There is some good information here if you take the time to watch. For me, it was using feeler gauges (.020) to check the nut action and (.012) neck relief. That's a whole easier than trying to read 64ths. on a scale...
Dave, this was the most entertaining and instructive thing I have seen in ages. I forgot what it was I was trying to learn, I found your antics mesmerising!
I find Dave, at whatever pace, quite entertaining. He knows what he's talking aboat & should be on daytime TV replacing one of the too many cooking shows.
Nice little amp. I'm a big fan of Danelectro effects pedals. I can get used Danelectro pedals at the local vintage shop(buy, sell trade including some newer model stuff too) for $12-$16 or so. I bought a chorus, reverb and flanger before I found a 5 pedal set that's in a hard plastic carry case. They're all connected and just use 1 power supply. They all have lunch food names like Milkshake for chorus, Tuna Melt for tremolo, Hashbrowns for flanger, Corned Beef for reverb etc. It was $100 for all 5, the connecting chords, power supply and case. Great deal for 5 fx pedals period (not to mention a case that goes on the floor as a pedal rack)and the tremolo got editors pick award by Guitar Player magazine. Lightweight plastic yet strong and nicer than many pedals 10 times their price.
Dave, been watching you stuff for a while now. I know you are a bass player at heart and I am truly impressed that a bass player knows what a slide is and even more impressed that a bass player knows how to use a slide. I have about three dozen guitars and your channel has taught me how to set all of them to play like glass. Thanks for the good work and keep it up.
Hey Dave...I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate you putting these videos up on UA-cam. All of them have been a great help to me. I've heard some of your requests for specific items, but I don't know where to send them to if I wanted to get them for you.
Just exactly what is the benefit of having a radius to the frets anyway? The 59 Danelectro I had was as flat as could be, but played great. Over the years I've noticed the guitars with the biggest radius, or the least curve, play the best for me. In fact I have a salvaged classical that is also flat as it can be, and it plays the best of all ten guitars I have at the moment. (that number goes up and down weekly as new ones come in and the shined up ones go out.)
Good stuff Dave...I enjoyed that setup. A couple of years ago , I was in South Wales and visited a guitar shop and they had a ton of Sparrow guitars and were all priced at about 200 pounds , if my memory serves me well. I was amazed and with the exchange rate of 1.6 pounds to Canadian dollar that is about $320 Cheers from Alberta Dave
Checked the Fender site for the Modern Tele, and their guitar has a crafted in China sticker on the back and a 9.5 in finger board radius, just like you measured. It is a Fender!
also, never tune a guitar horizontally -gravity actually makes a difference. love your sense of humor though and i'm not hatin'. this was actually fun to watch.
Alanko, not sure what you are trying to say. I sure could have been less critical. Dave knows what he is doing and I understand some might like his pace. Peace to all of us.
Yes! Wanted to see you play one,the slide was an unexpected bonus! Tried two many times today to fix the " D" string...truss it? Even tho all the rest are perfect? Adjusted bridge, elongated,shortened, I've no clue,I'm not giving up! :-/
Why would you check the neck for straightness before it's strung up? Isn't the point to check for straightness/relief under the load of whatever gauge strings you put on?
Hi davey. Been watching almost all of your vids. Great stuff. I'm thinking of buying myself a Telecaster. So since you've worked on a few, I'm curious -- which is better -- string through body, or just through the saddle? Like for tuning, tension, sound, etc?
Hey Dave. Could you consider making a video showing what happens when people (like me) change string gauges from 10s to 9s without adjusting the guitar? Also, Hybrid string sets with heavy bottoms and light tops. Do they produce the same overall neck tension when dropping string gauges?. I want to go from 10s to 9s on my new Suhr Tele because the higher strings are too heavy for me but don’t have the neck measuring gear you use. Love the channel. Thank you.
