rvburbank, thanks for watching! Sounds like a good plan, I'll look into that on the next FR I work on. Currently, when I do string changes, I put a hard pad under the tail end of the bridge, keeps it off the finish and level-ish to the body. Be safe and take care!
It's kinda fun to check out guitars like this. Nothing that I have in my hands regularly. I like seeing how different factories handle QC and such. Overall this one was pretty clean and neat, with a little soldering issue.
Very cool to see you doing things with the Floyd Rose. As a primarily bass player and guitar dabbler, I have had a fascination with the Floyd for a while now. I really want a guitar with one just to do dive bombs and the like. Thank you for another great video!
Hans, thanks for watching! I don't think I knew you were a bass player, so thanks for hangin' with me! I have a 5 string bass build on my list, currently gathering parts and a plan, or idea, or hope. Floyd Rose are an interesting device. It seems they either work really well or don't for some people. I recently worked on another Jackson from the 90's. The pivot knife edges were badly worn on the bridge plate, and also the pivot posts had a grove worn in them. It would not return to a playable tuning... So, I put new posts in, and sharpened the knife edges, added some dry lubricant, and the owner is thrilled by how well it works again. This guitar doesn't have enough hours to have any real wear, so I was glad it sprang back into tune really well, better than I expected actually. Now I need to get my playing up a couple levels to better present these projects.... I'm working on that too. Hope all is well, be safe and take care!
Ben, thanks for watching! Guitar tech? Hmm, you may have the wrong channel, LOL. I appreciate that, I really do try to learn and share what's going on with these projects. Some are simple, some are train wrecks. This one was pretty easy overall. Fun and interesting to me. I like seeing how various companies put their products together. This guitar was pretty tight overall, but some of the soldering was rushed. I've seen worse. Hope all is well for you, take care!
YESSS! My metal playing rules! LOL, thanks for the comment/compliment-ish thing. Good stuff! I would bet your soldering skills are better than the factory worker who had their hands on this guitar. Be safe and take care!
I was looking at refret tools on Amazon and I thought “I bet The Next Project has a new video!” And lo and behold, like mana from Heaven, there was! My older brother was an 80s metal head and one of the guitars he let me borrow was his cobalt blue Randy Rhodes. Being a teen who already knew he wanted a Fender Jaguar and Stratocaster, I never bonded with it. It was fun to look at and spark conversation, but the Floyd Rose was something I didn’t understand and like, and the flat neck meant for spreading was just not comfortable to me. This looked like you took care of it well. You played notes that were mostly what you intended, so I’ll still give you a thumbs up👍🏻
Tim, thanks for watching! Refretting tools... do tell! Whatcha looking at, whatcha building/modding/fixing...? Glad the video showed up just in time for you. I hear ya, while I liked the action and setup on this guitar, the body shape is a bit foreign to me. Not a sit and strum guitar for sure, standing and strapped-on, it may be okay. The owner of this guitar, who typically plays the more strat-like Jacksons, even comments about the V-shape not really being comfortable. LOL, most of the notes belong to some song, may not have been what was in mind, but I really don't know how it all goes anyway. Just having fun, making some noise. Be safe and take care!
@@theNextProjectI’m going to refret my ‘96 Strat with stainless steel frets. It has many deep grooves from me…grooving over the years. I’ve always done my own electronics and other guitar work, so watching your videos gives me inspiration of doing it. A friend of mine who is of capable capacity as I am refretted three guitars over the past three months, and I burn with jealousy of my poor Strat not having the same rejuvenation. I’m on a budget, so I am going to get the best tools for the job that my meager wallet and apartment space will allow.
Hey Mike, thanks for watching! I like these little projects, I didn't even get all dirty! Next performance it TBD, I'll keep you posted however. I'll let Laura know. Take care my friend!
Bah, I can't slip anything by you! That's an easy one to fix, I'll update it tonight. I think I typed it incorrectly every time, hope I caught all the others. I was trying to get the guitar to go out of tune, but it held up surprisingly well. However, my playing needs more practice and no amount of "in tune" will help that. Thanks for the spellcheck, be safe and take care!
@@theNextProject Also forgot to mention, the bathroom counter is my full-time bench, as it's the only place I have that I can lock away from naughty cats and has a fan to vent solder fumes.
Hey Matt, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! Recessed strap locks is a brilliant idea, and would be perfect for these! I may borrow that in the future, thanks in advance! Hope you are doing well, be safe and take care!
Straplocks get a little awkward when the strap button is on the back of the guitar--especially the Dunlop style straplocks, because they stick out an inch and a half and make the guitar pitch forward. I used Schaller locks for 20+ years before I figured out that the oversized strap buttons from Allparts do a fairly good job of keeping the strap on the guitar without a locking mechanism.
