This Guitar is a Dirty FAKE! - Fixing an ILLEGAL Suhr Guitar!

Time to remedy this illegal overseas copy of a very expensive Suhr guitar!
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[@DarrellBraunGuitar]

Yup! Time to make Shur nobody gets sucked in by this fake guitar! Enjoy :)

[@fishforce545]

Hi Darrell! Amazing content as always. Keep it up!! :) have a nice day.

[@Koyomi112]

i have a guitar with a unique bridge and i want you to see it, where can do i do so?

[@angelortiz2441]

Give to me...If you no Like....Pleeeaassseeee

[@bldallas]

Awh, you’re taking all the fun out of it. Just kidding. You did a great job on the back of the headstock, but my OCD wants to spend more time on the front. If you use really fine sand paper 2000 to 2500, you can really buff that up. I think I’d experiment with rubbing some black die into it, too; the body seems to have a very slight yellowing color, too. Finally, I’d shine it up with car wax and a buffing wheel.

[@abrahamyanes2405]

makes you wonder if companies just turn their defected guitars into "counterfeits". they still make their money but they don't loose their integrity...

[@patrickdonaire4743]

You can change the brand to ForSuhr

[@darkinertia2]

fauxsuhr

[@ThePelekatMan]

Or NotSuhr 😄

[@schmoemi3386]

Or UnSuhr?

[@thiendipham828]

YesSurh 😄

[@jamesreardon6819]

I would have started with a finer grit abrasive paper on the front to remove the fake logo then feathered the rest of the clear coat and rebuilt it. Might have avoided damage to the veneer. Just saying. Love your channel. Rock on!

[@lraffucci]

if you like the guitar, dont be ashamed of it. just play the hell out of it. love it.

[@Furtheronmusic]

Nice work Shur. Glad you did this. I get fed up flagging so many counterfeit guitars on Facebook marketplace. It isn't illegal to own one but you cannot sell one. That's the law (in UK anyway) even if you legitimately say its a replica that doesn't matter selling it with the trademark infringements makes it illegal

[@jornfox3545]

I'll buy that no name for a hundred! lol. Nice restoration. It may become one of your favorites.

[@ClintsCrypt]

At this point, I would say just make the front of the headstock gloss black. Take the neck to a paint or hardware store and they should be able to match the red on the back of the neck. Should have burned a big "NO" in nice font in front of the "Suhr" on the headstock and then burned "Fake" into the back of the headstock and body. Then you could have kept the original finish and look while making an interesting conversation piece, while protecting the brand and possible future purchasers. 🙂

[@TranscendentBen]

Change the back to say "MADE IN HELL"

[@sattercaster1]

You shoulda just left the headstock alone dude...

[@Ro-Bucks]

I wonder if the could be a factory worker that had access to parts and has no access to the tools he would need to make his own brand.

[@DavidHBurkart]

Wow, the headstock came out pretty nice albeit lighter than the body. Next time for such a project, using this project as an example, try a little bit of gray and black (or whatever the contrasting colors may be) spray paint with at a bit of a distance (22-24 in) between the can and the headstock & speckle with light mist & short bursts. (having masked off where you do not want the spray), literally, like only one of two light passes, then steel wool (800-1600) over the finish, blending the colors. Once you get the right blend, use your sealer/oil/coat of choice. It is amazing how close you can get to the right colors. The quilt may not exactly match, but the right color depth & tones will blend it nicely overall.

[@lucassmith1319]

WOW, David it sounds like you are an artist!! Thanks for the heads up bcuz I never probably never would have Been able to put that off lol thanks for your expertise bro!! 💯

[@DavidHBurkart]

@@lucassmith1319 ...not really an artist, just try things that are outside of the box. For a project like this counterfeit, you don't mind experimenting a little. Darrell did a phenomenal job with removing the logo and still retaining much of the finish. That is no small feat

[@rvaguitars]

You could have totally taken that clearcoat down and gotten the decals off without taking off all of the color. What did you just throw some 80 grit on the electric sander and go to town? 320 by hand would’ve done much better

[@shauncarter924]

Shoulda inscribed “Fixed in Canada” where the ‘Made in USA’ was lol

[@keithcarman5381]

Darrell, where did you get this? I don't want to scam anyone I just want a nice guitar for my own collection.

[@hellbillydraq2922]

I'll take your old grovers! Have an old Swinger to put them on!

[@TheRecordBoyOfficial]

I remember some time back, I resprayed my guitar.. Was inspired by one of your tutorials. ❤️

[@chrisggoodwin777]

Well done ☺️ Phil McKnight did a similar video (I believe his fake was also a Suhr) and he fire branded "fake" in the neck pocket as an additional step to ensure it could not be sold off as an original

[@DMSProduktions]

It's a GUITAR, not a sick bird!

