RESTORING a 1972 "Lawsuit Era" Les Paul with TEMU GUITAR PARTS!!!
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
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This vintage 1972 Electra "Super Rock" Model 2252 Gibson Les Paul Custom copy was Made in Japan, but somewhere along the way it was severely mistreated. A HOLE was drilled into the headstock, the electronics were trashed, the frets were worn out. It is time for a complete restoration. In this video we'll use a bunch of parts we got from TEMU to restore this old beauty to jamming condition.
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0:00 Intro
1:00 Temu Parts Haul
19:21 Electra Les Paul Disassembly
25:52 Cleaning
27:42 Fresh Electronics Installation
34:55 Reassembly
36:00 Fixing a Hole Where the Rain Comes In
54:33 Nut Job
56:43 Final Thoughts and Demo - Наука та технологія
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Hey Brad, Long-time viewer and fan of your channel here.. my name is Randall, by the way. I was curious about that Electra les paul in this video... I wasn't sure if you'd be willing to sell it or not... after watching this video, I was highly impressed with your work and how it turned out and sounded after you were all done with it. You did a fantastic job reviving it. If not, I completely understand. Just figured I'd give it a shot cause I fell in love with it turned out.
I'll sell it. Asking $450. Email me if you want it. bradlinzy at gmail@@CallMeBigWorm
@@TheGuitologist I'll shoot ya an email!
I know nothing about T. E! MU. The only thing I do know is they got a bunch of junk on facebook. I did not know you can sell and buy things
Compare this to a gibson.
MAN, that jam at the end was killer! Really shows that more money doesn't always equal the best tone. The neck pickup sounded especially good!
Yea the end jam was awesome!
Thanks man. I really appreciate you watching. Glad you enjoyed the show.
Brad's brain is obviously better or better than mine . Not only does he fully understand electronics , he 's not a slouch when it comes to woodworking and finishing .. Then he sits on the couch and plays the outro jam like he was a session muso reading the script ... Is there nothing Brad cannot do ? Cheers mate , Christian in Australia
Wow! Impressive commitment to the finish work. Love the guitar string ground bus on the pots. So creative
All the old time tone chasers didn’t and don’t care where something is made. It’s all about what it sounds like.
Right on. I ca't stand when tjey go on and on about what the guitar LOOKS like. Shoot! Let's hear it!
I love rebuilding guitars from this era. I also love to watch other techs rebuild also.
I really enjoy making old Japanese guitars play right. It’s like giving something a chance that never had a chance.
@@TheGuitologist Yes, I rebuilt a Japanese Strat and played it for years. I wish I still had that one. Of course I really did bastardize it by installing a Gibson mini humbucker right between the neck and middle pickup. I put a push/pull volume knob that swapped the humbucker with the middle pickup. A very nice Warm sound from an otherwise thin Strat sound. I know, I know, they have apps, I mean peddles for that. 😁
@@TheGuitologisthave you ever rebuilt an old tube radio to repurpose into a guitar amp .??
@@TheGuitologistlove your channel . Just found it and I’m hooked
Dude!!! That thing came out great! From the right angle you'd never ever guess there was a hole in the front of that headstock. That thing just screams something Ace Frehley would play, I love it. Amazing work, Brad.
I always associate dual creams on a Paul with Ace.
Honestly, that was awesome. The makeover, the electronics, the fret dressing, the rock out in the outro. Perfect. Your obvious enjoyment from playing the finished instrument. Thoroughly enjoyable video. Thank you.
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
Stellar blues licks, Brad! And a beautiful repair job!
I have a Univox from the same era with basically the same finish with a maple neck. Had it for 30 years and it's still one of my most comfortable guitars to play. Great video!
"I've just stopped tryin' to figure people out, they don't make sense." ROFL welcome to the club. Cheers.
Old plywood-bodies sounds awesome. I have two plywood guitars, and they both have insane sustain!
Your playing at the end was absolutely killer!!
Great job! Actually by far my favorite part of the video was you playing the guitar at the end. You are amazing!
