What's up everyone? And welcome to My Guitar video.
The video series where I take one of my guitars
and I basically pamper it a little bit
spend some time with it
maybe change the strings, do a setup...
And then eventually I play the guitar through some rig that I have.
And today I'm bringing out...
...a guitar I purchased 3 years ago.
I actually bought it on my birthday, and there's a video of this whole process.
You can... I'll link it somewhere, you can check it out.
But I bought it on my birthday, I went to a guitar store
called DLX Music in Stockholm.
I tried out all of their custom shop Fender guitars.
I found this one and I fell in love with it immediately.
The playing was just...
For a stratocaster...
This is probably one of the best stratocasters I've ever played.
In terms of just shredding and all that.
This is the case it came with.
This is not the original case, though.
The original case for this custom shop guitar was brown.
And I didn't like it, so I asked, like 'Can I...'
'Can I please have a tweed case?'
'Please.'
And they said 'Yes, Ola'
And I was happy.
Look at that.
So, when you buy a USA custom shop guitar
you get a bunch of other things as well.
You get a strap, a leather strap.
Which is nice.
You also get a bridge cover.
Like this.
That you can put on the bridge.
Also, you get one of these beautiful books.
Look, there's nothing inside.
Well, there is the certificate right there.
It says what it is.
Heavy relic '62 stratocaster.
Built in 2018.
It's signed by Chris Fleming.
The director of the Fender USA Custom Shop right there.
I guess this is the spec sheet right here
that you get with the guitar, so...
Uh... it says that it's a rosewood fretboard, maple neck...
So that's a nice little touch...
...when you get a custom shop guitar
made in America.
OK...
So, this guitar has been hanging on my wall for the past year
since I moved to this office.
And it's in need of a string change for sure.
And I figured I would try a new string set.
This, the GHS Guitar Boomers.
This is a 0.08 1/2 to 0.40 set.
So...
A little thinner, this is gonna be a shredding guitar, man.
In standard D.
And eventually if I wanna drop it...
Maybe I can-- you know, to maybe, like, E flat...
It'll still work, OK?
Slinky guitar strings, they're gonna move like crazy.
And also, I know a lot of people are not really into relic guitars.
There are a lot of people that are against the relicing of a guitar.
You know, to make it look like it's been used for years and years.
Personally, I don't really give a shit, I think this looks pretty good.
I mean, you can see at the back of the neck here.
Even this part has been reliced.
So it looks like it's been played a lot.
Regular belt-wear right there.
And uh... yeah.
I don't particularly care about that.
You get the yellowing of the...
...the finish right here, and all that.
Personally, I think it's just a nice touch.
All of my other guitars that I have are...
...just in really good shape.
Because I take care of my guitars.
So I definitely don't mind having a relic'd guitar like this
and I don't really see a problem with it.
I think it looks cool.
What was important for me when I purchased this guitar
is that it played like a complete asshole.
I loved it.
I mean, that was why I purchased it in the first place.
It was just such a shredding guitar.
As I said before, the best stratocaster I've ever played, personally.
So, I'm gonna bring out all my tools.
And all that shit right there.
What do you think about this setup, by the way? I think it's cool.
Rolling out a new big, little wagon wheel like this.
And I can do my setup on this.
It's a little too low though, I have to kinda...
Work like this.
But that's gonna be OK, and fine.
Also, a thing I noticed is that when you have the tremolo...
This is one of those screw-in tremolo arms, right?
Uh... that you screw in and out.
But when you have it...
...fully screwed in...
It bumps against the body.
And I mean, since it's a relic, I guess it doesn't matter.
It really drags...
I can even hear it, like nee-nee-nee.
Even like the metallic parts here are f***ing rusted.
I don't remember what strings that I had on here.
This looks like a 0.52 to be honest.
So it's gonna be interesting seeing how...
...if I file the nut or not, I usually don't.
When I go from...
Like a 0.09 to 0.42 to a 0.10 to 0.52 set.
I usually don't need to file the nut.
So, it shouldn't be a problem.
Heey-yaay-ye-he-he.
Yay-yay-yeah.
I said hey.
