If you decide to make another guitar please show yourself building it on your channel, im really interested in guitar builds and a lot of people are too and it would be really cool to see how you do your builds
i recently gave my first ever guitar to my cousin who's learning. happiest little fucker i've ever seen after that. Made sense, i loved and still love that guitar but i thought it would do better to teach another.
Interesting video dude. On the subject of the homemade pickups, would you do a video on designing/developing. We've seen the actual construction process in "Will it Shred?", but it was very light on theory/philosophy. It'd be interesting to learn what your process behind it all is.
Congrat! You have a lot of inexpensive guitars or home made guitars and you deserve my congratulations for that. You're an example for the younger guitarists. I did things like yours : changing everything on an inexpensive strat (pickups, electronics, screws on neck for mechanical screws, etc). Then : intonation... Learning everything of one guitar. Tension of the trust rod, saddle heights, spring tensions, saddle intonation... Then, eventually, the guitar become great and sounds like a pro model and you know exactly what to do when the weather change... Have fun and keep doing what you love !
I got a fender American California fat telecaster. Fell in love with the maple fret board. People keep telling me the DiMarzio super distortion in the neck is a mistake, only place I see it as a mistake is in headphones everywhere else it's a blessing for my sound.
Drunken Hamster locking tuners are so you require less wraps around the tuning peg by adding a hole to the center of the peg with a grip that helps hold the string more stable during tuning. locking nut is for a locking trem system. yes, you can run both, but the locking nut defeats the purpose of the locking tuners added tuning stability.
love the paint on the xiphos and i have an older sigma classical guitar and i absolutely love it ,sturdy puts up with alot of abuse ,great tone, stays in tune and dont look bad. what more could you ask for in a guitar dont let the price fool you these are great guitars
I'm hoping to go to Edinburgh for uni in a year and a half so I'd imagine that I'd be a lot nearer to you so if I were to ask you to build a guitar, how much would it cost me roughly for a HH bloodbound with a mahogany body and maple neck
Make Shite Paul great again! I'm sure she's the reason UA-cam thought I'd like your new content. And I did. Pimp her back up, please! She deserves it. She has a name, a history, achievements and a whole lot of (maybe crappy, whatever, but still) personality. Better than most guitars out there! BTW - Did I stumble upon a nice catchy title for the new series? Let's make Shite Paul great again? ;-)
hey Collin, you probably won't read this but it's worth a shot anyway. I'm interested in learning how to make guitar pickups, humbuckers in particular, but I haven't been able to find any videos that go in depth enough to fully understand, some humbuckers have magnets? some don't seem too? some have slugs, it's very confusing for someone like myself who is just getting started with the idea. I can't think of anyone better to explain in depth how to build a pickup than you. if you do happen to read this, thank you. keep up the good work.
CSGuitars Wow I'll be honest I wasn't expecting a reply, so thank you, I really appreciate it and I'm now looking forward to seeing those videos. Cheers mate. Have a good one
I’m so glad you pointed out that Squiers are by and large well *constructed* instruments on a wood and bolts level it’s just some of the finish and Hardware is a bit naff My Telecaster has seen about 7 years of solid practice, gigging, recording and touring, and even though it’s practically unrecognisable from its goody-two-shoes origins of a 52’ Butterscotch. at least in terms of hardware and finishing, it wouldn’t stick around as long as it has or will be, without it being a brilliant chunk of wood to begin with
great video! Yeah my new hobby as well modifying guitars as well. once you do them the way you want, kinds of grows on you like it's your own custom guitar.
I've been very jealous of that explorer guitar for a while and always wondered what brand it was. It's a very nice guitar, it looks like something more expensive than I could afford
I was like wtf when you mentioned Adam Jerome and 48hours coz I'm actually related to their drummer lol - they're a really great band ngl And loving the guitar collection too!
