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why is neck pickup reversed in this video, shouldn't the poles be facing the neck?

Try a tiny bit of pine tar to darken the oil, it will as a bonus protect your wood

Where did you get your Fender decals from and how did you put them back on?

OOOOOSHH....All I can say is, good luck buddy. I'm rootin' for ya! You are going to spend an incredible amount of time and effort in order to actually pull this off.

Hi Nathan great video. I trying to find exact aged tint nitrocellulose lacquer in Uk but no luck do you know any other brands that have similar tinted lacquer that sells in Uk thanks

Somebody get this man an X-Acto knife!

The Faber was audibly better in the acoustic setting. And here I thought my Les Paul had suffered enough with everything I’ve done to it…Strap in…

Those are so bright.

Hello, what method did you use to scrap the binding ? because it’s much better now ! like a real Gibson binding. Great !

Great insight and video! Thanks for posting

have you checked its accuracy compared to other tuners? the screen is amazing on it tho.

My first guitar was a 69 Gretch, those bigsbys are too cool.

I am trying to change the speaker do you know where are the 9 and 10 speaker?

please help?. I have these style tuners. I broke one but it’s fixable but I don’t know how. If you open the metal inclosure I feel it is missing a washer but I don’t know what size washer to buy? You can buy these online but it’s advertised to different types of tuners. How do I know what I’m getting/buying?

Thanks man👍🏼

Why tamper with the headstock like this. Just play it all your life and then it will look great before you die. Relic schmellic. Just impress people with your playing skills not your sculpting. Relicing is faking it and there’s nothing worse than pretending.

Winner has been picked! Check your inbox for an email from me (nathansinkcontact@gmail.com). 🤘

Both sound great TBH. I think the Tex Mex T PUPs are a little warmer than the Keystones, and not in a bad way. I think the Keystones would be an excellent choice for a T guitar with a rosewood fingerboard. Great demonstration, thanks for posting.

Completed all the entries cant wait keep up the great vids❤👍

Sounds great! ​You're welcome to check out my pedals 😉

Good work ❤

Funny... I bought a chinese one off amazon that is the light gold color, and I'm trying to darken it to make it more amber/copper. basically the opposite haha. I let mine soak in a tray of EXTRA strong coffee with grounds overnight... It worked a little, but not much.

The Keystone for more modern clean tone, maybe also for jazz or funk.

Hey Nathan, I recently asked you a question regarding all of this but I have one more. How well did your guitar stay in tune after you installed the Klusons? I’ve been hearing from people that it can be an issue & one person said that his guitar didn’t stay in tune at all after he made the switch. So I’m very curious as to what your experience was. Also, even if your guitar did stay in tune, would you say it was better/worse/equal in comparison with the Grovers? Thanks again!

Nice work! I am convinced.

Honesty. It is appreciated. Thank you

Does it have a built in tuner?

I like your video! You're welcome to check some of mine 😉 Stay in rock music and guitar gear reviews!

I’m glad I’m not the only one who cares about these small details 🤣

I know what I won't be trying to do now. :-) I was going to pull mine out if I could before I refinished the headstock. They do sell soldering irons with all kinds of attachments including ones like a hobby knife. They are in the hobby section of big box stores and usually part of something like a wood burning kit. I've used those when I had to cut nylon and wanted to make it clean and sealed as I went. Thanks for sharing your experiences--it really does help to know the scale of effort for something like this.

I hate the plastic plug on the MIM Fenders. The Squier Classic vibe doesn’t have one. It looks more like the American Fender. Monday Fender doesn’t do away with it. That was a LOT of work man. Good job though

I would love to win this The link does not work yet

You can turn off the ir cab by taking the knob of ir to 1

What about the frets!!

Hey, did you get the adapter bushings with an outside diameter of 9.98mm & an inside diameter of 6.14mm [SKU:MB65LN] or the ones with an outside diameter of 9.98mm & an inside diameter of 1/4 inch or 6.35mm [SKU:MB65LN US]?

I had the opposite problem! I bought a recently made replacement RW neck for my 2009 RW Tele. It was not a tight fit at all. I could slide a piece of paper or thin cardboard in between the neck and body. Very annoying. Why couldn't Fender make a replacement neck that actually fits?

