Customising My first ever Guitar - Yamaha Franken-Shredder
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2018
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I think Yamaha make some of the best guitars, criminially underrated by those who are under the spell of Gibson/Fender. Incidentally, the RGX series were on the market until the late 1980s, so this model is somewhere from about 1987 to early 1990s. The 312 was part of the first RGX series! Great guitar. Thanks for the video.
That screw was probably the source of all the tone
😂😂😂
Very cool how you're making it a part of you and your life!
Your beard is getting monstrous btw
Ben Knapp Was... I chopped it off man! But I’m growing it back
Rob Chapman
Beards are Sexy !
skull222k where did this come from, also you should get better indian food (I like simple lentil dal)
Oops srry
I thought I was typing in the comment section 😂😂😂😂
Just the look was beautiful enough, but to see you guys working to enhance it is amazing! Great work Pablo and Rob!
should have put the black tuners from the other neck on this one
I just assumed he would, I was really surprised!
So much joy and memories in (on) one guitar!
Everyone needs a Pablo in their life, amazing job!
My “Pablo” was a shiny black Kramer with a very slightly elongated super-strat style body. I haven’t seen the body shape in a looong time but it was a beautiful, simple guitar with a single double-coil pickup. It wasn’t my first guitar - my first guitar was, well, out of respect for it since it *was* my first, I’ll just keep silent, but oh how my fingers bled... - but it was my first decent guitar that enabled me to actually start learning without being limited by horrible intonation, frets hanging off the neck waiting to slice my fingers, noisy electronics etc. Oops. I said I wasn’t going to talk about that one didn’t I?
Anyhow great vid. I have still have a red Yamaha RGX from that same era. Not nearly as spiffy as this one but it still gets action from time to time. Rock on 🤘🏼
Fantastic! How wonderful for you Rob. Pablo is ace!
It’s great to see what can be done to an old guitar all it takes is a bit of know how and lots of TLC keep up the good work Rob
You could see the shock and glee on your face when Lee pulled that out for you! A very nice moment! Very very cool story fellas. Glad to see someone with so many high end expensive guitars still get giddy about an old cheap axe that has personal value!
Man I love your strategy of creating content! It's so creative, thoughtful and forehanded. Greetings from Perú.
Just seen the video now. I have one too, the metalic blue, since 87. Still my main guitar, without any modificarions and set up yet.🙏🙏🤘🤘🤘🤘
I love ur videos, keep it up! Lots of love to Pablo aswell.
I need my own person Pablo to work on my guitars
You can tell you really clicked with the guitar because your playing was phenomenal on it! Fantastic video man, really enjoyed watching it! Hope you enjoy the new Franken-Shredder! \m/
Very happy for you rob. I just got a guitar that a buddy of mine gave me to play. Had some work done to get her to play again. The guitar is a 1983 ibanez destroyer x series that had triple humbuckers but is missing the bridge pickup. Had to get a new nut installed and had the action set up. Plays great for a 30 year old guitar thats been beat withinan inch of its life!!
Wow that's the best I've heard rob play in ages (that's not meant in a nasty/negative way he just sounds smoking here)
His playing sounds so happy and enthusiastic, his love for the old Yamaha is shining through :)
That thing sounds like an 80’s shred machine its beautiful, well done man
This series of videos with Pablo have been some of my favorites.
That Yama-stein is gorgeous. I'm really, really jealous of it!
Pablo is an interesting human and we need more of him.
Two coats of stain into my FrankenCaster and loving every minute of it. Rock on Rob!
Lovely little monster!
What a machine!!! Pablo is waaay cool - but he doesn't need me to tell him that. Thanks for sharing.
Love Yamaha guitars! Great Job
Thanks for that one Rob . This was my first electric too - a white RGX 312 (1989). Satch had a white guitar so that’s what I needed . Still got it . They have killer necks on them .
