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Yes. While I have no idea where the pantyhose idea to test sharp fret ends actually originated from, for sure Phil McKnight is to be given credit for bringing the idea to a larger audience - he has been doing that exact test for years now in his videos and AFAIK he is the only guitar youtuber who uses this concept. Gotta give props to Phil...
Sure those are not your pantyhose? They fit pretty nicely. The laser engraver on the headstock is a good idea; I've been looking for an alternative to water slide decal, and this gives me an idea. Thanks.
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I couldn't agree more. Temu is such a fraud. I really wish that Canada would police sites like this from China. I was ripped off by Temu for 3 items that were stamped and advertised as solid silver, but i received Silver plated instead. I also asked for a refund for a silver ring that started turning a copper color just after about a week of wearing it. Instead of the full refund i received less than a third of the price i originally paid. I got 6 dollars!!! Please stop supporting these sham companies.
People do not realize how much work (if done by hand, even MORE work) a neck requires to make correctly. The truss rod routing, insertion and capping alone is tedious work, if it is a different wood fretboard, that fretboard needs HOURS of work to cut, radius, sand, glue, drill - repeat several times, before it is ready to even begin putting frets on. When I buy a neck and it has perfect fret work, I.E. no sharp edges, no hanging frets, no frets cut short, and no high frets...I count that as HUGE win. If I have to do a little sanding, filing, gluing, refinishing work to it and it has perfect frets....I really do not mind the extra work I have to do.
I've scratch built a dozen or so necks from curly maple or flamed tiger maple for les Paul builds and it is almost 1/2 the build of the entire guitar. mahogany is easier but it still takes a lot of work. Fret boards can take hours of work even if they are prebuilt.Very nice work Brad
by the way that 100$ coupon is only free AFTER you make a purchase of a certain amount, it all hinges on a litteral "wheel of fourtune" mini game. misleading.
Great work and video, but people need to look into temu.......a lot of people are taking the bait, hook, line and sinker. I simply refuse to even load that website on any device.
I was napping, falling asleep to this video, and Brad's soothing voice when that Scream came on, and it tripped me out. I was like WTF was that, Aliens?
90% of everything ive bought from Temu has been garbage..i wouod be shocked if guitar parts were any different..but ill give it a try i guess..those mahogony tele body's do look tempting
Regarding trusting "the govt". Different administrations are more or less honest. My guess about Temu is most of the manufacturing is done by robots now. That's why it's so cheap. We will see more of that in future.
You did well, you've got the luthier in you though... Some of what you did was beyond my abilities and to buy all the tools would bunk up the price quite a bit... But for those who are set up this is a great way forward...
I wonder if Chinese necks like these are Chinese Maple? It's a softer wood than Rock Maple, and it makes more sense that they'd use it rather than import Maple from North America.
Ya know, seeing you in pantyhose was not a big deal, didn’t care at all! Seeing that you shaved your beard was just too much! That takes it too far! Lol
Another great video, those necks are awesome.Ive never seen that quality of wood (curly maple) on a fender. Maybe custom order or something.All the parts looked good, and I to like the brass saddles.I will be building me one in future. I hope they keep everything in stock until I can get my money right.Things have been kinda tight for me lately. oh well thank you for your videos
Great work as always brad, the Bone nut /saddle thing is the coolest mod anyone could make to their fave guitar, but .. it can be stressful when its almost right !! i`v recently done a trapezium conversion on my 12 string bridge set up, hand tooled the lot and a new bone bridge ,made it a lot better,with a custom string set 9.5s to 44` your channel always inspires a bit of experimentation !😉
Hi, been playing an early 90's custom shop for over quarter of a century...every other strat or copy that I have played feels inferior. I spent some years as an aussie demo guitarist and played heaps.
I must have had bad luck with Tung oil because when I have used it in the past, I find that it stinks really bad years later. I switched to wipe on poly. The satin stuff is pretty good
Great video. The "strat" is the most basic form factor of electric guitar in the world. Leo Fender designed it to be modular. I've thrown together many dirt cheap but high quality strat builds in 40 years of guitar slinging. Strats are my thing. I don't care who makes it if the quality and price are right. But when they are not, I do my own build. I laugh my ass off at those who waste money on the Fender "Custom Shop." What a rip! There are also plenty of great aftermarket parts for great prices. For pickups you don't have to settle for Duncan, DiMarzio, EMG, or spend even more on Lollar, Fralin, and some of the other "boutique" brands. I've found good pickups for ten dollars or less.
