The Guthrie Govan Charvel has a FATAL DESIGN FLAW!

I can't believe Guthrie Govan wanted his signature guitar like this. This is a first year GG Signature from 2014, made in the Fender USA Custom Shop, and it has one major design flaw that would make it almost completely unplayable for me.
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[@fanoboss]

that input jack idea was originaly Hamer Diablo, i think ... cool guitar

[@rohadtanyad8908]

the tremol-no is a great piece of gear. i have been using them for a long time. you just don't understand the setup of it.

[@rohadtanyad8908]

btw, you criticized the tremol-no for some design flaws it doesn't have. that rod is on a hinge, so it moves as the tremblock moves, it keeps alignment. you assumed that it is just solid. not the case.

[@nocturnal101ravenous6]

Just a heads up the reason why the Tremolo-no is binding is because some dip shit has the 3rd spring off center and when you are trying to use the Floyd the bridge isn't pivoting straight due to the tension being off center and physics functioning as it should, so it is binding the sliding shaft mechanism. Personally I think the flaw is in the fact the slide mechanism isn't in the center of the claw and block. You also need to make sure the set screws on the slide mechanism is right and not tightened at all otherwise it will bind.

[@mrburns366]

The biggest flaw with my guitar is I'm not Guthrie Govan.

[@xodiaq]

Me either, m’man. Me either.

[@cenesq]

🤣

[@jritechnology]

Shredding in a Cosby sweater on a parlor couch....life is good.

[@TheGuitologist]

I made a joke about Jello and Roofies, but KZbin deleted it. They have no taste in good jokes.

[@jerrycrabb9234]

As my guitar gently queefs.

[@harrisondvargo72]

lmaooooo

[@GabeHelma]

Hahahaa!

[@xodiaq]

☠️☠️☠️

[@squirelova1815]

I'm squeezing my cupped palms together right now reading this.

[@hefonthefjords]

That tremol-no is not configured correctly. The claw section is unscrewed too far out of the body for it to work without the "piston" bar binding like it is there. The "piston" bar is supposed to be co-linear with the block and there is a lever joint on the connection to the bridge. If it isn't configured correctly, the mechanism will never work as intended. The idea is to be able to either hard block the bridge, or have only down whammy action on the bridge depending on which screws are tighened down. I used to have one of the earlier models of it on a Jackson RR3 many years ago. They work a treat if you set them up correctly. I'm pretty sure the "piston" bar is hardened (or used to be in the model I had) so that is doesn't get all burred up and cause excessive friction.

[@Bonedadyo]

Thank you for your comment. I’ve been a user of the Tremol-no since its release. I have a couple of Hamer SS models with floating Floyds and they have and still work smoothly - never had a problem.

[@Schuylock]

But the claw position has everything to do with string tension. If you're setting up the trem to find the zero point (spring vs string) and keeping the plate of the trem parallel to the top of the guitar (in most cases) then the claw is going to wind up wherever it winds up. Screw in to far and the tremolo will be pulled back, to little and it's tilted forward. I've had several Tremol-No's and it's just how it is.

[@hefonthefjords]

​@@Schuylock You can control the claw position by adding or removing springs or using springs with a different spring tension. In this case I would first remove a spring (2 springs instead of 3) and then set the claw position. If the position is still not suitable, then it's a case of sourcing springs with appropriate tension. This is the same as selecting appropriate spring count/spring tension for the string guage & scale length of the guitar.

[@hughjanus5518]

I have tremol-nos on all my floyd guitars (They also have the EVH D-tuna) and the location of the claw doesn't matter nearly as much are you're claiming here. The LTD KH-202 I have has the claw farther out like this guitar with ZERO issues and I have an arrow-401 that only has 2 springs that has the claw further in.

[@hefonthefjords]

@@hughjanus5518 It matters man. No two guitars have exactly the same dimensions by nature of the fact they are made from wood. Build one for yourself and you'll see how unfrogiving dimesnions can be.

[@iamjezuzchrist]

That's right... Brad was one of the first with amp vids. Not consistent, but always entertaining regardless. Thanks for being you, Brad!

[@mykuntstynx9463]

Man, that palm muted shredding was slick af.

[@Cautionary_Tale_Harris]

I've got a Tube Depot t-shirt that says, "Revolt Against the Solid State" 😆

[@nosmoking2933]

Solid State Rules.

