Some of these midrange guitars by First Act do seem to be attracting a following. I have two Overtone models. Two things about these FA guitars: they were made in America and those pickups are Alnico V. They are great modding platforms. And, the pickups that look like the ones on that model are sought after by modders. A fret file and those sharp frets can be smoothed out. Anyway, Jake, thanks for the video. John...
That paint job is actually dope AF! I have been in punk bands since I was 15, and have seen a few paint jobs like that over the years lol Also, Ubuntu is still a badass OS. My first guitar was called a Roc Axe, and ive never seen another one.
I have one and am waiting on a dual p90 pickgaurd. It's a great guitar. The stock ceramic pups SUCK and are microphinc, but the neck flattened out and a quick level and crown job later, she shines! It's also a "full thickness" body. DBL SCORE!!
@@Blinkerd00d It was a gift from a friend. It was a wall hanger with glitter all over it and in bad shape and he was like "see what you can do with it." She's a shiner now with good bones.
I have a couple of older First Act guitars that are great guitars. One is a hollow body I think called a Delia. The other is kind of Telecaster-ish looking but with a big single coil in the neck and a splitable humbucker in the bridge. I think called a Sheena. Both pretty nice actually.
The guitar has sort of a 60s Silvertone or Danelectro look to the body; well worth $15! I suggest that you disassemble it, sand the body and give it a decent rattle can paint job. And I know you know how to dress the frets. Good find!
First act are good for exactly that( referring to the danelectro vibe.. they have such a retro Japanese rock guitar look. I have a franken built Fa it’s only the body that is original and mannnn is it a good platform to build on
Just bought a used like new first act electric with a decent zip up bag for a whopping 12 dollars. For the price of two big macs i will learn to love it!
Great story about the guitar. Years ago I picked one up at walmart too. I think it was like $99. I jumped from that to an Ibenez and then to a PRS SE Bernie Marsden. I still have it in the basement. Just yesterday I was thinking about whatever happened to the company. Found a video about the factory and that they went out of business. Now I want to restore it and upgrade it. Please check out some guitar resoration videos and restore it.I think they are going to be worth something someday.
Check out K Butler Guitars. He's the Gibson luthier that FA convinced to run their custom shop. The FA pickups are designed from Kent Armstrong's that they used for their custom shop guitars unless you ordered another specifically.
News flash and possibly educational 1) No longer "First Act" it sold to a toy company in 2016, so actual first act is pre 2016 pretty much no longer exist. Just a toy company well peddling subpar of the original First Act they were not more than a beginner guitars then. Now after 2016 more of a plastic kids guitar needlessly marked up
looks like a POS but in a cool kind of way...call me a wacko , but i think it looks cool , but for someone who wants to fix it up could strip all that paint off & repaint it... & do like wise with the head stock, but being that it looks like a POS, gives it that cool POS factor. At the end of the day it's not how good she looks it's how good she sounds..
Hey love the video i love first act guitars theres some that are not built very well and there is alot that are built very very well those pickups are super nice even the electric guitars that are built cheap have the real super nice pickups in them i own about 12 first act electric guitars and 2 first act bass guitars and they all have realy good sounding pickups some were free others were 2.50,5,10,12,15,20, dollars except one bass was 60 bucks there all the consumer ones that people would of got at walmart they all had to be worked on a little to play nice but they are absolute gems i say leave the pickups in your guitar and play it like that
I don't usually pick on kids but man, even as a dumb kid that is a terrible paint job lol. I've done some bad ones too. I wish we could both go give you ger you a hug and try to prevent this from happening lol ;)
First Act guitar company started out as serious guitar builders, here is a link to a UA-cam documentary called "The making of First Act guitars" ua-cam.com/video/Z56nnVBosL8/v-deo.html They were later bought by a toy company, that's when they turned to trash. The early ones are defiantly treasures,
It sound very good tooooo ME!! Thanks for sharing 🎸 First Act use to be American Made guitars handmade in Boston. & the First Act Guitar Pick-up's was made from Ex Gibson worker [Kent Armstrong] 🎸 🎶
I stumbled across your video, and just wanted to give you a shoutout for the Ubuntu Linux sticker. I make animations under Linux, so big ups from me. ;)
It looks like an ME4211 that's been repainted from the original pink with white vine design to the wine red. But the pickguard looks like it's from a model 222. Someone doesn't like the way your guitar looks? Screw them. Remember the EVH Frankenstein guitar?
I have an ME 431 . It has the same body as yours but it has the "bottle opener" in line 6 tuner head stock and just a bridge humbucker . I also have an ME 636 . I love First Act guitars .
I used to wonder who were the people who painted guitars like this....almost speechless. Regardless, I have First Act guitars and imo they are decent guitars made with cheap materials. their tele copy is a decent guitar imo
Some of these midrange guitars by First Act do seem to be attracting a following.
I have two Overtone models. Two things about these FA guitars: they were made in America and those pickups are Alnico V. They are great modding platforms. And, the pickups that look like the ones on that model are sought after by modders. A fret file and those sharp frets can be smoothed out.
Anyway, Jake, thanks for the video. John...
That paint job is actually dope AF! I have been in punk bands since I was 15, and have seen a few paint jobs like that over the years lol Also, Ubuntu is still a badass OS. My first guitar was called a Roc Axe, and ive never seen another one.
I have one and am waiting on a dual p90 pickgaurd. It's a great guitar. The stock ceramic pups SUCK and are microphinc, but the neck flattened out and a quick level and crown job later, she shines! It's also a "full thickness" body. DBL SCORE!!
@Rockr69747 did you get it new? I think my mom ordered it from a catalog but not sure which one.
