26 Guitar Modifications that Will Haunt Your Dreams | Would You Rock Or Not? Ep 81

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  • Опубліковано 2 кві 2018
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    This is a compilation of many interesting modifications and less than traditional / poor repair attempts on varying electric guitar brands.
    "Interesting" Guitar Modifications and Repairs | Innovative or Scary? | Would You Rock Or Not? Ep 81
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  • @Trog
    @Trog  6 років тому +72

    Welcome to the channel - UA-cam has been suggesting this video lately even though it is nearly 2 years old. Feel free to check out my modern and much better content!
    Headless SG Review Video: ua-cam.com/video/EJ7MvSEZFeM/v-deo.html
    reverb.grsm.io/HeadlessSG

    • @clockwork914
      @clockwork914 6 років тому +1

      The Trogly's Guitar Show
      One viewing is enough for the most deviant of sadists.

    • @32shumble
      @32shumble 6 років тому

      Check out J J Cale's Harmony guitar

    • @kaseymcbee3248
      @kaseymcbee3248 6 років тому

      The Trogly's Guitar Show the prs and fender v’s

    • @NotDingse
      @NotDingse 6 років тому

      Hey trogly, you should check out Connan Mockasin's self-modified Stratocaster that is shaped almost like a VOX Teardrop

    • @jamesimthurn6201
      @jamesimthurn6201 5 років тому

      The Trogly's Guitar Show dude your channel name is so gay dude for real nerdy too sorry

  • @carlg500ci7
    @carlg500ci7 5 років тому +149

    Eddie wasnt kidding when said he destroyed alot guitars to find the perfect sound...

  • @funnyfarmband4410
    @funnyfarmband4410 4 роки тому +83

    The fender emblem screwed to the headstock is pretty genius. Would rock.

  • @shawhennessey3178
    @shawhennessey3178 6 років тому +373

    Oh no, you bought the headless SG didn't you?

    • @fuckedupemokidable
      @fuckedupemokidable 6 років тому +61

      Shaw Hennessey you sound like a very disappointed mother

    • @thomaspartin191
      @thomaspartin191 6 років тому +6

      LMFAO.....

    • @timothycormier3494
      @timothycormier3494 6 років тому +12

      Shaw Hennessey that’s the way I heard it aswell. I’d be lieing if I said I wasn’t curious

    • @rydergrimes6696
      @rydergrimes6696 6 років тому +2

      Shaw Hennessey yep.

    • @icenesiswayons9962
      @icenesiswayons9962 5 років тому +3

      Definitely one way to fix a broken headstock, lol!

  • @solarwinds5114
    @solarwinds5114 4 роки тому +11

    No one, absolutely no one:
    Those crazy fanmade controller mockups designed before a game console is announced: 3:03

  • @Robman275
    @Robman275 4 роки тому +83

    We shouldn't laugh too hard at these. Remember that back in the '70s that a kid named Eddie Van Halen took a Strat body, carved out the bridge pickup rout with a chisel, screwed a Gibson humbucker in there, that he'd rewound himself and dipped in a coffee pot of wax, left the middle rout empty and the neck pickup non functional, because of his limited wiring skills, then cut up his own pickguard, put a knob labeled Tone, for the volume because it was all he had, screwed a coin under the bridge, stuck in his own screw-eye strap hooks, then changed music forever!

    • @batastrophic9762
      @batastrophic9762 4 роки тому +13

      to be fair, I think he would have been just as famous if he wasn't playing on a home-made botch-job

    • @Robman275
      @Robman275 4 роки тому +2

      @@batastrophic9762 I totally agree, just making the point that some of the guitars in this video might actually be amazing.

    • @batastrophic9762
      @batastrophic9762 4 роки тому +7

      @@Robman275 talking about this brings to mind Brian May's "Red Special". Although, in my books, that guitar was a clean enough looking build to not be considered a "botch job"

    • @Robman275
      @Robman275 4 роки тому +5

      @@batastrophic9762 Yeah that's too lovely to be a botch job lol. Crazy that was originally an old fire place :D

    • @Jason-ut2yn
      @Jason-ut2yn 4 роки тому +6

      @@batastrophic9762 Clean enough not to be considered a botch? GTFO! That guitar is damn near perfect and its design is pure genius. He and his dad invented the knife edge floating tremolo! A few years later Floyd Rose took the idea and made it practical for the masses.

  • @ericdenton6664
    @ericdenton6664 4 роки тому +5

    The headless SG actually shows a bit of creative for thought. Thumbs up for that masterpiece.

