Let's Make A Custom Guitar! | Novo Guitars Build Series - Ep.1 | Guitar Vlog

[@RJRonquillo]

🎸I hope you guys enjoy this, the first episode of my Novo Guitars build series - and I hope you're as excited to see the finished guitar as I am! What specs would you guys want for your own Novo build? Let me know!!

[@krispatel1]

Broadcaster Bridge pup, firebird neck pup, mastery jazz master trem, tesi killswitch. Purple flake finish with anodized metal gold pickguard

[@misterknightowlandco]

I'd get that guitar with the 3 gold foils, but with 3 p90s (bridge tilted like a strat bridge pup) in aqua blue with the hot pink guard, orange knobs, black mastery bridge, black tuners and... Cuz im an 80s kid at heart, *sighs* a maple fretboard with matching aqua headstock. Sorry, i know the 80s thing of bright colors and maple fretboards is over but I cant help it lol. I would tacky the hell out of one of these modern works of art, and deep down love every second of it.

[@Grant_Ferstat]

Either P90's or minis with the Mastery. I'd be going for a more conservative colour choice though :-)

[@misterknightowlandco]

@@Grant_Ferstat lol i dont think id buy one with my color choices off the rack but building my own? Wtf why not have some fun with it. I think black with all gold hardware would be cool too. Never seen gold p90 covers before lol

[@dennisdemerjian9153]

The pink pick guard sounds rad but if it ends up being a dick softener, sometimes tortoise shell pick guards look really cool on blue/seafoam green guitars! Great video RJ!

[@LanceKonnerth]

Love it! Thank you for this inside look behind the scenes. As a proud owner of 2 Novo guitars, I can honestly say they are my favorite electrics I've ever owned. Probably played about 8-9 different one's by now and each one was a great guitar and had it's own thing going on. Look forward to seeing what you end up with!

[@jonathanhandsmusic]

Love it that they use the mini hb pickups. I had a 68 epiphone riviera with those pickups back in 1974, and loved the sound they made. Sadly that guitar was stolen by an old friend. Great video Ron teal Leo!

[@michaelthimes]

DUDE - Pink paisley UNDERNEATH the Ron - TEAL- io finish poking through at certain places and then just white guard

[@krispatel1]

This looks like it's going to be an awesome series and I'm excited to see the end product. Love the way the novo team throws around ideas and includes the customer. That's a true custom shop

[@EricMerrow]

Matthew sporting The Guitar Knobs shirt!! Nice!!!!

[@isaacjohnson.]

Boing! haha awesome. Really excited to see this build. Their guitars are beautiful-excellent choice. That Benson amp too, sounded sweet! Shout out for Portland!

[@jeremyledingham1496]

That would be such a cool place to work! I'm in love with Novo guitars now.

[@onixtheone]

That Teal color looks like the color of high quality turquoise stones

[@misterknightowlandco]

Teal pink and orange are my colors too. 😆 thats what i painted my room. Not even kidding... 80s kids unite!

[@YakBoss]

Looking forward to finished product. I hope it inspires a Tshirt design

[@lonniezamarripa959]

Waiting with bated breath now to see the BOLD NEW Guitar iteration.

[@EclipseGamingTV]

Good job for going with the pink you absolute hero!!

[@ChrissyOneMusic]

I love that Dennis has an Oranges and Lemons poster in his office. 💖

[@colinrobertson4569]

Very cool guys. Should be a sick guitar. Looking forward to seeng the finished guitar.

[@trbone64]

Congrats RJ! I'm excited for you to get a new custom guitar.

[@SunsetPunk]

Nice double cut guys. Count me in!

[@AlexPriceMusician]

LMAO did anyone notice the tab at 11:48?

[@RJRonquillo]

😎

[@notebender4]

That's hysterical!...

[@Atttuner]

@@RJRonquillo Nice catch with the video bro....hey he's not the first man in the world to decide his work day needed a visual lift ;-)

[@Grant_Ferstat]

Didn't look like that stressful a job, but as they say you need to walk a mile in someone else's shoes...although, maybe wipe the shoes.

[@Atttuner]

Grant Ferstat or at least wipe the mouse and keyboard down before switching desks 😉

[@marcador79]

I, too, get a chubby from flame necks... "You are not alone, I am here with you"-MJ

[@sebastienrobichaud6689]

You should have one! Sound amazing, And fit your style 😎😎

[@mpactdesignmedia]

TURQUOISE, BABY! Love it!!

