Dave I'm buying a new SG for my 50th Birthday always wanted one. Never too late my friend. I was surfin' on the tube and came across this video. Quality workmanship. I'm loving your channel. You have real passion for your trade it's addictive watching anyone with a passion for what they do. Keep rockin' my friend!
I remember those days! I had one of the first runs, which like the guitar in the video had the crescent moon inlays (the faded series later switched to regular dots). I will say that quality control suffered, typical of Gibson. I played a bunch and many of them were horrible - sanding scratches, sloppy fretwork, etc. You had to sort through at least a couple to find a good one.
I owned one just like this. Was my first real Gibson. I bought it from a guy at work and ended up hating it and sold it in a trade for cash/vox pedal at a old local shop
Hi Dave, I noticed that when you checked the electronics someone put tubing on the caps for extra insulation, great idea. I've been doing that for years, just not on a guitar. Great vid, love your stuff.
Are the "V"'s in the saddles string indexed.?.My intonation screws are facing up the neck...Would it matter if I flipped the bridge to get the screws facing the other way.?..Thanks for the response Dave...Much appreciated.
4:44 You can string the tail piece backwards. Run the strings around the tail piece ten over the bridge. Great players like Billy Gibbons and Zakk Wylde do this. Oh ya, me too.
They're knuckle heads I don't care who they are. This top rap BS is ridiculous. The idea goes against the laws of physics. Once the guitar is tuned anything going on above the nut or below the bridge can not affect string tension and/or make it easier or harder to play or give more sustain.
I did an 07 SG in tv yellow today with a Nashville, (except the bridge bushings were nice and tight). The high strings were, as usual, hitting the back of the bridge just slightly, so instead of adjusting up the tailpiece, I lightly rounded the bridge's edge with a 300 grit diamond file, just enough to get rid of the sharp corner. I didn't even break through the plating and ya couldn't even see it. The owner wasn't complaining about breaking strings, but he did want his tailpiece all the way down. Oh what fun!
@19:24 Did it sound like the pickup switch is upside down? When you flicked it down to the lead pickup, it sounded like the neck pickup came on and vise versa.
I never liked the way SGs looked! So I never got in to them until I picked one up at Guitar Center to mess around: it was the 61' reissue and it had been there for 2 years. I liked the sunburst and it felt great in my hands. Plugged it in and those 57' humbuckers sounded great! Not like they sound in the LP for some reason. I loved the push pull single coil configuration and it felt so light in my hands. I hate the weight of a Les Paul until they are stripped down. So I took it home and it is the best guitar that I have ever owned!
+George Robinson I played with a 1961 original as a kid. A golf pro bought his son a wine red trans one and a Fender Twin amp. The kid invited 2 of us over to see the guitar. It was the first real man's guitar I ever saw or felt. I never forgot it.
+George Robinson hey same thing happened to me I was after a Tele picked up an SG an yeah it just felt amazing to play the reset is history two days later went back bought it & now it sits in my collection as my main go to guitar!
This video will be a huge help for me. I'm hoping to find a video of yours on SG pickup height adjustment. How high can I bring up my neck pickup before I run into problems? That sort of thing. I have a new 2013 Gibson SG Standard in Heritage Cherry and I still don't feel it's quite set up right. Liked. Shared. Subscribed, here and Google+. Thank you again for sharing.
Thanks Dave you just answered my question..I noticed the string holders on the bridge are all facing the same way and mine are not..I've seen it on a few guitars and was wondering why.
I just bought a Schaller roller bridge. The studs included were just a tad smaller than original Gibson bridge studs. The threading was the same size however. Looks like someone might have tooled around with the bridge hardware.
Really enjoy your vids, Dave!! I'm in my 50's and as part of my ongoing mid life crisis I've decided to learn to strum a bit. It's nice to know what goes on under the hood of a guitar, and your posts sure do help. Love your sense of humor too! Cheers -
That brass tube fix a very nice fix and a nice tip. When you think about it it harkens back to the 70's brass-O-mainia/sustain-O-mainia era: mood rings, AMC Pacers and aftermarket brass hardware turning cruddy with sweat all over everybody's guitar! I do wish I had thought of your nice mod with my Les Paul 1960 'Classic' with that Nashville bridge before I sold it! I'll bet it would have improved tone conditions there. A $1700 guitar with loosy-goosy bridge posts! I miss the old-school ABR-1-type 'posts into-the-wood' design. You can do the old 'extra thumbwheel-on-the guitar-top thing' like in the days of old...Back through the mists of time....Sorry David everyone want's to get in on the act!! You're the boss!
