Very nice video the tremolo set up was the best part.

I seen adds on specs body ash or sena/ash and others for bodies not trying to insult intelligence I can't even set up proper if I would of seen alder I would of baught this also on reviews a few or more than a few complaints abaught tunnong issues.....RocknRollflat5

THe tuning problem could be cured if the replacement nut slots were angled towards the tuning keys.

Sam… I know this isnt the same video… But I watched your video on setting up the “pinkish Ibanez “ instead of talking about GUITARS”. Instead, you went on a long political rant … you’re a very knowledgeable and intelligent gentlemen but please stick to tires and you talk about not you know attacking someone else’s point of view will you basically were and I’m still gonna watch all your videos and follow you but just talk about guitars please

That's not one of the 250. That's a Korean one. Tens of thousand's made

I set up my own acoustics by a) straighten the neck to the point where you can't tell if there's any relief or not... b) measure the action at the 12th and then sand the saddle down by twice the desired drop in the action. I do use 9's on the acoustics... just like my strat... and now I'm working on a 'silent guitar' that looks like a Godin A6... and the next stage on that guitar is to file some slots to increase the break angles... and then finally rework the nut, if I have to; it looks pretty good so far!

I have a question for you, shouldn't the deepest point of the relief (if there is any) be where the middle of the string is. Since the trussrod never bends the fretboard the correct way (in my opinion.).

Amazing

Hi Sam I have just bought a spruce top gs mini second hand think it is from 2017 would I be able to get a shim set up as I am not out the original owner thanks Steve

Those Harley Benton are just off enough to make any changes a real pain in the butt. And forget replacing the neck because the cavity is much more shallow so nothing with American specs will fit.

That is truly amazing One thing tho that made me cringe The 3 way selector switch SHOULD be diagonal and not up down on the snakebyte 😂

I put together their PRS style kit guitar and it had this bridge. To my surprise it intonated beautifully

Too much chit chat, bye

5:10 Striking that high octave D chord is such a payoff after all of that fretwork and the intonation

Indeed, its a shame others dont use it on stage. Its a very versatile guitar . Use a different peddle and it sounds nothing like Sir May. You can make it sound very much like a strat , but not quite.

I love super low action but i drop tune and use beefy top slinky bottoms and if i put the action really low like i like it i get fret buzz like crazy all over the neck.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this I have just bought a gs mini I might have to send it to you to set up if I can’t get it done up my way northants

is it smooth and slippery when playing?

What tool are you using to sand the frets down? And also, if a fret is just too low, would you re fret it / replace it? Otherwise you'd be sanding down a whole lot of frets to make that one good....which I think wouldn't be good to do. thanks!

Subbed. Great video!!! Fun! You know, my RG 550 from years ago has the same black line on the headstock, and so does my new RG550 in blue.

Hi Sam, I've got say I would be disappointed with that neck/string alignment issue on a £1700 guitar. However I have issues 😁 great video though 🎶

strange that this guitar had problems with getting the action low. If I drop my bridge posts down as far as they go the strings lay on the frets and will not ring out at all. I own several of this exact same guitar at all of them are this way. I usually set my action at around .8mm at the 12th and 1mm at the 24th which is stupid low and there is plenty of room to go down further. my bridge or bridges rather are all set flat with the body like you had done originally before running into the issue with the action. Looks like Ibanez screwed something up with this one. it would seem that the neck pocket was cut too deep or possibly bridge stud bushings could be recessed in order to bring the bridge down slightly. I have had this issue with some cheaper guitars in the past but none to date with any of my MIJ RGs. first thing that I normally do when I receive one of these as I collected them, I immediately dropped the action down pretty low not only because I like playing it that way but also to check the quality of the fret leveling and I adjust the truss rod and set my neck relief just a little bit less than dead flat. at 0.2mm. in this case I would probably just slap a 1mm shim across the entire neck pocket floor so there's a little bit of headroom. great video man, love your channel.

Those maple fingerboards with finish sprayed over the frets are in fact annoying. I always just sand it down, with a radius sanding beam, refinish the board an put the new frets over the finish. I can't think of any other way to get good results. The only possible exception that can sometimes look decent is if you are installing wider frets over the chipped areas. But I don't like doing that, at all.

Great work, Doctor. Really enjoyed watching you.

Зачем гриф замотал,чтоб пол часа перекладывать инструменты с места на место?

Every epiphone jumbo i have had gets terrible fret buzz from about the 10 to 14th frets. Any suggests?

The root cause here is an uneducated owner .. If you are using medium to heavy gauge strings on these guitars, the string stress at normal 440 tuning at the bridge is enormous.. If you somehow got real lucky and your guitar at the factory by chance received a stronger stiff grain and bracing on the spruce lid , your guitars lid will most might better tolerate years of high string stress and not develop the dreaded bridge belly, but no guarantee 🤷‍♂️.. The only true way to prevent this condition from happening is ,,, 1) Make sure your guitar is kept at the proper relative humidity,,, 2) when you’re finished playing the guitar for the day ,, slightly loosen off the strings before putting it back in the case , then simply retune next time you take it out to play .. You follow those two simple steps, your solid wood guitar will last for years with little to no issues 😊

They are beautiful flawless guitars

I played a Furch last year and was impressed, tried to buy one recently but was let down by the vendor even though I had the full amount but no worries,I have too many guitars so did me a favour. With regard to string pull versus humidity, string pull wins the case,it’s just basic engineering.