I have a problem with my old tele. I got a chinese neck to replace the missing neck and it buzzes on the 4th fret. I stripped all the lacquer off it years ago as the finish was destroyed. It's been through a planer but I put a piece of thin ply under the bridge to compensate. With the ply under the bridge it is well high now but the neck still buzzes on the fourth fret. Did I buy a dud neck or am I missing something?
Great video and a great setup, I do hear a problem with the nut, a bit twangy off the nut, so it probably needs to be touched up. The relief is a personal preference, mine being minimal to keep the action lower at the middle frets, and a cleaner ring off the mid to upper frets. (higher relief encourages cleaner play at the lower frets) BTW That's a great sounding Gee TAR!
I love watching these and walking away shaking my head. This time was a surprise. This guy knows a good set up with no BULL**** . You guys looking for solid information have found it. Forget the butt munch insult crap. These numbers are accurate and if you use them your guitar will play way better than most.....Way better :-) GOOD VIDEO ...why? because I said so !!!!!!!!!!! Anybody that disagrees can bite me.
PICKGUARDIAN. for your radius print outs and pickguard templates. i made my ric guards from them and there spot on. well they are now i fixed the 4 pot holes as they where not properly square on there diagram.. simple to fix in photoshop. BTW. Thanks DAVE for your channel its my fave. i just leave u on while im doin stuff.. btw do you have a Tshirt with GOOCHED on it yet..
Greetings Dave! Great vids you got here. Caught up in a situation though, I restrung my tele but I have problem setting up the intonation on my A and E strings. I'm using the 3-saddle setup. A goes flat (-15cents) and then E goes sharp (+15cent). All the other strings are OK. Previous setup with the same guages worked fine.. Is there somethin I can do with it? Thanks! Cheers! Love beer on fridays too.. 😉
What do you mean? did you use a tuner or you did't? and if you dont used a tuner, why? I just wondering why because when we intonate guitars we always use a tuner, we cannot trust our ear in that part because it needs to be perfekt when it comes to the intonation.
The Dan electro makes for a great slide amp.....its PERFECT....expecially if the gig has a house system. Ya gotta get your slide on with the danelectro nifty 50 or even the dirty 30.....so go with a tele
How would you change that nut action ? Do you file where appropriate on the nut to lower ? What do you do if it needs raising or raising on just a few strings on one side ??
google 'pickguardian radius gauge', it's the print-out radius gauge, stick the printed paper to a piece of acrylic and sandpaper your mind out. cheap if you live 7k miles aways from stewmac and other luthier suppliers
Hey Dave is that the Snark all instrument tuner or guitar tuner? 'Cause I just ordered the all instrument one and it's red, so it looks like it. :P Is it good? Stays on?
Knotting strings locks them in place.. Had a high e string keeping popping out until I made a knot.. I might have cut it too short, but it did the trick.
+Zyx You dont have to actually knot them though. Do some research on how to "lock" the string in place without creating an actual knot. it isn't very hard. I think what Dave is getting at is that the strings being knotted have nothing to do with it staying in tune; the strings are metal and will stretch, contract etc, all contributing to tuning stability. Also, knots are a pain in the ass to undo in a moment of desperation.
I was looking for proper string height which you called 'boring stuff' when you speed up the video and adjusted the bridge (which that was the reason for watching your video.
"For a vintage three-section bridge, a series of adjustments must be made to compensate for the lack of individual string intonation. Adjust the first bridge saddle to the scale length, measuring from the inside of the nut to the center of the bridge saddle. Now adjust the distance of the second saddle back from the first saddle, using the combination of the gauges of the second and third strings as a measurement. For example, if the second string is .011" (0.3 mm) and the third is .013" (0.35 mm), you would move the second saddle back .024" (0.65 mm) from the first saddle. Move the third saddle back from the second saddle, using the gauge of the fifth and sixth strings as a measurement." www2.fender.com/support/articles/telecaster-setup-guide/
Hey Dave! Very nice video! But I have question, is it a good guitar? Because I'm looking for a nice guitar and I was looking for a telecaster. And how much does this guitar cost (new)? Again, very nice video!!! Greetings, Dennis.