I prefer toploaded bridges over through body for hipshot style bridges. It increases sustain (very slightly and its debatable) and it also lessons the friction and harsh angles the strings go through which stops breakage
Haha, good old Victor Morris, certainly a very interesting shop. Actually got some good guitar bargains out of there over the years that've made for good projects.
2:26 So, I'd love to see the Strat mid-boost mod done to your custom thru-neck strat. There's an empty hole in the guitar where the knob would go already, and I think you'd be surprised at it's versatility.
That is a collection worthy of anyone who admires good guitars. I love to build my own as well, but I just buy all the individual parts and assemble them. Bodies and necks from Warmoth and the internet for all the other parts, depending on what I am doing. I figure that others have nailed down their craft, so how would I improve on Seymour Duncan or DiMarzio? I cannot.
Colin thanks for the video it sure was interesting to see them all. I loved that Les Paul Jr. Built you made.... and I think I want one. 26" scale though and a 2" neck width at the nut and no radius on the neck...
That mahogany thru neck Strat is my dream.guitar! But for some minor changes (HSS or even HSH - at least one humbucker in the bridge, anyway... a Floyd rose instead of a Kahler..or even just stick with w hard tail, to be honest...the two knobs further away , out of the strumming zone, and some square top tele knobs..minor changes....other than that.... Iis just a party of all.my favorite specs!
Have you ever considered doing a video on how you make your guitars, like kind of an instructional type of thing? I've yet to see a video about making guitars from a major channel.
at fuggin long last !! I have a 1986 MIJ strat, picked it up in 89/90 second hand and it has since been my go to gigger, it has that exact Khaler trem, and this is the first time I have seen the exact same trem .. are the fine tuners stiff as fug ?? all the same it works superbly .. other difference was a 22 fret flatter radius maple neck which made it a killer guitar, only thing I changed was to put in a Seymour Duncan hot rails in the bridge with a three way mini switch for series/split/parallel selection .. Viv Campbell offered me good money for it a few years back, I'm over here in Belfast, and done the same gig circuit as Viv before he got the Dio gig, but this is the first time I have seen the exact same trem, seen similar Khaler s but never the exact same, and as I said, my fine tuners are very stiff, but not a prob as it stays perfectly in tune, fuggin killer guitar, and I have a few, but it's number one ..
Great work man!! I love natural looking guitars. And fuck everyone else who can't appreciate hard work. If it's durable and stays in tune it's all that matters. I'm done.
Would you consider buying or building a semihollow guitar of some sort? My main guitar is a Gibson 355 that I bought for exceptionally less money than it should've cost, and I put in a set of Wolfetone PAF type pickups and some good pots and it absolutely sings under any amount of distortion. It's quickly become my new main guitar and I absolutely love how big and full it sounds
CSGuitars A wonderful choice of guitar. I have to agree with you on that mindset, because I could've gotten two fairly decent guitars for what I payed for mine, but my god was it worth it once I got the thing home and dialed it up through my rig
I love that Ibanez Xyphos guitar... If it were mine I would probably swap that Ibanez Edge-Floyd to a real Gotoh one, and those stock pup's (Infinities?) do some Seymour Duncans or Dimarzios ...
What are the black things on the White Ibanez? On the strings at the nut and bridge? Anywho, what a great channel. A video for every crazy question I still have after 30+ years of shredding, -Thank You
If you decide to make another guitar please show yourself building it on your channel, im really interested in guitar builds and a lot of people are too and it would be really cool to see how you do your builds
Anμs Throbber I was about to comment the same thing man!!!
Crimson Guitars has a nice channel if you didn't already have it on the radar
Check out his "Does it Shred" series.
He did!
i recently gave my first ever guitar to my cousin who's learning. happiest little fucker i've ever seen after that.
Made sense, i loved and still love that guitar but i thought it would do better to teach another.
That sounds adorable, man.
and not a sign of any bagpipes
Having no sign doesn't mean they're not there.
He's just emberessed about the bagpipes.