I have a lot Floyd Rose equipped guitars. I also have that Floyd intonation tool and completely agree. It doesn't work that great. I tune really low, though, so I find in most cases, I need to pull the whole saddle and put the set screw into the furthest saddle.
Brian, thanks for watching! Yep, good thing for those extra saddle anchor holes. I actually had to move one of these saddles back enough to require moving the mounting screw... it happens. Be safe and take care!
Who is this and what have you done with my friend? Thanks for watching and feel free to bitch all you want, even if it is just once. Hope all is well, you be safe to my friend! : )
b#, I kinda figure most of them come with 3 springs, and guessing this had one more added by the owner - just a guess and I haven't asked. I just got it to tune up and out the door it went. All the springs did appear to be the same, so maybe this came with 4...IDK. Hope all is well, take care!
ranman, thanks for watching! So true, doesn't like to stand. Didn't even sit well on my lap. Nice git otherwise. Hope all is well, be safe and take care!
Hey Steve, thanks for watching! I plan to keep tinkering with my own projects, kits, scratch builds/mods, at least that's what I've been thinking. I have been doing more side work lately, and it's largely due to a fellow I work with who plays guitar in a number of bands. I had taken a guitar to work to show another fella, and the word has started to get out. He's sharing the channel and kinda working as a booking agent, LOL. I don't really see it as a career path, more of an interesting hobby and a chance to look under the hood of a bigger variety of instruments. Maybe when I retire from my 9-5, I'll do this as a full-time hobby. I really don't know. No plan in place - that's not surprising. Hope all is going well for you, take care!
Make a block to block the Floyd Rose while working on it. It makes doing anything to a Floyd Rose easy.
rvburbank, thanks for watching!
Sounds like a good plan, I'll look into that on the next FR I work on.
Currently, when I do string changes, I put a hard pad under the tail end of the bridge, keeps it off the finish and level-ish to the body.
Be safe and take care!
Hope all is well. Good to have a Jackson on here.
It's kinda fun to check out guitars like this. Nothing that I have in my hands regularly. I like seeing how different factories handle QC and such. Overall this one was pretty clean and neat, with a little soldering issue.
Very cool to see you doing things with the Floyd Rose. As a primarily bass player and guitar dabbler, I have had a fascination with the Floyd for a while now. I really want a guitar with one just to do dive bombs and the like. Thank you for another great video!
Hans, thanks for watching!
I don't think I knew you were a bass player, so thanks for hangin' with me! I have a 5 string bass build on my list, currently gathering parts and a plan, or idea, or hope.
Floyd Rose are an interesting device. It seems they either work really well or don't for some people. I recently worked on another Jackson from the 90's. The pivot knife edges were badly worn on the bridge plate, and also the pivot posts had a grove worn in them. It would not return to a playable tuning... So, I put new posts in, and sharpened the knife edges, added some dry lubricant, and the owner is thrilled by how well it works again.
This guitar doesn't have enough hours to have any real wear, so I was glad it sprang back into tune really well, better than I expected actually.
Now I need to get my playing up a couple levels to better present these projects.... I'm working on that too.
Hope all is well, be safe and take care!
I came for the guitar tech, stayed for the sick tone and rockin' A chord! That's a pretty nice distorted tone you've got happening there. Great work!
Ben, thanks for watching!
Guitar tech? Hmm, you may have the wrong channel, LOL.
I appreciate that, I really do try to learn and share what's going on with these projects. Some are simple, some are train wrecks. This one was pretty easy overall. Fun and interesting to me.
I like seeing how various companies put their products together. This guitar was pretty tight overall, but some of the soldering was rushed. I've seen worse.
Hope all is well for you, take care!
Even your metal playing is still way better than my soldering 😁
YESSS! My metal playing rules!
LOL, thanks for the comment/compliment-ish thing. Good stuff!
I would bet your soldering skills are better than the factory worker who had their hands on this guitar.
Be safe and take care!
I was looking at refret tools on Amazon and I thought “I bet The Next Project has a new video!” And lo and behold, like mana from Heaven, there was!
My older brother was an 80s metal head and one of the guitars he let me borrow was his cobalt blue Randy Rhodes. Being a teen who already knew he wanted a Fender Jaguar and Stratocaster, I never bonded with it. It was fun to look at and spark conversation, but the Floyd Rose was something I didn’t understand and like, and the flat neck meant for spreading was just not comfortable to me.
This looked like you took care of it well.
You played notes that were mostly what you intended, so I’ll still give you a thumbs up👍🏻
Tim, thanks for watching!
Refretting tools... do tell! Whatcha looking at, whatcha building/modding/fixing...?
Glad the video showed up just in time for you.