[@steveelling9604]

So you're saying the inlays are actual abalone, or are you saying, "ah, baloney."

[@williamknell864]

Next string change, just stain the front of the headstock black with gloss clear coat. It'll look totally of a piece. Nice mystery guitar.

[@Movieman1965]

Hi, Darrell. Have you ever tried a guitar made by Schorr Guitars? They have a very unique slideable pickups design. Thought it would be cool to see you demo it.

[@ronramsay8587]

I am better than many posters here, as I'm Suhrtainly not going to stoop so low as to make a pun.

[@mastercom2003]

Turned out nice. I would have looked into some other stain colours. I personally like the gunstock stain. Possibly mix some brown stain with some gunstock stain.

[@ZL1LoVeR]

I dig the lighter headstock, and the black hardware is so clean!

[@johnalleman1134]

Nice job Darrell. My suggestion is to rattle-can spray paint the face of the headstock gloss black. I think it would look a little better than the sanded down original colour, that no longer matches. It would take a couple of hours at most to prepare, mask and paint and would also be cheap to do. Keep up the great work!

[@thegusk520]

Sounds like a plan, I would have done both sides and used the original chrome tuners and left the original chrome knobs to tie it altogether. :)

[@mystice214]

send me one guitar suhr bro..😁👍🎸

[@stevehanham9266]

I didn't really like seeing this done to what was, a beautiful looking guitar. And as you said that it played nicely too, it makes it even more of a shame. Yes, I know that is was a 'fake', but to be absolutely honest, I don't care. I currently own 31 guitars, including 5 Gibsons and 4 Fenders. All are genuine as I've owned them for many years (long before the 'Fakes started appearing). So, ok I'm lucky, but let's face it, if these 'big' manufacturers didn't charge such absolutely ridiculous prices, there would not be a market for 'fakes'. Cheers. 😊😎🎸

[@Bob-Whiting]

@DBG And did you know Darrell, that on Hipshot Open Gear tuners, tightening the screw that attaches the tuner knob will actually tighten how the gears mesh and you can completely eliminate gear creep, (It's True!) which is fantastic for any guitar with a trem system! I love mine and I have a Bigsby, but it stays in tune bro!

[@ilmisxx2]

The only downside is that "open gear" is a terrible design for a precission part like a tuner. All the dust and grime makes it wear out prematurely

[@ADAM_COLLECTS]

Phil Mcknight did something like this and i love it. remove ALL falsities and you’re left with, ideally, a great guitar

[@Gottaloveguitars427]

Wow, you have integrity my friend, I would never do that if I had a fake!

[@Rj-jm8vm]

How did you identify it as a fake ?

[@ynot5150]

Questions..and I had these when I saw the first video of this guitar. 1.) How did you get a fake Suhr? 2.) Where did you get? (How much?) 3.) Why did you get one? (By mistake?) Anywho, dig the channel! 🤘✌️

[@mauriciogago4465]

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing, I’d like the full story! Especially where was it made and by whom, such a nice guitar must have been made by someone experienced.

[@bubkusjones]

This is his second video. He ended up finding it on Craigslist/Kijiji or something like that. Seller was upfront of it being a knockoff.

[@mauriciogago4465]

@@bubkusjones thanks for the info! Yeah, I thought he should have a previous video and looked for it in his recent videos but couldn't find it. Just saw that the video is almost a year old now :)

[@TranscendentBen]

Thanks - he could have at least said "the story on how I got this is in a previous video," but no - off to watch the other video ... and he does indeed point out the problems you shouldn't see in a 3k (!!!) guitar.

[@jemrock1441]

Beautiful guitar Bro 🎸💥

[@garymcaleer6112]

Happy holidays, Darrell. All of my "cheap" guitars are counterfeits of established designs with their logos. But I wouldn't trade my 'collection' of 27 guitars for one $10,000 Gibson, Fender, or Martin. Asian artisans are superb & perfect for "the starving musician." My new Indio Helix @ $153 from Monoprice is the finest of my electrics. Prices will skyrocket, bro. So, we come in on "the ground floor" before inflation dominates the market, which I see beginning. And with war on the horizon, changes are coming, brother. Not knowing the future my 'shredmaster' nephew will inherit these instruments along with my audiophile recording studio. All the best, bro! I'll be blessed to live through Christmas.

[@popebryanii7224]

My rule for fakes is, try not to resell, if it is a resell case do what Phillip McKnight did and brand it with a big ol fake stamp.

[@TangoDownOIF]

Fade to black!

[@jamesdiehl8690]

Go over it with a good mahogany stain, or some cherry to get some red.

[@narvul]

I have almost the same guitar from Harley Benton with original Grovers, Floyd Rose and stainless steel frets. Paid 200 euro's for it, used.

