Gibson Setup Marathon Part 2

[@sbrown1953]

Thanks, Dave. After watching you go through the set-ups, it's finally sinking in. Logical and repeatable, rather than the random goocherie I did before.

[@ICACJ]

I was always intimidated to setup my own because of same random dicking around and questionable results. Dave really has demystified a lot of things for me too.

[@MO-pr9lt]

Hi Dave, thanks again for the set up on the guitars. Crazy to see how much adjustment the Explorer needed. I loved the way it played and sounded before so can’t wait to see how it plays now that you’ve worked your magic. Thanks again!!

[@dorfsteen]

Like butter😎

[@davidkastin4240]

@@dorfsteen Parkay lol

[@er5406]

Thanks Dave. Have a low anxiety day. Cheers.

[@electroKrunch]

Fret erasers, some of the coolest guitar shit available!!

[@briansimpson8116]

That's a pretty guitar. Sounds good too.

[@TheFULLMETALCHEF]

They just keep coming!

[@dougmeyer4649]

Dave wins the Gibson setup Marathon, and he's going to Disney!

[@larryburwell8550]

ill comment on this in segments because 2 nice guitars. first the les paul tobacco burst. beautiful guitar first, with every problem known to guitars. you did a wonder setup and fix on it. so methodical and so well done. im impressed to say the least and i learn every time. i have a les paul just like this. great job like the expert you are

[@larryburwell8550]

well the explorer, nice guitar gibson should not be proud of this one till Dave fixed it all like a pro. thanks dave. loved the video

[@jacobholler5534]

Cool new/wide angles. Maybe you've done it before and I missed it, but I like it. Keep it up, Dave.

[@dongonzulman6478]

i had fun. cheers, Dave

[@heikkivuori]

Good job Dave!

[@stu-j]

Linseed oil smells like the putty that used to be used to keep windows in! Had my bottle for about 20 years and still has about 3/4 left in it lol best thing for rosewood or ebony fingerboards not the modern day snake oil that is lemon oil as its just baby oil with a lemon smell.

[@Riverdeepnwide]

I like the sound of that Explorer

[@bradleyclosson5042]

Thank you Dave!

[@electroKrunch]

Just makin a gibson work like the money they demand!!!

[@dangolguitartech]

Thanks again for more entertainment!🤠

[@dorfsteen]

In case you're not sure what I'm talking about when bands play out famous bands play out in small venues sometimes they use alternate names for the band in order not to swamp the small venue. I'm sure you know all about this Dave.

[@wayneyeager2842]

Great video Dave.

[@petspaps]

Just out of curiosity - would it be suitable to top wrap the explorer to get that tail bar down? Understand that top wrapping will wear down the tail-bar but damn that tail bar is high!

[@thomaspower8197]

I remember those days.....

[@butchmontross3077]

The cause of the strings hitting the back of the bridge is because the bridge on this guitar is 13mm originally the ABR was like 10mm or something, the tailpiece was designed for 10mm, design flaw is it hits the bridge like that.

[@Bobby_Digital37]

This was awesome!! 👍🏾👍🏾

[@DavesWorldofFunStuff]

Glad you liked it!!

[@SteverRob]

When I grow up, I want an Explorer.

[@sdoddster]

I love the Explorers

[@ferox965]

Looks a lot like mine. Cheers from Ottawa.

[@scottbogfoot]

That's a beauty lp. I love that finish, top is pretty good, not the best I've ever seen but when I think of a lp that's what's in my mind

[@davidcharboneau5709]

Would you ever go strings over on the tailpiece? Might have been a good option on the Explorer.

[@MusicMike939]

Gibson marathon and hes wearing a fender shirt. :)

[@mrwaffles1394]

“If you have a notched straight edge”... I do. I have that exact notched straightedge.

[@castleanthrax1833]

Very informative stuff Dave. I'm assuming that when you were checking the intonation on the Les Paul that you were looking at a tuner off camera or do you have super-human bionic hearing that matches your luthier skills? :D

[@vince_vatican777]

That is a nice Lester ...