  • @asdf9890
    @asdf9890 4 роки тому +75

    Most of these look like someone's methed out project.

  • @kierenmoore3236
    @kierenmoore3236 6 років тому +64

    Jesus Fret-Tapping Christ, what abominations!!
    4:10 looks like a highly-detailed PRS cake ... at least, you'd want it to be ... D:
    Most of the others are just too horrific for words ... ...

    • @williamthompson5071
      @williamthompson5071 6 років тому +2

      Totally agree. I get that they can do whatever they want. But really WTF!!!!- The PRS didnt bother me as much as the Gibsons and Fenders I saw. Makes me wanna puke.

    • @Trog
      @Trog  6 років тому +8

      I like the idea of a hyper-realistic looking guitar cake!

    • @VelinSevven
      @VelinSevven 6 років тому +5

      Lol, I'm one of those people that thinks that inanimate objects have souls so this is just terrifying for me. Fuck anybody who mutilates a guitar.

  • @9imack
    @9imack 6 років тому +43

    Who does that to a beautiful 'Norlin era' Goldie? Old Goldie's should be protected by law!

    • @celticfury7328
      @celticfury7328 6 років тому +4

      I hear ya bro...had the chance to pick one of those beauties up in the mid 80s for $800 (goldtop, mini 'buckers, original hsc, stunningly gorgeous condition), passed because I couldn't justify spending that much on a guitar. Been kicking myself in the ass ever since!

    • @9imack
      @9imack 6 років тому +4

      Tough break man. I've got a '56R Goldie, I wanted one ever since I saw Mick Ronson paying one with Bowie as Ziggy when I was a kid. I love Goldie's, especially with P90 pups (same routing as minibuckers too), so someone cutting one up is sacrilege as far as I'm concerned.

    • @altrock86
      @altrock86 6 років тому

      I think it's crazy to do to a good top l.p. but I thought it looked petty cool. I have a cheap epiphone l.p. special and I might try something like that for fun.

    • @9imack
      @9imack 6 років тому +1

      Why not? A high end Epi would be a bit too expensive but an Epi special is a different matter. Cheap pups & hardware are easily replaceable too.

    • @alabamahebrew
      @alabamahebrew 6 років тому

      I sure wish I had the money to waste where I could take an expensive guitar like that goldtop and just butcher it. Im not sure if we are seeing a video of creative people or spoiled people who do not value their items?

  • @JL-dz8sj
    @JL-dz8sj 6 років тому +18

    I scalloped my RG on my own with two hand tools. It turned out to be a really awesome job, there was only one spot where I made a mistake but it only cosmetic.

    • @Krashulka
      @Krashulka 4 роки тому

      I did the same to an Ibanez EX360 back in the early 90's. Came out great. Cheers

  • @Foxonian
    @Foxonian 6 років тому +271

    If Homer Simpson was your luthier.

    • @outerspace9392
      @outerspace9392 5 років тому +2

      Preety much

    • @joermnyc
      @joermnyc 4 роки тому +5

      Homer: “Hmm, fret replacement? This one’s going to be easy!” [Lights a blow torch.]

    • @jasonmoskowitz246
      @jasonmoskowitz246 4 роки тому

      Which would you rock and/or roll?

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 4 роки тому

      "if"?
      looks more like "when" lol

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 4 роки тому

      @@joermnyc A bit overkill, but Homer's not _completely_ in outer space here; he's just in the stratosphere. If your frets are glued in, it's advisable to heat the frets gently with a soldering gun that you've cut the tip's end off of.

  • @c.p.1589
    @c.p.1589 4 роки тому +10

    When you ask "which one would you rock" do you mean which one would I throw rocks at? If so, I'd rock them all.

  • @eliptats
    @eliptats 4 роки тому +75

    the cut jaguar actually looks cool

    • @sagrado5
      @sagrado5 4 роки тому +16

      Asdf Asdfz It's a Jazzmaster, not a Jaguar.

    • @Obiwannabe
      @Obiwannabe 4 роки тому +3

      @@sagrado5 seriously how do you fuck those 2 up?

    • @randomguy263
      @randomguy263 4 роки тому +1

      @@Obiwannabe Everyone isn't a Fender fan, you know. The only real differences visually are that the Jazzmaster has a longer scale length (not that visible); The Jaguar has metal plates where the knobs, the pickups switches and the other switches are; the Jazzmaster has a 3-way toggle switch while the Jaguar has 2 on-off switches (and a turbo switch, I think); and the Jazzmaster has those big single coils while the Jaguar has more normal looking single coils (although they look like they pop out more from the guitar than the stratocaster ones). So basically, the differences are minimal.

