The ULTIMATE Guide to NOVO SERUS J | A Comprehensive Review

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Hey everyone!
It's official - I'm definitely in love with this guitar. It looks amazing, sounds amazing, plays perfectly. In this video I break down everything you need to know about the Novo Serus J Select series. Enjoy. :)
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Chapters:
Intro 00:00
Sound Sample #1 00:27
What is the Select Series 00:50
Sound Samples #2 02:13
My Guitar Specs 02:48
Sound Sample #3 04:33
My Likes / Dislikes 05:07
Sound Sample #4 06:51
Likes / Dislikes Continued 07:22
Sound Sample #5 09:35
Closing Thoughts: 10:01

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19 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 61

@natrick 2 месяца назад

Just got my custom Serus J after waiting 11 months…I went all out. Lollar gold foil pickups, flamed maple neck and fretboard with black block inlays, stainless frets, vandalism yellow over black, medium distress, matching headstock. It’s freakin’ perfect.

@ZachBrobstMusic 2 месяца назад

Congrats on the new guitar!

@maxpeck4154 8 месяцев назад

I had a relatively inexpensive road worn Jazzmaster that I installed a Mastery on and I've owned 3 Novo Serus Js. I've had several Strats as well as a few Bigsby equipped guitars over the years and the Mastery is by far the best vibrato I've ever played. Can't go wrong with a Mastery

@venemataylor 9 месяцев назад

i can’t get over how good the checking looks 😍

@ZachBrobstMusic 9 месяцев назад

the checking looks sooooo good

@staringdowninfinity 9 месяцев назад

Dude I have had my novo since March and after putting in a set of bareknuckle supermassive p90s it has become my number 1. I love it for so much and while it was like a 15 month wait it was worth every minute. I have been gigging it a ton.

@ZachBrobstMusic 9 месяцев назад

That's sick dude! Those supermassive P90s are great pickups. Glad you found some pickups that bring the guitar to life for you

@sammyrichards5411 8 месяцев назад

did not expect to hear Arizona in this! great tune

@bluzzjazz 3 месяца назад

Have a Serus J in Ice blue metallic. I got it back when the wait was supposed to be 9 months, but I got it in 7! It was on of the last non distressed ones they were offering, and I had binding and block inlays added. This was 3+ years ago and it now has some natural light wear. I went back and forth between Fralin P90s or noiseless ones. In the end, I opted for Lollar Mini HBs and I'm really happy with tone I get out of it. You're right about the Mastery, it is fantastic on a Serus J. That and my Duesenberg Starplayer TV are the two best tremolos that I have ever used. Both are so smooth with great tuning stability.

@andrewprater5308 9 месяцев назад

NICE dude - what a beautiful guitar! One day I'd like to get one of these. If you had to choose between this guitar and a Jennings Nav what would it be?

@ZachBrobstMusic 9 месяцев назад

I think I'd lean towards a Jennings for a few reasons. Personally I know Chad and really love his attention to detail and I know I could order a custom guitar for around $3500 from him and get all the specs I want. Whereas with the Novo the $3500 price point is their entry model. Plus I mention in this video how I just really like that "new" look/feel of a guitar and the Novo's don't have that whereas the Jennings do. I want to commission Chad to build me the exact look/model of what he's been posting on Instagram recently!

@seanzinger 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic review man! I like how you said you’ll notice the noise when you’re not playing your guitar 😆 I’ve wanted a Novo for a long time too but I live in Austria and it’s hard to pay extra for customs. I used to live in Nashville so it’s kind of ironic. I agree about the $1000 difference in playability not being worth it. You don’t really notice much I bet. The finish and brand is what you’re paying extra for. No other guitar looks like that and it’s understandable that they can charge that much more.

@ZachBrobstMusic 6 месяцев назад

thanks for watching dude! Glad you loved the review!

@tacdoc8736 9 месяцев назад

Nice review and that's a beautiful guitar. I have one on order with Novo now and i'm pretty psyched for it to arrive. I haven't played a Lindy Fralin pickup I didn't love, but I get that folks have different preferences. The Big Single Mini is hands down the best pickup i've ever installed into the neck position of a Telecaster. True P90s in general are inherently noisy, as a single coil pickup, but they do a thing that humbuckers, mini hums, and strat or Tele style single coils just don't do. I'm not a fan of stacked P90s or other hum cancelling options. They just don't do the thing for me. There are so many great pickup builders out there now that you can definitely find something a little or a lot different that can drop right into that guard.

@ZachBrobstMusic 9 месяцев назад

Yup! I have a pair of Ristrettos coming in but I likely won't change them. I think they fit the voice of the guitar and just are meant to be paired with my Novo. Overall they sound amazing - just have to adjust to them!