Nice job Brad. BTW I finished the Larrivee. (Yes knuckles are bruised battered & scarred) It was 3/4 size. Any way after 2 weeks of humidification all cracks closed except the biggest. So I CA glued the living sh*t out of it, & the other cracks. Sealed all the open wood, etc. The owner was thrilled. Now they're talking about a 70s Gibson acoustic that used as a bludgeon during a family row. I said I'll try. Great idea on the Blend pot. Never thought of it. (After a year & half of US Navy Electrical Electronics training you'd think I'd remember that crap). Any way your boy is impressed.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That pantyhose test was gold!! Where’s Phil McKnight wearing his wife’s pantyhose?! Love it!! (Hey, if male pro football players can wear them, why not male guitarists?!) Great builds! They came out really nice!
Temu has some great deals (except for the clothing) to be sure and I use them a lot. However, for around $200.00 or less you can get a Fire Fly guitar with locking tuners, bone nut, roasted maple neck, roasted ash or mahogany body, 2 alnico five pups and one Hum-bucker in the bridge and stainless steel frets. These are quality guitars that rival Fender made guitars. My 2 Stratocasters cost me $169.00 for a relic and $179.00 for a solid white guitar plus shipping. Just my 2 cents worth. Peace.
The only time l think an Audio Taper Pot is a better choice. Is when the player is partial to doing frequent volume swells with the knob rather than a pedal.
I don't think that's what they meant by "pantyhose" test. At least I have never seen it done like that. Thank's for that image that is now etched into my brain Brad ! I'm not going to be able to sleep now. lol.
I use linear only for everything... I cannot stand that "all the sudden" BS, for tone there is zero control you cannot mix or blend at all . . also you can make that no load by putting glue over the carbon, then it can be removed if you want and you can make it more precise using the proper applicator, bring the glue down over the edge so if one day you want to reverse you just grab the glue hanging over and peel it off, clear nail polish works well, let it dry to desired consistency, drip over edge so it will peel off... nice budget strat build Brad . . . . . .
Nice man! That turned out great and I really dig that amp. I was checking Temu after your first build from them. Those nice necks sold out fast. I will keep looking for parts from them to complete another build. Should only cost me about a bill since I have the body, pickups and pickguard already! Great work and thanks for the inspiration bro!
Thankyou Brad It’s my 55th birthday and I think this was the best gift by far I’m super grateful to steward some great gear and a few wonderful instruments What more could one ask for ? Shalom
Hey Brad, thank you for creating this series. Watching this video I began to wonder whether I could match one of those necks with my Fender USA Deluxe contoured heel body. I can't afford the prices on Reverb for the real Deluxe necks, and it looks to me as though those necks have MOP inlays 22 frets, but what I really want is the FEEL of a Deluxe neck - so what do you think - is this doable, or are there better options without the need to shell out too much money? That little amplifier really sounds awesome! Thanks again. David
I paid 80 bucks for my favorite strat ever. I spent 25 on a Wilkinson tremelo. The rest st I already has 40 bucks from the local. Shops. Parts bin. A p90 rail din an and. Two gfs. Single. This guitar plays ams sound better than any fender strat I've owned.. Fuck fender.
Yo, this build is sick! The neck feels amazing, and the parts from Temu are legit. Don't listen to the haters who haven't even tried it themselves. I'm building my own guitar too, and I'm using mostly Temu parts. In my opinion, it's way better than a Fender or any other brand because I'm making it myself and choosing exactly what I want. I looked for a guitar with everything I wanted, but it was way too expensive because of the paint and parts. I'm not dissing Fender, they make great guitars, but their prices are crazy.
I want to learn how to play. I would love to buy a kit to built but I am a lefty and lefty stuff is hard to find. Also I am on permanent ability from a work accident in 2013 but I do not make much money. My wife works but she would never allow me to buy a kit or even a guitar to learn on. I have been on a guitar watching binge but I am going to have to stop. It just gets to depressing watching other people live out there dreams. And living in Canada where stuff is so expensive.
