol
Logistics reason, mas mahal pa shipping fee kesa sa isang unit ng JCraft para mapadala sa lugar niya lol I already suggested na gumawa siya ng reviews sa mga cheap gear dito sa Pinas pero for the same reason, di niya magawa lol
@Fett Wey alam ko lol. Pero bat hindi nya nalang i consider bilang appreciation nalang din sa mga kababayan/Subcriber nyang pinoy na sumusuporta sakanya HAHAHA it seems youtuber/Vlogger sya Bat hindi nya nalang isipin yun as a Investments lol
Investment? JCraft? lol
@@thomasseveroii5093 apaka mangmang mo naman dikona kailangan mag explain sayong bobo ka.
Bigay nyo na po yan sakin HAHAHHA
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