Making An $85 Guitar Play Like A $1000 Guitar
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- In this video, we'll be taking an $85 Squier Affinity Stratocaster we got off Craigslist and setting it up to play like a $1000 Fender American Stratocaster. All the things we do in the video are things you can do at home with a few tools.
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Nothing new here, I can make any $1000 guitar sound like a $85 one.
This is such an underrated comment imo XD
B Snyder not really underrated when it’s top coment
I can make new guitars sound like broken ones.
Wow. That’s the most original joke I’ve ever heard
only 753 likes? let me make it 754
"I'm going to play the same riff on both guitars"
-proceeds to play fancier on the more expensive guitar-
Exactly what i immediately thought, i was like mmmm yeah thats a really fair comparison there, you can tell he definitely played at a more stop and start way on the Squire and then played fancier and cleaner on the Fender
Yea
Either way they do sound a little different, most likely just pickups and pots
@@yobrethren The Fender sounded more articulate and full, probably because the Squier had pickups with ceramic bar magnets under the pole pieces whereas the Fender had pickups with AlNiCo pole pieces.
@@jimthethirdprobably Mexican silver
You can buy a fully loaded hot Texas picgard for about $350+ a tusq nut for about $13. Then the squir will sound better! Ask SRV!! He played one a lot. There are pics and videos of it!
0:46 "so i worked at a G--, one of the largest.."
Nice cover for the sake of the legal department lol
@@brianwalendy3735 There's nothing wrong with saying where you worked at, even in a video like this.
learn2law
@@TankdozerCavalry unless you're being slightly disparaging about the place. Why, then, did he not say the whole name? Also...
Learn2human,asshole
Brian Walendy
Learn2notcare
@@imaremi351 wow
It’s 2020 and I’m feeling nostalgic watching this dude just walk up in a stranger’s house without a face mask
Back when I was your age, we would walk into stores WITHOUT a face mask, shake the hands of strangers, and hug people. Yeah! You little whippersnapper, I said HUG, now GET OFF MY LAWN...
Sheep
Then just say no!
It's back to no mask here in England. It went from "you can't hug your gran" to "bring in a Ukrainian family" just like that. In a blink of an eye.
It’s 2020 and I’m feeling nostalgic watching this dude write a comment about strangers without a face mask.
I've had guitars in my life for decades. I think you guys just taught me more then I've ever learned in just a few fun minutes! Thank You both.
Thank you so much, guys! A friend just gave me a cheap old guitar and I love the feel of the bodystyle and the tone of the pickups. It just came with all the little issues you showed me how to fix. This info is valuable (local shop wanted to charge 85 to do that stuff, but I love to tinker, just didn't know how). P.S. I'm a happy guitareo paid subscriber. Thanks for making your free content high quality too.
always adjust your gutar on play position and not on the table!
Yes!
In summary: You won't get a $1000 squier. Basically, clean, setup and a fret dress and you will have a properly working guitar, like all guitars should.
Of course. The majority of players get a cheap guitar and just assume it's the thing that's holding them back from improving. But putting in some time setting up the guitar properly will give you something that's perfectly giggable. No, it doesn't magically become a $1000 guitar... But it does narrow the gap between cheap and expensive guitars significantly. :)
I agree :) really don't like those affinity squiers though.. Too much effort is needed to make it a decent playing guitar IMO. But its good that you have a video showing how a few easy things can make it better. But if you're someone who is not handy, it's not worth taking it to a guitar shop and dropping $. Better just to buy a better guitar.
For this cheap, you might be right since a set-up costs around $50 in most places.
Not all "expensive" guitars are good though.
Chris W right, expensive bc rich models for example suck ass lol
"...use something like this, which they call nut sauce..."
okay, I'm out
It's very important to keep your nuts from binding. :P
Seriously though, a bone nut is around $5 and will reduce the binding problem as well as providing a more even sound between open and fretted strings compared to a plastic nut. You could go with a graphite nut and never have the problem again, but the open strings will then be a bit brighter than the fretted notes and you may not want that. I switched from graphite to bone because bone and fret wire just seem to be more similar in the way they interact with the string than graphite and fret wire are.
Bone nuts can still benefit from the pencil lead (which is really graphite) trick, but for obvious reasons, you'd be wasting your time applying graphite to a graphite nut.
My gf loves nut sauce on the daily.
I know.
