Tom DeLonge Starcaster Build - Modding a Squier Starcaster
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- Опубликовано: 25 окт 2024
- Tom was playing his Fender Custom Shop Starcasters at Coachella and on the Blink tour. They are really cool. We don't have to wait for Fender to release a signature series. We can just mod a Squier.
Inlay Lightburn files are available on my store. Link below.
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eBay Neck
Everyone wants to know which neck I bought on eBay. You simply have to search for "strat replacement neck". Then in the filters, for country of manufacture check the box for China. Filter by price max= "80" dollars. Then scroll till you find a neck with the rosewood board and large headstock. If you're lucky like I was, you'll find a baked maple one. Good Luck.
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All Music Composed by Mark Gutierrez
Photo of the overhang on the neck I used can be found on the community page. www.youtube.com/@MarkGutierrez/community
Mark, what kind of lacquer spray did you use on the headstock?
@@mdkotler Stew Macs Aged Clear lacquer then Stew Macs Satin Nitro. Use the aged clear to color it, so as many coats to get the right aged look, then after it dries, spray the satin on top.
Mark, can you post a link of what neck or a similar style neck from eBay?
@@justanotherdude182 I posted a link in the description. Essentially you want to search eBay for "strat replacement neck" then use the filters to filter by Price max= 80. Country of manufacture=China. Condition=New. www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=strat+replacement+neck&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_ItemCondition=1000&LH_PrefLoc=2&imm=1&rt=nc&Country%252FRegion%2520of%2520Manufacture=China&_dcat=41423
Hi Mark, i know this is a longshot and may be too much. But any chance you can provide measurements of each of the stickers? I want to buy it directly from the link, but from where i live and also currency exchange, the price is too ridiculous for me to buy it. Figured I could make the stickers myself as I have a design/printing background. Thanks for your time boss.
I also DMed your instagram. You may reply anywhere that works best.
I gotta say this is impressive. Hands down this is the best recreation I’ve seen of a guitar here on YT
Dude this guy metalcop did a recreation of jerry cantrells single humbecker telecaster almost down to the crazy drawings that were on it. He did like 4 videos on it. Well worth the watch
So rad ... the inlays on the neck are next level. Those stickers bring back some good memories... We played a couple shows with The Queers and they spend the night at our place when they came to KC. They're still one of my favorite punk bands to this day. We never got to play a show with the Descendents, but we did get to play a couple shows with ALL. Those were the days.
Wow! I'm impressed. Descendants and ALL were a huge part of my high school days.
KC sucks
Dang, wish I had your woodworking skills. I’d be creating custom guitars all the time lol Very cool to see the whole process. Turned out great 👍
Nice music at the beginning I feel like I’m in the waiting room of a spaceship
Just for the level of detail you did reconfiguring this, I don’t hate the Fender price point. I do love how you in the process did EVERYTHING right beyond any normal manufacturers quality control. Either way, starting off with an affinity series and having mod options like this are a huge selling point for me.
Amazing, wish I had the skill to do this. Seriously amazing work!
This was very well done. I love how you combined the use of old-school guitar building with the use of modern tools. I especially love how you cut out the fret markers to make space for the new ones and the attention to detail! Wish I had your skills.
love the guitar and the playing at the end. great work!
Yup that was really cool I enjoyed the watch
This was an awesome build, Mark! Thanks!
the background music you make for your videos is delightful
What great content. It’s also amazing to see all TD fans build his new guitar. Seems fairly straight forward with the way you made yours. I had the same thought process on the build. I loved my OG TD Strat back in the day. Unfortunately life was hard back then and I had to let some guitars go and that was one that went. I was grateful to own it but it did tour with me for a few years and I had to let someone else appreciate it.
Gotta be kicking yourself now. They’ve appreciated quite alot and the new reissues are 1200 dollar dogshit.
Great craftsmanship! LOVED the music you played at the end
the instrumental was insane!!! so good
Love your music. Reminds me of Tycho. Got a SoundCloud or are you on any streaming platforms? Great job
Interesting bit of "forensic luthiery"! The "after-market inlay" process was very cool.
DAMN!!! Dude! That is a fucking incredible job. Absolutely love it
Great work. Modifying electronics in these looks like a dog's breakfast.
Amazing creativity man
This is an amazing video. I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it!
I love that man that's awesome! Good for you that's sweet tom would want that
Mark!! 🎨 💪 Thanks For Sharing 🎸 🎶 ✌
I liked the Squier in its original form.
dope job and that jam at the end was slamming !
wow the song at the end sounds so good
this guy is very talented musician and artist also an awesomw guitar builder
that inlay work is amazing
Bravo Mark!
