I Sent My Most Precious Guitar To SweetWater... Then This?!?

[@MrAxman53]

I've been following you for quite a while, David. Your content is excellent. No need for the click bait manipulation. Please refrain the next time you're thinking this might be a good idea. Respectfully, thanks.

[@gregorywilson3318]

Agreed!!! ☯️

[@pb12661]

@@gregorywilson3318 take a chill pill.

[@giancarlom.]

@@pb12661 take a respect pill

[@KomaTimeKev]

@@giancarlom. 🍿😲

[@jimmyb4728]

Why do you think this was a click bait video. I'm not trying to argue with you and I respect your opinion, I'm just curious, I might have missed what your referring to. Please let me know. Take care brother you n yours be safe peace 😎✌️

[@hoffy1003]

I do ALL my business with Sweetwater these days. Mostly because of their service. But I didn't know they do repairs. THAT'S great.

[@paulsguitarstudio126]

good luck

[@moosedeere6850]

As a former member of Sweetwater's guitar shop and friend of Doug I really appreciate this video you did! I've been working at Sweetwater for the last 7 years and I'm still blown away by the amount of knowledge that we can all gain from each other daily. After all of these years I still feel excited to work at SW everyday.

[@fancymcentire5710]

dont know the guys name but the guy i always see in the buy sell trade department is rude

[@DrGreenaway]

My guy at Sweetwater is Kent. He's great.

[@TYB439]

I have thoroughly enjoyed all my interactions, help, assistance, guidance, etc. with my Sweetwater sales engineers. First Andy, and now Ethan. Thank you guys!

[@solarismoon3046]

@@fancymcentire5710 I'm guessing that's Jason. Sometimes he gets angry with customers that hang around and don't buy anything and takes it out on others. He's always been good to me so I can't complain.

[@OTCRock4one]

I buy all my guitars and equipment from Drew Foster at Sweetwater!

[@FreddyJ120]

House of Guitars and Sweetwater - I’ve done business with both, and they are excellent sources for musicians of all levels. Good for you, David! I’m happy to hear that the Sweetwater team came to your rescue. That is now one unique guitar! 👍🏻👍🏻🤘🏻❤️

[@jacqueharenberg1880]

Been doing business with Sweet Water for over 20 years. They are the best.

[@phillipholt6005]

ABSOLUTELY! I've also been with Sweetwater for twenty years!

[@RoseUnseen]

they took half your headstock mate lol

[@dezmoduo]

An original Parker deluxe would have had none of those issues. My 98 is still in great playing condition. Plating wear, dings and the like just add to the story. It's my believe that after the company's sale, stuff changed. Enjoy the guitar again. Sweetwater is tops.

[@shelisasimmonds817]

I met my husband in 96! Thank you for sharing with us such a great experience with Sweetwater. They have been good to us.

[@picksalot1]

Glad Sweetwater was able to get your guitar issues resolved. That's a real nice guitar. I have an acoustic electric that I added a Piezo to. I couldn't get it to play nicely with the other pickup in the guitar. I saw a Mike Dawes video where he talked about his setup, and he ended up using two output jacks, one for the Piezo and one for the regular pickup. I decided to do the same, as that makes blending the sound of the Piezo with the other pickup easier to manage inside a Mixer. No weird phasing problems, and easier to dial in the right balance and tone.

[@BlackPhillip666]

Don't do that faux suspense thing. *Crying Wolf,* abusing my concern, is an unfriendly manipulation.

[@CarcPazu]

I agree, I almost didn't make it through the end of the video thinking screw Sweatwater, I don't want to know more.

[@RDYC]

It's a macro aggregation and I swallowed a fistful of painkillers about 2 minutes in. Now I jtsr feel hand it.g but say id grt thru it

[@CarcPazu]

@@RDYC lol

[@drew1035]

Agreed. Unsubbed.

[@Barry101er]

I agree, see you later!