Okay, I admit it. I laughed out loud.
Scott Sakurai
----Joke------>
Head
Quick tip for strat users. Just take the neck off for doing any fretwork. It simplifies everything and no steelwhool to get stuck on pickups.
I do a lot guitar maintenance on expensive and cheap guitars. Point for point the best adjustments to any guitar is to check for proper gapping width of the string slots and make file adjustments as needed, Add graphite lube if needed at the string tree rollers and string slots at the nut and over the saddle grooves at the bridge. The secret here is to keep all places where the strings make contact with the surface of the guitar at the string tree rollers, the nut grooves and at the bridge or the saddle grooves because it is at those points the strings encounter resistance of movement and it is vital that the strings can have maximum play of movement. Check for proper neck height adjustment and saddle height in distance the neck. It is true the pick ups should be angled high at the treble strings and lower at the bass strings with the bridge pick up being adjusted the highest, The neck pick up the lowest and the mid pick up somewhere in between but that's all optional and a matter personal preference. These simple adjustments can make even a really cheap guitar sound way better.
If you're not using a tuner, you can do intonation using the harmonic at the 12th fret and comparing it to the string fretted at the 12th fret. It's a lot easier to hear differences that way and I've found that I can get the intonation tighter with my ear than with most tuners.
Its an aweful idea to use steel wool anywhere near your pickups. The little pieces will stick to the magnets, PITA.
Also, the trick of fretting the first and last frets to check for relief (bow), depends on the frets being being a consistent height all the way down the board. Most used squiers (in my own experience) will have a lot of wear in certain spots, like pits in the frets on the first 3-5 frets where open chords are played. This can give you a false sense of how the truss rod is adjusted.
Otherwise, great vid. :)
Notice that piece of masking tape they put on the pickup? That caught the pieces. But, you can get synthetic steel wool, abrasive plastic mesh, at most woodshops.
Personally I just remove the neck for any work to isolate from the work I'm doing.
He put tape over the pickup, how did you not see that part?
If you buy a Squire get one that has the Large GOLD lettering with a thin BLACK outline. And get a 14 inch fine flat file and do all the frets at the same time. Strings off and straight neck, then do the truss rod and string it. Don't you loosen the strings before tightening the truss rod? Also a 10 top E will stop that bellring resonance. We all use Elixir strings. Get a .009 (light)set and replace the .009 with a .010 and keep the .009 as a spare.
Fantastic walkthrough of the basics guys. All you need is a bottle of oil and some new strings. Strings are so important. When I’m looking for a new guitar I get to last two or three, and ask the shop owner if I can change the strings. I pay for them, the guy watches me for the first string and is happy. He gets one or two guitars with new top quality strings on & I get to play & hear the instrument at it’s best.
Most of the time I get either the cost of the strings I’ve paid for, or a couple of extra sets thrown in. It’s a win win for all involved.
Thanks for a great video.
Note it says play like a $1000 guitar, not sound like one, you will need to upgrade the pickups for that.
Davman - And all of the electronics
And the neck
or just dump a bunch of effects on it
That's the funny part...some noobs will spend all this money on a guitar/amp setup...then get carried away with rack gear...and in the end, a cheapo guitar, and tube power amp and some nice speakers in a 2x12 cab would actually sound exactly the same. For 1/10 of the cost.
I agree with 97% of your DIY video.
But your pick up adjustment could use a little work. What you said is very useful for beginners, but we are talking a $1000 guitar setup here.
Some of what I am going to say is tried and true, other is subjective. Please note, the final finished product is going to be what the guitarist likes. But this should put the icing on your cake.
STEEPS:
1) Finish all of the other setup steps in this video first.
2) Get an amp with a clean channel. Set your amp and guitar to a neutral setting. Plug in the guitar and adjust amp ( all guitar knobs should be set to 5 ). Slowly adjust till you hear it's sole. Not too loud, not too quiet. If you don't hear it, that means it's sole is in pain, and is hiding. But don't worry, I am here to help. Or plug in the amp.
3) Place guitar on a flat nonabrasive surface. Get the proper screwdriver and lower your pickup to the deck. Do not force it, and do not go too low. Other wise you may lose your pickup in the depths of hell in which you will need to perform minor guitar surgery to get it back to life. An Ez task but it isn't what you want at this point.
Strum, now pay attention to the tone and volume on all 5 settings of your 5 way selector switch. Do not adjust tone or volume knobs.
