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all right i'm jimmy church and i'm a

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radio and television host

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and do some films and some producing and

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some acting and things like that i'm the

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late night radio guy doing ufos

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conspiracy but i also love guitar

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and

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i was a guitar player on the sunset

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strip back in the day

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and i've never let guitar escape me

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this is my radio studio here this is

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where i broadcast from

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each night

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and i surround myself with all all

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things six string

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and

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i uh i i got a lot of guitars

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and i saw a fender squire

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mini strat for sale

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a limited edition in vintage white

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that's a couple of years ago

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and and i saw it and i thought man

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that'll look cool on the wall next to uh

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that's offender american

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uh but anyway so

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so i bought the guitar and put it on the

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wall

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and here's the thing with with that idea

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do you play the guitar

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or is it just an art piece is it just

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gonna hang there

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and it stared at me for a couple of

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years

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and i don't think i ever really played

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the guitar um but i have a a few mini

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uh guitars that i bought when i see a

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mini with a maple neck on it

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and it's a bolt-on

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i usually just you know have to have it

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but there's problems with every mini

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guitar first off they have a reputation

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of not playing in tune

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and and inferior pickups and electronics

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and bad wood and

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you know and and all of that well

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most of that is deserved

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okay it is

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the fender squire mini you can buy right

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now for 199 dollars

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and they come with hardtails

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indonesian chinese

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parts on them

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pickups tuning machines

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uh the fretwork is is crazy and

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will tend to cut you

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well um

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it's the same thing with uh the squire

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minis and anything else so

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i thought but wait a minute wood is wood

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and every guitar that i have

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every one i i purchase it

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and i put it on the bench

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i fret jobs the sides of the neck uh

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the nuts

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uh everything gets shimmed it gets a

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shim in it

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i modify everything like that guitar

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right there that's a kramer voyager

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and when i got that guitar had a painted

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headstock perfect guitar

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jb's in it and

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and everything else bolt-on shin the

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neck but it had a painted headstock

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first thing i did when i got the guitar

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back

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uh i

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sanded the headstock down to wood

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because i wanted that

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and it's it's my guitar i can do with it

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what i want i'm not going to sell it

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and it was the same consideration

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with this guitar here

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it's a it's a fender squier but i own it

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i can do whatever i want to it so i

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looked at the guitar

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and i thought to myself as it's hanging

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next to that

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it needs a trim

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and is that is that a possible thing to

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do and do you want to sink

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that kind of money into 199 guitar

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and that's when the challenge started

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is it possible to take 199

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squire mini strat

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nothing holding back on parts

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put the best of the best on it

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and is it going to play like a thousand

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dollar two thousand dollar uh fender

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strat

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well the question's been answered the

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the answer is yes

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and i have no affiliation defender

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i paid for all of this myself all the

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parts the labor the building

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and uh and came up with the idea

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and as you can see here right there

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uh it doesn't say squire anymore i strip

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the headstock down i put a fender strat

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decal

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on it because i could because i i own

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this i'm not going to resell it i'm not

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misrepresenting this guitar i'm not

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going to sell this to somebody and say

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hey this is a five thousand dollar

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custom shop

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yeah that's that's the question

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a fender squire mini strat

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eventually sound great

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well let's find out this is what we did

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offender squire strat uh comes stock

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with a hardtail this is a hardtail right

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here this is uh

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this ibanez paul gilbert mini maple neck

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again this is i don't know a hundred

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dollars

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and uh but you can see right there hard

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no routing

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um i bought this why well it's a paul

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gilbert it's a mini and it had a maple

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so i bought it thing does not stay in

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tune if there is one thing that any

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guitar manufacturer who's listening to

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me right now uh

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would learn something and it's this put

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locking put locking tuners on these

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guitars

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do that

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uh it would help things

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so much number one number two

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the person buying this guitar probably a

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parent for their child

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that beginning guitar player with those

