I like the Dogs solo on Animals - apparently done on a Tele too. But it has to be Comfortably Numb I guess. Edit: I'm going to re-listen to his first solo album tomorrow, I haven't listened to it for a while but there are some good lead solos on it. Actually I haven't heard it on my current stereo and it's the best and most revealing system I've ever owned so I'm looking forward to it now... 'Cry From the Street' comes to mind as well as 'No Way'.
My favorite is the first solo in Comfortably Numb; I like the first solo better than the second. Second favorite is the opening to Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
I was looking for making my own “black strat” when suddenly your video appeared! Really enjoyed, I watched fully and thank you for made it. Really nice video, the whole process, everything just right. The narrative really great like someone said on the comments below, “the Bob Ross of guitars” ¡congratulations! Don’t stop making videos and meanwhile I will look the other ones you have made. Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽
Very impressive build. There is nothing more satisfying than imagining a guitar in your minds eye and then sourcing all of the parts and bringing it all together.....and then it WORKS!!! I've built many of my own guitars and swear it becomes addictive......my wife says so as well lol.
No. It's actually hard work. This wasn't a build. Fender had already built it. My guitars are built. I go swimming for the mother of pearl and it takes a week to cut it into neck inlays. So Don't talk to me about building guitars cause you've got no clue.
@@Gma7788 dude okay they may not have used the best wording but calm down, they clearly meant customizing and improving guitars. And what do You mean, they werent talking to you?
I've played guitar since I was in middle school, but this is the first time I'm buying myself a quality instrument and watching videos like this teaches me a ton about what to pay attention to and what I could do with one in the future. I wanted to go for my first real Strat and yours looks and sounds amazing, so thanks for the thorough tour of your process. I've got to see what else you've put together now.
When you were soldering and said don't blow on the solder to cool it off. I've been soldering for over 50 years and just found that out a couple months ago. Another fun fact from watching UA-cam videos. This was a really good video. I enjoyed it. It's a beautiful guitar. Thanks.
I want to thank you for the extra effort and lengths you go to for your viewers. Putting in timestamps and links to products is going above and beyond. Keep up the awesome work. Started watching you with the Classic Vibe series and comparisons. I really enjoyed the blind tone tests.
Found this three years later, amazing build! Couldn’t imagine a better way to spend a Sunday morning watching someone build a guitar while having some good coffee. 😊
I find your style and self-deprecating sense of humor make your videos so relatable. I think we can see ourselves in the humanity of your product. Good stuff, my friend!
Not meaning to sound critical but a few things I'd like to point out. Please keep in mind that I'm writing this as I'm watching the video. 14:12 I prefer to leave a small tab of the shielding tape to extend up onto the top of the body. I locate this tab at the nearest pickguard mounting hole (to the cavities) that also has pickguard shielding on the back of the pickguard. This ensures the pickguard is grounded. Tis possible that the Obsidian kit already grounds the guard, but it's always safer to assume ye don't have a ground connection there & ensure the guard is grounded. 14:30 First, BEFORE removing the liner always double check that all the holes and cutouts lines up. Once ye remove the liner, it's NOT returnable. Most, if not all, pickguard sources have this policy. Second, I usually leave the liner on the guard & take it off after I've mounted the loaded pickguard onto the body. This prevents scratch damage to the guard. 21:40 I prefer installing the trem assembly before the loaded guard & jack assemblies. Tis more efficient as I only need flip guitar once during install phase. 29:40 I see ye made same conclusion about trem first. I usually wait until I have all parts in hand before starting the actual build. Some sources can take weeks/months for parts to arrive. This is why I can have as many as 4 concurrent guitar projects in the build queue. 23:55 I recommend pre-tin the soldering gun tip, the wire leads & the solder spot on the trem claw. This promotes better heat transfer & makes it easier to get a solid solder connection. I also scuff the claw solder spot lightly with fine steel wool for better solder adhesion, then thouroghly cleaning the claw to clean off oil residue and junk for clean solder spot. *EDIT Further comments added at bottom EDIT* 25:25 Pilot holes are the initial tiny holes you drill before going to the larger sized holes. You're making pilot dimples in the finish to prevent drill bit walking while making screw holes. 28:00 Paraffin wax as lube for the screws is a good idea. In a pinch, crayons also works well. And, no I HAVEN'T noticed any performance differences between any of the crayon colors. I ALWAYS get this question. 🙄 31:00 This is why its recommended to clean up the wire routing. I too like retaining the longer wires...unless I KNOW for sure that the pups are going to stay with the guitar permanently (then I'd trim to fit). I use zip ties (and snip off the loose end). Then coil the excess wires into the control cavity & zip tie the coil. I make sure the coils take up the least amount of room possible. *EDIT I squish the coil flat horizontally. EDIT* I'm going to try the GFS' Kwikplug adapters on my next guitar build. These will allow me to change pups easily in a soldered install. This won't be necessary for solderless kits like Obsidian's. But I'm picky about control parts & most, if not all, kits don't use the parts I like. The rest of yer video I have no recommendations aside from checking the fret levels first before installing the neck, that might've caught the bad 12th fret earlier. I also polish the frets & oil the board before installing the neck. *EDIT Also IF you polish and/or do any fret leveling work while neck is attached to body, I recommend covering the pups if they're installed on body. (Painter's tape works well, no sticky residue). Covering pups prevents any metal bits/dust from damaging the pups. EDIT* Lovely tones, I'm building a Gilmour like guitar too altho the #0001 guitar is the inspiration. 23:55 *EDIT Perhaps I should also point out that pre-tinning also eliminates the need to heat the part (in this case, the claw), which can potentially damage the part from excessive heat (lose tempering, warpage, etc.).* *Physics say if ye try to heat the claw, the the heat energy will spread out to the entire claw, by the time you get enough heat to melt the solder the entire claw is very hot. Pre-tinning is also much faster because you're melting the solder itself onto the claw.* *When it's time to attach the wire, you only need to heat the existing solders on both the wire and claw and add a tiny bit more solder to bond them together. EDIT*
Micheal Bolton did have a bolt on neck. This is why he grew his hair at the back. There is actually a neck plate there. This is the secret to that great Bolton Sound. Another great video Landon, thanks.
@@landonbailey But you need a neck that says “Made in Canada,” not “Made in Mexico,” haha. Either that, or shoot your next vid south of the border . . . or in your case, 2 souths of the border!
Building DIY kits are great learning experiences. I have built two Telecasters, one standard, the other a thin-line w/two f-holes. I am currently working on a Jazzmaster, mahogany body and neck. Videos like this one are so helpful. Thanks for the lesson. Yes, you do develop a special connection to the guitar(s) when you do the build yourself.
I used your parts list and built a guitar just like yours. Except I used the Fender 69 pickups instead. Thanks for the inspiration, was a lot of fun to put together and learned a bit along the way.
Literally my dream project. I don’t live in a home environment where a project like this can be facilitated successfully - hope to buy a new house in the post Covid apocalyptic economy of New Zealand and start my guitar project(s). Cheers for your video - inspiring.
Very thorough build walk through, your narration reminded me of "Adventures with Bill". It's worth it for someone who wants to learn the skills, but as a way to save money I doubt it due to mistakes that you might regret if you don't have the skill yet. Too many great Gilmour solos to choose, but anything from Waters-Gilmour Pink Floyd is an ecstatic experience.
Great job! This is a wonderfully helpful video on so many levels. Hey, LOADS of comments here, and after a quick look, I’m not seeing this so I thought I’d say, invest in some low -residue solder flux. It makes soldering SO, SO much easier and if you do it correctly, you won’t have any cold solder joints. Seriously, take it from an electrical engineer, you should pretty much always use it when soldering.