[@squirelova1815]

@@nosmoking2933 Yes, so True but some folks just like being Amp-sitters for Meltdown prone Tube Diva Amps. Oh well...

[@triax7006]

The guitar is clearly built by Chevrolet

[@guyincognito320]

Lol. I never trusted the tree-less headstock on these Govan guitars. 'It's got staggered tuners, it doesn't need a tree!' Well the nut needs to be perfectly slotted and pitched or you'll get a sitar high E string, and Charvel is not perfectionist so here's the result in this video. Too many guitars in the stupid in-between zone - not a proper Floyd, not a hardtail, so still a bunch of finnicky bullshit issues to deal with. I wish they'd top mount the tremolos like Strats have always been. Recessed bridges should only be double locking Floyds.

[@SidWalter]

@@guyincognito320the staggered gotoh magnums are the same but go even further down then whatever these tuners are. So it’s possible those would solve the problem

[@triax7006]

@@guyincognito320 It has got to the stage with CNC machining, higher QC control & hardware that is generally higher quality that in order for a $3.7k guitar to be justified & not just slap a persons name on it along with the brand they have to offer what cheaper guitars cannot do for the price. Clearly this guitar fails badly on all counts & is sub $1k guitar on a good day. Also the argument of "US made" is garbage, many US products manufactured are very similar in price to products made else ware. The customer is always right, they buy products based on quality & price, not who made it & where.

[@guyincognito320]

@@triax7006 Yeah, I have no interest in US guitars. The draw with this Guthrie one is the stainless frets, but you could get a mint Pro Mod on Reverb for 800, or a new one for maybe 900, and re-fret it and be sitting at 1300 or so. I wish they'd just make that out of the gate, I'd happily pay for the added labor involved with the hard fret wire. The change in the guitar industry has been that the cheap ones got way better. But some of these US guitars have terribly cheap parts like this pot metal Floyd base plate. I don't really like the Guthrie setup because it's too peculiar for my tastes. He's used to it and has an intuition for it. When you buy it you'll have to do the same. There's a reason they always put a string guide on the 1 and 2 at least. It seems that 2 string guides causes tuning issues because the wound 4th string is binding with the windings. When Charvel went down to 1 string guide, it seems that people complained about tuning issues less.

[@johnkohlhauff9061]

Great looking guitar. The guitar sounds amazing with you playing it!!

[@matthewf1979]

The Tremol-No should go to a D shaft with a small flat to prevent the creaking. Just needs a couple thousandths clearance on the flat. It would provide better clamping force from more surface area and thread engagement. A PTFE cylinder insert would eliminate the need for lubrication. The rod does pivot on a pin when you use the trem, keeping it in line with the cylinder. Just a couple design changes would make the thing work so much better. For what they charge, it should have been done a decade ago.

[@TheGuitologist]

This guitar is 10 years old now, so maybe they’ve fixed it.

[@matthewf1979]

@@TheGuitologist I didn't see any changes on the models being sold currently. Some people don't seem to have problems with them. Maybe they just need to be regularly used and lubed.

[@hansemannluchter643]

OMFG, you are obsessed with a guitar being "in tune"? Go listen to some Uncle Neil!! It ain't gonna happen!

[@BenBreard]

Man I wrestled a Trem-l-no for weeks trying to get the feel right with no binding. I couldn't do it. I messed with the claw a bunch like the company recommends. I failed. :( which sucks because it's a great idea.

[@hansemannluchter643]

​​@@TheGuitologistFixed What, exactly? Uncle Neil Young never obsessed about "being in tune" did he? It's just a fact of life: A guitar can't really "be in tune".

[@markdalton6662]

I wouldn't call it a paper weight but then again there's no way in hell I would ever pay 3700 dollars for it .

[@EJH-jn6mo]

Well yea that’s why you negotiate to 3k and it’s worth every penny of that.

[@jsullivan2112]

@@EJH-jn6mo I don't know of any guitar shop I've ever walked into that would knock 20% off the price tag of anything they carry. What the hell kind of negotiating are you doing?

[@auntjenifer7774]

😂​.I won't go and give me secrets out but I won't pay but %30-%50 retail for gear and I've found some killer deals on brand new gear. You gotta know where to look and then what to look for. 😅

[@jsullivan2112]

@@auntjenifer7774 If there's the slightest thing wrong with where they knock the price down, it's not brand new.