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little hands is going to play guitar

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that's going to stay in tune and maybe

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they'll love the guitar more maybe

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they'll want to buy another one from you

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so locking tuners

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and uh that's that's the beginning so

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here's the guitar when i first took it

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to uh pat wilkins shop

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pat uh paints and builds uh many guitars

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for me and i've known him for uh

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almost 40 years

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and he's one of the best in the business

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and i called a pat and i said hey i got

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this idea

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and i've got this

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fender squire mini strat that's a

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limited edition that's painted vintage

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and i want to put a trim on it pats i

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can't do it

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i said yeah yeah yeah we can i don't

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know man it's tension it's tuning i said

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pat

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we're not gonna know unless we try

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and i need to take you outside of your

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box outside of your comfort zone you're

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the best

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let's see

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if anybody can do it it's you

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so here's the guitar uh brought it to

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his shop uh three months ago

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all right so pat how you doing i'm doing

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great good to see you jimmy yeah it's

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good to see you that's the back of

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jonathan hayes he doesn't want to be on

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camera because the irs

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um so this is what we're doing this is

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the project uh

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pat and and jonathan have agreed to

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damage this

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and so this is what we're gonna do this

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offender

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squire

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limited edition olympic white mini strat

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and so this is what we're going to do

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right now this is in its original case i

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mean this is it in original conditions

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brand new

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don't scratch it pat okay

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all right don't scratch it so it's brand

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new

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and this is what we're gonna do we're

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put a tremolo in this this is a hardtail

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this is coming out pat's gonna put a

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vintage troy he's gonna

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he's gonna route the back

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right that's right

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we're gonna put uh invade pickups in

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here from seymour duncan

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we're gonna change out the dime pots and

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put some cts's in

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we're gonna put in a a real fender

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five-way this is probably we haven't

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opened it up yet there's probably some

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you know uh

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you know cheap chinese thing

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pat doesn't know this yet

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but i thought about this

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i think i want to go 6100s

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right sure i mean this is why not

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we're going for it right

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so we're going to go with um we're going

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to go with some really nice 6100 fret

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wire we're going to pull this out

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um we're going to put in a new nut well

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i mean here's the thing

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uh with the tension

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um that we're gonna get with the tremolo

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the way it is it might not hurt to put

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locking uh gears in there okay

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i would i can't wait to get the 61 the

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6100 frets are gonna be bigger than the

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guitar itself yeah in the end so that's

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it that's the that's the condition of

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this is it

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take a good look

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and then when we're done we'll have a

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few other surprises too um

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thank you happy holidays

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jonathan thanks jimmy you're the man

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thank you guys so much and uh i'm out

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three months later i got this picture on

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my phone

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and pat said uh the guitar is done

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uh the the excitement right so i picked

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up the guitar last week so here's what

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we did

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let's uh let's start with the main

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the main thing we had to route

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the guitar for a trend this is a fender

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vintage tram

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and we had to route the guitar

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so you can see it here uh nice routing

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job it's clean

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but the first problem that we

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encountered you can see this is a brass

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block

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uh that is in here these bodies are

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thinner than a stock strat

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so the block stuck out

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that's not good so we had to modify uh a

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to modify that got it to sit in there

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and it's obviously clear of the body

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plus i wanted this to float this is a

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this is a floating trim

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and it's got to float i didn't want it

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blocked out and you can also see that

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i'm running three springs plenty of

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tension on this guitar there's

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no no issues with tension or tuning

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and it plays like a a regular guitar

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regular scale length

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little bit softer and that you can bend

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the strings all over the place we'll get

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to that

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in a bit when you want to go to bend

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this is the guitar you're going to do it

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with so that was the first thing we had

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to route the guitar

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for the trim i wanted a six-hole vintage

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trim

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i wanted to have the absolute this is i

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i like the vintage trims and i wanted it

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to look just like this guitar that's

