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VINTAGE PRE-CBS STRATOCASTER SETUP: A LOOK INTO MY 1959 STRATOCASTER!
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2019
- Hey Guys!
Many of you have asked how my trusty 59 Strat is setup, as far as action, relief, and intonation.
Well, I try to cover all of that in this video, all while installing these cool saddles from: www.highwood-guitarparts.com/...
Using my signature strings from:
www.curtmangan.com
again, in the end, your guitar has to be setup for YOUR needs and not anyone else!
Hope this helps!
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Any likes or comments, leave them down below, and ill be sure to respond!
Thank you all, PEACE!
This honestly might be the best guitar setup video on RUclips
Indeed, set up is an individual thing. I use 9-42 strings and heavy picks. I use a light touch with my medium sized man fingers. A bit concave on the fingerboard, and I always shave a bit of pencil lead into nut slots. I used to own a 1959 tele. I really like the slab board and clay dots. Best wishes for you.
I guess you sealed the deal on me picking up a new set of these high wood saddles great video.
I can’t play low action anymore either. And people can’t play my high action guitars. Great video.
Thanks my friend!
Big fan of the Highwood Saddles. I have them on my two strats. I can really hear the difference on your guitar even over my phone speaker. Crisp and clean with no caffeine! Sounds great brother.
Thank you!
Great video..
Inspired me to look at setting up my own guitars...
And replacing my saddles as well.
Great tips here Nik! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you my friend. Lets do a video soon!
Excellent, Nik!
Exactly what your subscribers wanted!
Thank you for your insight and sharing your knowledge with us...
And yeah....get an .11 gauge on that high E string!!!
Sx
Will do! Thank you!
As far as I found out here in the RUclips, you have one of the very autentic tone bro. Very good o. Thanks and all the best wellwishings.
Thank you!
"Wipe off the mojo" :)))))) Good one... Thank you for the video Nik!
Thank you my friend!
Another good video brother, thanks to you I learned about Cesar Diaz and found a guitar tech instructional video he did decades ago. Its about an hour long and it is priceless..So thankful The good Lord gave us music and people with a heart to share it. God Bless!
Bless you as well! Thank you so much!
Thanks, learned something
I've had my eye on those Highwood saddles for awhile now, but assumed you and Mathew Scott (found both of you a few days ago) didn't use them because it isn't "vintage correct". High-woods are apparently a much better design, so I hope to get some soon for my Nash strat. For ~$1,000 second-hand, a Nash is all I could afford 15 years ago, to have the experience of playing an 'old' strat. Bill Nash has seen hundreds of old Fender strats, and knows how to build guitars similar to the old ones, although his prices have doubled since I got mine. I also had a Nash Broadcaster, which was an awesome guitar, but the neck was just too big for me - it was similar to a friends early 1950's "no-caster" (huge). Nash uses a 10" neck radius, so it's more player friendly than the vintage correct 7 1/4" radius. There are many other people doing what Nash does now, and building your own isn't rocket science, especially with all the "how to videos. Any strat should sound better with those Highwood saddles, since they provide better contact between the hight adjustment screws and saddle. I set my radius even less than the 10" on the Nash, at about 12" like a Gibson, because I like to play slide. Not that you have to have a flatter radius for slide, but it helps for sliding big chords with multiple strings simultaneously, while staying in tune. I like to play it unplugged too, when I'm noodling while watching videos or whatever. I keep my action high, for more clarity and volume acoustic and amplified (I ain't no shredder either!). Jack Pearson uses extra-light strings and low action, yet he plays brilliant slide anyways - he has an amazingly sensitive touch (I can't do that). He is one of the best relatively unknown guitar players, although he played for the Allman Brothers for a few years. Jack uses Squire and Bullet strats usually, which is unusual for a player of his caliber.
Thank you for sharing your installation of Highwood saddles - I'm about to pull the trigger on buying a set. Now if I can just get the old "relic" saddles off my Nash (?!). This strat was one of Nash's extreme relic jobs, so the saddles are all rusty looking, and the screws are stuck in place, so I REALLY need new saddles for my Nashy......!
Great vid. These Highwood's are cool in that they are also non-invasive on your '59 Strat.
Yes. I really like them! Solid!
Years ago I snapped my tremolo bar from screwing it in the block too far breaking at the threads so I blocked & decked the bridge and I've been in Eric Clapton mode ever since!
Resonant for sure. Thank you!!
