Great job dude, I love it when people customise their Chapman’s! Also only just found out that you purchased the guitar, in the future just drop me an email man :-)

@xcallumx141

6 жыл бұрын

Mr. Chapman once again showing off his wonderful customer service skills ;-)

@andybradshaw9184

6 жыл бұрын

Rob - that is so you man. Respect. Wish other manufacturers had such a humble and lovely attitude. Good on you.

@dillonfaulkner9836

6 жыл бұрын

Yee

@ryanosullivan3783

6 жыл бұрын

Rob Chapman ayy can I drop you an email for one please 😉😉

@p1st0ls44

6 жыл бұрын

You made that guitar look all kinds of high quality with those simple aesthetic changes.

@chet7219

6 жыл бұрын

bakerXderek chyeah 👌

@FuckitnFightit

5 жыл бұрын

Used to watch your videos all the time, I feel like I run into your comments on random ass KZread videos constantly.

@ravenshield56

5 жыл бұрын

Cccchhhyyyyyyeeeeeahhh

Thank you for going into detail on your filing techniques, and not just tools. It is very very helpful!

Wow! I can't believe the transformation. Not only does it look rad, it sounds so much more ... energetic/alive! Excellent job. Looks and sounds beautiful! Thank you!!!

Just my opinion but I preferred the distorted sounds from the old pick ups and the cleans from the new.

@himbo7772

6 жыл бұрын

Funky Monkey1886 if you're going for the higher gain more often than not, then a pickup voiced for that would be better. I enjoyed the versatility tho. Would be perfect for me, I can go from playing Megadeth to some John Mayer with a flip of a switch and some knob turning

@lookingforwhiteprivilege9330

6 жыл бұрын

The Creeper it was just his opinion...

@cloneorder6641

6 жыл бұрын

The Creeper you're the one acting like an asshat. He's just voicing an opinion

@FunkyMonkey-ip4xy

6 жыл бұрын

The Creeper Thanks for your well reasoned and intelligent comment.

@martb8022

6 жыл бұрын

I actually agree with you... I thought it lacked the focus of the original. BUT I think the new pickup sounded a bit "bigger" which would be great for leads (which is what I think most of us use the neck pickup for anyways right?). Same with the bridge though, sounded good high gain but I can see it getting a bit too "big" if you downtune. I thought all 4 pickups sounded good. I would go with the new set though because I max out at medium gain myself. But a metal guy might have been happier with the originals..

Awesome job! I love the black and chrome hardware. Those new pickup sound amazing!

this Sharpen My Axe series just rules so much. I could watch this all day long

That was so thoughtful of you to do Philip! :)

Greeeeetingsss!! Lol. I received my Chapman as a gift but Im pretty certain the lovely young lady that purchased it for me on a whim after being subjected to a weekend of guitar and drum reviews on youtube, 😋 immediately just opened the box and brought it to me as is and it was in perfect condition. Low buttery action as well. Lower than my USA guitars came for sure. Def was not a guitar center order because not a scratch unlike 3 out of the 5 guitars I purchased online from them in the past 2 years. Love this axe just as much as watching Phil and Robs you tube videos. Rock on!

Crazy how much your channel has grown. Keep up the good work brotha!

Simply amazing dude! Fantastic choices for the mods! Looks and sounds killer! You’re the man, Phil! Keep rockin’!

Great Tech Tip!!! I picked up the stew mac Micro-Mesh Touch Up Stick and it worked wonders on a couple of guitars I had with fret sprout. One was a Ernie Ball JP6 with steel frets that I've loathed since I bought it new in 2012 due to the crummy fret finish work. Took no time at all and feels great now!!! Thanks Phil!

Looks 1000% better and the sound is improved just as much too. Great Sharpen episode, already looking forward to the next.

This one came out killer, Phil! Keep up the awesome work! I'm loving this series!

Great series, congrats on the work. Cheers from Brazil!

I love your sharpen my axe videos, your mods are the best. Thanks for teaching me so much!

Loving this video! I bought some random fender bits and built a cheap partscaster to practice/learn tech skills on. Your vids are always entertaining and educational. 👍

Wow! That was outstanding. You can really hear the difference. Great job!

Really digging the tones after the sharpening. Especially the cleans on the neck pickup!

The micro mesh sanding stick @ 6:58 is what’s called a 3-way buffer. It’s s the same as manicurists use. I pick them up at Sally Beauty Supply. They also have 4-way buffers. BTW, great job on modding this guitar. It looks better & sounds fantastic!

Always insightful, many thanks for the time and effort in making this video.

That was a very nice sharpening. You have given me some great ideas. Thanks!

I think your aesthetic choices made the guitar look way cooler! Great job as always!

