I feel like my father just taught me how to set up my guitar. Thank you!

@CesarAllGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Thnks!

You are the best I have ever seen! Just too bad it took me YEARS to find out. Thank you and god bless you and your family!!!

Just ordered a used 1997 PRS Custom 24 and I'm gonna save this vid for when this new axe arrives. Thanks for making this!

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you for watching my videos and for the nice comment!

This was so useful. I should have known this in 1978, but then we just learned a few tricks from friends in the village. Now we have friends all over the world. Many thanks Cesar, and greetings from Belgium!

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the nice comment and happy you found it useful! greetings from Miami!

Wow...fantastic!! I finally got my "Vibrato" bar on my CE-24 adjusted correctly. This sucker never stayed in tune and now it's perfect. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!!

Cesar, I always enjoy your videos on set ups and cleaning, they motivate me to get that done on my own basses.

@CesarAllGuitar

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for such a nice comment my friend. All th best from Miami

I just wanted to say thank you for your video. I have a beautiful custom 24 SE that has resisted several previous attempts to set it up right. To avoid fret buzz I had the action so high when I tried to bend a string my fingers went under the neighbouring string! After watching this I had the confidence to do a re-set up from scratch and now it’s close to perfect. I even went on to do to the same on my G&L tribute which also plus so much better now! Thank you!

@CesarAllGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing your experience! And for the nice words - happy it helped!

Excellent information sir. The smallest adjustments can really make the difference. Glad to see passionate owners of these beautiful instruments going the extra mile and sharing this info. Cheers!

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much to you for watching and commenting on my video. Glad you found it interesting!

Excellent! Cesar’s advice and guidance is priceless.

@CesarAllGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much!

This seems like a very helpful video. I'm about to get a PRS Custom 24 Piezo Model myself in just one month and gonna need the best help possible in setting it up when it comes to maintenance. Thanks for being very detailed in the setup.

Thank you for taking the time to put this together. I really appreciate how thorough and descriptive you were. I feel like I have the confidence to do maintenance on my brand new PRS Custom 24 now. God bless.

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and for the nice comment! Happy it was useful and yes, if you follow the steeps you will get to a perfect set up!!

@BrianVallotton

5 жыл бұрын

Cesar All Guitar I will be watching your other videos as well. Peace to you my friend!

I come back to this video everytime I do a setup, thanks for the vid!

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! This is a very nice comment, I really appreciate it.

Thank you so much for this video. I bought a PRS SE Custom 24 and upgraded everything. That was the easy part! It is time for me to do my own setups and your video is the best! Wish me luck!

@CesarAllGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

This is the best setup demonstration video I have ever seen. This is very helpful for me and my custom 24, My “Lady in Black”. You do a very good job wit your English too.

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching my videos and for the nice comment! my accent has become somehow " famous " among the KZread Guitar Community...

Thank you! Well done... what a thrill to have your guitar back, at long last. Mine is a 94.

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting on my video! Yes- the story is a long one...one day I will shoot a video about it...thanks!

Superb video on setup /intonation; one of the best, with spot-on narration. Thank you. Just acquired a beautiful 2006 Tom Anderson Atom that is almost ... but not quite perfect. Plan to tackle the setup next weekend and this video will be my guide.

@CesarAllGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, and happy it was useful!

Cesar, thank you for the rich detail in your video, and the explanations for why you do something or the other the way you do (or don't). Really appreciate your dedication to the craft. Best wishes from New Jersey, USA!

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much to you for the nice comment and for watching my videos!

Thanks for making this! Extremely helpful.

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you for watching and commenting! Happy if it helps!

Brilliant video guide. Just followed you on my PRS all the way through. Thank you!

@CesarAllGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!

Great video Cesar, today was PRS maintenance day and your company was welcome.

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Glad if it helped! I just posted the set up of a 2018 Paul’s Eperience LTD with a Hardtail in case you want to take a look. Thanks for watching!

This is such a superb video. So helpful and greatly appreciated. Thank you!

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the nice comment!

Thank you so much for this, you've helped so much in setting up my 24 SE!

@CesarAllGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!Thanks for watching!

