Wow! That is an entirely new guitar. It bears no resemblance to it's former self. I am totally blown away. I couldn't believe you used CA glue to finish the fretboard, the whole guitar was a phenomenal piece of work. I binge watched this series until I couldn't keep my eyes open last night. I watched the last of the last episode today and it was well worth it. Thank you for all that you do, it is very informative and inspiring.
Many thanks! Really glad you enjoyed the project, it was a lot of fun and had its share of surprises along the way. CA is a really tough finish for a maple fingerboard (not for use on rosewood). The open grain of rosewood ends up looking like plastic, but on Maple it's a really great finish! Hope to hear from you again, plenty of other crazy projects happening here. Until then, be safe and take care!
Dude, I damn near cried when you broke into Walk, Don't Run😢...The Ventures are one of my late Dad's favorite groups!! This was a very fun series to watch...the attention to detail was one of my favorite things about it. Remarkable!
Carl, thanks for watching! I really enjoy surf music too (strangely I'm from the central states = no surf...). I try to play that stuff, but my fingers have their own plan at times. Hopefully I was close, and glad you could recognize the tune. This has been a really fun and challenging project. Some ups and downs, but the end result is a pleasure. I appreciate your comment/compliment, as I'm often on the fence wondering where to draw the line on some detail items. Since there is no deadline on projects like this, I can take the time and attempt to do the job as best I can. Thank you again, be safe and take care!
Same!! Loved the Ventures since I was a kid! I gave up on guitar long long ago but the last 5 years or so took up 3 string cigar box guitar building and playing! Why? Because 6 strings are 3 strings too many 😆 and I can play (finally) Walk, Don’t Run … after a fashion!!
Joel, thanks for watching! I've been giving that ground bus idea more thought. More ideas, can't shut my brain off. So far, what I've done seems like a good idea. If there is a downside, hopefully someone will let me (us) know. Hope all is well, be safe and take care!
Chris, good to hear from you again and thanks for watching! It's a looker now, pretty happy with it. Up next, hmm. Could be a few things. Some bench and tool mod work, winding pickups, build/mod a pickup, a re-fret/mod of a Jackson Soloist... Not sure what will roll out first. Too many projects, too little time. Hope all is well, take care!
@@theNextProject I'm really interested in your pickup winds. That always seemed really complicated but you make it look easy enough for maybe me to try for myself someday.
@@Chris.Wiley. I hope you have a stand-alone video of winding these picks coming out soon. It's not hard to do, maybe not easy either. An acquired touch perhaps? Stay tuned.
Holy smokesss! That turned out great. I have always loved maple fret-boards against dark colored bodies like red, black, green etc. Cant wait for the NEXT PROJECT haha!!
Vishal, thanks for watching! Agree, the blonde maple agains a darker body color is a great look. That was one thing that caught my eye when I purchased this project. There are a few things in line for "the next project". Some tool projects coming up - may be boring to you. Pickup winding project. A pickup build/mod/test ( P-Rail inspired ). A re-fret, new electronics swap of a '90 Jackson Soloist. A cheap guitar cosmetic mod. A couple scratch builds planned (need to find the time). So much to do, so little time. Hope you are doing well, be safe and take care!
Congratulations on a job well done. What a nice guitar. It will be interesting to see how you feel about it in a few months time once the dust has settled, literally and metaphorically. In my experience both in the studio and on the bench I've been pleasantly surprised that I've been quite pleased with the final product when I wasn't so sure when I finished the job. And there's often the great feeling of bonding with a guitar when you've worked on it if you're lucky. Anyway thanks for the great content.🙂
Bassman, good to hear from you again and thanks for watching! Great question regarding how I'll feel about it in time. I wasn't really sure where this project would go when I started, and then there were a few surprises I didn't expect, the neck, the knot in the body...there is always something interesting hidden, ha! At this point, I'm pretty happy having taken this ultra cheap/affordable (cheap), guitar and basically making it playable. It is actually a better guitar than I am player now. That wasn't the case when I started. It will take me years of practice to up my game - I do need to work on that. Hope you are doing well, take care!
There’s a RUclips or Facebook guy (iirc a cbg builder) who sells pickup winder kits… I need to get one! Been wanting to try that but hobbling together old sewing machines or just sticking a bobbin on a hand drill doesn’t do it for me… that there winder is the ticket for diy pickups!! A ground buss for multiple wires… genius!!! Great synopsis and wrap for this project! I’d been watching a few other videos during breakfast and literally nodding off to sleep but yours woke me up and gets my complete attention!!!
Randy, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! Winding is a fun and interesting thing. I had big plans a few years back when I originally made this winder, then I upgraded it a bit... Still not winding many pickups, but it is getting easier. One issue is my eyesight at working distance for winding leaves a little to be desired, always something. I have my "reading" glasses, then a visor binocular thingy. Dang wire is so thin. This winder was pretty easy to build, probably cost $70 at the time, mainly due to purchasing 2 of most parts. I expected to get parts that didn't work, but nearly everything was good. I am thinking to upgrade the motor again, but honestly, this will run 1200+ rpm, and for me that's probably fast enough. The faster motor I'm thinking of, 3000 rpm, will just get in a jamb that much quicker. Have you cut any new slots yet? ;) Be safe and take care!
@@theNextProject😆 no slots yet! My work area is embarrassingly jumbled and messed up! During each build there is the usual swearing and cursing looking for a tool and/or part…at the end of a build there is the obligatory “I’m gonna clean this up and organize before the next build!” And then I start the next build in the workplace’s same sad state… I just came home from errands and said “okay…today I cleanup the workspace!!! ….. but first, Lunch!!” 🤣 we’ll see what happens…
WOW, we sound like the same person. I do edit out most of the cursing, but it's there. I'm attempting to get orgainized, as I start another project. So, I don't know what that really means. Lunch sounds like a good plan, we having a beer with lunch?! :)
Tha ks for watching, and WOW watched the whole project - thanks! I'm glad to share the projects, hoping others will get an idea or two along the way. It's all fun and a challenge. Take care!
Breaded, thanks for watching! I had a great time with this project too. A fair number of unforeseen things, but that's where the flavor hides, good times. So far I'm liking the pickups too. I wasn't sure if they would be on the weak side, but depending on the amp setting, they are light and clean or reasonably growly. Now, I gotta work on my chops. Hope all is well, take care!
Sal, thanks for watching! Glad to hear your finding some of this stuff useful. Please take any idea and improve on it, make it your own and fit the way you work too. Good luck with your projects, be safe and take care!
Santo, great to hear from you and thanks for watching! I really appreciate the comment, it did turn out - far better than I had hoped. Hope you are doing well, take care!
This has to be the most work I've ever seen anyone put into modding a budget guitar... but it was worth it. All 9 episodes were like watching one guitar porn video after another. One thing that made me chuckle was that I've actually cut little round pieces of sandpaper and superglued them to the chuck end of a drill bit (a couple bits actually), then put the bit in backwards and used the other end to sand with. I can't remember what exactly I used it on which is weird because I'm reminded of it every time I use those bits because the sandpaper is still there lol. But yeah, that thing looks awesome.