    • @Obiwannabe
      @Obiwannabe 4 роки тому +3

      @@randomguy263 All you need to do is look at the pickups.

    • @randomguy263
      @randomguy263 4 роки тому

      @@Obiwannabe Yes, but then again everyone doesn't know all Fender guitars and you can switch pickups and all Jazzmasters don't even originally have the large pickups.

  • @brushot
    @brushot 4 роки тому +7

    I really dig the fender logo on the guitar and the 5 single coils. Just make the fender logo a bit smaller to where it fits the headstock and it's perfect. And for the 5 single coils, just place the pickups more evenly and add a humbucker option where two pickups are on and then that is good as well.

  • @tommilitello198
    @tommilitello198 4 роки тому +7

    The knobs ya wondered about looks like volume and tone for each pickup

  • @gmofftarki
    @gmofftarki 6 років тому +29

    I really want to know what the lightswitches do on that bass.

    • @hirokokueh3541
      @hirokokueh3541 6 років тому +2

      I guess the upper three are on/off for each pickups, bottom three are kinds of tone control

    • @johnchase8510
      @johnchase8510 5 років тому +2

      I suspect those are Lutron wireless controls, and switch lighting around the house😅

    • @FirdausIdros
      @FirdausIdros 4 роки тому

      and notice an EMG Bridge pick up on it!

    • @azaleafbsb1793
      @azaleafbsb1793 4 роки тому +2

      Obviously to turn on the lights, duh! 🤦‍♂️

    • @beatleme2
      @beatleme2 3 роки тому

      Better off adding the Clapper …clap on clap off…imagine..Lol

  • @craigusselman546
    @craigusselman546 4 роки тому +8

    i LITERALLY YELPED AT THE SCALLOPED FRETS .why whyyyy.

    • @coldwar1977
      @coldwar1977 4 роки тому

      some things you cannot unsee!!

  • @ZIZZERFLAG
    @ZIZZERFLAG 4 роки тому +7

    I kinda dig the headless sg, especially after learning the backstory behind it.

  • @DanishingAct
    @DanishingAct 6 років тому +4

    That cut up offset was beautiful! Almost and explorer/ jazzmaster feel.

  • @amirkhalid5449
    @amirkhalid5449 6 років тому +11

    I rather like the Squier Strat with the Fender amplifier badge and the Affinity series name on the headstock. I presume the rest of it was stock?

    • @joelmiddaugh8229
      @joelmiddaugh8229 5 років тому

      Totally, absolutely, 100%, have taken a Fender amp emblem and put it on a Squier guitar before. I was so defensive when I saw that on the thumbnail and read the description, I just had to click.

  • @ericdenton6664
    @ericdenton6664 4 роки тому +2

    I also dig the Les Paul with the P90, strat single, mini humbucker and finally the paf in the neck position. I also like the dual 3way switches. The LP Deluxe paddle comes in 2nd place. What breaks my heart is the guitars chosen to modify. Why not a "Hondo" LP. Not a real LP custom. I would imagine the players that did these mods were incredible virtuoso guitar masters.

  • @lancethrustworthy
    @lancethrustworthy 4 роки тому +2

    You're doing one or more things right when even non-guitar players, like myself, tune in. Bravo.

  • @Deebz270
    @Deebz270 4 роки тому

    I've already got a six (single) coil Stratocaster thank you. And yes, eets a verrry nice.... More voices than a Welsh male voice choir.
    .
    Basically a Standard Corona 'VG' Strat. (The 'Virtual Guitar' Strat, that incorporates a Roland GR1/2 sensing pickup, feeding a processor programed with various emulated guitar/pickup voicings). I retained the original 'VG' circuitry and 'passive' wiring (replaced the pickups with Lace Sensors - Blue/Silver/Red) and tandemed up the wiring with a Deluxe loom with S1 switch and SCN pickups. Two five-way blade switches with all pots replaced with dual concentric versions, giving volume and tone (with TBX/Greasebucket mod) control to each pickup group selected. All fitted to a polished stainless-steel pickup plate.
    .
    Bridge was upgraded from the standard six-screw effort to the Deluxe twin-fulcrum system. Tuners also replaced with Fender Deluxe locking tuners. Due to wear and tear, all frets were replaced with stainless frets and a Deluxe 'roller nut'.
    .
    Controls are easy and intuitive, staying similar to original for both models (VG and Deluxe), but output is routed to a four channel output, or the option of just single channel. The stainless pickup plate also holds a generic tuner device, powered from the same source as the VG circuit.
    .
    I call it - *Das UberStrat.*

  • @timo9748
    @timo9748 6 років тому +1

    love those kinds of videos - with wacky stuff. I also really love the videos where you show some of your guitars in detail. I really appreciate how in depth you go and your style of videos is very informative. I sometimes watch them before going to bed, they're actually kind of relaxing lol. You deserve way more subs but I'm sure it will come sooner or later. When I discovered you're born in 94 though... what did I do wrong in life to be not even close to having so nice guitars like you do? (I'm a '95 btw.)