[@1970Richiez]

Congrats man, that guitar sounds awesome and is such a cool story

[@DrGreenaway]

So glad it ends positive. I can keep honoring Sweetwater as the best. I love that place.

[@drew1035]

Why would you make people think that Sweetwater screwed up your guitar for most of the Video? Don't waste peoples time.

[@Wallimann]

I have an “interesting” sense of humor...

[@moosedeere6850]

@@Wallimann I thought that it was funny and I work for the company 😂 It kept me watching and I'm happy the guitar turned out great! We're all musicians trying to have each other's backs. Good on ya!

[@dhoch]

Wishing you the best with this project. I personally am a big fan of Sweetwater so I believe the guitar is in good hands.

[@cuda426hemi]

Since the sale Sweetwater isn't quite the same. No 600 page catalogs twice a year or more. No more Chuck Surack in the Sweetnotes... I split my orders between AMS and SW because AMS has much more flexible financing w/o credit card plus they send you $20 off coupons in their catalogs; funkier shipping than SW but you're covered by warranty and AMS so no big deal. The only guitar I had to put in the shop was from SW despite 55 point check - they couldn't stop the 9th fret sprout and pull-up about a WEEK before warranty expired on 50s CV Tele. Took it to great luthier here in L.A. for the warranty work. 🎸

[@RussBMCSGT]

I’ve subscribed to your channel. Not a fan of Parker, nothing against them just not my style as I prefer only set-necks, but I truly appreciate the info on Sweetwater. They’re great people for sure!

[@JimLarranaga5k]

After all of these years of you helping us "tell our stories on guitar," you shared your own personal story with your favorite guitar. It sounds great, and versatile, like you have Swiss Army Knife for a guitar. I bet the guitar thanks you. Lots of Good Karma coming your way!

[@67er_matze97]

I'm so glad to see that Sweetwater was able to fix all issues so nicely !! 👍 Always loved the Parker Fly and now I'm looking forward to see it in some of your upcoming vids. Funny sidefact - I live in Frankfurt/Germany and stayed in Rochester in 2002 on a business trip. So guess where my first guitar interest driven trip there brought me to - yep exactly this Rochester "House of Guitars" store where you cleared your wonderful Parker Fly. I remember when I was there a dude played on a very nice old National Reso Guitar which I loved and all dudes out there where very friendly and helpful. All the best for the future with your new old Parker from Europe !!

[@johnnyanglo6709]

David, when I saw this video's title implying SweetWater had done something to your "Most Precious Guitar" I instantly thought they had made some fantastic enhancements to an old guitar. So, I clicked to see what they did. Precisely as I suspected and more so. SweetWater did you right. Unfortunately, I failed to recognize the ruse and hoax perpetrated by the title and am unable to lament my degradation at being duped by clickbait. But now I'm on to you, David Wallimann! I will watch all your forthcoming videos, thoroughly. If I should misread the horror that is your attempt at irony or whimsicalness in the future, then I can only blame myself. Sadly, I will have again exercised a sense of humor, failing to inject a malevolent intent to manipulate me, and instead unaffectedly watched another of your instructive and entertaining videos. Oh, the humanity!

[@DanGoodShotHD]

👏👏👏😆 Well done. I love a good dry sense of humor.

[@1ListerofSmeg]

I'm one minute in and as the owner of a 97 Nitefly.. (Pearl White & glorious to play❤) ..I'm concerned...🤨 (Edit: 7:39 - I feel better👍)

[@davidp7833]

My Sweetwater homeboy Caleb Smith has hooked me up with some great stuff. My 2016 sg is going to them soon for a fret job

[@ScottMcdonaldMusic]

Man, I remember Parker Fly guitars were the big thing back in the 90s when I started playing. Guitar World full page ads. I wanted one so bad. This video is bringing back memories.

