Rebuilding

[@xRakine]

Awesome video! Insane how you can make such a cheap little guitar into such a beast. I'm sure having this is gonna make me want to play more often.

[@nisebelle]

Thanks for letting me work on her! Get that AC30 warmed up and I’ll drop her off this week!

[@manueldelatorre2383]

THE RETURN OF THE QUEEN😭😭

[@clairbeeguitar]

I want to speak to the fact that it's never too late to play music. I gave up guitar for a mixture of reasons about seven or eight years ago. A few months ago something sparked in me and I needed to play again. After a few weeks of shaking off the rust I feel like I'm improving at at rate that I haven't since I first started playing. it's good to be back

[@hotrodjones74]

Same happened to me during the pandemic. Go start a Craigslist band. It'll push you to the next level. There are loads of people in the community > musicians looking for people to jam with.

[@varyagace]

It really never is too late. I started playing guitar in my teens way back in 2006. I stopped playing around the time I got into college because I no longer had any time for music, and I lot contact with my band members. About 10 years later, a funny thing happened, and I watched the Bocchi the Rock anime and it just lit the fire in me again. The anime was so funny and relatable and reminded me of why I loved playing back then. Now, I picked up my old Ibanez again, and not only am I derusting, I am also focusing on improving again, and this time I actually want to make my own music, not just learning random songs to cover in my bedroom. Music is a wonderful thing.

[@mknewlan67]

I just started at 56 years old, first time holding a guitar since I was 15.

[@We-all-watched-the-video]

@@mknewlan67so we meet again! 😂

[@mknewlan67]

@@We-all-watched-the-video cheers 🍻!

[@loopydemos]

This is such a wholesome video, start to finish. Great story and message, satisifying build collage and my god that demo track was wonderfully written and played!

[@philschoonover8192]

You feel old? I bought my SG because I saw a photo of the original guitarist of Chicago playing one. I don't think he played one for very long, but it was enough to influence me to buy one new back in 1976.

[@j-pastel-yellow]

that demo literally gave me chills. i am genuinely in awe of your writing style

[@jellesmith]

It reminds me of a super chill version of "Intervals"

[@929exrt3]

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[@Sammie_Sorrelly]

Awesome as always - you've really inspired me to start my own modding projects and take control of the things I'm not happy with on my guitars! Love what you do, you're awesome!

[@hellajanice]

wait the bloopers are so cute haha so glad to see you’re back btw! always love to see a new video from you :)

[@JacquemortAcoeur]

Thank you so much for your videos, awesome as always !

[@theroyalcrane]

❤

[@joecooper7803]

Fixing a friend’s, fretted friend. Nice, welcome back! 🫵

[@edwilson7629]

It's very cool that you're doing all this for a friend. I understand all those feelings of not playing for a long time. I just picked up a cheap guitar about a year ago. And have been doing a couple of mods. You should have showed him getting the guitar back.

[@TheGuitarModder]

Laying another guitar on top to use its strings to test the pickups is a great idea. Why the have I never thought of that before. Awesome thanks

[@ltcuaa]

never too late to start playing again... i needed to hear that

[@koenighaunstetten]

You did a great job on that SG. And your videos inspired me to change the pickups on my old Epiphone Les Paul Special II, thanks for the motivation to do so.

[@GarryHicks-ly8ve]

You are incredible! Please keep making videos! Great stuff.

[@michaelnugent9758]

Great job, Nise! That demo track was killer! 👏🏻

[@johnpickk7526]

Another amazing, relaxing, enjoyable video, i cant get enough of your channel nisebelle :D

[@Ari_Calamari]

Omg, what a dream project. I haven’t watched the entire thing yet(typing as I watch), I recommend adding at 1k, 1/4w resistor between one of the bottom lugs of the splittable pot, and run it to ground. This engages just a tiny bit of the second coil, so you get the coil split tone, but still him canceling. It’s similar to the PRS dgt wiring, I think.

[@AMP_7]

Thanks for always providing amazing content Nisebelle !

[@hellomynameisscen]

Fantastic video, fantastic playing, and what a roar on those pickups! You have such a unique ability to bring out each instrument's individual voice!

[@Steven_SK]

Nice job! Amazing what a little love can do for a guitar.....

