SHARPEN MY AXE. The Dean ML
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Thank you so much for the Pimped out Axe Phill!!!! Absolutely love it, time to get back to playing lol
Jake Jeckill aye go megadeth
Good on you lad. You look like you're gonna rock out on that thing!
Beautiful guitar I have the same Korean made in black one of my favorites ✌️
hey man i’m looking at buying either a V or an ML, how do you like the guitar?
@@LeviHoward175 Get and ML, but replace that Floyd Rose Special and Nut
The guitar world would be a better place if there were more people like you.
Anus Repair Man has a point!
I hope one day he will sharpen my PRS SE. Haha
Strong username
PIMP MY AXE
Anus Repair Man here here
"A lotta $300 guitars." Goddamn, that's my kinda store.
Dime is smiling down....
Super cool Phil let me participate in this video!!!!!
I hope that kid said Thank you to both of you.
Awesome
Nice just subscribed
I wish more people would help these younger kids out like this. Good job Phil!
Well done Phil. You gave that guitar what it needed, not changes "just because".
...and the next day, I bought that amp sitting on the counter! haha
Love the giving back mentality. Your kindness is very genuine. Thanks for being you, that was awesome!
I enjoyed the Pantera at the end of the video :)
what
Mouth For War
Such a nice thing to do!:-) That was just a real deal SOLID to toss a unsuspecting everyday guy with.
That makes me! Feel good to see a pay it forward type situation. I hope this causes more people to just do something nice when they get the opportunity.
Love seeing stuff like this. My grandfather use to go to pawn shops and get $100 guitars and make them reasonably playable (acoustic guitars) and give them away to anyone who wanted to play. Sort of reminds of him.
I missed a lot of the S.M.A. episodes. Enjoying working through them.
Megadeth!
I also tried to remove knobs with ESP wrench and broke my potentiometer
Sometimes the really inexpensive pots break really fast. I will do a video to help with that. Thank you for taking the time to give me feedback it helps make better videos.
It's not the tools fault. One time I tried to pull a knob off my ebay tele with my fingers. The knob came out and so did the shaft from the pot with it. Turns out the set screw in the knob was stripped so the PO superglued the knob to the shaft. The set screw in the knob was spinning in circles when I backed it out so I had no idea it was stripped. Fortunately I'm handy with a soldering iron so I replaced all of the junk pots.
For knobs I use a flat shoelace, get it under there and just pull straight up. No chance of damaging either the knob or the guitar.
Yea. Let this store bury Guitar Center. Zimms Gtrs rules.
I absolutely love it when you guys pull off a good deed like this. Especially for a youngster that gets a more bang for his buck. Keep up the great work & you guys rock. Much love. The world is a much better place with good hearted guys like you rockin it, for sure.
And to Phil...yer one stand up guy. Pimping these axes out is pretty damn cool. I especially liked the one vid where the guy sent in his Epi Les Paul but the neck snapped from shipping (and he packed it pretty damn well). And you found the exact same axe...pimped that one. Sent it back. AND repaired the broken one as well. Just a solid move. I dig your vids homie. And I try and watch every damn one. We need more cats like you in the guitar community. I mean that.
Phil, this is amazing! so nice of you to do these types of things. A proper setup with these part upgrades will absolutely turn the guitar into a beast, nothing like a sweet playing guitar. Cheers from Toronto!!
That kid literally looks identical to a kid I played guitar with in high school. Him and I both keep in touch to this day over 10 years later, simply about playing guitar, or when we're all excited and giddy when we buy a new one. I hope that kid has a similar story some day.
You are truly a beautiful soul Phil!!!! I really hope that kid appreciates and learns eventually exactly how lucky he was. The fact that the video's only been up for a couple of days and has almost 30,000 views should tell him something.
Phil that was really cool to sharpen that kids axe. The store owner ..well done sir
Phil is just such a stand up dude. Just made that kids day
Freakin' awesome.. both of you...the world could learn alot from guys like you.. music makes the world a better place to live in...sometimes....good on ya both.....
Love that he picked a kid!!! Great job!!!
Love love love this...I just quit my profession as producer and director of branded content films to create goodwill and charity projects...it’s not easy but it’s these sort of projects that keep me going. Thanks for doing this Phil, really put a smile on my face and very inspiring!
My V Select had the same guts as this ML select. I completely cored the guitar and started over hardware and electronics wise. It’s a beast of a guitar now.
Awesome video! The world needs more Philip McKnights!
So cool you’re still doing this Phil. Luv these.
Very cool, 'purdy-deeds done durt-cheep'. Jake, nice work performing no fear, I freeze on camera, just a bit of history y'all can remember as friends.
This is sweet. This is the first I've heard of this shop and I've been in Phoenix for 10 years. Great video!