That was fascinating to watch, I learnt so much about how strats are set up on the inside!! Shooting the video and editing it must have been really tedious, really appreciate the effort. Thanks a ton man!!
I sat through the entire video. Gratitude. You successfully demystify the whole process… even for players who dared cross over to once-forbidden world 🌎 of tech abilities. Thanks, man. Much appreciated!!!
I really, just absolutely loved this video. Thank you for taking the painstaking time to provide it. I had thought about trying to buy just a cheap kit, but this has inspired me to think outside the box a bit. Sure, I could buy a MIM or MIJ Strat, or even a USA Strat but the idea of being able to put it together myself sparks even more excitement. Much appreciated Landon. I enjoyed your sense of humor throughout the video also. :) New subscriber here.
Has anyone ever said, "You sound a bit like Bill Murray?" With the same dry humor. Let's see. Yes, I think it is worth it to save, what was it? Five or so hundred US $. You learn a lot. It can be fun. The build is what you make of it. (hilarious pun) Thank you for all of the many hours you put into this video. New Subscriber via the Obsidian Wire website video.
this actually made the next guitar i'm going to build so much better. i've never really knew about gilmour's switching, but this 7 way is exactly what i need. i'm going to be making a strat with 3 p90s in it and was trying to figure out how to make one that would also give me the neck/bridge & all 3 pickup switches. definitely going to get that obsidian system!
Yeah I've spent many hours staring at a 5way like I could magically figure out how to do that as well lmao I should of been looking at my cell phone and ordering that switch #legit
I like the way you explain things ( probably because you're Canadian and I'm Australian) , we speak more clearly and slowly. You didn't waste my time like those Driftwood guitar guys who've obviously done deal with Stewmac for promotion) who spend three hours on how to spray before even a build starts. Have made many Stratocasters, Telecasters , and others . in my time bit "parts casters are getting costly, this guitar certainly is. Thanks for a good video. Terry from Oz.
@@musicman9698 I can play the solo in parts but not all the way through yet usually hang up on the run downs of the Am pent as there are 4 times he does it diff each time. HHHa. But I'm all about the feeling as well so that keeps me at it. Sadly I don't practice others work at all, but Gilmour is the reason I jumped from 27 years drumming. Well mainly the one ....hahah. so I do feel one day I owe a video to his name and that wont be long. Hats off to you for great taste and wow 3 months ? I'm in 2 years now from only knowing basic chords. Hahaha. You must be a prodigy like my son. Hehehehe.
Excellent build! The best parts of building rather than buying are you gain the knowledge of why a guitar does what it does. How to set it up correctly. How to find dead spots and how to fix them. Best of all, it's your guitar, not some company that built it because YOU built it! I always wanted an Ibanez JEM but, they are priced way out of my range. I've managed to build two swirled JEM's that I painted myself and even did the disappearing pyramid inlays on the necks. I have another body blank ready to go for number three.
I gotta 57/62 loaded pickguard straight from fender and yet to receive my screws to put into my player Strat. Super excited to see how they sound but all I’ve seen is videos online and I love the tone they make so looking forward to how they sound! Do you own a set? Just wanting a second honest opinion on them.
Blaine Chung Hi, yes I do have a 57/62 pickup set in my mim standard strat for almost for 4 years now. Had changed the bridge pickup to SD SSL5 for a while coz I needed something hotter. The 57/62 are very vintage sounding. Very SRV ish . However I did change the bridge back to the 57/62 coz I realised I didn’t like hotter pickups. Hope u have good results with these. They are great. Are they as great as boutique pickups?? Probably not. But if are looking for the quintessential strat sounds, These will get the job done. Oh and do mess around with the pickup heights. It changes the midrange quite a bit.
@@FedericoNickl i havent tried the CS 69, but the tone i believe is more Hendrix than SRV. The 57/62 that i have used sounded very SRV in the in between position
@@Hitzkill ok thanks, I don’t use much the middle pickup, I’m trying to find more like a Lenny kinda tone or gravity tone but that sounds good with a little bit gain too like bold as love, u know
Regarding your final thought type question, whether its worth it or not? I would say if you are wanting a great quality instrument with some custom appointments (like the roasted neck, pickups, furniture) and you plan on keeping it for a lifetime, totally worth it! If this is planning to be sold off, maybe not so much. Still blows my mind a bit how modding a guitar into somewhat objectively "better", negatively impacts the resell price.
You saved money and custom set up your own guitar while enjoying the build. I say it is worth the build and taking pride in building what you will play - ownership over your instrument. You know it was quality parts and a quality build.
Hey man, nice build! Funny I landed here doing a research on the neck you bought, I bought the exact same neck from Solo as well. Actually, doing the exact same build as you except my body will be a custom made mahogany with quilted maple top, but also Gilmour inspired with all fender parts and his electronics. For the pickups I'm using Fender 57/62 for neck and mid, SSL-5 for bridge. Very well made video and the guitar looks and sounds fantastic, great job! By the way I also have a Galaxy watch, lol'd when I saw it ;). Cheers from Montreal!
This video was so annoying that It felt like 5 minutes. Great work. I can't say I'll ever build a guitar from 0 but you never know. if I ever do I'll come here to guide myself. Beautiful guitar. I really dig the neck. Looks sweet. I also like your sound room or whatever that's called. I want to take a nap in there. Congrats and thanks for the video. I'll subscribe.
What's not to like? I tend to watch the whole thing thru once, then use the timestamps to go back to stuff I need more detail on. So it's Win-Win from my POV. Content-maker gets the viewing Gold Stars / $$$, viewers get the max utility.
I use a cellphone most of time cuz I'm at work when I watched videos and I do it when I have down time and stuff like that(I'm a foreman on a construction site I spend a lot of time sitting in my truck,watching other people work...lol). I personally think the time-stamp option that they started a couple of updates ago for You-Tube is really really cool IMO.If I'm not paying close enough attention and I miss something it's very easy to go back to where I had missed what was happening.I pay for You-Tube premium so I have no commercials or anything like that, the timestamp option has made things a lot easier for the viewer and the creator of the videos on their channel.It helps people on both ends of the spectrum IMO.✌️🙂✌️
You chose your parts wisely, That Partscaster sounds great and has loads of sustain with great tone. Looks great too! I like tuxedo strats. Thank you for sharing your build with us.
Absolutely perfect/beautiful.. except for one thing. A short whammy bar. Nitpicking but that's what he used and I've always wanted one myself. Still 10/10. I heard the Halo title screen music in my head. Question. I'm one click away from ordering the Obsidianwire Gilmour switch for $99, how much was it 2 years ago if you can remember? Inflations a biatch.
Great video, very entertaining! I've done 2 strat type builds, very cheap parts. My 1st has a loaded Hendrix style pick guard which was £25:00 from Northwest guitars in Leeds U.K. (I dont think they do these particular ones anymore but they do others, including the Dave Gilmour loaded harnesses, or you can buy the parts and wire them yourself). The nitrocellulose spray cans for the finish were about £20:00 each so I spent about £40:00 odd on them but about £200:00 in all. I recently wired a Gilmour style mini toggle switch which I'm gonna put in a new build but I've bought more parts to convert my other builds to 7 way as well.