4) Start with the bridge pickup. Adjust pickup up slowly, while plucking the 1st and 6th string, adjust pickup till you hear a good tone and a moderately good volume. The rule of thumb is, the lower the pickup the cleaner the tone. The higher the pickup is, the brighter and higher the volume. To high will make what some consider, too bright, too low too soft or muddy. Normally when finished, the treble side will be set higher than the base side. You may want the finished volume for each to be relatively close.
5) Set the middle pickup using the same method.
6) Set the neck pickup.
7) Now just pay attention to the sound/volume when you move the 5 way pickup selector switch. Most people will do a finish adjustment to the pickup heights to achieve a smooth volume for each selection.
Just a side note. Some times adjusting the pickups too high will often result in what is known as the strat bark.
8) Enjoy.
😂
I enjoy playing my Ibanez gio. That's all I have to say besides thank you for some new info.
That little jam at the end was really nice, the info in this video is invaluable!
I have a squire strat, and had to do a grip of work to it. The neck adjustment where it meets the body was a mess. Old school strats used paper shims there and the wood was flat. The squire was a mess right there and I had to do some woodworking there to get it flat. That took a few attempts and was a pain. Taking the strings off, getting the neck off and doing the wood carving. Then restring it and see what happened. After the third attempt, I was then able to shim the neck. I also did the cleaning up of the frets like ya all did. And I had to tighten everything. Very common with the strat for some reason. I have to retighten everything on my once a year.
Just got my hands on a Maestro by Gibson LPJ
battered, abused and neglected.
swapping out the bridge for an adjustable wraparound, swapping out the nut for a bone nut, Wilkinson locking tuners and a shit ton of fretwire work .....and that's now one nice guitar. Love playing it as much as my SG ... maybe even a little bit more.
Love that dark blue color
Great tutorial! Usually in these sort of videos people buy a cheap guitar and then they replace almost everything (except the body and neck) with pricey parts and then guitar will sound great but it's not cheap anymore. You completely avoided that and gave very useful information how to make a cheap guitar sound good. Thank you!
I think a better title would be " Making a cheap guitar sound better without spending a lot of money"
a lot of the comments are about basic cleaning yet I learned about keeping the neck moist, shaving off the side of the board when frets are sticking out, and intonation or w/e they called it. yeah basic for others yet i didn't know about that so that's cool.
I bought a Jackson JS Dinky 22.it was with the shop's "Guitar Technician" for an hour before I finally got to take it home.total buzzing on the low E right up to the 3rd fret!!I shoulda just watched you guys instead.love the vid my friends 👍😀
Not sure if anyone else suggested it but if you use steel wool, make sure you cover your pickups or they will be covered in metal fibers. Great video though. Thanks
I actually watched the video and appreciate the nuance instruction on the saddle and on the bridge. This is something that beginners don't get to know. Also kudos on the neck adjustment; stressing the point of going slowly...quarter turns and then re-check. It builds a sense of 'being one with your guitar. Good Job guys!
Use lemon oil on fret board
Linseed oil doesn't put 'moisture back', much as you wouldn't drink cooking oil if you were hydrated.The role of oil and rosewood fretboards is confused and overstated, given that rosewood is a naturally oily wood. Some will claim that an oil penetrates the wood, hydrates the board (see above), makes it a better colour, or does something else. You can choose an oil that either dries/cross-links and provides a de facto finish, or you use some sort of thin penetrating oil that provides a barrier to moisture and dirt this way. You aren't keeping the fretboard hydrated by slathering on oil. I think most people just want to see a dark rosewood fretboard with a low-gloss sheen to it; the hydration argument is fatuous. The same people will buy that Fret Doctor stuff because it is all natural and made from 'culinary-grade oils' but will denigrate people for using almond or olive oil to do the exact same job. Ask woodworkers and turners what they use, and ignore guitarists.
Steel wool is also a bit of a problem. I don't find that it polishes out frets enough. If you run the wool in alignment with the string paths (like in this video) then you end up with rough frets that feel slightly scratchy under string bends. I prefer to use a Dremel tool, felt pads and a buffing wheel, and leave steel wool well away from any instrument with pickups installed. As a given I remove the neck from any Fender instrument if I'm going to be working on the frets. No need to risk the finish and electronics unnecessarily. Steel wool dust will scratch a guitar finish when you wipe it off (another reason to never take it anywhere near a guitar).