Great camera work.

I had the same reaction to the wood colour on the headstock...thought someone had marker penned it for at least 10 minutes 🤣

Hey,I got s7 hss gen 2 & my volume pot got weird taper with sudden huge drop in volume and highs less than 7 and oonn 4-5 it's almost blehh, kindly tell me how to fix also what's the best height for pickups, especially for humbucker because when split it sounds even less fuller and low in volume than neck and midddle, so a height atleast giving same volume as neck and bridge single coil. Thanks

I've always appreciated your explaining style as a counterpoint to other luthiers' takes on a subject (sort of a doctor's second opinion); I just hope someday you dive into compensated nuts & saddles, a la Mike McConnville...

Any idea why my strings get really high tension if I try and tune my Pacifica after changing the action? I am close to just give up now

Hi I bought this guitar from your customer :) sounds great, I have another guitar and am Looking to have you set it up and new strings etc please if you could send me an email etc? Thanks

This is great information sir! I just purchased some Ernie Ball strings on ebay and only now realized they are coming from China, which immediately made me suspicious about it's origing and the price. Well, if I do receive fake strings I'll get a refund since they would not be as described.

Has anybody seen the link were they compare the distance from the tone knob to the distance from the bridge. They outline the bridge in orange or red. Would you leave me the link?

It took years for me to come across a fender I actually felt was worth it. Bought the pro2 strat about 7 months ago. The quality control for fender in any country is embarrassing. Even the one I bought was subpar. Enough so, that the shop gave me an additional 20% off, on top of the 10% from Fender. Final price was just over 1200... and it's just barely worth it at that price. My Reverend double agent og, at full price, 1000 and no issues with quality.

Yeah. Sam those special's play very well once a few mods are done think i invested 30 bucks into mine next looking into new frets possible stainless or large stew Mac

I have a 2024 model. No issues. Plays perfectly in tune after a little intonation.

I've just got one of these, everything is great except my jack has the same problem as yours. Any chance you can remember what replacement you used to upgrade it?

Very informative video, thank you. What is the file that you are using for strings-on fret leveling?

I have that Epiphone special in black i did neck pocket shim mod graph tech nut and better tuners 10 mm new bridge fret level polish stock pups & plays awesome i bought used in hock shop for 80$+ gig bag

I have a player series tele lefthanded and i want to change the bridge to a vintage one, do you have any suggestions which will fit perfectly?

Hi Sam, and a very HAPPY NEW YEAR to you! Let's hope we do get some Peace! Just wondering, what's the black tape you're using around 58' mins to protect the shoulders? It sounds like Gaffer/Duct/Duck tape... but I would have thought that would damage the finish??? Thanks :-)

That's a later production Classic TC. When initially released (2017), Classic TC fingerboards were Rosewood. CITES happened, and Cort changed the fingerboard to Jatoba. They never changed back. Since discontinued (2024?), other changes over the course of production were a change in the body wood to Poplar from the original chambered Ash. I am only surmising the why, but I strongly suspect it was because of the inconsistency in mass/density and thus weight of the Ash Cort were able to source. Mine (early production) wasn't, but many later production Classic TC guitars with Ash bodies were figurative logs weighing in almost as unbelievably as they were unacceptably heavy. Think heavier than a true Mahogany solid body Les Paul heavy. Changing to Poplar obviously solved that problem for Cort. So early production bodies Ash, mid-production inconsistent but on balance of chance/probability VERY heavy Ash, late production Poplar. Bought new in late 2017, mine from one of the first two initial production batches produced in 2017 is quality built and beautifully finished in Blue Ice Metallic with selected high grade Rosewood fingerboard and a chambered Ash body. It weighs a very comfortable 3.65kg, half a kilogram heavier than my Yamaha 612VII FM Pacifica. FTR Classic TCs came fitted OOTB with D'Addario EXL 110s (.10 - .46). On this guitar I prefer .10s over .09s. The right combination of tension, feel and tone for me. Hope this helps those interested in this guitar. Edit: P.S. I don't think that's the original nut as it came from the factory on this Classic TC guitar Sam is working on, which possibly explains its ill fitting cut requiring recutting? The Classic TC nuts fitted to either body colour and all production years were all black, not white or ivory as this one is. I can't find the specs as the all the pages listing them have since (only this past year or so) been taken down, but I am fairly sure that the original Cort factory fitted nut is just a Urea compound not TUSQ. If it was TUSQ during the production period of this guitar, Cort as all manufacturers of the time would have been shouting it from the heavens as a value added feature.

Sam, have a drink and a fag, mate. X

Greetings sam sir 😊 happy new year!!! A bridge doctor pulls down the back of the bridge and pushes up under the saddle canceling out any effect on the string action I believe. Thanks for the video 👍

Happy New Year Sam. Rather than use a fret end bevelling tool I use a good quality hand file ( 6” no.4 fine Vallorbe) and this adapts to the variable “straightness “ of the side of the fretboard. I get a nice close cut without much finish removal. Might be a little slower but less finish work. Worth a try perhaps?

Beautiful work! Have you noticed a tonal change?