[@chaoticembrace6984]

I own 7 Parkers and everyone is just the perfect instrument!!!! and Josh Hacker at Sweetwater is the best rep EVER !!! ....this was a fun video to watch....I do all my own luthier work (trained in mid 80s after HS) so I totally understand what they did .......they did a nice job on your modifications ...I wish you would have listed the exact parts , labor and costs to see if its comparable to ...maybe - Chicago Music Exchanges repair department...or elsewhere......but congrats on getting your Fly FLYING again!!! ....I use my Parkers on all my recordings and they have never let me down - for me - and the few of us who do own real American made Parkers ....there is NO guitar even close to how they sound , look and feel in hand !!!!.....be safe and healthy every1 !!!.......congrats on saving your baby !!! ...now go practice !!!!!....

[@nicost72]

I like your videos, they are useful and informative. I really REALLY dislike this clickbait style of saying Sweetwater screwed up your guitar at the beginning of the video. Not that I totally bought it, but it really feels awkward and wrong. I can stand a mild clickbait, even though I usually don't go for it, but this really seems like too much. My 2 cents, obviously, for what they are worth, but I thought I'd share it...

[@rudyo8409]

Awesome story" Sweetwater's is a very cool store to visit as well. Ya can get lost for day's wandering through the store.

[@smflyboy]

Parkers are such amazing special guitars. I have a Parker Fly Mojo and a Parker Fly Single Cut. Both are phenomenal. I also have two Parker Fly 5 string bass guitars which are equally phenomenal (and rare). Your Night Fly is beautiful and sounds fantastic. So cool that Sweetwater got it back in shape for you. Great video! You tricked me with the title though….lol

[@roychan2160]

I'm from Singapore. Wish I had a story like yours but the Parker Nite Fly I bought in '97 was a nightmare...played and sounded great in shop but developed many dead spots on the neck after a few months. The retailer wasn't much of a help sold it at a big loss. The guy I sold it to came back after some time saying some frets had fallen off. Warrantee period by retailer had lapsed so they didn't care. Wrote it off as bad experience and didn't touch a Parker again though I thought their design and specs were cool. Sigh :(

[@awittypilot8961]

I bought a new Charvel DK from Sweetwater. Included in the deal was being Plek'd. It is one of the finest sounding and playing guitars I have ever owned. I have 26 all black axes. I did receive the guitar partially disassembled and they agreed to fix it but I didn't want to take the chance of shipping a second time. They allowed me to fix it myself and make it good if I screwed it up. When I put is all right it was still perfect. I play it regularly on gigs and at home and LOVE it. No business is perfect but they DID step up tot he plate to make it right no matter what it took. Can't say enough good about them. Unfortunately I can't say the same about guitarcenter. Won't get into that but I don't do biz with them again

[@ivorharden]

Those Flys are cool guitars. I'd like to have one in years to come.

[@davidpeters8328]

Awesome! They knocked it out the park!

[@squirelova1815]

OH! You sneaky Bastid! You got me. "Good one...".

[@jasonjohnson4170]

Love Sweetwater since 2006

[@meatrocket1]

Always trust a guitar tech with a John5 poster 🤘🏻

[@moosedeere6850]

🤘🤘🤘

[@kcussrebutuemos4815]

I said in an older video that Patrick Cummings from Brian Moore guitars will install usb and synth inputs if you want , I personally don’t use them or want them. But he installs them in any guitar. He’s in upstate New York.

[@mboyer68]

It's still funny to hear Rochester NY mentioned in a video because that's where i am. I haven't bought a new guitar in a while so thinking of a PRS from Sweetwater. And wanted to know more about their plek service. Thank you for posting your video! Where in France did you grow up? Europe is so weird, all these major cities, famous cities, all ~50 miles apart! It's great!!!

[@redcomn]

Not gonna lie you got me on first half.

