I bought a Ural 650 guitar because I ride a Ural 750 sidecar motorcycle. The two are of similar build. Crude, rude, and something you'd take to battle. I think the Ural 650 could be used to club an unruly bar crowd with, and still use it to gig the next night. It is heavy, not elegant, not the easiest to play, and should last a long time. I have heard some pretty sounds come out of a Ural 650 in the right hands.
Ural is the symbol of Soviet brutality in making things. Ural bicycle, Ural motorcycle, Ural 6x6 truck, and Ural electro guitar were made for real men. 🤘 Not easy to operate, needs skills to handle, but if you can do it - you're real and your Ural, no matter what it is, will work in all conditions.
Я сейчас так же восстанавливаю Урал. Правда бас, 510л. Играть на нем нельзя, от слова совсем! Но нужно отдать дань, нашему советскому инструменту! Вам же, желаю успехов! И пусть невзгоды обойдут вас стороной!
Спасибо, честно говоря, единственное что было хорошим в этих инструментах это лкп. Удачи вам вашем начинании, кстати, у меня на канале есть видео с тем, как я переделываю свой 510л, возможно вам будет по душе.
OF COURSE THERE WAS ROCK N ROLL IN THE SOVIET UNION. Who are you trying to kid with this video title. Rock n Roll was/is a phenomena in every corner of the world. Rock n Roll is polítical but only in the sense that almost everything is polítical. The USA tried to put an end to Rock n Roll but only made it more popular as they did not undersdand anything about Rock n Roll. Rock n Roll will be around for centuries to come and long after all current polítical ideologies have crumbled and are no more. It will be enjoyed, sang and danced to for a very, very, very long time to come. Nice guitar work by the way.
Ive always wanted to see someone take one of the Urals and just make it better than new, perfect. Same with one of those old school Hondo disasters. I wouldnt expect it to be faithful to the original manufacture, since its originally made quite badly. For mostly weird reasons...Id just like to see one parts-upped and modified to perfection. Call it a "Ship of Theseus" at the end, but I'd call it pretty fuckin rad.
Back in the 80's I had a Hondo Telecaster knock off that was actually really good for what it was. My Dad (who's a long time guitar player) picked it out and it was the best one of the lot, and I wish I still had it, because it was a nice little guitar.
In late 70th the cost of this guitar was above average monthly salory in USSR. So it was like twice the price of Gibson Les Paul, which was half of average monthly salory in US.
i know that there were really good rock bands in the soviet union back in the 80s, one of my favourite was Kino. best and most unique music ive ever heard
Wow! What a unique tone that guitar has! I know you had actual Piano music at the very end, but when you first started playing that Guitar, I thought it sounded a great deal like an Electric Piano! I dunno whether that was all in the Guitar, or whether part of that sound came from whatever Amp you were playing it thru, but I REALLY LIKED that tone alot! Best Regards Always! Ron H. Abilene, TX. USA. 🙂
Thank for video and nice restoration of legendary guitar. I used to play these kinds of soviet guitars in 90 and later making some work on it. All these electronics with filtering circuits was awful. It had no sense for me and for music style I had playing. But those pickups actually have enough magnet force and good coils. Nice adjustable clearance between string and pickup was also very useful to get smooth sound. I liked to replace pickup board with simple connection scheme and remove all these electronics. Sometimes I used Ural`s coils and magnets to make custom pickups. Also, it was very desirable to fix tremolo to get much possible vibration from strings passed to guitar body, and of course some fretwork. These simple things allow to get some decent sound from this guitar. Clean and with distortion pedal. But at the end of the day, it stays very uncomfortable for playing guitar with strange shape and very heavy weight. If I remember correctly there were some more playable soviet guitars with nicer sound. Maybe Aelita, but this model had even less attractive shape.
видео отличное.Мастер просто герой.Теперь о своем жизненном опыте.Гитара Урал наиболее плохой и неудобный инструмент из моей юности.Кстати накладка грифа у неё из шпона.Я видел много раз как она отслаивалась Колки сделаны из силумина.Ломаются даже при настройке!Как говорил один герой Даже миллион мух не убедят меня в том что говно вкусное.Это по поводу Урала.Я привык говорить правду.К мастеру только уважение!А теперь возразить по поводу Урала.