The use of a nail file to fix the fret ends sort of highlights the cheap, hacky techniques present in this video. Maybe ok for a cheap guitar, but not exactly shortcuts to success.
GUYS!!! You'd also want to include a fret job!! Don't have any idea how much a good fret job changes a guitar. I did that on an American Strat and, after 1 week of hard work under the magnifier glasses, I had a totally different guitar! Not even 1000$ strats have perfect fret jobs! I have refreted a brand new American strat because frets were coming loose.. So be sure to check "fret leveling, crowning and dressing". It's a job anybody can do, yes, it's a lot of work BUT it totally worths it!!
I can make any guitar sound like it's 5 dollars
Upgrade the nut to a bone nut, upgrade pickups, upgrade tuners, custom pick guard.
One thing I do on cheaper guitars: level the frets. After checking the neck straightness using a notched straight edge I file the frets level and the reround them using a fret file. That and adding quality pickups makes all the difference.
You did a nice job showing how a beginner could go deeper without spending $700 more and still have intonated, fast neck and some good sound
N U T S A U C E
7:40
So this has another name... in the business we call it "sticky nut sauce".
John Doe even better
200.00 worth of nut sauce for 3.00. A bottle of Hoppes #9 gun oil and a lead pencil.....fingernail file the lead into powder....mix 4 drops with powdered lead....put it on saddles, string trees and nut slots. Better yet......cut the nut properly and add the sauce. This is the biggest problem with any guitar...cheap or expensive. This does more to make it play well then anything.
Liked the tone of the cheapie, but the mellowness of the expensive one.
My $200 Tagima (which I picked up for $60). Is my very favorite guitar. I prefer it over my $2000 PRS.
The facial expressions of the guy on the left reminds me the young Larry Hagman in "I Dream of Jeannie" !
It makes sense to have any guitar in the best shape you can.
If you're learning to do this, do it on the cheap one.
The Squire really sounded good enough, but for me the US Strat was clearly superior.
First time I've seen a video from you guys and I've got to say very well explained and demoed.. I've found others over complicate things.. This video is great..
Steel wool? Whoa!! You want to cover pickups when you do that!!
Love the last tip - everything else I'd known but I've never had anyone explain how to tune the bridge before. I've got one that I never play because I can never get it in tune, but maybe now I can fix it. :)
Once again: an expensive collector's guitar doesn't play itself, there's nothing magic about an expensive guitar. As you can hear here, a cheap guitar set up well and PLAYED well sounds and plays very similarly to an expensive guitar.
Dude, you really should tell people that ANY TIME you use linseed oil , DO NOT discard the rags in your household trash unless you want to burn your house down. LInseed oil is a spontaneous combustible. It produces heat as it dries. If its balled up tightly and discarded, it will com-bust. Put it in a bucket of water loosely instead.
Then you pick up the cheap guitar the next day and realize that its all out of tune, again.
It might stay in tune better if you replace the original tuners with good tuning machines. Might be worth a try unless you've got other serious issues with that instrument.
Nah, I bought a cheap starcaster and I tune it about once every couple weeks
@@ryangann665 i tune my guitars after each song some nights
Thanks for the tips, guys. I usually get someone to adjust my guitar, but now i can do it myself.
Thanks a bunch for the info. Especially the FFF rule for intonation
I sand the whole neck with steel wool front and back including frets after leveling, lub every part that involve friction, proper set up and boom great start, Replacing parts are upgrades but this is about “feel”. I personally like squires w full bodies so I can replace the tremolo w a big block and 250k pots are a plus like many others...
You guys must have done something to please the RUclips algorithm Gods. This video is in my sidebar every day :) (I'll watch it now...)
Chris Franklyn how stupid are you?
I'm not sure, care to explain your comment?
im on this !!! ive already found a fender strat bullet it needs work but for £89 uk nothing to loose .
A great vid on laying out what to look for and what to check and adjust, Many views have been expressed here. However I think the vid showed for minimal outlay you can get into guitaring and have a really good instrument. Coupled with something like a bandit amp you can have a great combo from learner to gig level at a good price if you look after the gear.