Great job Cesar I tried your method and it worked tunning my PRS custom 22 2003 model and also is a lady in red

I can't stop humming the 80's song...Lady in Red..

@CesarAllGuitar

7 жыл бұрын

That's why, Joe.. When I met her she was dressed in Red...

Cesar, thank you for this valuable info and awesome video. And thank you for the additional setup info pertaining to PRS guitars. I appreciate you not cutting parts of the truss rod and intonation segments to make it seem like you magically know how many turns it takes to get it perfect. So many other videos fail to deliver in this area. And folks, Cesar is right. PRS is a great company. Out of all the guitars I own, my American made Custom 24 is hands down the best guitar I've ever owned. Well worth the money.

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the nice comment. I am happy you found it informative. PRS's are my favorite among all my guitars. My Lady in Red is very close to my heart but my McCarty 594 is the best guitar I have ever played. Thanks!!

Thank you for posting this very educational video!

Útil, detallado, relajado para narrar lo que lo torna más entretenido. Ahí va mi pulgar para arriba señor.

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Muchisimas gracias. Me alegra que lo hayas encontrado util. El canal esta lleno de set ups, covers, reviews... ESpero que lo disfrutes!

Great stuff. Just bought a c24 and this is very helpful. Thanks.

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

Great set up video with many good tips. I always liked the PRS birds and that is a beautiful truss rod cover.

@CesarAllGuitar

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Dale - yes, the falcon is great.... PRS is my preferred Guitar Maker ( has always been )... Cheers and Thanks!

awesome video dude. thx for upload!

Cesar, cudos to your great video. Now, my PRS 513 sounds and plays very well again. Thanks for your effort

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much to you for watching and commenting ! Happy if it was useful!

Great video. I just bought a used PRS custom 24 and its way out of spec. Your vid will greatly help me get it back to where she should be. Thanks again.

This is excellent! Thank you so much!

@CesarAllGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful!

Hi Cesar. Great video. I've just bought a PRS Semi Hollow. Although I'm experienced in guitar set ups your video was very valuable. Thank you!

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the nice comment and I wish you long hours of joy with your guitars !

Cesar, you have a delightful accent, and your English is very good. Beautiful guitar.

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the lovely comment! Appreciate the support!

Just bought a 2014 PRS Custom 24 Quilted Artist Package with Ebony fretboard. Beautiful guitar. Didn't even need setting up.

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Great acquisition! So you know, this one in the video is a 2012 one and I got it back in the US coming form Singapore....after traveling to China first. So She went through a lot. Thanks so much!

Thank you for being so detailed.

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

Really enjoyed this. Subscribed.

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and for the Sub!!

Excellent, vous m'avez appris beaucoup de choses. Thank's

@CesarAllGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

a toute l´hoeur!

Beautiful guitar, cool video! Rock on man! 🤘

@CesarAllGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Excellent, it helped me with a stubborn PRS set up - the 1.6mm

@CesarAllGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was useful!

Thank you Cesar. Wonderful video. I love olives too!

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you for watching and dropping a comment! Yes, Olives are soooo goood!

Love the olives break lol. Great video as always.

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

LOL - olives are soooo good Nic... Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thank you, this is a gret and very helpful video! Stay safe!

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Happy it helped and stay safe too!

very nice vid, thanks for the effort!

Hi César! Totally agree with your comment regarding pickup height and its influence to intonation. If magnets are kind of strong is practically impossible to intonate. Hard learned lesson. Great video! Un abrazo! Espero que hayas acompañado las aceitunas con un combinadito...😆

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Hehe... con una copita de champan... Abrazo Antonio!

Love your presentation and your on-cam personality! I do own a custom shop, where we design, build and of course repair and setup guitars, basses, mandolins, etc...even violins! LOL One thing I would like to mention is the String Height at the 1st Fret [or NUT]. We setup the guitars basically like you, BUT we consider this a 'rough' setup, until we go back to the 1st Fret and check string heights there. We try to get 15 thousandths at the high "e" string over the 1st fret, slowly increasing that height on each string until we get to the Low E string height of 25 thousandths above the 1st fret. All measurements given with +/- 2 thousandths. Then, we go back over all the specs you covered once again. This puts the string heights perfectly above the board from F1-F24. Thank you my friend. Nice to see you! Greg @ Greg Guitars LLC, USA-------------NOTE: You are certainly correct when you say that the better the guitar is designed and built the easier it is to setup, and the better it ultimately will play!