I had one of those in the 80s.. Found it at a car boot sale.. Had a twist in the neck.. You could still play around the twist but made the action high...
@@mr.k1t yeah i mean book :D thx for the answer and the info, i live in Budapest lot of soviet stuff come around and that is the book i need :D thx man, keep it real, cheers!
It's unique, but there was very low quality control in soviet factory. But if you try and put in the effort, you will end up with an incredible instrument with a unique sound and beautiful appearance.
I thought I was going to redo the guitar pickguard and remove the middle pickup and gave the bridge hardware a silver bath and did not show how the crack was with superglue afterwards
There were rock bands in the USSR. Probably many. I know only a handful. Some are really good: Horizont (Gorizont in russian). This is a progressive rock band that made prog at Western level. Although they released very few albums, one that is a very good listen is "Summer in Town". "Portrait of a Boy" album is zeuhl oriented prog that was popular in France with bands like Magma, Weidorje and Eskaton. Autograf was another popular rock band (Автограф in russian). Eduard Artemiev made rock music including prog. On "Warmth of the Earth" album a very good song called "Meeting on the Milky Way" with the very powerful voice of the talented Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya. The musicianship on that song is fantastic. Also jazz was popular in the USSR. Many american artists, among them the great Duke Ellington, went to the USSR and played for a very enthusiastic soviet audience.
I love these old Russian and other obscure guitars. It seems you can find many of these at pretty good prices also. My only concern would be trying to find hardware or electronics that could replace broken or worn parts without heavy modifications.
Очень релаксирующее видео. Приятно смотреть за аккуратной работой мастера. Можно поинтересоваться, какую графитовую краску использовали? Никак не могу найти такую, чтобы нормально кистью можно было нанести. Только в баллончиках, а это крайне неудобно, конечно.
Цю ж кралю як раз тиждень тому виставляли на олх) швидко ж вона пішла, до речі, за скільки вдалося придбати? (Впізнав її по відсутності верхнього "зубчика" 😁)
Yeah, soviet guitars are not the best. If you want a good eastern block guitar, go czech, go Jolana. They had a ton of models but in my experience anything from the Krnov factory is a reliable and stable instrument and fairly easy to set up well. With the Hořovice factory you can't be so sure. Ofcourse the sound is unique to each model as they all have different pickups and wiring. It depends, but the wood is good. Also I hear Musima from East Germany is pretty good but I've never tried one so i don't know.
@@mr.k1t я зрозумів. Щоб відрегулювати натяг анкера, треба зняти струни, або, ну добре, послабити їх, відкрутити гриф, і під п"яткою грифа знаходиться гайка, яку можна крутити якщо треба зробити декілька ітерацій, або міняєш струни на інший калібр, то роби що хочеш але так, це ж совєцький союз, в західних країнах ти налаштовуєш анкер і гриф, а в совєцькому союзі - наоборот біда
There were great rock band during the SSR, my fav are from late 80's . I would try to save that guitar in it's original shape as much as possible, you've ruined a vintage instrument.
Hey folks! Ural guitars are like the worst thing that you can find. Never ever it was good even a little. The master is trying to make it alive knowing that it's a peace of crap)))) Respect! Слава Україні, смерть ворогам!
Sounds at last as a guitar has to, but (according to only me, myself and I) not enough to rework as you did (the last 10 years) a so very ugly outer civilisation uncommon instrument. 😉
Wow! It sounds more like a Fender Rhodes than a guitar! What a difference.
Wow ! it sounds less than a Yamaha DX7 but more like a Fender Rhodes ;-D
I bought a Ural 650 guitar because I ride a Ural 750 sidecar motorcycle. The two are of similar build. Crude, rude, and something you'd take to battle. I think the Ural 650 could be used to club an unruly bar crowd with, and still use it to gig the next night. It is heavy, not elegant, not the easiest to play, and should last a long time. I have heard some pretty sounds come out of a Ural 650 in the right hands.
Ural is the symbol of Soviet brutality in making things. Ural bicycle, Ural motorcycle, Ural 6x6 truck, and Ural electro guitar were made for real men. 🤘 Not easy to operate, needs skills to handle, but if you can do it - you're real and your Ural, no matter what it is, will work in all conditions.