[@stevestevens1457]

@@auntjenifer7774 you should teach us bro

[@charliemurphypipe]

"in between weeks" another title word gem, one of the things that make your videos entertaining. Thanks for your hard work!

[@hazepheno925]

The Guitologist and Uncle Doug are OGs

[@sizzloh]

Probably put a flat on the knife edges and posts of the trem because the bridge height was adjusted under tension.

[@SaintFredrocks]

Not likely. It isn't a cheap knockoff guitar, so the steel is fine. What do you think goes on when you work a whammy hard? That is going to cause a lot more stress to the knife edge than turning the screw. It has to be under tension otherwise it is a guessing game: no thanks.

[@user-ng3oi8ed8r]

If your trem's knife edge can't hold up to a height adjustment, it wouldn't have a prayer holding up under normal use.

[@jamieferguson3338]

Saw a guy use a sliding door latch as a tremelo block before....genius and cheap!

[@dagwood8409]

The tremel-no is not setup correctly. I've set one up before and it's a tedious task to get it setup correctly. As for the lack of fine tuners, the original floyd did not have them and Guthrie has said that they get in the way when he's playing.

[@MitchHaman]

I had a tremol no in a Ibanez Prestige RG652. With the push of one of those buttons, it could, jush push down only on the trem, completely floating or completely locked. It worked. I just never was good at playing with a Floyd Rose type bridge. By the way Brad, I love the way you play guitar. Absolutely awesome.👍👍👍👍

[@zappasmoustache23]

If it’s good enough for Guthrie it’s good enough for me. Now, can anyone lend me 3k?

[@elevenAD]

Nuff said the end.

[@rmcfee]

They make a MIM version that is killer for $1500

[@drumitar]

hes not playing this model.

[@zappasmoustache23]

@@drumitar I know but it was a model developed to his specifications. There’s a ton of videos on here of him talking about it. And I just think it’s a damn cool looking guitar.

[@squirelova1815]

Laundryman Zelinsky can spare it I'm sure.

[@jonathanstrand2474]

Guthrie’s PU wiring scheme is the trick, various coils combined in a very specific way, I forget the details, so he can go from country thin chicken picking, to deep jazz or even heavy metal sounds

[@robertscharlow]

Step 1 - Remove the Tremol-No. Problem solved. That said, I have one on my Ibanez RG2027, without these issues. I actually know the guy who invented this, Kevan Geier. I remember when it was in development. How Guthrie tunes is likely similar to the Frauda method - tune to pitch, really go ham on the trem, then 1) tune one string, 2) dive, 3) tune back. Repeat for all strings. Strat players know this sort of thing very, very well. And the G string is the biggest culprit for tuning issues. When you bend, or use the trem, you give the trem a quick whack back down (sometimes up), and you return to perfect tune. I use a similar method for stability where I bend and pull UP on the trem, then tune. A slight pull up will always put it back in tune if it goes slightly wonky. Graphtech saddles and nut help tremendously, a perfectly filed nut slot, and something like Big Bends Nut Sauce (I use my own concoction of powdered graphite and Super Lube oil/grease mixture.)

[@squirelova1815]

Or, if you have Fifteen minutes to spare, you can use Carl Verheyen's string tension balancing method that slightly angles the trem 'claw' to Equalize the tension of all the strings thus making hangups far less possible or Totally disappear. My Fender Classic Series 70's strat, as my own best example, with its Floating setup only has Two trem springs attached and just CANNOT be put out of tune no matter how extreme the bar is pushed or pulled but it does have a nice SuperVee BladeRunner bridge on it. Now if the strings get really old or worn out from prolonged neglect or abuse then that may compromise the tuning some...or not. I actually can hardly believe how incredibly stable the string balancing method is BUT it is so ridiculously Obviously Logical that I was truly embarrassed that I had not thought of it myself: Big Fat strings and Thinner Little strings acting on the same bridge and springs unequally, see? "Common Sense" isn't so common though, Duh!

[@robertscharlow]

@@squirelova1815 I use this method on my Strat as well. Works pretty good, but YMMV.

[@brpadington]

I have an old 90s Jackson Kelly that I have been working on. I swapped the neck and have been having issues with getting it in lower tunings. This video was a lot of help. It also convinced me not to bother getting a tremel-no since it seems even more annoying than a floyd already is.

[@kindisc]

you don't need a straight edge because a fresh string, under tension is perfectly straight. you're sighting the neck relative to the strings.