I just moded my 1995 Yamaha RGX 421D (natural wood) and replaced the HSH pickups to a DiMarzio Super Distortion 3 (bridge) a DIMarzio HS3 middle (single coil) and a regular DiMarzio Super distortion humbucker in the neck position. Awesome guitars! Thanks for sharing Rob.
What a great episode!
Great stuff
My first guitar was a RGX 612A. It was awesome of Lee to find that for you!
My first guitar ever was the RGX112. Finding that guitar has become my quest, it is my white wale and I want it back. It was so sentimental to me and it is honestly a solid good playing guitar. That was the guitar that shaped me into the guitar player i am today. Never get rid of that guitar bro, you don't want to end up like me with a lifetime of regret hahaha
Love the video. And I love my Yamaha guitars. I have a Pacifica 611 and a L6. Awesome guitars
Bought an RGX 310 in black new in 87. So loved that guitar, trem was a little finicky and sold it to a neighbor in 91 to buy an RGX 612 with a maple neck. That line of guitars never got due respect. Phenomenal playing machines. Still on the look out for a 1220 and finding that 310 again!
Beautiful guitar..
This is crazy. My first guitar was a Yamaha RGZ-312, bought 20 years ago and I had it customised years later too (Lamborghini orange finish and removed middle single coil). I still have it as it is one of the best playing guitars I've ever owned.
Old school yamaha quality is AMAZING .......Love the old RGX series.
Hey Rob, yamaha sound pretty cool with that duncan, great stuff bro! ! Greetings from Croatia!
I've played one of these, they are really comfortable guitars. In my opinion the trem stays in tune reasonably well
My 1st guitar (3 years ago) was a Yamaha RGZ 321-P, HSH ,from a pawn shop. I started playing (@ 42 yrs old) to help with arthritis. I'll never be a shredder, but that guitar has the most comfortable neck I've ever seen. She's not playable right now, needs electronic work, and new saddles. I also have a Pacifica, doesn't feel as good, but plays well.
Absolute blast from the past! I had an RGX312 as my first guitar (sadly dont have it anymore because the bridge is literally broken) but I love the yellow on that one mine was cream :)
Looks wicked mate
And you graced the gods with that low end too
My second guitar, back from 1987 is almost identical: a lefty Yamaha RGX612L in candy apple red. I just did exactly the same thing with mine a couple of months ago and put a Super 3 in the bridge and rewired the whole thing.
this satch boogie rocks man ! XD
Very smart that you replenished your old guitar instead of throwing it away or selling it for pennies.
I wish I had done that to my very first guitar , because to this day it is still the best sounding guitar I ever owned
That guitar sounds big. You can hear that the action allows those strings to resonate and sustain. Of course the amp and the cab are a big part of the sound as well.
Id like to see more vids like this...setups etc :)
What a fun video! My first drum kit wasn't as nice though.. I lived in Memphis, Tennessee, USA at the time and my parents went to Strings N' Things. And they got me the cheapest full size five piece drumkit they had for Christmas. I loved that kit even though it was super cheap and all the hardware broke. It was a "Sunlite" brand kit. They tried to get into the pro market and failed. My kit was their version of like a CB700 kit. I replaced it with a shiny new beautiful Mapex pro M series kit. I bet you'll have lots of fun with that guitar.
drumsNstuff79 Chattanoogan here!
I love Yamaha 80/90's shredders; very underrated. I've got a RGX-421DM and a Pacifica 921 and both are excellent guitars.
That's cool that he can do all of that with his one hand
That's one badass first guitar
That body contours was ahead of it's time. Because that's very modern Ibanez-ish to me. Very nice axe.
I still have my first Yamaha RGX 211. This makes me want to set it back up.
Rad axe chappers 🤘🏻🎸
I've been looking for one of these for yonks. I had one back in the 80's but gave it away (randomly) to some bloke who was down on his luck as I had just purchased a Charvel. Now I kind of regret it (well not the act of kindness just miss the guitar). Thanks Rob... Sorry I got a bit misty there.
There were no recessed double locking trems in 1978. The RGX 312 is from the late 80's/early 90's.
