Weirdest QC Fail! NEW Guitar Unboxing and Demo

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Congrats with the new guitar man!

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@SonicDriveStudio thanks. It is super fun to play! I can’t wait to see your new EII eclipse sparkle finish in action!

[@southernpanda33]

The first thing I do, and I recommend this to everyone that has the skills necessary, is take the strings off and do a complete once over. Tighten everything you need to, adjust anything that’s off (And apparently make sure all your pickups are facing the correct way) and restring, tune up and intonate. You’ll thank yourself later.

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@southernpanda33 yep! as soon as I get my preferred string set in, it will gat a full set up and everything will be gone through!

[@southernpanda33]

2:25 that “socket tool”. That’ll be your truss rod adjustment tool.

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@southernpanda33 😂 I am so used to Allen/Hex key rods that it caught me off guard for a second.

[@jimmypennell8831]

Hell... the pickup might sound good flipped 🤔 😅

[@JoelCSabo]

Hey, I'm new to your channel but I habe enjoyed what I've seen so far. My buddy Brandon of @TyrannosaurusRiffs sent me your way. Anyway, I own an original-run 6 string Holcomb (used) and it became a keeper for me. I hope that the flipped neck pickup was the only issue and that you have a good time.

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@JoelCSabo oh yeah! Been following Brandon for a while now. The pickup was only real issue. A minor one for someone with tolls and the know how, but easy to miss on this model if you don’t know what to look for.

[@tyrannosaurusriffs]

A backwards pickup….thats weird. That guitar sounds awesome and you definitely got one of the better tops on one! Beautiful!

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

It is just odd that the factory could do it. If it were used, sure, that could happen… tbh the first PRS SE I bought had some questionable QC too. But yeah, the top of this one is killer. I have seen a few in the wild that were not as good.

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

Dimarzio has a chart showing which pickups they make that the orientation matters. I found it because I was putting a FRED in the neck position and was wondering what do.

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

Yeah. I had Dimarzio tone zone pickup that has a mismatched coil on one side and it makes a difference how it is oriented. The SD hybrid 59 is the same way!

[@ShiceSquad]

Funny you should mention it, I had that happen to me once too. On an Eastwood "Map" baritone; they nicely fitted it with "Vintage Voice" single coils instead of stock humbuckers at my request, but then the bridge pickup was hilariously flipped - and I think it actually makes a difference in sound too!

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@ShiceSquad some humbuckers with mismatched coils or asymmetrical winds would definitely sound different. Some single coils have very specific pole heights set and they would need to be matched to the strings. There are reasons the manufacturers make them a certain way. 😂

[@ShiceSquad]

​@@BaritoneGoatStudio Indeed, also the segment of string which the pole pieces are under would seem to be the main factor. But what gets me is, how did they not notice the wires coming out of the pickup were on the wrong side when they were installing it?

[@murpsman]

Did you play it before and after the rear pickup switch to see if there was a tonal difference?

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@murpsman I did. They sound the same. The only difference it made was for which of the coils were active when split. When properly oriented, the outer coils are active on both pickups.

[@JoelCSabo]

@@BaritoneGoatStudio I was wondering the same thing as @murpsman. You might have missed out on middle position out-of-phase stuff that could've been cool.

[@southernpanda33]

Dude, I’ve been waiting on the Schecter C-1 Standard left handed from them for a while. I’ll be so pissed if it shows up like that 😂

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@southernpanda33 yeah, I think schecters might be made in the same facility in Indonesia. But I haven’t had any QC issues with my schecters so far!

[@SearchingForTone]

Never had a 7 nice top.

[@peachmelba1000]

There's no reason a seven string guitar would have higher action, as a matter of course.

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@peachmelba1000 sure. People can do what they want. DIs come out cleaner with 2mm action on the low 7 string for me. I set most 6 strings to 1.7mm.

[@peachmelba1000]

Hold on, man. No video of that backward pickup (or the tuning machine issue)? Really? You toss out clickbait in your video title and then don't provide receipts? You have to document that stuff, or you shouldn't mention it. I'm sure PRS would agree because now there's no proof you aren't fibbing for views.

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

@@peachmelba1000 PRS has my money, I doubt they will care. I was just eager to play the guitar! lol!