This Gretsch Would Not Stay In Tune! Sharpen My Axe!
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
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this "sharpen my axe" thing should NEVER stop!!!
It's so soooooo cool
Phil's probably the only guitar guy on youtube who sponsors a contest where the winners get their guitars massively improved FOR FREE yet still remembers to THANK THE WINNERS for sending him their guitars so he can do free work on them in the first place. :D Whattaguy!
That's a guy who loves what he does.
I have to say, that is quite a bit more than I was expecting or hoping to be done with my guitar. I bought it a few months back because I wanted to try a guitar with a Bigsby. It's a fun little guitar but the tuning issues made it a bit more of a hassle than I liked at times, so it'll be interesting to get it back with that fixed. Great work, and thanks again Phil.
Jason, I think your guitar is pretty cool and now it has been immortalised on RUclips forever! Sweet. Look after it!
Did you ever try the Scott Grove version of stringing the Bigsby wrong (on purpose) to help with tuning?
Green Meany I use the "wrong" method over the bar. It's right haha
Nice guitar , I never owned a Gretch. I have thought about buying a 335 type but didn't want to pay all of that cash. I was looking at the Cort Sunset 1 and 2 guitars. Interesting for the price and versatile. I would like to see a good review on those.
Better yet buy a guitar and go to Bigsy . Make sure you are buying the right tremelo for what you have and install. I put one on an Ibenez recently
This was awesome, really diggin this series. That Gretsch sounded great.
BRO I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO SEE YOU COMMENT HERE. Love your channel. CHYEAH!
bakerXderek I saw ur videos on the randy rhoads grave site , you should do more gutair things
CHYEAHHHH!!!!!
From Leo: Great job on the Gretsch! A good nut and a Graphtech or roller bridge is a must. Also make sure the roller on the Bigsby spins freely, Some of them are tight on the ends but a little work with 400 grit paper frees things right up. A drop of fine lube like Triflow on the roller axle when you put it back together lasts for years.
One thing I'm still uncertain about: should I keep my work area clean?
No.
definitely not
Whether you keep your work area clean & how clean you decide to keep it is a private, personal decision that can only be made by you after consultation with your physician, & hopefully also with your pastor.
You may need to consult a legal agent and/or pray to god until you get a response.
Pastors need to stay out of such private things. On second thought, everything.
My own Gretsch stays in tune pretty well, but I can see how these upgrades from Graph-Tech would make a difference, while also making it faster to restring. This is an interesting series - really enjoying it.
I think this is your best series yet. Keep it going
I've been working on guitars many for many years and for people just starting tech projects these tips are priceless. Graphtech 🎸
I love these sharpen my axe vids!
This is the only RUclips channel where I upvote and then watch the video.
Agreed
Dude the production quality of your video was absolutely great. Massive improvement. Learned a lot with this video too! Thanks Phil.
This „sharpen my axe“ segment is fantastic.
i have this guitar. some kid told me to put EMGs in it and i looked at him like he asked me to kill a puppy. the CVT is perfect out of the box really. just needs a Vibramate spoiler and a better nut.
put a floyd rose in it
i was thinking it's missing a coil split/tap switch too lol
Bro all you need now is a Floyd Rose, EMGs, a locking nut, and extra 2 strings (make sure you replace the string set with 13 gauge strings for all the djent and tune to drop F.
(If it is not obvious I am joking)
Vibramate spoiler is a godsend. What a brilliant upgrade.
And big bends nut sauce!
Thats a reAlly good advice to take pictures of your stuff, always happen to me when i tinker with electronics and cant really remember where it goes back,
I am a service tech that works on electronic gear and I have a phone full of pictures that I take of circuit boards so they can be reassembled correctly. It's a lifesaver.
Awesome tips with waiting to glue the nut down after the strings are on and set. Thank you! Please keep this series alive.
I have 9 guitars left after selling off alot of the heard. 3 of them are Gretsch's. They are a creature unto their own. Amazing in so many different types of playing. I have two hollowbodies that absolutely rock in almost any kind of genre and a Duo Jet that is a monster. Gretsch has its roots in the roots of rock n roll....Rockin' one of my Anniversaries through a Marshall is almost too much fun. Learning to control and USE feedback gives me the biggest smile. Ever since I saw Townshend with his 6120, Harrison and Gilmour with their'58 Duo Jets, and nothing made me realize how much I had to learn then watching Setzer with his 6120... From Setzer, Townshend, Tim Armstrong, Malcolm Young, Harrison, Cornell to Gilmour, Gretsch's are amazing....
