The Custom DOUBLE NECK Guitar DISASTER...
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Ever try to order your double neck, heavy metal, dream guitar? Well, that's what I did, only I waited months for it and it barely works. This is perhaps one of the worst playing guitars I've ever owned. Thanks Aliexpress!
Should I try and save this guitar (which will require replacing just about every part on it) or should I junk it? You decide!
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Rubric: -5 points for Danzig references. -5 points for not reading the description. -5 points for not watching far enough into the video to answer your own question. -5 points for misquoting me in your comment. 20 points possible. Everyone starts with an A!
Frankly, I’m happy to see that not everything you show us receives above average remarks.
There’s obviously some stinkers out there so thank you for the accurate reviews.
@@StallionStudios1234 I'm sure your students (both current and prospective) are happy to hear both your news and your flatulence.
SCAR-MY-GUITAR wants you to send them the guitar so they can give it a makeover..
I remember in the distant past, when you unboxed this! On that day we all had such high hopes. But alas, we were younger then, and so naïve... P.S. I vote fix it! NO GUITAR LEFT BEHIND.
Agreed. A lot of love will set that thing straight!
"NO GUITAR LEFT BEHIND" :) I like it
Not gonna lie dude that thing looks like a MASSIVE hastle to get It in playing condition, but could be a good project for a video
totally agree.. fix it on the cheap with a few installments..
I agree...just like almost any Chinese made guitar, this one is going to need a new Floyd Rose Special bridge, and locking nut, a fret level and polish, neck adjustment, new pickups, and obviously a new selector switch.
Whenever I buy a guitar from China, I already know it's going to be a project. I personally enjoy working on them and upgrading.
But I bought one just like this, from the same seller (but mine is white w/black hardware) for about $320...so an extra $100 for quality new parts, and a few hours of time on the bench, makes it a very nice guitar for a very reasonable price.
I look forward to receiving mine...it's in the mail presently.
:)
@@TheWordprophet white guitars always have better quality.. good choice.. lol.. as long as the CNC did its job its a matter of fixing issues with hardware and wiring for sure..
That would cost more than it’d likely be worth.
Rewire it like a traditional double neck (so, add a neck toggle switch and wire everything to one output jack), upgrade the hardware to playable parts, fretwork, setup, decent pickups...that thing could be a BEAST if the wood is okay.
Send it to Sean from Scarred Guitars and you will have a shreddin double neck like no one else!!!!
Send it to SCAR-MY- GUITAR. He'll make it rip.
Let’s see just what it’s capable of being, once someone who cares spends some time on it.
I was, a little bit, hoping it would catch fire. What would be more metal than that?
Fix it
It would be more metal if it could eat bats
If you could actually play it, that would be pretty metal.
Scar my guitar said send it to him and he'll make it the beast you wanted
Send it to Sean at Scar My Guitar. He'll turn it into the best Chinese guitar ever.
Animal magentism was the first Scorpions album i heard. "Make it real" is a real classic.
Yeah man. Great record. I bought a jersey with the animal magnetism album cover on it on the love at first sting tour when I was fourteen. I got very strange looks in eighth grade. Lol.
I saw the Animal Mag tour .I had best of scorpions album in the 70's lol
Send it to Sean at Scar My Guitar! He'll fix that puppy for ya!! 👍
Man, seriously send that thing to scary guitar. See what magic he can do
Was supposed to say scar my guitar
Hi Max, I think it would be pretty interesting if you could make use of the spare stock hardwares from that bargain JS32 to "upgrade" this junk guitar: afterall it costs nothing else and just make use of some leftovers!
seconded. better than having them lying around doing nothing
send that double neck to sean at scar my guitar he promises to make it play bad ass I believe him
If all else fails with some embellishment it would make some interesting "Wall Art"... Quite the challenge for sure, best to you. William C. central Indiana.
Send it to Scar-My-Guitar and let's see if he can fix it up for you!
Send that thing to Scar my Guitar and he will make that thing sing !!! Trust me !!!!
Needs to be Scared Bro !!!
Send it on over.....
The channel Scar-My-Guitar should definitely be able to fix it up for you
This guy makes a video about how absolutely terrible this guitar is, and yet it still makes me want to buy one.
Send it Sean a Scar My Guitar! He can fix it!
As much as I love seeing guitar mod projects, that one deserves the woodchipper/furnace.
Send it to Scar my Guitar yo Sean can fix it up. Or kill it with fire?