Stu, thanks for watching! It probably is the most work done on a budget guitar, or at least one of the most... I've done similar silly things on various kits and whatnot. Sandpaper glued to the shank of a drill bit is brilliant, and definitely along the same wavelength I was tuned to. We have a need, and find a way to satisfy it. I enjoy stumbling across things like that, they are fun solutions that help keep momentum rolling. Glad you enjoyed the porn series, guilt free! Hope all is well, take care!
Great Built, it was a pleasure to watch the episodes🙂Looking forward to the next project. Besides: You´re editig is great! I like youre sense of humor and you´re approach to building/modifiying. Regards from Germany🖖
Tobias, greetings from Florida US, and thanks for watching! I'm really glad to hear feedback on editing and project presentation. I'm always guessing how to present these projects, and I don't want to bore people. I'll try to keep making fun projects for us all. Hope you are doing well, be safe and take care!
Glad you followed on my "more go than sho' " advice from the previous John 😉... Turned out very nice - looking and sounding, pick-ups deliver great range of style / tone... If you now pick up your playing game you can truly do it justice 😊. Great hack on the bus! Tidy! And tipical, that nitty-gritty attention to the itty-bitty. Really enjoy your work and pun, all the best! Greets, PTR. (... but that "Gretsch" though... - now that was some bit of kit...)
PTR, thanks for watching! Agreed, it seems to hold it's own, and is waaay better than I am. I do need to up my game, another thing on my to-do list for sure. Hope you are doing well, be safe and take care!
Jens, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! It's definitely not the guitar that left the factory. It's come a long way. Hope you are doing well. Take care!
@@theNextProject Always a pleasure to watch Your videos! Only the last video of a project hurts: firstly there are no more episodes left and secondly we all have to look at one of the most beautiful guitars that we can't have. Is there already a new theNextProject in the pipeline? I am doing well, I hope You are doing well too, my friend.
Jens, WOW - thank you! That's a really nice compliment and greatly appreciated. Yes, there are many "next projects", too many. I'm doing a little sorting of parts, and trying to get organized. Also fleshing out the storage area of the workbench. Then there are some guitar things happening. I'll be re-fretting a '90 Jackson Soloist, rewiring, new pickups, and some clean-up work. Also has an original molded case that needs serious attention, as the guitar wants to fall out of the case. Not good! I have an old Harley Benton TE-20 Telecaster clone that is going to get some kind of cosmetic makeover. It looks good now, but... you know. I want to build a bass guitar, a want to build a LP double-cut, and another Gretsch style guitar.... Oh, I'll be doing a pickup winding video soon, and also a build/mod/test attempting to may a P-Rail style pickup.... Oh, so many ideas, so little time. Take care my friend!
Graham, thanks for watching! Yep, I think we can refine and improve that ground bus idea. My brain is spinning on that topic still. AND... I'm looking inside a Jackson Soloist from the 90's. Interesting, it has shielding paint under a clear coat, with a ground screw/wire then run to a copper strip under the switch and pots. All electronics are the soldered to the copper strip, rather than to the pots. Another good way to skin a cat. Hope you are doing well. Take care my friend!
@@theNextProject I remember something I can't remember what I looked in had a screw into the shielding paint and all earths were soldered to spade connectors that clamped in place.
Thanks for watching! It did turn out pretty good, way better than when it left the factory, LOL. I wish I were a better player (working on it), as the projects all deserve a better play-through, but that's another project. Be safe and take care!
Shadow, glad they pointed you in this direction. Take any ideas you see here, make them better, make them your own. Hope you enjoy the projects. Be safe and take care!
Hey Steve, thanks for watching. I aways want to pull a rabbit out of a hat. Sometime I'm a bit surprised myself. Thank you again, be safe and take care!
Fab, thanks for watching! I like "simple" controls, works best for me. Be sure to do your research however, I am know to do things wrong. It happens. Also, test your wiring on the bench before sticking it in the guitar body if you can. I have a few things in line, not sure what will be next. Might be some tool mods, or bench mods, or it could be a guitar re-fret, or ??? Thanks again for watching, take care!
Excellent series. I bought a Starcaster at a pawn shop with a similar idea in mind and was looking for ideas. This goes a bit further than my training and tools. But it was very educational. Looking forward to starting my build now. Thanks for sharing!
Billy, thanks for watching! Good to hear you picked up a Starcaster, it's a great platform to mod and have fun with. Keep me posted as to your project. Be safe and take care!
Andreas, greetings from the US and thanks for watching! WOW, that was a looong bath, LOL. I like your channel, you've been very busy. Greetings from the US! Be safe (in the bath), take care!
Turned out spectacular! This was an enjoyable little journey -- I'm going to subscribe for more! You totally made more work for yourself by having no pickguard! I'm definitely sticking with one for the Starcaster for my brother, as I wanted a platform to be able to send him "loaded pickguards" for my experiments through the mail instead of having to ship the whole guitar back and forth from Ohio and Massachusetts whenever he wants a change. He's requested a cheap set of Firebird pickups to start, which I might set up with Bill Lawrence wiring, which should be fun!
Hey Mark, many thanks! It was a fun and challenging project, then I made it even harder, lol. Keeping the pickguard is a great idea, and to help with swaps - if you go with locking tuners on your build, you won't need to remove the strings to get the pickguard off. The wilkinson bridge can be detuned (keeping strings on), the springs removed and the bridge pulled out of the hole along with the pickguard. The locking tuners are a big plus for that. Standard tuners will basically allow the same thing, but they tend to uncoil and that's a bit messy. Sound like you've got a great project underway, have fun and thanks for joining the crew, glad to have ya hangin' with us all!
@@theNextProject Great tip for swaps! I hadn't considered it before. Might even work with non-locking tuners if you put a capo on the first fret, so they don't uncoil so much. Hrmmm... 🤔
P G, thanks for watching and I'm really glad this project has inspired you to grab that old strat and do something with it. Whatever the goal, just be sure to have fun, even when some parts aren't. Good luck, and keep me posted. Take care!
Hey Mike, good to hear from you! I think I owe you a response to an email or text message yet. Sorry for the delay there. This guitar turned out pretty sweet & shinny! Take care my friend!
@@theNextProjectThese starcasters are cool mod platforms...I picked up an early starcaster p-bass with a pointy headstock and proceeded to replace everything with genuine fender or better parts. Mine was also black with a 1-ply pickguard...it's now aqua blue with a 3-ply white pearl guard. One of my favorite projects, and tho many have come and gone, this one's so good that not only is it staying, I actually sold my fender p-bass because the starcaster is a few pounds lighter
@@jasondorsey7110 Jason, thanks for watching and that's a great comment there. Glad you're enjoying your StarModCaster! It's fun fixing things up. Be safe and take care man!