@Mesa4life: Get a buffer/buffer pedal/boss tuner (contains a buffer). It'll give some great clarity to your neck pickup. I bough one from T1M and it's awesome.
+RVela LOL. That's the first thing I thought. "Cinderella story...out of nowhere...former roadie now about to become the master guitar technician...It looks like a mirac...it's in the hole! The string is through the hole!"
hey dave what are those metal things you use for mesuring the strings and where can i get them? (sorry for orthography english is not my mother lenguage)
Dave, what is the name of little parts in back, for the strings? i will make a telercaster but, i dont know the name of this parts and where buy thats... :(
I just changed the strings on my squire telecaster and something wierd happens with the D string. When i pick it a bit harder than normally, there is a bit of a twang sound. As if the string is rattling really bad... this is probably what it is. I was just wondering if you have any idea how to fix this or if you even know what the heck im talking about.
Don't know about this one, and would doubt that the high dollar Sparrow line would offer it, but this unpredictable hard to check neck radius may be due to a compound radius neck. It could be changing from fret to fret - and then again maybe not. Big Ron
Hi Dave. I always enjoy your posts and I've learned a lot about strats and tele maintenance. So, im looking at this guitar and something tells me that is a replacement neck instead of the original that came with it. The reason I think this is that the neck doesnt match the color that beautiful grain of the body. I dont know, just a thought. Thank you
Thank you Dave. I absolutely love watching your videos and I'm inspired to take a DC theory class to learn how to wire guitars andstuff. Thank you again!!!!
Yesterday actually finished building a new Telecaster. When you intonate you play the notes in playing position unlike he did he does it with the neck on a support stand which alters the length of the string. But why bother taking the guitar from your neck when you merely have to turn a screw. I can do that perfectly with the guitar around my neck -- heck I had guitars that you had to tune on the bridge.
hello davey, can i get you to give me the place or name of the place where you get all your gauges for measuring the radious of the neck and so forth. please?
when is the last time you tried to adjust bridge saddles in the playing position? lol. work laying down in a safe and stable position, then check your work in playing position.
some string knots, especially those that are explained by Dan Erlewine in details aren't all that dubious if you ask. a crap guitar is just crap and quality guitars rarely need wizardry. but from my point of view some particular knots, especially the one that goes first above the string and then under it can give you the best string angles possible. the low E on strats is notorious to go on a steep angle with more than one turn. with this method you can get 2.5 turns on a peg with perfect angle
Yes...but not too long. I agree with Dave that checking the adjustment the next day is an appropriate time. However. it also depends on how drastic the adjustment as well. 1/8 of a turn should drop into, or out of the desired click within an hour. Whereas if the neck has been sitting in an extremely bowed attitude for years, you might just want to wait that day and dial it in proper before using it in session.
Is that brand of guitars just a nice Canadian brand??? I'm just curious as I've not heard of Sparrow guitars. I couldn't buy a Fender knock off for $500 when you can actually get a used Telecaster in good shape for $500. Heck I could get a Telecaster for $300 and an amp for $200 and have a decent set up. Haha😊! But if that's a nice local brand or something then that would make sense.
There is some good information here if you take the time to watch. For me, it was using feeler gauges (.020) to check the nut action and (.012) neck relief. That's a whole easier than trying to read 64ths. on a scale...
Dave, this was the most entertaining and instructive thing I have seen in ages. I forgot what it was I was trying to learn, I found your antics mesmerising!
Great blues sound at the end with that slide playing! Thanks for the set-up lesson.
This was my maiden voyage into your world of fun stuff and you do not disappoint, Dave.
Another thought I'm glad Dave turns on the camera while he works. I have a feeling he talks with or without a camera or audience. Its awesome.