[@bakstabbath]

I've been drooling over their guitars on IG. Looking forward to seeing yours.

[@adamfstewart81]

Glad you went pink

[@WhatsUpWhitey]

Can’t wait to see it!

[@druwk]

Pink iridescent gold translucent pick guard (clear pick guard sprayed in layers from behind). Reverse Ron-tealeo to burst, lighter popping blue on the outside to deeper darker blue/green inside. White primer wear-through aging. Distressed Gold hardware. Black knobs. Pearloid block inlays.

[@theo5580]

Awesome vlog - I’m ready for episode 2.

[@gergemall]

Cool video RJ

[@plstrom]

wow that blonde guitar there at 13:10 ringed... loud af !!

[@MattyBEightyThree]

Ron-teal-ee-oh lol. I love it. Great video!

[@michaellucas1102]

I've always wanted a Novo but now that I noticed that Dennis likes 311, then now I definitely want one!

[@zbqb84a]

Go with pink sparkle in the pick guard. Gonna be an awesome guitar

[@RJRonquillo]

That could be an option!

[@marcoesquandoles5934]

I'm pretty sure I saw a picture of one Mike "cactus" Gordon behind Dennis Fano. Awesome!

[@EJBGuitar]

SO glad you are finally getting a Novo R.J.!! I know I’ve said you needed one in the past. They’re addictive though so be warned! Dig that double cut in the background...even out of focus.

[@warburgaby]

I WANT VANDALISM YELLOW RIGHTNOWWWW 😨😍😍😍

[@stevebrady7948]

RJ - hope it turns out great. I did same thing with Fender on an Esquire - did not turn out to great and I was stuck with a $6000 Esquire that I did not bind with. You just never know how they are going to turn out until they are done. NOVO guys seem really cool so I’m sure you will be happy. 🤘

[@HieuJas000]

I used to live 15mins away from that place :')

[@MythosMatthew]

Really excited that my hair is sticking up in the back for about 10 minutes straight in this video. Awesome.

[@RJRonquillo]

I didn't even notice!

[@justraaay]

I thought it was gonna go teal over pink... that way after it gets distressed the more you play it it shows up more 🤔 can’t wait to see the progress!

[@Grant_Ferstat]

The amp also sounded incredible...

[@stipeur]

Wow Fano is a super cool dude

[@3GCMusic]

I’m gonna have to check out a NOVO now. I’ve been seeing progressively more of them lately!

[@scottgiering5945]

Benson amp, baby! Wow are they great amps!

[@tatialo37]

Dang now I have to work in Nashville!!!!

[@profpatison]

"I'm man enough to rock the teal and the pink!" That cracked me up. Anyway, I highly recommed a Firebird pickup in the neck position. I think it would go well with a mini HB in the bridge and it sounds more like a beefy SC than like a thin HB . That's what I have in the neck position of my Novo S (and I've never regretted that choice), anyway, together with Lollar Royal T in the middle and Imperial Low Wind in the bridge. But I'm sure Matt and the gang will let you play all the options at the shop to let you decide on what you like. In any case, you're gonna end up with a killer axe. Anytime anyone picks up my Novo S, they ask: "How did you know it was gonna be this good without ever trying it before?" Well, I just had a hunch :-)

[@bmwf1joel]

M still rocking a 2011 Fano burgundy mist PX6 👍👍👍

[@BrunoBaudewyns]

Man, that video was awesome.

[@davidfrantz3473]

I'm on the Novo site and I'm not finding Ron-teal-io color option. Dennis must fix this immediately!

[@RJRonquillo]

Hahaha!

[@hdkk33]

This is so exiting! I can’t wait for the next episode! I hope that I can also make a custum guitar in the future :D

[@red240red2]

Super dope. I need a 7 string. If they offered seven strings I would own one. Following them on insta is torture knowing I can't get one..

[@binface9]

Great choices! Given the chance I would have made a very similar guitar.

[@edwinmcastro]

Rj is the black stone ring your wearing in this video the small feather ring from the great frog? Looks great btw

[@RJRonquillo]

Good eye - the black stone ring is from Rebel Saint but my pinky ring is a skull ring from Great Frog.