OMG I am not downing you dude but this is torture to me watching you! If you have no other tools sure a hammer will work. At least you used a wooden one. This is the take home... a man is only as good at his job as his tools allow. That being said, get a press for installing frets. If your neck is radiused it will bend the fret into place without damaging it. Hey here is an idea... put a thin line of super glue along just the top and the tang so it stays in place better. Don't overdo it or it will never come out lol. Yes it takes a bit longer to do and it is not as cool looking and makes almost no sound. It does a better job period! Also I have much experience in China parts and let me tell you they are soft metal. What that means is it will work maybe once for a week then strip out. What?! You say you bought an American made guitar it did the same thing?! Let me explain.... that is BECAUSE THEY GET THE CHEAP PARTS FROM CHINA! Now China does make great stuff but bridges or anything moving parts or with screws is not there yet. For those parts you should look to Japan (the hardest metal I have EVER drilled through was on a Toyota Yaris) or Germany. Yes some of us in the USA do makes hard metal but know your seller and where they get the parts from. HINT HINT FR Special is not usually that "special" unless it is the ESP Licensed which I was surprised I did not have to replace. Tuners same deal they move. Toggles yep and also input jacks throw that TEMU shit out! It will break and drive you fucking nuts! I will pay $40 or whatever to never have to fuck with my toggle again! ESPECALLY If it is a semi hollow body FMR!! Those suck to fish wires and jacks into!!! There is also this stuff called "Lock Tight" get some and when you put on the higher quality metal jack and toggle etc since they likely never will break spread some red lock tight on them. Don't get it from TEMU go to your local hardware store or better yet Fastenall. They sell sticks for like 40 bucks that if you do not loose them lasted me +20 years. I almost puked when they rang it up but that shit is that good. Wanna be cheap.... get the $6 shit liquid in a tube but it will not last or work as well. Respect you for your efforts no one who does this is a bad person unless they are messing up shit and you are not doing that just could be doing it way better. So in review, bodies necks, pick guards stuff like that TEMU is great for. Other stuff ahh yeah go somewhere else and spend that money better. It will be more for sure but less downtime and frustrating! I am not an armchair AHole I will be posting some of my work eventually here on youtube. Other pointer is go high fret to low. The reason is because the low frets need to be the highest. If you level 1-22 you are basing the low frets on the ones you want to shave down. When you get to the last one on 22 or 24 and shave it down your lower frets could be lower heights by then doing the way you did in this video. Leveling high to low is no danger of that. Also, if your slipping off the fret board you have a nut that is not slotted or just too long for your neck. This does not take much R2 and R4 is less than a MM and get the R4 when it takes R2 yep your having a bad day. Running finger over it you can barely feel the difference. Yes I speak from experience. I learned from it and watched/listened to people better than I was at the time. My quality and skill level shot up way quickly as a result. You are correct about some of the wood they use though on these cheap buy sites... they got the good stuff which is overpriced here in the states. Playing with a live band I would be surprised with louder volumes if the pickups did not squeal all over and hurt your ears. I have 1 set of usable humbuckers from 5 different China guitars I bought. Yes... I replace many soft metal parts. Cost more than the whole guitar did but man is it better at everything! When I get done they smoke the actual Gibson LPs by far
I tried the Vintera 2 70's strat and I was disappointed by the pickup volume. The guitar tone was fantastic, just anemic. So, I thought about building my own strat.
With $10 in wood and $5 for a REAL truss rod u could have an actual real guitar neck thatll prove itself to be much better sounding than mass produced cheap crap. U just have to have the skills to pull it off😂 remember, that rod and attention to detail is what divides 2 world's
Hate strats can’t see how anyone can keep them in tune. I wanted an ultra so and so with the wilconson nut and locking tremolo. My friend bought one ssh for $900. When I asked about them I was told they weren’t available for lefties. Then the sales guy tried to sell me a lefty squire, I got rather angry and ended up with a 91 American Standard Strat for $1200. It never lasted a whole night without something going wrong. Couldn’t keep it in tune for 2’songs in a row. Couldn’t get it to sound like a strat.