I find Dave, at whatever pace, quite entertaining. He knows what he's talking aboat & should be on daytime TV replacing one of the too many cooking shows.
Brilliant video !! Not a single shot with the work being done visible in the viewfinder !!
a little nut action's a great way to get some relief. he he
My new favourite youtuber. Thanks for sharing Dave! "Yay, somebody likes me!" Made me chuckle.
Hey Dave, Stew Mac has a really cool dial gage tool for reading relief, and one for string height at the nut for less than $1000, they work great.
Nice little amp. I'm a big fan of Danelectro effects pedals. I can get used Danelectro pedals at the local vintage shop(buy, sell trade including some newer model stuff too) for $12-$16 or so. I bought a chorus, reverb and flanger before I found a 5 pedal set that's in a hard plastic carry case. They're all connected and just use 1 power supply. They all have lunch food names like Milkshake for chorus, Tuna Melt for tremolo, Hashbrowns for flanger, Corned Beef for reverb etc. It was $100 for all 5, the connecting chords, power supply and case. Great deal for 5 fx pedals period (not to mention a case that goes on the floor as a pedal rack)and the tremolo got editors pick award by Guitar Player magazine. Lightweight plastic yet strong and nicer than many pedals 10 times their price.
Dave, been watching you stuff for a while now. I know you are a bass player at heart and I am truly impressed that a bass player knows what a slide is and even more impressed that a bass player knows how to use a slide. I have about three dozen guitars and your channel has taught me how to set all of them to play like glass. Thanks for the good work and keep it up.
Hey Dave...I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate you putting these videos up on UA-cam. All of them have been a great help to me. I've heard some of your requests for specific items, but I don't know where to send them to if I wanted to get them for you.
Dave, you're so entertaining. If it wasn't for all your knowledge you would still be a great comedy show!
How did you learn all this stuff? Did you work for a company in the past, and what would be the best way to start this type of business?
Just exactly what is the benefit of having a radius to the frets anyway? The 59 Danelectro I had was as flat as could be, but played great. Over the years I've noticed the guitars with the biggest radius, or the least curve, play the best for me. In fact I have a salvaged classical that is also flat as it can be, and it plays the best of all ten guitars I have at the moment. (that number goes up and down weekly as new ones come in and the shined up ones go out.)
Like the jam-out at the end, but that phone call was likely somebody telling him to 'turn that racket down.'
Always good stuff Dave and you are funny to boot thanks
"Somebody loves me!" answers phone and it's the neighbors yelling, "TURN THAT THING DOWN!!!"
Good stuff Dave...I enjoyed that setup. A couple of years ago , I was in South Wales and visited a guitar shop and they had a ton of Sparrow guitars and were all priced at about 200 pounds , if my memory serves me well. I was amazed and with the exchange rate of 1.6 pounds to Canadian dollar that is about $320
Cheers from Alberta Dave
Holy cow, why is that fret board so shiny?
Checked the Fender site for the Modern Tele, and their guitar has a crafted in China sticker on the back and a 9.5 in finger board radius, just like you measured. It is a Fender!
Have you considered purchasing a set of T handled Allen wrenches ? It would probably be much easier to use on them stubborn guitars. Just a thought
That would be awesome if you hooked me up with those radius templates if you remember where they were/
Awesome video Dave, but I think its better doing setup in playing position?
wow the raining in the backround is super relaxing
also, never tune a guitar horizontally -gravity actually makes a difference. love your sense of humor though and i'm not hatin'. this was actually fun to watch.
Alanko, not sure what you are trying to say. I sure could have been less critical. Dave knows what he is doing and I understand some might like his pace. Peace to all of us.
Awesome Dave. Thanks.
Aaaah its Friday *sips beer* lol. I like the cut of your jib Dave.
I think you are hearing ,ghost or wolf notes caused by the pickup being set too close to the strings, maybe?