I love these shows as designer myself I hope to start my own line of guitars by 2021. Even if a guy doesn't make the guitar they become an educated buyer of finished guitars. That helps me as a maker of a high quality but low price brand. I am currently waiting on my Lenard F-4G prototype. It is a guitar aimed at a Gibson player that wants the best of both a Tele and a Strat with a body style that is original but has a very Fender vibe. In many ways it is morph of a Tele & Strat. I worked from ideas that Leo Fender had in 1952 while finalizing the first P. Bass. The neck looks Fender but the spec is from a Les Paul. l hope to have it within 8 weeks. Perhaps you might care to review it.
Thanks so much, Landon! Real down-to-earth, effective construction help. Helps us save money 💰 and demystifies the process. It's a valuable and commendable approach. Gratitude, brother. Gary. Doc.
IT took you so long to soldier the spring claw because you did not use flux. Also you could have gotten the aged/cream pickup covers and knobs for about $12. You were already at $850. You can fill the bad screw holes in the back with filler and paint it black with nail polish, then move the guard back just a little and no one will ever know. Always do your neck work first. Make sure its straight, level and crown the frets. When you string it up, check the truss bow and correct if necessary. Set the saddle height, then the nut height. Then go back and file and recrown any frets that are not correct. And by the way, you're doing a great job. Stay with it and have fun.
I've always wanted to try one of those obsidian wire kits. If you keep doing this you should keep doing the excel sheet for pricing. That stuff is satisfying to look at. I also just figured out the pick trick to get the knobs off on a strat literally days ago when I was fixing an old squier.
This video inspired me to build my own Gilmour tribute. I took some liberties as well and used a player series neck and body along with Fender locking tuners. Additionally, I used the bridge from an elite series with the flat saddles and push in tremolo arm. Lastly, I went with an aftermarket acrylic black pick guard, Freeway 10 way switch, CTS pots and Seymour Duncan custom shop pickups. I enjoyed the build, loved the outcome and it cost thousands less than a NOS Fender Custom Shop Gilmour strat.
Man you didn't make a partscaster. You bought everything that are genuine Fender parts. It was assembled in Canada but it was made in the USA and makes it a USA made Fender Strat. It's an expensive build because you are making a USA Strat. Most buy the cheap 65 dollar kit and go from there and a lot of the hardware in those kits including the pickups are cheap junk. Thats why yours is better than most out there.
I know this is 4 years but old but man. Epic! I think this has inspired me to give it a go. I haven’t picked up a guitar for atleast 5 years but I think it’s time now.
@@landonbailey I know you like lockers and I was a little surprised you didn't fit them . If I were to buy this used from you ,I would likely swap to a gold anodised aluminium pickgaurd and vintage type tuners ,but that's my personal schtick and it's a lovely guitar as is 👍
nice build. Theres a guy in southern cal that customizes Gilmour style pickguards in any pickup configuration you want 1 ply acrylic pickguard thats thicker than a standard. I had one made for my black strat. CS Fat 50's (Neck), CS 69 (Mid) and a Seymour Duncan SSL5 in the bridge with a custom toggle switch that Gilmour put in his strat that controls the configuration of the pups. Also the 4 1/4 inch tremolo arm that DG cut to his liking. Also I put on vintage style tuning machines. Looks like the real thing from a distance. LOL.
It’s very much so worth it. You should try a budget type build finding the cheapest neck and body and hardware and pickups ect… or a pawnshop partscaster. Would be interesting to see your take on those types of builds.
Partscaster building is one of my favorite activities, even if my creation isn't perfect. It's got a unique, personal touch. Can't get enough of the tone! I recently posted a video featuring it with an obscure Italian tube amp from the seventies. The clean and drive tones are fantastic together.
Great timing! I just got my Warmoth parts for my first build this week. I've really enjoyed watching your tele builds just for fun, but watching this one muuuuuch closer.
Money is my favorite song and solo. I think that song always felt like a departure from their norm, to me. It had a little boogie to it and I always loved it.
Nice build. I like the fact that you use easier to find parts. Some builds show an awesome body or neck made of an exotic wood that they got for free from their builder friend of a friend that helped out an uncle and owned them a favor etc. Likes the way your guitar turned out!
Hey Landon, Thanks for taking the time to post this! I just bought a pretty cheap $200 complete that I have no idea about, but I'm interested in making it a project guitar (taking it apart and putting new things in it etc.) this was really helpful to learn about the actual pieces of the guitar. Just from a builders/engineer perspective. I'm no genius when it comes to this, but this helps since I believe you have a really entry level perspective on this. I'll be using this to help with building moving forward! Huzzah! Also, this guitar is BEAUTIFUL!!! Peace. ~ NUCK
Beautiful guitar build! Tip: When you have to drill screw holes measure the length of the screw on the drill bit and mark off the length you need to drill with a piece of painter's tape wrapped around the drill bit. That way you will always drill to the perfect length.
How come I feel compelled to comment on most of your videos? I must appreciate your calm demeanor, honesty, wit, information and encouragement. You're not selling us a product, rather you show that the average person has the ability to do things if they choose to try and practice. Unfortunately, I'm a below average person.Landon, you don't shield the output jack? I don't know if it's necessary, but I heard some others have. Also, you have a lot of patience man.
Great video - loved watching this build. I've built two Strats in the past, one of which is a replica of Gilmour's Red Strat with the EMG's. I agree with you on the Obsidian modules, they are great for a guitar project. I got one of their 4-way Tele modules when I overhauled my Tele with a set of the Fender '51 Nocaster pickups. Watching this build makes me want to build another one, or maybe go back and overhaul one of my existing guitars.
I did a partscaster although with warmoth body and musikraft neck. I'm very sattisfied with it. It became my favorite guitar. All in all i don't think i paid much less than a Standard American Strat would have cost but i have the parts that i like. It's like a custom made guitar and it looks, feels and sounds alike.
I think this guitar is better than buying one.My uncle went to school in Nazareth Pennsylvania at the Martin School of Lutherie.Over the past 30 years he has taught me a lot.I can honestly call myself a "luthier"without being a liar.If I have all the proper woodworking tools you can give me a wheelbarrow full of spare wood,and I could build you an acoustic guitar. As far as electric guitars go?Very rarely has one come down the pike that I've had difficulty fixing.I basically know everything there is about wiring up a guitar.I know there's some crazy wiring setups out there,but as far as the basic 10 different types of set-ups people normally use?I can knock them out in no time.If you give me all the necessary parts,I can give you a loaded pickguard 30-45 minutes later....tops.Unless a neck is bent,I can fix it(I can fix that too but it would cost a lot and take more time).Where you were having trouble with a bad fret?I just would have re-crowned,re-polished,& leveled every single fret on the guitar.I would have figured out a way to make that neck work without having to order another one as a replacement.But you did a great job here and this guitar is worth more then what you paid for it to a working musician.Of course music stores and stuff like that won't give you as much for it because you built it yourself,but to a musician he is going to look at it & see a top-notch quality guitar.When he sees how cheap it's being sold for if he finds one of these used in the store,they will pay more for it than the regular everyday walk-in person.They would pick it up and be able to sense the mojo,feel the personality,and keep smiling at every new cool little thing they found as they were playing it for the first time. IMO,this guitar is well-worth what you paid for it,and in my opinion it should be worth more than a factory made Stratocaster with equal appointments.I easily can see this being a $1,500-$1,800 guitar & equal in build quality and everything else associated with expensive Stratocasters.I would keep this guitar for the rest of my life and never sell it if I was you.The guitar I learned how to play on was a 1980 Stratocaster,and I still own it to this day.You built a beautiful guitar.Now only if you can get a pickguard without that white line underneath of the black.An ENTIRELY black pickguard would be the best thing on this,and would really set the black scheme off good.Or if you can paint the headstock Black too and put another Fender water-slide sticker over top.I think it looks great.I have had nothing but good experiences with baked maple I think they are really good.I find much less problems with them because of what type of weather environment it is around.It's already been dried out, the main thing you got to worry about is making sure it doesn't get too moist or humid in the room it is kept in.Pat on the back for a job well done my friend
The parafin wax is fine. I usually save parafin wax for potting pickups, and to wax my table saw top and my jointer bed and such, and I use bee's wax for the screws. It's softer and doesn't fall off onto my work. Just how I was taught.