@@JBD0909 that's rather odd since my two les pauls my doubleneck my rg470 and my other double locking tremolos stay in tune perfectly fine but my strat for some reason shifts a 1/4inch off the fret board and in the middle of a song shifts back at a later time flat on the fret board while in a show. three luthiers worked on the set up including a trem setter , yet the damn thing still will not stay in tune. yeah playing for 46 years must be me.
You could build one of the early EVH frankenstrats when he was still using the fender trem and just lubing up the nut, so to speak..Use the Guitar Fetish VEH bridge pickup theyre pretty damn close to what he used and great value for the money
Really enjoying your videos and your resourcefulness (esp. your amp videos too)! Those pickups in particular look very well put together - I'm surprised (and impressed) that they even bothered engraving the model into the bobbin. But dude.. that pantyhose test lol!!!!! mad respect
Hey, once again, good job man I think I’m gonna have to attempt it. Build one of those myself. If I do, I’ll let you know how it came out I should say when I do
Log pots are different... I've used them for volumes for a while and linear pots for tones... might have to swap them around or do 1 type in my next build
I knew that hammer was made of a barstool. It looked familiar -I think I have a couple of those barstools. Now I know what to do with them because they suck as barstools.
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Sweet! Thanks Brad!
I can't find the neck or bodies of any kind on temu?!?! Forgive me if I missed the link in that list?
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Man I lost it on the Phil McKnight pantyhose thing!!😂😂😂😂 thanks for the good laugh
Ooh, spoiler, this is gonna be good!
That was funny.
Things you wish you could unsee lol
Phil wears pantyhose???
Yes. While I have no idea where the pantyhose idea to test sharp fret ends actually originated from, for sure Phil McKnight is to be given credit for bringing the idea to a larger audience - he has been doing that exact test for years now in his videos and AFAIK he is the only guitar youtuber who uses this concept.
Gotta give props to Phil...
Sure those are not your pantyhose? They fit pretty nicely. The laser engraver on the headstock is a good idea; I've been looking for an alternative to water slide decal, and this gives me an idea. Thanks.
IDK. What is Fender's QC like these days? 😆
The pantyhose,,,,,Fkn Funny, love it.....
Don't download the app. The app is not just asking for the right to access your camera, contacts and Wi-Fi network. TEMU also wants the rights to unlock your phone at night without you being there and the right to be able to record audio. You also give TEMU permission to install software on your phone, read your messages and the app can take screenshots.
I couldn't agree more. Temu is such a fraud. I really wish that Canada would police sites like this from China. I was ripped off by Temu for 3 items that were stamped and advertised as solid silver, but i received Silver plated instead. I also asked for a refund for a silver ring that started turning a copper color just after about a week of wearing it. Instead of the full refund i received less than a third of the price i originally paid. I got 6 dollars!!! Please stop supporting these sham companies.
I used to enjoy your amp repair videos. Now it seems you are kind of a Temu sellout 😢.
Are you gonna sponsor some vids?? Didn't think so.
Do you answer your own questions much? I thought so...
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Quick and simple answer is no. You cant get comparable hardware and electronics on that budget.
I love how you've wired it to have the blend knob. I also like that it's got a tone control for the bridge pickup. 👍 Really cool ideas.
Glad you like it!
Thought fender already used temu quality for thier crap guitars as it was............
Dont use temu. They do some bad stuff with your data
I heard they said some bad stuff about your momma too
@@alexfeigmusicthat’s fuked up mayne
What sell you more stuff lol
They do the same bad shit with your info as EVERY OTHER APP. Google, Facebook, tic Tok, RUclips, its all the same
No more or less than every keystroke on your device
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Emmylou Harris is 77 today.
Happy Birthday
ELH!!!
As long as it's not Linda Ronstadt.
FFS , Temu 🫢🫢🫢🫢🫢
People do not realize how much work (if done by hand, even MORE work) a neck requires to make correctly. The truss rod routing, insertion and capping alone is tedious work, if it is a different wood fretboard, that fretboard needs HOURS of work to cut, radius, sand, glue, drill - repeat several times, before it is ready to even begin putting frets on. When I buy a neck and it has perfect fret work, I.E. no sharp edges, no hanging frets, no frets cut short, and no high frets...I count that as HUGE win. If I have to do a little sanding, filing, gluing, refinishing work to it and it has perfect frets....I really do not mind the extra work I have to do.
