Dude…excellent work…I can hear Fender Custom Shop calling your name….I really enjoyed this series and would love to see you do more….rock on my man!!!!
Even a neck with an f'd up trussrod is salvageable. Peel the fretboard off, take the old one out and put a new one in. Theres a risk youd probably have to say goodbye to the old fretboard but its doable.
For sure, you're right! It's just beyond my level to dig into that, at this point. One day I'll get there. Until then, I'll just keep documenting what I learn.
I have a lot of Aria Pro II,s, basses and guitars. My favorite is my 85 Night Warrior and my zz, the Explorer shaped guitar, have the bass and guitar. Very good video, im going to do my first fret job so this came in handy. On the guitar your working on doesn't the truss rod have access where the body meets the neck, there is a little opening to get a truss rod in there for adjustment. All i did was cut the Allen wrench a little shorter so it fits in. I know that you took the neck of to work on it but was just wondering.
The Aria's are great, for sure. I've come to really like the one featured in the video. I suppose you could cut down the allen key for setups, but since I had the neck off for the rebuild I just went with what I already had going.
@@CareAgainFishing Yes, that's what I figured, you took the neck off to work on the guitar, make perfect sense. I have a 82 Japanese made Kramer Focus bass and you have to take the neck off to adjust truss rod. I think it's it's a bad design. They make it hard for someone who is not comfortable taking the neck off just to adjust truss rod, took me a while to be comfortable taking the neck off. Good video, Rock on.
I realize this is an older vid, but did you ever get the action fixed ? I have a ‘79 Washburn Hawk that had the same issue and no adjustment could make it right. I wound up shimming the neck on the bottom side and it straightened it out perfectly.
The action on this guitar turned out pretty good. Prior to doing the work, it sat in pieces in a gig bag for a number of year. Before that, it didn't have any strings on it. After a few months of having strings on it the neck pulled itself into true and settled pretty nicely. Come to think of it, I probably need to give that truss rod a tweak. It's been a while.
I haven't been able to find out, for sure. What I *can say is that MK45s came on the Vantage VS600 (1981) I used to own, and they were sweet, sweet pickups.
Thanks! I just learned something! I always thought "relief" was a thing you did to "counteract the problem." Since the tension of the strings is what causes the bow, and the truss rod counteracts that tension, I always thought tightening the truss rod was "adding relief." Now I know better! Thanks! "Relief," for lack of a better way of putting it, is forward bow.
I have an old Aria Pro II Stray Cat. My first guitar. It's as heavy as a battle axe, but I'd love to restore it. Thank you for the video.
The dark art of guitar restoration brought into the light, yay! Great explanation 👌
Glad you liked it!
Totally enjoyed this series
Learns a lot!
Should be proud of yourself and your shredding Son! Awesome
Glad you enjoyed it, Stu!
by the time I watched the previous 3 parts, this one was uploaded. Great transformation with the guitar
Thanks. It was fun to document!
Dude…excellent work…I can hear Fender Custom Shop calling your name….I really enjoyed this series and would love to see you do more….rock on my man!!!!
High praise! I'll be on the lookout for something suitable. Then we can do it all, again!
Nice job. I was impressed!
Fearlessly attempting Polyphia on camera!! Love it!!
He's pretty bold. I used to just be proud. It's at the point where the better word has become "jealous." Kid can play, man.
Even a neck with an f'd up trussrod is salvageable. Peel the fretboard off, take the old one out and put a new one in. Theres a risk youd probably have to say goodbye to the old fretboard but its doable.
For sure, you're right! It's just beyond my level to dig into that, at this point. One day I'll get there. Until then, I'll just keep documenting what I learn.
I have a lot of Aria Pro II,s, basses and guitars. My favorite is my 85 Night Warrior and my zz, the Explorer shaped guitar, have the bass and guitar. Very good video, im going to do my first fret job so this came in handy. On the guitar your working on doesn't the truss rod have access where the body meets the neck, there is a little opening to get a truss rod in there for adjustment. All i did was cut the Allen wrench a little shorter so it fits in. I know that you took the neck of to work on it but was just wondering.
The Aria's are great, for sure. I've come to really like the one featured in the video. I suppose you could cut down the allen key for setups, but since I had the neck off for the rebuild I just went with what I already had going.
@@CareAgainFishing Yes, that's what I figured, you took the neck off to work on the guitar, make perfect sense. I have a 82 Japanese made Kramer Focus bass and you have to take the neck off to adjust truss rod. I think it's it's a bad design. They make it hard for someone who is not comfortable taking the neck off just to adjust truss rod, took me a while to be comfortable taking the neck off. Good video, Rock on.
I realize this is an older vid, but did you ever get the action fixed ? I have a ‘79 Washburn Hawk that had the same issue and no adjustment could make it right. I wound up shimming the neck on the bottom side and it straightened it out perfectly.
The action on this guitar turned out pretty good. Prior to doing the work, it sat in pieces in a gig bag for a number of year. Before that, it didn't have any strings on it. After a few months of having strings on it the neck pulled itself into true and settled pretty nicely.
Come to think of it, I probably need to give that truss rod a tweak. It's been a while.
Does somebody know if MK45 pickups are stock on Stray Cat?
I haven't been able to find out, for sure. What I *can say is that MK45s came on the Vantage VS600 (1981) I used to own, and they were sweet, sweet pickups.
you meant ,There is too much neck relief, tighten truss
you said, ... there is not enough relief,
Thanks! I just learned something! I always thought "relief" was a thing you did to "counteract the problem." Since the tension of the strings is what causes the bow, and the truss rod counteracts that tension, I always thought tightening the truss rod was "adding relief." Now I know better! Thanks!
"Relief," for lack of a better way of putting it, is forward bow.