I just love your videos Dave! I've been learning so much just watching you go and explain why you do what you do at the same time. I'm now reparing and servicing friends and friends friends and a whole bunch more folks instruments here. You are now official my mentor :) Cheers from Sweden!
Dave great job, quick my les Paul bridge does not seem to be right the l. Angle of the string brake does not touch the bridge duty the 2 E strings do any helpful hints would be great
I noticed that sometimes when bridge and tail piece is too high on a les paul, the neck is too straight. Sometimes by adding a bit of neck relief allows me to lower the bridge and tailpiece a little, by having the same action.
Got myself a faded walnut last year. What a great axe. Lightweight, versatile, dependable. Managed to find another one in an estate sale, so now I've got two identical....well not quite, one's just a hair darker. Great video Dave. You didn't cut any corners on information and detail. Thanx for posting.
Hi Dave nice videos i always enjoy your approach ! Can you tell me the specks in mm and cm because i can't find any tools here in inches . Thanks a lot
I was always told that the intonation adjustment screws on a Gibson-style (Tune-O-Matic) bridge should face inward towards the pickups and not outward towards the tail. Regardless, I enjoy your videos, Dave!
I like that wrap trick on the bridge. I'm doing that next time I string up my 61' SG. The funny thing is I actually think it looks better too and reminds me of how PRS bridges look on some of their models. That, and no possibility for strings touching and breaking or causing that tension issue you mentioned (albeit I have never had that issue and the angle is pretty steep and the strings to make contact (most of them). Great vid!
Your storage cup popped a song in my head. "Raise your can of beer on high and seal you faith forever. Our best years have passed us by, the Golden Age of Leather". Thanks, that's a great Blue Oyster Cult album.Don't mind that being stuck in my head.
On an ABR-1,the design is the screws go in the front. yes,some folks get them backwards,and the saddles get slotted accordingly. On a Nashville TOM,they're in the back. If the strings are hitting the back edge on a Nash [usually the two E strings],raise the STOP tailpiece via the adjustment screws till they don't.
how do you know if you have to back off the truss rod nut to get more clearance or raise the bridge... and vice versus lower the bridge or tighten the truss rod
0:21 the bridge is mounted backwards. Opinion Davey? Some people tell me they prefer it that way. I ask them, "did you swap out the saddles when you reversed it?" they usually say no. depending on the manufacturer and quality, the grooves are cut for two different gauges of strings and by reversing it youll make your intonation go out. Plus, its easier to adjust if the adjustment screws are facing foreward Thats what I find anyway!
That strobe tuner is bad ass. Wish i could be next to ya when youre working on these guitars. Just ordered some feeler guages. Had a nightmare tonight trying to set the intonation on my epi sg g400. I changed the chrome tail piece to black, and doing so, threw my entire setup off, of course. I think my tusq replacement nut may be a bit too high, and is effecting my intonation.
On doing Phone Jacks, I have a pair of long nose pliers that can fit inside the jack. If I initially slip the washer and nut on to the pliers I can use them in the jack to hold it still while I screw the nuts in place.
I've had many SG models. A '67 walnut colored with rosewood with an invader p-up, '79 Firebrand in Devil red with Velvet Brick pickups and ebony board, a '61 reissue in heritage cherry, a black standard '83, a yellow '97 with ebony and Seymour Duncan JB & '59 p-ups with a TP6 tail piece but my favorite and best playing SG was a used $300.00 (new price) '90's model SG-X in a old school brownish rust color with a single pickup with tear drop pickguard, volume/tone, a split coil switch that I converted to an on/off switch with a Seymour Duncan JB and a TP6 tail piece This guitar played like greased lightning right off the shelf. It was amazing how well it played up and down the fretboard. Everyone that played this guitar wanted it. Everyone! Unfortunately I lost it in pawn in 2008 and I have regretted it ever since.
in the old days on the road, we always under-wrapped our stop tailpieces on our Gibsons, after screwing them down tight against the body for max sustain. i always heard that attributed to Ronnie Montrose.
I wish I would've known about not tightening the input jack washer by hand because I did break my wire underneath on my p-bass. Easy fix, but it took me a solid 10 minutes to find out it was that. Always with great advice!
