they were pretty bad i had to work on the knobs
it looked like they were just attacked with a blue biro pen
this guitar 2018 it's made in mexico road 150 spec tobacco burst strat and i did an
original video on it when i got it how do i feel about it three years later what did i change
now the original spec on the guitar included tex-mex pickups and vintage style tuners
and saddles seven and a quarter inch radius neck plastic nut single ply white pick guard
and ivory colored plastic covers and knobs now the tex-mex pickups are fantastic still got
them in a box ready to use elsewhere but the ivory coloured plastics in my opinion just had to go the
guitar had a nice action but i really wanted it a little lower so i gave the guitar a setup best
i could with my knowledge plus i enjoy bonding with my guitars that way but more on that later
so i started with the pickups i swapped out the tex-mex pickups with porter custom vintage stripe
pickups to get more of that strat style clean chime i also did a video on that and compared
the two sets of pickups if you're interested they also use braided wiring as well and they suit the
guitar really well and i've kept them in ever since then i swapped out the nut for a synthetic
bone nut which i cut myself then i ordered road worn knobs and a single ply worn pick guard
from stewmac now honestly they were pretty bad i had to work on the knobs it looked like they were
just attacked with a blue biro pen and the pick guard just looked like a single ply pick guard
that had been deeply scratched with a screwdriver so i redid them myself also
removed the rear plastics as i prefer it that way and also deck the trim system because i
don't really use it on this guitar and it stays in tune better that's just a personal preference
now talking about staying in tune i did have a lot of comments on videos saying that i needed to
buy a tuner and the truth is the guitar always is in tune for my videos it's just my playing style
i do push far too hard on the strings it's something i've worked hard on to correct
but that's a good thing about feedback you learn from it negative and positive
the way people say it could be better i've got the point and also the guitar fully set up by
fat cat custom guitars intonation action truss rod fret crown and polish etc and they got it down to
just below two mil at the 12th fret and if you know anything about seven and a quarter radius
then you know it's difficult to get a little action because of the radius of the neck but
fat cat did their thing and did an amazing job if you're thinking about taking your guitar
to a luthier to get it professionally set up i'm going to highly recommend it
so how do i feel about it three years later easy it's my all-time favorite guitar the
way it plays the warm finish on the back of the neck the neck radius and the way it looks
i've just bonded with it and it is as they say my number one
now if you like this video and check this one out see ya cheers