I always love listening to your playing Mike. Do you mind me asking, where did you learn to play? You should give some lessons lol

I want to build guitar using parts from home depot

Thank you ! ! ! Excellent job!!!!!!

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Congrats. That's a beautiful video. Help so much! Thanks 🙏

That Washburn acoustic is a lovely guitar.

This is a lot of work. Why don't acoustic guitars use adjustable bridges (like electric guitars), or floating/adjustable bridges like mandolins?

mike , what's your most common glue for string nut ?

In your opinion, what is the correct order of operations for an acoustic guitar setup? Everyone seems to do it differently. Also, are there specific values that you are shooting for in terms of string heights at different frets? It looks like you have a system that is based more on intonation rather than specific values, that to me, makes more sense.

15:40 What kind of app for tuning the guitar do you use?

I finally got a 79 Les Paul Standard birth year guitar. It smells like smoke and I had to put new Duncan pups in it. It Rocks!!

skills!

A friend came to me with his 10 yr-old Taylor for a setup and renovation last Fall and I feared it was going to need a neck reset and/or height adjustment of the saddle to get it right. I had never worked on a Taylor before and was hesitant to take the job because I know what a pain it is to detach, adjust and reset a glued neck on a normal acoustic, and then there will always be some remedial finish work around the repair afterward. Mike clued me in on how this bolted, taper shimmed, dry-fit neck joint works on Taylors. I had no idea they had bolted necks until then. The joint is so tight and well-engineered that you probably wouldn't know by just looking because the visible joint cracks are so miniscule and regular. I calculated how far I had to repitch the neck, carefully sanded the tapers of the spacer shims and nailed the neck angle first time without even having to mess with the saddle height. That was somewhat lucky to hit it exactly the first time but if you're careful you can. Happy me, happy customer, happy guitar. If you're the registered original owner of a Taylor they'll do this neck reset free under lifetime warranty but if you're not, they charge $200 for it and believe me, it's not really that difficult. Thanks again for your insider tips and advice, Mike!

Cool 👍👍

Astounding relocation of the bridge slot mike !! incredibly exact! and then ....freehand dremel the nut intonation with a display of seemingly reckless flair..bejeebers the relief !and praying the cutting burr didn`t grab ,what a flawless result though...😇👌

I see you using nuts with a shelf on them. Are they better than the regular type? None of my guitars have them.

Wow I'm so happy the speed control worked out for you!

Show off. 😄

The high notes pop right out like a fire cracker ...

Fantastic Mike !

Amazing job

Fascinating. What does she sound like?

Very Nice! Sounds great! Can't wait till next weeks practice to play along with Brian and his PRS.

Nice job! Thanks for posting.

I have seen Gibson screw-ups like this many time, for the life of me I could never understand how that happened.

Thanks a lot Mike!! I got a few weeks ago, but we went on vacation to Monterey CA the day after it arrived . I'm just about to use it today. I had to finish up a couple other guitars. Can't wait to see how it works. I'm reslotting a cheap Yamaha FG 331 that we got in with another buy as a freebie, but it really needed a neck reset but not really wanting to do that for what the guitar is worth, and it's going off to another player friend anyway for zero money, I shaved the bridge down a bit and will reslot the saddle slot.

no tape over the pickups?

The action looks incredibly high!

Gibson style headstock reintroduced in 2023 i think....

They sound far better in person. I'm yet to see a video that really captures the magic

I had one of those briefly. It sounds fantastic, but the frets are terrible. A bit depressing for a $1,300 guitar. It's the guitar Chuck Berry, BB King, and Freddie King played.

Did Fender install frets from the side back in the day?

The recently produced "high end" Epiphones are quite excellent. I have the 1959 Les Paul and honestly the only complaint I have is the crappy fret wire material. Definitely not as hard as the Gibson stuff. So at some point, if I can find a luthier willing to risk their tools and sanity, I'm gonna get SS frets installed in her.

That ES-335 is really pretty in white. Nice work Mike.

Yeah I don't think an ES has ever come off the line from Nashville that well calibrated, much less from China.

A friend bought one and I love the clubby neck. It’s got killer pickups and electronics. This one brings memories of Alex Lifeson with Rush in the early days.

Certified Epi fan here, and you've showed some of the reasons why. I enjoy tinkering with a good guitar to make it very good or great. Beautiful work and playing as always Mike, thanks!

Guess you really like mustang all good!

Great to see a guy that can play as good as his work..

Thanks Michael, great early morning sounds!

Gota get one

I actually use those emery sanders to polish frets

quick question is this necessary on all guitars to make a comp nut and saddle ?

6 years late but, do you do work on customer guitars? I want my Fender Pro2 to be 12" across the board.

On a different subject, watched someone's blog about how they don't like soloing on acoustic. I think it's because most acoustic guitars are not set up professionally. A nice acoustic with levelled, crowned, and polished frets, proper slotted nut and an intonated bridge saddle shouldn't be a lot different than any electric guitar. IMHO

Woohoo full treatment! Love watching this channel. Still trying to understand a lot of the techniques, just like to watch him work.

Sounds nice...great song for a rainy day ...Back in NY for the summer !

As much as I love a rippin' Fender or Gibson etc., Mike your playing in this video sounds so beautiful and satisfying to my body. We go nuts jumping through hoops for a so-called perfect tone, but it's even more the tuning. All those superb expressive micro tones we love to hear from Duane, Jimi, the Erics, Rory, Roy ... all those wonderful sounds and feelings. One helluva lot easier to work for from a well tuned instrument. Thanks for all you do in elevating the art.

Thank you Oct. will work fine for me. If you will do it, we can get in touch for what kit I want..I want a 00 size slothead with a 1 and 13/16 inch nut. I can't afford a custom build but maybe you can build one and sell it to me. Thanks for the quick reply