On the first guitar- couldn't you flip the tune-o-matic saddles around so the intonation screws point toward the headstock to get some additional clrarance for the strings? Second guitar has the intonation screws facing the headstock.
prob not - it's a Laguna guitar that came with a Line6 starter package. Thanks - oh what was the deal to get the bumper stickers if still avail ? thanks again - from the other end of the pond in central NY.
I love the videos. Simple question: When a truss rod is adjusted, is the "adjustment" instantaneous or should you give the neck/wood/frets a day to "settle" in? I hope my question makes sense.
Hey Dave,I noticed you have a container of guitar grease.Why don't you use this on the nut slots when you do your setups?I use it for every setup I do.Thanks Mike.....
when I got my sg faded 2016 t I got a softcase gibson bag with it and it had a photo of my guitar in a sound laboratory or something. I felt quite weird about that photo so I had to ask if anybody of you happened to have a photo in your case as well.
I find that strange. just changing the bridge around can solve a lot of intonation problems and i'm convinced that the bass saddles have a bigger slot to accommodate wound strings. the stock gibson guitars ive seen have the bridge with the screws aligned forward. I think this is for a reason. Ive never found anything to support either way, but it works for me
I'm not a guitar tech but I've learned so much from your videos ..Thanks. I use to have that same guitar for some reason put a bigsby on it then sold it at the great American guitar show.
'Magnetic driven wavelengths': sound waves are air molecules in motion. The pickups don't know what produced the wave. The difference between your voice and the phone is that the phone may emphasize the same frequencies that the pickups are sensitive to. Also, your voice comes from farther away and the waves are spread out more.
Won't the string height change a bit as the neck flexes after putting the rest of the strings on? Would it be easier to restring the whole thing to avoid this? Or does it not flex enough to matter?
great job on vids as always. Quick question to bug you on - opinion on replacing pickups on cheaper guitars - good idea, or waste of money/time, and any one better than the other?
I like your videos to a certain extent and noticed a Stew Mac guitar shaped parts holder. I had seen them on their site and always wondered who and why anyone would buy one. Now I know who but just why? Also, you checked the wiring towards the end of the set up on the last guitar. What if something had been out of whack? Looks like you would be starting all over Super Dave?
the stop-tail is jacked up like that and the strings are still denting the bridge plate?or did Dave raise the stop-tail posts prior to turning on the camera? that's what I wanna know......
really liked this video, subscribed! I have a 2013 Gibson SG myself, but the fretwork is shoddy. I don't know if the PLEK guy was having a rough monday, but there's sharp edges, and buzzing. Should I give it to a luthier, or is it something that I could trust myself with? I've recently rewired a strat, but that's as far as my skills go, I think.
You could have used a grinder to grind down the rear of the bridge. There is no reason for it to have a sharp corner-back edge. Or you could use a file. But the over wrapped strings can work out as well. Just keep an eye on the string angle, is there enough tension to keep the strings in the slots of the bridge after over wrapping? I mean make sure the saddle is lower than the bridge, enough to keep tension on the strings while they are installed and ready to play.
Well, my Gibson SG Standard 2014 plays good, but the setup looks relly wierd. The bass side of the bridge and where the strings come from is set quite hight, and the treble side is set almost all the way down. Is this normal, or should i get someone to check it out? It's not buzzing or anything. Even the pickups are at an angle.
Hi Dave, I had to under wrap the strings on my 2016 LP Traditional. I took your info from this vid and I applied it to my LP and sure enough, with the stop tail piece turned all the way down to the body, I still have space between the bridge and the strings, so no breakage. Gibsons are VERY inconsistent in their construction, gotta compensate, right?
My SG has the oposit problem, the neck is set in such a way that i have a damn near impossible time getting the action lower than a quarter of an inch or so, and thats with rod adjustment
Hey Dave i have a question for you on cleaning my guitar. I have a Gretsch G5120 and on the chrome part of the bigsby im starting to see a little oxidation, what would be a good product to use to get rid of it? Thanks
This video made my day! Just been getting into actually fixing my guitar by myself. Rookie question coming up. Whats the deal with the tips of the individual string holders of the bridge sometimes facing different ways?
Hey Dave, do you know of any string manufacturer other than Elixir that makes coated strings to extend string life? I'm curious to know if there's anything else out there other than Elixirs. Not that I'm complaining about Elixirs, because since I switched to them after going back and forth with Ernie Ball and GHS, the tone and string life has improved drastically. Just want to know if Elixir has any competition in the coated string market. Thanks for your input.
Dave is it just me or on the first SG when you were checking the neck relief you didn't have a capo on but on the second SG you did use one does it make much of a difference?