[@ghfdt368]

I'm so glad your guitar came back with new life and rocking again. The guitar closes to my heart is a Gibson SG faded T. I saved up all summer around 6 years ago for a new guitar and I wanted something really nice. Unfortunately my house got flooded so I had pay for repairs. Then about a week later I went to my grandparents house and there was a box sitting in the corner from Thomann. I didn't think anything of it but my grandfather bought it for me because he knew how badly I wanted a Gibson SG. Like you David for years I learned on it wrote songs, i wore it out and dented it the past 5 years or so but its the one guitar that I'll always pick up first and never let go.

[@jimduffy2249]

I purchase my gear from Sweetwater they have great service. You have a good place.

[@elmerjfudd7309]

thanks for the "Click Bait" probably would have skipped over this one . I didn't know Sweetwater did this type of work. Time to bring my Parker back to life!!!!!!!

[@TheRmoroni]

its not rocket science git yourself a good book ot two and do it yourself you will feel better about a job well done by yourself!

[@ryanreeves8931]

I love your story David. I remember hearing about Parkers back in the day and almost got one.

[@StratBurst92]

I have been a Sweetwater customer since 2008. Never had a disappointment with any guitar I bought from them.

[@kennethmeeker6369]

I have a carvin with piezo that has grounding issues and volume drop it’s not balanced anymore with the blend knob , kiesel doesn’t do after purchase repairs period, I’ll check out Sweetwater.

[@sylvestre.rawminey]

C'est amusant, tu prononces "piezo" à la française ! ;o) And the Sweetwater luthier did an excellent job !

[@randysrhythm]

Hi David, the acoustic sound blew me away, brother man. Yes sir, I’ve been dealing with Sweetwater for years and they are straight up fantastic. They treat everyone like gold. Of course the title of the video brought me here, because I didn’t believe for a moment that they did poor work for you, so had to see if you’d lost your mind or this was a hook. A hook it was 😂. Great video 👍🏻

[@eddiedoyle3607]

Hi David , I bought a bc rich stealth guitar , I think in 1984 or 86 , I can’t exactly remember just now , but it was made in America , before they shifted to making them in Japan , and it has the year stamped into the back of it , so I used that guitar for 20 plus years as my main , the stealth model did not have the popularity of some other bc rich models , but it was a great guitar , it had an original kahler tremolo / whammy system , actually worked better than Floyd rose in many ways , anyway , I had to put the guitar on the shelf , mainly because the kahler system went crazy , and generally guitar needs a lot of overhauling , of course I use other guitars , but that stealth meant a lot to me , unfortunately , there is nobody in my area that can fix it , there used to be craftsman around , but not anymore , because over time , guitar wasn’t taken seriously , kids in school would learn enough to bring their grades up , but after that they would move away from guitar , so the professional guitar places went out , no business , there used to be a place near me , they would even build guitars for you , and could fix anything , in fact , many players went there , I know Steve vai went there , they built his first guitars , de Marino guitar builders , so what can I do since all the professional guitar shops are out of business ?

[@jonvanhala]

spoiler alert: after Sweetwater repaired the guitar he says "The Guitar Is Awesome..." so no drama here - just another story of Sweetwater doing a great job

[@wildvinesmusic]

Sweetwater had trouble with my guitar, it was a basic setup. I've found that the Floyd Rose is a mystery to a lot of guitar techs. My advice, try to find someone local if possible.

[@PetraKann]

Grounding problems are common. Usually easy to add shielding and find where the electrical break is

[@privateerburrows]

What a great idea to have piezo as well as magnetic pickups. It seems to me so obvious now that's the way it should be done universally. Never heard of Parker guitars before; first time. The only thing that could make this guitar better, besides Sweetwater's improvements, is a zero fret. I don't understand why not everybody use them. Not having a zero fret requires the nut to be leveled to perfection... A zero fret is a much simpler solution. Well, another huge improvement would be 24 frets, like Dean's.