Max, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD send that to me and let me "Scar" it up bro! I bet you can love that guitar when I'm done! I just made one for Justin Johnson. And I don't sell guitars.
This!
Send it to this guy!
He's crazy if he doesn't!!!
This guy ^ will make that guitar play the way it was meant to be played dude. Get that thing SCARRED!
Pimp it! Fix it up, put locking tuners on it, put a Fishman Fluence in the 12 string section and a Sustainiac in the 6 string section, and maybe a Dragonfire.
Max you must give your creation life! "GIVE MY CREATION LIFE" "IT'S ALIVE...IT'S ALIVE"
One if my many joys is upgrading/ rebuilding crappy guitars. You must do this and share with the droogs your results! This is your quest.
Send it to Scar My Guitar! He's going to hit you up.
It'll suck and probably be expensive, but I really want to see it fixed up. If it ends up being mediocre after all that work, so be it, but I would hate to see all this time and opportunity go to waste. You could junk it, but to me, that's admitting defeat.
Don't let this beater get the best of you.
Hi Max, as long as the necks are able to be adjusted and stay solid under string tension, the frets can be reconditioned. Level and re-crown the frets, file the fret ends until all the burrs and sharp points are gone, then use 220, then 320, and finish with 400 grit sandpaper to make the fingerboard edges nice and smooth. Replace the locking nut on the 6 string neck. Make sure the nut slots are cut properly on the 12 string neck so the strings can move through easily and not bind, and make sure the tuners work good on both necks. As to the electronics, the pickups seem to work good and are putting out a decent sound. Get rid of the cruddy toggle switch for the necks and replace it, then wire the guitar appropriately to a single output jack. As you mentioned, Max, having two jacks negates the purpose of having a double neck guitar, so you can switch necks on the fly, you're not aiming to have a stereo guitar. Get rid of the output jack that is left, and plug the hole with a dowel orJB Weld wood putty, and get a black Sharpie to color match it to the finish, no one will see the difference. That's what I would do to bring the guitar into proper playing condition without having to put out more money than you spent on it.
Send it to Sean @Scar My Guitar
He will fix it up right!
I think you should fix the guitar. Do something similar to what Matt did on “Off the Ranch” with the house he fixed up. Call it something like, “renovating a messed up guitar” and do a little at a time with video updates. I would watch that.
It would also be great to see other guitar youtubers get involved. Pass the guitar around and have each youtuber do a small part of it. Because there are two necks, it would be good for metal heads and others.
I vote to try and fix it.
There's a whole video series there - parts replacement, how to spot and fix issues etc. (GuitarFetish sponsorship?)
All of which can be applied to picking up a second hand guitar, a budget new cheapie etc.
I've got a twin neck (acoustic/electric) waiting for me to put some time into it as fixer project and it's more for the learning experience.
Can I make this thing playable with the tools, skills and knowledge I've accumulated over the past few years - some of which I've learned from you.
It's kind of in line with your channel creed - value - get a cheaper guitar, and with a few $ and a bit of elbow grease, you get a more-than-decent result.
No guitar should be left behind, all should be played. Definitely fix it.
Since fixing guitars is one of my hobbies, or fetishes probably 🤣, I would suggest you put the floyd from the js32 Jackson you upgraded recently, a new locking nut and if memory serves well, I remember some locking tuners you got from ebay or amazon that did a nice job and were dirt cheap, they might also be a nice option. These might do the job and keep things budget friendly. A black tusq nut in the upper neck would also be cool. As for wiring and pickups, I would suggest going with guitar fetish or something equivalent as they do the job just fine and big name stuff cost a lot more. It would also be awesome if you could connect the electronics to one output jack and have a switch that chooses which neck is active. Finally, suggesting you take care of that fret sprout and leveling and crowning the frets would make me the master of the obvious. It is a nasty job, especially on maple fretboards, but every guitar needs a hero. That's what I can think of so far.
If you decide to go through with making this a playable guitar, it would be an awesome video. If not, at least it would make a great studio decoration as it looks killer.
All the best from Crete! Keep rocking!
Ouch. I think you should try to salvage it. It makes for a good video series, and you waited long enough for it to arrive. Do you remember the original "Lovedrive" album cover? Classic!
Max,
Considering the fact that you have loads of guitars just toss that mess.
Repaint and fix too! I find black gloss finish quite annoying sometimes cuz your elbows and fingerprints really shows.
At first I thought "save it", but after seeing the two output jacks, that's gonna be a wiring nightmare, especially if you have to rout the body. Kill it with fire.
