$62 eBay Strat Upgraded: 920D Custom USA Loaded Pickguard - Does it sound any better?

[@Lespaul13100]

Gotta love the loaded pickguards! Been using them for years! The tone is awesome! Sounds great!

[@thebaldshredder]

Thanks!

[@briannelms158]

The tone of those pups are spot on! Awesome video Richard! Awesome ballad!

[@thebaldshredder]

Thanks Brian!

[@LesterMitchell]

Dude you are a guitar wizard. That sounded like absolute 🔥 Those licks were slick!

[@thebaldshredder]

Thanks Lord Shredenstein.

[@papablue3015]

A few years back I started rebuilding guitar kits! Frets,paint,electronics! The works! Great fun and learning experience! But now I've got to many guitars! Lol! Thanks!

[@thebaldshredder]

Yeah I have the same problem. I keep building, which these days is more fun than playing them.

[@scottrussell9504]

I just bought a new Player II. Got the 920D loaded “DG” style pickguards with the mini toggle. I’m gonna do that and a Tusq nut Monday. So stoked to install it. Not an inexpensive pickguard by any means. However having them already perfectly clean wiring and far better soldering than my hands are capable of and I’ve heard their QC and build quality is second to none.

[@SerpentsBane1995]

Everything sounded great. That sure is a neat lil' strat you've whipped up! Keep up the good work Shred Master Baldie! \m/

[@thebaldshredder]

Thanks!

[@AndyDion]

Sounds killer Richard! Awesome demo track! really dig that neck pickup and position 4 - neck and middle.

[@thebaldshredder]

Thanks. Yeah some great sounds coming out of this.

[@lostreb]

Qualifier: I'm by no means an expert or have tons of experience with different brands of pickguards. This pickguard has to be one of the best, if not the best, assembled and best components aftermarket pickguards I've ever seen. As luck would have it, my favorite position is # 4. When I say I love the cleans on this pickguard in # 4, it would probably be the position I would use with this pickguard 95% of the time, at a minimum! Thank you for the information (and yes I've already checked out the website, and will keep it in mind before purchasing any loaded pickguards in the future) on 920D Custom Pickguards and for the great demo, review, and video. Please keep them coming!

[@thebaldshredder]

Definitely really good sounds coming out of this one. Position #4 is my fav too.

[@daveycrockett9447]

Dude- that was an insane original. Nice work!!!!

[@thebaldshredder]

Glad you liked it!!

[@DavidLee0227]

Outstanding work! Great song and great playing! Really showed off the new pickups. 👍🏼

[@FultonStreetBeats]

Some proper sounds right there. Wow! Well done. Sounds Killer...

[@thebaldshredder]

Thanks!

[@wallyinthebox1]

Hey FSB How is it going Bro!

[@FultonStreetBeats]

@@wallyinthebox1 Great brother! Hope all is well my friend 🙂

[@Lespaul13100]

I was jamming along with you! That was fun!

[@thebaldshredder]

🤘

[@SlowerIsFaster139]

I've had my eyes on d20 custome for a while. Its nice to see how clean their work is.

[@thebaldshredder]

The wiring and soldering is just amazing. Really great stuff.

[@SteveResor]

You got those 920D pickups sounding Awesome.. Love it !!

[@thebaldshredder]

Thanks!

[@GCKelloch]

Only thing that potentially matters to the sound regarding the wiring is the improved noise cancelation of the twisted pair. However, the Al shield around the pickups provides some protection from unshielded rheostat buzz.

[@captcraig777]

Your "Monster Ballad" was good, but those pickups sound amazing. I may need to get those if the ones supplied by IYV are not favorable. Excellent video as expected!

[@napesdrk1174]

Loved the tune, nice! Good clean, good dirty too

[@thebaldshredder]

Yep, thanks.

[@jimmyz2098]

How did I miss this one when it came out? Oh well. Anyway... the guitar turned out great. Looks cool and it sounds amazing. Love the song too. Awesome little 80s style power-ballad, and the lickage was nutz. Rock and roll forever Bro. The clean stuff reminded me of something Dokken would to at the beginning of some of their stuff.