Great stuff about fret ends. I just spent a couple of days trying to make an inexpensive Yamaha acoustic's fret ends feel good. I was doing it trial and error with nail files and bastard files but your video has shown me the way! Thank you! Now I know my gear.

Nicely done. Sounds great. You can tell you really enjoy these mods.

You Did A Great Job Phill, Looks And Sounds So So Much Better, love The Sound Of Those New Pick Up, Awesome, Cheers

Really digging the twang of the coil splitted neck pickup !

How about this for a sharpen my Axe episode: Those of us that have been inspired by the series, videotape a question that we have about our projects and then send them to you through dropbox or Google drive and then you edit that together with either a talking head explanation, or if you have an example you show it in a little more detail. That way you aren't spending too much money, and those of us with projects can get some answers and maybe show off some of our updated projects?

@mattjones8523

6 жыл бұрын

Tony Noon, I for one would be happy with that idea.

@ianlever7292

4 жыл бұрын

Call it 'Sharpen that Axe'.

Beautiful split coil sound and looks Great. Awesome job.

I have a low end Ibanez I feel has a lot of potential to be great. Love these videos helps inspire me to sharpen my own axe. Thanks Phil!!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I learn a lot of things from you.

I like that you switch from B&W to color when reviewing old v new pickup sounds.

Exactly what I would have done to that Ghost Fret! AL5 in bridge and AL2 in neck. Love the chrome accents, it really ties it all together with the covered chrome pickups.

Wow! That is one cool and unique guitar. It sounds great too.

Looks great with the added chrome!

Also, you honestly just took that guitar from cool to amazing. Another job well done.

Nice, looks sick, I'm totally gonna steal the the chrome washers idea for mine! I have the lunar color and tossed a hetset, pickup rings, and some locking tuners on mine. Explorer shapes are just mah fav =)

@thelieinbelieve6594

5 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna do the same. Where did you end up putting the battery? That's all I'm worried about, room looks limited in there.

Gosh I love guitars and the good things you hot rod and sharpen them up I am going blind and have watched to our channel for years and wish only to have a guitar to play maybe one day I will be able to pick up one and love what my ears and hands play I enjoy you reviews and everything take care peace

I'm really liking the Sharpen My Ax episodes I think this one was the best so far. good job

looks great and sounds 100x better with those pickups too!

I own this exact guitar. love the bridge/saddles, I like the tuners, and I really like the neck/fretboard. I replaced the pickups with a Nazgul/Sentient set and changed the pots/caps/switch. A seriously nice guitar for the money, but even nicer after the upgrades.

@cuauhtemocmorisco3493

6 жыл бұрын

John Crafton that's awesome. Love those pickups.

@Blaydrnnnr

6 жыл бұрын

Me too.. have that exact set as well.....

Now I want one. Sounded and looked awesome after you were done!

Great job! I was skeptical about the black/chrome look during the explanations but the end result is stunning. And in the end, it is a great sounding guitar with the new p'ups. Well done!

I got those pickups in that exact combination on my 1964 Lyle 5102t (es-335 copy) with D'Addario xl strings and it's an amazing combination

Nice job Phil. Sounds much better. Love your channel. Keep it up!✌️

Really nice sound with the upgrades and strings.

You knocked that one out of the park Phillip!

Love the chrome choice for this beauty, makes it pop hardcore \m/

That neck pickup sounds amazing.

20:01 sounds like a choir singing “SOHHH” that’s an amazing neck pickup man

I like the replacement pickups - it makes the guitar versatile and able to do different genres. I also would use the Graph-Tech bridge saddles. However, I would use locking tuners instead of keeping the stock ones.

Nice job Phil, love the black/chrome look you went for.

The monkey lord will be proud.Your classiness not to critique was very admirable. I have been watching Chapman and Andertons videos for close to 5 years now, voted on the ml1 design...and it good to see people complimenting other peoples work and adding their personal touch to it. Thats what Chappmans Guitars are all about. Guitars for the people, buy the people. your mods look and sound fantastic. Thank you for sharing with me

Great job as always, Hope they enjoy their new axe.

I really like all the stuff you put out Thanks bro keep it up

The neck pickup from Phil's buddy has a lot of character and really out shined the stock Chapman pickup. I really liked what happened in clean mode with that pickup. A great pairing with the Stew Mac pickup.

This really has me wanting to buy a Chapman and trick it out. Seems like a great platform to start with for making something unique.

You’re such a great teacher. I knew virtually nothing about guitar repair and now I feel confident enough to attempt my own repairs

Love the neck pickup, especially in coil splir

Looks great! sounds cool, nice job!

I am very picky about how my hardware matches up to the "theme" of the guitar. Love that you added the bling into the "murdered-out" look to make consistent. And I hate fret sprout - loved your vids on it!