[@INeverWanted2010]

I knew staying up late tonight would pay off!

[@TheKodamas]

Wonderful videos. Saw one watched them all. Would love to see a reaction when they get their guitars back.

[@barnshart9662]

Absolutely love your video. Thank you!

[@SomedaySam]

I can't tell you how much I enjoy your videos. And your song for the demo is awesome.

[@inthestudy]

Dang. Mah feels! That's a great message, that I could have stood to hear once or twice before. For now, I'm playing when I can and loving it for me, and that'll do.

[@MichaelBCoats]

Another great one, Nisebelle!!!

[@drewsleyy3836]

incredible composition at the end, I've seen all your vids and this is one of if not the best! SG's are the best, I love mine :)

[@HyphenatedReality]

First, you do a cool restoration build, so I follow you for that. Then you do a Bocchi the Rock build and now an xRakine collab? Did somebody just upload my search history directly into the algorithm and send it to you, or something? I'd been watching his Deserted series since maybe a few episodes after it started, and the same way he's one of the content creators that's gotten me back into OSRS, you are one that's gotten me more excited about playing music lately. It'd be cool to see him bring out the SG sometime, since I'm always of the mind "the best content is what the creator's excited about making"

[@xRakine]

Crazy! Thanks for supporting both of us

[@conorfowler]

This was wonderful! Love the Rory Mercury theme too, Gate is one of my favourites! Couldn't agree more with the 'it's never too late' message too. I quit playing around 2010 when it stopped being fun being in a band, but picked it up again when the pandemic started and it's been incredible. I've been recording, reaching out to old bandmates to jam, and just having fun with it again. Like Jacob, it's definitely been spurred on by folks like yourself, so I appreciate what you do!

[@FirmanDisini21]

didn't expect that you'll demoing that guitar perfectly.

[@prodbymattshi]

I'm so happy I found this channel! Thanks for the great content and the encouraging message as well

[@larrybethune3909]

Dang girl, you play good. Feeling every note I see!

[@ArcadiaSupply]

I really enjoy the process! great video : D

[@DaisyHollowBooks]

I like the ‘leave the door open’ concept! Fine video!

[@DaisyHollowBooks]

Sweet playing too!

[@Twardy101xd]

very nice video :)

[@fisherman10101]

you really make those pickups sing, well done

[@nadia02]

New video let’s gooooo

[@jfturner67]

I’m always so happy when another one of your videos pops up in my queue. Thanks again for the great content!

[@Souldoubtrocks]

Great work and awesome playing.

[@FAMUCHOLLY]

Love the positive vibes of your videos. THANKS!

[@discocrisco]

I'm crying.

[@chrishidalgo65]

I just bought an Epiphone SG special a couple of weeks ago, so this video was timely! Thank you for the teardown and encouragement to everyone who picks up playing music throughout their lives.

[@andiebetjemann7920]

Last year i started to rebuild a cheap guitar, but after finishing the paintjob, in couldn't motivate myself to start working in the pickup installation and wiring (have to go back to route Out bigger pickup cavities 😢). Thanks toe your video and the kind of guitar that ag turned into, i found new motivation to pursue my projekt.

[@J0N4H]

Your amazing! I’m currently building my first guitar because you inspired me! Thank you!

[@pace_of_mind]

Thank you for the words at 9:12, you really moved me to tears. I had a break of almost 10 years after playing in high school, and then another 4 years after moving to another country. Now I'm back and what you say means a lot to me. Thank you very much!

[@saladgl0ve]

I love your videos because the builds inspire me to mod more and the demos inspire me to pick up my guitar again. as a hardcore ging nang boyz fan it's refreshing to see someone build guitars that are closer to my style. also the demo at the end was incredible!

[@CristianSurvive1]

This video couldn't have come at a better time for me. I have the exact same SG special and she's been sitting in a bag for over 5 years now. The past 2 weeks I've been thinking about bringing her out and getting her all setup and upgrading parts. The stock pickups are a little too hot for me and the tuners could be better. Great video, I'm inspired!

[@Ronno4691]

Set the pickup heights, check the string heights and file them down or put in a Graphtech nut, buy good pickups, buy a set of Elixir 9s.....whole new guitar!

[@malfunction5448]

using alligator clips to hold the pickup mounting springs in place is genius! Great video, and the SG ended up looking and sounding great!

