Watching the person that taught me how to really setup my guitar work on a guitar for the person that taught me how to perfectly make a burger is about as good as it gets. This sentence needs work.
Play burgertime. Pal, you got your lettuce on top of your tomato, your cheese on top of the bottom bun, and your bacon outside the burger, cause bacon is a must or you're just plain not human. You see, the world is made of order within seeming chaos....
Your genuine enthusiasm and joy for gaining and sharing knowledge, is something you definitely share with the people you mention. Like Adam Savage your curiosity and thirst for knowledge is infectious.
I'm a big fan of Alton Brown. He taught me a lot about cooking on Good Eats. From their I developed many cooking skills as I progressed on my own. He got me on my pizza journey which I am an expert on now. Same goes for many other food styles. I love his explanation on the science behind the food and cooking. Also his info on kitchen/cooking tools help a lot. I bought my waffle based on his episode. I learned a round one makes more sense than a square one for example. Thanks Alton!
Amazing! The other day I was thinking Mike had a very similar speech delivery as Alton Brown, then I happen across this video. Gotta love the universe.
Another great video, Mike! Some awesome tips that I never thought of - reverse drill, clamps on bushings - I typically would press bushings on gently with my big ol' rubber mallet (towel between mallet & guitar)! I will make use of those tips in my home guitar repair work. Thanks!
i havent even heard her yet but GOLLY, shes a clean machine. i played one of the new-ish duo-sonic reissues in this local joint in my town a while back before covid and it seriously made me beg the question to buy one but just seeing one up close again here makes me notice that the sheer body geography of this body shape is near-perfect for me. i loved the duo's toggle switch placement so much more than the mustang's
Funny you mentioning Adam and Alton as inspirations for this channel, that’s one of the reasons I started watching your channel. Love your candid presentation style
I love hearing who influences and inspires you to share educational content. The people you named are some of my biggest inspirations, too. I'm glad to have found your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm.
Thanks for the great tips. The distilled vinegar trick is magical. I recently got a 1928 Gretch banjo ukelele that had hung on a smoker’s wall for about 50 years and was super nasty. It now looks practically new and plays great.
Awesome stuff, Mike! Alton Brown’s influence on you definitely shines through and it’s one of the reasons I’ve been hooked on your channel. Your enthusiasm for offset Fenders is so infectious I just ordered my first Jazzmaster. The Troy Van Leeuwen signature in copper age!
This is refreshing - you seem a geek after my own heart! Brown and I have met a few times (not that he’d remember, but we have friends in common), and I’m a long-time Good Eats fan. I also enjoy tinkering with my guitars (almost more than playing them), so it was great watching you get into detail on crafting a nut. That’s something I’ve never worked with, but watching and listening to you made sense of the whole process. I learned a lot from this! Thanks for the tip on bridge height re: intonation, too. I was lucky when I changed the bridge on my Tele (beginner’s luck is my superpower). Subscribed.
Cool video. I enjoy this one a lot. I'm more of a Gibson guy, but I'm now discovering short-scale Fenders (Mustangs, Dual-Sonics). I've been wanting to get a new Squier Classic Vibe '60s Mustang (I can't afford a vintage one) and watching your videos is helping me move in its direction. Thanks.
I briefly met Alton Brown in Florida years ago. Two things struck me - he was very appreciative of his fans, and he was freaking TALL! I'm 6 foot and he towered over me. I'm a super fan of Alton. So cool for you to be working on this guitar!!! PS - I love your channel. I always learn something new with each of these videos. I'm a hobbyist when it comes to working on guitars, but I've fallen in love with it and I'm a very serious student. StewMac has a lot of my money. Keep up the great videos!!!
@@TenaciousPrawn The Alton Brown who signed my cook book was definitely tall... but I went with a buddy, so I'll verify with him. Maybe I just remember him that way because I'm a fan.
I did meet him in 2004. My uncle used to be 6 foot four when he was younger, and now he's a little under 6 foot. If Alton was around 6 ft and had shoes with heels, that might explain it. Or, again, my memory could suck. i still have the signed cook book. He wrote "To Richard - Bake Smart." This is really bothering me. I remember him being taller than me, but of course I believe you - you have his guitar! Darn.