I know it's an old video but if you're strings are touching the back of the bridge, the tail piece is too low. It's not meant to be hunkered down to the body it's suppose to be adjusted to get an appropiate break angle, this reduces chances of string breakage by reducing unnecessary pressure on the bridge. Overapping does essentially does the same thing in terms of reducing the break angle but the tail piece is designed to adjust without resorting to this.
hey davey, I recently picked up a faded sg, (the one with the wraparound tailpiece) and I was wondering how I would go about installing some chrome pickuo covers on it. I've seen people just slide them on there without wax potting, how would you recommend installing them?
here's what may be a dumb question to some. When measuring and adjusting for string height, how do you know whether to raise the bridge or mess with the truss rod?
Hello Dave! first off, I love your videos and have been subscribed from my personal channel for years! I just have a question..My old Gibson Melody Maker is super beat up, sounds great, but my truss rod seems to be maxed out and it has a little too much relief! I'm not sure if this is due to corrosion or if it has actually run out of threads...any advice would be awesome! Thanks :)
I've tried overwrapping the strings on my Gibson Sg guitar before and it had terrible buzzing and difficulty staying in tune so I went back to the original stringing method, if u lowered the bridge and raised the stop bar slightly you can avoid that back string contact problem.
I have some Gibsons (ES 339, SG Standard,1992 LP Standard, LP Special etc) and I NEVER take all the strings off at once unless I'm doing a deep cleaning which is only once every couple years (I just play at home...no gigging). Everything falls apart and the specs (ie, action) get messed up unless you measure or tape everything.....so, string changes are one at a time for me for the last 20+ years! Plus, it's not THAT hard to clean with strings on.....they bend and can be moved away.
Hey dave, quick question just wondering.. do you believe that wood's and components of a guitar make a difference in it's sound rather than just the pickups? thanks
Nice job Dave ! Seems to me that on the 2nd SG the PU wiring is inverted. The treble position sounds like it's the neck PU and vice-versa… Right ? Cheers man ! \m/
I was just wondering if the tailpiece had any room to raise it by turning those giant posts on it. Then you might not need to overwrap the strings? Perhaps the tailpiece holes were loose too, like the bridge holes and you couldn't. That was a creative solution though.
Cool, I was looking for your vid on bridge impingement. I have a friend's 70's Ibanez that he asked me to sort out, and that is exactly what is happening. Now I know what can be done. Thankx!
Dave I'm buying a new SG for my 50th Birthday always wanted one. Never too late my friend. I was surfin' on the tube and came across this video. Quality workmanship. I'm loving your channel. You have real passion for your trade it's addictive watching anyone with a passion for what they do. Keep rockin' my friend!
Love that SG faded. Back in 2005, you can purchase that same guitar at guitar center for $399 with the gig bag new.
I remember those days! I had one of the first runs, which like the guitar in the video had the crescent moon inlays (the faded series later switched to regular dots). I will say that quality control suffered, typical of Gibson. I played a bunch and many of them were horrible - sanding scratches, sloppy fretwork, etc. You had to sort through at least a couple to find a good one.
I owned one just like this. Was my first real Gibson. I bought it from a guy at work and ended up hating it and sold it in a trade for cash/vox pedal at a old local shop
It's a regular faded sg, the moon inlays are leftovers from a discontinued model and only used for half a year.
I want one with those inlays. Not gonna be easy to find
Food came out of my nose “Ernie Ballsacks” LMAO
Hi Dave, I noticed that when you checked the electronics someone put tubing on the caps for extra insulation, great idea. I've been doing that for years, just not on a guitar. Great vid, love your stuff.
Are the "V"'s in the saddles string indexed.?.My intonation screws are facing up the neck...Would it matter if I flipped the bridge to get the screws facing the other way.?..Thanks for the response Dave...Much appreciated.
4:44 You can string the tail piece backwards. Run the strings around the tail piece ten over the bridge. Great players like Billy Gibbons and Zakk Wylde do this. Oh ya, me too.
They're knuckle heads I don't care who they are. This top rap BS is ridiculous. The idea goes against the laws of physics. Once the guitar is tuned anything going on above the nut or below the bridge can not affect string tension and/or make it easier or harder to play or give more sustain.
I did an 07 SG in tv yellow today with a Nashville, (except the bridge bushings were nice and tight). The high strings were, as usual, hitting the back of the bridge just slightly, so instead of adjusting up the tailpiece, I lightly rounded the bridge's edge with a 300 grit diamond file, just enough to get rid of the sharp corner. I didn't even break through the plating and ya couldn't even see it. The owner wasn't complaining about breaking strings, but he did want his tailpiece all the way down. Oh what fun!