[@orryfishburne5326]

I have a G&L Tribute S-500 and it has a push/pull volume pot that allows me to use bridge and neck together like u have, but it also allows me to use all 3 pickups together as well. All 3 together is my favorite tone that thing can do.

[@bryanp8010]

I had an original Parker fly and I hated it. They looked so cool but I never liked the feel or the sound. The piezo’s had a bunch of problems and needed constant replacement.

[@ScottDreyfus]

I'd probably forget about that headstock and smash 4 or 5 of them against that desk. If it sounds good break it!

[@jasong546]

I enjoyed the tale of the guitar and what sweetwater did for you. I wish I could visit the store, I never drove up when I lived a couple hours away. Now it’s too far. I am not really irritated about the “click bait” idea, but the way you did it, it simply wasn’t necessary. I would have clicked on one where you titled it “exceeded expectations!” Anyway enjoyed the story. Peace!

[@Cruiseangel72]

Wow you have inspired me to get my gibson 1987 explorer bass. It's been retired since 2000.

[@mika-hp5ch]

Mon 1er instrument de qualité était aussi une Parker (Fly deluxe). J'étais à Aix en Provence à l'époque et j'ai dû bouger jusqu'à Nîmes pour en trouver une. Mon prof à Venelles en avait une et je la trouvais magnifique donc il m'en fallait une. Maintenant, je ne referais pas ce choix. Trop de problèmes avec les Parker. Ma touche s'est décollée... et quelle galère pour la remettre en l'état.

[@alexander3558]

I would suggest you find a local shop that specializes in plek services and is reputable. For one, you’re supporting your local businesses. Two, you don’t have to risk your guitar getting lost or damaged in shipping. And reason number three, there’s shipping costs and sweetwaters marked up prices. Reason four, sweet water is such a large scale facility, so you really want to trust your investment into an unknown? You might as well take it to guitar center. Reason five, this channel is making commission for this video and it’s promotion. This is an ad

[@orryfishburne5326]

I want to upgrade my Schecter Diamond series Banshee-7 A. I want to get rid of its stock EMG 85-7 and EMG 81-7 and install the Fishman Fluence Abasi hum-buckers and set up the coil split options on them, and install a momentary kill switch. I love the way that guitar looks and feels, but i hate the tone of those EMGs that are in it. They sound great for distorted tones, but their clean tones SUCK, and i mainly play clean.

[@acroberts4481]

Cmon Dude. Usually love your stuff, but this is a shit title and misleading for such a solid and awesome company as Sweetwater and, in the end, your extreme pleasure for their work here.

[@gregaltenhofel7326]

Nice video. Cool story. It was edited well. I honestly hope you got paid for the nearly 13 minute Sweetwater commercial. At the very least I hope the did the repair for free. However, my absolute favorites part. Even over a really cool vintage-ish looking guitar. The hair in the 6 videos. Seeing the change over time. That was the best and absolutely my favorite part.

[@Wallimann]

Haha! I've always had a "hair issue". :D I did get the repair for free, yes.

[@BatEatsMoth]

Including shipping, what did all that work cost you?

[@NeinFeline]

Insert *Ya know? They really had us in the beginning* meme

[@BeingHumanReWch]

Oh, Jesus....with the dramatic music. Just tell the story, Nancy.

[@phillipholt6005]

Not only do I buy only from Sweetwater but their service department is awesome and I only let them repair my guitar!

[@jameswilliford5478]

Sweetwater is the best! Hopefully this doesn't cause any skimmers that don't actually watch the almost 13 minute video to not deal with Sweetwater. The header does make it sound like they screwed it your guitar. If Sweetwater does screw up and it's truly their fault they will definitely make it right.

[@jacobc.999]

Your guitar sounds very good with the piezo especially. To be honest, a guitar becomes a more personal part of you if you modify it. I like it :)

[@jessjohnreed7964]

Tell that to my mountain of partcasters that had a bell curve of attention haha

[@buddylewis2743]

Sweetwater is awesome. They are not cheap. But they are awesome.