    • @Trog
      @Trog  6 років тому +1

      Thanks for watching!
      I worked 3-4 jobs while I was high school and in college. That put me ahead in life financially. I started this guitar stuff one guitar at a time, and now I'm at 30 guitars at a time! haha. All it takes is a dream, confidence and dedication.
      Best,
      Austin

  • @blakebuckland8484
    @blakebuckland8484 5 років тому +12

    What the hell have I just witnessed

  • @AKLowEnd
    @AKLowEnd 6 років тому +1

    I love the Fender amp logo on the headstock, Squier. Ridiculous and awesome. Probably adds sustain like a Fatfinger. I've got one of those logos that came off my old bass case...:)

  • @timwhite5562
    @timwhite5562 3 роки тому +1

    The oddest I've seen was a Strat where the owner wound his own single coil pickup. Instead of winding the bobbin, he wound each pole piece individually, and then gave each pole it's own separate output Jack. He used the normal Strat recessed steel Jack, so there were 6 of them peppered on the top.
    They actually worked, and as unsightly as it looked, I could actually see finding a use for a guitar like this. Whatever the use will surely be very niche; maybe using it for a film soundtrack, or running various poles to different effects, say; the G to a wah, the D/A/ low-E to some synth effect, etc. After that however I think you'd be left with little more than a conversation starter.

  • @Xubuntu47
    @Xubuntu47 4 роки тому

    I would rock the Strat with the big Fender amp logo, it is just so audacious.
    Most of these make my vintage lawsuit era Ibanez SG mods seem reasonable. I was studying electronics at a voc-tech school from 1978-1980 and probably got the idea from Guitar Player Magazine. I created a circuit that put the pickups--not the coils, the whole pickups--in series and parallel with a mini toggle. Another toggle reversed the polarity of one of the coils, giving that pickup a very thin, trebly sound from the phase cancellations. To make any combination of pickups work with any toggle setting required an elaborate multi-pole, multi-throw rotary switch with complicated wiring. I custom ordered the switch from Grayhill--imagine getting a single custom component nowadays. I had to make the hole smaller, so I used a section of drum stick to fill and drill. I also drilled the batwing pickguard for a mini pot as a master volume, but never installed it, so it's just got a hole sitting there. I'm not sure how much I devalued it, but in its day it sounded pretty cool.

  • @277southtombob
    @277southtombob 3 роки тому

    I have a early 70’s “foil” pickup that’s so hot and microphonic I stuck it on the top of a cheap classical guitar as a experiment. It actually sounded surprisingly good , it actually reminded me of the ceramic pickups on the Baldwin classical guitars in the early 70’s.
    I play a LP Deluxe and I would absolutely play that canoe paddle deluxe. I couldn’t bring myself to do it even to a Epiphone but I’d play one that was already done. I have to admit about the end of the second set I’d probably welcome it.

  • @ironbassist1971
    @ironbassist1971 6 років тому +19

    They Destroyed these Guitars

  • @user-qb2de4gn3g
    @user-qb2de4gn3g 4 роки тому +1

    i guess that the first guitar is some kind of noise\ambient contraption. I am not sure about the chain, but guess that the spring makes a rather eerie sound.

  • @nrennels
    @nrennels 4 роки тому

    I have a few things to add. The PRS with a huge wedge cut out. Rather than making the guitar lighter, they were probably trying remake an Ibanez rbm1.
    And the guitar with the five pickups and five toggle switches. The toggle switches are probably wired off, on, split and the knobs are obviously one volume and one tone. They're even paired off five and five.

  • @thearabianmage
    @thearabianmage 6 років тому +1

    7:23 this looks like a mod 18 year old me would’ve done. Best guess is the toggles are dedicated on/offs for the pickups and the knobs are dedicated volume and tone.
    If the guy was a massive geek, he would’ve taken the used on/off/on toggles for the two bridge pickups to get series/off/parallel wiring for more tones.