[@jerryhatrick5860]

Imagine the killer low cost guitars one can buy with 3700. And only have to change pickups sometimes. And do a fret setup sometimes.

[@charliemurphypipe]

AND have SEVERAL sushi dinners!

[@ebikes2xs159]

Thanks for sighting down the neck from the headstock to the bridge. Don't know how many experts have told me to sight from the bridge to the headstock. That absolutely doesn't work for me.

[@TheGuitologist]

Can’t see shit that way.

[@traceyelliot8571]

thanks youtube for once again not notifying me 🤬😡

[@Jeremya74]

They know your a conspiracy theorist 😂

[@eduardoprieto5267]

Impressive no pick and no finger nail playing, i thought that i was alone in the planet. Well done carnal (brother).God bless everyone of my rockin friends.

[@noire1991]

You don’t adjust the height of a floating bridge with the springs and strings fully tensioned. You will break the floating bolts. You can tell me all you want you have done it your whole life like that, and I’ll refute that argument with what my coworker told our foreman “that just means you have been doing this wrong your whole life”

[@TheGuitologist]

This is not something that will be done a lot, you know, adjusting the height of the bridge. Kind of a one and done thing. A couple turns isn't going to hurt anything. You need to be able to check the actual string height and check the bends at full string tension, so it's either detune, turn the screws, tune back up, check, detune again, turn the screws again, tune back up again, etc. etc. etc. Or just turn the screws and be done with it.

[@SaintFredrocks]

So has Ibanez, and they make a hell of a guitar. How are you going to accurately adjust the guitar if you don't do it under tension? The steel will take it just fine. BTW tonewoods don't make a difference in an electric guitar either.

[@michael1]

@@TheGuitologist It's certainly not something anyone is likely to ask you to do very often. If people pay you to work on their guitars I'd stop filming yourself doing it.

[@michael1]

@@SaintFredrocks There's a pretty obvious way of temporarily removing tension. You don't have to remove the springs or anything.

[@SaintFredrocks]

@@michael1 Pretty obvious huh? Please share oh annoying one.🥱

[@peachmelba1000]

Additionally, for bolt-ons, I always check that the neck bolts are properly tight before adjusting the truss rod.

[@hughjanus5518]

I have the temol-no on both of my floyd equiped guitars and its a floyd must IMO. It helps when you're doing bends with one string while holding the other so the bridge doesnt lift, biggest reason I use them is in conjunction with the EVH D-tuna, otherwise when utilizing it and dropping tuning on the low E the other 5 strings would go sharp. Thats not why its been utilized here but IMO are a must with any full floating tremolo. Another guy lower says this one isnt set-up correctly yet this is how one of my guitars has it set-up.

[@thomastucker5686]

That guitar is way over priced. We get far too excited over slabs of wood bolted together with the earliest of electrical technology and strings. I like cheap guitars that play and sound great.

[@johneapleseed6876]

I disagree. If I had the money I would buy one similar in a second. Rn I'm playing an epi white bja Junior with a super distortion in it. Amazing guitar.... but I like gun oil custom shop stats. That's what I need but with an oxblood body plz. Birdseye oil neck. Single ceramic pickup with a speed knob and a Killswitch. Obviously with the tortoise shell guard. I'll put my name on it too in gold leaf. All Gold hardware

[@johneapleseed6876]

No disrespect

[@georgeestremera1464]

You have no idea what it costs to produce the guitar. How are you assessing that it’s over-priced? You have no idea how much R&D went into designing it. The pickups and trem were designed specifically for this guitar. That takes time and money

[@thomastucker5686]

@@georgeestremera1464 you don't know me or what ideas I have or not. I have conducted R&D as an engineer. Please don't try to explain to me engineering costs or anything business related. Solid body guitars are not as special as some wish.

[@georgeestremera1464]

You couldn’t possibly know what this specific guitar cost to develop unless you’re an FMIC employee or worked directly with Chip Ellis, Michael Frank Braun, and Guthrie. You might have opinions and ideas, but that’s a guess at best.

[@JalenRawley]

The Tremol-No is great if you need to tune to drop D real quick. I think a D-Tuna is a little easier but they're both just compromises to not have to bring another guitar to a gig, which I'm all in favor of. I had to bring five guitars to a show for a band I was in and that got old -real- fast.