Its fine to not like the Epi headstock . But to forge the Gibson name logo ! SMH

3 things: 1. Fiebing's WILL COLOR your plastic - however, it's easy to remove and in case you're going for a vintage look, slight discoloration is rather a feature, than a bug!🐛 2. Below, someone says to dampen your fretboard - NEITHER necessary (even on old rosewood), NOR recommended! Just think: What kind of wood is used to build instruments? Correct: DRIED wood... and what happens to wet wood? Yup, it swells... if overdone, water may impair the wood's rigidity, which, in the worst of casers, can lead to frets working loose, or even your fretboard separating from the rest of the neck (Hide-glue anyone? That is hot in th eguitar world, bcs it's water-soluble); minimum, you'll have to sand after dampening the wood, as the water causes the fibers to rise. Rather, be sure to degrease your board thoroughly before applying dye (any fat-residue, even through touchung the fretboard after degreasing, where result in the word not taking the dye well, leading to stains brighter than the surrounding wood. 3. FIEBING'S Pro Leather Dye is great stuff. However, a word of caution regarding BLACK: That formula includes some blue-ish stuff (and, according to StewMac, has for a while). Not what I would want my fretboard to look like🥴... Then again, the Pro-dyes are mixable (YAY!), so you can come up with your own favourite hue. All of that stuff may sound like a lot of work (and rtisk!) - be assured: It isn't. Just take your time (don't rush), use your head (thinking never hurts), and if in doubt, ask on one of the many guitar forums. Sure enough, someone will help you - the first fretboard I died - was positively died with sweat, tears and fear (and took me 2 weeks... slowly, remember?). Now, I can do two in one afternoon...

er...why? Why should one want to WIDEN their binding? Especially since Gibson's binding is way to wide anyway (on non-RI, that is). Thus, a vid on how to make it NARROWER would be much appreciated...

sure, I regularly rest the side of my hand on the bridge as well. in fact, it's mostly the main position for my hand, as I really never used picks much in 40something yrs, and have made this an ideal position for my picking/strumming hand. All that said, I've never had any issue or discomfort with the bridge screws jutting out over the saddle slots, which they definitely do. In fact it actually orientates my hand by feel to quickly reposition it correctly with the strings

Nickel it seems is a minute bit brighter. That’s just what I hear.

🤦🏻 My head hurts

I just will install another hunbucker in there and get a Strat style bridge

I have a fender strat with polyurethane on the neck. It’s even sprayed on over the Frets ‼️ drives me crazy, I would love to see a video of somebody taking the polyurethane off the fender neck, and redoing it with nitric cellulose. Can anybody help me? Just put a link for a reply to this message if somebody knows of a good video. Please help. I’d love to tackle this.

Feed-N-Wax Wood Polish & Conditioner

It sounded before as if it didn’t have proper grounding. Like a wire or a solder point went bad. Been there, didn’t use foil. What foil is good for is for shielding your singles against Lights, phones, other interference. Not 100% though, your pole pieces shoud still be able to catch string vibrations along with other electromagnetic signals…

Can't believe there's not more views on this. It sounds like something you'd hear on TV. Good writing, performance and production. Thanks for sharing.

great video, I'm doing this now and there are some really good tips here

I agree with you man, asthetically the truss rod hole on a headstock looks crap, i don't like them either. That was some effort you put in there! Wow! lol...i was thinking sbout doing that on an old japanese squire neck i have, but I think I'll pass after watching your vid and the nightmare you had trying to sort it lol ...A++++ for effort and determination though 👍 😎 pity these heel spoke wheek adjusters weren't around back in years gone by like they are starting to come through now. that way everyone is potentialky happy 👍 people can adjust the neck st the heel without having to take the neck off and the headstock avoids an ugly looking hole. Fender need to get with the program and start using these spoke wheel adjusters themselves. My two main strats sre partcasters. The rosewood necks are from elsewhere, not fender, because at the time of writing this post, they don't do any necks with spoke wheel at the heel.For me personally they are coolio, i get the classic 60's strat look i like the best on the headstock but i can easily sort out a truss rod adjust if i need too 👍

I would like a modern style locking tuner but with the old greenish plastic tuner keys! I like the look!