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Yes. While I have no idea where the pantyhose idea to test sharp fret ends actually originated from, for sure Phil McKnight is to be given credit for bringing the idea to a larger audience - he has been doing that exact test for years now in his videos and AFAIK he is the only guitar youtuber who uses this concept. Gotta give props to Phil...
I was napping, falling asleep to this video, and Brad's soothing voice when that Scream came on, and it tripped me out. I was like WTF was that, Aliens?
People do not realize how much work (if done by hand, even MORE work) a neck requires to make correctly. The truss rod routing, insertion and capping alone is tedious work, if it is a different wood fretboard, that fretboard needs HOURS of work to cut, radius, sand, glue, drill - repeat several times, before it is ready to even begin putting frets on. When I buy a neck and it has perfect fret work, I.E. no sharp edges, no hanging frets, no frets cut short, and no high frets...I count that as HUGE win. If I have to do a little sanding, filing, gluing, refinishing work to it and it has perfect frets....I really do not mind the extra work I have to do.
I've scratch built a dozen or so necks from curly maple or flamed tiger maple for les Paul builds and it is almost 1/2 the build of the entire guitar. mahogany is easier but it still takes a lot of work. Fret boards can take hours of work even if they are prebuilt.Very nice work Brad
Nice job Brad. BTW I finished the Larrivee. (Yes knuckles are bruised battered & scarred) It was 3/4 size. Any way after 2 weeks of humidification all cracks closed except the biggest. So I CA glued the living sh*t out of it, & the other cracks. Sealed all the open wood, etc. The owner was thrilled. Now they're talking about a 70s Gibson acoustic that used as a bludgeon during a family row. I said I'll try. Great idea on the Blend pot. Never thought of it. (After a year & half of US Navy Electrical Electronics training you'd think I'd remember that crap). Any way your boy is impressed.
Don't download the app. The app is not just asking for the right to access your camera, contacts and Wi-Fi network. TEMU also wants the rights to unlock your phone at night without you being there and the right to be able to record audio. You also give TEMU permission to install software on your phone, read your messages and the app can take screenshots.
I couldn't agree more. Temu is such a fraud. I really wish that Canada would police sites like this from China. I was ripped off by Temu for 3 items that were stamped and advertised as solid silver, but i received Silver plated instead. I also asked for a refund for a silver ring that started turning a copper color just after about a week of wearing it. Instead of the full refund i received less than a third of the price i originally paid. I got 6 dollars!!! Please stop supporting these sham companies.
Thankyou Brad It’s my 55th birthday and I think this was the best gift by far I’m super grateful to steward some great gear and a few wonderful instruments What more could one ask for ? Shalom
I must have had bad luck with Tung oil because when I have used it in the past, I find that it stinks really bad years later. I switched to wipe on poly. The satin stuff is pretty good
Great work as always brad, the Bone nut /saddle thing is the coolest mod anyone could make to their fave guitar, but .. it can be stressful when its almost right !! i`v recently done a trapezium conversion on my 12 string bridge set up, hand tooled the lot and a new bone bridge ,made it a lot better,with a custom string set 9.5s to 44` your channel always inspires a bit of experimentation !😉
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That pantyhose test was gold!! Where’s Phil McKnight wearing his wife’s pantyhose?! Love it!! (Hey, if male pro football players can wear them, why not male guitarists?!) Great builds! They came out really nice!
Great work and video, but people need to look into temu.......a lot of people are taking the bait, hook, line and sinker. I simply refuse to even load that website on any device.
The only time l think an Audio Taper Pot is a better choice. Is when the player is partial to doing frequent volume swells with the knob rather than a pedal.
Great video. The "strat" is the most basic form factor of electric guitar in the world. Leo Fender designed it to be modular. I've thrown together many dirt cheap but high quality strat builds in 40 years of guitar slinging. Strats are my thing. I don't care who makes it if the quality and price are right. But when they are not, I do my own build. I laugh my ass off at those who waste money on the Fender "Custom Shop." What a rip! There are also plenty of great aftermarket parts for great prices. For pickups you don't have to settle for Duncan, DiMarzio, EMG, or spend even more on Lollar, Fralin, and some of the other "boutique" brands. I've found good pickups for ten dollars or less.
Another great video, those necks are awesome.Ive never seen that quality of wood (curly maple) on a fender. Maybe custom order or something.All the parts looked good, and I to like the brass saddles.I will be building me one in future. I hope they keep everything in stock until I can get my money right.Things have been kinda tight for me lately. oh well thank you for your videos
I saw your first Temu guitar video and that sent me down a rabbit hole where I bought stuff to build a TEMU strat, and then I went wild ordering a bunch of Chibsons. Unbelievable quality coming out of China in 2024 if you know who to buy from.