[@thebaldshredder]

Well I'm glad you found it. Thanks for checking it out!

[@gilbertrodriguez1960]

That was some great playing sounds beautiful.🎸👍

[@thebaldshredder]

Thanks!

[@ehdforlife]

I looked up their loaded pickguards. I like how the pickguard is 3 times the price of the guitar. That can be fun to try.

[@thebaldshredder]

Yeah pretty funny. 😁

[@theguitarrabbi7173]

Just spoke to metal dude and he said he approves of those pickups but he is slightly up set still you are using single coils. He also wanted me to tell you he gets out of rehab next week and he thinks he is over his addiction to Sprite Zero and Skittles. But he is taking it day by day.

[@thebaldshredder]

I'm just glad he's getting the help that he needs.

[@TheTerrypcurtin]

Nice playing. Got to love minors. Out side the pentatonic. Nice mix of slow and schred

[@thebaldshredder]

Thanks!

[@TheTerrypcurtin]

I put Lace in my Wayne's world Strat. Incredible Now adding 920 3 way wiring to my Nasville Tele. Goes in Monday.

[@destinyreturns4885]

Another great video. Sounding fantastic as usual...

[@thebaldshredder]

Thanks

[@The_Macaroon]

Sounded great. Amazing lead tones from a single. How is the hum?

[@thebaldshredder]

If I turn on the Screamer pedal, there is some hum, but without it not much.

[@themusicexpresswithrobertl8816]

Awesome! I have been using Musiclily would you say 920 is better?

[@thebaldshredder]

I have some Musiclily stuff (pickups, bridge, neck) and it's all very good. But I haven't used any of their wiring or loaded pickguard so not sure if it would be as good as 920D Custom. I have a feeling the pots, wiring, and soldering are better on the 920D stuff.

[@MrBinets]

Newb here. Which pot did you solder the 3 set of green and white wires coming from the pickups? Just got mine but I couldn't find any diagram showing exactly. Thanks in advance!

[@thebaldshredder]

The whole pickguard was already prewired, so I only had to connect to the jack, and the ground wire. Sorry man.

[@KStarDid]

Great but when you use the same kind of sound you used in the previous demo with the original pickups of this low budget guitar I prefer the original ones.

[@wallyinthebox1]

A person with a Brain can build a guitar way better than the Top Notch companies. Pretty sad. Sounds Great. Rock on Bro

[@thebaldshredder]

At this point I'd much rather make my own guitar than buy a name brand. There is no need to spend thousands for a guitar.

[@Allguitarinfo]

are you playing thru a line 6 spider ?

[@chad6326]

How much do you play the Destroyer???

[@thebaldshredder]

Not that much. I prefer my dinkies with thinner necks.

[@chad6326]

@@thebaldshredder the neck on it is pretty thick?

[@thebaldshredder]

Not huge, but like a Les Paul. So my dinkies with unpainted bolt on necks are thinner.

[@Briansgate]

So, just use that as your Dokken audition tape. Can't tell you're influenced by them one bit.........

[@thebaldshredder]

Dokken? Never heard of 'em.

[@RustyGunn7]

Imagine Don Dokken singing on this song...

[@thebaldshredder]

That would be awesome.

[@RustyGunn7]

@@thebaldshredder Dokken is one of two top favorites from the '80s that I enjoyed most. I think you mentioned you like Dokken as well. His voice, back then, would have been excellent on this song, but I gotta say this tune is very beautiful as-is. You definitely got talent. Thank You for sharing this. I am a new subscriber.

[@thebaldshredder]

@@RustyGunn7 Thanks man, I appreciate that. Dokken and Def Leppard are my top two favorites.

[@dennisboyce813]

It looks like 920D Custom offers zero for left handers.

[@TonyThomas10000]

$250 loaded pickguard in a $62 Strat? LOL!

[@TheSweezer]

SO you are saying that a 62 dollar set up isnt as good as a 300 dollar set up? WHaaaaaaaaaat?? Say it aint so. I am shocked