I recommend using the shielding paint from guitar fetish website. I didn't have any so I used regular kitchen aluminum foil and a rubber cement glue to glue the pieces of foil to the pickguard cavities. For grounding I used a wood screw. Check with multimeter for continuity at the end to make sure all the pieces are connected. The pickguard has a foil on the other side and it's used for shielding as well as grounding pots to each other so you don't have to ground them with a wire. Also, in case you're mixing Duncan and fender pickups then Duncan have the same magnet orientation as fender but reverse winding order. You have to switch the Duncan pickup leads when attaching them to switch and pots. One way to check all the pickups is to place a screwdriver on top of the pickup and hook up the leads to a multimeter that's set on ohms and pull the screwdriver away from the pickup. The meter reading will jump either up or down (I think it's up) on all three pickups. The reading should be the same for all the pickups. Then you won't have out of phase problems with the pickups.
Nice classy look to your Gilmour Strat homage guitar. A lot easier to put together than I thought but I was shocked at the total cost of the parts but that was still roughly half the cost of a Fender built mod one. Well done - a lot of work went into this vid and I'm sure you will inspire others to build a kit built guitar of their choice. It's in mind for me right now. Thanks for this video.
If you're having any noise problems, ppl usually solder a ground wire to the case (or shell) of each potentiometer, as well as one going to the bridge. You wanna make like a star configuration with the ground wires, being careful to not create any loops (which will cause hum all by themselves). The final end of the ground attaches to the "not hot" side of the output jack, which will be continued in the outside sheath of your instrument wire to your amp. If you do or right, you'll not have any hum. Also the cavities that you shielded with the foil tape, well, I don't know what kind of foil tape you used, but it also might not shield as well as the paint. It depends on how much overlap you have on the pieces, like the bottom vs the sides, and whether the adhesive is conductive. The shielding needs to be continuous, and also attached to ground. Shielding alone doesn't work! You can check with the continuity mode of your multimeter. (That's pronounced "multi- meter" not like you did, like "altimeter", lol!). Anyway, hope that helps! (I'm kinda nit-picky about grounding & shielding, b/c I used to work with low-level biological signals, where you MUST get it right if you're going to get a signal that's not covered in noise!)
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►Fender Strap Buttons: Fender Part: 00994915000
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►Fender VINTAGE-STYLE TREMOLO BACKPLATES: Fender Part: 0991320000
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►Fender VINTAGE-STYLE STRAT BRIDGE MOUNTING SCREWS: Fender Part: 0016170049
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Timestamps:
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0:00 - Hello
4:30 - The Parts
7:03 - The Tools Used
7:19 - All the Pricing
8:15 - Fender Mod Shop
9:35 - Guitar Assembly
9:48 - Neck and Neck Plate
10:53 - Tuners
12:29 - Strap Buttons
13:19 - Cavity Shielding
14:30 - Pickguard ASMR
15:00 - Obsidian Wire 7way Kit - First Look
15:47 - Custom Shop 54 Pickups Install
18:32 - Obsidian Wire Kit Install
23:23 - Body ground and Trem Claw soldering
24:55 - Pilot Hole Drilling for Pickguard and Ferrule Jack
27:19 - Vintage bridge Install
28:49 - Trem Claw Install
30:08 - Attaching the body ground and trem ground wires
31:46 - Back plate Install
33:19 - String Install and Rough Nut Cutting
33:58 - String Guide Install
35:08 - Deck the Trem
35:58 - Neck Relief
36:46 - Bridge Action Height
37:27 - Nut Action Height
38:32 - Big Bends Nut Sauce
39:17 - Intonation and Tuning
39:41 - Do Fret when the fret is not fretted OK.
40:13 - New Neck Day!
41:17 - The Weight is Over
41:30 - Pickup Resistance is Futile
42:28 - The Gallery
43:35 - Guitar Tones
43:47 - Guitar Tones - 7 Way Gilmour Switch Samples
46:17 - Guitar Tones - Miscellaneous and all over the place!!
53:30 - Sum Up
54:56 - Goodbye
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You had us at hello Lando
I like the Dogs solo on Animals - apparently done on a Tele too. But it has to be Comfortably Numb I guess.
Edit: I'm going to re-listen to his first solo album tomorrow, I haven't listened to it for a while but there are some good lead solos on it. Actually I haven't heard it on my current stereo and it's the best and most revealing system I've ever owned so I'm looking forward to it now... 'Cry From the Street' comes to mind as well as 'No Way'.
My favorite is the first solo in Comfortably Numb; I like the first solo better than the second. Second favorite is the opening to Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
Excellent job with this one Landon 👍
What David Rothberg said ... verbatim.
This was worth watching just for the narration. This is like Bob Ross for guitar builders.
happy little tuners on the warm headstock,,,,
I enjoyed this as well as I am building a strat too. He reminded me of Paul Rudd. I say that as a compliment.
Totally agree 😅👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
I was looking for making my own “black strat” when suddenly your video appeared! Really enjoyed, I watched fully and thank you for made it. Really nice video, the whole process, everything just right. The narrative really great like someone said on the comments below, “the Bob Ross of guitars” ¡congratulations! Don’t stop making videos and meanwhile I will look the other ones you have made. Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽
cheers!
Very impressive build. There is nothing more satisfying than imagining a guitar in your minds eye and then sourcing all of the parts and bringing it all together.....and then it WORKS!!! I've built many of my own guitars and swear it becomes addictive......my wife says so as well lol.
ya you understand then! cool 👍🎸
No.
It's actually hard work.
This wasn't a build.
Fender had already built it.
My guitars are built.
I go swimming for the mother of pearl and it takes a week to cut it into neck inlays.
So Don't talk to me about building guitars cause you've got no clue.
@@Gma7788 dude okay they may not have used the best wording but calm down, they clearly meant customizing and improving guitars. And what do You mean, they werent talking to you?
I've played guitar since I was in middle school, but this is the first time I'm buying myself a quality instrument and watching videos like this teaches me a ton about what to pay attention to and what I could do with one in the future. I wanted to go for my first real Strat and yours looks and sounds amazing, so thanks for the thorough tour of your process. I've got to see what else you've put together now.
Rock on!
When you were soldering and said don't blow on the solder to cool it off. I've been soldering for over 50 years and just found that out a couple months ago. Another fun fact from watching UA-cam videos. This was a really good video. I enjoyed it. It's a beautiful guitar. Thanks.
cheers!
I want to thank you for the extra effort and lengths you go to for your viewers. Putting in timestamps and links to products is going above and beyond. Keep up the awesome work. Started watching you with the Classic Vibe series and comparisons. I really enjoyed the blind tone tests.
I appreciate that! thanks for watching.
Found this three years later, amazing build! Couldn’t imagine a better way to spend a Sunday morning watching someone build a guitar while having some good coffee. 😊
Glad you enjoy it!
Exactly what I'm doing right now. 6/23/24
After watching this, it has inspired me to make my own. Started ordering parts. Thank you.
Great to hear!