@19:24 Did it sound like the pickup switch is upside down? When you flicked it down to the lead pickup, it sounded like the neck pickup came on and vise versa.
I never liked the way SGs looked! So I never got in to them until I picked one up at Guitar Center to mess around: it was the 61' reissue and it had been there for 2 years. I liked the sunburst and it felt great in my hands. Plugged it in and those 57' humbuckers sounded great! Not like they sound in the LP for some reason. I loved the push pull single coil configuration and it felt so light in my hands. I hate the weight of a Les Paul until they are stripped down. So I took it home and it is the best guitar that I have ever owned!
+George Robinson I played with a 1961 original as a kid. A golf pro bought his son a wine red trans one and a Fender Twin amp. The kid invited 2 of us over to see the guitar. It was the first real man's guitar I ever saw or felt. I never forgot it.
+George Robinson hey same thing happened to me I was after a Tele picked up an SG an yeah it just felt amazing to play the reset is history two days later went back bought it & now it sits in my collection as my main go to guitar!
Its cool shape but not that great for classical position because it doesn't have enough wideness in the body.
Jukka Penttinen I would definitely agree with that.
I think they have those horns so that it's easier to reach the higher frets.
This video will be a huge help for me. I'm hoping to find a video of yours on SG pickup height adjustment. How high can I bring up my neck pickup before I run into problems? That sort of thing. I have a new 2013 Gibson SG Standard in Heritage Cherry and I still don't feel it's quite set up right.
Liked. Shared. Subscribed, here and Google+.
Thank you again for sharing.
Thank you very much. Much respect.
Thanks Dave you just answered my question..I noticed the string holders on the bridge are all facing the same way and mine are not..I've seen it on a few guitars and was wondering why.
I just bought a Schaller roller bridge. The studs included were just a tad smaller than original Gibson bridge studs. The threading was the same size however. Looks like someone might have tooled around with the bridge hardware.
9:00 so what is he doing?....what fret is he holding what fret is he slideing under and what is he slideing under?
the origional bursts with the abr1 had the screws facing the pickups . most nashvilles have it facing the tail piece.
Really enjoy your vids, Dave!! I'm in my 50's and as part of my ongoing mid life crisis I've decided to learn to strum a bit. It's nice to know what goes on under the hood of a guitar, and your posts sure do help. Love your sense of humor too! Cheers -
That brass tube fix a very nice fix and a nice tip. When you think about it it harkens back to the 70's brass-O-mainia/sustain-O-mainia era: mood rings, AMC Pacers and aftermarket brass hardware turning cruddy with sweat all over everybody's guitar! I do wish I had thought of your nice mod with my Les Paul 1960 'Classic' with that Nashville bridge before I sold it! I'll bet it would have improved tone conditions there. A $1700 guitar with loosy-goosy bridge posts! I miss the old-school ABR-1-type 'posts into-the-wood' design. You can do the old 'extra thumbwheel-on-the guitar-top thing' like in the days of old...Back through the mists of time....Sorry David everyone want's to get in on the act!! You're the boss!
Great vid as usual Dave,gonna go listen to Roadhouse blues as you just reminded me how cool the intro riff is.cheers!.
My SG action always changes when the weather changes. It just got hot out now the strings buzz. Time to adjust again.
I just love your videos Dave!
I've been learning so much just watching you go and explain why you do what you do at the same time. I'm now reparing and servicing friends and friends friends and a whole bunch more folks instruments here. You are now official my mentor :)
Cheers from Sweden!
Thanks Dave for the video. Good job, always enjoy watch you post.
Dave great job, quick my les Paul bridge does not seem to be right the l. Angle of the string brake does not touch the bridge duty the 2 E strings do any helpful hints would be great
I noticed that sometimes when bridge and tail piece is too high on a les paul, the neck is too straight. Sometimes by adding a bit of neck relief allows me to lower the bridge and tailpiece a little, by having the same action.
Got myself a faded walnut last year. What a great axe. Lightweight, versatile, dependable. Managed to find another one in an estate sale, so now I've got two identical....well not quite, one's just a hair darker.
Great video Dave. You didn't cut any corners on information and detail.
Thanx for posting.