Disappointed to be honest
"There's nothing fancy in here" Dude, you have 3 custom hand-made guitars in your collection, and the rest ain't bad either.
"Chunky piece of ash"
*nice*
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Colin mentions the wenge binding on his bloodbound, first thing my mind goes to = "One of the cool things about wenge... it's a BITCH to bend!"
Interesting video dude. On the subject of the homemade pickups, would you do a video on designing/developing. We've seen the actual construction process in "Will it Shred?", but it was very light on theory/philosophy. It'd be interesting to learn what your process behind it all is.
This ^
I will be doing more videos on pickups soon.
Watch this space.
This was great. Love the look of that Xiphos. And that Bloodbound guitar is a fine bit of workmanship! Thanks for showing us these guitars.
Congrat! You have a lot of inexpensive guitars or home made guitars and you deserve my congratulations for that. You're an example for the younger guitarists. I did things like yours : changing everything on an inexpensive strat (pickups, electronics, screws on neck for mechanical screws, etc). Then : intonation... Learning everything of one guitar. Tension of the trust rod, saddle heights, spring tensions, saddle intonation... Then, eventually, the guitar become great and sounds like a pro model and you know exactly what to do when the weather change... Have fun and keep doing what you love !
I got a fender American California fat telecaster. Fell in love with the maple fret board. People keep telling me the DiMarzio super distortion in the neck is a mistake, only place I see it as a mistake is in headphones everywhere else it's a blessing for my sound.
Locking Nut vs Locking Tuners? What does each do, and can you run both? Do they help when running a tremolo bridge?
Also, my fav is the second one.
Drunken Hamster locking tuners are so you require less wraps around the tuning peg by adding a hole to the center of the peg with a grip that helps hold the string more stable during tuning.
locking nut is for a locking trem system.
yes, you can run both, but the locking nut defeats the purpose of the locking tuners added tuning stability.
your accent is music to my ears
love the paint on the xiphos and i have an older sigma classical guitar and i absolutely love it ,sturdy puts up with alot of abuse ,great tone, stays in tune and dont look bad. what more could you ask for in a guitar dont let the price fool you these are great guitars
Yousician is the best way to learn, practice and master a musical instrument
EDDIE XD
eddie n really??? How? Explain?
I'd love to see a video on the p-bass pickup.
I'm hoping to go to Edinburgh for uni in a year and a half so I'd imagine that I'd be a lot nearer to you so if I were to ask you to build a guitar, how much would it cost me roughly for a HH bloodbound with a mahogany body and maple neck
I always thought the Ash Fossil guitar had a huge hole in the Third fret.....god I'm stupid
I though it was a neck pick up!
i like the one that has the worn through black back and wood finish on the front. i love that look. very nice.
What about a studio tour with all your gear? Other than guitars.
Me You what?
Dude you're the ultimate DIY guitar inspiration on youtube
Love the explorer shaped guitar
@11:40 please do a review of the protoshite Paul Junior!!!
Fossil build is waifu.
Weren't you in Trainspotting?
Hahahahahaha
No, he was in Rock n' Rolla.
I think he played the older brother in Sing Street too.
Neds.
Racist
I love that LP style guitar with its cracks and a single p90 pickup
That first guitar you made has a huge neck my man. it's great
I was waiting for this video for about 2 years.
Awesome stuff Colin. Well done on the builds and modifications. I would be very proud with those Guitar builds.
Love the Sigma. My uncle bought me 1 the best part of 40 years ago & I still play it. Hard to beat them for the price.
haha my first guitar was an Aria Pro II and i still play it after 30 years :-O just love the neck and changed most of the hardware ;-)
Make Shite Paul great again! I'm sure she's the reason UA-cam thought I'd like your new content. And I did. Pimp her back up, please! She deserves it. She has a name, a history, achievements and a whole lot of (maybe crappy, whatever, but still) personality. Better than most guitars out there!