Total price of parts UK £1,315.22. ordered from USA, UK and Germany.
@@lukak4098 all finished and setup. Shame I can't post a photo.
@@garysinclair5193 Did you have to pay import duty at customs when ordering from the USA? Was it expensive?
@@billyboy1872 no, Dave Gilmore pays.
He's got plenty of money and is very happy with guys like us.
I find your style and self-deprecating sense of humor make your videos so relatable. I think we can see ourselves in the humanity of your product. Good stuff, my friend!
I would've never have thought to build my own Fender! This is so cool. And for $900.00, hell yeah!
prices have probably gone up since this video, but ya it's totally a thing to do
Not meaning to sound critical but a few things I'd like to point out. Please keep in mind that I'm writing this as I'm watching the video.
14:12 I prefer to leave a small tab of the shielding tape to extend up onto the top of the body. I locate this tab at the nearest pickguard mounting hole (to the cavities) that also has pickguard shielding on the back of the pickguard. This ensures the pickguard is grounded.
Tis possible that the Obsidian kit already grounds the guard, but it's always safer to assume ye don't have a ground connection there & ensure the guard is grounded.
14:30 First, BEFORE removing the liner always double check that all the holes and cutouts lines up. Once ye remove the liner, it's NOT returnable. Most, if not all, pickguard sources have this policy.
Second, I usually leave the liner on the guard & take it off after I've mounted the loaded pickguard onto the body. This prevents scratch damage to the guard.
21:40 I prefer installing the trem assembly before the loaded guard & jack assemblies. Tis more efficient as I only need flip guitar once during install phase.
29:40 I see ye made same conclusion about trem first. I usually wait until I have all parts in hand before starting the actual build. Some sources can take weeks/months for parts to arrive. This is why I can have as many as 4 concurrent guitar projects in the build queue.
23:55 I recommend pre-tin the soldering gun tip, the wire leads & the solder spot on the trem claw. This promotes better heat transfer & makes it easier to get a solid solder connection. I also scuff the claw solder spot lightly with fine steel wool for better solder adhesion, then thouroghly cleaning the claw to clean off oil residue and junk for clean solder spot. *EDIT Further comments added at bottom EDIT*
25:25 Pilot holes are the initial tiny holes you drill before going to the larger sized holes. You're making pilot dimples in the finish to prevent drill bit walking while making screw holes.
28:00 Paraffin wax as lube for the screws is a good idea. In a pinch, crayons also works well. And, no I HAVEN'T noticed any performance differences between any of the crayon colors. I ALWAYS get this question. 🙄
31:00 This is why its recommended to clean up the wire routing. I too like retaining the longer wires...unless I KNOW for sure that the pups are going to stay with the guitar permanently (then I'd trim to fit).
I use zip ties (and snip off the loose end). Then coil the excess wires into the control cavity & zip tie the coil. I make sure the coils take up the least amount of room possible. *EDIT I squish the coil flat horizontally. EDIT*
I'm going to try the GFS' Kwikplug adapters on my next guitar build. These will allow me to change pups easily in a soldered install. This won't be necessary for solderless kits like Obsidian's. But I'm picky about control parts & most, if not all, kits don't use the parts I like.
The rest of yer video I have no recommendations aside from checking the fret levels first before installing the neck, that might've caught the bad 12th fret earlier. I also polish the frets & oil the board before installing the neck.
*EDIT Also IF you polish and/or do any fret leveling work while neck is attached to body, I recommend covering the pups if they're installed on body. (Painter's tape works well, no sticky residue). Covering pups prevents any metal bits/dust from damaging the pups. EDIT*
Lovely tones, I'm building a Gilmour like guitar too altho the #0001 guitar is the inspiration.
23:55 *EDIT Perhaps I should also point out that pre-tinning also eliminates the need to heat the part (in this case, the claw), which can potentially damage the part from excessive heat (lose tempering, warpage, etc.).*
*Physics say if ye try to heat the claw, the the heat energy will spread out to the entire claw, by the time you get enough heat to melt the solder the entire claw is very hot. Pre-tinning is also much faster because you're melting the solder itself onto the claw.*
*When it's time to attach the wire, you only need to heat the existing solders on both the wire and claw and add a tiny bit more solder to bond them together. EDIT*
That guitar sounds killer through the Princeton. Love the look, too. Nicely done, and at about half the cost of a mod shop build, too. Bonus!
Micheal Bolton did have a bolt on neck. This is why he grew his hair at the back. There is actually a neck plate there. This is the secret to that great Bolton Sound. Another great video Landon, thanks.
It’s not American made, but it is Canadian assembled
🇨🇦👍🎸👌
North American
American made guitars are overrated
@@landonbailey But you need a neck that says “Made in Canada,” not “Made in Mexico,” haha. Either that, or shoot your next vid south of the border . . . or in your case, 2 souths of the border!
The small jokes through the narration are perfect. Love the Obsidianwire kit. Makes it look much easier to build one of these guitars.
hey thanks. ya they are my go to wiring kits. they aren't priced cheap, but the quality and ease of use are great
Building DIY kits are great learning experiences. I have built two Telecasters, one standard, the other a thin-line w/two f-holes. I am currently working on a Jazzmaster, mahogany body and neck. Videos like this one are so helpful. Thanks for the lesson. Yes, you do develop a special connection to the guitar(s) when you do the build yourself.
Did you buy the telecaster as kits?
Definately worth building these as opposed to buying a guitar. The level of satisfaction is priceless, and it is truly YOUR guitar!
*Definitely. There is no "a" in the word.
I love this its got its own personality with the roasted neck a 3 ply guard while being a nice Black Strat tribute.
I used your parts list and built a guitar just like yours. Except I used the Fender 69 pickups instead. Thanks for the inspiration, was a lot of fun to put together and learned a bit along the way.
nice! congrats
I love the David Gilmour EMG single coils. Just a hint if you are curious about other options for your project.
Hey, no.
I'm the only person allowed to do this.
69 pickups. NO!
That's too long ago.
Literally my dream project. I don’t live in a home environment where a project like this can be facilitated successfully - hope to buy a new house in the post Covid apocalyptic economy of New Zealand and start my guitar project(s). Cheers for your video - inspiring.
cheers!
Landon Bailey - Comfortably Numb
Always nice to have a "one of a kind" instrument, plus you know exactly what you've got. Go Canada!!
Been considering doing a kit build. This is definitely the way to go instead of buying something cheap from Amazon.
Very thorough build walk through, your narration reminded me of "Adventures with Bill". It's worth it for someone who wants to learn the skills, but as a way to save money I doubt it due to mistakes that you might regret if you don't have the skill yet. Too many great Gilmour solos to choose, but anything from Waters-Gilmour Pink Floyd is an ecstatic experience.
Great job! This is a wonderfully helpful video on so many levels. Hey, LOADS of comments here, and after a quick look, I’m not seeing this so I thought I’d say, invest in some low -residue solder flux. It makes soldering SO, SO much easier and if you do it correctly, you won’t have any cold solder joints. Seriously, take it from an electrical engineer, you should pretty much always use it when soldering.
thanks a ton for the tip! I just watched a video on using flux. cheers!
That was fascinating to watch, I learnt so much about how strats are set up on the inside!! Shooting the video and editing it must have been really tedious, really appreciate the effort. Thanks a ton man!!
thanks! It took a long time to make the video
You're tedious.
That’s the most beautiful assembly you’ve done to date Landon. It turned out amazing. 👍👍😊
I think so too!
I sat through the entire video. Gratitude. You successfully demystify the whole process… even for players who dared cross over to once-forbidden world 🌎 of tech abilities. Thanks, man. Much appreciated!!!