@@theriffwniksevigny5473 after watching this video nine months ago, I started checking out some videos of Highwood saddles and I was so highly impressed by them that I took off the String Saver saddles and put my original steel saddles back on after deburring the edges that caused constant string breakage to the E B & D strings in the first place and through the single coils they rang out like they couldn't with the Graphtech saddles which are good for making strings last longer but the trade-off was losing the bite of steel saddles and to think I went 18 years this way...damn.
I hadn't broke a string since reinstalling the steel saddles nine months ago and I usually don't go long without changing strings but I've been so happy with having my bite back in my tone that it's almost like being in love which technically I am and it's really going to be total Strat bliss once I get a set of those Highwood saddles on it... and yes the strings have been changed since then!
Thank you for set up demo! Very helpful. I have meat hooks for hands as well!
Just got my pickups replaced, and wanted to see how you set up your Trem, as I’m revamping the setup. I also have my Bridge “decked”, but have had trouble staying in tune? You have convinced me to keep it down (I hate having a bend effect another string), but work on the Spring tension.
I will check out the nut as well? Hard to polish the grooves, but basically, the guitar goes sharp after whammy?
Switching to Vintage Tone Springs, and I’m going to try setting my action up a little higher?
I use 11’s in D Standard.
Yeah been using HWs for a while now I set my action fairly high cuz I play slide in regular tuning plus the strings seem to ring out better Seems to give better tone Worth the effort IMO Also helps with 7.25 radius which is my fave Good stuff as usual Nik
Thank you Paul!!
I like a medium high to high action on my guitars. Plus I'm pretty heavy handed when I play
Holy moly thats high action!
Yes. But it works for me!
@@theriffwniksevigny5473 Yes sir it does, great chops
I did not like the effect of the Highwood saddles. I thought the original Custom Shop saddles on my Strats sounded like they should. I absolutely love the Raw Vintage springs. With all 5 springs, they do improve tone to my ears. I don’t know why, but they do.
0.100” = ~6/64ths”(3/32nds”) or ~2.5mm
That’s not too much higher than I like. 6/64ths” low E, 5/64ths on the rest.
I have issues playing low action Fender guitars, especially with a lacquered fingerboard.
Hey man nice video! Just subscribed to the channel a few weeks ago. I have a ‘59 av strat (nothing in the ballpark of some of your guitars) but I’m struggling a little bit with the vintage frets. I heard that you mentioned in your videos that you refret your strats with jumbos, do you think that jumbos improve the playability so drastically that a re fret it’s worthy? I like the guitar a lot an still can find my way trough the neck but I want to check out this option before reducing the string gauge. Best!
Very curious to hear your review about those saddles VS the original pat pending ones
Check out Rene Martinez’s video on RUclips how he put the strings on Stevie’s guitars.
Nik-thanks for the continuous fountain of knowledge. My strat neck has 6105 frets which really aren’t working for me - they feel thin, as well as clunky/bumpy for slides. I have average sized hands but sometimes find that with this fret size even chords can have slightly sharp notes bc of the fret height and my hand pressure. So, I’m thinking of refretting with larger wire. What would your recommendation be for a heavy blues application? You like 6100 Jumbo-really wide and tall. Do you know what Jesse Davey uses? How would the Jumbo size compare playability and tone wise to a wide but flatter medium jumbo? Thanks!
I just got a set of these saddles in the mail today but haven’t installed them yet. They look great and thicker too
Yes! So far so good!
I find the trem stays in tune best floating other then decked down. Just me and my guitar. When I float mine the guitar returns to tune, when decked everything goes crazy sharp
Speaking of strings! Surprised to see that you go with NPS type. Did you ever try SRV’s choice? GHS Nickel Rockers? I used to have an SRV strat and that was the set that worked best on that guitar. When I started to go with brighter PAF style pickups on my Gibbies. The NPS strings I used started to sound to harsh with vintage style pups. And because single coils are inherently brighter it was the same issue. I began using pure nickel strings and they are just punchier and warmer and all around better suited for the vintage stuff. Not to mention how they wear down frets less. My go to on just about all guitars is DR pure blues. But I also use Pyramid on a couple of axes. And Throbak strings as well. I remember trying some CMangan a while back. They were great sounding strings but the tension was too high. I don’t know if he uses the same formula now.
Hello Nik, do use your tone knobs a lot on the guitar or do you pretty much leave them and use your eq on the amp?