I’ve purchased a Gretsch electromatic centre block this new year and I’ve been searching for a semi hollow for many years and gretsch is just the best out of all of them in my personal opinion
chris laracy was about to get a 5420 but then I got a 335 instead
nice
you want to hear a khajhit joke ?
chris laracy absolutely
why do khajhit lick their buts ?
This is one of the best things I’ve ever seen on RUclips. Well done and quite generous.
That demo is some of the best tones I've heard from Phil.
Excellent tip on taking pictures with your phone as you disassemble. This is particularly true if you intend to upgrade pickups or modify wiring. The other thing I do is place all screws and removed components in individual small plastic bags (for example all pickguard screws in 1 bag) as I disassemble. That way you won’t mix up the wrong components later on, e.g. pickguard screws mixed up with pickup screws etc
He's using a painting tool on the bone nut. Home Depot!! Best advice. Take pictures before every step and after every step. Great advice!! He is awesome!! Very detail oriented. listen and learn.
I keep coming back to the sharpen my axe series of videos. I just watched two of them again. This rocks! Knowing now that it's about what you would do and having gotten a feel for it, it would be awesome to see some more guitars done again. ❤️❤️🎸
Just love your creativity and thoughtfulness in the way you handle your channel. Lots of fun, cool, and done in a way that builds community and collaboration. I appreciate you, man, thanks!
I really love these Sharpen My Axe videos! Thanks Phil and congratulations to the winners!
These and the "5 things you might not know about" are my favorite series you do on your channel. I've been doing some upgrades to my Jaguar and your Sharpen My Axe series have been really helpful, informative and entertaining!
I do have a slight problem with my Jag though, I installed the Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder Bridge pickup. It comes with no cover or claw and looks weird. Where could I get a suitable cover for it? Also the pole pieces don't seem to align perfectly anymore. Do I need to drill holes in my Jag to fit it correctly?
Nice upgrades and great tips including using the measurements from the old bridge to adjust the new one as a starting point for the intonation.
You are one sharp dude you know so much about this industry you are a professor and a professional your guitar playing is quite nice too .I am so glad I started watching the thing is now I can't stop !
Really awesome series Phil! Have loved them all. Don't want them to stop. Giving me great ideas.
I really like this Gretsch, thinking about getting one myself.
Bo88y Beretta , Ditto
What model is it?
It's the Corvette (G5135 CVT, www.gretschguitars.com/gear/build/solid-body/g5135cvt-electromatic-cvt-solid-body-with-bigsby-megatron-pickups-cherry-stain). It's nice if you like your guitars thin, light, and short scale. The pickups have a nice clean sound that is not as thin as single coils to me, but also respond well to higher gain. I only had it for a short time before I sent it to Phil, but I'm glad I bought it.
G5135 Electromatic CVT
I have one with mini humbuckers there great
I really enjoy these sharpen my axe video's!!
Nice video. I like the transitions and notes and comments across the bottom.
I had major stay-in-tune issues with my Streamliner until I put a roller bridge and a String Butler on it. Now the Bigsby isn‘t an issue anymore. Roller bridge was drop-in-place as well and works fine (and looks cool).
Phil, you’re my favorite RUclipsr & I’ve always liked your vids but this series is def the best. Loving theses and grateful that you’re considering doing more like this. Learning a lot and enjoying the content.
Once again, outstanding! I just bought one of the electromatic jets, the center-block G5655T-CB and I'll be doing all this plus upgrading the bigsby to a full size archtop unit - so that I have a more comfortable hand position, there will be more space between the roller and the bridge. Thanks for all the tips!
Such a great name for an awesome series! I hope it never ends!
I've swapped all of the bridges on my Bigsby guitars with Schaller roller bridges and they're excellent, so I'd have swapped the bridge on the G5135 with one of those because after a while I can see the thicker wound strings cutting into the graphite on the Graphtec saddles and causing tuning problems again 👍
Great increase in production value this video! Keep it up phil!
