The Valenti Guitar Deep Dive Episode 240
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The builder has let me know he just did a guitar with ball end rounded frets and that will be standard now as well as the bridge modifications
Shocking!
That looks to be one of the most magnificent guitars I have ever seen. A few finishing touches ...
I need one...
Click bait, sir. Click bait.
lol@@SamuelWebster
Once again, thank you very much for the extremely kind and in depth review and thank you for demoing it so professionally.
I really enjoyed making this instrument and it is one of my all time favourites, being so unique.
As i already said in private, the issues you have found are definetly food for thoughts and they will be addressed from now on, so that they won't happen again:
-the bridge screws are an easy fix, as you mentioned, and it will be done swiftly.
-for the slight fret sprout, I think that ebony board suffered from the drastic change of humidity from Italy to Arizona. It is not bad, as you said, but it really needs to be a 5 out of 5 score. I will probably work out a reliable and time efficent way to incorporate ball-end fret ends on my instruments from now on, which is a thing I've already been thinking for a while now.
thanks again once more and thanks to all the viewers for the great feedback and nice words!
Luigi
Beautiful guitar, brother
@@ericlopez9640 thank you! really appreciated!
It's so awesome to see builders take in and address issues rather than be defensive about it. You're awesome and I will definitely look to get one in the future. Beautiful guitars Luigi.
@@jorgevillalobos5278 thank you! I just want to raise the bar a bit higher everytime. These feedbacks are extremely valuable for me and I think that constructive criticism is what makes a product do the extra mile; such things are exactly what I need, expecially from a very broad audience like this one
Thank you for creating such gorgeous instruments that sound as beautiful and rich as they look! Very well done.
Luigi's craftsmanship is inspiring. Beautiful instrument!
Thanks for the great advise. I just finished my very first refret. An old Carvin guitar with an ebony fret board, and a broken head stock. What a great feeling to bring a good guitar back to life. I never could have done it without your help. All the best to you!
Very, very nice build!! The top is 1 piece too, no bookmatch. First time I've seen that 'claw system' in the back too. Congrats to the builder, very nicely done!! 8) --gary
Michigan here. Liked the video.. really liked how you went over the frets and the bridge screws... I won't shill for the business I just started (not public yet but I have 21 guitars ready to go with last one on the bench now) but the video makes me even more attentive to those two issues. I spend a lot of time doing the frets and getting the bridge set as best as I can to my skill level. My guitars are all junked, broken, discarded or defective from the factory and ending up being bought by me for less than $60. I try to repair the issue and find then offer them up for sale with my profit really only being around $15 to $20.. yeah I am keeping my day job. I find video like this very informative for what I need to keep in mind and work on so my future customers can get the best guitar for the money they spend. I have one question for you.. and everyone who wants to respond to this.. Is having circuit boards made where I should think about going to. Right now I try to clean up or just repair as needed any electronics. I have only had to replace all the pots and switches in three out of 22 guitars. I don't mind looking into buying some premade ones to have on hand but I don't know if that is what everyone is going to want or if it is a fad. .. oh, and I like your podcasts too. I have them on often while I am fixing up my guitars.
Good Luck on your Business~a fellow Michigander 👣
With the type of business you have I wouldn't look at PCB as a solution. The size and shape of the board and differences in pickups and wiring are likely to mean you would have to fabricate, or at least stock many different configurations. Even then the ones you have may not fit every model of guitar you pick up to work on. I would keep concentrating on honing your skills and see how efficiently you can turn around the guitars. On top of that, as you have success, you likely should look to charge a bit more for your time. If you're spending less than an hour on these guitars and making them playable, likely your skills warrant more than $20/hr in tech charges. I get that it's not necessarily a high paying field, but you need to look at your other overhead as well. Workspace, electricity, tools, consumables like polish and strings. I get charging less while you gain skills and build business and a clientele, but eventually that business needs to support itself reasonably as well.
Also, Best of luck! Sorry, mostly came to offer a lot of good wishes and a little advice and got a little carried away! Congrats on the new venture!🎉
Don't be reluctant to charge for the value you add to an instrument. People equate cheap price with cheap quality.