Same here. And when you do the work yourself it’s YOU who controls the level of quality.
I've scratch built a dozen or so necks from curly maple or flamed tiger maple for les Paul builds and it is almost 1/2 the build of the entire guitar. mahogany is easier but it still takes a lot of work. Fret boards can take hours of work even if they are prebuilt.Very nice work Brad
The neck is absolutely the most important part…
@@phil36135which necks do you like best? I'm starting to collect parts for a custom job
by the way that 100$ coupon is only free AFTER you make a purchase of a certain amount, it all hinges on a litteral "wheel of fourtune" mini game. misleading.
Great work and video, but people need to look into temu.......a lot of people are taking the bait, hook, line and sinker. I simply refuse to even load that website on any device.
I was napping, falling asleep to this video, and Brad's soothing voice when that Scream came on, and it tripped me out. I was like WTF was that, Aliens?
LMFAO!!! The “pantyhose” test was the highlight of this video!
Labour with that neck was minimal because it was CNC'd.
I wonder what kind of bone they use? Allegedly the goat skin gloves have sometimes tested as dog.
90% of everything ive bought from Temu has been garbage..i wouod be shocked if guitar parts were any different..but ill give it a try i guess..those mahogony tele body's do look tempting
The pantyhose test likely scarred me for life. 😄. Too funny, brother Brad!
Yeah you can't unsee that ! lol
Hey Brad nice legs better guitar,btw did you see Tim Sways last post ? Debunking tone wood its great watch it mate ! From Charlton London England....😅
Nice leg shot
Regarding trusting "the govt". Different administrations are more or less honest. My guess about Temu is most of the manufacturing is done by robots now. That's why it's so cheap. We will see more of that in future.
You did well, you've got the luthier in you though... Some of what you did was beyond my abilities and to buy all the tools would bunk up the price quite a bit... But for those who are set up this is a great way forward...
I wonder if Chinese necks like these are Chinese Maple? It's a softer wood than Rock Maple, and it makes more sense that they'd use it rather than import Maple from North America.
Ya know, seeing you in pantyhose was not a big deal, didn’t care at all! Seeing that you shaved your beard was just too much! That takes it too far! Lol
Those cheap string roller actually have a much preferred string height compared to all the other expensive alternatives including Graph tech. FWIW
Another great video, those necks are awesome.Ive never seen that quality of wood (curly maple) on a fender. Maybe custom order or something.All the parts looked good, and I to like the brass saddles.I will be building me one in future. I hope they keep everything in stock until I can get my money right.Things have been kinda tight for me lately. oh well thank you for your videos
Great work as always brad, the Bone nut /saddle thing is the
coolest mod anyone could make to their fave guitar, but ..
it can be stressful when its almost right !! i`v recently done
a trapezium conversion on my 12 string bridge set up,
hand tooled the lot and a new bone bridge ,made it a
lot better,with a custom string set 9.5s to 44` your
channel always inspires a bit of experimentation !😉
Hi, been playing an early 90's custom shop for over quarter of a century...every other strat or copy that I have played feels inferior. I spent some years as an aussie demo guitarist and played heaps.
You could build a strat out of all the crap i remove and throw in the shit box that would blow temo shit away but i am not gonna pay you to do it.
I must have had bad luck with Tung oil because when I have used it in the past, I find that it stinks really bad years later. I switched to wipe on poly. The satin stuff is pretty good
No Temu neck plate? Now you've gotta restart for a full Temu guitar. Tsk tsk.
You should keep your political opinions out of your guitar videos.
Great video. Excellent job addressing the fret issues using thoughtful approach instead of just filing away!
Awesome 💯😎 Looks good sounds good... Cheers 🍻🥃🥃 🎸 🎵🎶🎶
OMG - I can't unsee the pantyhose test! Great guitar playing!
Great video. The "strat" is the most basic form factor of electric guitar in the world. Leo Fender designed it to be modular. I've thrown together many dirt cheap but high quality strat builds in 40 years of guitar slinging. Strats are my thing. I don't care who makes it if the quality and price are right. But when they are not, I do my own build. I laugh my ass off at those who waste money on the Fender "Custom Shop." What a rip! There are also plenty of great aftermarket parts for great prices. For pickups you don't have to settle for Duncan, DiMarzio, EMG, or spend even more on Lollar, Fralin, and some of the other "boutique" brands. I've found good pickups for ten dollars or less.