I use a Compton stainless steel bar bridge on my Gretsch 6120 Eddie Cochran. Tru-Arc also makes a great bar style bridge that works nicely with a Bigsby. They are intonated to the gauge of strings you use and if you use a plain or wound G string. Solved my tuning problems and a lot of Gretsch Bigsby players switch to these bridges
These are so great!!!
Im really strugling with diy setups and seeing your process is the best lesson
Thank!!
I love work. i could watch it all day :-)
Your videos get better and better. Amazing!
Hello, guitar world! Just a thought:
Given there is a concern using a drill press and perhaps chipping the headstock, how about this as a technique: Mask off the holes, front and back, then take a fine felt pen and trace out each hole perimeter as a guide for the drill's center point The tape would help to keep the drill from adverse contact/vibration beyond where it is supposed to cut. Would this not be effective? I've considered this because of seeing craftsmen that use this technique to keep finishing products (eg. wood or laminate) from having the same problem occur when cutting and drilling.
I just came upon your videos today. You have such a sweet way about you, Phillip. Thanks so much for sharing your trade with us. I'm not a "keener' by any stretch but aside from re-stringing and cleaning I've managed to re-shape and de-burr the fret edges, sanded (on a hard surface with uber-fine sandpaper) the saddle to remove some slight imperfections that were messing with the strings and adjusted the truss rod. 😎
Today, after re-stringing it long after it was due, I noticed that one of the machine heads was a little loose...I suspect it got damaged after a wee little fall it took 😔
Anyway...the screw that holds it tight to the headstock is now stripped. I have some super fine sawdust and was thinking of mixing a bit of carpenter's glue with it and filling in the hole, then re-drilling it to fit same screw size. Any of you viewers know if this would be suitable? I'm not wanting to bore out bigger holes and replacing the entire lot on the account of one head. I've done this to cupboard door hinges that had stripped out and they've held very well...I've even put the screws in before the wood/glue had completely set and have no problems thus far.
This is an awesome series. Love to watch what you do sharpen these axes.
Thanks Phil. I'm looking into ways of supplementing my income through my passion for guitar and your channel over the past 18 months or so has been a great inspiration and learning curve for me. Keep it up buddy.
Whenever I get a guitar with a Bigsby this is it! It’s such a cool looking and beautiful sounding model!
Phil: at about 15 minutes in, you talk about bringing in the parts in a box to the repair shop. They used to do that with car parts too. Mechanics called it a "basket case", (parts in a basket).
Excellent VDO - The hand reamer is a great tip.
That is one sweet looking and sounding Gretch. I didn't even know they made guitars in this shape.
I played one at Guitar Center last year and was really amazed the way this guitar plays for a very reasonable price. And a reasonable weight, doesn’t weigh a ton like my Les Paul 2015 Standard.
Editing and sound quality is next level phill 👍
These are great videos. Between the Sharpen My Axe and weekly Q&A sessions, you have greatly expanded my guitar knowledge. Thank you!
6:27 Trolls start your typing- Haha! That made me laugh! Awesome job! Love your videos!
Graph Tech guitar labs,what a great company I'll buy from them, thanks Phillip great show as always
I see now where Paul Reed Smith got his idea for the Mira. I love this video series, best idea ever!
In the '80's I played a Gretsch Beast. The neck (24 frets), with Gotoh tuning keys, felt more like a Rickenbacker. I did all of my own work (I could back then!), so it had 500K pots for both tone and volume. It had a zero fret, and I NEVER broke strings! Left it in the Hamer case, and the thing would stay in tune for months!
sharpen my axe MUST continue ... this series can be a big hit on youtube.
I love this series, if you do it again I'll be entering mine, a simple 2003 Epi LP special 2 that has input jack and fret issues. I'd love to upgrade it and play it again.
That's a good shout about the headstock dings/dents. With that info I would take into account of the location of the headstock hits. Hits on the bottom side corner would be a better indicator of a nose dive then say a hit on the upper corner or on the face.
That guitar rings and screams more now ! Right on !
Phil when you use the chaliper to mesure the bridge saddles use the little stud that comes out the back. Get better mesurements that way ;D
Damn that’s a beautiful guitar! I love that thing. It’s totally worth upgrading. I want that so bad!
I've never seen that model before, looks awesome!
Gretsch imports are a great value. Love the mods on this one!