Mr. Beck, thanks for watching! This has been a great project, and I'm glad like it too. Thanks for joining the family, hope to hear from you again. Be safe and take care!
Hey Laura, thanks for watching! That's very nice, I need to look back at past projects and give them an objective comparison. Interesting - Thank you! Be safe and take care!
Emrys, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! How is the practicing going? I need to set aside some time for that. Glad you like the guitar, I'm pretty happy with it too. Be safe and take care!
Ahmad, thanks for watching! I'm pretty happy with how this project turned out. It sounds way better than my playing allows. I need to work on that. Be safe and take care!
I loved every episode of this project, especially the problems anyone could run into. Thank you for putting that in…seems nobody really does in these videos. Guitar came out awesome, great color. Reminds me of the Michiya Haruhata japan only signature model strat without the cumbersome floyd
Thanks for watching! Glad you found the "issues" to be worthwhile. I know a lot of us run across things, and if we can share the blunder, others may benefit. Hope all is well, take care!
Hey Matt, thanks for watching! I'm really glad this project came together as is has. There were a few questionable problems we had to navigate, but all worked out in the end. I wish I would have taken more "before" photos, as I look at this guitar now, and I can't really imagine where it started. Greatly appreciate you hanging out with me through all the projects and episodes, thank you! Take care my friend!
Hey Jim, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! Many thanks, and much appreciated. It did turn out pretty sweet. Hope all is going well for you, take care!
Thanks for watching! Glad you like the ground bus idea, seems like it should work okay. This was a fun project, lots of opportunities to invent, lol. Take care!
Nils, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed the project. I was hoping some of my process idea would be of help to others. I expect people to take an idea and make it better - then share the improvement with me ;). Hope you are doing well, take care my friend!
Great job. For all the earth connections to the pot, i use a micro terminal for pcb builds. I solder it to the pot and that allows me to screw in the negative wires. Similar to your idea there
very nice guitar and it's so great that it's unique, personal, not just a mass produced thing. That ground lug idea on the volume pot is killer. The pickups had plenty, a noiseless version would be interesting for high gain playing.
Thanks for watching! It has been a great project, feels good to turn a turd into a better version of itself. I guess there isn't much original material left in this guitar, hmm. I was looking at some stacked "noiseless" single coil bobbins the other day. I may have to do some experimenting soon. Hope all is well, be safe and take care!
Tim, thanks for watching and I greatly appreciate that. I need to work on my chops, but this old dog seems a bit resistant to some things. It does sound good, way better than I do, Haha! Hope all is well, take care my friend!
I'm amazed by the project, the time spent on that, all the episodes but, is not anymore the cheap Starcaster it was supposed to be. Is something totally different that can't be called Starcaster anymore. I own one, beside a Telecaster, a Jackson and a Kramer. Is fun to play it like it is, and it's a damn good cheap guitar.
80sPhoenix, thanks for watching! Yep, this was a busy project, and like you said, it's not the cheap Starcaster anymore. I've heard a number of people have great starcaster guitars, sadly this one had so many problems when I got it, likely the reason it ended up at Goodwill. It's in the hands of a new owner now, he seemed thrilled when he got it, so that make me happy. I'll have to check out your videos. Take care!
This turned out to be really nice. Did I hear "Hot for Teacher" in there? Nice one! I listened to a podcast episode years ago where Phil McKnight was asked about these. Apparently they're just Squier's... made in the same factory and everything. However, Fender didn't want to use the Squier branding in the big box stores where these were being sold (yet they put the Fender logo on the headstock??) so they just reused the Starcaster name as a brand instead. I think they're pretty cool if you aren't afraid to do a little work. They're usually sold second hand for less than a Squier, and you get the cool late 60s - 70s oversized headstock. Great project guitars, for sure.
Curator, thanks for watching. Yep, that was "hot for teacher", until I realized I don't really know how to play it, lol. Interesting info about squier building the starcasters. Thanks for that info, good to hear stuff like this. Hope all is well, take care!
Breja toneworks channel is where I got all my wiring diagrams ...there are alot of cool mods for strats and others...I have to borrow that the bus idea..very cool..👍
Breja has some great wiring and how-to videos. I actually watched a couple of his vids before jumping into this. I think I borrowed/learned from his "Strat switch" video. Take that ground bus idea and make it better, what I did is just a starting point, a prototype. Take care!
Nice job. A Free-Way Blade switch would have been a major Mod you could have done, and it's not apparent, doubles the tones from available from the pickups.
@@theNextProject Even though I can't play guitar worth a Darn, love your content!! Takes patience! BTW, love your Aguila T-Shirt!! I took a brick of Aguila today and tested the new Springfield 2020 Rimfire!! Indoor range of course, Phoenix still has the daytime temperature of Mustafar!!
I watched the whole thing and I am impressed. One thing I missed (maybe fast forwarded past it) was what finish you applied to the fretboard; I saw you going through multiple levels of finer and finer abrasive paper until it looked glossy but was there an actual sealer or varnish applied at some point?
Ted, thanks for watching! On this fingerboard I used CA (superglue). That happened in ep 2: ruclips.net/video/fK3a5QpGOSo/видео.htmlsi=D-tGoiCkJ4Tdgrly&t=491 The CA process is a "thin CA", work fast, let it dry, work fast, let it dry... kinda deal. Gives a great HARD finish on maple and other closed grain woods, not to be used on open pore woods, so NO rosewood fingerboards. The sanding dust gets trapped in the open wood grain and takes all the fun out of the work. Let me know if you have any other questions, I'll help if I can. Be safe and take care!
Nice project with some great innovations. Try wiring the two switches (for 5-way switches are not one) in parallel for way less switching noise. I could list a ton of improvements but who listens? Might start my own channel!
Fine, how your project finished after all. I still have some parts lying around waiting to get into a guitar. I also have an old Harley Benton ST lying around. But I don't want to mess up another scratchplate, so I'd have to order a custom one. I'd have to take a look what parts I got already. I'm now 50, I think before I'm 60 I'll gonna make me a fine single humbucker ST with two surprises. Surprise one will be a P/P to reverse the polarity of one coil, surprise two will be a P/P to take the tone control out of the circuit. I like having a tone control, but if it's gone, the tone changes a bit. As you know, I prefer audio taper for the volume control and vintage taper for the tone control.
Achim, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! I like that you have a "project list", and isn't it funny how many things get added to a list along the way. I need to get busy to get my "50" list wrapped up, 60 is knocking at the door. Linear vs. Audio. I hear you and I'm on the fence at times. I figured this would be a good guitar to continue testing with. I have mixed feelings about the Linear as a volume pot. I like having a more accurate reduction of volume, but don't like how much rotation is needed to get there with the Linear. Maybe I'll just go with and on/off switch for volume in the future, LOL. Hope you are doing well and it is good to hear from you. Good luck with your projects. Be safe and take care!