Very cool to see you making the nut - I have a Partscaster in the final stages of being put together by my local luthier and this is exactly how I imagine he is doing it!
That was so satisfying to watch. I really like those old "student" guitars. Another "gentle educator" whose videos I LOVE is Bill from The Chords of Orion channel. If you're into ambiant guitar, check him out!
Drill bit procedure works well, but I might suggest doing it from the front side of the headstock, just in case you got some chip out. Tuners would hide chip out on the back, but the ferrules probably wouldn't on the front side. I love your videos. Thanks!
You're the first person to mention fine tuning by height. It's not widely known. I've been doing it on 3 saddle Tele bridges since 1976. Everybody thinks I have magic voodoo powers. If everyone knew this, the guys who make 6 saddle Tele bridges would go out of business.
Hey Mike, I have bought the Mexican reissue of the desert sand duo-sonic three weeks ago. Had it set up perfectly by a luthier... what can I say, it is one of the most beautiful guitars I have ever played. A miracle, honestly. The playability and the fun factor are absolutely outstanding because of the short scale and the lower string tension(string bendings are sooo easy). Why these guitars don't have a greater audience, I don't know.... So, I loved your video. Please make an extra one about why you seem to like it so much as I do... Thank you for your great "shows"!! Greetings from German, Joe
Right before I noticed this video I was watching some of your others and thinking "who does he remind me of? ---- oh yeah, Alton Brown!" Having seen every episode of "Good Eats" at least ten times, I know AB's moves by heart and your approach to demonstrating on TV, sense of humor, vocal cadences. etc, remind me so much of his work (which I love --- he is one of the great masters of TV).
@@Puisheen Well, you have learned a lot from him and you keep getting better all this time. Some folks just have "it" in terms of "popping" on video/TV, but not everyone works hard to refine it and continually develop it into something valuable and bankable. Keep up the good work! Now I wish I could get your professional critique of my Squier JMJM outfitted with Novak JMV neck and JM90 bridge, Fender vibrato, Compton 9 1/2" radius bar bridge, hipshot locking tuners, Tonerider tone pot, tort pickguard and vintage knobs! It is currently tuned to D standard for the Velvet Underground catalog. I used to have a real '66 in Olympic White with deluxe bound fretboard. Got it for $450 in 1984! But it was stolen in a home break-in 2001 and I can't afford a vintage one. So the JMJM has been my project for years now.
At 21:43 I felt could have been explained better. You angle forward for a nice crisp fulcrum point. If you angle back, or round off the slot, the string will buzz in the slot.
Love the chanel man, if you need to gently drill something I find if you use a drill bit in a tap handle(and counter clockwise drill) that the chances of blowing out one side of the hole or off centering is really low. Keep up the great wor
What a cool guitar. I’ve been super curious about the short-short-scale guitars. Does it feel noticeably more cramped than say a 24” mustang? I guess I worry that my hand would be a claw above the 12th fret.
When I write a song that I want to sing to I always capo on the second fret. I’d love to get a short scale guitar like this and just tune it up a full step.
8:50, interesting. The folks at Roberto-Venn told me always up and down and not left and right, though the left and right makes more sense given what you said about hearing the scratching when bending the strings. I, personally, thought it was odd to go up and down since I wouldn't be able to get the gunk between the small crevasse between the fret and the fingerboard. Next time I clean my rosewood neck, I'll try left and right instead :)
I love my '60 Duo Sonic! Recently, I dropped a set of Sixty Fours from Lollar into it and...wow! What a difference. At the same time, I shielded all the routs under the pickguard with shielding paint so it's quiet as a church mouse now.
Anyone know what value pots come in the duo-sonics? putting a set of Fender Player Series Duo-Sonic pickups in my Squier Mustang and can't decide what value pots/cap to go with!
So happy to see some Duo sonic love. Just bought a player series Duo Sonic myself a few weeks ago. When you setup guitars, whats your opinion on saddle and/or nut lubricant?