I used to have one from my birth year, 1963... It did have tuning issues. I loved that guitar but it had cracks in the finish... I lament letting it go... I bought it used. They came in really crappy cases. Glad these have a decent gig bag. 21 frets. Guitar had a great vibe and personality... To me it was cooler than the SG.
What a cool idea, now I need check out the rest of these videos... very watch worthy!! 😎❤👍
Phil, you rock! Love these set-up videos!
You're the man Phillip!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. It's greatly appreciated!!
Wish I could get my Jackson upgraded. Barely had enough money to get it. Hands down the best guitar I’ve ever had.
Great series Phil, I would love more like this where you show us how to do work on our guitars like this
My Gretsch Corvette is from the very first batch they made in 2006 And it came with a Gotoh bridge.
Once again a great video Phil! But, I wouldn’t suggest using a drill press on the headstock. One slip and what a mess!!! Reamer is slower but way more accurate for me.
Hi, im trying to install the Graph Tec bridge in my Japanese Edwards SG. Original bridge is mounted on tiny 4mm posts that go straight into the wood, no metal bushing. My reamer wont go far enough to make these post holes big enough to accommodate the new 7/16 bushings for Graph Tec bridge...is it safe to slowly use a slightly bigger drill bit to widen these holes? Thanks for your time.
That looks similar to a Gretch Corvette made famous by Rory Gallagher and the version of Bullfrog blues he did in France in the 70s....it looks and sounds very cool.
This guy is really good great information he gives you
Great video Phil! Thanks for posting this one. I have a bigsby-equipped guitar, and I will likely use one or more of these upgrades to help stabilize the tuning.
Great series, Phil!
Cool upgrades, the tuning stability seemed great afterward!
A 5135? Looks a lot like the CVT,(which I would like to have), sounds good now.Oh, Slick has some nice flat top type whammy's or bigsby .
The Gretsch textured strap buttons are very nice and look vintage correct but they tend to unscrew and fall very easily... Especially on stage!
I think that you should keep these videos coming. They are cool. It would also be nice to see how the ownes like the mods.
Another happy youngster. This video motivated me to attack my axe’s many remaining issues while I was watching.
LOVE this series keep it going Pil!
I have a lot of high end guitars and custom shop stuff, and I’m still envious of these winners. Very classy and professional mods and adjustments! Sharpen my axe is by far my favorite series on RUclips. Might I say even more enjoyable than the Anderton’s blindfold challenges. FYI - Description is spelt wrong at the end. Best.
Hey Phillip, I notice you use, what I would call, an automotive reamer. I'm sure you know there are reamers that are better suited to guitar work. Of course, they are more costly. Thanks for your enjoyable videos.
His voice.... so calming
I really dig those Phillip's playing demos
If you flip the calipers around to the other side it makes it easier to measure inside of areas for those who didn't read the instructions. - Machinist by day, guitar player by night.
Awesome upgrade Phil....One of my guitars is a Gretsch Electromatic 5622T-CB that I love...I might try a couple of the upgrades you did on the video...none of that seemed too hard.
This is a great series! Now I want to upgrade some of my old cheap guitars.
I would say the reamer is preferable to a drill press, the drill press is like hunting varmits with a cannon! Also, the tool you used to remove the nut is a Painter's Tool or Painter's Multi-Tool.
You can put a set of TV Jones pickups on there and really get that 60’s Gretsch sound. TV-J Filtertrons are amazing.
Say no to any drill-bits for enlarging tuning peg holes. I've broken head stocks this way. I use a round file of ideal size chocked on a power drill with drill in reverse. Never had an error this way.
Can you advise as to the safest way to bore out existing bridge post holes to accommodate larger bushings for the Graph Tec bridge? Im trying to install the Graph Tec bridge in my Japanese Edwards SG. Original bridge is mounted on tiny 4mm posts that go straight into the wood, no metal bushing. My reamer wont go far enough to make these post holes big enough to accommodate the new 7/16 bushings for Graph Tec bridge...is it safe to slowly use a slightly bigger drill bit to widen these holes?
Love the series, recently got a gretsch, really tempted by nut, keys and bridge upgrade
I've noticed that when I upgrade tuners, it also improves sustain.
That guitar sounds fantastic. Nice work!
Got to agree with all the positive feedback. These are awesome. Keep 'em going!
love the series, great work Phil!
Great channel. Appreciate the quality content!
Thank you
I love the 'cold' opening.