Yeah, I'd like to see if you can fix it, but it's up to you. Are you up for the challenge haha? I am curious if once fixed, does the price of the upgrades make it worth while.
I don't think he should cheap on the upgrades for this one, either. It needs extra love that he can get away with not giving guitars that are already great. I'm talking an OFR, some Blackfire pickups, all-metal pickup selector hardware, a huge overhaul on electronics, and some great locking tuners. His wallet will hurt a little, but by $600, it will be a great guitar... 😩
Oh lord!
The problem with a locking nut that doesn't lock is that it'll never hold tune! I felt your pain!
We need an update! I'd fix the hell out of that guitar. Only thing that would give me any trouble is the fretwork. You must let that axe fly as it was destined!!!
I can see Hipshot or Grover tuners to replace the trashy ones that are on it. Then replace that tremolo and locking nut with something that's better quality and will hold its tune for longer. I can also see either a full set of Dimarzio and/or Seymour Duncan humbuckers while you're gutting out all of the electronics, unless otherwise, do a full set of EMGs... definitely the 57/66 for the 12 string half, and the Hetfield set down on the 6 string half. Aside from all of my suggestions, and a little bit of time correcting your fret edges and resetting your action on both necks, surprise us with what string sets you want to put on this redeemable piece.
Sean could fix that up for you send it to him @ Scar my Guitar
Send it to Scar My Guitar to fix it up for u bro
If the necks are straight, and the body is solid...I would like to see it properly done up. Or as noted below...wall art!
Make sure the fret spacing is right too. There's no point in fixing it if it's going to be out of tune forever.
Ah...yes...the "tune as you play" technique.......brings back memories...😁😁
You really should let Sean scar that guitar @SCAR-MY-GUITAR
Max, I really appreciated this type of video! I like your brutal honesty in this one.
I really would enjoy seeing you rebuild that guitar and making it a metal machine!
So more like a starting platform for a diy guitar.. would be more interesting to have delivered without hardware, probably
You can do it! Replace the nut and you'll be a good portion of the way there already...
LOL - I love that they have a chrome trem arm and everything else is black. Looking forward to see what you can do with it
Have Phillip McKnight Sharpen your axe! You can join forces for an epic vid!
The Scorpions are awesome I think you can fix it just may cost a bit but being a double neck it should be worth it😎⚡🤘
That guitar sounds like my PRS 10 top does when I play it on my channel! 😜
You can try another colab with Guns and Guitars to make this thing work and look to par.
I would try to see if the guitar can be salvaged, and keep a video documentary of what and how you did.
I'm Old School. I think the LoveDrive-Animal Magnetism-Blackout-Love At First Sting was one of the best runs of rock albums ever. Matthias Jabs is one of my favorite guitarists, and although the solo is buried in the mix, we used to cover "Falling In Love" back in the day...
SEND IT TO " SCARRED " !!!
1-Great shirt!! 2- FIX IT!! It looks cool and you probably have the parts laying around. 3- For me- LADY STARLIGHT, great song, LOVE the solo! Stay safe!
To hear the first song with the sound the Scorpions would become known for, check out "Yellow Raven" from the album "Virgin Killer" released 1976.
“Animal magnetism “is cool . Also I think you could take your time and make it playable , one step at a time . It is cool looking and definitely has potential, but price for repairs is also a considered too. . It al depends if it’s worth it to you !!!
I'm not a fan of these angular guitars, but man, if not salvage it, I'd at least have a good guitar with the same body custom made. hahaha
I think you should try it. People need to know what issues they can run into buying something sight unseen, AND they need to know what it would actually reasonably take to repair it.
based on the review, a video of chestnuts roasting on its open fire might be a good option as a christmas video.
I have salvaged every guitar that has passed through my hands. I like the look this one has, so it would be on my overhaul list. I like it because it's different. I'm sure Gotoh or maybe Wilkinson would have tuners that will fit. I can't 100% guarantee that. The electronics didn't sound terrible, but they were below middle of the road. I would like to hear the 12 string side to be fully sure. As for the rest of the hardware, Musiclily has a Rose style tremolo that would be a plus fir this axe. They also have a locking nut that would help.
Wow. It's so rare that you have negative things to say about, well, anything. And I want to *thank you* for bringing this to our attention. I have a couple expensive, name brand guitars (which I'll never get rid of). I also have more than a couple 'budget' guitars, and highly recommend them and am always on the lookout for good budget guitars to fill a few voids in my collection. So, again, thank you for helping us steer away from crap!
