Hi Allen... Thank you, it's looking not to bad if I say so myself... ;-) But would I do it again? and yes the big question... how does it sound and what's it like to play... and does it come close to a Fender Custom Shop... all will be revealed soon... ;-) God bless and speak in due course... Stu
@@StuGuitarChannel That's great - I'll catch it tomorrow - looking forward to seeing the final product - it's definitely been a labour of love for you!
So here it is - PART 8 - do check-out PART 1 - ruclips.net/video/DK1PVW35pTU/видео.html - and PART 2 - ruclips.net/video/eYZ1qQFRnRU/видео.html - and PART 3 - ruclips.net/video/KCCGHDISl00/видео.html - and PART 4 - ruclips.net/video/WBnXUAw2U1c/видео.html - and PART 5 - ruclips.net/video/BFosHko3b0U/видео.html - PART 6 - ruclips.net/video/aG53hJO02eI/видео.html - PART 7 - ruclips.net/video/9bjxlCbYJyU/видео.html - if you missed those. PART 9 coming in due course... Thank you for watching! If you benefit from what you see and hear, please give a ‘Thumbs Up’, ‘Subscribe’ & ‘Hit the Bell for Notifications’ it all helps the channel algorithms. Much appreciated! Do check-out my channel playlists… - Custom Guitar Build - Q&As Answering topical questions - Stu's Guitar Recording Journey - Unboxing Music Equipment Videos - Stu's Guitar Journey! (12 part Video Series) - Guitar Backing Tracks - Blues, Ballads and Cinematic - Stu's Guitar Channel short Trailer *Brought to you by Stu’s Guitar Channel - Enjoy Playing Guitar.
Great finish on it, I'm interested how you'd get a better finish if you weren't relic-ing it. Overall thus far from a guitar newbie in general this has been a great education. Thanks for bringing us ( well me at least ) on this journey. I did fancy having a go until you got to the wiring a lot of which went waaaaaaay over my head. Tune next time maybe? All the best brother, great job.
Hi Pete... Many thanks... There are easier ways to get a standard clean finish and I'll kind of address that in another video as I've been collecting comments and discussions regarding various questions on guitar building - not that I'm any kind of expert but just my observations during this build. There are different approaches to wiring and I will cover that. Ahh yes... the reason I built the guitar... to play some tunes... ;-) It's actually playing very well without any set-up but it definitely needs set-up properly - so once that's done (and this is a very useful thing to learn) - it's "playing a tune time"... ;-) God bless... Stu
Poll comment: Purposely crack the pickguard with a couple screws, or no? I was looking forward to this one, and the timing is great. We've just had the worst flood in memory which included every room, so I've been busy with roof, ceiling and floor repairs. No wall damage, at least. And almost no equipment lost, thanks to the fact I wake up at 5a.m..Finally after a week, I have a day to breathe because I just got word the new carpets will be a day late, so I have nothing to do today but watch videos and apparently catch a head cold? Curious what kind of wiring you used. I like gibson 50s style wiring in everything but my tele which I like to take the tone circuit out of the neck. Ideally I'd have broadcaster blend wiring but where the neck position is wide open not muffled, and the middle position is the blend. But I can't find anyone who knows how to do that lol I knew the checking would look great, didn't suspect it wouldn't show up well on camera. Mine shows up well, but remember I did it to a production line Les Paul Standard, so the paint is ridiculously thick. It's probably also the different colors, gold being lighter to show off the lines maybe. Now I'm curious how the ferule peel might be avoided? I think if they were recessed, it would wear like that anyway just not laterally, more heterogeneously. So maybe sand even more of the ferule peel away? I'm no expert, definitely don't listen to me lol
Hi Craig... Ouch!!! I'm sorry to hear about your troubles... that's quite a challenge to deal with... flooding is so destructive and causes so much damage in so many ways, really sorry to hear this has happened. Thankfully it sounds like your gear was spared from what could have been a very upsetting outcome, I do hope you are able to get your home back in shape soon. In regard to wiring - I used 'Vintage Stranded 22AWG Hook-up Wire' and the loaded control plate was a spare Fender Custom Shop Nocaster 52 fully loaded wired plate. I have to admit, wiring is not my strong point and I just followed the Texas Special pick-up wiring diagram that came in the box. In the next video (completed guitar) I will photograph the body from different angles with various lighting to see if I can get it to show up more on screen. I knew the ferrule hole area would get damaged and I was not bothered. Certainly, if someone wanted to avoid this then there are really good sanding pads available that don't need water and don't clog... but they are pricey. Otherwise, filling holes full of wax is popular along with just avoiding sanding with a block too close to the holes. I did think about peeling away more around the holes to exaggerate the damage but in the end I just wanted to get the thing put together... ;-) Next video is the big tell... was it all worth it? Take care Craig and all the very best with the house.... Stu
@@StuGuitarChannel I appreciate it. It's not as bad as it sounds once you know more. It's not the house I have the family in, so they're comfortable at what we call the castle, and it's what we call the dungeon that flooded (the cottage was spared as well). It's a berm home, concrete floors, buried rock exterior walls, no load-bearing interior walls, so it's impervious to structural damage. After a roof repair and ceiling patch and carpet removal and cleanup, we're ready to put in a new floor and start bringing gear back into the room.