[@tatialo37]

Cool guitars!!!

[@warburgaby]

great! 😸

[@jt3483]

I'm building a Novo Serus J in my head to order soon. Since I've never had a chance to pick one up, how would you compare the neck sizes to the Fender CS 50's V Tele style? Is the medium chonky thicker than that?

[@wgb01001]

Love the video & the guitars look amazing... BUT, I’m curious about the level of customization offered. When you two were sitting down at the computer it seemed like he was quickly glossing over a lot of the options and pushing you towards their standard “we always do it this way” features. Like the body wood, tuners, nut, bridge, frets, and neck shape options. Not a criticism - just an observation. Is it a true custom shop or just killer guitars with a few options? I’m curious.

[@RJRonquillo]

Well I will admit I had a pretty good idea of the options I wanted going in, which were pretty standard. But from what I know, I think they are pretty open to just about anything.

[@tinyb69]

If that hot pink scratchplate seems like a little too much, you can always go with an aged cream, or even more, a buttercream one. Combination looks real sharp without being completely over the top. You do realize, that once you get this guitar, your next step is going to have to be the acquisition of a California Spyder, or a Testarossa, to drive yourself to gigs in. You can't just half-ass it when you're going full Sonny Crockett.

[@kukulkan1717]

a question: do those guy´s build lefty´s too?

[@williamrosa8662]

Thats what kind of drive to use on youtube, he seems so cool and normal for him to make and sound anything nice even his fart had nice tone pretty sure of that. Rj ronquillo you should meet ( or colab across the ocean ) Danish pete from anderston guitar

[@GIBKEL]

RJ..........Question-have you ever found the baked maple necks sterile sounding? I get it...I have a baked red spruce top on a J-35 which satisfied my search for a war time Gibson slope shoulder (without breaking bank). It projects like some of my 30’s/40’s Gibson small bodied/Archtop acoustics but when I have played these high end baked maple necks I fell like I’m loosing some of the warmth of maple.....I know maple isn’t warm but compared to the cooked maple necks , I hear how the neck affects tone. Maybe it’s the give and flex of the seasoned maple. I especially love a worn, broke-in vintage maple/rosewood neck which is what I imagine they are going for but baked maple has a stiffness in feel and leaves both ears and heart a bit cold. Not sure I have ever played a baked maple/ rosewood fretboard. I know stainless steel frets left me wanting the same way.Maybe it’s just a feel kind of thing. Would enjoy your take on it. Maybe a better question for a live stream. Guitar was such an evolution for me. Starting with crap and then getting hooked on the old wood. Newer to playing electric and it feels nearly like a completely different instrument but as I explore I notice some of the same recipes that apply to acoustics. I could never fall in love with a Les Paul but then I played Eastman’s take, the SB59V and bingo, I got it. I know just saying that will bring the hate but really, were all just earthlings. The love that goes into building these instruments is felt no matter the skill of the player. Even my wife who only moves my guitars around as they pile up gets that feel of an old instrument vs recent builds. Hard to quantify or explain as it is the sum of all these little things and how they interact with flesh, blood and bone. Thanks for making your channel feel like your hanging with a friend.

[@RJRonquillo]

I don't own (yet) any guitars with baked necks so I don't have much experience with the tonal effects. I do like the way they look though.

[@GIBKEL]

@@RJRonquillo They are stunning-Ill give them that. Maybe my problem with the ones Ive played is the that they've all been new guitars. Sound is so subjective yet we seem to all be able to reasonably agree on what sounds good. That interplay of feel and sound is what pushes the experience over the top. Case in point-I have a 30's Kalamazoo KG32 archtop- a Gibson budget archtop of those days and because of the way it feels, it pushes me to play better and thus sound better than higher end Gibsons archtops from that same era. The neck carve is one reason (fat V), it's X braced where as all of the rest of the 16" archtops were parallel braced and it has a very thin coat of nitro, letting that wood breath and move. Good luck on your build.

[@rocknrollguitar]

I have a 1992 koreaN squier in electric blue! Thats exacte your colour my man

[@wearashirt]

Because of rhett and rj now I want a novo guitar! How much does it go for??

[@Tennis214]

Starts at $2999

[@thedaver8]

@3:28 I second realskidplates. lol

[@dannyandrews76]

Teal w/ tortise shell pick guard. Go...