[@KyleP133]

D Tuna doesnt work on a bridge that floats. That's the entire purpose of the tremol-no - to allow the trem to go from floating to dive only to fixed with the twist of a few knobs.

[@JalenRawley]

@@KyleP133 Quite correct, a very important point. A floating bridge requires balanced tension to remain floating, tuning the E to a D, no matter how you do it, will change the tension on one side of the equation.

[@fuzzymuppet1990]

You are definitely right about intonation and the playing position crap.. but definitely tune a guitar with floyd and locking nut in playing playing position, before tighting the nut down

[@diarrhea_splatter]

Man, these old school intros make me feel like I'm popping in a VHS copy of Goonies or Short Circuit.

[@TheGuitologist]

Shoutout to Richard for this one.

[@diarrhea_splatter]

@@TheGuitologist Love the retro intros 👍

[@frishdaw]

Never heard you play before, nice chops man you sound great!

[@Mcfly0856]

They come with shims to get that shaft at the right pitch to where it doesn't make noise, I messed with one awhile back and ended up removing it...

[@kevin11007]

i have tremolno in all my guitars and they all work great

[@kazkylheku1221]

Guitologist, why would you "sight down the neck" of all your guitars, if you can just fret the string in two places to use as a straight edge? And then slide a guitar pick between the string and a fret, as a thickness gauge? If the string just holds a 0.6 mm pick, it's a good relief. (And that is all that a 0.6 mm pick is good for and the only reason to have one.)

[@imeqsmd]

I wonder if that massive big brass block is original to the trem on this guitar? If the height of the block where the springs attach to is incorrect this will also cause the same issue

[@malungtvnews]

I love your guitar playing style

[@guybuddy1]

A better way to check how much relief you have is to hold down the 1st and 19th(approx) fret then tap the string around the 9th, it's a much more accurate way of checking the neck bow.

[@TheGuitologist]

That works very well too. I've just always used the gun sight method.

[@guybuddy1]

@@TheGuitologist Fair enough👍

[@craighamley3669]

I have a harder time sighting neck relief on compound radius necks, so I sometimes use both methods, and I also have a set of notched straight edges for Gibbys, Fenders, and PRS, and even one for short and long scale bass guitars. Whatever it takes for my old eyes to get an accurate, repeatable measurement, I guess.

[@Cautionary_Tale_Harris]

@@craighamley3669 I have ordered a notched straight edge for myself that should arrive tomorrow...I understand what you're saying!

[@iggymcgeek730]

No it isn't.

[@onekillerb]

I have a GG model I took off the no tremolo set up and put on a tremolo switch FZG Tremolo Switch it frees up the Gotoh bridge and feels better all around doesn't make it a hardtail but can do different tuning Guthrie wanted the non fine tuning bridge because he had no use for the locking nut he said in so interviews that it bother his hands when he would play in the lower register and sometimes it would cut his hand . So the custom shop came up with a happy medium

[@jsullivan2112]

Uncle Doug is the man! He makes things SO easy to understand with his analogies. Rip Rusty. Btw the Golan-Globus mock-up cracked me up at the beginning. Flashback to Delta Force and American Ninja in the 80s, love it!

[@kimballormsby9908]

I get that all the time, too. I'm with you about the position of the guitar when setting the intonation. I also can't see how it would affect tuning, either.

[@TheGuitologist]

It will affect tuning, just not intonation

[@DOWNFROMTHESKY-ln1ek]

i changed the gauge of strings on my ibanez prestige 7 string guitar.i removed one of the 4 springs and turned the claw screws about a half a turn in . the floyd is flat and the guitar plays perfect so you can change string gauge on a floyd if your patient enough to keep tuning the guitar for 20 minutes straight until the floyd settles i went from 11s to 9s thanx nice video

[@sgtcaco]

You don’t need to let the trek settle, most people waste a lot of time setting up Floyd’s, I want go into detail but with the right equipment like wedges etc.. it is a simple task.

[@Schuylock]

On an Ibanez Prestige? What model tremolo is on it?

[@DOWNFROMTHESKY-ln1ek]

@@Schuylock hi its a floyd rose

[@Schuylock]

@@DOWNFROMTHESKY-ln1ek Interesting. I figured most Ibby Prestige models came with some form of an Edge trem. What model do you have exactly?