  • @dr.gonzogoesberserk4187
    @dr.gonzogoesberserk4187 6 років тому +1

    I kinda like the 5 pickup Strat at 8:05; personally I would've angled the fourth pickup so it would look like a natural progression between 3 and 5, and I think I would've done away with the five-way selector and had five individual on/off switches to get some crazy combos out of it. And if I wanted to be a little ambitious, I would figure out how to wire some in/out of phase switches to get some crazy tones out of it. I like unique, over the top guitars, and I feel like that would be an insane monster to try and tame.

    • @joeturner7959
      @joeturner7959 5 років тому

      Basically the 4 pickup and the 5 pickup have 4 or 5 engage switches, and 2 pots for each pickup, volume and tone. Interesting would be their choice of capacitors for each tone control.

  • @CTL5150
    @CTL5150 6 років тому +3

    If you actually bought that headless sg thing then i can’t wait for a video on it. I think it looks really cool

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic 4 роки тому +1

    I like how positive you are. Some of the cheaper guitars, why not? Go nuts. The first one would be great for like a mood ambiance, horror themed, metal, or something,... band. You could probably get all kinds of cool reverb effects out of the springs and chains and harps. But the more expensive one's,... just why?

  • @jameshill2015
    @jameshill2015 4 роки тому

    I'm guessing most of these efforts of desperation were done on guitars that all suffered catastrophic damage.. the gold top LP maybe dropped off a wall hanger busting binding and maybe separating the maple top deeply and was not damaged in the area that remained and the guy made lemonade out of his lemon of a mess.. making the best of what was left of a bad accident..the neck repairs show that these are almost all a result of damage that a proper repair far exceeded the cost of the guitars value just to have a de-valued repaired guitar..some were pretty crafty..some were.. let's just say they might have been better off waiting until AFTER the repair to light up that blunt!😁 Great vid Trog!

  • @JNava
    @JNava 4 роки тому +6

    Those look like D’addario’s on that electric acoustic guitar

  • @BarryPoogy
    @BarryPoogy 6 років тому +2

    "The map is in my boot. The microfilm is in my tooth. The combination to the airlock is 1-2-3-4. I will tell you anything but please don't make me watch that video ever again!"

  • @E-BikingAdventures
    @E-BikingAdventures 5 років тому

    For hardtailing a whammy. All you need to do is wedge a small block of wood between the back side of tail(whatever thats called), and loosen the claw screws. The 40-50 lbs of string tension will hold the bridge solid. To remove the block, just tighten the claw screws. Find a piece of wood that's the right thickness to keep the bridge level. I do this with my Floyd Rose. Always remove the whammy bar when doing this.

  • @mightyV444
    @mightyV444 4 роки тому +5

    1st one's a Washburn (as has been said), and the "modded Jaguar" is a Jazzmaster :-)

    • @jcripp7974
      @jcripp7974 3 роки тому +1

      No. The modded one is a piece of shit

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 3 роки тому

      @@jcripp7974 - You've played that one? :-)

  • @AnimilesYT
    @AnimilesYT 4 роки тому

    7:24 My guess would be that the toggle switches are indeed for coil splitting. There are 5 humbucker pickups and 5 toggle switches. The knobs are probably configured the same as a Les Paul. Each pickup has a volume and a tone knob. There are 2 rows of 5 knobs each. I think that allows you to mix all pickups however you like :)

  • @DigiPal
    @DigiPal 4 роки тому +1

    In fact, if one of those would have been a couple of times in hands of Gilmour, the resale value would have reached the million...
    I wish to be alive to see the resale value of the original "Frankenstrat" and its sister, the MiJ "Explorer" copy from Ibanez, the "Destroyer" (which is, in fact, the one EVH used to use a lot to record rhythm parts of their debut album).

  • @Kreln1221
    @Kreln1221 4 роки тому

    *The "harp" guitar pictured at the **0:22** mark was originally a Washburn Stage A Series guitar, either from the original run from 80'-85', or the one year they reissued it, 96', or at least a copy of one...*

  • @psykoklown874
    @psykoklown874 6 років тому +5

    I think 7:14 is nicely done . Probably an Explorer style guitar originally. I have a feeling that each pickup has its own on/off switch and vol/tone control.

    • @SensibleJones
      @SensibleJones 6 років тому

      Looks like a Dean ML Lady Size but with the lower front Horn cut and re-angled. :-)

    • @psykoklown874
      @psykoklown874 6 років тому

      I didn't think of that. You may very well be right.

