Amazing that it's staying in tune. Crazy for a vintage trem with no locking tuners. Love the look, love the playing I've seen/heard of it so far. Nice.
With such an asymmetric headstock it is recommended to put the strings like a 3x3, so put the G B e reverse on to lessen the string break angle, costs also no money.
Great to see what a person with substantial understanding of instruments can get out of a guitar without investing big money in new trem, tremblock, handwound pickups, tuners etc. 👍👍👍
I bought stainless steel roller saddles which are machined, fit much tighter so no wiggle, removed the saddle springs and added M3 .70 nuts to lock the saddles. Aldo replaced the 6 standard trem screws snd replaced with 4 oval head countersunk screws which help keep the trem flush with the body and allow better divebomb travel. Much better, doesn't really need a floyd bridge. But I ALWAYS replace the nut with a Floyd style locking nut. Stays in tune amazingly well. All mods combined about $50.
I just played one randomly at guitar center. I played a gretsch, a john petrucci, and this... It was looking at me, like play me. So I did, with no amp. I just thought, why does this feel so nice for a cheap guitar? Now I am binging on UA-cam videos on this subject. I am a stickler for how a guitar feels in my hands. The neck and action are most important to me. This one fits the hands nicely.
I actually raised the action on mine just a tad. Not because it was buzzing or anything, it was just a lot lower than I prefer. That impressed the heck out of me.
I am a beginner this is my second guitar and its way better then squier bullet i trie jackson js1 i dont feel it …btw i have same setup only not change the button i have 8,5 strings what i love on baretta is the neck …
the Baretta 1984, but is 470£, another 300£ more. I Have the Special too, paid 169£, and with these mods is enough, yes the bridge is fixed, only dives down, but is fine and stay tuned well.
Question: With only the 2 strings remaining on the trem, does it still remains locked to the body in a way you can easyily go to drop D tuning without influencing the whole tuning? Just put in a new fender bridge so wondering if the 2 springs would work for this...thx
Only thing you wanna make sure of after taking out the middle spring is, that the bridge is flat to body. I had to tighten the claw screws about a half a turn each after the spring came out. But ya, drop D is no issue at all. I have mine tuned half step down on all strings then, low E drppoed down to D. So the low E is dropped a half step lower than normal drop D. Just as Eddie did it. No issues at all. If the bridge is still flat to body after spring removal, you won’t need to do anything else than what he said in video. Although I used Nut Sauce on nut and saddles instead of graphite…
With modern tooling, there shouldn't be any fret buzz. The difference between a cheap guitar and expensive shouldn't be one of playability. Those days are gone . We're not in the dark ages ( 1970s) Pickups ? It's as easy to wind a good pickup as a bad one. There is no excuse for poor guitar anymore. These $200 guitars are far more refined than a lot of the garbage Fender USA was producing in the 70s (certainly neck and body wise)
agreed. no matter if you get cheap or expensive, the playability is almost perfect. now you just pay more for either better materials, better sound, or just cuz its popular.
@@ephbomb0 The world is a strange place . A $50,000 mechanical Rolex watch will keep WORSE time than a $10 Digital one. An expensive guitar may or may not be a better instrument than an inexpensive one.
Amazing that it's staying in tune. Crazy for a vintage trem with no locking tuners. Love the look, love the playing I've seen/heard of it so far. Nice.
The stock bridge, locked down saddles and a Floyd (Schaller or Gotoh) locking nut works great. Its not a bad bridge at all.
With such an asymmetric headstock it is recommended to put the strings like a 3x3, so put the G B e reverse on to lessen the string break angle, costs also no money.
Great to see what a person with substantial understanding of instruments can get out of a guitar without investing big money in new trem, tremblock, handwound pickups, tuners etc. 👍👍👍
Love how light the thing is! You could play catch with it!
Your sounds far better than others so I would say you're on track with the changes.
I just got my RED one. Price is unbelievable. $179 at Guitar Center. Great stuff.
I bought stainless steel roller saddles which are machined, fit much tighter so no wiggle, removed the saddle springs and added M3 .70 nuts to lock the saddles. Aldo replaced the 6 standard trem screws snd replaced with 4 oval head countersunk screws which help keep the trem flush with the body and allow better divebomb travel. Much better, doesn't really need a floyd bridge. But I ALWAYS replace the nut with a Floyd style locking nut. Stays in tune amazingly well. All mods combined about $50.
yup, that was our experience as well! great guitar
Cut the capacitor, and it'll change the tone too when you turn the knob
I just played one randomly at guitar center. I played a gretsch, a john petrucci, and this... It was looking at me, like play me. So I did, with no amp. I just thought, why does this feel so nice for a cheap guitar? Now I am binging on UA-cam videos on this subject. I am a stickler for how a guitar feels in my hands. The neck and action are most important to me. This one fits the hands nicely.