Truth is to electric guitars, get one that plays nice, get the type of pickup you like, set it up like you showed, get a good amp. Expensive guitars are really just to appreciate the makers I guess. I've got some expensive guitars of which one I should still sell because I simply didn't like that the body was too heavy and had an awkward shape. And despite shilling out all that money I don't even have the perfect guitar I've always wanted.
So, just get a guitar with the right neck shape, body shape, type of pickup of which you like the sound and you're good. You can even replace pick ups so in the end just get something that plays nice and feels nice. Amps are so much more important when it comes to electric guitars, that's where you'll put your money.
Save you some time: They literally just bought a Squire and cleaned it ... what a waste of 15 mins
New and better brand pickups also help👍👍
Both sounded good. Even if you have to change pickups to achieve a particular sound, the bodies and necks are quite similar on these squires and you may not end up with a collector, but you can really built a sweet "players" guitar. There are also different grade levels even on the Squires. I had an 87 model that had ALL fender tuners, bridge, string keepers ect. It was really nice, and kick myself daily for selling it. There is a difference where they were made. My 87 was Korea.
There ARE measurable specs for each setting, so you don't end up having to say, "That looks about right".
Very nice -
Well explained - will have to show my daughter !!
Some great advice from these guys. Also, always 'sight' down the neck and look for out of line frets, if the neck has a twist or misaligned frets (Eg. the guitar been lent up against a radiator or stored badly)? My advice is walk away, there's plenty more out there. My first guitar was a Hohner strat copy (from, eek! 1986). I set it up in a similar way to these guys, dressed the frets a little (low but buzz free action), changed the machine heads. Great cheap guitar - wish I still had it as its pickups were a lot better than many of the Japanese fenders at the time, it played really well too, better than some more expensive guitars. I was always surprised how many guitar shops wouldn't set up even new guitars, good shops will.
Its also what you have to do when you buy a new gibson LP. anything below 1500 has rough frets and no setup... at least at GC.
I also think they sound pretty similar (I'm a beginner mind you). I'll hopefully buy myself a guitar by the end of this month. Looking at an acoustic.
nice delivery guys. I enjoyed watching your video.. I bought a fender starcaster (made in china) for about $100. It's amazing how great it is and compares very well with my MIM strat. I do notice fine points and greater perfections on the more expensive ones. They are magically nicer and sweeter in their natural state and often more tone-full. Maybe that was understated in your video...? It might of been interesting if you did the test blind folded and reviewed what you felt about the guitars quality, sound and tone. No cheating.. I play a $1800 Eastman acoustic (made in china - martin replica) I have a few classical guitars I bought for under $325 (patient CL shopping) and they both sound and play nice. One is actually amazing after I did a lot of work. I do notice the greater perfections and quality on my Eastman 00 steel string. I went through a lot of demoing to find this one and picked it for the amazing neck and action feel and solid earthy natural tone. In case you want to check it out here is a link to a song I recorded with the eastman ruclips.net/video/fhsQsB4pvWk/видео.html
Thank you :) I'm new and now I will be more confident when bringing my guitar to play with other musicians
Wish is work avoidance; so, I have MUCH work to do!
The main distraction is the lip stick. LOL it's a bit pink for a non-Apple smartphone. I was thinking, "Fade to Black"!
This is a fantastically helpful video! Thanks for this information, guys!
Am I the only one that thinks that the $85 cheesy Squire sounds better that the $1200 Fender?
While this is a terrific video, especially for newer players, the reality will show up after you gig with it(which I have done).
The biggest thing, is you can't see the dots on the fingerboard in dim light, lol.
Second, that neck is going to go wacky on you after about a year(you are still $1100 ahead of the game at this point-buy another!)
Third, you WILL have to change the tuners out-that is the weakest point of these Affinity Strats. 25 bucks or so. If you get lucky, and find a Squire Standard made around '99, you won't have to worry about it.
Fourth, and this is where the difference really shows up, when you use a driven/higher gain tone, the pickups just don't compare. Just throw a set of available online anywhere Alnico 5 pickups in it
Expect to pay anywhere from 35 to 60 bucks, there are many available, and they all sound good.
So now you have around 200 bucks in your Strat, which plays just as well, and sounds just as good as your $1200 Fender.
The math will work out to good amp, and about 4 guitars for the same amount of money.
I guess this explains why I have 30 guitars and 5 or 6 amps, lol.
Good info, well explained. Thanks
Gettin some major black keys vibes from the background music
sounds great! thanks for all the great info!