[@austindolan7182]

IT'S HEADLEY!

[@dirtmagirt5871]

I love Les Paul's but I'm not sure if I'd ever buy a Gibson, I will say I once bought a dud squier and it turned me off fender for a while, I still have a grudge over that squier lol.

[@zeroman614]

So, you bought the cheapest guitar you could and thought it should perform like and American made guitar?

[@dirtmagirt5871]

@@zeroman614 Not at all lol, but you would hope their rep leaks into their lower level products. And it wasn't an issue of playability the neck became warped or the truss rod was broken, tried to get it fixed and even they couldn't do anything about it. It was a higher end squier as well. It was a limited edition.

[@YTPartyTonight]

I think Dave might prefer Fenders.

[@quintijn3444]

Holy shit that intro is loud haha

[@robbduggan6151]

Howdy Dave, dont quit drinking, Ill feel lonely watching your great videos. :D

[@scottstetzer]

cool!

[@johnvenditto2908]

I get boiled/ refined linseed oil at Michael's, a huge chain of craft supply stores. One issue I ran into- if you don't wipe down the top of the little plastic bottle before you replace the cap it is very difficult to take the child & adult-proof cap off the next time. It's months or even a year before I oil the necks, my main bass a little more often.

[@majd.z]

Anybody know how much relief he usually puts on Les Paul? I know he set strats for 12 thou

[@channelsixtysix066]

Were these two Gibsons new? They sure looked like it.

[@andrewmuelleranantababaji8073]

David please help what would you suggest glued neck headstock joint crack.. What the best way to fill in lacquer❓❓❓

[@dorfsteen]

It's in your Canadian DNA my uncle my father my grandfather all did that all the time making up words and sayings. just funny😁

[@southsideronnie]

Can't smell anything? Could be the Covid ;)

[@pedraw]

everything depends on the neck angle. If you pick up a Gibson product and everything like the tail piece and bridge and treble pickups are all jacked up...................walk (or run) away.

[@andrewhodgson8895]

Howay, man, Dave - another instonation for the nation autotune? 😳

[@pauldavis6356]

Gamblin Refined Linseed Oil, made by Gamblin Artist Colors, Portland Oregon, USA. I'm glad to hear that mine isn't the only noise that can smell this stuff. And I don't have to sniff the finger board to smell it, can smell it while playing it..

[@GreggRoberts]

Call me crazy but I like the wood figuring of the backside of that neck.

[@brucepiland]

Gibson guitars. Fender shirt. 😂

[@billmiller7138]

Careful without navigation, I find the assholes have changed the roads around.

[@dorfsteen]

You can get linseed oil at Lowe's and Home Depot as well but they don't have small containers of it that I could find anyway they have like cans one of those cans of last you forever

[@jeffreysusanj4175]

Has anyone tried an art supply store. My wife paints so I stole some of her linseed oil.

[@DavesWorldofFunStuff]

that's what I use and said

[@dorfsteen]

@@DavesWorldofFunStuff you did Dave you tell us every time that the art stores carry it.🎸

[@accessblaster7876]

Spooie on the truss nut

[@lastsunsetguitar5921]

Send that EXP back.

[@TopperPenquin]

Actually, Dave talks a lot like me. He speaks in his own code which of course we mere mortals don't understand.

[@LGuitarB]

"Def Leotard" :-D

[@shadowst.germain9396]

old english wood oil is what ive always used for the fret board... idk how good it was for it but never had any problems... i hope im not A stupid..

[@rondo6750]

ha the road map try explaining that to a 20 something

[@wayneg296]

👍👍😎✌️

[@moparmike3739]

The only thing worse than a Gibson is two Gibsons. Cheers from Switzerland 🇨🇭 🍻

[@paulfrombrooklyn5409]

You are TROLL

[@sirvah]

The guy in the ad that played is obsessed with belts😱???

[@davelock3166]

A friend of mine bought a Sat-nav for his bike - so he could use it from his house. ?