AVA vibes in the outro jam. 🤘🎸🌒
nice craftmanship !
Very cool and underrated channel. This is the dude you got a subscribe and like to.
This is wildly impressive. 99.999999% of every other person who wants to do this same copy will not do so, or do so as accurately just based on the inlays alone. Sick. Just sick. Now I want a laser.
This is so freaking sick. Amazing work. I want one of these so bad!
That was fun. Thanks
Dude INSANE JOB! Congratulations!
Subscribed. Listening to your video felt like meditation. The guitar turned out amazing too.
I usually skip it when the makers play the guitar after the project is completed but didn't this time. Really dug what you played.
I envy your skill. What a great build you got there.
That thing is gorgeous and you sir are very talented! I'd be happy to buy it for what you picked it up for.....😂😅
Sure. Hit me up on instagram and make an offer.
Nicely done!
so glad you went with original 5 arrowed smiley vs 6 arrows
Wow, that's just incredible piece of work! Fascinating to watch! I really enjoyed this one!
Amazing!
Awesome Sir
Incredible video - would be super interesting to see how you re-create his signature es-333. I’m assuming you’d need to start with an epiphone dot studio, and do something similar as the starcaster?
Very inspiring, thank you
This was so damn awesome and your ending jam sounded better than blink lol
I have a feeling these will shoot up in price in the near future. 300 bucks for a semi hollow that can bang with a few simple mods. Tom is definitely making these popular again..
Great work.
Great build! 🎉
Good job 👍🏻
So well done!
clean work man!
Great work
Really impressed with this build. Good job mark
Nice work! I've looked into converting a Squier Starcaster myself. 👍
Great job!!
Amazing job!!
What size and type of drill bit did you use to drill the new volume pot hole? Thanks for this video! It's super helpful!
Squire will take you higher 👆 🎉🔥 Butternasty tones 🎶
Man, I can’t get over that Squier headstock 🤮 Cool analysis and work, man.
Mark the build was phenomenal, the guitar sounds amazing, but the song that you played out of this world. Where can I get that song? Thanks
I really dig the original headstock, surprised he went with a old school fender headstock. To each their own. Other than that, dang fine work.
The original old school headstock is growing on me. It's definitely unique.
thought the same! o love how dramatic the original headstock is, but tom's guitar looks good anyway
I could listen to marks background music 24 7
Reminds me of Disentergration era Cure meets Chemical Brothers
I cant wait to buy a shell pink one!! I hope they release early april
Awesome man! 👏🏼
Nice work!!! I'll be putting mine together in a few months after I get all the parts together!!!
this is incredible
Holy shit this man is a wizard 😳😳😳...freakin surgeon damn!!!!
I've heard that his pickups are actually custom-wound on an SH-5 base, so they may be hotter than stock.
This is true. I know mark dilorenzo and got to go to the factory in santa barbara. More like a shop. We talked about tom delonge and he said tom has had most pickups custom wound even his invaders
wonderfull job!
It turned out so awesome! 💚🎵
I swear people only started to like starcaster after they find out that tom uses it. I had a fender reissue starcaster (which was oddly made in china) back in 2015 and everytime my friends came over they always thought it was ugly, even tho they're also a blink fan...
The original Starcaster headstock is awful tbh. Tom's take on it is not just unique but pretty cool, no one else has a Fender guitar like this one which pretty much resembles what happened back in 1999 and we all know how the story ends.
I never liked them and still dont like them. 70s fenders were a blight on the company. Everyone in the usa factory were on drugs and drinking all the time. Terrible quality control.
To be honest I never even knew that this model existed, but I do think it's appropriate to clown on people who only like it now because of Tom 😂 I actually love the shape of it but fender should definitely switch the headstock, it ups the look of it
Likewise. Ive been using an active Starcaster for my punk/hardcore band and got weird looks at first. The growl sold it for me. Now everyone thinks I copied Tom 🙄
@Mark Gutierrez I love your music, not eve to mention the build. Please tell what is the effect pedal/device/chain you used at the end. Beauty ambiance!!
Hi, I'm using the Fractal FM3. The ambient stuff is just one of the cloud reverbs based off the Strymon pedals. On the FM3 they are called: Cirrocumulus, cumulonimbus, nimbostratus and stratocumulous.
Thanks so much, especially the strymon references. I found a reasonably priced reverb called, wait for it... skylar. From GFI. Can't wait to get ambient.