I love this videos!! more mods and more Pablo please
Cool Yamaha I have some very old SG's too and the new Revstars ..but your playing is great.
ive been following this ,its weird because i rediscovered my 612 Yamaha in 2017 and did it right up.they have amazing necks and i was going to buy one of the new L/H jems but pulled the 612 out and realized it was a much better made guitar.i dont know if chappers id aware that Yamaha tawain had a very skilled team of makers in the mid 80s.on mine the only bitof hardware id never change is the trem and nut .there both excellent designs [especially for intonation ]takes a while to set up but once u know how wicked.i also put a satch trak in the neck and a lukather humbucker dimarzio in the rear.i left the middle pup as it sounds great[all the oringinal pups are good btw]yamaha should really look at bringing this model back at the same quality.the necks are amazing and the frets are like titanium grade steel enjoyed this a lot thanx heres a link to mine,at this stage i had lollars in the neck and middle but swapped them out ua-cam.com/video/pzaXoCcTLm4/v-deo.html ...there is a forum to for rgx users.not many of us btw
I am going to name my firstborn Yamaha Franken-Shredder. TY for that Rob.
I have 1 of those trem blocks with my first run ml1, collectors item with the guitar
Full circle very nice
Pablo is the Man !
About 3 years ago, I bought a used Yamaha RGX620DX. (Mint shape, no scratches, $360 CDN) The most interesting thing about this guitar are the round tuning pegs and the lever that is used to release the locking nut. It is a game changer that i am really surprised was never licensed to other companies like Floyd Rose etc. No tools required to unlock the nut, just the twist of a lever. Makes harder retunes a breeze, but i only ever have to tune this maybe once a week. yeah.....once a week. (depending on string age). If I changed the pickups you wouldn't pry it from my cold, dead hands.
My only complaint is the finish. It could be better, but that has zero effect on what's important.
This inspired me to....
Get round to changing my strings..😊
You are farther ahead than me....
And I have had these new strings sitting on my desk since May....
Thought I recognized Pablo - Turns out he set up one of my guitars and did a great job!
Hi Rob can you give some insight about your practice routine please.
I love the way you play. I like all your amazing videos.🙏
Soumik Bose step 1: practice a lot
I got to say I think you found a new body design to use for Chapman Guitars. That exact body shape with your neck and pups. That would be killer! I like the rounded edges more than the modern sharpe edge designs of today. Love that guitar and looks like a shredder for sure.
My 1st customized guitar purrs like a spitfire,,, now. It's an older Austin (St Louis music) SG set neck copy, that installed Seymour, Gibson and Dimarzio's humbuckers in. (There was a Vai, a super distortion, and a dirty finger laying around.) It has coil splits on all 3 ( just because. 3 pickups are no better than 2.) Once it was tuned, and functioning, and everybody had their fun noodling, I decided to mount a bigsby, and since the spring was way too heavy, I replaced it with a spring from a 1969 Plymouth Cuda's rear brake drum. After a few days of tuning frustrations, it sat for a year, until this week when I decided to do a set up to see if the issue could be resolved. After new strings, and a truss rod check, I started to go to play with the Wilkinson roller bridge, and I realized it was reinstalled backwards (oops.) So now I have it is among the living, with my prophecy plus gx, my 1991 Les Paul studio, my Mexican Squire, my Lyle A740, and and my Mosrite venture (chock full of Hallmark, and Eastwood parts.) Just waiting for the machine shop to make a aluminum nut for it. It's a shame I can't play guitar. Since I didn't win any of your star wars, hair tie, guitar pick give away items. (Please tell me what car parts you need to customize your guitar, and maybe you'll win them Rob. I have some nice Hemi Cuda emblems. P.S. Bruce Dickenson was almost right, punk rockers generally can't play their instruments. ua-cam.com/video/s8EfFpGwB4Q/v-deo.html
Wow, yeah i had the same Yamaha in black flake, but it was the deluxe model with binding and inlay on the 12th i believe. Yeah, great guitar. I remember it had a pretty intricate licensed type floyd on it for the time.