@@Blinkerd00d It was a gift from a friend. It was a wall hanger with glitter all over it and in bad shape and he was like "see what you can do with it." She's a shiner now with good bones.
Ubuntu First act guitar !!!! Finally an open source guitar. 😂
I have a couple of older First Act guitars that are great guitars. One is a hollow body I think called a Delia. The other is kind of Telecaster-ish looking but with a big single coil in the neck and a splitable humbucker in the bridge. I think called a Sheena. Both pretty nice actually.
This could be a fun project guitar. Strip it and refinish it. Fix the frets. Put some better pots and a nice switch in it. I’d watch!
You could do a Fret Job ... actually easy to do... Strip the paint sand it down after tearing it apart. Then repaint it... Are assembly...
The guitar has sort of a 60s Silvertone or Danelectro look to the body; well worth $15! I suggest that you disassemble it, sand the body and give it a decent rattle can paint job. And I know you know how to dress the frets. Good find!
First act are good for exactly that( referring to the danelectro vibe.. they have such a retro Japanese rock guitar look. I have a franken built Fa it’s only the body that is original and mannnn is it a good platform to build on
Great video. UA-cam inspired me to redo my ME953…. sorry the church folks have you a hard time. You rock.
Just bought a used like new first act electric with a decent zip up bag for a whopping 12 dollars. For the price of two big macs i will learn to love it!
Great story about the guitar. Years ago I picked one up at walmart too. I think it was like $99. I jumped from that to an Ibenez and then to a PRS SE Bernie Marsden. I still have it in the basement. Just yesterday I was thinking about whatever happened to the company. Found a video about the factory and that they went out of business. Now I want to restore it and upgrade it. Please check out some guitar resoration videos and restore it.I think they are going to be worth something someday.
Check out K Butler Guitars. He's the Gibson luthier that FA convinced to run their custom shop. The FA pickups are designed from Kent Armstrong's that they used for their custom shop guitars unless you ordered another specifically.
Wow sounds pretty good to me. You must have used "tone paint"!
News flash and possibly educational 1) No longer "First Act" it sold to a toy company in 2016, so actual first act is pre 2016 pretty much no longer exist. Just a toy company well peddling subpar of the original First Act they were not more than a beginner guitars then. Now after 2016 more of a plastic kids guitar needlessly marked up
looks like a POS but in a cool kind of way...call me a wacko , but i think it looks cool , but for someone who wants to fix it up could strip all that paint off & repaint it... & do like wise with the head stock, but being that it looks like a POS, gives it that cool POS factor. At the end of the day it's not how good she looks it's how good she sounds..
Sounds good my old ears, has a nice "jangle" to it.
I've seen a few first acts at garage sales, and they go for cheap, might have to pick up a couple.
I inherited a ME543, and found a Triple Deuce in the trash! I ❤ them. 💩 rocks!
Hey love the video i love first act guitars theres some that are not built very well and there is alot that are built very very well those pickups are super nice even the electric guitars that are built cheap have the real super nice pickups in them i own about 12 first act electric guitars and 2 first act bass guitars and they all have realy good sounding pickups some were free others were 2.50,5,10,12,15,20, dollars except one bass was 60 bucks there all the consumer ones that people would of got at walmart they all had to be worked on a little to play nice but they are absolute gems i say leave the pickups in your guitar and play it like that
I remember seeing a band years ago that was sponsored by First Act. Their guitars were of very high quality.
I'm leave it just like it is, make it playable and enjoy it. It's a childhood memory
I don't usually pick on kids but man, even as a dumb kid that is a terrible paint job lol. I've done some bad ones too. I wish we could both go give you ger you a hug and try to prevent this from happening lol ;)
Ubuntu for the win baby!!! She screams because of it. Lol 😂😂❤❤
First Act guitar company started out as serious guitar builders, here is a link
to a UA-cam documentary called "The making of First Act guitars" ua-cam.com/video/Z56nnVBosL8/v-deo.html
They were later bought by a toy company, that's when they turned to trash.
The early ones are defiantly treasures,
Well, the 5150 helps. AND, you know how to play. so... COOL GUITARRRRRRRRRS!!!!
thanks Jake!
It's a 222 on nut AL4042
Sounds killer!🤘🏼
Your guitar still look cool i don't mind if is ugly or not 🙂
It sound very good tooooo ME!! Thanks for sharing 🎸 First Act use to be American Made guitars handmade in Boston. & the First Act Guitar Pick-up's was made from Ex Gibson worker [Kent Armstrong] 🎸 🎶
First impressions, it looks like I do in the mirror, but it sounds great 😉👍!
I stumbled across your video, and just wanted to give you a shoutout for the Ubuntu Linux sticker. I make animations under Linux, so big ups from me. ;)
It looks like an ME4211 that's been repainted from the original pink with white vine design to the wine red. But the pickguard looks like it's from a model 222. Someone doesn't like the way your guitar looks? Screw them. Remember the EVH Frankenstein guitar?
I have an ME 431 . It has the same body as yours but it has the "bottle opener" in line 6 tuner head stock and just a bridge humbucker . I also have an ME 636 . I love First Act guitars .
i have a first act me4017 - i love it
DUDE IT SOUNDS AMAZING !!!!!
YES''' He Get's it! A modern Day Danelectro'''' Perfect!
You can restore it.
I used to wonder who were the people who painted guitars like this....almost speechless. Regardless, I have First Act guitars and imo they are decent guitars made with cheap materials. their tele copy is a decent guitar imo
Awful paint job aside, I actually like the color scheme. Sounds kinda unique in a good way as well 😮
People can say what they want to about first act but they are some really good guitars
That is an ME434
How does it sound good and shitty at the same time?
there a nice one in marketplace, a 1959. for 20 bucks. lol
ME 434