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over my shoulder so

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that was the first step second step

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was uh the seymour duncan yjm uh fury

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ingva mom steam pickups which i also

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have

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in that guitar right there um and in

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other all of my single coil

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uh strats there might be another one

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here behind me

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seymour duncan's in that uh

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the srv that you see up there that's got

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yjms in it as well

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uh change out the pickup covers and and

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things anyway so

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uh seymour duncan yjms

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cts pots uh new fender american switch

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and then moving up the next thing that i

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wanted done to this guitar if we're

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going to do all of this work to it was

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the fret's got to go

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and i prefer don't have it on every

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guitar but most of my guitars have

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dunlop 6100 stainless steel fret wire

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most of the guitars in here are 6100

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jumbo frets

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and dunlop's some aren't

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but i get them as big as i can but when

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i have a guitar custom built or if

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there's an issue or the frets are too

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small when i first get the guitar that's

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it i refred it and 6100s go in and i've

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been doing 6100 frets

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uh since i met neil moser in like 1984.

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and he started doing my fret work so

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anyway

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dunlop 6100 stainless steel

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fret wire the frets

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cost more than the entire guitar the

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pickups cost more than the entire guitar

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the locking tuners cost more than the

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entire guitar

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um

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it's it's i know it's crazy but i just

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wanted it done this way so moving up the

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neck um i wanted uh fenders best locking

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tuners and that's what is

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here that you can see but also needed to

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change out the nut and i got the best

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that i could get which is graphtec so

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that is a graph tech nut

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um placed and cut by pat wilkins and

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then i had the headstock stripped

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so the stock headstock looks like this

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i'll show it to you here

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says fender

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or says squire by fender or whatever uh

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stratocaster had that pulled off

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and

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uh a stock

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fender strat spaghetti decal put on now

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there a little comment um about uh

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changing out the logos

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um

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here's the deal with that i own this

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guitar

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i'm not gonna resell it

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um i was

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uh not hesitant at all about swapping

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out uh the decal

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and and and doing it because this is

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mine all right and this was always meant

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to be the baby version of of that guitar

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right okay and i wanted this look right

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here i wanted i wanted that look

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okay so

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that was done

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and uh

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when i called fender

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last week and uh sent them over pictures

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of the guitar

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uh

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i could i could hear the the reaction it

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was muted

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it was it wasn't too rowdy

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but i'm not selling this guitar and i'm

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not representing it and for something

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that it's not this is my

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mini strat that i had built it's it's

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it's really that simple so

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now here's the thing when the guitar

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finally came back to me

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um i immediately put everything on on

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the bench now uh pat did an excellent

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uh fret job and there was no issues with

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that

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but

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uh i shim every guitar that i have i

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shim

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um

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if it's a bolt on

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i shim it uh that has been shim that's

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been shim that's been shim that's been

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shimmed that's shimmed that that

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have been shimmed that's been shimmed

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this has been shipped that's been

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shipped even this jackson

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both of these jacksons up behind me uh

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have been shimmed uh the evhs down there

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shimmed the esps uh down there shim the

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gems uh ibanez

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uh shimmed i shim everything what is a

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shim

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they're over on the bench it's a thin

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piece of wood or plastic

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uh

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00:17:10,549 --> 00:17:08,640
preferably with a degree

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of an angle to it

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in this case it's a one degree that is

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in here and that tilts the neck so you

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can see here that this neck

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is slightly tilted

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you can see how the pickups

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go from high to low

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and i've got this set up to float which

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raises the bridge up a little bit so i

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need i need this shimmed and i also like

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the

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hand i don't like it flat i don't like

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this whole thing flat i like that angle

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and i like this raised out a little bit

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so i can put my hand there's that is all

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done with a shim so i brought the guitar

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back i've shimmed it and uh

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you can see it right here there's a shim

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in there and uh got that going

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00:18:03,590 --> 00:18:01,840
immediately