We NEED a video/series on making this an awesome guitar
Donate that double neck you don't like to "Scar My Guitar" MAX he can make it work😁
I have bought 3 Chinese replica guitars with Floyds and all were unplayable out of the box. As soon as you bend a note it will go out of tune. Plan on replacing them altogether or upgrading most of the parts with genuine Floyd, Gotoh, FU-Tone etc
Max, you have your work cut out for you if you want to correct the problems on that beast. New tuners, new bridge, fret job, new electronics, filling the hole for one of the outputs (I'd get rid of the top one and unify the lower one, just to keep the cable under control). The list, I hate to say is too long for me to type. But, in the end if you think it's savable, then it is. It's really all about whether you want to do so. As long as the body and neck are sound, not twisted, etc. You should be able to get it up to your standards in playability. I don't expect it to be an inexpensive endeavor, though. Good luck, and have fun with it. :)
OMG fix it. Gonna be tons of fun.
Refinish the body in neon yellow! 🔥🔥🔥
greets from Oz and NZ ! Great video !! Lurve it. I'd hang it up somewhere where you entertain so it's sorta like a discussion piece that you can laugh about. It's certainly a conversation starter !!
If you really like the way the guitar looks? I vote for going ahead and making it a project (Long-Term Project) and maybe do a few videos showing us what you are changing and what you are going to use, along with any mods you make (For example: I am pretty sure you will come up with a solution for the two output jacks!). You did a fantastic job playing that especially with the action being so high, sharp frets, for starters...I'm sure the list is long.
On a different note, I love the F-104 Starfighter Shirt. Far too many are not familiar with that aircraft!!
Let it be scared he will make it better he gives alot of guitars away to guys that couldn't come up with one he is a good dude
Played Animal Magnetism till I wore out the cassette then did the same with Blackout, but after I wore that out I bought it again. Blackout was so good and still holds up well.
Send it!
Speaking as a modder, If the necks are straight, the rest is worth upgrading. Maybe all budget upgrades? I've seen you do some pretty amazing stuff on past guitars for short dough.
Get 2 new hockey stick styke necks from Guitar Fetish. If you can't find a replacement 12 string neck then possibly change it to a 7 string neck. Use GF parts for the electronics. Use the Red actives pickups for the 6 string, and blade pickups for the 12 string.
First, totally dig the t-shirt! The F-104 was such a cool fighter! As far as the guitar, I'm thinking about law of diminishing returns. Do you really want to sink time and money into an already bad situation (my MBA professor would school you on sunk costs - don't let them influence financial decisions). I agree the guitar looks cool, but with the money you'd spend to make it right, you could probably buy a cooler one that actually works. Dig Animal Magnetism but think Lovedrive is a better album (with a way cooler cover that's no longer appropriate!).
If I had so many good guitars, I honestly would be too lazy and without motivation to overwork that double neck.
Maybe possible to get it in an acceptable playing condition with less work: keep the bridge's, tuners and the pups, but new locking nut….
Cool thing to have on the wall!
Assuming that you really want a double-neck guitar, I think it could be an interesting project. Smoothing the ends of frets is easy, but you have a lot of them. Shimming the necks is not very hard either, but can be time consuming. The locking nut should probably be tossed, and replaced with a bone or brass nut. Test the tuners with the new nut, but you might want to replace them with locking tuners straight away to save time. I didn't get a good look at the tremolo unit. Wilkinson makes one with locking saddles - I've seen Pete Thorn using it, and he likes it. And then there's the electronics and the pickups. You might want to hold off until Halloween for that "trick or treat." If you can fix it for less than $100, I'd say go for it. Ultimately, guitars are pretty simple devices and can usually be rescued. Good luck. 🤷♂️
Replacing the nut with a non-locking one on a Floyd Rose-style bridge might be a chore. I mean… a locking nut is kinda what makes a full floating Floyd Rose-style bridge stay in tune. Could run a brass nut and locking tuners but I’m not sure the tuning stability would be any better than it is now.
What should you do with that messed up doubleneck? My opinion is that you should fix the axe up. My current go-to guitar is that Ibanez RG I never stop talking about. You remember ... the one with the cracked neck. I didn't even know for sure that I could repair that crack but I rolled the dice, bought the axe cheap and did my first (and only) neck repair! My guitars all wind up ugly and janky after I work on them for a while, but I'm learning and my axes are slowly but surely getting dialed in. My eventual goal is to replicate the feel of a PRS that a friend of mine let me check out. So easy to play that I couldn't actually PLAY it!