Do you have a website? I'm a Michigander myself looking to have a custom strat style guitar made.
I love that Satin purple back with the natural cap edge into the gloss burst.
Aloha Phill! Aloha Everyone!
Hello!
I sit and listen to too many guitar reviews while I work. This guitar sounds special, it's beautiful both in looks and tone. Well done!
Thank you very much!
Wow, stunning guitar with excellent features. I love the guitars that make you smile just by their appearance. 🔥🎸😎 Thank you for sharing. \m/. BELLO 🎸
In what regard was his response shocking? He just said "thanks for the feedback, I'll do that in the future." I feel baited by the misleading title.
Welcome to youtube.
Maybe he's easily shocked.
You saved me 16 minutes
XD
Just saved me 16 minutes too 👍
8:00 absolutely spot on criticism. Those tiny bridge saddle screws will chew a trench into your picking palm if you are the type to rest it a lot there and pick and strum and mute. My solution was to dremel grind those screws SHORTER (cut them with a dremel grinding wheel) and recess them via having them short enough so they don't stick above the top of the bridge saddles. Make sure you don't just sandpaper the tops down because the tops is where the allen screw goes in! you have to remove from the bottom of the screws to shorten them. Cutting them or sanding them either way will fix that problem. OH, I see you did this in this vid! I commented too quickly. Yep. Cut them shorter. Not hard to do.
Beautiful. Reminds me of a custom chopper
Hi Phil, what a sensational sounding and great looking guitar with quality well thought out appointments. Thanks very much for a great review. Who wouldn’t want one! Cheers ✌️🎸
Beautiful guitar top review. Thanks Phil
Va Len ti……beautifully crafted and very well engineered. Enjoy Phillipe.
Ive had that Schaller Claw in My guitar 30yrs, As the strings go flat You just
Adjust it a lil bit and it brings all strings back at the same time without using
Tuning Keys…. Its brilliant
Amazing build. Love the fact Luigi appreciated the input. Here in Tennessee that fret sprout would not likely have been an issue. I love the bridge solution. I am surprised more luthiers and manufacturers don't use Monster Bolts.
I build and most people won’t tell me anything negative. I had one guy that mentioned my fret ends and now I really put a lot of effort into them and give them the sock wipe myself. I love that he took the criticism to heart in the right way myself.
@@bluglass7819 Respect from here Sir. Keep building them that way!
Great review incredibly beautiful guitar that sounds amazing!
I have a Jackson Strat type that weighs 6.6lbs…LOVE light weight guitars!!!
Beautiful work. It sounds extremely bright to me.
Ebony board on maple neck plus a stabilized burl / Wenge top,
I think very bright with a very tight note attack.
You could go with a mahogany neck or a rosewood fingerboard for a different, more traditional sound.
@@j_freed agreed! plus the swamp body. a mahogany body will make already a significant change.
Beautiful piece of functional art. It looks amazing and sounds amazing. Classy ride! Great info as well.
Great looks and tones!
Looks and sounds great. One thing I'd like to see with that kind of build is actual photographs of the actual guitar during the entire build process. That would be a great addition to the booklet that comes with the guitar.
I am working on that! truth to be told, I'd need someone following me around the workshop while I work 😅
I bought a Valenti no 49 and Luigi sent me pictures, they were random and sporadic and filled me with so much excitement that I screenshotted them, and looked forward to the finished result.
I personally find Philips evaluation somewhat poor as all the way through I was asked what neck contour I wanted, how I wanted pick ups to sound, I implicity trust Luigi to do the best for his clients.
@@valentiguitars Yes, you need an apprentice! 😃They can learn your craft and take photos while doing so.
@@valentiguitarsHiya. Great instrument. Consider putting a camera permanently mounted above your main bench. One of my students at college had a phone mounted on a tripod that was constantly recording while he was working and the resulting video led to several sales. A simple, cheap, camera, with an accessible button, works a treat!
@@mark.guitar that could actually do! I just need one for every bench🤣 I need to test it out, thanks!
Great review as always. As a basement luthier, his craftsmanship is top notch.