Geez, I thought everybody drilled hanger holes in their headstocks.
I even drill them through my bagpipes and saxophones. You know, that's what duct tape was invented for. Get a Clue!! LOL
I drill them in all my basketballs and footballs.
As a cigar smoker those holes are a necessity.
That was some mean playing, dude...kudos !
That jam at the end was nice, I like watching other people improvise like that.
Improvise??? I wrote all that down!
tab plz lol
@@TheGuitologist
Kidding
😅 that was a totally killer run. Great tone. Brad has been putting in the time getting better and fn better.
@@TheGuitologist I know I was kidding too. Could you imagine tabbing that out?
My first quality guitar was an Electra x 220. Sunburst. Got it for $125 bucks in 1983. I still love it and play it often. 5 way switch for in and out of phase and coil taping on both pickups. Super heavy slab of a body and a screaming hot bridge pickup. A solid axe.
I love these guitar videos man.
I remember seeing ads for Electra MPC Guitars in mags as a kid in the 70's and wanting one so bad.
Thanks for the blast from the past Brad!
Amazing! I love your amp work and restorations. You just turned that into a great looking and sounding guitar. 🎸 bravo. And I have to mention the guitar jam at the end. Great video Brad.
We might end up withe a 3rd channel Brad the Luthier channel
Thank you very much!
Loved this video. The Electra turned out great. Vicious playing at the end fella. Great stuff.
I have the same guitar, it was my grandfather's.
I had it restored... it sounds great🎸😍
Your guitar neck looks 100% better than it did before. 👍👍👍
I too have stopped trying to figure people out.
Most are like broken cuckoo clocks.
The little bird comes out and sounds for 11:00
The hands point to 7:30
And the actual time is 3:15
Life is just too short for such aggravation.
Too many interesting and useful things to do
Loved this video. Guitar came out great. Vicious playing at the end fella. Great stuff.
I love your jams at the end of your videos. You rock Brad
Gotta say I enjoyed this video way more than any other video in a few years knocked it outta the park
Nice results and great jam,Brad!
Hello Brad. I also still have my first guitar my parents bought me for my Birthday. A black Electra Les Paul copy. Same model as the one you have on this video. It sounds really good for a copy. I’ve never took it apart to see each individual pickups, pots and etc. It was my first good guitar when I got in the early 80’s. The tuning keys were not in good shape, so I bought new ones. At the time, I was not thinking of type, just as long as I had tuning keys. Well, I got home and started working on replacing them when I realized I bought Fender style 6 in-line instead of the Les Paul style. But I made it work with the bottom three keys backwards. I didn’t care, because it stayed in tune, thereafter. Awesome blues riff at the end, Brad. 🎸👍
Love the LP..ive got a 70s lawsuit era Electra SG Copy .. I love it...mines still all original.
Bradford!!! Excellent work restoring that Electra headstock!!! My best friend has a MPC with the modules. It's black with the open book headstock. He says it plays as well as most of his Les Paul's.
Great work and playing Brad! Gotta love that neck pickup. Smooooth... :)
Crazy playing! Wow. Guitar looks great.
The guitar sounds as good as many gibsons.
Nice work to restore it.
One thing I've started to notice with these overseas cheaper parts, is sometimes they're name brand stuff that maybe didn't make the cut to be on the name brand instruments. I saw a video recently of a firebird-type knockoff, and the bridge and saddle both had epiphone stamps that were partly welded over to hide the stamp. maybe those necks were made by fender but didn't make the quality control cut and ended up on temu
Really nice work & my favorite jam ever. Sounds like a great guitar.
Came out good! Nice playing Brad!
I use a block with the sandpaper to help eliminate the waviness in the finish.
My 1st electric guitar when I was 15 in 1978 was Electra X910(Rick Derringer model), the most rarest and valuable Electra guitar now. Boy, I wish I still had that!
The one that got away.
I've got an old Harmony that I've been wanting to make playable again. This gives me motivation.