Я сейчас так же восстанавливаю Урал. Правда бас, 510л. Играть на нем нельзя, от слова совсем! Но нужно отдать дань, нашему советскому инструменту! Вам же, желаю успехов! И пусть невзгоды обойдут вас стороной!
Спасибо, честно говоря, единственное что было хорошим в этих инструментах это лкп.
Удачи вам вашем начинании, кстати, у меня на канале есть видео с тем, как я переделываю свой 510л, возможно вам будет по душе.
Spasibo
OF COURSE THERE WAS ROCK N ROLL IN THE SOVIET UNION. Who are you trying to kid with this video title. Rock n Roll was/is a phenomena in every corner of the world. Rock n Roll is polítical but only in the sense that almost everything is polítical. The USA tried to put an end to Rock n Roll but only made it more popular as they did not undersdand anything about Rock n Roll. Rock n Roll will be around for centuries to come and long after all current polítical ideologies have crumbled and are no more. It will be enjoyed, sang and danced to for a very, very, very long time to come. Nice guitar work by the way.
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@@Rob-xb9od Sure. You would know.
West made rock, soviets were copy cats. many didn't survive capitalism or alcoholism, i know
Rock n roll will never die
Ive always wanted to see someone take one of the Urals and just make it better than new, perfect. Same with one of those old school Hondo disasters. I wouldnt expect it to be faithful to the original manufacture, since its originally made quite badly. For mostly weird reasons...Id just like to see one parts-upped and modified to perfection. Call it a "Ship of Theseus" at the end, but I'd call it pretty fuckin rad.
I did it with my Ural bass)
You can check it)
Love my hondo 2 les paul, needed tweaks though and had wilkinson pickups , sounds great now
Back in the 80's I had a Hondo Telecaster knock off that was actually really good for what it was. My Dad (who's a long time guitar player) picked it out and it was the best one of the lot, and I wish I still had it, because it was a nice little guitar.
In late 70th the cost of this guitar was above average monthly salory in USSR. So it was like twice the price of Gibson Les Paul, which was half of average monthly salory in US.
I’ve ridden a Ural. I didn’t know you could play one too. Cool, thanks.
That's the biggest control cavity I've ever seen
That was a great scale and frets treatment! I bet it feels great to play!
Thank you!
I think you will not like the ergonomics)
Show us more of those sounds and what all those buttons do, man!
3 buttons are responsible for each of the pickups. the other 3 buttons are low/mid/high filters
@@mr.k1t After all the work you did, it would have been nice to hear all the sounds.
Very nice... What is the scale length of the guitar?
scale length in the Urals 650 - 650mm
i know that there were really good rock bands in the soviet union back in the 80s, one of my favourite was Kino. best and most unique music ive ever heard
Wow! What a unique tone that guitar has!
I know you had actual Piano music at the very end, but when you first started playing that Guitar, I thought it sounded a great deal like an Electric Piano!
I dunno whether that was all in the Guitar, or whether part of that sound came from whatever Amp you were playing it thru, but I REALLY LIKED that tone alot!
Best Regards Always!
Ron H.
Abilene, TX. USA. 🙂
Thank you for comment.
These weird pickups make that sound.
Моя первая электрогитара. Пальцы в кровь, лады надфилем ровнял. Но давала отличные верхи на хорошем комбике. В остальном дрова, конечно.
Определенно дрова
Thank for video and nice restoration of legendary guitar. I used to play these kinds of soviet guitars in 90 and later making some work on it. All these electronics with filtering circuits was awful. It had no sense for me and for music style I had playing. But those pickups actually have enough magnet force and good coils. Nice adjustable clearance between string and pickup was also very useful to get smooth sound. I liked to replace pickup board with simple connection scheme and remove all these electronics. Sometimes I used Ural`s coils and magnets to make custom pickups. Also, it was very desirable to fix tremolo to get much possible vibration from strings passed to guitar body, and of course some fretwork. These simple things allow to get some decent sound from this guitar. Clean and with distortion pedal. But at the end of the day, it stays very uncomfortable for playing guitar with strange shape and very heavy weight. If I remember correctly there were some more playable soviet guitars with nicer sound. Maybe Aelita, but this model had even less attractive shape.
Comfort and ergonomics are not about Soviet guitars)
Master, your repair videos are really joyful to watch!