@colossians1_15-20 8 месяцев назад

@@ZachBrobstMusic I got a Serus J about a year ago, and after trying a few months to gel with the Fralin P90's I decided to swap them out for a set of Ristrettos. I will say that while I love the Ristretto bridge, I am not in love with the Ristretto neck, and I may actually pull it out at some point for something else. I can't seem to get a good balance between the neck and bridge position, EQ wise. I think the Ristretto neck pickup in combination with the pine body, it just doesn't have the upper-mid "presence" that I desire and is a bit heavy in the lows/low-mid response. It may also be I just don't like a P90 in the neck position. I'll be interested to see your thoughts if you end up putting the ristrettos in.

@ZachBrobstMusic 8 месяцев назад

@@colossians1_15-20 I'm excited to compare them too. I know neck P90s can be pretty dark at times so hopefully it brings enough life to the guitar. Honestly, though, I'm bonding with the Fralin P90s more the more I use them

@colossians1_15-20 8 месяцев назад

@@ZachBrobstMusic You know, I do recall the stock Fralin P90 neck sounding pretty dang good. When I went to take it out, I noticed it was labeled as a "5% underwind". Truth be told I may throw that thing back in there. It was really the Fralin bridge I didn't care so much for.

@colossians1_15-20 6 месяцев назад

@@ZachBrobstMusic You still rockin the Fralins in the Novo or did you go Ristrettos yet?

@sunsetjunior9313 6 месяцев назад

i splurged recently and got a miris J and it really is the nicest player ive ever owned. when ive A/B'd against some of my other "keepers", it has dominated in tone and feel. quality and attention to detail are incredible

@ZachBrobstMusic 6 месяцев назад

Agreed! I've got a Jennings and Suhr and both are amazing but the Novo took the leap in being my favorite.

@xNimrod97x 9 месяцев назад

Came for the Kings of Leon riffs like usual and got Brand New and The Killers as a bonus. Sweet guitar though!

@ZachBrobstMusic 9 месяцев назад

Don't forget Arctic Monkeys!

@xNimrod97x 9 месяцев назад

@@ZachBrobstMusic I try to… 😂 just kidding. I like a few of their albums.

@jman6725 Месяц назад

Kudos playing Brand New 👏

@ZachBrobstMusic Месяц назад

Thank you!

@maxpeck4154 8 месяцев назад

10:05 I've had 3 Serus Js and they do seem quieter than your average p90 guitar, but pull the pickguard and the control cavity plate off sometime. I saw no shielding paint, no foil of any kind in either the pickup or control cavities, and no foil on the back of the pickguard or control plate. A lot of guitars have pickups with vintage braided shield leads but they cheap out on the wire from the toggle switch to the pots/jack, for example. I think Novo uses shielded wire throughout. That in conjunction with trimming off all unnecessary wire and having only 1 volume and 1 tone may help also. My Serus J is MUCH quieter than my Les Paul Special, for example.

@cvgbbc 6 месяцев назад

Nice review. I would like to have a Novo, but I own a Shelton Galaxyflite and a Jennings Voyager DeLuxe, and I am in love with both, and I don't know if it is worth buying a Novo too. What do you think, since you say you've had a Jennings? Thank you.

@ZachBrobstMusic 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! I really love my Jennings but I do think the Novo offers a different experience. Chad pays insanely close attention to all the details and my Voyager is spectacular. It's clean, all the details are perfect, so on. The Novo isn't that way at all. It's comfortable, broken in, worn, etc. I find myself reaching for it more than my Jennings recently because it just feels familiar. Both are truly great instruments though and you can't go wrong!

@cvgbbc 6 месяцев назад

@@ZachBrobstMusic Thanks for your answer. I understand what you are saying, it is very helpful to me.

@lcglazer 3 месяца назад

introducing a new guitar with an easter egg that there's yet another one on the way (Warmoth) - would love to hear all about what you're looking for and why you went Warmoth!

@ZachBrobstMusic 3 месяца назад

Actually launched the Warmoth video a few months back! It's a sweet build!

@alfonsoobando3616 4 месяца назад

Going on 6 years years with my Novo. Not sure it gets better than that. That and Danocaster.

@brandoj82 9 месяцев назад

Brand New - Jesus Christ

@sundaytone 9 месяцев назад

Heard that too!

@peanutbutterdijonnaise 9 месяцев назад

Really weird that song has come to mind out of nowhere a couple of times the past week

@kadourimdou43 3 месяца назад

The wood used makes no difference to the sound. A lot of guitars you just pay extra because some woods cost more. Still want to try one of these.

@thenicaron1 25 дней назад

The ringing noise your hear when you strum it is 100% normal, it's the strings behnd the bridge that are vibrating, thats what a jazzmaster does, they call it the built-in reverb, every jazzmaster bridge will do that, that's one of the reasons why people who love jazzmasters love jazzmasters, it's the extra harmonics coming from the strings behind the bridge.