Oh yeah that can totally be a problem. Sometimes these instruments can be good candidates for a shim in the neck pocket, which will require raising the saddles, which then increases the downward force on them. That might keep them in place. Also a set of strings that's either heavier or specifically made for the short scale could help here if you haven't tried that already
Puisheen, will you ever review the Squier Contemporary Jaguar? it's like a Jaguar had a one-night-affair with a Les Paul goldtop 😳 it's a hardtail with split coiling humbuckers... still, i prefer to see your opinion about its neck angle and bridge as no one is as knowledgeable as you. thank you (and part of me wants it to pop my Jaguar V card) #lol
If one comes to me, probably. There's not too much I'm excited about with that model, and I never really liked the Japanese version of the Contemporary when it was available.
3:28 this pisses me off so fucking much, i had to replace my tuners because they got fucked up in transit due to it being cold, then for being too hot which caused it to flex just enough that it became unusable and caused me to have a meltdown
Hi ich bin Dieter aus Deutschland und du bist für mich und meinen gitarren eine Richtlinie.und dan wie du gitarre spielst, ich hätte dich gerne in meiner shoegazer band ,aber 3 mal die woche zur Probe das wäre zuviel verlangt. Nichts desto trotz keep gazing
as a fellow neurodivergent person your videos, especially the on the bench videos make my autism very happy :))
Watching the person that taught me how to really setup my guitar work on a guitar for the person that taught me how to perfectly make a burger is about as good as it gets. This sentence needs work.
Perhaps you could find your old English teacher and watch them edit that sentence for you ;D
Play burgertime. Pal, you got your lettuce on top of your tomato, your cheese on top of the bottom bun, and your bacon outside the burger, cause bacon is a must or you're just plain not human. You see, the world is made of order within seeming chaos....
I like Alton even more now
The RUclips algorithm is working correctly. Alton Brown + guitar repair is a great combination.
Your genuine enthusiasm and joy for gaining and sharing knowledge, is something you definitely share with the people you mention. Like Adam Savage your curiosity and thirst for knowledge is infectious.
I'm a big fan of Alton Brown. He taught me a lot about cooking on Good Eats. From their I developed many cooking skills as I progressed on my own. He got me on my pizza journey which I am an expert on now. Same goes for many other food styles. I love his explanation on the science behind the food and cooking. Also his info on kitchen/cooking tools help a lot. I bought my waffle based on his episode. I learned a round one makes more sense than a square one for example. Thanks Alton!
An expert wow. I’m curious what your pizza tastes like.
I just picked up a ‘93 Mexican Duo Sonic at the flea market and this was super helpful to get me started with the restoration.
I love that we live in an age of shared information.
Watching you work is just pure unfiltered joy.
I would love to become a technician/luthier one day.
SKINNY NUTS! Beautiful job, Mike. Really appreciate your care and attention to detail with the nut and tuner holes.
I'm just seeing this video now. Funnily enough I always felt you were the Alton Brown of guitar videos.
Well done, Mike. Interesting guitar. I''d love to hear Alton Brown's story about that guitar.
Same here.
really enjoying the channel. Im a sparky here in oz and i love tinkering with my guitars so its good to come here and learn some new tricks
I like the Strange shirt, and the Lux Plus in the background. Josh fixed one of my amps before and does great stuff.
Josh is a GREAT guy, and he makes a great amp too
Amazing! The other day I was thinking Mike had a very similar speech delivery as Alton Brown, then I happen across this video. Gotta love the universe.
Another great video, Mike! Some awesome tips that I never thought of - reverse drill, clamps on bushings - I typically would press bushings on gently with my big ol' rubber mallet (towel between mallet & guitar)! I will make use of those tips in my home guitar repair work. Thanks!
i havent even heard her yet but GOLLY, shes a clean machine. i played one of the new-ish duo-sonic reissues in this local joint in my town a while back before covid and it seriously made me beg the question to buy one but just seeing one up close again here makes me notice that the sheer body geography of this body shape is near-perfect for me. i loved the duo's toggle switch placement so much more than the mustang's
Holy Shit! I have a '59 Duo Sonic that looks nearly identical. I never would've thought I had something in common with Alton. Awesome.