Less than 7lbs is amazing! My custom guitar is over 11lbs, which I actually love, but I have a $500 Agile which is around 7lbs, and I can play super fast on it.
That guitar sounds great! Also a great demo of sounds available.
Really respect that response, good look for an expensive guitar that would cut your hands out of the box. Those bridge screws you recommended are a game changer, made my fender strat trem playable vs annoying (especially compared to nice smooth tele saddles). They should be standard for any bridge/guitar that takes itself seriously with that screw placement on the saddles. Pickups sound great and looks beautiful, thank you for sharing!
I must say, this review helped me a lot and now I know for sure that in the future none of this will happen again. the bridge screws were a very bad oversight, but now I know and fortunately Phil has probably already changed them on it🤣
@@valentiguitars love that, everyone who makes instruments should have your perspective 🙌🏼 Phils clearly a guitar gear guru, we are all fortunate to have him to suggest and diagnose and every time I hear a manufacturers ignores him I get frustrated at the hubris. Love that you’re clearly not like that as he mentioned, good luck to you sir!!
I'd buy it just for the weight !! Thanks Phil great demo and review !!
WOW....I've never seen a more beautiful rig. This is such fine workmanship.
Great guitar!
Gorgeous guitar !! The craftsmanship looks superb. For the hotter wound pickups I was impressed with how clean and chimey it sounded. I would be proud to own a guitar like this, but I am so impatient I would go crazy waiting so long to play it.
That split coil neck tone is probably the best split coil tone I’ve heard.
That's a beautiful guitar, and it seems like it plays well too. Thank you so much for sharing, and thank you Luigi for building it! Amazing.
The effects sound great
Sounds great.
You are doing alright couldnt afford tnis 15 years ago.
It’s just Vah-Len-Tee isn’t it?
Yeah idk where he’s getting the extra “i” from unless he’s dyslexic lol
@@helio1055 I think he says “Heighth” too. Extra “H”. 😁.
I still love eem 🤷♂️
Yes. Apparently reading is more difficult than creating clickbait titles.
@@sea-ferring oh I don’t know. Ol Phil here is one of the good ones I think. But I’ve totally seen the ppl you’re talking about on here.
@@robraaiiiThat's why the title versus the content surprised me so much.
Man that sounds good
the amp does make the sound
It has such a unique sound, beautiful. How much of that is the pickups and how much the rest of the signal chain?
Super cool!
Sounds really beautiful! Very balanced. Love the coil split options they sounds great too! It will all sit great in any mix. Thanks for the tip on bolts!
Good gracious that sounds good!
Very nice guitar! I've shortened bridge saddle screws on many guitars and the best way I have found is to chuck them up in a drill and grind the required length off with a bench grinder while the drill is turning. Works like a charm and you don't have to dress the end of the screw with a file as you would have to do if you cut it with a saw.
12:12 the happy face says it all :) :)
Schaller Sure-Claw is AMAZING and totally worth the $50+ upgrade. I was thinking about the GOTOH tremolo for my build... I'll go with the ABM instead
I would so love to have one of these! 🎈
Almost didn’t recognize Phil without the black shirt
Fret sprout will always occur when moving a guitar from a wet or moderately moist climate to a drier climate. The wood shrinks in a dry climate. Also moving a guitar to a warm climate the frets being made from metal shall expand as every metal on earth always does. So yes you may have to do some fretwork to remove the "sprout".
Every guitar that uses those small screws to adjust the bridge suffers from the same problem. The top of the screws cause physical pain to the players hand when the hand brushes across the top of the screw. My solution is to just use a metal file and file them down a little until the screws no longer grab my hand and cause pain. Actually I go a little further and I even file down any metal part of the bridges body that bothers me.
Using a metal file on the screws is so much simpler and easier than Phillips solution. Also, over time you can file the tops of the screws a little at a time until you are completely satisfied.
Did I miss it, how much? Beautiful.
Does the output of a pick up affect the volume? And if so, could we adjust the height (of the PU) to lower or increase the volume?
Yes to both.
Wow! Truly a work of art and sounds amazing!
The neck pickup has a very nice sound.