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that changes the action and everything

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00:18:07,350 --> 00:18:04,480
else

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and pat had this to stop

431
00:18:13,510 --> 00:18:10,880
instead of float so i adjusted that i

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almost pulled out a spring but i stayed

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with three

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um a lot of my guitars i just have two

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springs this one i kept it in because

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it's fine and it's comfortable

437
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but uh

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00:18:30,549 --> 00:18:27,520
once that was done i had to reset the

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action and get it all going but because

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uh pat is such an excellent

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00:18:36,950 --> 00:18:35,120
uh

442
00:18:38,470 --> 00:18:36,960
fret person i mean

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his front work is just incredible the

444
00:18:43,350 --> 00:18:40,080
neck is just perfect

445
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and it was an easy setup and i did a

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00:18:47,510 --> 00:18:45,360
quick little polish he had already

447
00:18:49,510 --> 00:18:47,520
polished it but i have to have to do my

448
00:18:51,590 --> 00:18:49,520
little touch to it so i did that

449
00:18:53,669 --> 00:18:51,600
slap the neck back on

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uh put everything back together and it

451
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is exactly as you see it now i've only

452
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had the guitar for

453
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a few days and i decided to make this

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video

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straight out to show everybody so here's

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wood is wood

457
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and the questions are out there and i

458
00:19:17,270 --> 00:19:15,760
get that about

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00:19:19,669 --> 00:19:17,280
um

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00:19:23,510 --> 00:19:19,679
indonesian or mexican

461
00:19:25,350 --> 00:19:23,520
uh built strats and fenders and guitars

462
00:19:27,029 --> 00:19:25,360
and are they different are they inferior

463
00:19:28,549 --> 00:19:27,039
are they the same

464
00:19:32,150 --> 00:19:28,559
is there any difference between an

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american strat and a and a mexican-built

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strat

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00:19:36,789 --> 00:19:34,880
what you know what's what's the deal

468
00:19:39,270 --> 00:19:36,799
with indonesia and who's building and

469
00:19:40,070 --> 00:19:39,280
who's where's the quality i get all of

470
00:19:43,350 --> 00:19:40,080
that

471
00:19:45,590 --> 00:19:43,360
and um i don't

472
00:19:47,029 --> 00:19:45,600
i don't think about it i have a lot of

473
00:19:50,310 --> 00:19:47,039
guitars here

474
00:19:52,390 --> 00:19:50,320
that were made in mexico that's mexican

475
00:19:53,990 --> 00:19:52,400
right there that's made in mexico and

476
00:19:56,789 --> 00:19:54,000
that's a charvel

477
00:19:58,310 --> 00:19:56,799
uh the evh's uh that i have down at the

478
00:20:01,830 --> 00:19:58,320
end of the studio

479
00:20:04,549 --> 00:20:01,840
those are all uh uh made in mexico this

480
00:20:07,510 --> 00:20:04,559
uh purple strat that i have behind me

481
00:20:09,710 --> 00:20:07,520
this one right here that's a 30 year old

482
00:20:12,470 --> 00:20:09,720
25 30 year old

483
00:20:14,070 --> 00:20:12,480
1995 how old is that

484
00:20:15,990 --> 00:20:14,080
mexican strat

485
00:20:18,149 --> 00:20:16,000
that's probably the best neck that i

486
00:20:20,950 --> 00:20:18,159
have in this studio

487
00:20:22,310 --> 00:20:20,960
and so uh

488
00:20:25,190 --> 00:20:22,320
i think that question is answered

489
00:20:28,950 --> 00:20:25,200
because once we put the 6100s in here

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and slapped it together this neck is as

491
00:20:33,750 --> 00:20:31,039
wonderful as anything

492
00:20:37,190 --> 00:20:33,760
you will have uh you'll ever play

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00:20:39,909 --> 00:20:37,200
and it's a 199 guitar so