видео отличное.Мастер просто герой.Теперь о своем жизненном опыте.Гитара Урал наиболее плохой и неудобный инструмент из моей юности.Кстати накладка грифа у неё из шпона.Я видел много раз как она отслаивалась Колки сделаны из силумина.Ломаются даже при настройке!Как говорил один герой Даже миллион мух не убедят меня в том что говно вкусное.Это по поводу Урала.Я привык говорить правду.К мастеру только уважение!А теперь возразить по поводу Урала.
Согласен со всем из вышесказанного, спасибо
Посмотри свежий ролик от Кирилла, что можно сделать из Урала
I had one of those in the 80s.. Found it at a car boot sale.. Had a twist in the neck.. You could still play around the twist but made the action high...
Shouldn't'you straigten the neck first before sanding the fretboard??
Great job freshening up that jazz guitar 🎸🎸
i love those soviet era guitars. so quarky and down right intriguing guitars
Any reason to paint the inside.
This is graphite. Conductive coating for shielding.
5:07 I don't get, what did You do here?
you need to put the zero fret higher than the first
Thank you for sharing a job well done!
Thanks!
Nice guitar, nice sound and nice playing. I like to hear other sound possibilities and pickup combinations. And what about third pickup switch?
Thanks!
Couldn't find anything suitable
Гарно зробили, за роботою дійсно приємно спостерігати, також подобається що практично все залишилось рідним.
Думаю ця гітара старша за майстра )
Дякую, цей Урал це десь середина 80х, так що старша)
what is that vook about east eaurope guitars at the end?????
It’s name “Electric guitar in the ussr” encyclopaedia.
@@mr.k1t yeah i mean book :D thx for the answer and the info, i live in Budapest lot of soviet stuff come around and that is the book i need :D thx man, keep it real, cheers!
Great job on the guitar. What is the song that you played on the guitar? Beatiful music for sure!
This is the soundtrack for the game "We were here together" And thank you!
I love your channel, what do you use for glueing the frets with that syringe? Thank you!
Cyanoacrylate - super glue 505
I’m glad you like my channel.
amazing tone and music. What tuning do ya use?
Thanks!
It’s C# standard
Wow. That was a lot of work. Just how many man hours were used to complete the restoration?
It was quick, no more than 6 hours.
But there are projects that take more than 60 hours of pure time.
That thing is beautiful.
Nice job on the guitar! I'm restoring one myself. Hey what book is that? Thanks
Thanks and good luck)
It’s “Electric Guitar in the USSR”
I'm guessing that nut started life as a toothbrush.
It's unique, but there was very low quality control in soviet factory. But if you try and put in the effort, you will end up with an incredible instrument with a unique sound and beautiful appearance.
I thought I was going to redo the guitar pickguard
and remove the middle pickup
and gave the bridge hardware a silver bath and did not show how the crack was with superglue afterwards
Гитара в стиле кубизм.
I'm really interested to know what that nut was made from....
Anyone know?
Its beautiful
There were rock bands in the USSR. Probably many. I know only a handful. Some are really good: Horizont (Gorizont in russian). This is a progressive rock band that made prog at Western level. Although they released very few albums, one that is a very good listen is "Summer in Town". "Portrait of a Boy" album is zeuhl oriented prog that was popular in France with bands like Magma, Weidorje and Eskaton. Autograf was another popular rock band (Автограф in russian). Eduard Artemiev made rock music including prog. On "Warmth of the Earth" album a very good song called "Meeting on the Milky Way" with the very powerful voice of the talented Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya. The musicianship on that song is fantastic. Also jazz was popular in the USSR. Many american artists, among them the great Duke Ellington, went to the USSR and played for a very enthusiastic soviet audience.
А как вам группа "Арсенал", Алексея Козлова.?
Хороша робота!!! Хотілось би побачити більш докладний огляд звучання різних звукознімачів)
Дякую, чесно кажучи, там не багато позицій з хоч трохи нормальним звуком)
@@mr.k1t і на таке свій меломан знайдеться))
Had a 650 Ural bike too...
The Soviet Union may not have had rock and roll, but MRKT has cool jazz!
Thanks!
Чому в Db? Баритон?))
PS: Круть!
Ніколи не бачив аж стільки тексту на некплейті!
11ті струни і дуже слабкий анкер)
Love it! Like a 70s sci-fi movie guitar..