Great video ... love Alton Brown ...The scientist of cuisine too ...!
Funny you mentioning Adam and Alton as inspirations for this channel, that’s one of the reasons I started watching your channel. Love your candid presentation style
I love hearing who influences and inspires you to share educational content. The people you named are some of my biggest inspirations, too. I'm glad to have found your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm.
I love your OCD my friend, it’s what makes you SO professional.
Hey Mike, you're a true artist and craftsman, always a pleasure to watch you work! 👍
Thanks for the great tips. The distilled vinegar trick is magical. I recently got a 1928 Gretch banjo ukelele that had hung on a smoker’s wall for about 50 years and was super nasty. It now looks practically new and plays great.
I used to watch Good Eats before bed with my parents growing up. Alton Brown is the coolest and this is so rad to see
Just when I thought Alton couldn’t be any cooler. This crossover event brings me joy, good sir!when is the Good Eats x Puisheen collab coming out? Lol
Nice work.
Awesome stuff, Mike! Alton Brown’s influence on you definitely shines through and it’s one of the reasons I’ve been hooked on your channel. Your enthusiasm for offset Fenders is so infectious I just ordered my first Jazzmaster. The Troy Van Leeuwen signature in copper age!
Jealous! The bridge on those play so well I want one in oxblood but that gold is gorgeous
This is refreshing - you seem a geek after my own heart!
Brown and I have met a few times (not that he’d remember, but we have friends in common), and I’m a long-time Good Eats fan.
I also enjoy tinkering with my guitars (almost more than playing them), so it was great watching you get into detail on crafting a nut. That’s something I’ve never worked with, but watching and listening to you made sense of the whole process. I learned a lot from this!
Thanks for the tip on bridge height re: intonation, too. I was lucky when I changed the bridge on my Tele (beginner’s luck is my superpower). Subscribed.
Cool video. I enjoy this one a lot. I'm more of a Gibson guy, but I'm now discovering short-scale Fenders (Mustangs, Dual-Sonics). I've been wanting to get a new Squier Classic Vibe '60s Mustang (I can't afford a vintage one) and watching your videos is helping me move in its direction. Thanks.
Great video on a cool little guitar! Wish Fender would make these available in 22.5" again!
Same!
@@Puisheen That would be the Alton Brown Signature model!
The Adam Savage of guitar maintenance
was that ad discussing pooping habits? lmao
I want Billy Gibbons to play this guitar with 7s.
What song is that? It's fun! Is it a Billy Gibbons track?
@@BenStolz wut
Good job! That's a really cool guitar. Desert Sand is such an underrated color!
I love these videos! GReat work and descriptions! Alton is most likely very proud and stoked that you are breathing new life into this cool guitar.
I briefly met Alton Brown in Florida years ago. Two things struck me - he was very appreciative of his fans, and he was freaking TALL! I'm 6 foot and he towered over me. I'm a super fan of Alton. So cool for you to be working on this guitar!!! PS - I love your channel. I always learn something new with each of these videos. I'm a hobbyist when it comes to working on guitars, but I've fallen in love with it and I'm a very serious student. StewMac has a lot of my money. Keep up the great videos!!!
@@TenaciousPrawn The Alton Brown who signed my cook book was definitely tall... but I went with a buddy, so I'll verify with him. Maybe I just remember him that way because I'm a fan.
I did meet him in 2004. My uncle used to be 6 foot four when he was younger, and now he's a little under 6 foot. If Alton was around 6 ft and had shoes with heels, that might explain it. Or, again, my memory could suck. i still have the signed cook book. He wrote "To Richard - Bake Smart." This is really bothering me. I remember him being taller than me, but of course I believe you - you have his guitar! Darn.
Very cool to see you making the nut - I have a Partscaster in the final stages of being put together by my local luthier and this is exactly how I imagine he is doing it!
Man, this guitar is so cool! So pumped that you got to work on Alton's guitars!! Congrats congrats
That was so satisfying to watch. I really like those old "student" guitars. Another "gentle educator" whose videos I LOVE is Bill from The Chords of Orion channel. If you're into ambiant guitar, check him out!