Temu has some great deals (except for the clothing) to be sure and I use them a lot. However, for around $200.00 or less you can get a Fire Fly guitar with locking tuners, bone nut, roasted maple neck, roasted ash or mahogany body, 2 alnico five pups and one Hum-bucker in the bridge and stainless steel frets. These are quality guitars that rival Fender made guitars. My 2 Stratocasters cost me $169.00 for a relic and $179.00 for a solid white guitar plus shipping. Just my 2 cents worth. Peace.
Sure those are not your pantyhose? They fit pretty nicely. The laser engraver on the headstock is a good idea; I've been looking for an alternative to water slide decal, and this gives me an idea. Thanks.
You did well, you've got the luthier in you though... Some of what you did was beyond my abilities and to buy all the tools would bunk up the price quite a bit... But for those who are set up this is a great way forward...
I don't think that's what they meant by "pantyhose" test. At least I have never seen it done like that. Thank's for that image that is now etched into my brain Brad ! I'm not going to be able to sleep now. lol.
you know its been a while since I heard you play, and a few short years ago you had great skills, but now I must say your lead lines are just killing it. Nice work all the way around.
Nice man! That turned out great and I really dig that amp. I was checking Temu after your first build from them. Those nice necks sold out fast. I will keep looking for parts from them to complete another build. Should only cost me about a bill since I have the body, pickups and pickguard already! Great work and thanks for the inspiration bro!
Minwax wipe-on Poly also works excellent. Been using it for years. Fine steel wool buffing after it dries gives you a nice satin finish. Only drawback it takes a while to dry, very much depends on your humidity level.
I've used several products like that you can get a Home Depot on guitars with very good results. Rustoleum makes good spray on poly finishes if you're doing a body refin. Saves time when the color and clear coat is in one can.
I was looking for this comment. I have found that tung oil stinks after a couple years. I use the wipe on poly satin. Little trick you can use, add some Japan Dryer to the wipe on poly. It’ll dry faster
Neat. I would like to see how TEMU parts hold up to months or years of settling down, as far as the neck remaining stable etc. Of course, any unfinished or oiled raw maple neck should be expected to shrink a bit. Bill Nash actually says it's a feature that his guitars lose moisture in the first few years. Fret sprout is inevitable.
I wonder if Chinese necks like these are Chinese Maple? It's a softer wood than Rock Maple, and it makes more sense that they'd use it rather than import Maple from North America.
Kinda funny, I'm wrapping up a partscaster while watching this. I've got a sunburst alder Jazzmaster style body, vintage style 6 screw trem, 3 Firebird mini-humbuckers on a Strat style 5-way switch, and a nice Squier Strat neck. I found the neck at Goodwill for like $10-$15, classic one piece maple neck with the walnut skunk stripe and a nice smooth satin finish.
One thing to keep in mind when thinking about the extra work needed with the frets- more and more frequently these days even a brand new instrument from a big name company needs some fretwork and setup. Fret ends rounded, nut slotted down to an appropriate height (most are way too high), truss rod adjustment, bridge height and intonation adjusted. Seriously, I have seen many of these issues with guitars in the couple thousand dollar range.
Hey, once again, good job man I think I’m gonna have to attempt it. Build one of those myself. If I do, I’ll let you know how it came out I should say when I do
Really enjoying your videos and your resourcefulness (esp. your amp videos too)! Those pickups in particular look very well put together - I'm surprised (and impressed) that they even bothered engraving the model into the bobbin. But dude.. that pantyhose test lol!!!!! mad respect
I'll using the the brass bridges, but I feel the trem blocks in brass are well cool too. These are good for getting into builds if starting out, cool vid
@@TheGuitologist in UK I get them for about £20 to £25 you might get them less off temu check their dimension on screw holes and trem holes sometimes they can be a few mm out and can mean DIY drilling which is irksome but 9 times out of ten there bob on i think it makes a difference
I wouldn’t be surprised if that was meant to be a Squire neck, I have a Squire Strat from 2009 that has a flame maple neck with a body that was sprayed Lake Placid blue and then sprayed black.
That's kinda funny! I gave a friend of mine a Custom Fender because my 60's Korean parts and Lafayette made Sears sold 50's maple neck strat style non skunk stripe Truss rod by neck pickup adjuster sounds and plays better.
Being an electrician is one thing, Knowing Your Guitars is another, I have a Fender Champion 110 amp that needs to be fixed,and I don't say "Needs Fixed"!