Don’t they have a fret pressing tool like an arbor press with attachments?
Dunno. Didn't look.
I just looked. Didn't see one.
If you need an arbor press for cheap I'd check harbor freight if there's a store near you.
Nice job Brad. BTW I finished the Larrivee. (Yes knuckles are bruised battered & scarred) It was 3/4 size. Any way after 2 weeks of humidification all cracks closed except the biggest. So I CA glued the living sh*t out of it, & the other cracks. Sealed all the open wood, etc. The owner was thrilled. Now they're talking about a 70s Gibson acoustic that used as a bludgeon during a family row. I said I'll try. Great idea on the Blend pot. Never thought of it. (After a year & half of US Navy Electrical Electronics training you'd think I'd remember that crap). Any way your boy is impressed.
Pass on the crazy cheap made necks. Too many horror stories online.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That pantyhose test was gold!! Where’s Phil McKnight wearing his wife’s pantyhose?! Love it!! (Hey, if male pro football players can wear them, why not male guitarists?!)
Great builds! They came out really nice!
Ha
Throw a series/parallel switch on that blend knob. Sounds pretty badass with those A-V pickups.
Let me grab my popcorn
Temu has some great deals (except for the clothing) to be sure and I use them a lot.
However, for around $200.00 or less you can get a Fire Fly guitar with locking tuners, bone nut, roasted maple neck, roasted ash or mahogany body, 2 alnico five pups and one Hum-bucker in the bridge and stainless steel frets. These are quality guitars that rival Fender made guitars.
My 2 Stratocasters cost me $169.00 for a relic and $179.00 for a solid white guitar plus shipping. Just my 2 cents worth. Peace.
I've heard great things about those, for sure.
Harmonic minor riffs?
You got me at the pantyhose test !!! 🤣 We should ask Phil Mcknight to do that this way now !!! Noy sure he will comply though ...
Bye
The only time l think an Audio Taper Pot is a better choice. Is when the player is partial to doing frequent volume swells with the knob rather than a pedal.
All my necks pass the pantyhose test.
I don't think that's what they meant by "pantyhose" test. At least I have never seen it done like that. Thank's for that image that is now etched into my brain Brad ! I'm not going to be able to sleep now. lol.
Dude so long as you do builds from cheap parts. Ill be watching. Im learning from you dude. 👍
I use linear only for everything... I cannot stand that "all the sudden" BS, for tone there is zero control you cannot mix or blend at all . . also you can make that no load by putting glue over the carbon, then it can be removed if you want and you can make it more precise using the proper applicator, bring the glue down over the edge so if one day you want to reverse you just grab the glue hanging over and peel it off, clear nail polish works well, let it dry to desired consistency, drip over edge so it will peel off... nice budget strat build Brad . . . . . .
The glue trick might work. Id only worry about it getting caught on the wiper and messing that up.
Put japan,dryer in your tung oil it will dry three times faster!!
Thanks for the tip!
you like those pantyhose to much lol super vid
LMAO Look at the sexy legs on Brad.
Does temu make kitchen cabinets? Maybe look into that
you can keep them shrunk weightless bodys
That logo's atrocious. The rest was interesting.
Sweet licks, per usual. Plays the volume knob like he plays the strings and the amp itself. Also, that is one gorgeous neck.
Venture bros. What a great show.
Why you sellin out bro? Not a good look
I love the smell of bone in the morning.
Lol pantyhose test😂
Wasn't ready for that man!
I only screw the neck on with a hammer drill ( compression on the neck to body increases the contact to the joint for more sustain .
plug it in the fender a strat needs reverb
Hoser
At last we see Brad in pantyhose... lol
OMG asmr pick guard film removal not 1 but 2 x… lol
Dude you dad rocked the crap outta that temu build, nice rippin’ n riffin’…
Nice man! That turned out great and I really dig that amp. I was checking Temu after your first build from them. Those nice necks sold out fast. I will keep looking for parts from them to complete another build. Should only cost me about a bill since I have the body, pickups and pickguard already! Great work and thanks for the inspiration bro!