I always check those grub screws on guitars. That will tell you how much someone cares about the build. If I am going to drop some serious coin on one, they better be flush or better.
THe price seems reasonable. I expected this to be an almost 10k guitar. Very nice!
You should have mentioned he apprenticed for Ben Krow at Crimson
Gotta give Ben some love - ❤
I love the personal relationship luthiers cultivate. The fact they emailed you to apologize and constructively take criticism is fantastic. Sounds great!
An incredible guitar by a master luthier!!!!
To me, the split coil sound was Strat heaven
Hey Phil ... appreciate the video. With 20 years in the repair biz would there be any chance of a neck binding repair vid and in particular how to avoid damaging neck laquer when scraping an acetone softened binding application as the repair example?
It's always wonderful to see a piece of art by a master craftsman that is also a damn fine sounding instrument, too!
Very nice
Gorgeous guitar! A real work of art. However, I’m amazed that this guitar was shipped with those sharp and long saddle screws. All of that attention to detail, but you shred your palm the first time you palm mute? Not sure how that doesn’t get noticed.
At xotic we had drawers full of different grub screw lengths for our gotoh bridges. We had different sets for different fret board radii. Always made sure that the grub screws were flush with the saddles
Lovely guitar. Check out the crimson review of another guitar of his.
I have a Caparison Horus and it comes with Schaller hardware on it and its all top notch stuff.
?? Wow! That is beautifully made! I would like it if the neck were close to the acoustic I play, which is a Sigma at 1.69 . What size are the grub screws you buy Phil? Are they M2,3,4,5 or #4-40 or #4-42 ?? What strings are on the guitar. Love those pickups !! Your playing is great too…❤😮
This is the 2nd vid on these guitars Ive seen in a week, absolutely stunning instruments made by a very clever person.
Fantastic vid sir
That, is one gorgeous guitar. Looks and sounds great. Definitely a work of art.
I really like that it's a convo between builder and player. I think the guitar looks great and I really like that any issues will be analyzed and addressed for the long run.
McMasters has smaller set screws. I use them all the time. I built two guitars for a friend; who was blood thinners. He would bleed non stop, if his palm was on the bridge. I found the correct threading and size, changed them out; no more bleeding......... Now, I do that on all my guitars. Easy quick fix for those long screws.
Gorgeous guitar!! Sounds great as well!
As an ex Crimson Guitars luthier I can't believe he didn't know about the saddle screws sticking up. A common Strat issue and the reason I changed to highwood saddles.
Luigi was the ex Crimson Guitars luthier....not me haha.
Great looking and designed custom! I would like to know his compound radius.... and the E to E span of the bridge. I think The Gotoh are 2 1/8"? Anyhow, I would love someday if some builders can widen the design closer to a USA tele saddle span. Possibly widening the neck fretboard at the body to have a little wider string span - Like PRS? That then means Fender pole spaced humbuckers, especially at the bridge. This minor wish list will get an electric away from a rhythm strummer or an arpeggio speed shred guitar. Give the guitar more right hand techniques which means more personality of music and approach.
I don’t know if you’ve been practicing more, or if you were just inspired by that incredible guitar, but you sounded fantastic Phil. Congrats on the purchase and hats off to Luigi!
I wish a was luthier 😭. That first pick up you used sounded sooo good!
Wow!
?Will the sure claw work in a strandberg?
I like the arched pattern he used for the fret markers. Pretty cool.
Thanks for the tip on Monsterbolts.
Excellent. And yes, I hate anything pointy sticking up from my bridge. Makes palm muting uncomfortable.
OMG all that purple 🤤🤤🤤🤌🤌🤌💚💚💚
Great review. Annoying that the title is rampant clickbait though...
Nice. I had one built about 3 years ago and love it. Only issues was fret sprout and some movement in the back cover material (mine was not metal) due to the high humidity where I live.
Hi Mike! Yours was a lovely one too! get back in touch for what concerns the frets, I will be happy to send you over a new backplate if you'd like to!