BTW - Did I stumble upon a nice catchy title for the new series? Let's make Shite Paul great again? ;-)
The explorer shape is awesome. Definitely would play that
Finally! I have been waiting for this for too long
hey Collin, you probably won't read this but it's worth a shot anyway. I'm interested in learning how to make guitar pickups, humbuckers in particular, but I haven't been able to find any videos that go in depth enough to fully understand, some humbuckers have magnets? some don't seem too? some have slugs, it's very confusing for someone like myself who is just getting started with the idea. I can't think of anyone better to explain in depth how to build a pickup than you. if you do happen to read this, thank you. keep up the good work.
+Eggy “Eggy1632” 1632 I'm working on a few pickup videos at the moment. All will be explained soon.
CSGuitars Wow I'll be honest I wasn't expecting a reply, so thank you, I really appreciate it and I'm now looking forward to seeing those videos. Cheers mate. Have a good one
Nice video! That first Ibanez nearly had my eye out...Subscribed!
I really like what you do with the fretboard where it meets the body. Nice shapes.
that second guitar is insane.
I’m so glad you pointed out that Squiers are by and large well *constructed* instruments on a wood and bolts level it’s just some of the finish and Hardware is a bit naff
My Telecaster has seen about 7 years of solid practice, gigging, recording and touring, and even though it’s practically unrecognisable from its goody-two-shoes origins of a 52’ Butterscotch. at least in terms of hardware and finishing, it wouldn’t stick around as long as it has or will be, without it being a brilliant chunk of wood to begin with
great video! Yeah my new hobby as well modifying guitars as well. once you do them the way you want, kinds of grows on you like it's your own custom guitar.
I've been very jealous of that explorer guitar for a while and always wondered what brand it was. It's a very nice guitar, it looks like something more expensive than I could afford
great collection! the best for me 14:22 - "magnific guitar"
I'd love to own a bloodbound. By far the best explorer I have seen in a long time.
god your builds are amazing!!! there is a way better chance of me buying a guitar from you than any manufacturer
lots of love from Ireland man great channel
"Peckups"
I was like wtf when you mentioned Adam Jerome and 48hours coz I'm actually related to their drummer lol - they're a really great band ngl
And loving the guitar collection too!
This is my Fender Squire... My go-to metal guitar
You've got some very nice, "neck through" guitars there. Very nice even!
Hi Colin, do you have any tips on building a guitar from scratch? I'm thinking about starting, and I have no clue where to begin
We’re the same age and got our first guitars at the same exact time! I went with Epiphone though, even though I live next to the Fender factory 😂
I really want a guitar like the Bloodbound... It's beautiful
Love the ammonite inlays
We need a new version of this :)
I prefer toploaded bridges over through body for hipshot style bridges. It increases sustain (very slightly and its debatable) and it also lessons the friction and harsh angles the strings go through which stops breakage
Great collection Colin! Bunch of beauties you got there. Have you thought about constructing your own amp at all?
Haha, good old Victor Morris, certainly a very interesting shop. Actually got some good guitar bargains out of there over the years that've made for good projects.
Love your built guitars .
Great video. I really liked hearing the story about each guitar.
2:26 So, I'd love to see the Strat mid-boost mod done to your custom thru-neck strat. There's an empty hole in the guitar where the knob would go already, and I think you'd be surprised at it's versatility.
Here some love from Pomona California.
I am a big fan of your learning curve! Very impressive! Keep it up man!😃👍
That is a collection worthy of anyone who admires good guitars. I love to build my own as well, but I just buy all the individual parts and assemble them. Bodies and necks from Warmoth and the internet for all the other parts, depending on what I am doing. I figure that others have nailed down their craft, so how would I improve on Seymour Duncan or DiMarzio? I cannot.
whatever happened to your green ltd mh from your why I dislike active pickups video?
It would be great to see a 2021 update...
I love that Squier color!!!
Fun to hear your guitars history👍
Colin thanks for the video it sure was interesting to see them all. I loved that Les Paul Jr. Built you made.... and I think I want one. 26" scale though and a 2" neck width at the nut and no radius on the neck...