Drill bit procedure works well, but I might suggest doing it from the front side of the headstock, just in case you got some chip out. Tuners would hide chip out on the back, but the ferrules probably wouldn't on the front side. I love your videos. Thanks!
Celebrity guitar tech, Puisheen!
Love the 50s Duo-Sonics and Musicmasters...the fathers of the Mustang. Even the non offset bodies on these are nice. And the colors! ;)
You're the first person to mention fine tuning by height. It's not widely known. I've been doing it on 3 saddle Tele bridges since 1976. Everybody thinks I have magic voodoo powers.
If everyone knew this, the guys who make 6 saddle Tele bridges would go out of business.
It makes such a big difference! Glad to hear you've been using height to fine tune as well!
Fantastic 😍
Hey Mike, I have bought the Mexican reissue of the desert sand duo-sonic three weeks ago. Had it set up perfectly by a luthier... what can I say, it is one of the most beautiful guitars I have ever played. A miracle, honestly. The playability and the fun factor are absolutely outstanding because of the short scale and the lower string tension(string bendings are sooo easy). Why these guitars don't have a greater audience, I don't know.... So, I loved your video. Please make an extra one about why you seem to like it so much as I do... Thank you for your great "shows"!! Greetings from German, Joe
This guy is awesome
It sounds awesome 😎
About to start on a 64 musicmaster 22.5 project - this was crazy helpful!! All of it, esp the info on the bridge wire - I was wondering!!
Right before I noticed this video I was watching some of your others and thinking "who does he remind me of? ---- oh yeah, Alton Brown!" Having seen every episode of "Good Eats" at least ten times, I know AB's moves by heart and your approach to demonstrating on TV, sense of humor, vocal cadences. etc, remind me so much of his work (which I love --- he is one of the great masters of TV).
His work has had such a huge impact on me! Thanks for saying this!
@@Puisheen Well, you have learned a lot from him and you keep getting better all this time. Some folks just have "it" in terms of "popping" on video/TV, but not everyone works hard to refine it and continually develop it into something valuable and bankable. Keep up the good work!
Now I wish I could get your professional critique of my Squier JMJM outfitted with Novak JMV neck and JM90 bridge, Fender vibrato, Compton 9 1/2" radius bar bridge, hipshot locking tuners, Tonerider tone pot, tort pickguard and vintage knobs! It is currently tuned to D standard for the Velvet Underground catalog.
I used to have a real '66 in Olympic White with deluxe bound fretboard. Got it for $450 in 1984! But it was stolen in a home break-in 2001 and I can't afford a vintage one. So the JMJM has been my project for years now.
@@Fatherflot64 That sounds like a lot of fun!
Skillz.
thanks for sharing
Good call, Old English is the crowned king of fretboard conditioners.
Sadly, I could find no photos online of your Data cosplay. But back to the guitar at hand - gorgeous!
At 21:43 I felt could have been explained better. You angle forward for a nice crisp fulcrum point. If you angle back, or round off the slot, the string will buzz in the slot.
Love the chanel man, if you need to gently drill something I find if you use a drill bit in a tap handle(and counter clockwise drill) that the chances of blowing out one side of the hole or off centering is really low. Keep up the great wor
Man... I wish I was a member of the skinny nut club.
What a cool guitar. I’ve been super curious about the short-short-scale guitars. Does it feel noticeably more cramped than say a 24” mustang? I guess I worry that my hand would be a claw above the 12th fret.
Skinny Nutz!
When I write a song that I want to sing to I always capo on the second fret. I’d love to get a short scale guitar like this and just tune it up a full step.
I had a '57 Duo Sonic and it had Grover tuners.
Did you use any generous pinches of Kosher Salt?
8:50, interesting. The folks at Roberto-Venn told me always up and down and not left and right, though the left and right makes more sense given what you said about hearing the scratching when bending the strings. I, personally, thought it was odd to go up and down since I wouldn't be able to get the gunk between the small crevasse between the fret and the fingerboard. Next time I clean my rosewood neck, I'll try left and right instead :)
Matt I've heard this a few times and it's very odd to me, but you know, it's a technique thing and everyone does things differently
Cool video
Mike, have Alton pay you in French Toast.