@@theNextProject I kind of have a list in my head, but no plan for a project. Maybe I just order a one humbucker scratchplate and solder a little, drill some holes and so on. My plan was to place the humbucker, it's a Tonerider Generator F-spaced, around ten millimeters further away from the bridge than usual, but a custom scratchplate is so much money, and I need to get back on track. Don't worry, I'm in the plus a good sum, but I want to have a bigger plus (for the good sleep ;) Actually, I have some killswitches flying around. The guitar is supposed to get a killswitch. A correct killswitch actually makes a short circuit in the output, an interrupted signal gives a nasty sound. I was surprised when I found out. Can't wait to enjoy -The Next Project-!
Thanks for watching! Interesting, I'll have to look up the Samick HSS models. I'm pretty happy with the end result, fun and challenging project. Hope you're doing well man, take care
@@theNextProject yeah, phenomenal work dude. I know you don't get big headed so I'll stop there. These Samick models are from the 90's sorta low budget but have burl tops and open face. Mine was a LK 35 GUS indicating the color and type of top. They did come from Korea too. Headstock is tilted back a good bit and the neck is fast and thin. They rival a Squier bullet 1 and early contemporary Strats. I try to mimic the 80's Era cause I grew up in the 70's I would say the Samick is a super Strat for sure cause it has the HSS , the top laminate and even binding on the body face. Done in olive burst with a red mahogany back and side's. Sustain for days! I just rescued it from a pawn shop that took it from a guy I had done a partial trade with. Unfortunately he had sold the guitar and took off on me. Funny thing is, I traded my best blonde Starcaster for it and now I have it back. What a story there. Doing well my friend, doing well. Hope you are too.
Bob, thanks for watching! Agreed, turned out to be a really gorgeous guitar. I really wish I could play better, this guitar makes me feel pretty lame, lol. My playing is just another thing to work on. Take care!
LOL, Chris, thanks for watching, and reading too! What, you only caught one error? Go back and check my work again! There are likely other issues lurking about. I'm not at all surprised there are typos in there. My brain and fingers have some communication issues, then spelling gets involved, then everything is a free for all. I'll have to send you prerelease videos in the future, we can get this sorted out. Hope all is well, have a great weekend!
Mark, thanks for watching and the next project is... I'm doing some work on a '90 Jackson Soloist. New frets, pickups, wiring... and a good cleaning. It's seen a lot of miles but still a very solid guitar. Then there is a long list of short-list items. Not sure what will happen, stay tuned!
Plains, thanks for watching! Okay, to be honest - I have a "friend" who broke the table off "his" benchtop drill press. It seemed like a good bit of info to share so the rest of "us" don't suffer the same problem "he" did. The cost of a new table was equal to the cost of "his" entire drill press. Crazy. As they say, "oh crap" happens, or something like that. Hope you are doing well, take care!
Thanks for watching, and I'm glad to hear you have an interest in building a guitar. There are a lot of ways to go about such a task. A full "from scratch" build, or maybe a kit, or even just picking up a used guitar and taking it apart to get a feel for what's going on in there. If you have any questions, let me know, I'll try to help if I can. NOTE: I don't get notifications to ongoing messages in a string, so if you have questions, it would be best to start a new comment. We could go to email or something after that. Good luck with your future endeavors!
James, thanks for watching! Yes, it will likely go on to a life with someone who can actually play it for what it is. I'm working on my playing, but it's a loooong road ahead. All good, I'm having fun. Hope you are doing well, take care!
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Wow! That is an entirely new guitar. It bears no resemblance to it's former self.
I am totally blown away. I couldn't believe you used CA glue to finish the fretboard, the whole guitar was a phenomenal piece of work.
I binge watched this series until I couldn't keep my eyes open last night. I watched the last of the last episode today and it was well worth it. Thank you for all that you do, it is very informative and inspiring.
Many thanks!
Really glad you enjoyed the project, it was a lot of fun and had its share of surprises along the way.
CA is a really tough finish for a maple fingerboard (not for use on rosewood).
The open grain of rosewood ends up looking like plastic, but on Maple it's a really great finish!
Hope to hear from you again, plenty of other crazy projects happening here.
Until then, be safe and take care!
Dude, I damn near cried when you broke into Walk, Don't Run😢...The Ventures are one of my late Dad's favorite groups!!
This was a very fun series to watch...the attention to detail was one of my favorite things about it. Remarkable!
Carl, thanks for watching!
I really enjoy surf music too (strangely I'm from the central states = no surf...).
I try to play that stuff, but my fingers have their own plan at times. Hopefully I was close, and glad you could recognize the tune.
This has been a really fun and challenging project. Some ups and downs, but the end result is a pleasure.
I appreciate your comment/compliment, as I'm often on the fence wondering where to draw the line on some detail items.
Since there is no deadline on projects like this, I can take the time and attempt to do the job as best I can.
Thank you again, be safe and take care!
Same!! Loved the Ventures since I was a kid! I gave up on guitar long long ago but the last 5 years or so took up 3 string cigar box guitar building and playing! Why? Because 6 strings are 3 strings too many 😆 and I can play (finally) Walk, Don’t Run … after a fashion!!
the ground bus is a fantastic idea!!!
Joel, thanks for watching!
I've been giving that ground bus idea more thought. More ideas, can't shut my brain off.
So far, what I've done seems like a good idea. If there is a downside, hopefully someone will let me (us) know.
Hope all is well, be safe and take care!
I’d actually purchase some of those if they were available for sale.
Great work. I look forward to the Next Project!
Chris, good to hear from you again and thanks for watching!
It's a looker now, pretty happy with it.
Up next, hmm. Could be a few things.
Some bench and tool mod work, winding pickups, build/mod a pickup, a re-fret/mod of a Jackson Soloist... Not sure what will roll out first. Too many projects, too little time.
Hope all is well, take care!
@@theNextProject I'm really interested in your pickup winds. That always seemed really complicated but you make it look easy enough for maybe me to try for myself someday.
@@Chris.Wiley. I hope you have a stand-alone video of winding these picks coming out soon.
It's not hard to do, maybe not easy either. An acquired touch perhaps? Stay tuned.
Holy smokesss! That turned out great.
I have always loved maple fret-boards against dark colored bodies like red, black, green etc.
Cant wait for the NEXT PROJECT haha!!
Vishal, thanks for watching!
Agree, the blonde maple agains a darker body color is a great look. That was one thing that caught my eye when I purchased this project.
There are a few things in line for "the next project".
Some tool projects coming up - may be boring to you.
Pickup winding project.
A pickup build/mod/test ( P-Rail inspired ).
A re-fret, new electronics swap of a '90 Jackson Soloist.
A cheap guitar cosmetic mod.
A couple scratch builds planned (need to find the time).
So much to do, so little time.
Hope you are doing well, be safe and take care!
Congratulations on a job well done. What a nice guitar. It will be interesting to see how you feel about it in a few months time once the dust has settled, literally and metaphorically. In my experience both in the studio and on the bench I've been pleasantly surprised that I've been quite pleased with the final product when I wasn't so sure when I finished the job. And there's often the great feeling of bonding with a guitar when you've worked on it if you're lucky. Anyway thanks for the great content.🙂
Bassman, good to hear from you again and thanks for watching!