I'm still hearing a yaw. Enjoyed the video.
A yaw?
Thankyou Brad
It’s my 55th birthday and I think this was the best gift by far
I’m super grateful to steward some great gear and a few wonderful instruments
What more could one ask for ?
Shalom
Happy birthday!
Know your pantyhose lol
Perfect example of how when a customer wants "just another color pick guard". It's never straightforward.
They NEVER just drop right in.
Hey Brad, thank you for creating this series. Watching this video I began to wonder whether I could match one of those necks with my Fender USA Deluxe contoured heel body. I can't afford the prices on Reverb for the real Deluxe necks, and it looks to me as though those necks have MOP inlays 22 frets, but what I really want is the FEEL of a Deluxe neck - so what do you think - is this doable, or are there better options without the need to shell out too much money? That little amplifier really sounds awesome! Thanks again. David
Charvel neck maybe
I paid 80 bucks for my favorite strat ever. I spent 25 on a Wilkinson tremelo.
The rest st I already has 40 bucks from the local. Shops. Parts bin. A p90 rail din an and. Two gfs. Single.
This guitar plays ams sound better than any fender strat I've owned..
Fuck fender.
Yo, this build is sick! The neck feels amazing, and the parts from Temu are legit. Don't listen to the haters who haven't even tried it themselves. I'm building my own guitar too, and I'm using mostly Temu parts. In my opinion, it's way better than a Fender or any other brand because I'm making it myself and choosing exactly what I want. I looked for a guitar with everything I wanted, but it was way too expensive because of the paint and parts. I'm not dissing Fender, they make great guitars, but their prices are crazy.
I want to learn how to play. I would love to buy a kit to built but I am a lefty and lefty stuff is hard to find. Also I am on permanent ability from a work accident in 2013 but I do not make much money. My wife works but she would never allow me to buy a kit or even a guitar to learn on. I have been on a guitar watching binge but I am going to have to stop. It just gets to depressing watching other people live out there dreams. And living in Canada where stuff is so expensive.
Happy Easter Brad. I appreciate your Phil McKnight Easter egg in this video. He may have trouble fitting in your wife's pantyhose, though.
How do we know know that the pro shop is not buying temo parts, they look good quality to me,
Great work Brad, and you're right, that neck is primo! You watch a hundred guitar builds/refurbs, and still learn new shit, thanks!
I ♥️ccp too, keep up their good work lol
Great video!
I'm going to give a 'LMAO'...if you have to ask why...watch the video
OMG I am not downing you dude but this is torture to me watching you! If you have no other tools sure a hammer will work. At least you used a wooden one. This is the take home... a man is only as good at his job as his tools allow. That being said, get a press for installing frets. If your neck is radiused it will bend the fret into place without damaging it. Hey here is an idea... put a thin line of super glue along just the top and the tang so it stays in place better. Don't overdo it or it will never come out lol. Yes it takes a bit longer to do and it is not as cool looking and makes almost no sound. It does a better job period! Also I have much experience in China parts and let me tell you they are soft metal. What that means is it will work maybe once for a week then strip out. What?! You say you bought an American made guitar it did the same thing?! Let me explain.... that is BECAUSE THEY GET THE CHEAP PARTS FROM CHINA! Now China does make great stuff but bridges or anything moving parts or with screws is not there yet. For those parts you should look to Japan (the hardest metal I have EVER drilled through was on a Toyota Yaris) or Germany. Yes some of us in the USA do makes hard metal but know your seller and where they get the parts from. HINT HINT FR Special is not usually that "special" unless it is the ESP Licensed which I was surprised I did not have to replace. Tuners same deal they move. Toggles yep and also input jacks throw that TEMU shit out! It will break and drive you fucking nuts! I will pay $40 or whatever to never have to fuck with my toggle again! ESPECALLY If it is a semi hollow body FMR!! Those suck to fish wires and jacks into!!! There is also this stuff called "Lock Tight" get some and when you put on the higher quality metal jack and toggle etc since they likely never will break spread some red lock tight on them. Don't get it from TEMU go to your local hardware store or better yet Fastenall. They sell sticks for like 40 bucks that if you do not loose them lasted me +20 years. I almost puked when they rang it up but that shit is that good. Wanna be cheap.... get the $6 shit liquid in a tube but it will not last or work as well. Respect