494
00:20:42,630 --> 00:20:39,919
can you do it what would i you know i

495
00:20:44,070 --> 00:20:42,640
would say this if you want to have a fun

496
00:20:47,430 --> 00:20:44,080
little project

497
00:20:50,549 --> 00:20:47,440
go and get one of these for 199

498
00:20:53,029 --> 00:20:50,559
start out with locking tuners if you're

499
00:20:56,230 --> 00:20:53,039
going to go this route and literally

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00:20:59,029 --> 00:20:56,240
this route and put in a trim take it to

501
00:21:01,029 --> 00:20:59,039
somebody qualified like pat wilkins uh

502
00:21:03,190 --> 00:21:01,039
that knows what they're doing because

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00:21:05,669 --> 00:21:03,200
that's got to be done perfectly and in

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00:21:07,830 --> 00:21:05,679
the right spot and the right depth and

505
00:21:09,510 --> 00:21:07,840
and all of those things but

506
00:21:13,190 --> 00:21:09,520
you could if you want to keep it a

507
00:21:14,149 --> 00:21:13,200
hardtail you want to play in tune

508
00:21:16,549 --> 00:21:14,159
uh

509
00:21:19,430 --> 00:21:16,559
just get locking tuners you can swap out

510
00:21:21,750 --> 00:21:19,440
the pickups uh put in new pots

511
00:21:24,870 --> 00:21:21,760
and if you're really adventurous over

512
00:21:26,230 --> 00:21:24,880
time slap in some new frets like i did

513
00:21:29,190 --> 00:21:26,240
and um

514
00:21:31,590 --> 00:21:29,200
and put in a new nut all of these things

515
00:21:32,549 --> 00:21:31,600
are challenging but uh you can get it

516
00:21:35,830 --> 00:21:32,559
done

517
00:21:37,430 --> 00:21:35,840
and in the end you'll have one of these

518
00:21:39,510 --> 00:21:37,440
this guitar

519
00:21:42,230 --> 00:21:39,520
is perfect

520
00:21:44,470 --> 00:21:42,240
it's perfect and it's two feet long and

521
00:21:47,190 --> 00:21:44,480
you know what when you want to go to

522
00:21:54,070 --> 00:21:47,200
bendtown

523
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perfect

524
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i'm jimmy church

525
00:22:00,390 --> 00:21:59,039
i'm the host of fade to black and

526
00:22:01,230 --> 00:22:00,400
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527
00:22:02,870 --> 00:22:01,240
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00:22:04,070 --> 00:22:02,880
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529
00:22:06,390 --> 00:22:04,080
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530
00:22:09,110 --> 00:22:06,400
you can also check out uh my latest

531
00:22:10,310 --> 00:22:09,120
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532
00:22:12,149 --> 00:22:10,320
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533
00:22:15,510 --> 00:22:12,159
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534
00:22:17,909 --> 00:22:15,520
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537
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538
00:22:28,230 --> 00:22:25,679
ufos but i talk about entertainment and

539
00:22:28,950 --> 00:22:28,240
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540
00:22:34,230 --> 00:22:28,960
and

541
00:22:37,029 --> 00:22:34,240
uh i find my bliss with

542
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and each night it's a lot of fun i have

543
00:22:41,430 --> 00:22:39,200
a lot of musicians on the show

544
00:22:43,590 --> 00:22:41,440
i'll say this before i go

545
00:22:46,070 --> 00:22:43,600
musicians

546
00:22:48,390 --> 00:22:46,080
are into the paranormal

547
00:22:50,230 --> 00:22:48,400
you need to really think about that

548
00:22:53,110 --> 00:22:50,240
every musician

549
00:22:54,630 --> 00:22:53,120
has got a ghost or ufo story love to get

550
00:22:56,549 --> 00:22:54,640
them on the fade to black and talk about

551
00:22:58,310 --> 00:22:56,559
it so anyway head over to the website