Awesome job! That was a fun watch.
Great playing brother at the end of the video loved it.
thank you, brother. Appreciate that.
I grew up playing a Matsumoku made Westone Spectrum LX (198mbk) it resonated so much it tickled my throat & made me cough! I miss that guitar so much!!!! Your jam at the end of the video was spectacular! See how they have a way of bringing it out of ya! That is why I love Matsumoku made guitars!!!
Great job on the Les Paul clone. Sound great and the cream cream pickups kind of match the body color and the headstock repair looks great from the front.
Very nice work once again, Brad, a lot of effort into the headstock came out great it was worth saving and of course you played the piss out of it as usual
Ive got a 1974 Ibanez Martin acoustic copy and it too has a hole in the headstock, I've concluded that the only reason for it would have been to fit a cigarette as the usual spot under the strings is too small to fit one.
That might be an even worse reason than a wall hanger! :D
Cigarette hole, great idea! Now I'm deciding where to screw the ashtray and cup holder on...
woah, you may be on to something@@robnic52
@@TheGuitologist Very early Clapton Strats had a cigarette hole on the edge of the headstock, with a brass bushing dimensioned to hold a Rothman's
@@robnic52I use my f holes for my ash tray.
Man I love theses types of videos please do more guitar builds like this one. Brad you awesome at the end of this video.
Thanks! Will do!
Lookout chillun, Bad Brad's gonna dust his broom, so don't let the sparks hit ya!!
Nice job! The headstock looks great! Still laughing about that damn hole!
To get that headstock really flat use a small block to sand it. Soft fingers will never get it flat. Lucky thing that the pearl was actually thick. I have a 1972 Yamaha acoustic on the bench with a broken truss rod and a damaged headstock. Pearl logo was a decal. That was a surprise. Great playing at the end, there!
Just between you and me, it was calculated that temu spent 2 BILLION dollars in advertising last year. With their rock bottom prices it makes me wonder what is paying for it. Got some great stuff from ali , though. Their business model makes just a tad more sense, although probably most would apply. I love the preshaped real bone nuts (smell like the dentists when shaping and everything) and fleor pick guards
First, we don’t know how much they spent, but even if that figure is correct, they’re clearly making a run at competing with Amazon long term. Jeff Bezos owns media in the US. He can buy all the hit pieces he wants. I trust nothing those sons of bitches say anymore anyway. Without citations and documented sources, there’s no story.
@@TheGuitologist Of course we don't know. Fact is, though, I've been bombarded for I don't know how long with all sorts of temu ads (although it seems most for yoga pants on extremely hourglass-figured ladies). It seems like one in every five on every platform I visit is temu. It's just gotta be a lot.
Anyway, I'll shut up about it. Wouldn't want to cramp your style. Pleroo pickguards are nice too.
No doubt they're going hard with their advertising. I think their goal is to get as many people to use the app as possible so they start comparing their experience to Amazon, ebay, etc.@@GertvanderDoes
Awesome job Brad sounds great
The first band I was in, the guitarist had an Electra Les Paul. I was probably about a 78, with the new headstock. I thought it was the greatest guitar I had ever seen. Actually, it probably was. :) Thanks for keeping this one alive.
Killer job Brad. With the guitar and the video.
Great video Brad and amazing jam !
Thanks Mark!
You wouldn't even know that headstock was cracked and glued it looks awesome great job keep up the good work love your Channel😊❤
Broke right now and can't order parts and shit for a while. These videos are cool because it's like showing up at a buddies house and he has some cool shit to check out and some to tinker with. Hope all is well your way!
Thanks for the uploads like this!
Hey,Brad awesome restoration on that electra,sounds and plays like butter,Cheers!
Well done in bringing that old Japanese lady back from the dead. Sound brilliant.
In the late 70's in high school, we used to play those bolt on neck import Les Paul copies. One was a black Aria with a rosewood fretboard, and the other, a white Ibanez with a lacquered maple fretboard...I don't know where the Ibanez is anymore, but the friend that had the Aria might still have it...I'm still in touch with him, so probably going to ask him if he still has it, haha!. Thanks for the video, and hope you and yours are doing great!