Very cool,love the yellow. I just dug out my Yamaha RGX112 that I bought in 1987. It’s rough,really rough. I’m thinking of an overhaul. Had a couple of Seymour Duncan’s and I gave them away. Regret.
You should of switched out the tuners and locking nut. Black hardware looks awesome on yellow. I am pretty sure that guitar is from the late 80's not 70's.
Defo 80s / early 90s , van halen didn't release his first album until 78 and he pretty much started the super strat craze .
I had a 312 in the 80's - great gigging guitar (with a Duncan JB in the bridge position) Then it got covered in stickers and made into a single pickup Frankenstein thing, then the bridge died due to the saddles getting worn away.
Whoa! V-day B-day!
8:08 I was literally just thinking about satch boogie and then rob plays it.
One of these days....ill have my early 90's Jackson concert v refurbished..it's currently just a body and neck(with no frets)..it was my first bass..
Love it man! I’m dying of curiosity, though... What guitar did you send Miguel? You should make a video about it!
My RGX512J says hello - KEEP ON "ROCK'N ROLL"-ING!
my first guitar too !
Oh please Rob, more videos like this!!!! Modding is so funny and creative! Cheers!
That guitar is older than me as well. Thanks!
That one bolt for the bridge was probably a different color just from being rubbed by the played for years, not just because one of them was a replacement.
You should definitely use that live. Would be badass.
Everyday I regret selling my very first guitar. Awesome video ROb
Come back to Minnesota soon Rob!
We need a Chapman version of the Yamaha. In the same color as well. If it does happen please keep the dots on the fretboard!
That satriani at the end :)
Absolute beauty of a guitar. Even more beautiful that its a twin of your first one.
Hi Rob! I am watching this video for the first time, and I am so happy for you reuniting with your first guitar, because I am big fan of Yamaha guitars too (although I do not have one). I have just one acoustic, no branded...😔 But I was wondering what happened with that black Yamaha RGX? Have you ever considered about giveaway? Cheers, and keep the good work...
2:18 I understand these guitars were made from '89 to '93, so it never can be from '78. Superstrats weren't around in the 70s, those colors neither. They came with the big hair.
I was thinking the same since I bought this new in 1990
I love videos like this you should do a weekley video of tech you know I want to see your tech chnage out pickups and electronics also would be cool I love videos like that and seeing a before and after and hearing. A before and after
I remember seeing you writing down some good mojo on a trem block, I remember when you made a "how to block your trem" video back in your old house in that little white walled room! I think it was on a strat?
I'm in the middle of trying to freshen up my '89 Charvel Predator with a... wait for it... Rainbow Crackle finish. Oh, yeah. Wish me luck.
M McBride I'm sorry but I have to remind you that you aren't allowed to post porn on this website
Hahaha... BTW, I saw your avatar and I have a '58 Korina Flying V Re-Issue in my collection, too. Cheers.
Now we need to see a Chapman version of this yellow beast.
My first guitar is the same one Rob! hahaha
Dann I haven't watched chapters in or only a year. Since around the time his kid was born. N now he looks so old. Grey beard. His hairs both thinning and receding. Time flies
I just bought an RGX612-j and I'm doing stuff to it so I really think this is a cool video RN. I got a Floyd Rose II, A JB and A SSL-3. Not sure if I'll leave that middle pup out or throw in another SSL-3 in there. I want individual switches for the pickups and maybe one for the coil split on the JB. Gonna get mad hatter wiring so I can experiment with the pot values.
Epic
I like a little relief, it allows the low end to escape. After a curry, indeed
I love knowing you guys are slightly older than me.
Yellow things are cool.
Jeez that fretboard looks awesome! I wonder if it's the woods density or how it stands out next to a yellow body.? I'm betting that boards like that are very few and far between on say, a modern indo/Korean brand..........
That beard is wild, brother! You should let it grow out even more, and rock it with a bald head. VERY METAL