Sticker...thanks

I can't believe people are counterfeiting guitar strings! WTF!

Thank you for posting this video. I too got some fake ones, In addiction to the silver seal, the Hole's not fully punched out on the fakes and the text is not as clear. The fake package still has the Elixir text embossed, it is incredible how close they look.

My favorite strings to use. Just bought a stand by set yesterday and immediately checked them when I watched this. Thank you for posting this, I had no idea there were fake strings out there.

When he loved the same 11 to 49 ❤❤❤❤ pretty common I know… still..

geçen ay almıştım ama sahtesinin olup olmadığını bilmiyordum. akşam gidip kontrol edicem.

The man, when it comes to starts imo, his attention to detail is next to none. His passion for his work is on his sleeve.

Here's a plug for Rene Martinez: his string lube is GraphitAll, and is available by mail order. Just google the brand name.

to bad the wokesters got him, CS corps

Them saddle screws though! Shim that neck bud.

This is the latest thing… it’s called ‘unrelicing’… a cunetto that’s unreliced by John Cruz is worth twice the money.

Most companies have a QA/QC division, not so for Fender USA. If you want these checks, you have to pay more and send your guitar through the "Custom Shop"!! Leo must be turning over in his grave.......

I notice he makes no mention of the break angle of the strings over the nut. I wonder if there is an ideal angle for tone and for tremolo usage? The low E ends up having the sharpest angle when you wind down the post, as John does here. Eddie Van Halen used to wind the low E up the post, believing a shallower angle helped prevent the string from getting hung-up in the nut when using the trem.

How the hell do you let a man like this go. Giving you a look Fender. 🤦‍♂️

What bridge is that? The plate looks thick and more like a milled plate rather than bent steel like a Fender bridge plate.

I have a srv strat i just noticed the tuners are staggerd apposite, are they supposed to be like that because of the flipped bridge?

Miss cruz.

Hey, Fender! I hope it was worth it.

ESTA MUY MARRANO

I knew it had to come to a real pro then all that other channel wannabes I don't mean to be so critical but all that info never really address what I need to watch it Al's to expensive and to far to travel looking for a pro then the music stores they don't really know also...Roland J Gutierrez from Magdalena New Mexico USA 🇺🇸

I like John. His Master builds were stellar when at Fender Custom Shop. 😀

Thanx John that's great. Show us more of your secrets.

Great a tips.if you got the time to clean the saddle bridges remove them one by one and really detailed it to a shine.

PG bridge at neck and bridge. You won't be sorry.

What is that 'sauce' from Rene Martinez?

BUT YOU KEEP THE OLD PIECE OF SHIT STRING TREE AND DO NOT CHANGE TO ROLLER OR TELFLON TREES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Trick with the rubber wheel is cool, but I would never lube parts of my guitar that I later put my hands on while playing. That's just weird. I really don't want to have creamy hands and Fingers from playing my guitar. But guess what: It works without lube too. As long as you smooth out the surfaces gently

I went with GraphTech nut, trees, and bridge saddles, plus Fender locking tuners on what was originally a Squier Bullet Strat. My guitar doesn’t go out of tune except with a change in temperature, even with all the bending and using the tremolo-so pretty much the same effect where everything is smooth and slippery, no friction and no slack. Before all that though, it was a nightmare; it was difficult to even get it in tune, any bending immediately de-tuned the guitar, and using the tremolo was absolutely impossible.

With buffing up the saddles can you do something similiar with a floyd rose saddle?

Smoothing up and polishing the vintage bridge saddles on a Strat is the most overlooked maintenance tip ever. I started to have a weird buzz on the high E string no matter where I fretted it and I was starting to lose hope until I found this video. When I restrung I noticed there was a burr on the high E string saddle so I smoothed it out as shown at 1:17 and boom, problem solved! Recently, I started having the same problem with the B sting so I can confirm that this really does happen and I can't be the only one... However, I have never seen this issue addressed on any KZbin video or forum on the internet. This is CLEARLY a must on any guitar with these type of vintage bent steel saddles. Great video, very useful tips!

Agree, I like an extra wrap or two on the pegs. One can even reuse the same strings if you ever swap a part elsewhere. I swapped a pickguard, the strings were totally unwound from the pegs intentionally. They went right back on as the strings still had plenty of life left in them. The Strat I bought the seller had cut the strings too short an couldn't figure out why the 9 wouldn't go back on it as he was trying to sell a 5 string in the parking lot out of the trunk of his car. Those saddles& bridge plate need to cleaned up more thoroughly to look new again, just take them off and clean them with WD40, dry them off and put them back on. If you're taking the trouble to polish the saddle notches, just do the rest of it. Then again maybe this guitar is meant to have patina relic elsewhere. I figure the string change is the ideal time to oil Rosewood or whatever Fender uses these days that isn't maple and get any other crud off the fretboard & fret. I do that once a year for that annual string change point, regardless of how many times during a year I changed strings out. I find Q-tips don't retain excessive amounts of solvent or lubricant and the cotton tip threads is easy on spreading it, doesn't take much and the Q-tipis ideal. Anyway, everyone has their own method and cleaners. I've had zero issues with the things others say to never use. the Q-tip is sparingly miserly and controls excessive lubricants so the cleaners others say no to use never mess up the guitar.

I guess you don't have anything left or new to offer the future of guitars when you spend time trying to replicate what someone else has already accomplished. I haven't seen anything new or innovative from any of the so called masters no imagination or creativity

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Pro tip use srv Gizz on the bridge!!!!

The technician Legend that is the Mr John Cruz. Our gain...Fenders loss.

Uhh...so what is the substance you rubbed on the saddles???

DABA DO YAAAAA!!!

A tip from my side: Buy yourself a decent guitar, where your hand does not get ripped by these idiotic sharp saddle screws. And don't pay 4.000 and up Dollars for a guitar where you have to take off the neck just to adjust the motherfuckin truss rod. No offense to the guy here. He is doing his job. But I know at least a dozen of guys who can do it as well without ripping anybody off. I quit buying Fender stuff about 12 years ago. You have to redo everything you buy from this weird, conceited company that sells standard shit as "de luxe". Any Yamaha for a quarter of the price is better. And then this "Masterbuilder" shit. Hendrix did play a stock guitar. (All the shitstormers can f.ck themselves by the way.) Fender - the brand that creates urban legends.

Great video, Thanks John

I think this guy made my Clapton. Perfect job.

Very informative and nice tips! Good job. Bring us more please. 🎸

Posts funny meme, gets fired. 😂

soluksuz dinleti!

Tha MAN!!!

Fender shit canned him for some liberal cry babies comment on social media

On rust removal, have you ever tried gun oil and a "wheat" penny? kills the rust without changing the surface.

He built my sunburst ‘69 Strat. About 20 years ago.

What is “the stuff”

they get him fired,I mean wtf

I thought he was going to tell us how to clean the custom shop relics as in how to wipe them down ie a microfiber cloth with police, or just the plain cloth etc, but nope. I’m afraid to use any products on mine.