[@tomprikosovich8430]

Great video It is a testament to Sweetwater and your love for a special guitar. This just made my day

[@solocam1962]

This did seem like clickbait. Thanks though, you do an awesome job!

[@travisjohnson7065]

Wow, so cool that such a special guitar is back to life. I recognize it from the Glass Hammer Belmont show (I wasn't there, but I've seen videos).

[@patrickian8843]

I remember the first time I ever heard you play…you played that guitar.

[@MetalPesado]

Ah the Parker ^^ GMC Never forget Master David

[@dodgyboy8318]

Woot Rochester!

[@theterriblechildren]

Did they get rid of the coffin on the back?

[@93greenstrat]

Maybe I'll send them my beloved '93 American Standard Strat!

[@PlouplePoupi]

South France miss u for sure 😉 Do u miss south of France ? 😉awesome guitar that...deserves u !🇫🇷👍🏼🍒

[@KevinORourke25]

I couldn't watch the entire video because I was so angry at Sweetwater for screwing up your guitar. I have had good luck with Sweetwater in the past, but after this, I'm done with them. That guitar is humming so loud it sounds like a power line. Sorry you had this experience with Sweetwater. Thanks for the heads up on what used to be a great company. Kevin O'Rourke

[@Wallimann]

I hope you did watch it all for the surprise twist!

[@DuckyGTonYT]

The headline alone hits hard as a very BAD idea.

[@rosshorne4769]

I had you down for being Australian, don’t know where I got that from 🙈

[@drew1035]

Cos he looks like Toady from Neighbors...

[@rosshorne4769]

@@drew1035 he does a bit eh

[@peterbishop9771]

Did you have this guitar plecked(sp)?

[@dirtboy896]

I totally are agree my Parker is by far my favorite

[@jonlennon3348]

I am from Rochester and used to live at the HOG.

[@CrossroadWater]

Not quite grasping how Sweetwater screwed it up

[@GillesFournat]

Oh yeah, le retour de la Parker !!??

[@grog5564]

Should have used Gruhn's Guitars in Nashville. Greg Voros wrote the book for Luthiers.

[@pb12661]

probably a much longer wait time/more expensive to have a guy like that (one man show type) do the work.

[@JascoDuendeGuitar]

Cool guitar - great tones.

[@rayfabris2512]

covid screwed a lot of things up but I got lucky in June 2021 I called and asked when they expected the Gibson les paul standards in? they said November a lot can happen in those few months so I just happened to watch a Gibson video they had just opened the Gibson garage so late July I called and a week later my new Gibson les paul was at my front door

[@mars6433]

@8:13 OUTPUTS !! HA!

[@MrBaluchonchon]

Oh pitaing, c'est la guitare de Faerwen ? :P

[@Wallimann]

Haha!! Que de bons souvenirs!

[@mixodorians12]

I'd paint it green.

[@stratonut]

if you have some fame then sweetwater will take care of you. if your just an average person, do not expect the same treatment.

[@rkoz55]

Did they change the coffin on the back?

[@edgardobustillo5966]

They sent my yamaha silent made a mess, the strings uneven and the finish sticky, I'm not happy with Sweetwater.

[@ericdolby1622]

Strange looking axe for sure.

[@timothymartin2137]

This is from a person with all those options, take them out, they will never be used (you are better off picking up a single coil for single coil work....I wired my Jackson with push pull pots, I have coil splitting, phase reversal and kill switch in my controls, NEVER USE THEM....wire it simply and get more guitars!!!!!

[@matthewbolduc2714]

Distracting abstract background piano music? ...

[@christophercopher9123]

time for and upgrade 😊

[@fleadoggreen9062]

So can you speak French ?? How does Canadian French compare to European French ?

[@rayfabris2512]

let's just call it an acoustic pick-up?idk

[@vanessajazp6341]

“pee-AY-zoh”