I found myself shaving a plastic backplate for a Schector & @ 1st I tried using sandpaper on the ground because the tile floor was flat, and then I used the rear of a knife & shaved the plastic. It was part of a knife set. Not exactly a steak knife but, a shorter knife in the set. It did a fantastic job! I finished up with the sandpaper, but the reverse side of a knife dragging it backward worked perfectly on the plastic action covers! I was not cutting it, I was dragging the back side of the knife & it was removing it in strips kind of. It was definitely faster then hand sanding! The backplate is now submerged & looks much better than it was!
She lives! A great resurection.
GREAT EPISODE BRAD, GOOD TO SEE YOU ON THE UP! NICE JOB COVERING YOUR AND OTHERS SINS.😜
I just recently aquired one of the new fender blues deluxe reissue amplifier to play on with my 2016 american fender stratocaster. Absolutely loving it so far, excellant pair! But am also loving watching your videos. Love seeing your knowledge with working on guitars. Growing up i always wanted to learn how to work on guitars when older. So its cool seeing others work on them and build them even as well. I loved your strat build video. Sounded great! My first guitar was an 08 all mahogany gibson les paul(had one of the best feeling necks ive ever played on) sadly I lost it during heroin addiction. But as much as i miss it i sure enjoy what i have now. A cheap ibanez with REALLY nice sounding humbuckers(no idea what kind exactly) and an amazing neck and fretboard for the price and cheapness of the guitar. Decent ibanez two point trem system, just wish the arm was pop in instead of screw in. But its fun to play on as well.
Brad you are a master with the solder gun
It sounds bloody great mate!!!
Love your videos😊 I do really enjoy these rebuildings
That thing sounds epic!
Hey Brad, greetings from Scotland mate. I always return to your chanel as I like your honesty and the love of saving things and making them live again..and not a whiff of guitar snobbery. I've had a number of Westone guitars(Electra in US) and they're terrific instruments, still have first guitar that's been butchered to death(I was young and stupid😊) but still plays great! Just to sign off by saying great rebuild and hey you can really play bud. Keep up the "real" chanel mate😎
Hell yeah man. Westone, Electra, Aria Pro, etc. All great instruments. I can't stand when people stupidly turn their noses up at good stuff because they think they're supposed to.
I hear yah mate, but the tides slowly turning as people are getting wise to the quality instruments produced the old Japanese companies, particularly Matsumoko..but if we keep it a secret for now it's all the more us lol. More power to your Elbow Brad, keep up the good work mate✌️
Great job on the Electra. Those pups sound great!, and I loved your jam at the end. You can play, son.
Absolutely Awesome!
Great job Brad!!
Great job Brad! Awesome blues jam…That guitar just may be a keeper…
Quickly before I jump into watching this whole video....I love your Or**n video opening guitologist thingy. Nice touch!
Wow, thanks! A channel viewer made that one for me. He did a great job.
Nice going! Clear to see you like what you do, I like this vid, TY.........
Glad you enjoyed it
I had an old Elektra 310 or 320 MPC Les Paul. The sustain was unbelievable. Beautiful guitar! Elektras were great for the money. Gibson players hated me, lol.
Oh yeah I forgot that hole in the head stock totally disappeared great job keep up the good work and I'll keep on watching❤😊
Glad I came for the bisquick robot alone! lol nice!
How badass wearing an actual guitar on a huge gold chain round your neck!! Damn!
Jack ~'()'~
Thanks Bradley. 🙂
Great job Brad !
That Electra cleaned up pretty damn nice, killer playin brother
Yeah man, that Goldtop looks great!
Those Electras were everywhere in the late 70s, at least down here on the MS Coast. I had one, my first electric, with a new Peavey Classic 30.
Man if you were playing a bar I was hanging, I wouldn't mind that shuffle one bit. Nice job.