I got an Ibanez rgrt421 that I paid around 360 pounds in 2019...been playing it almost everyday..england is very humid..and the frets are still there like day one..no joke...Made in Indonesia .No I am not lucky ..this should be the norm..If it happens otherwise then it shouldnt be acceptable
Phil, you’ve improved so much as a guitar player! Some of your parts I would love to hear turned into full songs.
Can you just order the pickups? I want that neck pickup!
Phil, to adjust guitar action, should I loosen strings? It is Gibson tune-on-matic bridge. Thank you!
Sounds really nice too. I don’t usually stick around for the play-through portion of these videos, but this one just sounds so good. Cheers.
Think you threw in some extra syllables lol of course great video
It's no MoonPie Guitar, but it looks pretty dang awesome.
That is a beautiful looking and great sounding instrument. Regarding the bridge screws, I'm guessing he is a builder, and not so much a player. But his response, and attention to build detail showed that he wants every one of his guitars to be as good as they can possibly be. I wish him success👍
Digging that "McKnight" amp behind you!
The bridge screws is the sole reason I no longer play my Fenders at a gig. I tend to play hard and have cut myself on those very screws without knowing it. And before ya know it, I'm bleeding all over the place. My Les Paul bridge doesn't have the same screw issues obviously, but their saddle corners when new do the same thing. So with my Dremel I round those off on the E and A saddle.
This is a very cool guitar by the way. Love the wood selection!
It’s beautiful but it has such a distinct sound. It’s warm and thick but also has so much clarity and tonal range. Very, very nice.
This is a magnificent instrument and the Luthiers response was wholly appropriate. His honesty and integrity was what I would expect from him. For $5k it is superior to mass produced big named instruments. I will have to follow his work.
What a fantastically detailed look at this guitar .. I am curious about one tool you're using .. That's the one you're measuring the "C profile" of the next with .. What is it called (or where would I get one) ..? I'm slowly, slowly building my collection of decent guitar service tools .. Not that I plan to reshape necks, but I'd probably like to find out the actual profile of several of my oddball guitars
I’m in a drawing for one of these. I would be so happy if they pull my #.
🤞🏻🤞🏻
If the saddle screws come with the bridge from Gotoh, why would they be too high? Is it because the saddles have been lowered a lot? Would that be to get the action lower? And is that compensating for something else in the structure of the guitar that makes the action inherently too high? Not a luthier or tech here, just curious. Thanks.
The lower the neck to body angle, the lower the bridge saddles need to be set to in order to get low action. Fender guitars have virtually no neck angle, while Gibson guitars have about a 4° neck angle. There's no "right way" when it comes to neck angle as long as one can achieve a low, playable action. The manufacturers of bridges aren't making them for a specific guitar, so I'm sure that they provide screws that can accommodate many different neck angles, or they have just settled on a certain standard size grub screw somewhere in the process of product development. In this case, the guitar must have a low neck angle, and the luthier (admittedly) never thought about how high the grub screws would stick out once he dialed in a good, low action on the guitar--most manufacturers don't think about that detail.
@@nellayema2455 thank you for the detailed explanation! So would it be best to include the neck tilt option to allow players to get the right feel at the bridge? I imagine some might think the bridge to feel too low.
@@AbComp870 The neck tilt option offered on some bolt-on neck guitars is there not to change the feel, but rather to allow angle adjustment to allow for low action. Some players like a higher action and wouldn't need to adjust the neck angle, while players who desire low action would adjust the angle. TBH, I'm sure that the tilt function was a way to compensate for poor tolerances in manufacturing back when it was introduced in the '70's.
Awesome. 4real mon
This reminds me of some of the deep-dive studies I've read of the custom guitars made for Jerry Garcia with regards to the layering of the body woods.
Damn that guitar sounds amazing., warm yet crisp and articulate..well done..👍👍
I kinda saved a Ibenaz RG8 2011 model I believe, the fret board was foating off neck toward the pickup not the head stock, I used wood glue with it, 14 to 16 I do have buzzing, would adjust the neck but this thing is on its last leg, cant even ajjust the pickups so maybe stripped screws from the owner who solid it to me for 50$ spent 30 fixing it. sounds good but man the buzz makes it hard to record my ep at times