[@PauloNunoTeixeira]

Very nice vídeo and great guitars :)

[@rkharper]

Id go with the standard chrome Mastery.

[@Shanecurle]

I need the wiring diagram for the three pickups with two 3 ways!🔥

[@Justin_-id3bt]

My deluxe player strat has a push switch with the 5 way to give 7 pickup positions. The wiring diagram is on the fender site. It may help?

[@LysanderLH]

I want one because now I really ‘get’ the soul behind it all. We could come up with a real dream. Right. Internet. Phone numbers.

[@mdub048]

Red Tortoise pickguard!

[@crawltochina]

Hey R.J., love your channel! I have a question. As a touring musician do you have a Tinnitus or have other problems with your hearing?

[@RJRonquillo]

Thankfully I haven't had any hearing problems

[@evgeniykuznetsov]

Классное видео✌🏻

[@calebmoon2384]

8:47 that seems like the guitar layout that Rhett want hmm

[@xoxb2]

Pearlescent pickguard! That's what it needs ...

[@rkharper]

Ah missed it!!!

[@Jason-wo5rr]

My dream relic'd guitar would be called the bluesman and i would want it to look like some barn wood electric guitar that looks like it was pieced together by a bluesman who couldn't afford a new brand name electric guitar in 1949 so instead took some old barn wood and had some luthier put it together and then the bluesman played it well into the 50's before retiring it only to have his music rediscovered in the late 60's and 70's so he has his guitar refurbed with modern parts of the era and after passing away in the mid 80's the guitar has been handed down from family member to family member with all the wear and tear that it involves and only now has it been rediscovered and brought back into playing condition without making it look new at all. I generally do not like Relic'd guitars but if i had one custom build relic'd guitar that's what i would ask for

[@jamhousebandnegrosoccidental]

Unqiue guitars sana meron na sa lazada or shopee

[@Minnesconi]

08:27 ...Wyhooyhuhf! Exactly

[@Qstick333]

11:48. My man is chilling with a little work porn. Be careful shaking his hand.

[@RJRonquillo]

Ha!

[@BrazenNL]

Pickguard should be pink and white tigerstripe.

[@RJRonquillo]

Now we're talkin

[@BrazenNL]

@@RJRonquillo I was looking for words. Not a tiger stripe (black fading into orange), it should be stark contrast (hard white, hard pink). I'm sure you saw that in your head. Anyway, you asked. :)

[@willfowler8540]

@@RJRonquillo is there anywhere where I could buy just the pickgaurd?

[@firefist8511]

Another one Rhe- wait what?

[@AndreaAustoni]

Play Sleepwalk as soon as you get it!

[@sleazoid99]

If you're going with a distressed look, having the pickguard color as the "exposed" layer color would be cool.

[@JesusGonzalez-uh3sl]

if he says Dennis one more time!!!

[@TrollsAndScrolls]

one day.... :)

[@sombrerogrande6317]

I built this guitar in high school, the only difference is I didn't have plek machine. I don't get the big deal, especially for $4000.

[@drackotheguitarist]

The Free Porn Sex tab open on the computer is hilarious! 😂

[@Hikaru109Ichijyo]

lol @ boner flame and it funny just saw a vid with amongus boner as someone's user name. Dennis reminds me of a big LOTR dwarf master craftsman engineer + also amber is color of your energy WAAOOOH lol + miami vice (my dad liked that show) moar laffs

[@lewiscarrington1777]

Just tell ‘em Taos turquoise for the finish

[@droliver]

Go tortoise for the pick guard with that teal. Pink..... no, don’t go there man.

[@painkilla1972]

A proper RJ signature guitar should have your right neck tattoo painted on the body of the guitar. 😎

[@jerrymckenzie6205]

RJ RonTEALio

[@timjoseph887]

Sold out, sold out, sold out, sold out, sold out, SOLD OUT…

[@frantisca]

First !

[@Derrick_Evans]

Is no one going to point out the porn tab lol

[@chrisegg7936]

lol rontealio

[@dennisp3314]

To me it is such a shame to see these beautiful Guitars - purposely destroyed with that ridiculous & overdone "Distressed" finish. Sorry, but the whole idea -whether it's guitars ,furniture or anything, the fake aging that is dumb.