[@DOWNFROMTHESKY-ln1ek]

@@Schuylock its an ibanez prestige rg 1527

[@justincase6151]

Similarly, I have an EVH USA Wolfgang with D-Tuna. I many issues with the D-Tuna not staying in tune when switching between standard and drop D. I just leave it in drop D all the time. I use other guitars instead for standard tuning.

[@UKDrew]

Awesome as Always Another really cool vid Thankyou

[@EJH-jn6mo]

I own one and the stability is amazing so not sure what you’re doing wrong on the tremelno

[@dgemstate5422]

Great video, Brad. Keep up the good work!

[@paulj0557tonehead]

You should make a fake US Quarter with a screw and two way tape it on there, and say, " Here, fixed it!"

[@russoloco1662]

Got to hand it to you Brad, your Knopfler technique is on point.

[@rustyrobinson8027]

Thanks for the info 👍🇺🇸

[@drhairy]

The face of the tremol-no’s spring claw has to be really close to perfectly parallel to the tremolo block, otherwise the shaft/sleeve will bind and be noisy when using the trem.

[@GuitarIv69]

Brad PLEASE loosen the strings before you adjust the height on a Floyd style bridge... if you turn the posts under tension you're wearing out the edges of the trem killing the tuning stability! 😢

[@TheGuitologist]

It's true you shouldn't do that too much. But if you don't adjust the height under tension, how can you know if you've gone far enough other than trial and error? You have to detune the guitar, turn the height adjustment screws, retune, test, and repeat. Very tedious and for little or no reason. For minor and occasional adjustments, it's ok. This is another example why I hate these internet age hard and fast rules everyone comes up with all the time. They're not very productive.

[@Claude77]

Modern floyd rose are made of softer materials then they where way back, don't think the tuning unstablelity you are experiencing is not the tremolo no but warn out knife edges on the floyd, never turn the studs with sting tension.

[@noahporter4487]

Those tremel-nos have a side adjustment at the block that you could probably adjust. My experience has been that they're always pushed so far to one side to line up with the hole that they need to redesign the whole thing.

[@gao1258]

I enjoyed your rant, Dave of DWOFS also rants about the “ you need to get it in playing position folks” also I appreciate you and Dave and Uncle Doug above all others for helping me and entertaining me while I learn amps and guitar workbench stuff. This vid doesn’t help my fear of tremolo tho 😂

[@TheGuitologist]

Yeah, Dave seems like an ok dude.

[@stevenkatien3292]

Not sure if you found this, but the shaft on many of the Tremelo-no units needs to be sanded down to slide better. Did that on both of mine, and perfect since.

[@alanparker2792]

Thanks

[@TheGuitologist]

Thanks a ton, Alan! You're awesome.

[@nocturnal101ravenous6]

Don't adjust bridge height on any guitar without detuning and taking the pressure off.

[@apostolispaspalakis2627]

Just got my Guthrie today. Loving everything about it but having the same buzzing issue on the high e and b strings. As soon as put my finger on it the buzzing stops. Should i send the guitar back or is this an easy fix? thank you to anyone willing to help

[@BarDog57]

Fun fact: You can drop a string on a Bigsby or Vibrola without the rest going out of tune.

[@user-en3dh8cg7u]

Setting the intonation on an electric guitar is over obsessed. When playing (especially in a live performance), finger pressure varies with “emotion” and can vary significantly. A simple ‘close enough’ is sufficient. Any resultant deviation can be adjusted by experience with the particular instrument. Experienced players will naturally compensate for such expected issues. The bottom line: Get to know your instrument and realize that playing “in tune” comes with experience. btw: starting with an instrument that’s well tuned is imperative and seemingly overlooked by thousands in this day and age of low cost electronic tuners.

[@TheGuitologist]

Yep.

[@bobpedone6168]

Easy way to check the intonation position question.....just check it on a good strobe tuner. I think you will be surprised what you find. If it needs to be measured with a strobe tuner those minute distances do matter in the overall scheme of things. I agree with your theory about trying new techniques on guitars. Everyone starts somewhere you just need the confidence and common sense to know when to back off if you get in too deep. well done!

[@elvisbullets7382]

Enjoyed the whole video, especially your playing and the sound is great.

[@kimkelley9269]

I love my USA Guthrie Govan! I consider it my desert island guitar; the neck and the fretwork are beautiful! I have no use for the Tremol-No, so that's never been a worry. It feels so good in the hand and sounds so good.

[@Theweeze100]

Thanks again Brad!