We are @ Dobson and Guadalupe in mesa
I loved this. You should do a whole series just helping kids pimp their cheap gear!
Old video I know, but this was so awesome! 🤘 of you guys. Are you still doing these Sharpen my Axe videos? What a way to give back.
Total class act Phil, love the Chanel, the community, the videos, the honesty and integrity. Yep Total Class Act sums it up about right. Thanks for all that you do !
Awesome stuff Phil, you can tell that kid was trying to get everything he could out of his axe on a budget and he probably did the work on it himself, exactly the kind of person who deserves some love :)
It’s like pimp my guitar
That kid is soooo overwhelmed, this made my day ^^ Also to him: Rock on! ;)
That's awesome! I hope the kid really enjoys the upgrades.
What you do here Is amazing , I wish there was more people out there like you
Wow Phil you really hooked that kid up. I hope he enjoys what he got. Nice work.
Sharpen My Axe could be called The Lizzie Borden Treatment. I actually modified my Jackson’s V tailpiece plate because it was breaking my strings. Maybe I’ll do a video on what I did. 🤔
Pretty cool twist to those series.
Much more natural and open tone after the work. Well played Phil!
That's so cool to hook a kid up with a rad guitar. Keep up the good work and keep that good heart man. Musicians like you are wonderful to the world.
I would love to get an ML or some other kind of pointy, metal-oriented guitar - and then just play clean stuff like the Beatles, Beach Boys, R.E.M., etc.
Or even better yet: Playing jazz on it, using the ML's ergonomic shape to sit down in the classical position.
awesome, I love the model of business of that guitar shop, and how the owner choose to pick the winner, very inspiring.
Nice job. I'm happy for the owner. I could tell he was pleased. Awsome !!!
This is the coolest thing ever!
The Korean made Dean guitars are actually very good guitars, I have a 2007 Dean Soltero that I bought 13 years ago brand new......The only thing crap about it was the same mini pots that the Dean in this video had, but I swapped those out a long time ago and also swapped the pickups for some alnico 2 PAFs and since then it plays and sounds like a dream 😎👍
I 'm late for the show but just wanted to say that was really cool what you did for that kid. Ya know if us adults made more small efforts like this, just maybe these kids would have a little more hope and confidence and maybe pay it back to a kid just like him some day.
Thanks Phil!
That was really nice of you to do that for the kid. I hope he appreciates it.
Man dimebag could totally play this guitar with your mods. It sounds like a beast. Great job Phil.
Phillip "we're-going-to-go-ahead" McKnight
you could use some adhesive backed thin foam pads cut to shape on the ESP wrench .
Good idea, or perhaps a wrap of duck tape might even help. (If there is, indeed, a risk)
The fact that this guy has the Eddie Van Halen paint job on the wall of his guitar shop makes me happy.
Truly heartwarming. The kid is great. You are great. This video was great. I'm a new person.
I would absolutely LOVE Phil to sharpen my Fernandes Ravelle Deluxe and see what he can do with it.
7:30 I just use a piece of electrical tape wrapped around the wires.
Preferably you stick a piece of solid-core wire through the hole from the pickup, on the other end tape the wire to the pickup wire and pull the entire thing through the hole.
Well its better than my ML which is still being refinished. I got the guitar in 2005 January, it was a tribute guitar to Dime, fuckin stickers put on it with Dime's face and they weren't even clear coated into the guitar. It was what I later realized to be a cash grab guitar off the back of Dime's death.
The problems were as follows, neck too wobbly in the pocket (its a bolt on), the finish had a crack going from the bridge post to the first screw on the pickup ring (after taking it apart yes the crack was in the wood too), shit pickups, dings and chips (I blame this on the shop), pots were shit and yes the knobs kept falling off, the route for the control cavity cover wasn't deep enough so the covers sat proud, bridge in the wrong position.
The scale length sits at 24.5, I've heard 25 (PRS), 24 3/4 (Gibson) and 25.5 (Fender) so why its at a goddamn 24.5 when the fret spacing says it should be at 24 3/4 I'll never know.
That is mostly why I had to take it apart and refinish and fix it. I am finishing it up now since I literally procrastinated over a decade about doing it. The intonation was absolute shit because of that scale length. Someone at Dean can't use a goddamn ruler. And before anyone asks no it couldn't be compensated by moving the saddles.
So considering that I am literally rebuilding their fuck up then yeah Dean guitars suck and no I will never buy another one. Even had an Inspected by sticker on it who the person obviously didn't do their job. Right now I am in the middle of beveling the edges of the front by about 1/2 inch at a 25 degree angle to make it a little more comfortable to play and I am still thinking about doing a belly contour on the back.
Basically I am just fixing Dean's monumental fuck ups and they are getting a pic of what I found and a pic of what it should have been. I did end up buying a Schecter so I had a guitar to play, they do good work and I didn't find anything wrong on their guitars. But Dean can go fuck off.