    • @contrabandjoe7974
      @contrabandjoe7974 6 років тому

      I think this is a Modified Peavy Mystic from the 1980's... I owned one in black.. really good guitars....

    • @blackdogsheep5631
      @blackdogsheep5631 6 років тому

      Do we know for sure that its a modification and not a custom made guitar. It looks too nicely made to be a mod.

    • @psykoklown874
      @psykoklown874 6 років тому

      I also wonder about that, but if it's not, then someone did a great job on the woodwork. You'd think that the pickups would be color matched if stock, but maybe not, or they could have been changed. I'd rock it.

  • @christophersnyder3241
    @christophersnyder3241 4 роки тому

    this was a comedy horror show that i just loved because i got an entry for your next video. I laughed and screamed and was impressed with all of the salvages, if i may hope that was the intended thought there. lol

  • @djangothecat
    @djangothecat 4 роки тому

    I'm surprised you didn't mention the "Page/Hendrix" poker chip and the vibrato bar on the Classical Guitar. Best stuff ever!

  • @bengom68
    @bengom68 4 роки тому +13

    Nightmares most of them !

  • @murkywalters297
    @murkywalters297 3 роки тому

    The worst guitar mod I've ever seen was an ebay auction for a pre-war Martin 000 that had been cut out for a humbucker. The big rectangle hole was cut out right where you'd normally put a bridge pickup, so it eliminated the very center of the X brace. It was like putting a giant hole in your engine block to make your car go faster.

  • @adambirk6642
    @adambirk6642 6 років тому +4

    I dont really like strats but the 5 pickup one would be cool to own.

  • @nealixd.3011
    @nealixd.3011 5 років тому

    Fender Jazzmaster at 04:32. Most tragic to me was the Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. Such great LPs with those mini-humbuckers! The LP of choice for Duane Allman if I recall correctly.

  • @guycore5478
    @guycore5478 4 роки тому +4

    All of those guitars must have excellent neck dive.

  • @cybrunel1016
    @cybrunel1016 6 років тому +4

    I love this type of stuff. A testament to the ghetto warrior who 'WILL DO THIS' no matter what. If it works, good. If it don't, fuck it, try again. The art-ology and idiocracy of it, is pure genius. I've done my share, and let me tell ya, there's plenty of laughs in it, and even amazement. Both good for the soul. Thx for posting this.

  • @joesharpe7685
    @joesharpe7685 4 роки тому +1

    Spring used for spring reverb on first guitar? If so that is truly the most epic mod I've ever seen

  • @TheSPT
    @TheSPT 4 роки тому

    A bit late, but the crowded Strat you very briefly showed seemed interesting. Granted, I love having a million different knobs and switches on mine, but that seemed a bit more well done than the rest.

  • @hayden911
    @hayden911 2 роки тому

    7:24 I'd imagine it started life as some sort of Explorer-like guitar and the switches are probably on/off for each of the pickups. I also think the knobs are probably just independent volume and tone knobs

  • @batastrophic9762
    @batastrophic9762 4 роки тому

    If I had to choose (eurgh) I'd rock the ML-looking thing. The control layout looks confusing at first, but once you count the knobs it becomes obvious... each of the single-size pups has a 3-way mini-switch that splits the coil or runs the full pickup (as to which combinations of which pickups will be in phase, I have no idea), then there's a vol and and tone for each of the five pups... 10 in total

  • @idiosyncraticmushroom3030
    @idiosyncraticmushroom3030 4 роки тому +1

    The 1st one was awesome. I think the person who built it was trying to make a Electric Guitar-Sitar hybrid and just overdid it

  • @ziphrox
    @ziphrox 6 років тому +2

    4:35 That's a Jazz Master, not a Jaguar, but anyhow, great video! Keep it up!

    • @Trog
      @Trog  6 років тому +1

      I had a feeling I got it wrong haha

  • @Hillbilly_Papist
    @Hillbilly_Papist 4 роки тому

    We had a song in one of my bands that used a banjo as an intro. I took an acoustic guitar pick up and duct taped it to the back of the head and ran it into a DI box then tuner as a kill. Worked great live.

  • @KickArs
    @KickArs 5 років тому

    At 7:15 I would say a series of individual volumes and tones. One set for each pickup. Same for toggle switches. Switch probably turn on or off individual pickup. Then you pick the sound you want by choosing or combining the PU's. That's my guess anyway.

  • @jcoulter43
    @jcoulter43 6 років тому +1

    Not, just....not! LOL! Thanks for sharing the oddities and carved up curiosities!