Great question regarding how I'll feel about it in time.
I wasn't really sure where this project would go when I started, and then there were a few surprises I didn't expect, the neck, the knot in the body...there is always something interesting hidden, ha!
At this point, I'm pretty happy having taken this ultra cheap/affordable (cheap), guitar and basically making it playable.
It is actually a better guitar than I am player now. That wasn't the case when I started. It will take me years of practice to up my game - I do need to work on that.
Hope you are doing well, take care!
There’s a RUclips or Facebook guy (iirc a cbg builder) who sells pickup winder kits… I need to get one! Been wanting to try that but hobbling together old sewing machines or just sticking a bobbin on a hand drill doesn’t do it for me… that there winder is the ticket for diy pickups!!
A ground buss for multiple wires… genius!!!
Great synopsis and wrap for this project! I’d been watching a few other videos during breakfast and literally nodding off to sleep but yours woke me up and gets my complete attention!!!
Randy, good to hear from you and thanks for watching!
Winding is a fun and interesting thing. I had big plans a few years back when I originally made this winder, then I upgraded it a bit... Still not winding many pickups, but it is getting easier. One issue is my eyesight at working distance for winding leaves a little to be desired, always something. I have my "reading" glasses, then a visor binocular thingy.
Dang wire is so thin.
This winder was pretty easy to build, probably cost $70 at the time, mainly due to purchasing 2 of most parts. I expected to get parts that didn't work, but nearly everything was good.
I am thinking to upgrade the motor again, but honestly, this will run 1200+ rpm, and for me that's probably fast enough. The faster motor I'm thinking of, 3000 rpm, will just get in a jamb that much quicker.
Have you cut any new slots yet? ;)
Be safe and take care!
@@theNextProject😆 no slots yet! My work area is embarrassingly jumbled and messed up! During each build there is the usual swearing and cursing looking for a tool and/or part…at the end of a build there is the obligatory “I’m gonna clean this up and organize before the next build!” And then I start the next build in the workplace’s same sad state… I just came home from errands and said “okay…today I cleanup the workspace!!! ….. but first, Lunch!!” 🤣 we’ll see what happens…
WOW, we sound like the same person.
I do edit out most of the cursing, but it's there. I'm attempting to get orgainized, as I start another project. So, I don't know what that really means.
Lunch sounds like a good plan, we having a beer with lunch?!
:)
@@theNextProject 😆 Not yet! I save that for the afternoon!
New here.
Just binge watched this whole project.
You’re my new DIY hero.
Thanks for documenting & sharing your work/courage.
Tha ks for watching, and WOW watched the whole project - thanks!
I'm glad to share the projects, hoping others will get an idea or two along the way. It's all fun and a challenge.
Take care!
Best one yet. This has been a great journey to go on.
Breaded, thanks for watching!
I had a great time with this project too. A fair number of unforeseen things, but that's where the flavor hides, good times. So far I'm liking the pickups too. I wasn't sure if they would be on the weak side, but depending on the amp setting, they are light and clean or reasonably growly. Now, I gotta work on my chops.
Hope all is well, take care!
I really enjoyed this build series. You can think outside the box for sure. Lot of good ideas and techniques i came away with. Well done.
Sal, thanks for watching!
Glad to hear your finding some of this stuff useful. Please take any idea and improve on it, make it your own and fit the way you work too.
Good luck with your projects, be safe and take care!
What can I say? To me this is one of your best projects so far, I LOVE how it turned out! Great!
Santo, great to hear from you and thanks for watching!
I really appreciate the comment, it did turn out - far better than I had hoped.
Hope you are doing well, take care!
This has to be the most work I've ever seen anyone put into modding a budget guitar... but it was worth it. All 9 episodes were like watching one guitar porn video after another. One thing that made me chuckle was that I've actually cut little round pieces of sandpaper and superglued them to the chuck end of a drill bit (a couple bits actually), then put the bit in backwards and used the other end to sand with. I can't remember what exactly I used it on which is weird because I'm reminded of it every time I use those bits because the sandpaper is still there lol. But yeah, that thing looks awesome.
Stu, thanks for watching!
It probably is the most work done on a budget guitar, or at least one of the most... I've done similar silly things on various kits and whatnot.
Sandpaper glued to the shank of a drill bit is brilliant, and definitely along the same wavelength I was tuned to. We have a need, and find a way to satisfy it.
I enjoy stumbling across things like that, they are fun solutions that help keep momentum rolling.
Glad you enjoyed the porn series, guilt free!
Hope all is well, take care!
This project turned out amazing! Well done sir, she’s a beauty! ❤
Lyricbread, thanks for watching!
It did turn out well, I'm pretty happy.
Be safe and take care!
Great Built, it was a pleasure to watch the episodes🙂Looking forward to the next project. Besides: You´re editig is great! I like youre sense of humor and you´re approach to building/modifiying.
Regards from Germany🖖
Tobias, greetings from Florida US, and thanks for watching!
I'm really glad to hear feedback on editing and project presentation. I'm always guessing how to present these projects, and I don't want to bore people.
I'll try to keep making fun projects for us all.
Hope you are doing well, be safe and take care!
Glad you followed on my "more go than sho' " advice from the previous John 😉... Turned out very nice - looking and sounding, pick-ups deliver great range of style / tone... If you now pick up your playing game you can truly do it justice 😊.
Great hack on the bus! Tidy! And tipical, that nitty-gritty attention to the itty-bitty.
Really enjoy your work and pun, all the best! Greets, PTR.
(... but that "Gretsch" though... - now that was some bit of kit...)
PTR, thanks for watching!
Agreed, it seems to hold it's own, and is waaay better than I am.
I do need to up my game, another thing on my to-do list for sure.
Hope you are doing well, be safe and take care!
Congratulations, John! That is a masterpiece of a guitar and it sounds like a real Strat. Great Job!
Stay safe,
Jens
Jens, good to hear from you and thanks for watching!
It's definitely not the guitar that left the factory. It's come a long way.
Hope you are doing well. Take care!
@@theNextProject Always a pleasure to watch Your videos! Only the last video of a project hurts: firstly there are no more episodes left and secondly we all have to look at one of the most beautiful guitars that we can't have.
Is there already a new theNextProject in the pipeline?
I am doing well, I hope You are doing well too, my friend.
Jens, WOW - thank you!
That's a really nice compliment and greatly appreciated.
Yes, there are many "next projects", too many.
I'm doing a little sorting of parts, and trying to get organized. Also fleshing out the storage area of the workbench.
Then there are some guitar things happening. I'll be re-fretting a '90 Jackson Soloist, rewiring, new pickups, and some clean-up work. Also has an original molded case that needs serious attention, as the guitar wants to fall out of the case. Not good!
I have an old Harley Benton TE-20 Telecaster clone that is going to get some kind of cosmetic makeover. It looks good now, but... you know.