@chrisw1460 9 месяцев назад

So how's the playability compared to a Seventh Day Guitars model?

@ZachBrobstMusic 9 месяцев назад

Playability wise I think the Novo is significantly better than the Seventh Day Guitars Joyful series I played a while back. I just purchased a Psalm series and will be doing a review of that in the near future, but I assume you're specifically wanting to know about playability between SDGs custom series and the Novos, correct?

@chrisw1460 9 месяцев назад

@@ZachBrobstMusic I've known Scott for a while, watched SDG grow and improve, but I wanted to get your thoughts on a direct comparison between the two. Where does the SDG fall short in terms of playability?

@ZachBrobstMusic 9 месяцев назад

Similar experience on my end - love Scott, super cool dude, but when it comes to comparing his work vs. someone like Dennis Fano and the team of luthiers there I don't think it's an even comparison. Specifically, I think Scott is improving a TON and I'm a big fan of the value around the Psalm series but I think he's still ironing out his QC and getting more consistent on the product he delivers and his attention to detail. When it comes to playability, I largely go to the neck where I think its just not as fluid or smooth as it could be. My Psalm series had uneven frets, nut was too low, etc. The Novo is world class. Remarkable playability, perfect frets, comfortable, etc. @@chrisw1460

@copernicushemingway3449 2 месяца назад

Jesus Christ by brand new really sold me ngl

@McBoggler 7 месяцев назад

You can’t get a Jazzmaster style guitar and complain about the unplugged plinky sound behind the bridge… it’s part of the design/sound of the Jazzmaster. It’s like complaining that a tele is too spanky or a Les Paul has too much sustain. Relish & enjoy the overtones brother! 🤘🏽

@ZachBrobstMusic 7 месяцев назад

hahah thats fair!

@ewanbyrne 9 месяцев назад

No offence, but a kemper can make ANY guitar sound incredible. Amp is usually more important than guitar for how good it sounds to be honest. Like its REALLLLLY hard to tell the difference between say a squire and high end ender when played through a kemper

@ZachBrobstMusic 9 месяцев назад

Definitely love my Kemper for that reason!

@BukanIbuMu 9 месяцев назад

Squier is really expensive in my country

@JHKNVY02 6 месяцев назад

Bolt on guitar for $3,500+ made of pine....probably not for me without hearing and playing in person. Maybe they're awesome.

@maxpeck4154 6 месяцев назад

Mmmkay

@alfonsoobando3616 4 месяца назад

Spoiler alert. They are awesome.

@marquee-moon 3 месяца назад

They are very much a specific vibe that you either are into or aren’t. And the distressing isn’t for everyone either. But aside from that, they are fantastic guitars and are quality top to bottom. Never bonded as quickly or as hard with an instrument as with my Serus J.

@maxpeck4154 3 месяца назад

@@marquee-moon Ditto... I've had 4 of them and only one of them was reliced. You certainly don't have to get one that's heavily distressed. You will never find a better neck/fretwork than on a Novo.

@BB-pi2wd 24 дня назад

"Priced... to give their brand exclusivity and prestige..." And that is nothing more than a pure "ego tax" and has a real world value of $0.00. And nothing in the guitar world is more douche-y than that. It is a gorgeous guitar, but I am WELL past the stage in my life where I give 2 cents of care if my guitar has "exclusivity and prestige". I will gladly pay $3k for a guitar, but 90% of that price had better be based on material quality and meticulous craftsmanship as an instrument and not whether it will pass the Kool-Kidz-Club litmus test.

@ZachBrobstMusic 24 дня назад

🥲

@marclove1159 5 месяцев назад

No matter how good it feels and sounds, it is still a Pine Wood guitar... and they start out at $3500 (and some cost $5 grand or more).. Some of their models are equipped with the horrible Tele style, 3 barrel bridge that can't be properly intonated. All these reviews just seem like guys trying to justify paying thousands of dollars for a "Status" guitar that will probably never leave their bedroom.

@VanBaylen 3 месяца назад

What’s wrong with pine wood guitars?

@N_g_y Месяц назад

I get where you come from & cannot help but be skeptical of sleek RU-vidrs jumping on the train, but for having played top guitars, including bursts, 60’s strats, esquires, etc. I have been seriously impressed and am hanging on onto my 2015’s J model. My 0.02c

@mrnorbotron3308 9 месяцев назад

no offense, but the sounds you use sound aaaawful, it doesn't let the guitar looking good, just plug it into a real Plexi and everybody can hear if the guitar is good sounding or not

@ZachBrobstMusic 9 месяцев назад

To each their own!