  • @terrypussypower
    @terrypussypower 4 роки тому

    4:08 Ha! I have one of those Black And Decker powered screwdrivers at top right! They're really good.

  • @sorrenblitz805
    @sorrenblitz805 4 роки тому

    The strat with the giant fender logo on it is indeed a squier. In the circular part of the headstock you can see the "Affinity series" logo stamped on it. That there be a good guitar for the low end market.

  • @djjjs7375
    @djjjs7375 4 роки тому

    That strat with the double springs was a thing in the early 2000s. I seem to remember an article in stewmac about building one. Supposed to have nearly infinite sustain.

    • @stettan1
      @stettan1 4 роки тому

      Didn't work that well I suppose?

  • @Pumpkin_Fart
    @Pumpkin_Fart 4 роки тому +1

    Love the acoustic with the melted Frankenstein bridge

  • @tehlolercaust
    @tehlolercaust 6 років тому +1

    8:58 that's good 'ol JB weld!

  • @BackToTheBlues
    @BackToTheBlues 4 роки тому

    John Mayall is known for chopping his guitars about - if you look at the cover of Diary Of A Band (vols 1 or 2 - it's the same front cover) he's holding a guitar which at one time may have been a Burns, but I have to say it looks rather marvellous, and he has another, which you can find if you Google "John Mayall's Guitars" which looks to have been a standard Strat at one time...

  • @BroKEnCaPSLoCk1
    @BroKEnCaPSLoCk1 4 роки тому +1

    The first one looks like an attempt at making an electric sitar. Those extra strings might be there to ring sympathetically to create that droning sound.

  • @iamalpharius9483
    @iamalpharius9483 4 роки тому

    Nothing beats the 6 string bass with heavy piano strings and a a piece of flat, bar stock steel crazy glued to the back of the neck to hold tension.
    Didnt work that well.

  • @matzegehtdichnixan6768
    @matzegehtdichnixan6768 4 роки тому

    First one is a Washburn A-5 Stage Series Reissue. I got one and I love it, although I modified it myself. But PU's only

  • @claudevieaul1465
    @claudevieaul1465 2 роки тому

    First model is a Washburn A model. Really well made and great sounding guitars!

  • @Tricknologyinc
    @Tricknologyinc 6 років тому

    FYI regarding the six spring butchered Strat mod... NEVER add springs in series. It makes them SOFTER because now TWO springs are stretching the amount they would for the same amount of pressure! Everyone knows a harder tailpiece is what you want for tune stability during string bends as well as sustain. What you want is as many spring in parallel as you can stand to whammy with! I always run five of the stiffest springs I can get my hands on, with Strat style whammies!

  • @jamro217
    @jamro217 4 роки тому

    The Fender is a Jazzmaster, not a Jaguar. Jaguars had pickups the same size as Strat pickups, but with a metal container around them. The multiple knobs on some of these instruments are most likely separate volume and tone controls for each pickup (similar to a stock Les Paul or SG). The only ones that are really horrifying are the industrial glued bridge repairs. The others are either just funny or kind of stupid. The bass with the light switches is hilarious.

  • @bevo65
    @bevo65 4 роки тому

    8:53 - "It's a little horrifying -- but, hey, you can't blame the guy for trying." THE HELL I CAN'T

  • @andrewlipic8414
    @andrewlipic8414 5 років тому

    I like the classical style upgrade idea. I own a 71-73 gold top deluxe, can't imagine cutting it up like that even if it did reduce the weight.

  • @hogant.551
    @hogant.551 4 роки тому

    That 3rd one with the white switches looks interesting. What if 1 of those switches controlled the bass owner's neighbor's garage door.

  • @thegunslinger7377
    @thegunslinger7377 4 роки тому +3

    My dad actually tried to epoxy the tremolo system of his squier strat.

  • @leonid4468
    @leonid4468 4 роки тому

    "Put some beef on it..." HA! I lost it on that one. But seriously though, it looks like they used a chuck roast, when for that application a tougher cut like bottom round would probably have been better.

  • @J8D2
    @J8D2 6 років тому

    This video has reminded me of some horrifying images that were doing the rounds on the internet a few years ago. It was a right to left hand conversion on an original burst and had been executed horribly. It also gets me thinking of marc bolans famous 58' les paul that had about 3 neck swaps.

  • @doitnowvideosyeah5841
    @doitnowvideosyeah5841 4 роки тому

    I played someone's 50's Tele that had more, 'body friendly' contours cut in I suppose would be charitable. Sounded and played great! Like a Tele, but smaller...