I want to build a bass guitar, a want to build a LP double-cut, and another Gretsch style guitar.... Oh, I'll be doing a pickup winding video soon, and also a build/mod/test attempting to may a P-Rail style pickup.... Oh, so many ideas, so little time.
Take care my friend!
Ground buss is genius. I end up with a load of earth wires in a heat shrink cocoon.
Brilliant final result.
Graham, thanks for watching!
Yep, I think we can refine and improve that ground bus idea.
My brain is spinning on that topic still.
AND... I'm looking inside a Jackson Soloist from the 90's. Interesting, it has shielding paint under a clear coat, with a ground screw/wire then run to a copper strip under the switch and pots. All electronics are the soldered to the copper strip, rather than to the pots. Another good way to skin a cat.
Hope you are doing well.
Take care my friend!
@@theNextProject I remember something I can't remember what I looked in had a screw into the shielding paint and all earths were soldered to spade connectors that clamped in place.
Beautiful man....👍 Sounds good too.....
Thanks for watching!
It did turn out pretty good, way better than when it left the factory, LOL. I wish I were a better player (working on it), as the projects all deserve a better play-through, but that's another project.
Be safe and take care!
The RUclips algorithm through this video at me. New subscriber. 😊
Shadow, glad they pointed you in this direction. Take any ideas you see here, make them better, make them your own.
Hope you enjoy the projects.
Be safe and take care!
Your usual cleverness and now fantastic finishing. Nice
Hey Steve, thanks for watching.
I aways want to pull a rabbit out of a hat. Sometime I'm a bit surprised myself.
Thank you again, be safe and take care!
Nice job. I like the way you used the tone cap to ground both pots.
Dugbert, thanks for watching!
I'm aways experimenting, and so far that grounding thing seems to be working.
Be safe and take care!
The guitar I’m building is also a strat with just one tone control, so you’ve just saved me some research. Great work, can’t wait for the next one
Fab, thanks for watching!
I like "simple" controls, works best for me.
Be sure to do your research however, I am know to do things wrong. It happens.
Also, test your wiring on the bench before sticking it in the guitar body if you can.
I have a few things in line, not sure what will be next. Might be some tool mods, or bench mods, or it could be a guitar re-fret, or ???
Thanks again for watching, take care!
Excellent series. I bought a Starcaster at a pawn shop with a similar idea in mind and was looking for ideas. This goes a bit further than my training and tools. But it was very educational. Looking forward to starting my build now. Thanks for sharing!
Billy, thanks for watching!
Good to hear you picked up a Starcaster, it's a great platform to mod and have fun with.
Keep me posted as to your project.
Be safe and take care!
Amazing and so entertainment... I saw the whole serie while I was taking a bath😅... Very good content!!!
Andreas, greetings from the US and thanks for watching!
WOW, that was a looong bath, LOL.
I like your channel, you've been very busy.
Greetings from the US!
Be safe (in the bath), take care!
@@theNextProject Thanks!!! Greetings from Germany 🤘I also try to build my own guitar, so your content helps a lot. ☺️👍
Amazing! You're a true artist and a great problema solver! Congratulations
Xavier, good to hear from you and thanks for watching!
I greatly appreciate the comment/complinent.
Hope you are doing well, take care my friend!
Turned out spectacular! This was an enjoyable little journey -- I'm going to subscribe for more!
You totally made more work for yourself by having no pickguard! I'm definitely sticking with one for the Starcaster for my brother, as I wanted a platform to be able to send him "loaded pickguards" for my experiments through the mail instead of having to ship the whole guitar back and forth from Ohio and Massachusetts whenever he wants a change. He's requested a cheap set of Firebird pickups to start, which I might set up with Bill Lawrence wiring, which should be fun!
Hey Mark, many thanks! It was a fun and challenging project, then I made it even harder, lol.
Keeping the pickguard is a great idea, and to help with swaps - if you go with locking tuners on your build, you won't need to remove the strings to get the pickguard off.
The wilkinson bridge can be detuned (keeping strings on), the springs removed and the bridge pulled out of the hole along with the pickguard.
The locking tuners are a big plus for that. Standard tuners will basically allow the same thing, but they tend to uncoil and that's a bit messy.
Sound like you've got a great project underway, have fun and thanks for joining the crew, glad to have ya hangin' with us all!
@@theNextProject Great tip for swaps! I hadn't considered it before. Might even work with non-locking tuners if you put a capo on the first fret, so they don't uncoil so much. Hrmmm... 🤔
great idea, worth a try!
Beautiful! You have inspired me! I have an old strat that I got from a street market for no money that I did a bad relic job on. Time for a revamp!
P G, thanks for watching and I'm really glad this project has inspired you to grab that old strat and do something with it.
Whatever the goal, just be sure to have fun, even when some parts aren't.
Good luck, and keep me posted.
Take care!
At last!! Great build!! Loved every episode and learned a lot from them. Thank you.
Thanks for watching and so glad to hear there were ideas to gather.
Take care!
That just turned out beautiful. Wow! YOU, are the man.
Hey Mike, good to hear from you!
I think I owe you a response to an email or text message yet. Sorry for the delay there.
This guitar turned out pretty sweet & shinny!
Take care my friend!
@@theNextProject , no worries ole buddy. I just was thinking I had to get back to the guy. I’ve put him off for a couple of weeks. Not good 😁😞
Sounds good.
Take care my friend!
Love the color, great job. I just finish a Strat project today myself. Turned out better than expected. Yippee!!!
Dan, thanks for watching, and Congrats on your Strat project too!
Time to start planning the next project!!!
Enjoy your new git.
Take care!
@@theNextProjectThese starcasters are cool mod platforms...I picked up an early starcaster p-bass with a pointy headstock and proceeded to replace everything with genuine fender or better parts. Mine was also black with a 1-ply pickguard...it's now aqua blue with a 3-ply white pearl guard. One of my favorite projects, and tho many have come and gone, this one's so good that not only is it staying, I actually sold my fender p-bass because the starcaster is a few pounds lighter
@@jasondorsey7110 Jason, thanks for watching and that's a great comment there. Glad you're enjoying your StarModCaster! It's fun fixing things up.
Be safe and take care man!
Unbelievably kick ass work. It looks beautiful and sounds great. Subscribed for the quality, and passion, and results.
Mr. Beck, thanks for watching!
This has been a great project, and I'm glad like it too.
Thanks for joining the family, hope to hear from you again.
Be safe and take care!
A very nice guitar with a great Sound. Very good Job. 👏👏👏👍👍👍🙂
Thanks for watching, this was a fun project and I'm pretty happy with the results. I like the sound too, glad the pickups turn out good.
Take care!
Great job. I have really enjoyed this build. Thanks for sharing your work.
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the project.
Overall, it is a hugely improved guitar, I think we saved it. : )
Hope all is well, take care!
Gorgeous!! Love the red. One of the best you've modified! Great job!