Love your lingo amigo! lol. Nice buncha axes you have there!! Rock on...
That mahogany thru neck Strat is my dream.guitar! But for some minor changes (HSS or even HSH - at least one humbucker in the bridge, anyway... a Floyd rose instead of a Kahler..or even just stick with w hard tail, to be honest...the two knobs further away , out of the strumming zone, and some square top tele knobs..minor changes....other than that.... Iis just a party of all.my favorite specs!
I really enjoy the fossil inlay 👌
How heavy is the strat? I've got a 10.5 lb peavey strat from the 80s, it's a tank
have a great, great day
your first built guitar is very pretty
i really like the z guitar you built, beautiful. love the head stock on it.
this inspired me to look for lefty guitar kits
Im gonna be honest with yall, thats the nicest squire ive ever seen
Have you ever considered doing a video on how you make your guitars, like kind of an instructional type of thing? I've yet to see a video about making guitars from a major channel.
Crimson Guitars have tons..
There are a million ways to learn guitar...
The bloodbound is so damn cool.
Yeeees, I would Love to see the Hurricane Shredding!!!!
Awesome video, you're a huge inspiration dude.
at fuggin long last !! I have a 1986 MIJ strat, picked it up in 89/90 second hand and it has since been my go to gigger, it has that exact Khaler trem, and this is the first time I have seen the exact same trem .. are the fine tuners stiff as fug ?? all the same it works superbly .. other difference was a 22 fret flatter radius maple neck which made it a killer guitar, only thing I changed was to put in a Seymour Duncan hot rails in the bridge with a three way mini switch for series/split/parallel selection .. Viv Campbell offered me good money for it a few years back, I'm over here in Belfast, and done the same gig circuit as Viv before he got the Dio gig, but this is the first time I have seen the exact same trem, seen similar Khaler s but never the exact same, and as I said, my fine tuners are very stiff, but not a prob as it stays perfectly in tune, fuggin killer guitar, and I have a few, but it's number one ..
My fave is the CS1.
Love the bloodbound, top work!
That Bullet strat!
I Have a ART300 in all black!! love it!! :)
+CSGuitars I like the Blood one
What happened to the LTD with the EMG pickups?
Could you do an update on this please Colin as it's been a while?
You need to say Sheiiiit Paul! more often. It would absolutely make my day.
When I first saw you, I thought of Chad Channing from Nirvana, for some reason
Colt 45 are amazing seen them live
You should review Dunable pickups whenever you can! The Direwolf sounds AMAZING
One word, Impressive !!!
Great work man!! I love natural looking guitars. And fuck everyone else who can't appreciate hard work. If it's durable and stays in tune it's all that matters. I'm done.
DAMN I came here from the dragon heart videos to see what guitar the "ash fossil" was to see if I could get one!!!!
Would you consider buying or building a semihollow guitar of some sort? My main guitar is a Gibson 355 that I bought for exceptionally less money than it should've cost, and I put in a set of Wolfetone PAF type pickups and some good pots and it absolutely sings under any amount of distortion. It's quickly become my new main guitar and I absolutely love how big and full it sounds
I have been nursing a semi for a Gretsch White Falcon for a long time now. I think it would have to be 'go big or go home' on a semihollow.
CSGuitars A wonderful choice of guitar. I have to agree with you on that mindset, because I could've gotten two fairly decent guitars for what I payed for mine, but my god was it worth it once I got the thing home and dialed it up through my rig
I love that Ibanez Xyphos guitar... If it were mine I would probably swap that Ibanez Edge-Floyd to a real Gotoh one, and those stock pup's (Infinities?) do some Seymour Duncans or Dimarzios ...
Nice Collection!
What are the black things on the White Ibanez? On the strings at the nut and bridge? Anywho, what a great channel. A video for every crazy question I still have after 30+ years of shredding, -Thank You