👍🎸
I've watched this twice now. Very nice build. And it sounds fantastic!
thanks!
My favorite Gilmour solo probably was on Echos because in it you can hear the basis of so much more Pink Floyd that follows.
Nice looking guitar! If you want to honor a player, David Gilmour is the best!!! Thank you for sharing your project.
thanks!
I really, just absolutely loved this video. Thank you for taking the painstaking time to provide it. I had thought about trying to buy just a cheap kit, but this has inspired me to think outside the box a bit. Sure, I could buy a MIM or MIJ Strat, or even a USA Strat but the idea of being able to put it together myself sparks even more excitement. Much appreciated Landon. I enjoyed your sense of humor throughout the video also. :) New subscriber here.
You are so welcome!
Has anyone ever said, "You sound a bit like Bill Murray?" With the same dry humor. Let's see. Yes, I think it is worth it to save, what was it? Five or so hundred US $. You learn a lot. It can be fun. The build is what you make of it. (hilarious pun) Thank you for all of the many hours you put into this video. New Subscriber via the Obsidian Wire website video.
I get Paul Rudd and Bill Murray comparisons 😛👍
this actually made the next guitar i'm going to build so much better. i've never really knew about gilmour's switching, but this 7 way is exactly what i need. i'm going to be making a strat with 3 p90s in it and was trying to figure out how to make one that would also give me the neck/bridge & all 3 pickup switches. definitely going to get that obsidian system!
3 p90s will be awesome, and possibly a little but crazy! have fun
Yeah I've spent many hours staring at a 5way like I could magically figure out how to do that as well lmao I should of been looking at my cell phone and ordering that switch #legit
He never actually uses that switch.
Hi, have you built it yet?
I like the way you explain things ( probably because you're Canadian and I'm Australian) , we speak more clearly and slowly. You didn't waste my time like those Driftwood guitar guys who've obviously done deal with Stewmac for promotion) who spend three hours on how to spray before even a build starts. Have made many Stratocasters, Telecasters , and others .
in my time bit "parts casters are getting costly, this guitar certainly is. Thanks for a good video. Terry from Oz.
I know this is not unique but I can listen to the solos in " Comfortably Numb " all day long :) guitar mastery.
Yes!!!😀😀
My fav 2 👍🔥🎸🦅
They’re very easy to learn I’ve only been playing for a few months and I learned both in a day
@@musicman9698 I can play the solo in parts but not all the way through yet usually hang up on the run downs of the Am pent as there are 4 times he does it diff each time. HHHa. But I'm all about the feeling as well so that keeps me at it. Sadly I don't practice others work at all, but Gilmour is the reason I jumped from 27 years drumming. Well mainly the one ....hahah. so I do feel one day I owe a video to his name and that wont be long. Hats off to you for great taste and wow 3 months ? I'm in 2 years now from only knowing basic chords. Hahaha. You must be a prodigy like my son. Hehehehe.
Excellent build! The best parts of building rather than buying are you gain the knowledge of why a guitar does what it does. How to set it up correctly. How to find dead spots and how to fix them. Best of all, it's your guitar, not some company that built it because YOU built it! I always wanted an Ibanez JEM but, they are priced way out of my range. I've managed to build two swirled JEM's that I painted myself and even did the disappearing pyramid inlays on the necks. I have another body blank ready to go for number three.
Never really been a fan of black strats. But this build with a black pick guard and the roasted maple is just gorgeous.
I agree! it’s the white plastic with the black that works for me.
agreed that roasted maple neck is everything.
Black Strat, rosewood fingerboard, with a mint pickguard. ❤
This is an inspiring watch- I watched alot of build videos but never knew you could build a fender.
cheers!
Fender Custom 54 and American original 57/62 pickups are so underrated.
I gotta 57/62 loaded pickguard straight from fender and yet to receive my screws to put into my player Strat. Super excited to see how they sound but all I’ve seen is videos online and I love the tone they make so looking forward to how they sound! Do you own a set? Just wanting a second honest opinion on them.
Blaine Chung Hi, yes I do have a 57/62 pickup set in my mim standard strat for almost for 4 years now. Had changed the bridge pickup to SD SSL5 for a while coz I needed something hotter. The 57/62 are very vintage sounding. Very SRV ish . However I did change the bridge back to the 57/62 coz I realised I didn’t like hotter pickups. Hope u have good results with these. They are great. Are they as great as boutique pickups?? Probably not. But if are looking for the quintessential strat sounds, These will get the job done. Oh and do mess around with the pickup heights. It changes the midrange quite a bit.
@@Hitzkill which ones sound more srv-ish? The 57/62 pickups or the cs 69?
@@FedericoNickl i havent tried the CS 69, but the tone i believe is more Hendrix than SRV. The 57/62 that i have used sounded very SRV in the in between position
@@Hitzkill ok thanks, I don’t use much the middle pickup, I’m trying to find more like a Lenny kinda tone or gravity tone but that sounds good with a little bit gain too like bold as love, u know
David Gilmour, the pinkest of the Floyds
Regarding your final thought type question, whether its worth it or not? I would say if you are wanting a great quality instrument with some custom appointments (like the roasted neck, pickups, furniture) and you plan on keeping it for a lifetime, totally worth it! If this is planning to be sold off, maybe not so much. Still blows my mind a bit how modding a guitar into somewhat objectively "better", negatively impacts the resell price.
You saved money and custom set up your own guitar while enjoying the build. I say it is worth the build and taking pride in building what you will play - ownership over your instrument. You know it was quality parts and a quality build.
cheers!
Hey man, nice build! Funny I landed here doing a research on the neck you bought, I bought the exact same neck from Solo as well. Actually, doing the exact same build as you except my body will be a custom made mahogany with quilted maple top, but also Gilmour inspired with all fender parts and his electronics. For the pickups I'm using Fender 57/62 for neck and mid, SSL-5 for bridge. Very well made video and the guitar looks and sounds fantastic, great job! By the way I also have a Galaxy watch, lol'd when I saw it ;). Cheers from Montreal!
hey awesome! ya it was a fun build for sure
I love this build, beautiful neck and parts selection. The Radiohead jams at the end were a wonderful bonus. Thanks for doing this.
Thank you kindly!
You are now the stratomaster.
These Build Videos are like Therapy to me. keep making these please!
cheers! they are fun, but so much work
This video was so annoying that It felt like 5 minutes. Great work. I can't say I'll ever build a guitar from 0 but you never know. if I ever do I'll come here to guide myself. Beautiful guitar. I really dig the neck. Looks sweet. I also like your sound room or whatever that's called. I want to take a nap in there. Congrats and thanks for the video. I'll subscribe.
Cheers! Annoying though? :)
@@landonbailey it was sarcasm with the annoying. Means I thoroughly enjoyed your video :)
Finally Finished, CONGRATULATIONS👍
Sounds Great!
You really love the new Timestamp function, don't ya? 😂
it’s ok 😝
What's not to like?
I tend to watch the whole thing thru once, then use the timestamps to go back to stuff I need more detail on. So it's Win-Win from my POV.
Content-maker gets the viewing Gold Stars / $$$, viewers get the max utility.
Roger Barraud Yeah i know hahha i didn‘t want to complain. I just thought how funny it is because there are so many time stamps in here 😂
I use a cellphone most of time cuz I'm at work when I watched videos and I do it when I have down time and stuff like that(I'm a foreman on a construction site I spend a lot of time sitting in my truck,watching other people work...lol).