[@nisebelle]

Thanks! I saw it somewhere on Instagram (maybe from @noguitars?) and I thought it was brilliant! Glad I can show others such a helpful trick!

[@gitarboi6760]

Great video Glad to see you posting again

[@angelabdonnavarreteblanco]

OMG! great mod!

[@anthonypanneton923]

I love your playing. I've been modding my own guitars and amps for 40+ years. love your channel!

[@PedalPlayhouse]

It was really lovely to hear about your friendship and how it’s ok for life to have periods where we do different things and to try not to have guilt over it. Rory sounds great! Great job! ❤

[@siegfriedhecker3473]

That SG looks and sounds great (& your music is really cool), and I'm not into SGs. On breaks from playing, mine was 20 years. More into it now than then.

[@tonyevans9999]

very cool rebuild, my first guitar was a late 70's sg copy and I had a flood of memories watching this

[@tarnishedknite]

The guitar turned out really well, nicely done. Really like the song you put together to demonstrate too!! And as an old guy who has come back to music your words are well spoken.

[@luistijerina]

Your talent as a guitar builder and tech is unquestionable but your writing and playing for the demo song was amazing as was the energy of the performance. Are you in any streaming platforms? Are you actively making music?

[@greggoso600]

the piece you played at the end was amazing, such a good melody line and a fantastic crescendo in dynamics, is it an original piece? holy jesus moly anyway, great video as always, big fan

[@nisebelle]

Thank you so much! It was a lot of fun to write and play! I’ll have it up on my bandcamp later this week here if you’d like to stream it: nisebelle.bandcamp.com/

[@juliankirby9880]

If you choose to get an SG, I think you would like the SG modern as it has coil splits and a phase change push pull pot, it’s almost the fancy mojo tone wiring harness that also has a series/Parallel switch.

[@DandamanV]

I really appreciate the message you put into this video. I just left the music project I was helping a friend with, and have stopped playing in church after 12 years of playing (the whole time I've been a guitarist). Stopping feels weird, guilty almost. But I stopped enjoying playing because I never did it for myself and was always feeling the pressure to do it for someone else or to a deadline of some kind. I'm glad to be taking a step back and re-evaluating my relationship to the instrument. Thank you for your wholesomeness Nisebelle!

[@astridlenore]

Bless you for the work you're doing here. He may not appreciate it today or tomorrow but soon and for the rest of his life. ;) Seriously, your technique and videography are amazing and I appreciate your respectful and yet quirky approach to guitar mods. It's a thing of beauty, don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

[@pyratoothNL]

Fun project and hopefully something that will inspire him to start playing again. Had to laugh at that pickup spring going AWOL in the bloopers!

[@GoodmanRecordingsTokyo]

Great job job on the headstock and very cool way of demoing the coil splits at the end. Seymour Duncan awesome company to send those pickups! There's so many great pickup manufacturers out there and all have been very friendly with correspondence. Yesterday I got a set of SD Seth Lovers to put in a Jazzmaster (I have a lot of normal JM's!) and was surprised to see them signed by Mr. Duncan on the bottom.

[@Slumb98]

i just love your playing style

[@frankiechan9651]

I love the music track at the end Nisebelle. As you mention in the video - there is no expectation that your friend will play more, Life - but he might. It's kind of the reason I watch your videos - I have a couple of stalled projects - this might get me moving on them.

[@graymie]

No way my favorite area locked UIM and my favorite guitar channel are in the same video! That's awesome!

[@mobiusblues]

This journey is about why you choose to rebuild this guitar, not why he chooses to play it. This is coming from a person who has a successful career in an industry and chose to move on to another career because it helped me provide for myself and other. AND NOW, I want to return from where I came from. You are doing the right thing and I support you 100 percent!

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

Nice playing at the end

[@CODE_BASHFUL]

my sickness is i see this wonderful and easy to comprehend video and think to myself i can probably do that ( *i cannot) and just ruin my guitar.

[@jeremywills9303]

@11:45 🔥

[@bsjeffrey]

timely video for me. i just got one of these (mine is red also) that needs new electronics and cord jack (has slightt damage around it). i'm also gonna switch the pickups for humbucker sized p90s mine doesn't have a pickguard.