Good info, great fro a noob to electrics! thanks guys
I'm german, so FFF does absolutely nothing to help me remember 🥲
"Greifen, zu tief? zum Hals!" (Fret, too flat, to the neck)
So it would be GZZ. But it would also be GZZ If it were opposite:
"Greifen, zu hoch? zum Sattel!" (Fret, too high, to the saddle/bridge)
I'm so lost 🤯
As long as you play well, the output sound will be good. It depends on the player not the guitar.
If you have a studio with high end equipment at your disposal- your cheap guitar can sound great!
not everyone knows what "bow in the neck" means. just my .. suggestion as a comment.
cheers. great guitar! 85 bucks? ...what a steal!
Real nice video for me who is a beginner
$90 vs. $1,300? WoW. Great video.
Good basic stuff, in just the right amount time. So, good and effective.
IF YOU USE STEEL WOOL YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TAPE OVER YOUR PICK UPS. THE MAGNETS WILL ATTRACT MICROSCOPIC STEEL WOOL RESIDUAL DUST AND YOU WILL NEVER GET IT OUT.
I always make sure the truss rod works first...
This was a great review. I have always wondered if I bought a cheap Stratocaster if it would be worth the money. From what I seen explained in this video, taking the steps you guys did...would be worth it. Thanks
Iv'e always been intimidated by intonation. Thank you for the simplification!
It's quite simple if you find the right video, it's only intimidating if you over think it!
Bro, buy a cheap guitar for like 75-45, and spend about 500 on a pick up and bridge, clean it up and you can sell for about 800-1100 dollars
Great information. Thx for sharing.
Thank you, very helpful. Well done
Excellent advise guys and practical help in understanding all the various adjustments - thank you! Must say I did prefer the cheap guitar sound but as you say down to personal preference!
Been nice to hear the $85 guitar from the start.
Okay ! I have a couple questions I would like to ask. I have a Squier Telecaster I bought for $350 going on 10 years ago. When I bought it,it had 9 gage strings on it.I put 10 gage strings on it and it sounds a lot better.So why couldn't be better for the Strat you just bought? Now it's good to know that you made that Squier Strat sound as good as a $1,000 Fender Strat. Now if the repairs cost more then the guitar is worth, wouldn't it be better just to go shop around for something even better?
Very helpful guys.thanks
A good amp is king
I'm curious to know how you can tell what guage string a guitar is originally set up for.
The wood used for the fret board makes a difference, the blond fret board will have a brighter sound as it might be maple, compared to the not so brilliant sound of the darker colored wood of the rosewood fret board. The pickups are different quality on the two guitars, which is something you did not mention.
The curvature radius of the fret board has to be matched on the saddle by adjusting the two screws on either side of the strings. You did not mention the tremolo should be parallel to the body and have done space to move, if it is too stiff then you could break off the tremolo whammy bar. There are too screws inside of the back of the guitar to adjust the spring tension to get the tremolo parallel to the body of the guitar with the strings on tune, as the string tension on the tremolo will also bee contributing to the tremolo distance from the body of the guitar. A way of balancing the strings (tuned) tension and tremolo springs adjustment tension.
Loosen the screws slightly that hold the tremelo, but keep the screws on each end tight, and this will allow the tremolo to move better, too tight of a tremolo can break off the whammy bar.
Your video left out a lot of information, which I have included in my replies.
The nut needed checked for soecs
The distance of the strings from the fret board at fret one was not checked to see if them nut needed the grooves filed. Hid fret three with finger, the top on the string with a finger to see if has clearance over the fret wires of one and two wires, and use an automotive type feeler gauge to measure the clearance for each E string (number 6 and number 1 strings). If you file the nut grooves, use the proper file size for each string, file downwards towards the headstock, and at the angle going towards that strings tuner, also the filing of the groives need the make the nut grooves maintain the same radius as the fretboard. The proper tools can be bought cheaply on a kit online for less than $20 (USA dollars).
Thanks, great lesson.
Amazing video.. it's really helps!
tbh i liked the tone of the cheap one better
I'd like to know how you expect me to get a Squire Strat for $85 that even plays. Even second hand they cost twice that in the UK
Really excellent presentation.
you really only need good pickups and good amplifier.
This guy was great on that show Weeds
Dang. That sounded super good for some cheap guitar. I've been mulling over getting a cheapo electric and this convincing me.