I personally think the time-stamp option that they started a couple of updates ago for You-Tube is really really cool IMO.If I'm not paying close enough attention and I miss something it's very easy to go back to where I had missed what was happening.I pay for You-Tube premium so I have no commercials or anything like that, the timestamp option has made things a lot easier for the viewer and the creator of the videos on their channel.It helps people on both ends of the spectrum IMO.✌️🙂✌️
@ThotSticks i know
That was a super build and great video too. That strat is beautiful. Love the black with the roasted maple. God Gilmour would be proud.
cheers!
Michael “Bolt On”, lmao
You chose your parts wisely, That Partscaster sounds great and has loads of sustain with great tone. Looks great too! I like tuxedo strats. Thank you for sharing your build with us.
Thanks a lot!
Absolutely perfect/beautiful.. except for one thing. A short whammy bar. Nitpicking but that's what he used and I've always wanted one myself. Still 10/10. I heard the Halo title screen music in my head. Question. I'm one click away from ordering the Obsidianwire Gilmour switch for $99, how much was it 2 years ago if you can remember? Inflations a biatch.
ya the shorter bar is cool! I don't think prices have gone up much for them. I can't recall the price back then
Thanks for all the effort in editing this together.
Love the guitar
thanks!
Great video, very entertaining! I've done 2 strat type builds, very cheap parts. My 1st has a loaded Hendrix style pick guard which was £25:00 from Northwest guitars in Leeds U.K. (I dont think they do these particular ones anymore but they do others, including the Dave Gilmour loaded harnesses, or you can buy the parts and wire them yourself). The nitrocellulose spray cans for the finish were about £20:00 each so I spent about £40:00 odd on them but about £200:00 in all. I recently wired a Gilmour style mini toggle switch which I'm gonna put in a new build but I've bought more parts to convert my other builds to 7 way as well.
I love these shows as designer myself I hope to start my own line of guitars by 2021. Even if a guy doesn't make the guitar they become an educated buyer of finished guitars. That helps me as a maker of a high quality but low price brand. I am currently waiting on my Lenard F-4G prototype. It is a guitar aimed at a Gibson player that wants the best of both a Tele and a Strat with a body style that is original but has a very Fender vibe. In many ways it is morph of a Tele & Strat. I worked from ideas that Leo Fender had in 1952 while finalizing the first P. Bass. The neck looks Fender but the spec is from a Les Paul. l hope to have it within 8 weeks. Perhaps you might care to review it.
Thanks so much, Landon! Real down-to-earth, effective construction help. Helps us save money 💰 and demystifies the process. It's a valuable and commendable approach. Gratitude, brother. Gary. Doc.
Happy to help!
IT took you so long to soldier the spring claw because you did not use flux. Also you could have gotten the aged/cream pickup covers and knobs for about $12. You were already at $850. You can fill the bad screw holes in the back with filler and paint it black with nail polish, then move the guard back just a little and no one will ever know. Always do your neck work first. Make sure its straight, level and crown the frets. When you string it up, check the truss bow and correct if necessary. Set the saddle height, then the nut height. Then go back and file and recrown any frets that are not correct. And by the way, you're doing a great job. Stay with it and have fun.
hey appreciate the tips!
Thanks for taking the time to put this all this together!
Cheers!
I've always wanted to try one of those obsidian wire kits. If you keep doing this you should keep doing the excel sheet for pricing. That stuff is satisfying to look at.
I also just figured out the pick trick to get the knobs off on a strat literally days ago when I was fixing an old squier.
This video inspired me to build my own Gilmour tribute. I took some liberties as well and used a player series neck and body along with Fender locking tuners. Additionally, I used the bridge from an elite series with the flat saddles and push in tremolo arm. Lastly, I went with an aftermarket acrylic black pick guard, Freeway 10 way switch, CTS pots and Seymour Duncan custom shop pickups. I enjoyed the build, loved the outcome and it cost thousands less than a NOS Fender Custom Shop Gilmour strat.
nice! so it's a Gilmour Inspired Inspired build! have fun
tot amount : 1 million dollars !
Man, you are so Canadian. Right down to the goofy sense of humor. From one Canuck to another! Good job bud, giver!
Man you didn't make a partscaster. You bought everything that are genuine Fender parts. It was assembled in Canada but it was made in the USA and makes it a USA made Fender Strat. It's an expensive build because you are making a USA Strat.
Most buy the cheap 65 dollar kit and go from there and a lot of the hardware in those kits including the pickups are cheap junk. Thats why yours is better than most out there.
well the neck is made in Mexico, but whatevs, it looks great!
I know this is 4 years but old but man. Epic! I think this has inspired me to give it a go. I haven’t picked up a guitar for atleast 5 years but I think it’s time now.
Can't choose between them, the solos on Pigs Three Different Ones and Echoes (Live at Pompeii) are my favourite.
Really enjoyed watching this build from start to finish. Love that roasted neck , the pickups. Sounds amazing 👌
I just put locking tuners on it. swapped them from the Butterscotch Tele they were on
@@landonbailey I know you like lockers and I was a little surprised you didn't fit them . If I were to buy this used from you ,I would likely swap to a gold anodised aluminium pickgaurd and vintage type tuners ,but that's my personal schtick and it's a lovely guitar as is 👍
nice build. Theres a guy in southern cal that customizes Gilmour style pickguards in any pickup configuration you want 1 ply acrylic pickguard thats thicker than a standard. I had one made for my black strat. CS Fat 50's (Neck), CS 69 (Mid) and a Seymour Duncan SSL5 in the bridge with a custom toggle switch that Gilmour put in his strat that controls the configuration of the pups. Also the 4 1/4 inch tremolo arm that DG cut to his liking. Also I put on vintage style tuning machines. Looks like the real thing from a distance. LOL.
The single ply pickguard is essential,just doesn't look right without it..
It’s very much so worth it. You should try a budget type build finding the cheapest neck and body and hardware and pickups ect… or a pawnshop partscaster. Would be interesting to see your take on those types of builds.
Love the vid and the Michael Bolton shout out. For my money, I don't know if it gets any better than when he sings "When a man loves a woman"
Partscaster building is one of my favorite activities, even if my creation isn't perfect. It's got a unique, personal touch. Can't get enough of the tone! I recently posted a video featuring it with an obscure Italian tube amp from the seventies. The clean and drive tones are fantastic together.
David Gilmour is one of my favorites. You did an amazing job with that build. I'm jealous.
cheers!
Great timing! I just got my Warmoth parts for my first build this week. I've really enjoyed watching your tele builds just for fun, but watching this one muuuuuch closer.
Have fun!
Money is my favorite song and solo. I think that song always felt like a departure from their norm, to me. It had a little boogie to it and I always loved it.
Nice build. I like the fact that you use easier to find parts. Some builds show an awesome body or neck made of an exotic wood that they got for free from their builder friend of a friend that helped out an uncle and owned them a favor etc. Likes the way your guitar turned out!
cheers!
Hey Landon, Thanks for taking the time to post this! I just bought a pretty cheap $200 complete that I have no idea about, but I'm interested in making it a project guitar (taking it apart and putting new things in it etc.) this was really helpful to learn about the actual pieces of the guitar. Just from a builders/engineer perspective. I'm no genius when it comes to this, but this helps since I believe you have a really entry level perspective on this. I'll be using this to help with building moving forward! Huzzah! Also, this guitar is BEAUTIFUL!!! Peace. ~ NUCK
cool! have fun 🎸👍
Beautiful guitar build! Tip: When you have to drill screw holes measure the length of the screw on the drill bit and mark off the length you need to drill with a piece of painter's tape wrapped around the drill bit. That way you will always drill to the perfect length.