[@rickycompton2610]

Dave you are right the first thing I look at is the stop bar and neck straightness on Gibsons so many of them have poor neck angles

[@Riverdeepnwide]

Ricky how do you find the fit in cases with differing neck angles? I found a Chinese case for my SG which fits better than the Gibson case, it has more even support under the body and neck and some free space around the headstock instead of bottoming out at the serial number. 🤷🏼‍♂️ It must drive the case manufacturers nuts.

[@dorfsteen]

Who can answer the question? name that band. Soft white underbelly? I know somebody out there knows this there's other ones as well.

[@davesolheim3673]

BOC

[@dorfsteen]

Nailed it😁

[@markmiwurdz202]

a.k.a. Stalk Forest Group.

[@Condor512]

That Gibson Explorer has to weigh about 20 Pounds. That's 00907185 Metric Tons for you Canadians. LOL .... and 1.42857143 Stone for any Brits who may be watching. (rotfl) Speaking of England, would you like your Prince back? (take him, please!)

[@MO-pr9lt]

You’d think so by the look of it but it’s actually one of the lighter guitars I own! It may even be lighter than the Studio (which is weight relieved). I know everyone’s taste is different, but it’s one of my favourite guitars to play. Cheers!

[@paolunna]

The linseed (boiled) oil that I used, smelled of cod liver oil. Maybe yours is different... genius

[@chuckstroud1410]

Judging by the bottle, he's using Music Nomad F-One oil.

[@smasica]

Born, raised, and live in Minnesota, but I must be an Honorary Canuckian because I do the same thing. I make up goofy plays on words for stuff and it drives my wife nuts. She says, "I have a hard enough time understanding what you're saying when you talk normally. Stop doing that." I tell I'm just trying to spice things up. She rolls her eyes.

[@ferox965]

I'm from Ontario as well. If you want to get a crash course on us Canucks talking in our own way, check out the show Letterkenny. I call it "speaking in the fourth person." Cheers from Ottawa.

[@petedazer3381]

I want it. Don’t need it. But I still want it......is it just......me? By the way, the joke name thing isn’t just Canadian we do it all the time here in the states. Ernie BallSac isn’t original!

[@Condor512]

Like a Mel Brooks comedy -- but without the Nazis. :-) (in every Mel Brooks movie there was a reference to Nazis or a Nazi character(s) & it wasn't flattering LOL).

[@scottdunbar4898]

Def Leppard.....Blind Ocelot

[@psycodelek]

Dave? Please. PLEASE don`t ----forget----the-----lemon-----oil

[@dorfsteen]

Bruce Springsteen= loose bed spring , Bruce Jenner= loose gender

[@JosephNine]

BACK IN THE DAY, THEY HAD CARDS THAT WERE LIKE BASEBALL CARDS BUT THEY WERE CALLED WACKY PACK'S ! THEY MADE, SCREWY FUNNY NAMES OF PRODUCTS FROM THE 80s I THINK ?

[@davidkastin4240]

They were called Wacky Packages and it was the 70's

[@Ndlanding]

That guitar looks like it was made from wood from three old wardrobes. Horrible mismatches.

[@ranman58635]

Have you ever given a Gibson away?

[@frankcarter6427]

why is it disappointing to miss being the first to comment? prob cos my life is empty

[@Ndlanding]

Long-time fan here, but this was no parting of the red seas with a dinosaur invasion.

[@krumple4skin548]

Before sjws and soyboys

[@mattrogers1946]

No such thing as the bridge being on backwards, as long as the saddles are oriented correctly.

[@DavesWorldofFunStuff]

when the strings touch the adjustments screws it's backwards..when the wide saddle slot is on the high e it'd backwards

[@williamjacobs6327]

Is the break angle of the strings affected when the bridge was flipped to the proper orientation?

[@markberry9957]

If it’s a Nashville the intonation screws should be in the stop tail side, if it’s an Abr1 the screws should be on the pick up side.

[@johnnytruck2009]

Thank you Dave!