Hey Laura, thanks for watching!
That's very nice, I need to look back at past projects and give them an objective comparison. Interesting - Thank you!
Be safe and take care!
Another beautiful guitar!
Emrys, good to hear from you and thanks for watching!
How is the practicing going? I need to set aside some time for that.
Glad you like the guitar, I'm pretty happy with it too.
Be safe and take care!
@@theNextProject absolutely! My practice has been going. It’s hit or miss, but I’ve also been delving into bass and enjoying it more!
Great looking guitar. Love the sound too.😊
Ahmad, thanks for watching!
I'm pretty happy with how this project turned out. It sounds way better than my playing allows. I need to work on that.
Be safe and take care!
I loved every episode of this project, especially the problems anyone could run into. Thank you for putting that in…seems nobody really does in these videos. Guitar came out awesome, great color. Reminds me of the Michiya Haruhata japan only signature model strat without the cumbersome floyd
Thanks for watching!
Glad you found the "issues" to be worthwhile. I know a lot of us run across things, and if we can share the blunder, others may benefit.
Hope all is well, take care!
Looks awesome, sounds awesome, You have again knocked it out of the park
Hey Matt, thanks for watching!
I'm really glad this project came together as is has. There were a few questionable problems we had to navigate, but all worked out in the end.
I wish I would have taken more "before" photos, as I look at this guitar now, and I can't really imagine where it started.
Greatly appreciate you hanging out with me through all the projects and episodes, thank you!
Take care my friend!
@@theNextProject It's a night and day difference from where it started. You've done an awesome job.
Great work and a brilliant presentation video.
Keith.
Keith, thanks for watching, and glad you enjoy the deliver.
Be safe and take care!
Sweeeet Strat. Beautiful. Great work as usual.
Hey Jim, good to hear from you and thanks for watching!
Many thanks, and much appreciated.
It did turn out pretty sweet.
Hope all is going well for you, take care!
Great job! Really innovative with the ground buss, could probably sell those.
Thanks for watching!
Glad you like the ground bus idea, seems like it should work okay.
This was a fun project, lots of opportunities to invent, lol.
Take care!
As usual, excellent work, excellent tips and trix, excellent guitar, excellent video! Thank you.
Nils, good to hear from you and thanks for watching!
Glad you enjoyed the project. I was hoping some of my process idea would be of help to others. I expect people to take an idea and make it better - then share the improvement with me ;).
Hope you are doing well, take care my friend!
Great job. For all the earth connections to the pot, i use a micro terminal for pcb builds. I solder it to the pot and that allows me to screw in the negative wires. Similar to your idea there
Thanks for watching!
Great idea using a micro terminal. I can picture it now - clean and functional.
Thanks for sharing that, cool stuff.
Take care!
This turned out to be another awesome build/mod project. Thank you!!
Thanks for watching and hanging with me during the project. Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Be safe and take care!
very nice guitar and it's so great that it's unique, personal, not just a mass produced thing. That ground lug idea on the volume pot is killer. The pickups had plenty, a noiseless version would be interesting for high gain playing.
Thanks for watching!
It has been a great project, feels good to turn a turd into a better version of itself. I guess there isn't much original material left in this guitar, hmm.
I was looking at some stacked "noiseless" single coil bobbins the other day. I may have to do some experimenting soon.
Hope all is well, be safe and take care!
Mate, that looks fabulous!
Les, thanks for watching!
It really did turn out nice. Huge improvement from when I picked it up.
Hope you are doing well, be safe and take care!
Looks killer and sounds great! Nicely done 👍
Tim, thanks for watching and I greatly appreciate that.
I need to work on my chops, but this old dog seems a bit resistant to some things. It does sound good, way better than I do, Haha!
Hope all is well, take care my friend!
I'm amazed by the project, the time spent on that, all the episodes but, is not anymore the cheap Starcaster it was supposed to be. Is something totally different that can't be called Starcaster anymore. I own one, beside a Telecaster, a Jackson and a Kramer. Is fun to play it like it is, and it's a damn good cheap guitar.
80sPhoenix, thanks for watching!
Yep, this was a busy project, and like you said, it's not the cheap Starcaster anymore.
I've heard a number of people have great starcaster guitars, sadly this one had so many problems when I got it, likely the reason it ended up at Goodwill.
It's in the hands of a new owner now, he seemed thrilled when he got it, so that make me happy.
I'll have to check out your videos.
Take care!
Man has got some skills. ✌🎸
Many thanks!
Glad you enjoyed the project.
Be safe and take care!
Another great job, very interesting series of videos.
David, thanks for watching!
Glad you enjoyed the project, it was a challenge, and fun. Good times.
Take care!
This turned out to be really nice. Did I hear "Hot for Teacher" in there? Nice one!
I listened to a podcast episode years ago where Phil McKnight was asked about these. Apparently they're just Squier's... made in the same factory and everything. However, Fender didn't want to use the Squier branding in the big box stores where these were being sold (yet they put the Fender logo on the headstock??) so they just reused the Starcaster name as a brand instead. I think they're pretty cool if you aren't afraid to do a little work. They're usually sold second hand for less than a Squier, and you get the cool late 60s - 70s oversized headstock. Great project guitars, for sure.
Curator, thanks for watching.
Yep, that was "hot for teacher", until I realized I don't really know how to play it, lol.
Interesting info about squier building the starcasters. Thanks for that info, good to hear stuff like this.
Hope all is well, take care!
This project was dope. I enjoyed this.
Daniel, thanks for watching!
Glad you enjoyed.
Be safe and take care!
looks and sound beatiful. enjoyed ever part great job
Monty, thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the project.
Take care!
Congratulations for this excellent work, this guitar is magnificent and it sounds. ❤️ 👍🏻😉
Jack, thanks for watching!
I appreciate it, and pretty happy with the way it turned out.
Huge improvement from where it started.
Take care!
Brilliant work!
Thanks for watching!
best project so far...😊
Janaka, thanks for watching and I appreciate the compliment.
Take care!
Breja toneworks channel is where I got all my wiring diagrams ...there are alot of cool mods for strats and others...I have to borrow that the bus idea..very cool..👍
Breja has some great wiring and how-to videos. I actually watched a couple of his vids before jumping into this. I think I borrowed/learned from his "Strat switch" video.
Take that ground bus idea and make it better, what I did is just a starting point, a prototype.
Take care!
Nice job.
A Free-Way Blade switch would have been a major Mod you could have done, and it's not apparent, doubles the tones from available from the pickups.
Thanks for watching!
I'll look into that switch, maybe I can go that route on the next strat-ish project.
Thanks for the idea, take care!
Great job!!
Thanks for watching, I appreciate the comment.
Be safe and take care!
@@theNextProject Even though I can't play guitar worth a Darn, love your content!! Takes patience!
BTW, love your Aguila T-Shirt!! I took a brick of Aguila today and tested the new Springfield 2020 Rimfire!! Indoor range of course, Phoenix still has the daytime temperature of Mustafar!!
