Vester Korean Bass Guitar| Stainless Steel Frets and Nut Guide
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Welcome back, mates!
Today I'd like to share with you my new video in which I will show you how to install stainless steel frets. Indeed I decided to try making a stainless still nut. This is a 90s Korean bass named Vester. In 1994 the factory had to be closed and these unique instruments won't be produced anymore. This is a nice guitar which I prolonged the life.
It must be so satisfying to return these lovely old guitars to such a beautiful condition - probably better than the day they were made.
Oh yeah
hardware replacement was great as usual, but i'm most impressed with the results you got on the dowel fill for the electronics, you barely blew the finish and the re-shoot on the color looks pretty spot on, when you skipped straight from unpainted to fully painted i was surprised, i'd be curious to see your method for color matching and painting. Great work!
Thank you!
I was lucky, I have several shades of black in stock and one of them fit better than the others.
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There's something very gratifying about watching Craftsmen make something out of nothing. I bought a 1971 hand-wired Marshall 50w JMP for $500. Everyone laughed and said it looked like it came from the bottom of the Titanic or was a boat anchor. I lovingly treated it with toothpicks, Q-tips solvents, sprays, cleaners, blah blah blah and by the time I was done it turned into a $2,500 amplifier. All it took was time and attention to detail and a little loving care.
I agree, the process of reincarnating old things is a pleasure.
Those hands are golden
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Nah! Gold is not hard enough -
Steel frets, and nut......very nice. The whole repair was 👌
not only was the nut made of steel it was made from a steel bolt lol very impressive you have unbelievable skills
I’ll be honest, I’m usually a fan of steel nut. But, this one looked and sounded amazing. Nice job.
Thanks!
This is my first time making it out of steel.
BEAUTIFUL workmanship! I've seen and heard comments about expensive guitars but hand craftsmanship on a budget guitar is what makes true quality, not a headstock decal or a price tag.
So beautiful! I love the nut, such an interesting approach 👍🏻
I love that shot of the tuners moving by themselves.
Great work! I missed Vesters. They had amazing products...
They made different quality guitars, but they were all for a nice price.
Unf***ing believable restoration, video production, and overall feeling! As always, kudos, MRKT!
Thank you!
Fantastic work restoring the neck, and the fretwork and nut are absolute works of art!
I had brass nuts on 2 of my basses, and ended up removing them - but that's only because I prefer much, much darker sounding basses myself. That said, under other players fingers, metal nuts sound great, especially this beautifully crafted stainless steel nut!!! 👏👏👏
Thank you, it took a lot of time)
Damn, that tone at the end, my kind of nasty bass tone!
The nut work was awesome.
Awesome work!
You've put a lot of effort for the restoration of the neck.
For the steel nut, at first I must admit I was surprised, but the final result is a masterpiece!
And this bass sounds really cool, lot of power.
Thank you!
I like the final result too, It's a rare thing)
Many years ago I used a hexagonal piece of tool steel, to make a nut, for a slide guitar project i built. Worked extraordinary well.
Last comment, my history teacher in 1983 has family name Vester. Come to the Netherlands more often, it helps against rusted ideas inside your head.
Absolutely stunning. The work on the neck is fantastic. And how you restored the body without a full refinish is so cool. I’m a fan !!! 👍👍👍
Thank you!
My first bass that I bought back in 1989 was one of these (but without the active electronics). The headstock, the tuners, the pickups, and the bridge all look very familiar to me.
Very well done and so happy to have found your channel, you sir have a new subscriber... I look forward to going through your previous videos and will keep an eye out for your new videos as well. Thank You!
Happy to welcome you to the channel!
Excellent work. Riff at the end sounds great too
Thank you!
Awesome Dude! I’ve never seen your channel before, will be watching!
Thanks and welcome!
3:44 Bass is definitely enjoying it! Awesome work!
Thanks!
I like the idea.of stainless steel frets.Nice work.
Well done & great job! Turned out Awsome! I bought a HSS Vester Catalina / strat, for $80 Australian, a couple of years ago. Absolutely 1 of the best guitars I own! Well, close anyway. Lost count of how many I own. All types & sizes.
That's a LOT of hard work you put into an inexpensive instrument, and your result is amazing! No, it looks like original equipment one would know the nut used to be a bolt if you didn't tell them. It looks like original equipment. Stay safe there my friend.
Excellent job
Nut looks amazing and the sound is kick ass
That was a bass that needed some work, and you did give it that, and then some.
Not afraid of some hard work I see. Loved this video. When someone can take a piece of trash and make it beautiful !! Cheers to you.
Absolutely nuts! ... great work
Thank you!
Complimenti! La tastiera è uno spettacolo!
That is awesome you have created something to enjoy
Very Nice, great job. Congratulations.
Thanks!
Very nice first class work Really great job!!! super upgrade !!!
Amazing work. You transformed than beat up bass into an amazing instrument that’ll last a very long time!
Thanks!
Nice work. I really like the music tracks playing from the start.. please check the track listing description as the ones listed are all different
Your work is beautiful. Respect
Thanks!
Wow, what a great job in this bass!! Congrats!!!
Thanks!
Beautiful job my friend. The steel nut is crazy 🎉
Thanks!
All I can say is you got great craftmanship!
I'm really respect for that.
sounds so heavy metal!!!
Wow, very nice work! And it's sound great!