[@leodanryan966]

The original finish wasn't walnut. It was cherry. Dark cherry to be exact.

[@machine-madedog5059]

Would love to see do this with a.. TOTALLY LEGITIMATE.. Yngwie Strat. :D

[@ovash1]

Awesome videos, I really like your channel and your videos. The problem is now I want so many sub $200. guitars. Thanks for the entertainment and the great information, I hope your channel is around longer than I am.

[@lorincowell6944]

Have you had experience with woodburning? A friend, in 1974, had a natural wood (of all things!) Mosrite with one of those loosy goosy roller trems. Someone had woodburned the Lord's Prayer on the back. Very well done.

[@robraaiii]

Ouch! Couldn’t you just have added “No” to that “No Suhr”? Would have kept that beautiful head stock intact while still exposing how well they are faking it.

[@ColeRambaldi]

Chinese replicants are happy now.They will being know how to fix problems for their fakes. Many people around not quite rich countries are happy too, 'cause they will buy a better fake product and tune it up. Or, for example, in Russia, I can just order kinda Fender Custom Shop from a local luthier or even a guitar company for a price of the Mex.

[@robertamato358]

Sorry Darrell but I think it was a mistake to sand the headstock. It would have taken exceptional woodworking skills to do this successfully and match the finish. I do respect the integrity of your effort, but I think simply stamping the backside of the headstock with “fake” would have prevented any future fraudulent representation and preserved the original aesthetics of the instrument.

[@Orville123]

Pretty cool Big D. Found a good way to get rid of some of the spring rattle on my trim springs. Electrical heat shrink tubing. Thanks for showing us how to be innovative.

[@knighttemplar5387]

Darrell I hope you see this may be you can help me out. I'm about to do an upgrade to my cheap Glary guitar like total make over pickups, nut, tuning machines, bridge. Question I got is what to start with, is there a pattern or do whatever you want first. Please help if you can. I'm doing this first time.

[@csf6614]

Great video as ever but the worst filmed for a long time ... Try and have a background with nothing in .. serious headache with the in and out of focus... Sorry for moaning ...

[@Gene_Cali]

I think a decal of the International sign for NO over the Fake logo would be ok. All would know it was a 'No' Shur guitar. Thanks DBG.

[@nicgray1395]

Why not simply stamp the back with FAKE and add a word like NO suhr to the headstock.That way the guitar would still look great?

[@jSIN99]

I know its a reproduction/fake and its cost is low but... Dude, youre working on it on a hardtop surface? I hope thats not your typical bench. It was painful hearing it go "clunk clunk" on the table.

[@Barbarapape]

Unless you intend to sell the guitar why remove the decals. I have a custom made Strat with "Fender" decals that i bought used. The seller made it clear that it was not made by Fender. In my case the decals are on top of the lacquer, so easly removed.

[@allenmitchell09]

Darrell, I once had a fake lefty Gibson Les Paul but there were a couple of weird things about it. Instead of being Gibson on the headstock it had Orville. But, if you got it in the right light you could see Gibson underneath Orville. I know of the true Orvilles that Gibson put out in the past but this wasn’t one of them. I suspect it was discovered or other fakes were being shut down and caused them to overspray the new logo. I got it from a pawn shop thinking it was real.

[@kennethmeeker6369]

There’s a Ibanez prestige at my local pawnshop I was looking at bubinga top for 500 seems awful cheap I guess any suggestions on telling if it’s real Idk

[@konfu_ion]

This comment section really shows people care more for the branding than the quality of the product. It looks like a Suhr, it plays well, the only thing it's missing is a damn serial number.

[@slydogtom]

I’m curious where this came from. We’re they really trying to pass this off as a real suhr? How can we protect ourselves from this kind of thing, D?

[@DaveTaste]

9:00 Knobs that really pop in your face. In my country this means something else.

[@lukather1]

I would say you’ve ruined that guitar ! Why remove the logo and damage the paint on the headstock you weren’t going to try and sell it !! Just leave it ! You’ve made a dogs dinner for no reason !🤪🤪🤪🤪🎸😎

[@jeffmariajenson9751]

I cringed when you got out the 100 grit. 220 would have done it without leaving deep scratches to sand out. Gloss black on the headstock could have worked for you too.

[@BaldPerspective]

You dumped the Grover tuners but kept that vibrato that doesn't even fit? There's something wrong with you.

[@JackLeeTheFirst]

Did you replace the nut? Last video I remember it was horrendous (for tuning stability)

[@dejannisic9770]

i did similar thing with my fake tele, I mean I don't care about stupid fender logo I didn't bought it because I like Fender, but because I saw potential in it, and it was dirt-cheap

[@michaelgallegos8811]

I have one of these HSH ,2014 edition locking tuners very nice actually.