Very educational video!

@CesarAllGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🤗

Hey Cesar - just picked up a DGT from 440 Hz Music in Italy that I want to switch the string gauge from 11’s to 10’s. Your video is perfect! Thank you for the help friend, and greetings from USA!

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the nice comment and happy it helped! Cheers from Miami!

Nice video Cesar. I`m going to setup my PRS dgt correct today:-) Thanks for the video

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you for watching and commenting! Just follow the steps and you’ll be good!

@palbaustad6420

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks again, my guitar became an excellent instument now:-) Keep up the good work and have a nice day Cesar:-)

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Thanks for sharing!

Very informative, Thank you!

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and for the comment!

Great video, I just bought a PRS Custom 24 2011 and I will change the strings and adjusts the guitar.

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment. I am sure the video will be useful!

Best setup video I've seen so far. Ive just got a Custom 24, the setup is terrible. No relief at all. I will be following all these steps.

Hi, I really appreciate your videos. Amazing! However how would you adjust a prs with an adjustable stoptail bridge

Thanks man, very informative

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you for watching and commenting and happy the video was useful!

Gracias Cesar!

Thank you sir! Video helped me a lot!

@CesarAllGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

I'm in love with this guitar. There's just one personal issue I have, and it's the location of the volume pot. Great video.

@CesarAllGuitar

7 жыл бұрын

You are not the only one - there are some players who cannot stand that. I am use to it ,,, I love PRS's...

Awesome video thanks for sharing.

@CesarAllGuitar

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Great seeing you around!

Thank you so much for this videos! One question, this adjustments come before or.after the nut height (amd filling) ? Thks!

Great video, thank you! What if you want the floating bridge to be set to provide 1,5 semitones on the high E string and 1 tone on the 5th string, and the 1 semitone on the G string while pulling?

Great video. I just purchased a used PRS custom SE and absolutely love it. And I love the birds too They are so cool. The neck pickup keeps cutting out on me so I’ve been trying to adjust it. Is 1/16 inch the correct adjustment for a 22 fret neck? That pickup also seems to be tilted and not level If you care to comment I would appreciate it.

Prs ❤️ thank you for the video 🎸🌾👍🏼

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you for watching and dropping a comment!

thanks for this video buddy!

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you for watching and commenting!

Hello! I love this video, always come back to it! Thank you. Also, how can I get that truss rod cover for my PRS? It’s beautiful

Wow! Thanks for the informative video! Amazing! Can you recommend or give me information regarding the tools you used? Machinist ruler? Feeler gauges? Thanks

Great video!

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

Very helpful. Thanks

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you for watching!

Super! Thanks for sharing my friend!

@CesarAllGuitar

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

This is a very helpful video. Thank you for posting it. I just bought a SE Custom 22 Semi-Hollow, and will do some of the adjustments you have shown here. I will start with the truss rod, because it is bowed upward, so when I press the first and last strings, and then look at the low E string at the 8th fret, it is resting on the fret. There is no space, so I will loosen the truss. Then I will check the other things in your video. Thanks again.

@CesarAllGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching and commenting on my videos!

Thank you man for your nice advices that's very good of a tech explanations. Olives break got me :D

@CesarAllGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Cheers from Miami!

@OscarBenben

2 жыл бұрын

@@CesarAllGuitar I bought my PRS at Miami Guitars 😳 life’s crazy

Buenísimo video el unico que me ha ayudado a ajustar mi prs, gracias por decir las medidas en mm.

@CesarAllGuitar

6 жыл бұрын

Me alegro que te haya sido util! Saludos desde Miami!

Thanks for the video. I just got myself another Prs. This time an S2, that keeps my 594 and Mira 25th company. I have issues with the trem though. It goes out of tune all the time. I've stretched the strings and I know how to use the tuners. I guess I'll tighten the bridge springs to start with. Any other suggestions? The guitar goes sharp when out of tune, not flat. The nut slots seem perfectly fine. No binding there that I can see, feel or hear. Still 10 gauge strings, as factory set up.