[@zahrasheerit4839]

I absolutely love these videos! And you handle the guitar so well :D

[@homelessbird2819]

nisebelle is a badass!

[@ElvesvsShinyRocks]

I guess that's just what shims are like at the epiphone factory? 'Cause my EB-0 had one just like that. The funny thing? When I got it all set up it didn't need a shim at all.

[@nisebelle]

That’s so funny! My EB-0 came shimless, but I ended up putting one in a couple years later. This SG still needed a shim so I actually made a full pocket one off camera out of my old dental insurance card haha

[@chicodosantos]

Amazing vídeo! ❤

[@StringTension]

Great video, I'm with you, my heart broke to hear it wasn't Agnus Young or Toni Iomi but instead the rockstar game to inspire the red SG, yikes..

[@Radm0bile]

Did you flim this during those really hot days we had last week? I feel ya, was hard to just get through the work day without totally sweating out my clothes

[@nisebelle]

Oh my god it was so hot that week!!!! Between the weather, the lights I use for filming, and my soldering iron, I was dying haha

[@itspeany4899]

YAY

[@Diacoquitos]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO

[@LilYeshua]

What about a treble bleed? You make it sound good

[@saxophool]

You are a Monster!!😎

[@francischang]

Every time I break out the soldering iron, I regret it. I'm happy with the work but it always takes 4x longer than I thought it would 😂

[@CTPSenpai]

LFG Nisebelle vid

[@mrNobody100]

SG's are cool. i was considering an SG project since i couldn't get a flying v project going, but instead ended up with a les paul for the current project. none of that is important though. anyways, i already have an SG jr, and not long ago i swapped out all the knobs and pickguard for cream, so now it looks like a reverse ice cream sundae or something. point being, SGs are super, and also this is a rad video.

[@RichardHoogstad]

Guitars are like clothes if you think about it aesthetically. Not everyone looks good with an SG, Nisebelle looks pretty damn good with one.

[@profdc9501]

I was turned off to guitar playing by a strict, intolerant teacher for about 10 years. The spirit has to move you to play, and so if you want to play, try and rekindle that spirit. Don't put pressure on yourself, just do what is natural and fun and gets you holding the guitar.

[@marsnecrodos]

awesome video, really loved it, I'm thabnkful I¡ve subscribed

[@JC-nw2fu]

Great video! Where did you get the anime stickers from?

[@WeaponsRemorse]

After watching your fuzz building video I wanted another fuzz(Been without for a number of years) just got it yesterday (tone reaper clone) OMG yes Sadly, what I needed to break me out of my funk.

[@dhamcaleb8684]

wahahahah i enjoyed this very much

[@jeffwigle9154]

2020 great year

[@Tanis1415]

Please release the song! this is so good!

[@ChenBen-y6n]

nice tone when you were finger picking

[@derekstone1553]

damn, not my style but very well arranged. Awesome.

[@sartajhanspal5604]

Having been stuck in a situation similar to the one discussed in the section at 7:07, that shit just hits so close to home man it's unreal. Also, what are the background songs for the two sections at 5:27 and 9:15 and 11:23 ? Would love to listen to all three of those songs!

[@nisebelle]

Background songs are on my Bandcamp here! nisebelle.bandcamp.com/ I’ll have the ones at 9:15 and 11:23 uploaded later this week as well. Thanks for watching!

[@benschwartz2121]

i wish my friends would let me mod their guitars. i have this cool-looking strat pickguard with lace sensors just lying around and i have a buddy who has a strat and i offered to put it in his guitar for free for his birthday but he said he was fine :(

[@darrenguitar]

any reason you put the tune o matic bridge round the other way from how it came from the factory ?

[@nisebelle]

Yeah! I like to swap the saddle positions and flip the whole bridge for TOMs since I find adjusting intonation from the back side easier than on the pickup side. I think I first saw the reverse TOM in Noel Gallagher’s es 335 so it’s not just a me thing!

[@sammy-whirl8500]

I have the same guitar. It's a pretty crappy guitar out of the box. I lowered the bridge all the way and straightened out the neck... the action is still practically unplayable. What do I do?

[@WiltingFlowerss]

Was the demo an original?

[@nisebelle]

It was! This guitar was so much fun to write on!