Definitely do a full mod project! Rewire it to be like a traditional double neck, upgrade all the hardware and electronics...
The most awesome thing in this video, Max, is your F104 Starfighter tshirt. Very very cool!
Thank you!
@@GuitarMAXMusic 🙋♂️🇹🇷🤘🎸
Would be cool to see it saved :)
Duuuude......I'm a PROUD 10 yr + subscriber to this channel and this is the first Negative review that I've ever seen you post. Which tells me......dayuhm.........the guitar must really SUCK!! 😆😆😜😜😜🤣🤣 And FYI, I'm giving you a huge Thumbs Up!! Not for the review but for the Spinal Tap name drop @7:15.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Cool video as always!
I had this one on order from DHgate about the same time you bought it, but kept getting weird emails about it still being made and progress photos. I started getting cold feet and made up a story about being strapped for cash, I’ll take the refund, I’m sure you can find another buyer. They replied that it’s almost done, they’ll parcel it up in the next day or two. In the end, they missed the three month deadline and DHgate automatically refunded me. I’ve been toying with the idea of ordering it again, but after watching your video and reading a couple of online reviews, I’ll give it a miss. It’s a shame, it is a really cool looking guitar.
Hey! Animal Magnetism and The Zoo are two of my Favorite Scorp songs. I loved that album. That guitar would really be cool project in my opinion if doable...lol
I really wanna try to fix it 😩
id definitely put my hands to work over that guitar but id consider also making a new body made of the most attractive mahogany and put the craziest logo on the headstocks, looks nice
saw it in half and send me the bottom part...it will have a forever home
So Scorpions' album cover predates Spinal Tap's mockumentary. Groovy.
I would do a repair series, with perhaps interviews on ideas with Collin from CSGuitars, Kris from Thomann, and natch, Phil McKnight. I think talking about this guitar-shaped-object would be almost as entertaining as getting it to work. Bonus points: add a piezo pickup to the 12 string side, so at least that jack would have "some use". :P
Scar that thing Max!!!
Really looks wicked. Having this guitar to be repaired and have it fully functional, documenting how you were able to eliminate all the constraints mentioned would be a great video..like the documentary of your buried guitar that you did in the middle of the desert. 😀
Wait until winter, and use it for kindling in your fireplace.....NO, JUST KIDDING !!!!!!!!!!! You definitely should save it, and document the progress here on youtube.
Hard tail the floyd, not worth fixing. Rewire the entire guitar with new pickups, change the volume knob in center with proper switch to switch between guitars... File, recrown, and polish frets... would be a cool wall hanger that can have some practicality... Its worth saving... just needs some serious love...
The first step is always moving the truss rod and if it’s ok I would use the guitar as a project to learn everything from fretwork to electronics but if the neck can’t be adjusted I would use the guitar as firewood.
In case one has enough time, or even too much time, and also some money for replacement parts, fxing this double neck guitar could be nice (and demanding) project. but if you do count time and costs for replacement parts needed, junking that double neck might be be the wisest option.
Judging by the tuning stability, the necks are still green wood. Hang them out in a Phoenix back patio for a month or see if you can have them roasted. Short-cut: replace them with carbon fiber Moses necks. Each will cost more than the guitar, but everything about them will be sorted at a stroke.
2: Use the body as a template. The neck pockets will be a mess anyway. The wiring issues will be enough to drive you to distraction. Might as well take the shape, and wander off to better things. Maybe contact one of the GGBO2021 entrants in your area for a better piece altogether.
3: Trash ALL the hardware. If the bolts aren't thought out, everything else is suspect. I have definite opinions what everything should be, but sensibly affordable, quality hardware can be found easily.
4: As an instrument, this one would be torture to fix. Building one properly from scratch would be about as much effort, and we live in an age where people build guitars for about the same sense of artistic satisfaction as playing them. Might as well contact a few and lend them some exposure.
If the neck pockets are done right and the bridge is aligned you got a nice body and neck then along with the paint and them doing the hard work like routing/paint I say you got your money's worth.
Would be cool to see it done up properly.
I been working on 2 squire stratocasters to upgrade this year. Really like the diy side of RUclips how youtubers fix and repair things they enjoy.
I say fix it or sell it for a guitar or piece of gear you would enjoy just as much
I ordered strings for my electric six string and I received two packs of 12 strings and I don't have a 12 string guitars at all. Sweetwater had a trainer and they took care of it. I still have them.