That was an awesome idea for a video. Also very generous, I hope that young man enjoys the instrument for years to come. Keep up the great work!
A young man of few words but you could tell he liked it. Good job especially on the strap locks ( a overlooked item that saves some 💓 break )
Way to go Phillip, spreading happiness and joy!
You are a shining light of goodness, in a dark and lonely world.
I have a Black Gold Z, most likely made alongside this ML, and it's fantastic.
That's super kind of you to do. Brilliant.
The green and white Jazzmaster looks nice
What a great thing to do! He’s been given a great start with that guitar. Even just improving the action can make all the difference between getting fed up or making a life long player out of Jake 😊👍
Very cool - two channels I dig and I wasn't even aware of the connection! Great work as always, Phil.
Love seeing this, It really helped recharge my brain from the every day stresses of a musician, This kid is never going to want to put this thing down, Awesome Phil I hope the karma comes back your way.
Hi Phil - you may get this a lot - but your videos have helped me get the confidence to do minor improvements to my own guitar (coil splits etc.). Thanks for the videos, loving my own sharpened axe.
Very cool. Such a sweet looking axe!!
I saw you one of those tools ages ago and got two. One is steel and the other aluminium, so softer than the shiny bits.
Hi Phil, I notice you never install EMI shielding on any of the guitars you work on. Is there a reason? Do you install it on your guitars?
How can someone put a thumb down here ...... OMG
Wonderful story, great vid, thanx
Phil made the shredder much mo bedder 👍👍👍
And that's what it's all about right there. Great job.
Such a great thing to do...bet he’ll stay interested in music after that surprise! Heyyyyyy.....I have an old 80s Kramer Focus 3000 with the original Floyd (no fine tuners) that’s been around the block a few times nice I bought it new that could use your magic touch! 😉
You are really making this a cool show. 2 thumbs up
Jake is a lucky guy to get a surprise “Sharpen My Axe” on the guitar he just bought.
As an owner of numerous Deans, the stock pickups in most Deans aren't bad at all in my opinion. They are comparable to Epiphone.
Phil, you are truly a great guy. What an awesome idea! Thanks for your channel and all you do.
Very cool!! I picked up one of those ESP Wrenches from Stew-Mac after you talked about it in a previous video. I use it quite often.
Great idea for a video. Nice job Phil.
Ha! Good choice Jake! Looks like I have twin brother of this guitar, korea, same color, dimebucker, grovers, schaller straplocks. Only difference is mine has chrome hardware, still stock neck pickup and my grovers are black, because costed less for some reason :)
I got this guitar,......great quality,....much more denser wood than Deans current Korean ML's.....I bought some 59's for mine,.....I have another Dean ML with the fork V headstock,.....had to put locking Growers on each,....quite a price up-grade in itself,....but if you want the guitar to never go out of tune, what can you do,....the stock six in-line Grover's work great for my Straight Six ML,.....I do like the V headstock though.,...the block in-lays are cool also.
I highly recommend Strap Loks (I like the Original Dunlop Strap Loks - but there are several good brands) to ANYONE buying a guitar that doesn't already have them. Like first upgrade before anything else. I can't stress it enough. When I first started playing years ago I almost lost many an axe (including a sweet Ferrari Red Gibson SG Special) to a strap popping off the cheap stock buttons. And Gibson (old Deans have even more tilt) guitars are notorious for snapping at the tilted back headstock from a strap coming off the cheap strap buttons. But any make and model of electric guitar needs strap loks right out the gate. Like I said...I almost had it happen to me. And I know several players where strap Loks would of saved the neck from snapping. It's a horrible feeling and a big bummer...buying a brand new axe and snapping the neck because you put off buying strap Loks. Trust me.
Very cool Phil you did a great job lucky kid
Would love to see this again super cool you spread the stoke
Wow this was a really cool idea! I mean, i still want my axe sharpened by you one of these days, but definitely an awesome, unique idea to sharpen up some broke teenager/ college students guitar fresh when they buy it!!!
Great twist on this series, which is already Bitchin'. You've Made that young MetalHead's Year!
Lucky kid! Awesome job.
I wish Phil would choose international victim of happiness through sharpen my axe and it should be me haha
tHAT RANDALL COMBO LOOKS SO SICK I WANT ONE
What a great idea. Really fun video.
Nice job Phil and Dane ! Congrats Jake ! :-)
Phil, you're the Helpful Honda guy of the guitar world!
Awesome twist on this series!! Well done, Phil - Love the job you did for this kid!! 👍
Dimebuckers are cool pickups. I stuck one in my Ibanez, and it sounds sick.
Only thing else I would add is some ZZ Top fur around the edges lol