I hear ya, while I liked the action and setup on this guitar, the body shape is a bit foreign to me. Not a sit and strum guitar for sure, standing and strapped-on, it may be okay. The owner of this guitar, who typically plays the more strat-like Jacksons, even comments about the V-shape not really being comfortable.
LOL, most of the notes belong to some song, may not have been what was in mind, but I really don't know how it all goes anyway.
Just having fun, making some noise.
Be safe and take care!
@@theNextProjectI’m going to refret my ‘96 Strat with stainless steel frets. It has many deep grooves from me…grooving over the years. I’ve always done my own electronics and other guitar work, so watching your videos gives me inspiration of doing it. A friend of mine who is of capable capacity as I am refretted three guitars over the past three months, and I burn with jealousy of my poor Strat not having the same rejuvenation. I’m on a budget, so I am going to get the best tools for the job that my meager wallet and apartment space will allow.
Sounds great! You'll love the stainless.
Good luck with your project!
Where do I get my ticket for the next show? Great job ole buddy! Hi Laura 😄❤️
Hey Mike, thanks for watching!
I like these little projects, I didn't even get all dirty!
Next performance it TBD, I'll keep you posted however.
I'll let Laura know.
Take care my friend!
Aww, but I wanted to see more harmonic divebombs in the playing demo!
(also, in this week's Dictionary Corner, "flyod" misspelling in the thumbnail)
Bah, I can't slip anything by you!
That's an easy one to fix, I'll update it tonight. I think I typed it incorrectly every time, hope I caught all the others.
I was trying to get the guitar to go out of tune, but it held up surprisingly well.
However, my playing needs more practice and no amount of "in tune" will help that.
Thanks for the spellcheck, be safe and take care!
@@theNextProject Also forgot to mention, the bathroom counter is my full-time bench, as it's the only place I have that I can lock away from naughty cats and has a fan to vent solder fumes.
I have the same strap locks, I've had mine recessed so they don't protrude with no strap on, works well
Cracking job as always
Hey Matt, good to hear from you and thanks for watching!
Recessed strap locks is a brilliant idea, and would be perfect for these!
I may borrow that in the future, thanks in advance!
Hope you are doing well, be safe and take care!
Recessing only works with this type as the lock goes in to the strap pin, not over it like a schaller style
Straplocks get a little awkward when the strap button is on the back of the guitar--especially the Dunlop style straplocks, because they stick out an inch and a half and make the guitar pitch forward. I used Schaller locks for 20+ years before I figured out that the oversized strap buttons from Allparts do a fairly good job of keeping the strap on the guitar without a locking mechanism.
Andrew, thanks for watchin!
Good info you shared there!
Hope all is well, take care!
I have a lot Floyd Rose equipped guitars. I also have that Floyd intonation tool and completely agree. It doesn't work that great. I tune really low, though, so I find in most cases, I need to pull the whole saddle and put the set screw into the furthest saddle.
Brian, thanks for watching!
Yep, good thing for those extra saddle anchor holes. I actually had to move one of these saddles back enough to require moving the mounting screw... it happens.
Be safe and take care!
Hi John,
good job as always. As a German, I try not to bitch for once.
Stay safe my friend!
Who is this and what have you done with my friend?
Thanks for watching and feel free to bitch all you want, even if it is just once.
Hope all is well, you be safe to my friend!
: )
Love my Jackson as long as the Floyd Rose is working right. It is a 3 spring from the factory. I suspect my Jackson is a little older than that one.
b#, I kinda figure most of them come with 3 springs, and guessing this had one more added by the owner - just a guess and I haven't asked. I just got it to tune up and out the door it went.
All the springs did appear to be the same, so maybe this came with 4...IDK.
Hope all is well, take care!
I fixed one of these with a broken headstock. The paddle was broken, veneer was good. Worst guitar for standing up on a stand.
ranman, thanks for watching!
So true, doesn't like to stand. Didn't even sit well on my lap.
Nice git otherwise.
Hope all is well, be safe and take care!
you seem to be getting more and more guitar work. Is this the way your career is going?
Hey Steve, thanks for watching!
I plan to keep tinkering with my own projects, kits, scratch builds/mods, at least that's what I've been thinking.
I have been doing more side work lately, and it's largely due to a fellow I work with who plays guitar in a number of bands. I had taken a guitar to work to show another fella, and the word has started to get out. He's sharing the channel and kinda working as a booking agent, LOL.
I don't really see it as a career path, more of an interesting hobby and a chance to look under the hood of a bigger variety of instruments.
Maybe when I retire from my 9-5, I'll do this as a full-time hobby. I really don't know. No plan in place - that's not surprising.
Hope all is going well for you, take care!