Hi Dave nice videos i always enjoy your approach ! Can you tell me the specks in mm and cm because i can't find any tools here in inches . Thanks a lot
A great video my friend, thanks. Never dull and a Peterson strobe, two of my favorites, Cheers, Cousin Figel
I was always told that the intonation adjustment screws on a Gibson-style (Tune-O-Matic) bridge should face inward towards the pickups and not outward towards the tail.
Regardless, I enjoy your videos, Dave!
I like that wrap trick on the bridge. I'm doing that next time I string up my 61' SG. The funny thing is I actually think it looks better too and reminds me of how PRS bridges look on some of their models. That, and no possibility for strings touching and breaking or causing that tension issue you mentioned (albeit I have never had that issue and the angle is pretty steep and the strings to make contact (most of them). Great vid!
i like stickers....(and dig SG's).....how do i obtain these "stickers"?
Your storage cup popped a song in my head. "Raise your can of beer on high and seal you faith forever. Our best years have passed us by, the Golden Age of Leather". Thanks, that's a great Blue Oyster Cult album.Don't mind that being stuck in my head.
On an ABR-1,the design is the screws go in the front.
yes,some folks get them backwards,and the saddles get slotted accordingly.
On a Nashville TOM,they're in the back.
If the strings are hitting the back edge on a Nash [usually the two E strings],raise the STOP tailpiece via the adjustment screws till they don't.
Good work Dave. You got grrreat ideas. Great bridge work. Thanks man.
how do you know if you have to back off the truss rod nut to get more clearance or raise the bridge... and vice versus lower the bridge or tighten the truss rod
I have this SG faded guitar. Have been touring with it for 5 years. That is the bridge mine came with as well.
0:21 the bridge is mounted backwards. Opinion Davey?
Some people tell me they prefer it that way. I ask them, "did you swap out the saddles when you reversed it?" they usually say no.
depending on the manufacturer and quality, the grooves are cut for two different gauges of strings and by reversing it youll make your intonation go out. Plus, its easier to adjust if the adjustment screws are facing foreward
Thats what I find anyway!
That strobe tuner is bad ass. Wish i could be next to ya when youre working on these guitars. Just ordered some feeler guages. Had a nightmare tonight trying to set the intonation on my epi sg g400. I changed the chrome tail piece to black, and doing so, threw my entire setup off, of course. I think my tusq replacement nut may be a bit too high, and is effecting my intonation.
Very excellent points my friend. I work in music retail, and I have an entirely new outlook on Gibson's tunomatic bridge system now.
On doing Phone Jacks, I have a pair of long nose pliers that can fit inside the jack. If I initially slip the washer and nut on to the pliers I can use them in the jack to hold it still while I screw the nuts in place.
I've had many SG models. A '67 walnut colored with rosewood with an invader p-up, '79 Firebrand in Devil red with Velvet Brick pickups and ebony board, a '61 reissue in heritage cherry, a black standard '83, a yellow '97 with ebony and Seymour Duncan JB & '59 p-ups with a TP6 tail piece but my favorite and best playing SG was a used $300.00 (new price) '90's model SG-X in a old school brownish rust color with a single pickup with tear drop pickguard, volume/tone, a split coil switch that I converted to an on/off switch with a Seymour Duncan JB and a TP6 tail piece This guitar played like greased lightning right off the shelf. It was amazing how well it played up and down the fretboard. Everyone that played this guitar wanted it. Everyone! Unfortunately I lost it in pawn in 2008 and I have regretted it ever since.
Great video as usual. Great for relaxing after a hard days work.
If you can, it would be great to see a video about the SG bass. I'm saving up to buy one and I'm curious to know what you think of them.
in the old days on the road, we always under-wrapped our stop tailpieces on our Gibsons, after screwing them down tight against the body for max sustain. i always heard that attributed to Ronnie Montrose.
I wish I would've known about not tightening the input jack washer by hand because I did break my wire underneath on my p-bass. Easy fix, but it took me a solid 10 minutes to find out it was that. Always with great advice!
I have an ESP and that first part you were looking at is identical to the one I have.
On the first guitar- couldn't you flip the tune-o-matic saddles around so the intonation screws point toward the headstock to get some additional clrarance for the strings? Second guitar has the intonation screws facing the headstock.
prob not - it's a Laguna guitar that came with a Line6 starter package. Thanks - oh what was the deal to get the bumper stickers if still avail ? thanks again - from the other end of the pond in central NY.
I love the videos. Simple question: When a truss rod is adjusted, is the "adjustment" instantaneous or should you give the neck/wood/frets a day to "settle" in? I hope my question makes sense.