Yes! Wanted to see you play one,the slide was an unexpected bonus! Tried two many times today to fix the " D" string...truss it? Even tho all the rest are perfect? Adjusted bridge, elongated,shortened, I've no clue,I'm not giving up! :-/
Why would you check the neck for straightness before it's strung up? Isn't the point to check for straightness/relief under the load of whatever gauge strings you put on?
Hi davey. Been watching almost all of your vids. Great stuff.
I'm thinking of buying myself a Telecaster. So since you've worked on a few, I'm curious -- which is better -- string through body, or just through the saddle? Like for tuning, tension, sound, etc?
Hey Dave. Could you consider making a video showing what happens when people (like me) change string gauges from 10s to 9s without adjusting the guitar? Also, Hybrid string sets with heavy bottoms and light tops. Do they produce the same overall neck tension when dropping string gauges?. I want to go from 10s to 9s on my new Suhr Tele because the higher strings are too heavy for me but don’t have the neck measuring gear you use. Love the channel. Thank you.
I have a problem with my old tele. I got a chinese neck to replace the missing neck and it buzzes on the 4th fret. I stripped all the lacquer off it years ago as the finish was destroyed. It's been through a planer but I put a piece of thin ply under the bridge to compensate. With the ply under the bridge it is well high now but the neck still buzzes on the fourth fret. Did I buy a dud neck or am I missing something?
Great video and a great setup, I do hear a problem with the nut, a bit twangy off the nut, so it probably needs to be touched up. The relief is a personal preference, mine being minimal to keep the action lower at the middle frets, and a cleaner ring off the mid to upper frets. (higher relief encourages cleaner play at the lower frets) BTW That's a great sounding Gee TAR!
I love watching these and walking away shaking my head. This time was a surprise. This guy knows a good set up with no BULL**** . You guys looking for solid information have found it. Forget the butt munch insult crap. These numbers are accurate and if you use them your guitar will play way better than most.....Way better :-) GOOD VIDEO ...why? because I said so !!!!!!!!!!! Anybody that disagrees can bite me.
too funny. love the comedy too. nice set up.
you have a really cool shirt, what is it? just a random shadowy guy in a sway pose?
PICKGUARDIAN. for your radius print outs and pickguard templates. i made my ric guards from them and there spot on. well they are now i fixed the 4 pot holes as they where not properly square on there diagram.. simple to fix in photoshop. BTW. Thanks DAVE for your channel its my fave. i just leave u on while im doin stuff.. btw do you have a Tshirt with GOOCHED on it yet..
Would totally buy a Gooched! T-Shirt.
Legend has it that the neck pickup was a bass pickup made before they invented the P-Bass. So there's the reason behind the 'muddy' sound.
you got some sick slide chops bro!
Hi Dave to be honest I wouldn't know where to start. I've seen so many of your videos but not seen you use the radius gauge.
Greetings Dave! Great vids you got here. Caught up in a situation though, I restrung my tele but I have problem setting up the intonation on my A and E strings. I'm using the 3-saddle setup. A goes flat (-15cents) and then E goes sharp (+15cent). All the other strings are OK. Previous setup with the same guages worked fine.. Is there somethin I can do with it? Thanks! Cheers! Love beer on fridays too.. 😉
Thanks Dave. :)
What do you mean? did you use a tuner or you did't? and if you dont used a tuner, why? I just wondering why because when we intonate guitars we always use a tuner, we cannot trust our ear in that part because it needs to be perfekt when it comes to the intonation.
Your videos are very entertaining Dave! Thanks for this.
You're welcome man! I'm even learning stuff!
Very entertaining video! Funny too!
The Dan electro makes for a great slide amp.....its PERFECT....expecially if the gig has a house system. Ya gotta get your slide on with the danelectro nifty 50 or even the dirty 30.....so go with a tele
How would you change that nut action ? Do you file where appropriate on the nut to lower ? What do you do if it needs raising or raising on just a few strings on one side ??