[@mystiquesquared]

Tip: Creamed Shaft: Oiled

[@MeAndTheBoys_]

Now boy, let me handle it. Yeah that's right boy,...that shaft is right on, feels real good.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Your mom is a pro

[@multishit6664]

Wood: Hand Rubbed

[@mcmentalmusicmakers3219]

Brad the noise that made I imagined running into a Blues breaker and wondering if the squeak or the note would be clearer

[@derangedhermit2879]

I was pondering the logic of why odd thumb wheeled things rear bridge access wasn’t centered but was offset, & I’d noticed Guthrie’s guitar had the trem lock in the center spring hole of the rear of the bridge, while your neighbors guitar had it set up the second treble side spring hole?… 🕳️

[@jfo3000]

He said he tightens the screw before tuning to drop D so he only has to tune one string. Which you deduced correctly. But any noise like that TremoloNo is creating will come through the amp, and the associated grinding will also cause the Floyd to hang up with tuning issues most likely.

[@prism223]

I bought a couple of Charvels over the past few years from Sweetwater, one of them with no extra setup (straight from factory) and another with a custom setup. I think something is off with Charvel's factory setup, as the one I got with no extra setup was way off in a similar way for the intonation and also neck relief. I now always recommend getting a new guitar setup by a luthier or oneself if so inclined.

[@deandee8082]

like you I REFUSE to alter saddle height, action, string height, or neck height, to adjust intonation unless its just way off, if all that is where I like it, no way do I sacrifice to attain perfect intonation, I am not having 1/8th" action whatever to get there. . . I have been known to shim a neck and raise bridge if that helps as I do like a more gisbon style string height off the body deck so I don't mind doing this, I prefer top mount floyds or any bridge for that matter but action and string height will be where I want it regardless...

[@jamescooper5372]

I had one of the trem locks on one mine of my guitars. I also thought it was junk I took it off and threw it away !

[@khillsy4489]

Why didn't you back the strings off while adjusting the truss rod or bridge?

[@matthewotremba9230]

I mount my boat jacks upside down , a 90 ° Jack into And the wire just falls into the strap button area thru the strap end like it Wants TO be there No loop

[@hobertgordon7465]

The two knobs together lock the tremolo and make it a fixed bridge, then you can unlock it and use the tremolo, also makes string changes easier

[@thejakefromstatefarm6768]

39:36 i been looking for one of those Boss systems for a reasonable price In reasonable condition for awhile. What do you think about it? Do you like it?

[@danielgrubb9496]

I think intonation should be set in playing position due to how you actually fret and apply pressure to the string, nothing to do with the scale length mid point.. You are 100% correct the distance is the same and the effect of gravity on relief is negligible. I am very picky about intonation and wouldnt want someone else to set it for me.. I dial it, in the playing position so that I play as in tune as possible given my unique variables haha. You do you brother!

[@leighsayers2628]

Beautiful looking guitar ..love the wood .. Great playing ..loved it .

[@crosswalklarry]

I always wondered, why do some bridge saddles do the even "Stairs" look but occasionally you get one saddle that goes off the charts? Man, that hurt my fingers the way you used the allen key on the bridge height. 😁 When I worked for PRS I got a Tremonti as my two year employee guitar. Obviously the tech didn't test the tremelo. One of the springs was getting caught on some paint buildup in the trem cavity edge. It would make a loud creaking sound. I took a chisel and lightly scrapped it down. Also my neck pickup pot was DOA.

[@steveweilhart2359]

nice demo - I have the so cal tele Charvel with the fishman pups all the body contours swamp ash body and very nice neck love it -

[@CRAZYCANUCKTV]

One of those bars they used for Floyd Rose would likely work the best over string trees

[@rmcfee]

Tremol Nos work great if you install them right and actually take the time to understand it.

[@TheGuitologist]

At some point, I can tell exactly when some f-tard has made a critical forum post.

[@Geopholus]

Perhaps a fix to the trmo-no is to use delrin for one of both of the slidey parts (shaft or collar) and to tighten the collar. put a split in the collar and have tightenning screw(s) that squeeze the collar more closed. Actually the idea of shafts sliding in collars is always weak , because if it slides, there is slop. Better to use (like on a lathe or milling machine a triangular "way" that fits into a triangular hollow and a large cam type squeezer that locks it down.