Nice guitar and video. I have a black Sg and I love it. 5 STARS !!!!
Hey Dave,I noticed you have a container of guitar grease.Why don't you use this on the nut slots when you do your setups?I use it for every setup I do.Thanks Mike.....
Hey Dave I have same SG has the start of video but with the dot inlays now did you have the tail piece right to the wood or did you raise it slightly
when I got my sg faded 2016 t I got a softcase gibson bag with it and it had a photo of my guitar in a sound laboratory or something. I felt quite weird about that photo so I had to ask if anybody of you happened to have a photo in your case as well.
I find that strange. just changing the bridge around can solve a lot of intonation problems and i'm convinced that the bass saddles have a bigger slot to accommodate wound strings. the stock gibson guitars ive seen have the bridge with the screws aligned forward. I think this is for a reason. Ive never found anything to support either way, but it works for me
I'm not a guitar tech but I've learned so much from your videos ..Thanks. I use to have that same guitar for some reason put a bigsby on it then sold it at the great American guitar show.
hi.
could you tell me your opinion on BFTS? i have it on my SUHR and im not so satisfy about the BUZZ FEITEN SYSTEM.
thanks
lol I mean, there's so much stuff out there like orange glow, that are rather oily. Would water just be best for rosewood?
'Magnetic driven wavelengths': sound waves are air molecules in motion. The pickups don't know what produced the wave. The difference between your voice and the phone is that the phone may emphasize the same frequencies that the pickups are sensitive to. Also, your voice comes from farther away and the waves are spread out more.
Great video! I played a 1963 Gibson SG once and it was amazing.
Hi Dave.
Is there a standard height setting for the adjustable humbucker poles?
Cheers,
Rodney.
Won't the string height change a bit as the neck flexes after putting the rest of the strings on? Would it be easier to restring the whole thing to avoid this? Or does it not flex enough to matter?
Completely unrelated to the video, but is it true that when it comes to rosewood, you dont use any oil to clean it?
I got the same SG. Mines a 2005 and I love. It's one of my favorite guitars to play
Same here, got the Crescent Moons. Got it new. Love it more than ever. Great neck.
great job on vids as always. Quick question to bug you on - opinion on replacing pickups on cheaper guitars - good idea, or waste of money/time, and any one better than the other?
I like your videos to a certain extent and noticed a Stew Mac guitar shaped parts holder. I had seen them on their site and always wondered who and why anyone would buy one. Now I know who but just why?
Also, you checked the wiring towards the end of the set up on the last guitar. What if something had been out of whack? Looks like you would be starting all over Super Dave?
I got a later model from around 2006-07 without the moon inlays.
Any chance the bridge is a metric replacement bought new by mistake to replace the original for whatever reason or off of an Epiphone?
Did you go to Atlanta Guitar Works with Ryan Mallone?
the stop-tail is jacked up like that and the strings are still denting the bridge plate?or did Dave raise the stop-tail posts prior to turning on the camera? that's what I wanna know......
really liked this video, subscribed! I have a 2013 Gibson SG myself, but the fretwork is shoddy. I don't know if the PLEK guy was having a rough monday, but there's sharp edges, and buzzing. Should I give it to a luthier, or is it something that I could trust myself with? I've recently rewired a strat, but that's as far as my skills go, I think.
Thanks Daveviam going to try to over wrap the strings next time I change them and double check everything thanks
What type of sg was the 2nd? Looked like the neck from a special but it had a dark cherry gloss.
I have a sg faded with crescent moon inlays.. it came with an abr1
You could have used a grinder to grind down the rear of the bridge. There is no reason for it to have a sharp corner-back edge. Or you could use a file. But the over wrapped strings can work out as well. Just keep an eye on the string angle, is there enough tension to keep the strings in the slots of the bridge after over wrapping? I mean make sure the saddle is lower than the bridge, enough to keep tension on the strings while they are installed and ready to play.
Well, my Gibson SG Standard 2014 plays good, but the setup looks relly wierd. The bass side of the bridge and where the strings come from is set quite hight, and the treble side is set almost all the way down. Is this normal, or should i get someone to check it out? It's not buzzing or anything. Even the pickups are at an angle.
Hi Dave, I had to under wrap the strings on my 2016 LP Traditional. I took your info from this vid and I applied it to my LP and sure enough, with the stop tail piece turned all the way down to the body, I still have space between the bridge and the strings, so no breakage. Gibsons are VERY inconsistent in their construction, gotta compensate, right?