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Hello! Well, my advice is check if the nut is really well cut, ig your guitar is set ups as I show in the video... are all tje strings getting out of tune or only the G string? Thanks fro watching!!

Brilliantly clear and helpful! One question, you didnt adjust the pole heights on the pickups? would it not be an idea to adjust those to match the neck/string profile?

@CesarAllGuitar

Жыл бұрын

I never touch the poles....thanks!

Nice videos, can you do a setup for a PRS 513

Great video thnx brother. God bless you

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much John!

What cleaning fluid are you using? Cheers.

Nice straight forward video - I'll be checking out my PRS SE Custom 24 set up which I assume is the same. The USA looks fantastic so maybe I'll treat myself to a birthday present (The SE was a "lockdown" present 🤣).

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

You can never have enough guitars! Thanks for watching!

Great video

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

great job

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Thank you so much for the video Cesar, probably the most informative video for prs users. When you adjust the rod for string clearance, would you be pressing 22th fret instead of 24th fret on cu22, 509, 513 and etc? I'm not sure if the length is the same.

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Hello! Thanks for watching! Well, than does not make a big difference. My rule is pressing the fret that meets the body of the guitar...

Hello Cesar! First of all, thank you for the incredible video! I´d like to ask for your advice on something. I have a PRS SE with a tremolo bridge, and I will install locking tuners on it and restring with new strings. Do I first have to lock the tremolo in place with a metal ruler under it or something like that, and then install the new strings, tune the guitar so the strings have the right tension, and then release the tremolo? Or can I just take off the old strings, let the bridge drop naturally because of the springs tension, place the new strings and then tune? My fear of doing it this way is that I will need to turn the tuning pegs too much in order for the bridge to return to its original position, which is what you should avoid when using locking tuners, correct? I hope you can give me some advice because I don´t want to mess up! Many thanks!!

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Hello! You do not need to block the tremolo at all...I never do it. If you wil need adjustment of the tremolo height, then you will do it with the springs at the back as I show in the video. Thanks so much for watching!

Thank You! :)

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you for watching my friend!

Muy buen vídeo!

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Hi, is the bridge and neck relief set up in straight line like fender but with little downward shim? is that hardtail bridge also angled a but downwards to keep straight with the neck relief?

I really like your narration. Also, incidentally, just like you said in your video. I also never gave anyone thumbs' down and just like you, I also just go to another video, if I don't like one particular video. It seems like you and I think the same.

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Great Minds think Alike! Thanks for watching!

Hey Cesar, thank you for the video, it’s was very helpful. Quick question, when setting the action, do you set the radius as well on there as well? Or just the specified height for the bass/treble strings? Thank you.

@CesarAllGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Hey Marco - I adjust the height in each individual string so I can then keep the radius. I adjust each string at 1/16 inch.

When you cut the strings, my first reaction was "OOUUCHH" , LOL. I thought that could not be done. :-)

@CesarAllGuitar

7 жыл бұрын

HAHA - Yes, John, there is no problem ( it is another Guitar Myth ).. Guys, John took care of my guitar while I was away..thanks John!

@johnrodriguez8253

7 жыл бұрын

Ha, ha! Thanks Cesar!! :-)

Thank you for making this video. I just got a PRS SE for my birthday (my second "real" guitar ever.... first one was a Gibson LP I bought over 20 years ago and it's all I've used because I didn't feel like I was missing anything. And I still love it!). I got the PRS and action was super high, strings hard to press. I followed this video meticulously, only thing I've ever personally done for guitar maintenance have been swapping strings, cleaning, and intonation (I've given it in to the guitar shop to do all the big boy stuff). Thanks to Covid, it's a pain to take anything anywhere so I bought a string gauge ruler on Amazon and when it arrived, I rolled up my sleeves and got to work. 3 hours later, the action is excellent as is the string tension. Plays beautifully (though a huge adjustment from the LP!). Question.... after adjusting the string height, the saddle was super low so I readjusted that. By then I didn't feel like doing the string height again and moved onto the pickups. Guitar seems fine to me, action is fine and no buzzing anywhere. I wanted to know your thoughts about what to do if a later adjustment completely throws off an earlier adjustment

@CesarAllGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the question - What I always do is I check all the process in this sequence: 1.- Truss Rod ( Relief ) 2.- String Height ( saddles ) 3.- Pick Up Height 4.- Intonation Cheers!