I hope you can be proud and recover from anything I said that busted your balls and be happy! I can fix the amp Myself but I have an inkling you are better at it than I am.
by the way that 100$ coupon is only free AFTER you make a purchase of a certain amount, it all hinges on a litteral "wheel of fourtune" mini game. misleading.
Don't mind any negative comments on here, I'm a working guitarist who while often window shopping at Gibson sg's and LP's, now feels inspired to buy the tools and parts and make my own. Well done, first class video.
I tried the Vintera 2 70's strat and I was disappointed by the pickup volume. The guitar tone was fantastic, just anemic. So, I thought about building my own strat.
You could build one of the early EVH frankenstrats when he was still using the fender trem and just lubing up the nut, so to speak..Use the Guitar Fetish VEH bridge pickup theyre pretty damn close to what he used and great value for the money
Nice Bianca Censori impression! That, and, what a tribute to Leo's original design: you can make one with parts off a Chinese discount website, with ordinary tools, and it still works, plays well, and sounds like a SSO.
Log pots are different... I've used them for volumes for a while and linear pots for tones... might have to swap them around or do 1 type in my next build
I use linear only for everything... I cannot stand that "all the sudden" BS, for tone there is zero control you cannot mix or blend at all . . also you can make that no load by putting glue over the carbon, then it can be removed if you want and you can make it more precise using the proper applicator, bring the glue down over the edge so if one day you want to reverse you just grab the glue hanging over and peel it off, clear nail polish works well, let it dry to desired consistency, drip over edge so it will peel off... nice budget strat build Brad . . . . . .
One of the biggest issues with Strat type guitars is the synchronised tremolo system, keeping it balanced over time and in tune, I used to think the issue with friction was worse at the neck nut, but there's a much steeper break angle at the bridge so I mean all friction points are important to get on top of reducing or if you can completely get rid of any friction without compromising tone, before I discovered the locking saddle blocks for a standard strat bridge with just one additional upgrade a pand head Allen screw flat and wide to lock the strings to the blocks individually, and of corse if you don't want to for out over the acceptable price range for such a small but clever design, roller blocks do really work well if they're high enough quality rollers, apart fromall that any thing made from high density ptfe works well without too much of a tone loss in fact if you like your pups high and loud a softer than brass bridge saddle block like ptfe or a ptfe nut at the headstock will help reduce those shrilling highs.
Precisely why I prefer hard tails. I wish Fender would make more of them. I also hate the volume knob location. Too close to my picking hand. If they could do away with one of the tone knobs and use the bottom locations for one volume and one tone that would be cool.
The good thing about a Strat is, if you don’t like the volume knob location, and you prefer two knobs instead of three… You can swap the pickguard. You don’t need Fender to change the design, you just need to not be lazy. If you don’t like the bridge floating, slam it. If you don’t like the tremolo system at all, convert it to a hard tail… All this talk about ptfe vs x, it’s snake oil. The thing’s that have the most dramatic effect tone is the pickups, the amp, and the speaker. The speaker being the biggest change. If you genuinely believe you hear an immeasurable difference between materials, you’re lying to yourself. Shout out to Jim Lill for debunking these stupid myths.
@@TheFakeNewsFrog Granted, it doesn't make that much difference compared to the guitar speaker, but there was a slight difference in highs in Jim Lill's neck vs string to two bench clips. I really admire the guy for his efforts. His speaker cab and mock tube amp sound videos were real eye openers. His clips aren't really long enough to hear how a note degrades, though. Bridge hardware makes a substantial tonal difference. FI, my b4 and after recordings after swapping a stock pot metal TOM bridge to an Aluminum one with Ti saddles are pretty different. What makes you think plastic saddles would damp string vibrations the same as a hard metal? Softer saddles absorb more highs. Another example: every comparison, including my own, of an Alder vs Swamp Ash body guitar reveal a difference in midrange character, and possibly bass. The Alder is more mid-forward, and the SA has stronger lower bass (which could be from how less midrange affects bass into a gain stage). Those differences become more apparent when you quickly A/B between two clips and focus on one portion of the tonal spectrum. I don't see why guitar players are so dead set that different pieces of wood make no significant difference when there are numerous examples showing otherwise? I guess your avatar is a hint. Doesn't evidence matter?
@@mattbauckman9907 regarding the volume knob location, I had the same dislike for the same reason on a jap 57 reissue strat I had in the 80's/90's, I had the all tones connected to the bottom tone knob and the volume placed in the middle tone knob location, fixed the issue. I've been thinking whether it is worth doing on my std 1996 strat that I have now but I don't play out anymore so couldn't be bothered yet.