Have you ever set up a white sg? Just wondering because white is the only finish I like on an sg.
My SG has the oposit problem, the neck is set in such a way that i have a damn near impossible time getting the action lower than a quarter of an inch or so, and thats with rod adjustment
Hey Dave i have a question for you on cleaning my guitar. I have a Gretsch G5120 and on the chrome part of the bigsby im starting to see a little oxidation, what would be a good product to use to get rid of it?
Thanks
This video made my day! Just been getting into actually fixing my guitar by myself. Rookie question coming up. Whats the deal with the tips of the individual string holders of the bridge sometimes facing different ways?
Cheers for the quick answer! You just got a new fan in Sweden. All the best.
Hey Dave, do you know of any string manufacturer other than Elixir that makes coated strings to extend string life? I'm curious to know if there's anything else out there other than Elixirs. Not that I'm complaining about Elixirs, because since I switched to them after going back and forth with Ernie Ball and GHS, the tone and string life has improved drastically. Just want to know if Elixir has any competition in the coated string market. Thanks for your input.
"Prepare to get all dizzy and shit..." LOL! Good stuff, Dave!
Dave is it just me or on the first SG when you were checking the neck relief you didn't have a capo on but on the second SG you did use one does it make much of a difference?
I know it's an old video but if you're strings are touching the back of the bridge, the tail piece is too low. It's not meant to be hunkered down to the body it's suppose to be adjusted to get an appropiate break angle, this reduces chances of string breakage by reducing unnecessary pressure on the bridge. Overapping does essentially does the same thing in terms of reducing the break angle but the tail piece is designed to adjust without resorting to this.
Ashley Smith yup.
When checking pickup height on uncovered pickups, where do you measure from? The spindle, slugs or screws? Thanks.
hey davey, I recently picked up a faded sg, (the one with the wraparound tailpiece) and I was wondering how I would go about installing some chrome pickuo covers on it. I've seen people just slide them on there without wax potting, how would you recommend installing them?
here's what may be a dumb question to some. When measuring and adjusting for string height, how do you know whether to raise the bridge or mess with the truss rod?
Hello Dave! first off, I love your videos and have been subscribed from my personal channel for years! I just have a question..My old Gibson Melody Maker is super beat up, sounds great, but my truss rod seems to be maxed out and it has a little too much relief! I'm not sure if this is due to corrosion or if it has actually run out of threads...any advice would be awesome! Thanks :)
I've tried overwrapping the strings on my Gibson Sg guitar before and it had terrible buzzing and difficulty staying in tune so I went back to the original stringing method, if u lowered the bridge and raised the stop bar slightly you can avoid that back string contact problem.
I have some Gibsons (ES 339, SG Standard,1992 LP Standard, LP Special etc) and I NEVER take all the strings off at once unless I'm doing a deep cleaning which is only once every couple years (I just play at home...no gigging). Everything falls apart and the specs (ie, action) get messed up unless you measure or tape everything.....so, string changes are one at a time for me for the last 20+ years! Plus, it's not THAT hard to clean with strings on.....they bend and can be moved away.
Hey dave, quick question just wondering.. do you believe that wood's and components of a guitar make a difference in it's sound rather than just the pickups? thanks
I normally am not a big fan of sg guitars but that first one had a beautiful finish :D
awesome video like always dave
Hi Dave great vid, would you recommend that the stoptails always screwed down on an SG?, cheers Ian
Nice job Dave ! Seems to me that on the 2nd SG the PU wiring is inverted. The treble position sounds like it's the neck PU and vice-versa… Right ?
Cheers man ! \m/
Hey Dave! Question: why didn't you just raise the stop bar instead of over wrapping?
I was just wondering if the tailpiece had any room to raise it by turning those giant posts on it. Then you might not need to overwrap the strings? Perhaps the tailpiece holes were loose too, like the bridge holes and you couldn't. That was a creative solution though.
Did you put the bridge on backward on the 2nd SG? I though the intonation screws face the tailpiece.
What exactly is the finish on the second SG there? Might it be the worn brown version?
Cool, I was looking for your vid on bridge impingement. I have a friend's 70's Ibanez that he asked me to sort out, and that is exactly what is happening. Now I know what can be done. Thankx!
What fret are you pushing on to check neck relief? Great video.
Oh I see something familiar at 15:00 in the background! Music Man S.U.B. I have one of these
hey davey i have severe anger issues and slammed my les paul into its case! there are two cracks in the neck now! what should i do