Thank you for making this video! Good stuff to learn!!
google 'pickguardian radius gauge', it's the print-out radius gauge, stick the printed paper to a piece of acrylic and sandpaper your mind out. cheap if you live 7k miles aways from stewmac and other luthier suppliers
Why is it that whenever you change strings, I never see you stretch them before tuning and setting the intonation?
The Danelectro amp that you are playing in this video is it a Dirty Thirty (N30AMP179) or a Nifty Fifty (N50AMP189) ?
Hey Dave is that the Snark all instrument tuner or guitar tuner? 'Cause I just ordered the all instrument one and it's red, so it looks like it. :P Is it good? Stays on?
Knotting strings locks them in place.. Had a high e string keeping popping out until I made a knot.. I might have cut it too short, but it did the trick.
***** Well how did it work for me then? On the most ''slippery'' string even.
***** Actually, it's the most stable string of the 6 not going out of tune at all, and it's the only string thats knotted
+Zyx You dont have to actually knot them though. Do some research on how to "lock" the string in place without creating an actual knot. it isn't very hard. I think what Dave is getting at is that the strings being knotted have nothing to do with it staying in tune; the strings are metal and will stretch, contract etc, all contributing to tuning stability.
Also, knots are a pain in the ass to undo in a moment of desperation.
did you intonate the guitar by ear? you should use a tuner to get it perfect=)
I was looking for proper string height which you called 'boring stuff' when you speed up the video and adjusted the bridge (which that was the reason for watching your video.
"For a vintage three-section bridge, a series of adjustments must be made to compensate for the lack of individual string intonation. Adjust the first bridge saddle to the scale length, measuring from the inside of the nut to the center of the bridge saddle.
Now adjust the distance of the second saddle back from the first saddle, using the combination of the gauges of the second and third strings as a measurement. For example, if the second string is .011" (0.3 mm) and the third is .013" (0.35 mm), you would move the second saddle back .024" (0.65 mm) from the first saddle. Move the third saddle back from the second saddle, using the gauge of the fifth and sixth strings as a measurement."
www2.fender.com/support/articles/telecaster-setup-guide/
Thanks, I’ve just copied that into my notebook.
Hey Dave! Very nice video! But I have question, is it a good guitar? Because I'm looking for a nice guitar and I was looking for a telecaster. And how much does this guitar cost (new)? Again, very nice video!!! Greetings, Dennis.
@Mesa4life: Get a buffer/buffer pedal/boss tuner (contains a buffer). It'll give some great clarity to your neck pickup. I bough one from T1M and it's awesome.
I almost thought it as Carl Spackler from Caddyshack talking(bill murray)
+RVela LOL. That's the first thing I thought.
"Cinderella story...out of nowhere...former roadie now about to become the master guitar technician...It looks like a mirac...it's in the hole! The string is through the hole!"
He sounds just like Bill Murray lmao
He actually sounds like that actor in Breaking Bad that had the wreaking yard where Walter and Jesse had their motor home crushed.
Sparrow... nice way to say "Pirate"
Thanks Dave! awesome vid.
hey dave what are those metal things you use for mesuring the strings and where can i get them? (sorry for orthography english is not my mother lenguage)
Dave, what is the name of little parts in back, for the strings? i will make a telercaster but, i dont know the name of this parts and where buy thats... :(
I just changed the strings on my squire telecaster and something wierd happens with the D string. When i pick it a bit harder than normally, there is a bit of a twang sound. As if the string is rattling really bad... this is probably what it is. I was just wondering if you have any idea how to fix this or if you even know what the heck im talking about.
look up fingerboard on wikipedia. they have printable ones that you can use.
When setting up the neck relief at the 7th fret and placing your finger on the last fret, does it matter if the neck has 21 or 22 frets?
***** Thanks Dave.
How about those "Saddles"???
gorgeous guitar..
Dave, what does having no relief accomplish or is it just a personal preference? For what reason?