Great video! What grain steel wool will you use to clean the RW fretboard?
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I love my '60 Duo Sonic! Recently, I dropped a set of Sixty Fours from Lollar into it and...wow! What a difference.
At the same time, I shielded all the routs under the pickguard with shielding paint so it's quiet as a church mouse now.
Welcome to the OCD club, because, good enough, is not good enough.
Is it bad that I like it before watching mike at work? Lol
I'm super late to the party but...does anyone know what that gold guitar is on the rack to his left??? Its beautiful! 😍
where can I find more about this pooping habit?
Luke I wish I'd clocked the provider of the ad because wow
woulda been cool if you could have gotten his reaction but awesome channel dude!
I woulda gone w Burly or even just the purple 11 set. That 22 g string is a killer
I saw a video on a 65 Duo Sonic and it had two switches on the upper bout for pickup selection . Is there a selector switch / toggle on the 59 ?
Wonder how much it will cost to have mine done… 62 duosonic
Another great vid. Wondering which pedal board you use, and which power supply?
What kind of oil do you use for fretboards Mike, boiled linseed?
Regular old lemon oil!
Anyone know what value pots come in the duo-sonics? putting a set of Fender Player Series Duo-Sonic pickups in my Squier Mustang and can't decide what value pots/cap to go with!
What does fudging the radius mean? The E's are higher?
The Duo-sonic was designed as a child's guitar much like the Mustang , for people with really small hands and of course a short scale neck .
So happy to see some Duo sonic love. Just bought a player series Duo Sonic myself a few weeks ago.
When you setup guitars, whats your opinion on saddle and/or nut lubricant?
Hey Mike, what size Irwin Quick grip did you use. Cheers.
Hey buddy, quick question, just got a Mustang Bass PJ Player model, so toploader. Any tips for securing better intonation, the saddles move A LOT.
Oh yeah that can totally be a problem. Sometimes these instruments can be good candidates for a shim in the neck pocket, which will require raising the saddles, which then increases the downward force on them. That might keep them in place. Also a set of strings that's either heavier or specifically made for the short scale could help here if you haven't tried that already
How do I clean the switch on my 59 duo sonic
I have a 59 maple neck if you are interested in checking it out!
Are these truly worth it? Ice seen 58's regularly. So are they a missed deal and steal at about 2,500 apiece? Sand tone, amd Tan see through as well.
Just wondering, what did you use to clean the back of the headstock?
I use either some regular old Ernie Ball polish or Meguiar's #7 Show Car Glaze
If I close my eyes and listen all I can see in my minds eye is Jack Black.
Hmm. Needs salt.
Dude! You have like $500 worth of Stew Mac nut files but no $10 feeler gauge that you can get at any auto parts store?!
Puisheen, will you ever review the Squier Contemporary Jaguar? it's like a Jaguar had a one-night-affair with a Les Paul goldtop 😳 it's a hardtail with split coiling humbuckers... still, i prefer to see your opinion about its neck angle and bridge as no one is as knowledgeable as you. thank you (and part of me wants it to pop my Jaguar V card) #lol
If one comes to me, probably. There's not too much I'm excited about with that model, and I never really liked the Japanese version of the Contemporary when it was available.
If I had someone doing work on my guitar, I would WANT them to have OCD!
Shouldn’t you be wearing a dust mask when sanding bone?
How did you not play the Good Eats theme song on that?
With god as my witness,,, it did not even occur to me
what song on demo?
3:28 this pisses me off so fucking much, i had to replace my tuners because they got fucked up in transit due to it being cold, then for being too hot which caused it to flex just enough that it became unusable and caused me to have a meltdown
Offset God.
Hi ich bin Dieter aus Deutschland und du bist für mich und meinen gitarren eine Richtlinie.und dan wie du gitarre spielst, ich hätte dich gerne in meiner shoegazer band ,aber 3 mal die woche zur Probe das wäre zuviel verlangt. Nichts desto trotz keep gazing
Lol, Data cosplay
That ad....