... fingers never leave the hand. Nice shakedown Brad.
The bridge pickup is an Ibanez Powersound pickup.
Brad! great job on that Electra man. that sound is just way too awesome with a nice dose sweetness
Roy Buchanan did that to his '53 Tele so he could hang it on a nail on his wall hahaha
Lunacy. I just watched a Billy Strings rig rundown and he had a magnetic pickup mounted in a 1945 Martin D28 complete with a hole in the top for a volume knob. There's sometimes a disconnect between talent and rationale.
Very nice job Brad. I recently volunteered to repair a friend's guitar. She brought me the MOST beat up guitar, bridge pulling up, cracks in sound board.(It had been languishing in her basement untold years.) now here's the kicker, it's a Larivee!!! Mahogany back & sides, plus Mahogany neck. I think the fret board is Ebony (I can't scrape it, the woods to hard grain is extremely tight.) I wanted to slap her (but in her usual condition I doubt it would have any effect. LoL) any way I'm taking my time. You don't know how sick I was when I saw the badge. OMG Any way you did a spectacular job on that Nut & headstock. (Nuts ain't easy) I ordered a bunch of those unbleached blanks. They are decent TBH. Great playing too.(As usual) Blessings!!! BTW I'm in NJ (do they have Spring or Summer? All it does is Rain. LMAO but I got a sweet woman who has given free time to do my thing.)
Take your time and bring her back right!
@@TheGuitologist I will Brad. The poor thing is beat to death. I checked the SN it was built in '97 it's an OM3 Those things sell for a couple Grand new. How could anyone let a guitar get in that bad of shape? Well as is said "It ain't my guitar." LOL. Blessings!!!! Hope the kids are doing well too!!!!
They're doing real good man. Thanks for asking. I am a blessed man, beyond what I deserve.@@bluesingmusic3443
Great rebuild and a fantastic play out!
Well hot 🔥 dam that's a hell of a job..it was those 1962 capacitors that made it sound that good 👍
Brad... really enjoyed the restoration on the axe and great to see you paying her after... really sounds niceeeeee! I've got a black Japanese Gibson copy same body style from the late 70s, '78 i think... (my first guitar) in bad need of restoration... I'd love to fix her up like you did there... took her to Guitar Center but they said don't bother 🙄 (think they just want a sale) but I need a pro like you to do it right! Keep rocking my man!
Front pickup looks really like the maxon used on my two morris les paul..with the big screws. lovely pickups really warm
Great playing,I'll have to rip off some of it ,lol,love your page ,never miss a show.Man what a good guitar battle we could have
Back when I did a lot more guitar restorations like this, I was buying my own parts off of Amazon and ebay. Only difference now is, Temu pays me AND gives me free parts. Win-win for me. ;)
Top Class build Brad, impressive
Glad you like it! This was a satisfying one.
Brad you were on fire with those blues licks.......hot damn that was some hard rockin kick ass stuff. Absolutely loved it.
I cant believe some of these guys you ha e connections to haven't tried gettin you in the studio or on the road with them. Amazing work nrother man. Amazing
Once you get to a certain level you find there’s players who run circles around you in their sleep. I’m happy with my place in the guitar universe. I do my little modest thing and make my silly videos, and i get to play a bit at the end. I’m content.
would love to hear an album you produce entirely,you seem to have a handle on everything ........bass,guitar,drums,vocals you can rip and its all feels,unique and fresh though
That turned out to be a nice little hot rod.... I'm impressed😮
Thanks 👍
Nice job !
I am addictied to buying temu guitar stuff LOL. I discovered a couple of months ago. Acutullly lot of different Temu stuff. I guess that les paul copy turned out OK they way you playing it. Makes me want to finish some of the necks I started to work on but never finished them.
Really cool restore. First time I've seen foil under shielding tape but it seems like a really good idea - learned something new!!! Kinda reminds me of that metal shielding cover thingy I see in some videos of vintage Gibsons
First time I've done it. Figured why not.
Another great video!