The Baretta was my first real guitar back in the late 80s. Bought it used and it was beat up a bit but to me it was perfect👍👍👍👍
I have a white one and I love it- didn't have to do anything but a simple tune. I don't use the whammy, so staying in-tune is never an issue.
I actually raised the action on mine just a tad. Not because it was buzzing or anything, it was just a lot lower than I prefer. That impressed the heck out of me.
Cheers dude I have this same guitar and I’ve cut the treble bleed off now, happy days!
Looks good ive tried the more expensive one with the Floyd and seymour Duncan JB and was well impressed
Charlie , on mine, i've changed my bridge for a import fender bridge on Amazon and it came with a big block. BIG DIFFERENCE
Played one at Guitar Center recently... Pretty amazing guitars for $199!
Everything you did to make this high performance cost $0.00. 👍👍👍👍
That is a beautiful guitar!
Same exact things I did. Same color too.
Bien explicado!!..sólo te queda hacer alguna improvisación ..saludos from Spain!!
Watched you on Andrew's 5150 show today.
Great guitar at a great price. Congrats Charlie!
Action perfect sweet as candy. Such a tease. Lol. I want 2. Lol
I have same... I love it ❤️
Wow! I assumed you were American until now... The Alnico V pickup is similar to the EVH pickups
Do you have a link for the bar you replaced?
What a great guitar!!🤘🤘🤘
I enjoyed that man….🤘🤘🤘
I am a beginner this is my second guitar and its way better then squier bullet i trie jackson js1 i dont feel it …btw i have same setup only not change the button i have 8,5 strings what i love on baretta is the neck …
What trem bar do you have? It looks really cool
Mine goes sharp after bending? What should i do
Thanks so much 😅
AWESOME!
Great video, thanks! Does the graphite in the nut slot act as a lubricant?
Awesome ! Where can I get that trem bar , looks cooler than the original.
Great video I
I have the same guitar did you use a string gauge and straightedge when you lowered saddles
I sanded down the pickup ring to be flat it was wedge shaped.
Would be perfect with a Floyd Rose.
the Baretta 1984, but is 470£, another 300£ more. I Have the Special too, paid 169£, and with these mods is enough, yes the bridge is fixed, only dives down, but is fine and stay tuned well.
Can I ask a technical question? What pedal do you use? I'd love to know 🙏
I’m thinking about buying one in the UK, can I ask where you got it? Also do you remember what trem you took the arm from that fits? Looks great !
You can just pull the plastic off the original arm for that look its what he did
did you have to re-adjust the intonation after removing the spring?
totally agree but to play Metallica .....it miss something so I put an EMG 81X ivory ......and I sound like a 1K guitar and maybe more ! ;-)
Wow put in seymour duncan distortion in it.!!!!
Question: With only the 2 strings remaining on the trem, does it still remains locked to the body in a way you can easyily go to drop D tuning without influencing the whole tuning? Just put in a new fender bridge so wondering if the 2 springs would work for this...thx
Only thing you wanna make sure of after taking out the middle spring is, that the bridge is flat to body. I had to tighten the claw screws about a half a turn each after the spring came out. But ya, drop D is no issue at all. I have mine tuned half step down on all strings then, low E drppoed down to D. So the low E is dropped a half step lower than normal drop D. Just as Eddie did it. No issues at all. If the bridge is still flat to body after spring removal, you won’t need to do anything else than what he said in video. Although I used Nut Sauce on nut and saddles instead of graphite…
How’s that boss katana head?
No brass for this one?
With modern tooling, there shouldn't be any fret buzz.
The difference between a cheap guitar and expensive shouldn't be one of playability. Those days are gone . We're not in the dark ages ( 1970s)
Pickups ? It's as easy to wind a good pickup as a bad one. There is no excuse for poor guitar anymore.
These $200 guitars are far more refined than a lot of the garbage Fender USA was producing in the 70s (certainly neck and body wise)
agreed. no matter if you get cheap or expensive, the playability is almost perfect. now you just pay more for either better materials, better sound, or just cuz its popular.
@@ephbomb0 The world is a strange place . A $50,000 mechanical Rolex watch will keep WORSE time than a $10 Digital one.
An expensive guitar may or may not be a better instrument than an inexpensive one.
I'd get on much better with this than the version with the Floyd Rose. Those things confuse me!