ONE WEIRD TRICK #3: Arm Day 

Your playing and tones are always spot on Mike, glad to have you back more frequently again!

I always learn something watching your channel. I've also thought about bending the arms on my 2-point trems but I've always been afraid to mess it up. Also, my forearms suck.

Such a good video!!!! We needed this!

Ooow! I broke my little girlie-man arms trying to bend my vibrato arm. Thanks a LOT.

Always fun to watch your videos.

Fender be listening and it appreciates the trem bend commendation.

Thanks for the tip. I don’t have a heat gun but tried with my hairdryer and also works plus less chance of burning things. Do use the vice though because it still gets hot.

Super useful vid, Mike.

Is that enough? Is that enough? Is that enough? Darn, I was waiting for it, Mike, no dice today. You made up for it with the Arnold impression, however. Thank you for another good video. I’ve been wondering about your trem arms, was thinking they were aftermarket.

Appreciate your efforts 🤘🏼😎🤘🏼

Hey Mike are you going to do a review of that Guild Surfliner deluxe ? And thanks for the arm tricks , glad to see you back , we need more of your vids Man ✌🏼

I am old and have about half of Mike's arm size and I can bend them by hand. So just be careful and figure out of you are maybe leveraging your muscles wrong when trying folks. Peace and stay safe

Hi Mike! Thanks for reminding me to do this!

Oh my god I'm loving the Hello Kitty Squier strat on the right, I see you mike!!! hahaha!

Beautiful as always..!

Artoo has takin on that aged sonic blue now 👌🏻

That Guild looks sweet!!

nice one, I bent my squier VM JM arm as you said, it worked, thank you

just listened to your podcast where you talk about playing at your father's funeral..................really made me think about things, great podcast

Thanks, always admired that graceful bend but was to self conscious to ask

Excellent stuff Mike you Fender Bender

Rocky!!!! Was just admiring it in the shop here in Dublin. Shoutout to some neck. You won't find a cooler shop.

I just did this with my Cobain Jag :D World of difference! Thanks

That mint green guard is a great replacement for the stock white guard. I put a a black one on mine.

More than arm mustard, you have to have some damn strong thumbs! A little arthritis in mine and ARGH💥

We are all right benders! love to you all. x

ok but can the next video be about getting the muscular constitution for bending those arms??? great video, going downstairs to to try to bend my vibrato arm

Thanks again! I’m pretty strong for a skinny guy but ‘tried this a few times… always ends with the vise 😅 Squier VI arm now always hits the spot, and my JM, my Jag, my JagStang… and my Strats! Works for all.

Ha ha ha! You make me laugh AND learn! Noice.

Hot stuff Mike :)

I can already tell you without trying that My little tRex arms will not bend it Mike 😆 tho I do think I would benefit from that kind of modification on my Ampro II with a mastery kit on it. Lol the red alert text and sound was amazing.. set heat gun to Stun 😂

I'm here to watch big red work those arms.

I was so in need of this video, I was bending bars before the end of it. I was nervous because I had bent an AVRI Strat bar in a vice not long ago and it got these marks that look like pitting or micro dings. I figured it was too cold and bent too fast.

I finally get it. It's for ergonomics.

simply beeftacular

Puisheen, is a Manly Man who breaks arms at will! 😂

Thanks for the great tip! Going to try this out on my Marrguar today. Where'd you get that mint guard for yours? I'm looking to swap the stock white one on mine for mint as well. Cheers!

Speaking of tremolo arms... remember the video you did with Ryan from 60 cycle where you were fussing with the springs on the trem? He was getting a clunk from his JM trem after install. What caused that? Did you fix it? If so, how? Mine has developed the same weird clunk.

The scroll at the bottom 😂

Yeah I think I might do it to my arm

Damn, so I'm SOL with my squire goldie? I'm fairly new to the jazzmaster world and I have trouble wanting to use the vibrato arm. I wonder if this is why. 🤔

I'm down with the bend. I even do it with my strats.

Okay I gotta ask, what kind of vise would you recommend for things like this kind of DIYing bc it looks super low profile and ideal for my very modular setup! unfortunately i do not have the privilege of a permanent workbench space 😅

My daughter names her instruments after Annime characters. I name my acoustic guitars after women from Arthurian legend, and my electric guitars after the knights (Percival, Cardoc, Mordred, Cuniglass, Nimoui, Genevier, Cywin, and so on.) Star Wars might have figured in if only my RU-vid handle wasn't already named after a wookie. To be certain, I have guitars that would fit Shak-Tii, Krayt, Plo Koon, Boba Fett, and Reven. But I haven't owned enough to exhaust the Arthurian names.

I have two staytrem arms that have the curve, I cannot go back lol

Did you do the “pun intended” voice? That was awesome!

Would like your opinion/review of that Guild.

I always use my knee to bend my trem arms

Happy to report if you don’t have a heat gun a hair dryer on its highest heat setting does the trick too!

Goddamn Mike you sure can play the electric guitar.

The metal is really soft It’s really easy to bend Atleast in my 66 reissue it was Way easier than my squier

Any tips for how to find aftermarket (Amazon?) arms that can bend without breaking?

I think your guns bring plenty of heat buddy!

Hey Mike! I’m curious if you can do method 2 with a soldering iron if you don’t have a heat gun?

My Vintera Jaguar literally came with a Strat bar 😂

Nice Jazzmaster. What is the color of the pickguard ? Thank you !

It seems so obvious to me you need an all rosewood Jazzmaster. Maybe with a bandolier strap?

Seen the TK Smith pivoted Bigsby arm?

that curved arm compliments the body of thr guild SOOOOOO much!

Lol dont feed your heat gun after midnight. Thats funny!

what star wars ship is that on your desktop background?

Nice vid as always, but there was no need to get so bent out of shape and strong arm me. At least there was some wiggle room.

Some Neck! That’s just down the street from me!

Is the bar on your tattoo bent though?

What year/style is R2? What amp was that? Why do I ask so many questions?!? That guitar-amp combo is FAT and GROWLY! 👽

Hey Mike, I'm not sure if it's worth your time, but thought I'd let you know I have a Paranormal Jazzmaster® XII coming on Friday, so if you wanted to do a review of it without having to spend the measly $400 for it, I'd offer to let you take it for a spin. I'd even buy you a coffee in person...

Who makes that fantastic strap?

Don’t have a heat gun so I’ll use the oven

Surfliner review when?

Love it Mike! I see I was not alone reaching out to ask you about your luscious curves! Groetjes uit Amsterdam!

The shot of you bending the arm with your bare arms kinda hurt. I demand more. Happy pride🏳️‍🌈

😂

The one weird trick: be a total Adonis and bend steel with your bare hands you wusses

This method worked for my squier j.mascis. Thanks

Meaty_guy

I bet you say "Let me check with my wife" a lot.