I have had several teles and not one has been the same so I don't know where you get the set up from?
what hight should i set my pick ups on my telecaster it has 2 single coil pick ups?
Nice man, so was in the orange box below u? it
looked like a pic of a 2x12
Don't know about this one, and would doubt that the high dollar Sparrow line would offer it, but this unpredictable hard to check neck radius may be due to a compound radius neck. It could be changing from fret to fret - and then again maybe not.
Big Ron
You had me laughing all the way through the video....You're a trip!!
The free neck radius gauges are here now: pickguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Pickguardian-Neck-Radius-Gauges.pdf
Thanks Davey...well done.
Hi Dave. I always enjoy your posts and I've learned a lot about strats and tele maintenance. So, im looking at this guitar and something tells me that is a replacement neck instead of the original that came with it. The reason I think this is that the neck doesnt match the color that beautiful grain of the body. I dont know, just a thought. Thank you
Thank you Dave. I absolutely love watching your videos and I'm inspired to take a DC theory class to learn how to wire guitars andstuff. Thank you again!!!!
The Sparrow lives to fly again !
So what if you have to cut the strings.
Yesterday actually finished building a new Telecaster.
When you intonate you play the notes in playing position unlike he did he does it with the neck on a support stand which alters the length of the string. But why bother taking the guitar from your neck when you merely have to turn a screw. I can do that perfectly with the guitar around my neck -- heck I had guitars that you had to tune on the bridge.
hay dave is that the tele you finished out a while back ?
I guessed 12" radius before you measured and said 9.5" and I thought wow my eye was way off. So now that it's a 14 I'm still way off.
hello davey, can i get you to give me the place or name of the place where you get all your gauges for measuring the radious of the neck and so forth. please?
when is the last time you tried to adjust bridge saddles in the playing position? lol. work laying down in a safe and stable position, then check your work in playing position.
What ever happen with the Norstrand issue?
some string knots, especially those that are explained by Dan Erlewine in details aren't all that dubious if you ask. a crap guitar is just crap and quality guitars rarely need wizardry. but from my point of view some particular knots, especially the one that goes first above the string and then under it can give you the best string angles possible. the low E on strats is notorious to go on a steep angle with more than one turn. with this method you can get 2.5 turns on a peg with perfect angle
with all respect, I am surprised someone with experience is not sure if it is 9.5 or 14" radius as the difference is visible.
His eyes are shot, remember?
hey davey what feeler gauge did you slide in at the seven fret ??
Great video. One question: I've heard sometimes it takes the neck a while to react to a trussrod adjustment. Is this true?
Yes...but not too long. I agree with Dave that checking the adjustment the next day is an appropriate time. However. it also depends on how drastic the adjustment as well. 1/8 of a turn should drop into, or out of the desired click within an hour. Whereas if the neck has been sitting in an extremely bowed attitude for years, you might just want to wait that day and dial it in proper before using it in session.
Dave, you sound like a Canadian version of Homer Simpson. Next vid, please say, "Mmm, DO-nuts..." Thank you for all the great videos. Cheers, brother!
Fabulous camera work Dave. I can almost see what you're doing
Fender Tele set up manual
Neck Radius
7.25" - .012" (0.3 mm)
9.5" to 12" - .010" (0.25 mm)
15" to 17" - .008" (0.2 mm)
Relief
Nice job again. CHEERS
Never heard of Sparrow Guitars.
Nice looking Tele though.
Is that brand of guitars just a nice Canadian brand??? I'm just curious as I've not heard of Sparrow guitars. I couldn't buy a Fender knock off for $500 when you can actually get a used Telecaster in good shape for $500. Heck I could get a Telecaster for $300 and an amp for $200 and have a decent set up. Haha😊! But if that's a nice local brand or something then that would make sense.
Can you post the link for the radius gauges?
If Danny Gatton says you don't need to do anything fancy with your strings, then you don't need to do anything fancy with your strings!