you for your efforts no one who does this is a bad person unless they are messing up shit and you are not doing that just could be doing it way better. So in review, bodies necks, pick guards stuff like that TEMU is great for. Other stuff ahh yeah go somewhere else and spend that money better. It will be more for sure but less downtime and frustrating! I am not an armchair AHole I will be posting some of my work eventually here on youtube. Other pointer is go high fret to low. The reason is because the low frets need to be the highest. If you level 1-22 you are basing the low frets on the ones you want to shave down. When you get to the last one on 22 or 24 and shave it down your lower frets could be lower heights by then doing the way you did in this video. Leveling high to low is no danger of that. Also, if your slipping off the fret board you have a nut that is not slotted or just too long for your neck. This does not take much R2 and R4 is less than a MM and get the R4 when it takes R2 yep your having a bad day. Running finger over it you can barely feel the difference. Yes I speak from experience. I learned from it and watched/listened to people better than I was at the time. My quality and skill level shot up way quickly as a result. You are correct about some of the wood they use though on these cheap buy sites... they got the good stuff which is overpriced here in the states. Playing with a live band I would be surprised with louder volumes if the pickups did not squeal all over and hurt your ears. I have 1 set of usable humbuckers from 5 different China guitars I bought. Yes... I replace many soft metal parts. Cost more than the whole guitar did but man is it better at everything! When I get done they smoke the actual Gibson LPs by far
I tried the Vintera 2 70's strat and I was disappointed by the pickup volume. The guitar tone was fantastic, just anemic. So, I thought about building my own strat.
With $10 in wood and $5 for a REAL truss rod u could have an actual real guitar neck thatll prove itself to be much better sounding than mass produced cheap crap. U just have to have the skills to pull it off😂 remember, that rod and attention to detail is what divides 2 world's
Hate strats can’t see how anyone can keep them in tune. I wanted an ultra so and so with the wilconson nut and locking tremolo. My friend bought one ssh for $900. When I asked about them I was told they weren’t available for lefties. Then the sales guy tried to sell me a lefty squire, I got rather angry and ended up with a 91 American Standard Strat for $1200. It never lasted a whole night without something going wrong. Couldn’t keep it in tune for 2’songs in a row. Couldn’t get it to sound like a strat.
Sounds like it needed some work.
Sounds like operator error. Mine stays in tune really well and it's a stock float bridge. All about setup, brother.
@@JBD0909 that's rather odd since my two les pauls my doubleneck my rg470 and my other double locking tremolos stay in tune perfectly fine but my strat for some reason shifts a 1/4inch off the fret board and in the middle of a song shifts back at a later time flat on the fret board while in a show. three luthiers worked on the set up including a trem setter , yet the damn thing still will not stay in tune. yeah playing for 46 years must be me.
You could build one of the early EVH frankenstrats when he was still using the fender trem and just lubing up the nut, so to speak..Use the Guitar Fetish VEH bridge pickup theyre pretty damn close to what he used and great value for the money
Really enjoying your videos and your resourcefulness (esp. your amp videos too)! Those pickups in particular look very well put together - I'm surprised (and impressed) that they even bothered engraving the model into the bobbin. But dude.. that pantyhose test lol!!!!! mad respect
Hey, once again, good job man I think I’m gonna have to attempt it. Build one of those myself. If I do, I’ll let you know how it came out I should say when I do
Log pots are different... I've used them for volumes for a while and linear pots for tones... might have to swap them around or do 1 type in my next build
Hey Brad! I like this one better than the last one you did. This one may have beat out Sean. Thanks for the cool video.
35:30 Lucky 🍀 Larry😂
Amazing how he was able to come out making billions on that tragedy. What a lucky guy. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
I knew that hammer was made of a barstool. It looked familiar -I think I have a couple of those barstools. Now I know what to do with them because they suck as barstools.
there is info about temu that may concern you. I wish I had a link to the info But I have a feeling you will find out soon enough. cool guitar build!
I have been watching you for years now! do they make any NON Strat type guitars? BcRich cough cough***
also I generally prefer working with 8 hole, or 10 if possible