I've done that tip in more recent videos. great tip cheers!
The best Strat build I've ever seen!!
cheers!
D'oh! I just got done with the Fat 50s and im hoarding parts the the '54 set guard! Cant wait to hear them!!! As always, great vid!
Most of your videos are like snacks. This one is a meal. Nice work, sir. Thanks for taking my mind off of things for a while and sharing the process.
Glad you like them!
Very nice looking guitar! Love the dark wood on the ebony body! Thanks for sharing Landon!
Thanks for watching!
How come I feel compelled to comment on most of your videos? I must appreciate your calm demeanor, honesty, wit, information and encouragement. You're not selling us a product, rather you show that the average person has the ability to do things if they choose to try and practice. Unfortunately, I'm a below average person.Landon, you don't shield the output jack? I don't know if it's necessary, but I heard some others have. Also, you have a lot of patience man.
hey thanks! ya I’ve looked in Fender models and have yet to see the jack cavity shielded. seems ok! guitar is pretty quiet
Great video - loved watching this build. I've built two Strats in the past, one of which is a replica of Gilmour's Red Strat with the EMG's. I agree with you on the Obsidian modules, they are great for a guitar project. I got one of their 4-way Tele modules when I overhauled my Tele with a set of the Fender '51 Nocaster pickups.
Watching this build makes me want to build another one, or maybe go back and overhaul one of my existing guitars.
I did a partscaster although with warmoth body and musikraft neck. I'm very sattisfied with it. It became my favorite guitar. All in all i don't think i paid much less than a Standard American Strat would have cost but i have the parts that i like. It's like a custom made guitar and it looks, feels and sounds alike.
nice!
Something about roasted maple lately that just does it for me… any iteration of Strat or Tele with RM just looks so nice.
Have an old Sam Ash Black Squier Strat and am thinking of converting it to a Gilmour model. Thanks for this. Great narration and instructions!
Man amazing guitar and great work this is one of my favorites builds in awhile.
Thanks a lot!
I think this guitar is better than buying one.My uncle went to school in Nazareth Pennsylvania at the Martin School of Lutherie.Over the past 30 years he has taught me a lot.I can honestly call myself a "luthier"without being a liar.If I have all the proper woodworking tools you can give me a wheelbarrow full of spare wood,and I could build you an acoustic guitar.
As far as electric guitars go?Very rarely has one come down the pike that I've had difficulty fixing.I basically know everything there is about wiring up a guitar.I know there's some crazy wiring setups out there,but as far as the basic 10 different types of set-ups people normally use?I can knock them out in no time.If you give me all the necessary parts,I can give you a loaded pickguard 30-45 minutes later....tops.Unless a neck is bent,I can fix it(I can fix that too but it would cost a lot and take more time).Where you were having trouble with a bad fret?I just would have re-crowned,re-polished,& leveled every single fret on the guitar.I would have figured out a way to make that neck work without having to order another one as a replacement.But you did a great job here and this guitar is worth more then what you paid for it to a working musician.Of course music stores and stuff like that won't give you as much for it because you built it yourself,but to a musician he is going to look at it & see a top-notch quality guitar.When he sees how cheap it's being sold for if he finds one of these used in the store,they will pay more for it than the regular everyday walk-in person.They would pick it up and be able to sense the mojo,feel the personality,and keep smiling at every new cool little thing they found as they were playing it for the first time.
IMO,this guitar is well-worth what you paid for it,and in my opinion it should be worth more than a factory made Stratocaster with equal appointments.I easily can see this being a $1,500-$1,800 guitar & equal in build quality and everything else associated with expensive Stratocasters.I would keep this guitar for the rest of my life and never sell it if I was you.The guitar I learned how to play on was a 1980 Stratocaster,and I still own it to this day.You built a beautiful guitar.Now only if you can get a pickguard without that white line underneath of the black.An ENTIRELY black pickguard would be the best thing on this,and would really set the black scheme off good.Or if you can paint the headstock Black too and put another Fender water-slide sticker over top.I think it looks great.I have had nothing but good experiences with baked maple I think they are really good.I find much less problems with them because of what type of weather environment it is around.It's already been dried out, the main thing you got to worry about is making sure it doesn't get too moist or humid in the room it is kept in.Pat on the back for a job well done my friend
Great build. Your delivery reminds me of an old Red Green episode. It’s awesome. 👍🏻👍🏻 Beautiful guitar too and I like all Gilmour solos. Lol
Thank you for your high quality work. Patience pays off. I'm soon starting a Strat kit I got for $75. Should be fun & educational.
cheers!
The parafin wax is fine. I usually save parafin wax for potting pickups, and to wax my table saw top and my jointer bed and such, and I use bee's wax for the screws. It's softer and doesn't fall off onto my work. Just how I was taught.
you can tell people to mind their own bee's wax! 😛👍
Pilot hole is absolutely correct. Great job🤘😎🤘
Congratulations, Landon. For both the guitar and the video.
Great results!
Thanks!
Thanks so much!
I recommend using the shielding paint from guitar fetish website. I didn't have any so I used regular kitchen aluminum foil and a rubber cement glue to glue the pieces of foil to the pickguard cavities. For grounding I used a wood screw. Check with multimeter for continuity at the end to make sure all the pieces are connected. The pickguard has a foil on the other side and it's used for shielding as well as grounding pots to each other so you don't have to ground them with a wire.
Also, in case you're mixing Duncan and fender pickups then Duncan have the same magnet orientation as fender but reverse winding order. You have to switch the Duncan pickup leads when attaching them to switch and pots. One way to check all the pickups is to place a screwdriver on top of the pickup and hook up the leads to a multimeter that's set on ohms and pull the screwdriver away from the pickup. The meter reading will jump either up or down (I think it's up) on all three pickups. The reading should be the same for all the pickups. Then you won't have out of phase problems with the pickups.
I always use shielding paint and then cover it with shielding tape. I also wrap all my wires in dryer sheets.
Good stuff!
You saved a thousand bucks, and had a lot of fun. Many thanks for the video, great work.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice classy look to your Gilmour Strat homage guitar. A lot easier to put together than I thought but I was shocked at the total cost of the parts but that was still roughly half the cost of a Fender built mod one. Well done - a lot of work went into this vid and I'm sure you will inspire others to build a kit built guitar of their choice. It's in mind for me right now. Thanks for this video.
My pleasure!
If you're having any noise problems, ppl usually solder a ground wire to the case (or shell) of each potentiometer, as well as one going to the bridge. You wanna make like a star configuration with the ground wires, being careful to not create any loops (which will cause hum all by themselves). The final end of the ground attaches to the "not hot" side of the output jack, which will be continued in the outside sheath of your instrument wire to your amp. If you do or right, you'll not have any hum. Also the cavities that you shielded with the foil tape, well, I don't know what kind of foil tape you used, but it also might not shield as well as the paint. It depends on how much overlap you have on the pieces, like the bottom vs the sides, and whether the adhesive is conductive. The shielding needs to be continuous, and also attached to ground. Shielding alone doesn't work! You can check with the continuity mode of your multimeter. (That's pronounced "multi- meter" not like you did, like "altimeter", lol!). Anyway, hope that helps! (I'm kinda nit-picky about grounding & shielding, b/c I used to work with low-level biological signals, where you MUST get it right if you're going to get a signal that's not covered in noise!)
The commentary alone is worth the watch lol because of your awkward funny commentary you got a sub, guitar turned out amazing!
Much appreciated!