Thank you
I use the tone knobs all the time. I try to get the amp and guitar working best together. And just use a pedal for color Not to change my tone
I know that you’re using vintage parts but on my parts casters I build. I’ve been using Wilkinson vintage style trems. The set screws are shorter in some saddles and are a good length and it’s already setup at a radius. The screws hardly stick up and my action is almost as high as yours. It comes with a big steep block and the trem bar has a set screw that’s under the trem plate so it looks vintage. The radius under the plate is smoother and the holes are bigger for the trem screws. They work bad ass. And I can buy them new on eBay for $33-40 for them.
I had to notch my Callaham saddles cuz of that "sitar" buzz.
.012" relief is Fender factory spec on relief isnt it?
Nick, where did you get the longer height screws for the Highwood saddles?
Highwood sells a longer screw. Or online. They are called grub screws. Search desired height and thread pitch
Its not a question of high action you like, that particular guitar has a very "high pocket" that put the neck very high, this is good or bad depends your taste, thats why you have to raise a lot saddles and pickups to compensate that very neck high height. I had guitars like that where I had to put those saddles also or in a plan B, take 1.5mmm from neck pocket but I dont advise that ina vintage guitar. cheers
nick the translator does not let me interpret well the method you use to adjust the action.
Do you put all the strings at the same distance from the fret to the bottom edge of the string or do they slightly increase the height until they reach the 1st?
You have made a very educational video! keep it up friend
Set them all at the same height off the fret, so it follows the crown of the fretboard
@@theriffwniksevigny5473 excellent friend
Do your highwood saddles still stay flat and level with relation to the bridge?
Yes. That adjustment is made with the height screws
I was wondering if you still have issues with the screws loosening over time with those saddles. Sorry, I didn't word my original question the way I should have haha
No issues. But. I did swap out the screws for longer ones to get it real high. Ive since put the original saddles back on
You should also mention the pickups height. Great video overall like usual
Few videos back. All about pickups and height
@@theriffwniksevigny5473 yeah I know I've watched it, but it should be included in a setup video I think. The basic setup info are :
1)Neck relief
2)String action
3)Pickup height
4)Intonation
They're all included except the pickup height info, but as I've said in the previous great video again
Alexis Drosopoulos in my case. Pickup height wasnt going to change. My string height and relief stayed the same
So, there was no need to talk about my pickup height in this video, because in a previous video, i discussed pickup height adjustment with 3 different strats. Pickup height, to me, is something that should be done with the ear, not a measurement from the internet.
Thanks for checking out the videos and the kind words!
@@theriffwniksevigny5473 Fair point 😉 in general measurements are just a starting point or a reference, but every player has different preferences so there is no golden ratio when it comes to setting up a guitar. That's why it's important for every guitarist I believe to learn to set up his/her instrument, because only you can set up your instrument exactly the way you feel most comfortable with it. Keep up the great work man 🤘🏻
i may have missed it but what about pickup height?
Few videos back!
@@theriffwniksevigny5473 thanks brah!
I would think that your low E saddle would run out of space with a 56 gauge string and a 2.67mm (0.105") string height. I can't go higher than 2mm with a 52 low E and have accurate intonation on my Strat.
Worked out pretty good
Man you must have hands like godzilla. I've got little girly hands... well not girly hands but no way I could handle the height and string gauge you're using... I guess I could try raising my strings just to see what it feels like. The saddles look great.
Thanks. Over time it has just become comfortable to play!
Ok I'm curious. Regarding the action you said it's 100 thousandths, 105 at the most but looking at the the string height tool the bottom of the string is sitting right at .80 or .90. .80 you can still kinda see the line so maybe .90. Is it the angle we're seeing it from. Or am I looking at it wrong? Just curious.
Cool man. Yea at the 12th fret it is .100. Now take into consideration we are dealing with small increments, so. The difference between .090 and .100 may not be much to the eye, but different in feel of string height
Also. My shoddy camera angles may have something to do with it! Thank you!
@@theriffwniksevigny5473 Right on dude. Yeah I was just curious making sure I wasn't missing something. I've always done 2mm across all of them but I've recently moved it up a little. Fast action is nice for guitars that actually benefit from it but with the Strat, hell that higher action just makes those strings sing so much better. Love the SRV videos you're doing so I'd love to see more. Especially some of the faster runs he does.
Robert Landrum thanks man. Stay tuned!
I was just thinking the same. Looks like .09
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