@@CraigFlowersMusic Hi Craig... good to hear... I had visions of your guitar collection floating down the street.. ;-( The Castle sounds interesting... ;-) regards: Stu
You know, when you first put down the blue I was like "eh, not my cup of tea but as long as Stu likes it then good for him" but seeing the picture of the finished product at the 20min mark, it is very cool looking and a great colour. Here is a question for you, off topic but since you mentioned ground loop problem, have you ever used or tried eliminating hum/buzz with copper tape? If so, was it successful?
Hi Weasel... Interesting thing about the blue which is due to the metallic... it looks different in different types of lighting and at various angles. In generally flat even lighting is where you see its true colour no matter what angle you look at it. I will be doing a video on various questions I was asked regarding the build and the big question - does it stack up against my Fender Custom Shop Tele 61 ;-) Copper foil... no I have not used it and I decided not to go down that route. I have seen and heard several tests where copper foil and paint have been put up against each other in a side by side bench test. The result were pretty much comparable and in one test the paint was a bit better. The only thing I would say about the paint is, it needs a good key so a light sanding of the cavities should be done. 3 coats are best and once completely dry, when I came to do the final guitar body clear-coat lacquer - I also sprayed the painted cavities. The lacquer (tests have been done) does not affect the paints properties but will help to stop the paint peeling and bits causing shorts on wiring connections. As I said in the film I had to insulate my jack socket prongs as they were touching the sides of the jack socket hole. Are you still having earthing issues? regards: Stu
@@StuGuitarChannel Yes, just with my Gretsch Jet. I have switched where the amp is plugged in etc, sometimes it is stone dead silent, and then other times as soon as a string is played the buzzing and humming is awful. My luthier said nothing can be done about it, but I find that hard to believe and because I live in such a small place he is the only guy in town. Thank you for taking the time to reply.
@@weasel6535 Hi Weasel - If I can help it's my pleasure... its getting late here and I'm in the middle of finishing a job that came into the studio so I will give this some thought tomorrow and will likely ask you a few questions to see if we can resolve this... regards: Stu
Absolutely stunning work brother! Can't wait to hear it.
Hi Allen... Thank you, it's looking not to bad if I say so myself... ;-) But would I do it again? and yes the big question... how does it sound and what's it like to play... and does it come close to a Fender Custom Shop... all will be revealed soon... ;-) God bless and speak in due course... Stu
It's looking so amazing, Stuart. Love it m8ty
Hi Scouse... thank you... it does look quite fetching... ;-) Next week we get to hear how it sounds and was it all worth it? ... ;-) regards: Stu
Wow - it's looking amazing now! Really enjoying this project!
Hi Nige - many thanks - final build video (Video 9) goes live tonight a little bit later than usual.... regards: Stu
@@StuGuitarChannel That's great - I'll catch it tomorrow - looking forward to seeing the final product - it's definitely been a labour of love for you!
So here it is - PART 8 - do check-out PART 1 - ruclips.net/video/DK1PVW35pTU/видео.html - and PART 2 - ruclips.net/video/eYZ1qQFRnRU/видео.html - and PART 3 - ruclips.net/video/KCCGHDISl00/видео.html - and PART 4 - ruclips.net/video/WBnXUAw2U1c/видео.html - and PART 5 - ruclips.net/video/BFosHko3b0U/видео.html - PART 6 - ruclips.net/video/aG53hJO02eI/видео.html - PART 7 - ruclips.net/video/9bjxlCbYJyU/видео.html - if you missed those. PART 9 coming in due course...
Thank you for watching! If you benefit from what you see and hear, please give a ‘Thumbs Up’, ‘Subscribe’ & ‘Hit the Bell for Notifications’ it all helps the channel algorithms. Much appreciated! Do check-out my channel playlists…
- Custom Guitar Build
- Q&As Answering topical questions
- Stu's Guitar Recording Journey
- Unboxing Music Equipment Videos
- Stu's Guitar Journey! (12 part Video Series)
- Guitar Backing Tracks - Blues, Ballads and Cinematic
- Stu's Guitar Channel short Trailer
*Brought to you by Stu’s Guitar Channel - Enjoy Playing Guitar.
Great finish on it, I'm interested how you'd get a better finish if you weren't relic-ing it.
Overall thus far from a guitar newbie in general this has been a great education. Thanks for bringing us ( well me at least ) on this journey.
I did fancy having a go until you got to the wiring a lot of which went waaaaaaay over my head.
Tune next time maybe?
All the best brother, great job.
Hi Pete... Many thanks... There are easier ways to get a standard clean finish and I'll kind of address that in another video as I've been collecting comments and discussions regarding various questions on guitar building - not that I'm any kind of expert but just my observations during this build. There are different approaches to wiring and I will cover that. Ahh yes... the reason I built the guitar... to play some tunes... ;-) It's actually playing very well without any set-up but it definitely needs set-up properly - so once that's done (and this is a very useful thing to learn) - it's "playing a tune time"... ;-) God bless... Stu
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Poll comment: Purposely crack the pickguard with a couple screws, or no?
