Will I need to adjust pickup heights or they are fine out of the box

would love to see video of how you made the wire guide /tensioner .

Excellent budget guitar, I own one myself

Hmmm… Glenn, where you at?

Good job! Helpful. I’d like to see a tutorial @ installing both the stabilizer then the EVH D-Tuna as well.

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so check it out, I just wired a strat with Brian May's switching/series set up. The shop I did this in, has a used set of SA pickups w/ pots. only 2 pot. but thats all I need. I just needed to see the pickups don't need a bus.

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work! 👍🏻

Dang you got a lemon there. Mine was nothing like that out of the box.

Thank you! Good information and very cool playing.

I love the “We’re going to have multiple tabs opened for different guitars that we’re trying to get but obviously we’re never gonna get them.” I do this a lot! Haha 😂

that color is sick

Thank you so much for this amazing video!! I bought my first EMG and I didn't find any one to talk about the solder pickup. Congratulations, from Brazil 🤟

It's a regular invader

I love the dimebucker! Have installed on my peavy signature series. And the emg active is cool cause the tone changes with how hard you attack the string. Working on a dean ml build going to try fishmans fluence with a kahler tremolo.

Never had this problem 🤣

underrated video.. thanks for your effort and sharing your knowledge

The necks on the Ibanez standard RG's and S series are 400mm which in inches is 15.748. You can set it up for a 15" radius but it is closer to 16". I find it feels and plays much better setting the saddles for a 16" radius.

EMG 81

You to develop a more critical thinking mindset and not be so presumptuous. You did not no objective test to prove the pickup is ceramic it was based on assumption. There are Alnico constructed pickups that use a bar magnet and slugs, it’s cheaper and for ease of manufacturing. You didn’t and couldn’t do an analysis on the magnet material.

I have a Baretta Special and it was perfect especially the frets, not sticking out, smooth and polished. I assumed all Kramers would be better since mine is a low budget one. I’m thinking the Baretta Special from Indonesia was just a lucky accident. It also has the best flat U neck I’ve ever played…..ever.

Worst pickup I've ever had

As you increase the gain you lose the subtlety . Listen to them clean and youll hear the differences. Also the differences might have been clearer if he left off all the effects

I did everything the same… my emg doesn’t sound like yours… sound low and week… just out of the box, new battery… what could be? Any idea?

Alumitone are great for leads or fast rhythm picking. They don't hide mistakes, they enhance precise playing. On my custom reb beach ibz and neural fortin Callie amp sim, these pickups roar. Been a lace fan since the early 90s. Great pickups..

Looks great. George Harrison used DayGlo fluorescent poster paints - they light up under a black light on stage, which is pretty cool. :)

Hey bro - I discovered this video and your channel looking for info on working on my own JS22. I’ve had it for a few years now, but only in the past couple years started working on it. Anyway, I (literally today) learned that there’s a screw in the side of the trem arm that you expose when pushing the arm all the way to the guitar. Idk whether it’ll be on yours (you manage to not show that side when holding it!) but it’s worth checking. I was literally using plumbers tape to hold it in at all… It’s the smallest Allen wrench size of all time, but my trem bar holds now!

oh u can pull the trem bar, didn't know that thx

I have rechargeable 9v

I owned a Damian 7 years ago, and it was ok. I didn't care for the pickups, but otherwise it was good to go. I really liked the PRS'ish Bat Inlays.

DiMarzio x2n

The only reason active pickups SUCK

I really love the GFS Power Rails.

You'd also want a roasted maple neck because of cosmetics

"the one that sounds mind-blowingly the best and totally different than all the rest is the one i personally spent money on" if u read between the lines in all the comments here.. in reality they all sound the same

My battery hasn't died from the day I bought it 5 years ago...

I think I like your JTF custom shop the best...good design.

They all sound so similar I wouldn’t know which one to buy.

I love these guitars, because their lower gain pu's I play alot of zepplin and hard blues, do you think this guitar would be good for that also? Really want the neck profile and the guitar is just sexy

All of these are a huge waste of money. You can get GGS pickups and sound the same for a fraction of the cost.

Good to hear this!! I'm buy this same guitar next week.

Im not surpised your a drunk clown

learning about metal from a Mexican feels like if I was learning math and my teacher had sever autism

If I own any of the Syn Gates Guitars, I would take off the entire Floyd Rose system and replace it with a hardtail bridge. It might just be me, but I hate Floyd Roses. The last one I had never stayed in tune, the high E string kept popping out of the saddle. I can't be dealing with that

Man I bought one from guitar center and noticed the g string had a buzz. They send me a new one and sounds like b string has a buzz. It looks like the string somehow already cut into the powder coat

ahb-3 mick thomson ?

JB and EVH for me. Great demo. That was a lot of work

Thank you for sharing this. I may need to go back and look at this model again. I thought I saw a squared off heel and neck joint. Maybe I'm mistaking it for another model I looked at. Glad to see yours is rounded off. First time viewer here. Nice review. Subscribed.

Old school metal guitarist here who plays modern as well, and after all these years, the JB still stands tall and just sounds so full of life. It does the single notes the best and is the most musical. While the EMG's of course are bright and crunchy, they are otherwise lifeless for anything but riffing IMO. The only downside of the JB is how it sounds tuned down. It wasn't made for Drop C and lower, otherwise it still holds the crown IMO.

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