Great Vid J- The one thing I would suggest is to use painter tape to cover up those pick ups when using steel wool as to not have the remnants get into those pups.

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

Good to know. Thanks.

@earlbaker7099

Ай бұрын

I see he forgot to tape off the pick-ups. Always need to when using steel wool.

I got a loaded pickguard on Amazon with 9K Ohms rating and they are a beast. Tone control for bridge pickup the entire thing was$38 loaded. Pickups do matter I couldn’t put it down after that. Oh it was an Affinity strat.

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

I bought one of those loaded pickguards off Amazon once too. I was very impressed for the money.

Very helpful. Getting my first electric this week and I’m sure I will be coming back to this for reference

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for tuning in.

Thanks for the video, I just bought a Squier Debut and the tuning was bothering me, glad to know it's pretty easy to fix.

@JayceAllanGuitar

7 күн бұрын

No problem. Thanks for watching.

Thank you buddy!

@JayceAllanGuitar

22 күн бұрын

No problem. Thanks.

Hi Jayce, Good setup, for a cheapo Chinese guitar, it sounded pretty good, I'm sure any learner or even an intermediate would be okay with it's sound and performance, and it must be pretty loud, as I can hear it very well and I'm thousands of miles away, hahahahaha, Good on ya mate

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

It's not bad at all, especially once I intonated it. Lowering the strings made it way more comfortable to play. I appreciate you tuning in.

@michael-m-de1ck

2 ай бұрын

@@JayceAllanGuitar Too easy

Check fretboard level with strings at pitch. You can adjust all day chasing it flat or nearly so without all the strings. Many pounds of pull sir. Thanks

great work! try a $1 nail buffer/polish instead of steel wool when polishing. works wonders for me, and no nasty mess

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

Got any links to those. I’m not exactly sure what it is.

@billmumbo2697

Ай бұрын

​@@JayceAllanGuitarPinch an emery board from Mrs guitar girlies use them on their nails , guitarist's need to take care on their nails too😂👍

Missed out on a very crucial step before polishing frets up should have checked frets with a fret rocker after you checked the neck relief

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

I had done that off camera and during the video where I showed that you could use the fret height gauge to check the frets. I think I mentioned that the frets on this guitar were level. I think that would require it's own video. Fret leveling is a pretty involved process. But you are correct, that should be checked as well. I usually check fret level by fretting notes way down past the 15th fret.

Great vid 👍🏻 my fav (and now only 😭) guitar just turned 20 she could use this.

Shouldn't you remove the pickguard w p'ups while using steel wool on the lower frets? Fine shavings are difficult to remove afterwards!

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

Maybe, or just tape them off if you're concerned about it. Probably not a bad idea.

Hope they make them in more colors.

great film brother! i gotta go thru mine as well...fun things ahead for it too!

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. I appreciate the views!

A couple pointers:The radius gauge set you illustrated in the beginning is for setting the radial arch across all 6 strings, you insert the size that matches the radius of your guitar neck, you lower the 4 inner string saddle and set the outer strings to desired height above the fret nearest the bridge, then gradually raise the each string until the string buzzes against the under-string radius gauge. The other issue I noticed is you were filing the nut slot parallel to the fret-board . You should be using one file size above your string gauge and at downward angle toward the tuners. This opens up the nut slots and allows the strings more room to not bind. If you have the Hosco 3 pc electric set, the files allow a "V" to open the downward angle of the string slots. The other issue was you checked the straightness of the neck after cutting off the strings. Then never checked relief after restringing and tuning. There should always be slightly more than "none" to allow the heavier wound strings space to "spin" as they oscillate.

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

That’s getting a bit advanced for me! I’m not sure what you mean about the radius gauge. I’ll have to look into that. Also Strat style necks don’t have a break angle like angled necks, so I didn’t think the nut slot should be angled too. I appreciate the comments. I will look into this for the next setup.

@rickpapineau2704

2 ай бұрын

Some of my tele style guitar have a slight break angle as the string exits the nut. BTW, I just noticed your learning Vectric Aspire, planning to buy a Anololex 3030 and using Solidworks @@JayceAllanGuitar

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

I've been using Aspire for guitar building a few years now. I really haven't had the time to devote to it like I'd like. It's a lot of fun. I used to work for a company that made bar equipment and the engineering team used Solid Works. That's a great program.

@rickpapineau2704

2 ай бұрын

I looked up the price of Vectric Aspire, $1995 or $70/ month for 36 mos at 14%. I can get a student edition of SW for $99 , but having the ability to create and generate tool paths at the same time is a great option @@JayceAllanGuitar

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

I paid close to that a few years ago, I opted to the one time payment. The 3D capabilities of Aspire a bit lacking, unless you're making signs or wooden toys. Making a guitar neck with it has been challenging. I thought about getting SW just fr the modeling. You can't beat the tool path creation in Aspire though. It does that really well.

Is the firefly far superior?

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

I would say the FFST is way better than the Squier Debut. The FireFly strat that I got last November is US made Fender good. It really is. Maybe not the pickups, but the rest, the build quality is exceptional. I don't think I needed to do much setup on it.

Shouldn't the saddles be level? I would think having them slightly slanted for the radius would cause uneven wear and pressure in the saddle slot. The strings need to have an overall radius, so having the saddles angled is unnecessary, right?

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

I was taught the saddles should follow the radius. But maybe not. Always worked for me.

@jpizzleforizzle

2 ай бұрын

@@JayceAllanGuitar if it ain't broke don't fix it!

Cutting the strings is the way almost everyone ha done it for almost 80+ years.

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

I never know what some people will criticize me for! LOL. I find it the easiest way.

Hmmmmmmm aren’t supposed to press the the third fret to check the proper nut slot adjustment? Doing it your way is not isolating what you are supposed to measure as lowering the saddle height or the neck relief can give you false measurements. Hmmmmmmm

@JayceAllanGuitar

2 ай бұрын

Press down the string on the second fret, then check with the feeler gauges? I don't know, but it worked. So there's that.

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