I was looking forward to this one, and the timing is great. We've just had the worst flood in memory which included every room, so I've been busy with roof, ceiling and floor repairs. No wall damage, at least. And almost no equipment lost, thanks to the fact I wake up at 5a.m..Finally after a week, I have a day to breathe because I just got word the new carpets will be a day late, so I have nothing to do today but watch videos and apparently catch a head cold?
Curious what kind of wiring you used. I like gibson 50s style wiring in everything but my tele which I like to take the tone circuit out of the neck. Ideally I'd have broadcaster blend wiring but where the neck position is wide open not muffled, and the middle position is the blend. But I can't find anyone who knows how to do that lol
I knew the checking would look great, didn't suspect it wouldn't show up well on camera. Mine shows up well, but remember I did it to a production line Les Paul Standard, so the paint is ridiculously thick. It's probably also the different colors, gold being lighter to show off the lines maybe. Now I'm curious how the ferule peel might be avoided? I think if they were recessed, it would wear like that anyway just not laterally, more heterogeneously. So maybe sand even more of the ferule peel away? I'm no expert, definitely don't listen to me lol
Hi Craig... Ouch!!! I'm sorry to hear about your troubles... that's quite a challenge to deal with... flooding is so destructive and causes so much damage in so many ways, really sorry to hear this has happened. Thankfully it sounds like your gear was spared from what could have been a very upsetting outcome, I do hope you are able to get your home back in shape soon.
In regard to wiring - I used 'Vintage Stranded 22AWG Hook-up Wire' and the loaded control plate was a spare Fender Custom Shop Nocaster 52 fully loaded wired plate. I have to admit, wiring is not my strong point and I just followed the Texas Special pick-up wiring diagram that came in the box.
In the next video (completed guitar) I will photograph the body from different angles with various lighting to see if I can get it to show up more on screen.
I knew the ferrule hole area would get damaged and I was not bothered. Certainly, if someone wanted to avoid this then there are really good sanding pads available that don't need water and don't clog... but they are pricey. Otherwise, filling holes full of wax is popular along with just avoiding sanding with a block too close to the holes. I did think about peeling away more around the holes to exaggerate the damage but in the end I just wanted to get the thing put together... ;-) Next video is the big tell... was it all worth it? Take care Craig and all the very best with the house.... Stu
@@StuGuitarChannel I appreciate it. It's not as bad as it sounds once you know more. It's not the house I have the family in, so they're comfortable at what we call the castle, and it's what we call the dungeon that flooded (the cottage was spared as well). It's a berm home, concrete floors, buried rock exterior walls, no load-bearing interior walls, so it's impervious to structural damage. After a roof repair and ceiling patch and carpet removal and cleanup, we're ready to put in a new floor and start bringing gear back into the room.
@@CraigFlowersMusic Hi Craig... good to hear... I had visions of your guitar collection floating down the street.. ;-( The Castle sounds interesting... ;-) regards: Stu
You know, when you first put down the blue I was like "eh, not my cup of tea but as long as Stu likes it then good for him" but seeing the picture of the finished product at the 20min mark, it is very cool looking and a great colour. Here is a question for you, off topic but since you mentioned ground loop problem, have you ever used or tried eliminating hum/buzz with copper tape? If so, was it successful?
Hi Weasel... Interesting thing about the blue which is due to the metallic... it looks different in different types of lighting and at various angles. In generally flat even lighting is where you see its true colour no matter what angle you look at it. I will be doing a video on various questions I was asked regarding the build and the big question - does it stack up against my Fender Custom Shop Tele 61 ;-)
Copper foil... no I have not used it and I decided not to go down that route. I have seen and heard several tests where copper foil and paint have been put up against each other in a side by side bench test. The result were pretty much comparable and in one test the paint was a bit better. The only thing I would say about the paint is, it needs a good key so a light sanding of the cavities should be done. 3 coats are best and once completely dry, when I came to do the final guitar body clear-coat lacquer - I also sprayed the painted cavities. The lacquer (tests have been done) does not affect the paints properties but will help to stop the paint peeling and bits causing shorts on wiring connections. As I said in the film I had to insulate my jack socket prongs as they were touching the sides of the jack socket hole. Are you still having earthing issues? regards: Stu
@@StuGuitarChannel Yes, just with my Gretsch Jet. I have switched where the amp is plugged in etc, sometimes it is stone dead silent, and then other times as soon as a string is played the buzzing and humming is awful. My luthier said nothing can be done about it, but I find that hard to believe and because I live in such a small place he is the only guy in town. Thank you for taking the time to reply.
@@weasel6535 Hi Weasel - If I can help it's my pleasure... its getting late here and I'm in the middle of finishing a job that came into the studio so I will give this some thought tomorrow and will likely ask you a few questions to see if we can resolve this... regards: Stu