I watched the whole thing and I am impressed. One thing I missed (maybe fast forwarded past it) was what finish you applied to the fretboard; I saw you going through multiple levels of finer and finer abrasive paper until it looked glossy but was there an actual sealer or varnish applied at some point?
Ted, thanks for watching!
On this fingerboard I used CA (superglue). That happened in ep 2:
ruclips.net/video/fK3a5QpGOSo/видео.htmlsi=D-tGoiCkJ4Tdgrly&t=491
The CA process is a "thin CA", work fast, let it dry, work fast, let it dry... kinda deal.
Gives a great HARD finish on maple and other closed grain woods, not to be used on open pore woods, so NO rosewood fingerboards. The sanding dust gets trapped in the open wood grain and takes all the fun out of the work.
Let me know if you have any other questions, I'll help if I can.
Be safe and take care!
Nice project with some great innovations. Try wiring the two switches (for 5-way switches are not one) in parallel for way less switching noise. I could list a ton of improvements but who listens? Might start my own channel!
Thanks for watching!
I'm listening, now I need to hear more.
More info on the switch wiring, I'm interested.
Let me know.
Fine, how your project finished after all.
I still have some parts lying around waiting to get into a guitar. I also have an old Harley Benton ST lying around. But I don't want to mess up another scratchplate, so I'd have to order a custom one.
I'd have to take a look what parts I got already.
I'm now 50, I think before I'm 60 I'll gonna make me a fine single humbucker ST with two surprises. Surprise one will be a P/P to reverse the polarity of one coil, surprise two will be a P/P to take the tone control out of the circuit. I like having a tone control, but if it's gone, the tone changes a bit.
As you know, I prefer audio taper for the volume control and vintage taper for the tone control.
Achim, good to hear from you and thanks for watching!
I like that you have a "project list", and isn't it funny how many things get added to a list along the way.
I need to get busy to get my "50" list wrapped up, 60 is knocking at the door.
Linear vs. Audio. I hear you and I'm on the fence at times. I figured this would be a good guitar to continue testing with.
I have mixed feelings about the Linear as a volume pot. I like having a more accurate reduction of volume, but don't like how much rotation is needed to get there with the Linear.
Maybe I'll just go with and on/off switch for volume in the future, LOL.
Hope you are doing well and it is good to hear from you.
Good luck with your projects. Be safe and take care!
@@theNextProject I kind of have a list in my head, but no plan for a project.
Maybe I just order a one humbucker scratchplate and solder a little, drill some holes and so on.
My plan was to place the humbucker, it's a Tonerider Generator F-spaced, around ten millimeters further away from the bridge than usual, but a custom scratchplate is so much money, and I need to get back on track. Don't worry, I'm in the plus a good sum, but I want to have a bigger plus (for the good sleep ;)
Actually, I have some killswitches flying around. The guitar is supposed to get a killswitch. A correct killswitch actually makes a short circuit in the output, an interrupted signal gives a nasty sound. I was surprised when I found out.
Can't wait to enjoy -The Next Project-!
Looks nice! I'll take a video, a crappy one of my latest
Thanks!
This guitar now reminds me of my Samick HSS. Open face too.
Thanks for watching!
Interesting, I'll have to look up the Samick HSS models.
I'm pretty happy with the end result, fun and challenging project.
Hope you're doing well man, take care
@@theNextProject yeah, phenomenal work dude. I know you don't get big headed so I'll stop there. These Samick models are from the 90's sorta low budget but have burl tops and open face. Mine was a LK 35 GUS indicating the color and type of top. They did come from Korea too. Headstock is tilted back a good bit and the neck is fast and thin. They rival a Squier bullet 1 and early contemporary Strats. I try to mimic the 80's Era cause I grew up in the 70's I would say the Samick is a super Strat for sure cause it has the HSS , the top laminate and even binding on the body face. Done in olive burst with a red mahogany back and side's. Sustain for days! I just rescued it from a pawn shop that took it from a guy I had done a partial trade with. Unfortunately he had sold the guitar and took off on me. Funny thing is, I traded my best blonde Starcaster for it and now I have it back. What a story there. Doing well my friend, doing well. Hope you are too.
gorgeous !
Bob, thanks for watching!
Agreed, turned out to be a really gorgeous guitar.
I really wish I could play better, this guitar makes me feel pretty lame, lol.
My playing is just another thing to work on.
Take care!
Very nice
James, thanks for watching!
Glad you like.
Take care!
( i before e except after c ) Great build. Fun to watch. Now on to a doubleneck ?
LOL, Chris, thanks for watching, and reading too!
What, you only caught one error?
Go back and check my work again! There are likely other issues lurking about.
I'm not at all surprised there are typos in there. My brain and fingers have some communication issues, then spelling gets involved, then everything is a free for all.
I'll have to send you prerelease videos in the future, we can get this sorted out.
Hope all is well, have a great weekend!
I just blame my keyboard wehn 🤣 I have spelling issues @@theNextProject
Very nice! Next project…?
Mark, thanks for watching and the next project is...
I'm doing some work on a '90 Jackson Soloist. New frets, pickups, wiring... and a good cleaning.
It's seen a lot of miles but still a very solid guitar.
Then there is a long list of short-list items. Not sure what will happen, stay tuned!
Love it!!!
Jon, thanks for watching, take care!
You too,Brother! @@theNextProject
Ooooo that's purdy
Hey Brother, thanks for watching!
Hope all is well, take care!
How, ummm, how do you know that tidbit about using blocking to protect your drill press table? 😂
Plains, thanks for watching!
Okay, to be honest - I have a "friend" who broke the table off "his" benchtop drill press.
It seemed like a good bit of info to share so the rest of "us" don't suffer the same problem "he" did.
The cost of a new table was equal to the cost of "his" entire drill press. Crazy.
As they say, "oh crap" happens, or something like that.
Hope you are doing well, take care!
I want to build a guitar!
Thanks for watching, and I'm glad to hear you have an interest in building a guitar.
There are a lot of ways to go about such a task. A full "from scratch" build, or maybe a kit, or even just picking up a used guitar and taking it apart to get a feel for what's going on in there.
If you have any questions, let me know, I'll try to help if I can.
NOTE: I don't get notifications to ongoing messages in a string, so if you have questions, it would be best to start a new comment. We could go to email or something after that.
Good luck with your future endeavors!
Sell? After all of this you're not planning on keeping it? Seriously, I'd consider being buried with it.
James, thanks for watching!
Yes, it will likely go on to a life with someone who can actually play it for what it is. I'm working on my playing, but it's a loooong road ahead.
All good, I'm having fun.
Hope you are doing well, take care!
Hey man could I contact u direct ? Need a friend ngl
Thanks for watching!
What's up?
@@theNextProject sorry man. Was drunk last night trying to forget about a girl. Don't even remember writing that comment.
@@LeeBurton-t9d ah, those women folk. Make a fellas eye twitch at times. Hang in there, better times ahead.
Take care!