[@georgeprice4212]

You could've made it ToSuhrWithLove. *shows himself out

[@audiomonster303]

A razor blade could have scraped all those unwanted fake labels. then a simple re-laquer

[@liorangel7511]

I really can't tell whats fake here. The logo seems pretty solid to me. you know that it's fake because you bought this online but I don't know so I can't tell and all those little thing that you saw that makes it fake I will never recognize alone

[@drpfrutti]

Suhrtainly a more honest axe now. Why would anybody put another company's name on a really good guitar?

[@tfriesen3866]

Darrell, love the content. But, please do us subs all a favor and turn the auto focus off on the cameras you use to record your videos. The camera lack of focus change is basically harming my vision to the point it hurts.

[@KingWolf39]

I just ordered on Amazon a lyxpro strat I ordered a blue one I received a bright pink one but I have not seen any videos on KZbin about it figured you might want to take a look at it

[@SDisonYT]

I think I would have just repainted the front and back of the headstock in gloss black.

[@Henysipper]

I think you should've put a question mark after the Suhr logo instead of removing it.

[@MikeJBlues]

Cool guitar, some black outline airbrush on the headstock face would make it pop.

[@thomasdempsey4870]

I wouldn't of messed with it. If planning on keeping.......too nice to mess with.

[@FrayAdjacentTX]

You'd get better focus if you stop your lens down and add light.

[@bradwilliamsandthedancehal8422]

You deserve much better than a no name/knock off guitar. You should send that down here to the states where our/my standards are much lower 🤪

[@davidmarkham4391]

You should have had another headstock decal made in the same font that said Not. Left it as Suhr Not

[@dejannisic9770]

Now you can put made in Canada, because as an orphan guitar it doesn't have company parents, so you have made some changes enough to proudly adopt it as your own

[@davestrong8889]

Not worth the time and effort working on a knock off. Better to upgrade a fender Squire or Player series.

[@davidlacroix6769]

Come on. Place a pad on the counter to work on. You should protect the guitar regardless of the cost of it.

[@rodmorgan7041]

I was a bit sceptical at first, but you did a brilliant job in the end. Those black tuners set it off too. Well done!

[@donfreeman686]

I would have painted the headstock all black like the super strat you did a couple of years ago.

[@Matthew_Klepadlo]

“Today we’re going to be going back to an old, but important project today on this channel: Project No Suhr!” Yes Suhr, Yes Suhr! Reporting for duty on Project No Suhr, you can be Suhr of that!

[@DRB2023]

I would have found some kind of decal to hide the Shur logo. Then a quick clearcoat and call it good.

[@Madchris8828]

The routing in the back is pretty ugly aside from that its not bad looking, lol.

[@bulobeloo]

No Suhr well done Sir - on my monitor it looks like a bit more yellow coat would make the headstock match even better 😊

[@chrismckay3868]

A good name for it would be Not-Sure with an Idiocracy movie logo lol.

[@ThunderBassistJay]

They should have built a Strat or Tele style guitar. They must have pretty good tools. With this build quality it would sell well.

[@Dudldom]

Unfortunately probably not. There are a lot of brands on the market. Making something original and establishing your own brand is not easy. Many have done that but who knows how many small building shops are only known locally or have failed. Thats no excuse for making an illegal product of course.

[@Rodrat]

You should haveeft the Suhr logo somehow and put a big red NO in front of it.

[@josesamano5175]

Quien lijaria un logo bien hecho como este...no importa si es o no original

[@alex_nikonov]

Candidate for give away? Darrell, can I be first to sign for it? 😂

[@butchsguitarsgear520]

Used transmission fluid will give you that odd stain like is on that guitar neck

[@magicdaveable]

Yep Suhr Guitars are definitely way over priced.

[@MacedoinaChoirs]

I don't get it . If you like leave it alone and just play it.

[@petepaul615]

“It is a no name guitar now” (uncomfortable laugh((KnowIng the real truth)) seeing any profit in resale hit the floor) Still rad DB, it’s a keeper, it will fit into at least a few arrangements, fxck all the logo wars!

[@Kiobo7n7]

With 320 grit sandpaper and some water the finish doesnt go away 🙍

[@alanpang8223]

A small amount of airbrushing (black) & clear coat would dramatically improve the appearance....

[@exploitndaie2449]

So where did you get this fake suhr? … I’m asking for a friend 👀

[@williamfielding8302]

Anyway you want to look at it the only and I do mean the only way to fix a FAKE is with a chainsaw...

[@greygardens81]

Could have put a random decal over the Suhr logo and clear coated that!

[@StockportJambo]

Is it "illegal" if it was made in China which has no copyright laws?

[@b.j.surfdog3724]

hope you didn't have to pay the regular "Suhr" price tag on this.