It's high quality work! Respect.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Fascinating work! The result was really good. If I were in your position, I'd do exactly as you did with regard to the decisions you made about that Vester.
The only thing I was able to aspire to would be to make it a fretless bass but I'm not sure if that would be suitable for this bass.
Keep up the good work!
Stay safe!
Macedo Pinto
Portugal
After this video, I have several orders, one of them is just a fretless bass)
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Nice job!
Awesome job
Thanks!
Excelent! It's so shine!
Thank you!
Да уж, какие-то пионЭры хорошо над ней поиздевались))
Та да, не пожалели ни труда ни силикона
Oh boy, I owned two Vesters in my life time and apart from the QC being very inconsistent they are known for having certain issues. These were 1989 super strats we're talking. The tuners were janky, the truss rod nut is almost always worn out so you would have to use a dremmel to carve a flat head screwdriver insert in there. And that's not talking about the "floating bridge" that was up to bloody Jupiter before I blocked it off on both units. What's also weird is that one had a very thin Jackson like C neck while the other had a very classic Fender like U neck. Same guitar, same year, just a different colour.
I embraced the jank, tried to make it work so far but I'm going to mod the hell out of the guitar I still own. Video on that coming soon.
I've had a few superstrats in repair. They were all of questionable quality. But there was also a Stratocaster that looked and was made very well.
That's amazing, great work!
Great work. As to the claim that the steel frets will never wear out: Check out Trigger (Willie Nelson's guitar). Gut-string classical guitar that has frets so worn that they almost aren't frets anymore.
awesome work, the only thing that i didnt like that much is to use a hammer for the frets. Please! try to clamp them, you will find it is a lot better! You owe yourself to give it a try because you are really good with this stuff
Thank you!
I have those clamps. Using them on occasion. But I prefer hammer)
Absolutely awesome video. The nut is killer but the work you put in to restore that board is freaking boss! Nice job.
Un verdadero maestro artesano!! 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 Felicitaciones maestro 👌🏼💪🏼🇺🇾
Very nice job, compliments
Thank you!
good job. nice to watch)
Норм такий інструмент, п'ятка грифа величенька, масивний брідж, PJ конфігурація. Ще й такі лади й поріжок - у самих Warwick такого нема =) Кайфонув від роботи, все ще збираю для свого проекту деталі потрошку, скоро Бас-2 отримає своє друге життя.
Ооо, то серьйозна апаратура)
Удачі Вам!)
Excellent work and it sounds great.🎼🎸🎼
Thanks!
Man i wish i had those skill set. I have about 15 guitar necks and still cant get it down, lol
Im positive tho, that to do the job you must have proper tools. The tools are ungodly expensive! Good job.
sick looking and great tone, lucky buyer
отличная работа! желаю удачи в развитии мастерства и канала, очень приятно смотреть подобные видосы! однозначно подписка) ps звук у баса шикарный
This is beautifull!
Thank you
real nice bass now.. wow
WOW! And it sounds great.
Excellent work
Thank you!
I love your work dude. Awesome!
Very nice job. Thanks for sharing
Good job
Thanks
You made a nut out of a bolt. Amazing lol Great vid and workmanship
Thanks)
Nice work! Regards from Brazil!
Thank you!
Greetings from Ukraine!
You do excellent work.
Thank you!
That's a cool bass man. Good job
Thank you!
Amazing work! 🙌
Thank you!
that nut is beautiful 🥰
Thanks!
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I fixed a Vester few years ago, a guitar. Not a bad instrument.
I would be interested to know how the steel nut affects the string life. Steel on steel is going to cause a higher sheer factor so I'm curious if it causes more string breakage. Nice work, BTW.
Que trabalho grandioso, parabéns
Obrigado!
Looks nice to me 👍
Great job!!!
Vester were very high quality basses
Sounds great.
aboulute,,brilliant job,,sounds great!
Thank you!
Muy hermoso buen trabajo
Fantastic job, absolutely beautiful. Did you retain the original electronics ?
Thank you.
No, I had to use the preamp from an old Ibanez
Чудова робота! Вийшла просто цукеронька👌😍👍
Дякую!
Dude that nut is gorgeous. Makes me want to replace all my bass nuts with stainless.
Thanks and good luck😉
Hey hey brother great video, I pray you all are doing OK with all that is going on there 🙏 also how did you learn how to do all your working on everything?it's so cool 😎 and also how did you learn how to play bass guitar?thank you so very much 😀 stay safe OK 👍
Thank you!
I had a good teacher and also many hours of practice.
And I don't play bass in this video)
,дуже гарно, прикольно побачити свою ямаху у відео . )))
Great job
Thanks!
sounds amazing!
Just amazing man!!!!
Thanks!
Вы с Татьяной с одной мастерской что-ли?)
Респект за видео
Так точно
Nice
Охренительная работа! Красавчик!
Cool very Cool
Good job man. I've changed the Frets of my old LTD guitar with steel ones, but I have concerns about an Ibanez Jem I own. I want to change them too, but I can't find any information on how to work with inlayed maple fretboard. Like What finishes or varnish to use....
Just don't remove the neck cover and that's it.
sounds good, looks really sick. Like ir AF
Now give that neck a new body to compliment the high-end look of all that stainless steel :)
No thank you)
Let's leave it the way it's supposed to be)