I love these old Russian and other obscure guitars. It seems you can find many of these at pretty good prices also. My only concern would be trying to find hardware or electronics that could replace broken or worn parts without heavy modifications.
По моєму досвіду вона в дуже непогану стані :) За роботою як завжди дуже приємно спостерігати
Вийшло відео - ставлю лайк👍🏻
Очень релаксирующее видео. Приятно смотреть за аккуратной работой мастера. Можно поинтересоваться, какую графитовую краску использовали? Никак не могу найти такую, чтобы нормально кистью можно было нанести. Только в баллончиках, а это крайне неудобно, конечно.
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I've seen Ural motorcycles but this is the first Ural guitar.
There is also a piano...
@@mr.k1t kinda reminds me of Yamaha.
@@TUSK1157 I wonder if Yamaha is going to build communism
@@mr.k1t in this day and age, who can tell. What I do know is Go Woke, Go broke. 🤔😂
Цю ж кралю як раз тиждень тому виставляли на олх) швидко ж вона пішла, до речі, за скільки вдалося придбати? (Впізнав її по відсутності верхнього "зубчика" 😁)
Півтори і доставка)
GOOD JOB!
Your cat approved as do I. Nice job.
Thanks!
I like it, because I like all basses and guitars with a zero fret.
I love it a piano backing track on a guitar repair video
Интересное видео. Хорошо подобрана фоновая музыка. Жаль дека с трещиной.
Спасибо.
Треснул шпон и за ним треснула краска, а так был бы очень хорошего сохрана экземпляр, такие редко когда увидишь.
Yeah, soviet guitars are not the best. If you want a good eastern block guitar, go czech, go Jolana. They had a ton of models but in my experience anything from the Krnov factory is a reliable and stable instrument and fairly easy to set up well. With the Hořovice factory you can't be so sure. Ofcourse the sound is unique to each model as they all have different pickups and wiring. It depends, but the wood is good.
Also I hear Musima from East Germany is pretty good but I've never tried one so i don't know.
Здорово!
Perfect
Thank you!
Ви в кінці зіграли We Were Here - Main Theme, неочікувано і дуже класно
Так, провів деякий час в цій грі під час початку карантину, закохався в атмосферу і мелодію.
Зі шматка меблів, мабуть, трішки легше було б :)
Але відео на висоті, як і якість роботи!
Дякую)
я правильно зроузмів, в грифа немає анкера?
Та ні, чому ж, є. під некплейтом схований(але він рідкісне л*йно)
@@mr.k1t я зрозумів. Щоб відрегулювати натяг анкера, треба зняти струни, або, ну добре, послабити їх, відкрутити гриф, і під п"яткою грифа знаходиться гайка, яку можна крутити
якщо треба зробити декілька ітерацій, або міняєш струни на інший калібр, то роби що хочеш
але так, це ж совєцький союз, в західних країнах ти налаштовуєш анкер і гриф, а в совєцькому союзі - наоборот
біда
@@mr.k1t так, ні, побачив, там отвір, куди можна засунути щось, і таким чином крутити анкерний болт
таке собі рішення
@@bogdantodchuk277 Та нормально, на старих фендерах і того немає.
Wow, I guess the builder really liked flat head screws back in the day.
Do you need this super glue?
Полное бы видео без "ускорений"
🔥
Клас! Просто клас
Пізніше викладу свою версію "Урала", можем зробити сліпий тест гітар))
interesting piece, sovjet( ucraine) version of a jazzmaster/Jaguar sort of..the electronics 😳😳😳
...но зачем? Можно же просто повесить на стену)
Если из говна делать конфетку, то конфетка будет со вкусом говна.
😍
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There were great rock band during the SSR, my fav are from late 80's . I would try to save that guitar in it's original shape as much as possible, you've ruined a vintage instrument.
Hey folks! Ural guitars are like the worst thing that you can find. Never ever it was good even a little. The master is trying to make it alive knowing that it's a peace of crap)))) Respect! Слава Україні, смерть ворогам!
all this and you barely play it
what a waste
Урал
Sounds at last as a guitar has to, but (according to only me, myself and I) not enough to rework as you did (the last 10 years) a so very ugly outer civilisation uncommon instrument. 😉
This piece art looks ugly even if just hanging on the wall. Burn it.