Next project:
1- Get another Starcaster body.
2- Get baritone neck with 70s headstock.
3- Combine to make Tom jealous by beating him to the SubStarcaster before he has one (assuming he doesn't yet)
A Starcaster isn't something I ever thought I'd want, but this guitar+27" scale: nutnutnutnutnut
I come back here from time to time just to hear your outtro. I have to use 4 pedals to get that tone. Id be curious about what you use. Nicely done
Hi, I use a Fractal for all my recordings. That video used an FM3 with a custom patch I created. To recreate it with pedal, you could use a Strymon like reverb pedal running through the effects loop of Deluxe Reverb that's been boosted with a boost pedal.
Great work man!
Awesome job !!! Big Tom Delonge fan. He's amazing and so are you. Your videos are really informative and interesting. One thing that would be cool is if you made your vocals louder. You speak very softly and I have to turn my TV way up on your channel. Sometimes if I forget to turn it down and I switch to another video I get blasted and deafened 🤣😂. Love your work... just turn it up 👍🏼👍🏼🎸🎸
Thanks for the feedback. I'll turn it up to 11 next time. 🤪
Very cool. Can you share the wood laser cut files of the neck pickup and the rest of the holes in the body too?
So awesome! Would be even more amazing if you sold these as a kit cause I’m sure myself included would purchase this! I was thinking of this project for a bit. Now I’m motivated to do it!
Very cool mods! What neck is it that you got? Did the pocket match?
Would love to get the answer too...
Nice.But can u make buckethead gibson bariton with killswitch?
I'm doing a "cheapest baritone" video in the next few weeks. 30" scale. Haven't decided on the body shape but it will most likely be a Strat body.
Dope 🙌🏼
Hey awesome job! I’ve been considering doing something like this myself. Curious how you got the neck to fit! I read some comments and you said it was no big deal, but I’ve heard it can be tough to find a Strat style neck that works with Starcasters. Does this one have overhang? And if so how did you deal with that? Thanks!
Yes. It overhangs but that doesn't impact the intonation at all. There is plenty of room to intonate the saddles properly. I think people are over thinking this. I will say that any neck Strat style neck will fit. Just move the saddles to compensate. The only issue I had was the break angle. The break angle is built into the neck pocket but my angle was off by about half a degree. I compensated with a wood shim from Stew Mac.
this is a cool guitar
Awesome build and playing! One small detail tho. He has the strap button on the back of the neckplate. Like the Squier super sonic guitars.
Thank! Yeah, I knew the strap lock was on the neck plate. I just need to get a slightly longer screw to make it work.
Awesome. What's the name of your song?
The seymour duncan custom pick up… is it the same as the sh-5?
Why did you lay stock music over the end of the video of you playing instead of showing people how it sounds?
This is great, so uh where do I buy?
Would you be willing to make and sell a neck with custom inlays?
What did u do about the gap you’d get with replacing the neck with a Strat neck considering it’s a 22 fret neck with no overhang?
Damn you went all out! Super cool how you did the inlays. I may have missed it, but what neck did you use?
Chinese neck off of eBay. Made the inlays on the laser.
i didnt know he used this humbucker, i know his old one is the gibson dirty fingers right?
This is ASMR
Grouse Work !
Hi Mark,
Any chance I can buy some of those conical fillers for the holes from you?
who-wants-honey.myshopify.com/products/plugs-for-squier-starcaster-tom-delonge
Great work, the guitar looks amazing!!! I just ordered all the parts to build this guitar myself… only question would be the wiring. do you have a wiring schematic or pictures of the details of the wiring?
here ya go: www.seymourduncan.com/images/wiring-diagrams/1H_1V.jpg
Thank you very much
@@MarkGutierrez so for the top pickup and switch, can I just cut all that wiring out since I don't need it? Then for the out of the box bridge pickup (which I'll be replacing with the SDH), can I get rid of all that wiring too? I''m drilling a new hole for the knob port, and replacing the pot completely for a cts 500, can I technically remove all existing electronics that came with the squire? Will the new SDH have all the wiring I need? I hope this question makes since. You did it so fast in your video lol
@@kyleyork6041 the only wires you should keep from the original squire are the ground wire that is coming from the bridge, the ground wire from the jack and the hot wire from the jack. everything else can be tossed.
@MarkGutierrez god I’m glad I saw your response before I did what Reddit told me. They said all I need was the wire for the input jack and that the SDH -5 and new pot would have everything I need. Thanks
The neck needs to be 22 frets with no overhang, am I right? There's so many versions 😢