Wow what a difference in those pickups!... Man!.... That guys getting a bad ass guitar!... Love the black and chrome cosmetics too!... Great job brother!

I really really liked the new lower output pickups very nice tone I agree with you tone wise and yeah I think everybody does love this series of videos pleas e keep them up man good job

Beautiful work, man!

That guitar looks and sounds GREAT!!! After listening to those pick ups you installed now I’m thinking of doing the same to my PRS SE Custom 24!! Great video!!!! And you are correct the heat shrink is a much better way to go, it protects Bette and it is much neater, the electrical tape is more frustrating to put on and has a tendency to slip which can cause big big problems!!!!!

Thank you, Phil, for your breakdown of how you deal with the "fret sprout" issue...my very inexpensive Strat-copy sounds awesome, but has this problem and I've been wondering the best approach to fixing it...and now I know how !!!! By the way, I've loved the "Sharpen My Axe" Series (?) since the very beginning and this episode may be the best one so far. Thanks again !!!

Very well done! It looks great

Love that Coilsplit! ..Thx man!

The new neck pickup sounds amazing: especially split

Man, those new pickups sound great! Huge difference in tone.

tuning keys idea is very nice , well done

At first, I was thinking the saddles and other bling were kind of a waste of time, but you were spot on! Nice little differences! Now the important part! Pickups! Excellent choice! I have never thought about strings that much. Been using GHS Boomers (.009) since the early 80s. Maybe I will broaden my horizons. Love your videos!

Sounds pretty good! Great job Phillip!

This was awesome. I've been trying to think of ways to subtlety improve the looks of my See-thru red LTD H200. Definitely going to go with the black with chrome accent look.

Much improved clean tone, thanks :)

The deadpan delivery at the beginning was the best.

brilliant stuff man im really liking ur channel

I'm diggin that red Squier Strat on the wall !

That looks really awesome, the only thing different I would do is chrome volume / tone knobs but even in black it's bad ass.

Dude you'ere the man. This is were I go when I want intelligent, thoughtful... insightful commentary to cut through the BS and get down to whats really going on

Hi Phil! I love your channel, and I'm really happy to be able to offer pay it back with a tip you might benefit from. There is another type of craftsman very similar to luthiers who have the same concerns with regard to keeping hardware like screws, etc. pristine. That would be gunsmiths. They have the same problems to solve: screw heads getting mangled, hard finishes getting scratched, etc. They have developed excellent tools that you could make use of. In particular, a set of gunsmith's screwdrivers might be of great value to you and your viewers. These are hollow-ground, meaning that the blade of the screwdriver doesn't have a wedge-shape where it engages the screw-head, will go all the way to the bottom of the screwhead slot without putting all the pressure on the lip of the slot-cut, and thus won't distort the screw slots as you turn the screwdriver. The screwdriver blades also tend to have a uniformly satin finish, meaning there are no burrs, etc. in the screwdriver blade that will impress themselves into the hardware. Gunsmith tool sets also have brass drift pin punches and hammers which, because they are softer than the steel parts they are used upon, are much less likely to cause scratches or dents. Leaving aside politics around firearms, gunsmith suppliers have good tool sets you can find at good prices. In particular, Brownells and Grace are always well-reviewed. Thanks again for a great channel!

@blacktoothfox677

4 жыл бұрын

Great tip thanks from the UK

Thanks Phil. Appreciate your work as always

I love this series, keep up the great work! I've gotta figure out how to go about submitting a guitar for this show. I love what you do with these guitars and have almost no confidence in doing this myself. I have a Jackson Kelly that I love the look of but the sound has just never been right. It'd be rad to see if you could squeeze some blood out of that stone haha.

That is a damn gorgeous guitar; great work, dude!

Wow, much improved. You're the guru.

Love the Slash for the first demo!

Nice job on the aesthetics it looks a lot better with the upgrades, but that sound, wow. Talk about chalk and cheese, that sounded fantastic after your pickup changes. 👍🏻

looks awesome Phil, well done!

Nice job. Love the chrome bits but I would have changed out the vol/tone knobs for chrome too

Just installed new pickups in my LP copy aswel, also alnico 5 bridge and 2 in the neck Good job on that ghostfret Love that slash riff of no more heroes

That good friend makes a really good pickup.

19:50 Thats a very nice clean tone! great neck pickup

Wow! That neck pickup!!! 🎸👍🏻✌🏻

I've probably mentioned this before but thank god you don't tap and shred when doing a demo. Respect dude 😀

I love the finish.

That guitar turned out absolutely awesome.

Carter’s Vintage! Love that place! Especially since they carry Lawrence Petross Designs pedals now. I was there last week and tried out Modern Classic and a Kokopelli. Took that Kokopelli home with me!

Right on man. Cool guitar even cooler now.

Love these videos!

Looks a lot better with the mods. ROCK on.