@moe45673

3 жыл бұрын

@@CesarAllGuitar A ha! So you're saying you could first do the string height and then adjust the floating bridge, if you so desire?

@CesarAllGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

@@moe45673 Hi ! No, sorry - in the chapter of " string height " I should have been more explicit : First, the floating bridge and then the saddles. Both contribute to the string height. In other words - first make sure the floating bridge is set up correctly and then go to the saddles ( all of this, of course, after checking the neck relief ).

Ave, Cesar. You video was very pedagogical, even if I have a little leaning toward black cherries. I won't be long because you have already well deserved commentaries and I would lonly repeat. Just a slight remark. For some kind of reason, it took me the help of my American wife to understand some of the dimensions in inches/millimeters. I suppose it would not hurt to have a little bloc-note handy to write and show show them in a corner of your work bench (or the screen in insertion). But otherwise, excellent. Gracias.

I want to start doing all my own set ups. Where do I get all the correct gauges, rulers, guitar saddles for bench and Soft ware for computer ?

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Hello! All the materials can be very easily found in Stew Mac online.... regarding the software you do not really need that, with a good tuner is OK...

Great video Cesar! I have to agree, PRS guitars have the best truss rod out there. It is very sensitive and easy to adjust. Thank you for the pickup height, I really wanted to see how you do it! You are completely right, it is very important to have the correct height or it can ruin your sustain and so on. Too bad that there are a lot of people that do not pay attention to this detail.

@CesarAllGuitar

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Gregorian - yes, it is very important to keep the pups at the right height.. As I said, in PRS the factory specs work for me. In Fender, for example, in the Fat 50's I need to keep the bass app. 1 mm more from the strings than the factory specs, if not it gets too bassy... thanks for checking in!

@georgiandme

7 жыл бұрын

Anytime, I like your videos!

Hi Cesar hello again prs doctor advice needed :) do these measurements apply to a American Custom 22 as well ?

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Mark! Thanks for watching! Yes, they do!

I just had one question. Are the specs you give out for string height etc etc exclusively for a custom 24 or for all PRS guitars. I have a Santana I from 1996 and was wondering if this all applies? Thank you so much once again!

@CesarAllGuitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks James! Yes, I set up all my PRS's like that, Customs, 594 and SE's...But don't forget , set up is something soooo personal...

What is the tool you're using to measure the bridge distance, the 1/16th tool? I really need to buy one!

What are you using to clean the frets?

Thanks. Great guide. I have a PRS P22. It has a floating bridge. I always presumed I can’t take all the strings off at once. Maybe that comes from my experience with Floyd Rose bridges of the 80’s. I have to wait a few days till my supplies arrive, Is it ok to take all the strings off and clean it and leave it like that till I can restring? Thanks again.

@CesarAllGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Hello! There are menu “ KZread Gurus” spreading false info. If you release the tension on your truss rod, you can leave the neck without strings forever. I am working on an upgrade in one of my PRS’s already for several months and it is without strings. Necks don’t get hurt because of that. Cheers!

Very good Cesar, I like that truss rod cover, I wouldn't mind one of those for my 594, do you have a link to Jason's website?👍

@CesarAllGuitar

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Simon, happy to do it but I don't know if he " created " the Truss Cover. His page is this: kostalguitars.com Although I think it is an Original PRS truss Rod Cover: www.synergyguitars.com/PRS-Guitars/Paul-Reed-Smith-Custom-Truss-Rod-Covers.htm

Hi Cesar amazing and methodical vid . Where can I get this trussrod cover to purchase ?

@CesarAllGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and for the comment! If you watch this video n my channel: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6WZytGnoM2Tgs4.html I have the links there... Thanks!