  • @guitarhilley
    @guitarhilley 4 роки тому

    2:54 Not Ernie Ball Strings, they have a uniform colored ball end. The strings on this particular guitar are most likely D’Addario or Rotosounds who have colored ball ends.

  • @andrewmize823
    @andrewmize823 6 років тому

    Back in the day, I had a green Ibanez Ghostrider with P90 pickups. Around 1998, I decided that that bridge pickup just HAD to be a humbucker, so I routed a cavity for a humbucker...and I did it horribly. It looked like an animal had been chewing on the guitar, and to make matters worse, the hole I made was so crooked I couldn't mount the pickup ring straight. I gave it to a friend of mine who does wood work, and he managed to fix the guitar and sell it. If you ever see a black Ibanez Ghostrider with a cream soapbar in the neck and a black humbucker in the bridge, it's probably the guitar I messed up all those years ago...

  • @twootters7433
    @twootters7433 4 роки тому +3

    9:10 Add one more use for JB Weld...lol

    • @jesseleon4501
      @jesseleon4501 4 роки тому

      Square Hammer you can’t string that guitar anymore.

  • @nealixd.3011
    @nealixd.3011 5 років тому

    People did a lot of crazy stuff like this back in the day, because most folks did not envision a vintage market!

  • @silverstone3228
    @silverstone3228 6 років тому +11

    The way you laugh is making me laugh😂 a bit like beavis

  • @nicandknacksandseans
    @nicandknacksandseans 4 роки тому

    I like the fact that he doesn’t instantly judge guitar mods. There are so many vintage freaks out there who just despise modifications. I get dropping the price for something that is non original, but some guys act like some sort of crime has been committed. Gotta remember: a guitar is a tool. And if it’s not doing what you want it to, it is a bad tool. People who bond with their guitars the most often have the weirdest gammy guitars out there, like a worn out teddy bear. Look at Willie Nelson. Eric Clapton once said in an interview, when he bought guitars, he always looked for a worn out neck, because that meant someone had loved the guitar.

  • @allanwhittick2930
    @allanwhittick2930 4 роки тому

    I'd love to hear them all but, the lefty les Paul and the one with multiple instruments on it.

  • @74dartman13
    @74dartman13 5 років тому

    I don't know if I would rock any of them, but I do know the cut up vintage Strat almost made me shed a tear! Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!😲

  • @b.rodclark7349
    @b.rodclark7349 4 роки тому +1

    First guitar's an 80s Washburn A-20; the Fender's a Jazzmaster; that Affinity's a Squier...By Fender (duh!)

  • @kosycat1
    @kosycat1 6 років тому

    3:35 im not the most experienced but i could build one of those looks like they wired it to be like two separate les pauls in one body the harder part would be the routing

  • @nicandknacksandseans
    @nicandknacksandseans 4 роки тому

    I want to see a strat like that prs. Where there are horns in the back as well as the front. Like a mirror. They could call it something like “the mirror image strat” and put a cool mirror pick guard on it or something.

  • @punman5392
    @punman5392 5 років тому

    Not gonna lie I really like the one at 4:34. Kinda reminds me of a BC Rich Bich shape. Talk about quick and easy weight relief

  • @That_One_Guy_In_A_Band
    @That_One_Guy_In_A_Band 6 років тому

    That guitar you thought was a Jaguar was actually a Fender Jazzmaster, likely an Elvis Costello signature model, judging by the colour. It breaks my heart, personally, to see that, since the Jazzmaster is my favourite guitar of all time, but to each their own.

  • @jonnda
    @jonnda 4 роки тому

    7:30 looks like on off switches for each pickup, and a volume/tone for each pickup. That’s how I would handle the wiring anyway.

  • @brianglade848
    @brianglade848 4 роки тому +3

    Do you know a Burt Trogly, he was into acoustics, he's outta Pelham Georgia

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic 4 роки тому +1

    2:16 "Merry Christmas Billy. You said you wanted a guitar for Christmas. Here it is. Play us a Christmas carol." "Yeah, I meant an electric guitar." "What's the difference? Besides, I don't want you playing that heathen rock and roll music." "Okay..."

  • @Kaleb-Mayhew
    @Kaleb-Mayhew 6 років тому

    The first one was intended as a diy take on the old choral sitars with some added stuff for flavor.

  • @scottbogfoot
    @scottbogfoot 5 років тому

    Nice work on the consama vees, trogdor!