[@seanandben]

A question got The Guitologist. Do you have a favourite type of guitar, as in Strat, Tele, Les Paul, 335 etc. etc. What's your favourite guitar and/or guitar design to play or work on. Greetings to you from Ireland.

[@TheGuitologist]

Tele. It’s simple. It can do it all.

[@208414]

I used to want one of those Temol-no gadgets, but it just seems like they are too finicky to get setup right. GG probably has a tech tweaking it and maintaining his before every gig. I've seen comments from guitar technicians on the forums saying that they are commonly asked to remove these from guitars because they just don't work well for most people.

[@TheGuitologist]

A mechanic will tell you metal on metal creates wear. The screws cause burrs on the shaft, which in turn causes sticking of that piston/cylinder arrangement.

[@jimdevries9479]

My 95 has a Wilkinson trem and it’s dead quiet

[@dagger21detroit58]

Thanks!

[@TheGuitologist]

Thank you!

[@markinthemix6055]

I seriously wonder if the guitar really left the factory this way 🤔 in my many years of buying and fussing about with guitars l have been known to do the wrong things as far as trying to adjust my guitar throughout the year and season changes. This guitar has a roasted neck and even a graphite reinforced neck. Really really shouldn’t move under sensible use, travel and play. I have MANY roasted wood guitars that I travel with every week and they are extremely good and stable.

[@guyincognito320]

All Charvel necks sprout in winter, the roasted ones specifically. 'This is carmelized maple, which I guess means roasted, and it's got carbon rods so this baby isn't going anywhere!' - every review ever. It goes somewhere. You have to file off the fret tangs in January.

[@tankthelord1178]

Nice one Brad, beautiful bit of kit.... loved the rant ... lol

[@idiotburns]

I use mine tremstop with my floyd based midi guitar for doing Eb or drop D and no resetup

[@gep2771]

Agree on lack of fine tuners, like having the nut and the open ring of the string from bridge to pole but really don't like the weight of locking tuners either. I like floating bridges and take those stops out.

[@henriquecamboim]

As far as I understand it. That mechanism is to prevent the other strings to go out of tune when you do double stop bends.

[@mcmentalmusicmakers3219]

What I thought he was saying that he’s using in drop D locking so he doesn’t need to tune all strings when he drops and comes back up to pitch

[@CellaDorrn]

well i had to back off my saddle on the low e string so far on my prs.. that i had to remove the sping of the screw to get the intonation right.. standart strings nyxl 46-10 all the others are basicly withib 1 mm but 2mm ahead well i do like more relief than you do i think (basically my neck is dead flat without strings) i did my setup the same way you do it.. Laying it down tuning it up as perfect as i can Then i measure open sting, harmonic to check fibger position on the 12th and then pushed down on.. slightly rolling my finger to the top then in the end tube everything up and repead to check if it was correct.. (My tuner is always on and the stomp switch is my kill signal switch so i can see whats up with my intonation when i normally play.. ) But if i look at my other guitars… the saddle of my prs seems cursed and a hint to far to the front mounted… But one thing…. I really don’t like your tuner

[@Ershad1978]

I have the guitar and I initially struggled with the tremol-no noise and friction but it’s about finding the sweet spot with the tremol-no rod when it’s perfectly straight once the screws on the body attached to the bar are properly balanced . It will have no issues at all. Hope that helps. Only thing I struggled with it was having low action with 10-46 gauge . Trade offs were too much relief on the neck or bring the action higher . After a lot of trials over the years, I settled with the little higher action without affecting the playability and its perfect now but I planned to sell it many times before that . But I don’t think I will have sell the guitar as the pups on this guitar makes it sounds like a violin and you can buy the pickups as aftermarket on their own if I am not wrong

[@jimlin7782]

you have to tighten the springs or put heaver spring in or lock the screws and have no vibrato

[@harrisondvargo72]

that intro is straight FIRE

[@phil36135]

I remember the first and last guitar that' had the floyd rose setup. I thought it was cool until I put a new set of strings on it for a friend of mine. I thought I was losing my mind. It probably took way over an hour or more. I had one of the worst headaches ever. Never again will I change strings on a floyd rose setup, not even for money.

[@ibanezlaney]

It isn't hard - Takes about the same time as any standard bridge once you know what you are doing.

[@xttocx]

Doesn't moving the trem up and down the posts cause th to blunt the knives edge under load like that?

[@TexasGuitarist]

I'm loving that intro logo and music!