It's time to shit the bed.
I'm not completely sure what the pickup was.
If it was a JB Seymour Duncan in there.
That's a Duncan '59 Trembucker in there, OK.
As a bridge pickup.
Usually you see a '59 in the neck pickup, so...
I think this is actually my blood right there.
I played this until I bled.
I mean, the fretboard is immaculate.
Even though it looks, you know, relic'd.
The fretboard itself and the frets were...
The frets are just great on this thing, man.
That's why I fell in love with it in the first place.
Do you remember the Cleany McCleanFace song?
OK, let's do it, all together.
Cleany my little CleanFace... Where is my penis?
Where is my penis?
Cleany my little CleanFace... Where is my penis?
It's gone.
It went to the other side of the moon...
Where he married an old man.
Uh...
Alright.
OK, 0.08 1/2 set.
That's gonna be interesting, man.
Nyss så träffa jag en krokodil som körde runt i en bil
så den fick ligga på ett litet flak därbak
Tee-ree-tee-tee-tee-tee-tee-tee Suck my dick.
It's a great little children song right there for you.
OK, so next string for the B we have a 0.10 1/2
Interesting.
And then we have a 0.14 for the G.
Then we have a wounded 0.22, I guess.
Yes.
That's a thin little wounded string right there, just saying.
I'm a fan of having thin strings.
Like, for instance, something I found really cool with standard D guitars...
Because standard D is usually the tuning we use with The Haunted.
Is to use a 0.09 1/2 set.
So, 0.09 1/2, and I use a 0.52 at the bottom.
That's really nice, man.
For playing live, at least.
I've been using those on my Solar guitars, and...
Very good, it's one of my favorite sets now.
Usually I would go for like a 0.10 to 0.52 set
but I've started using the 0.09 1/2 to 0.52 now.
So, it's a custom set, OK?
No locking tuners, you have these old assholes.
So what you do is just put it there...
I hate this type of tuners right here.
Where you need to stick 'em down.
I'm just doing an eye measurement like this.
And I cut it off, and I put it down into the hole.
Do it like this... where's my...
And let's see...
This is where the magic happens, OK?
And with a thin string like this, they usually let go really easy.
This might have been too long, actually, look at that slack.
That's a slacky McSlackFace right there.
That's OK.
We're fine.
Oh no.
Look.
It... I fucked it up.
There you go, I let go.
If you're new to changing strings on a guitar
I just give it a little tension here.
So it doesn't pop off like it did back then.
You know, when I was not a pro.
I can put it underneath that little...
...string-holder right there, string-tree.
Is it called a string-tree? Hello, I'm a pro.
I think the nut is completely fine.
Oh... shit, I have shit on my nails.
That's OK, I just have to live with that.
I'm cutting the thicker strings a little shorter, because there's less leverage there
on the tuner itself, so I'm pushing it down like that.
Look at that.
Fire in the hole.
There you go, my ding-dong.
OK.
We got a fully tuned guitar right there.
No, it's not fully tuned, but it will be.
And just like always...
Mee-mee-mee
I have to be careful with this thin string now
because it might break really easy.
Did you see that I was tuning to ear?
No? OK, great.
So, a big--
Finally dropped the balls, holy shit.
No, but if you're a beginner guitar player
and you're watching this...
Something that you might see me do
and this is very common for a lot of guitar players
is that they...
If they go to far when they go up to pitch...
Let's try this string.
When you go too far, so the pitch is way too much
and you have to back down...
Back down below the pitch, so...
And then pull it up to pitch.
It's better than just dropping down
because it's gonna be a little bit more unstable, in terms of tuning.
So always go from down to up, OK?
Now I'm gonna stretch the strings a little bit.
And I will be very careful with an 0.08 1/2 on this one.
So I'm gonna stretch very carefully.
And not with as much pressure as I usually do when I stretch it.
But I'm just...
You know, stretching the string a little bit.
You know, it's gonna help the guitar stay in tune.
If you stretch it a little bit like this.
And then we sing the song Stretchy McStretchFace
People complain about me burping
well it's only natural
What are you gonna do about it?
You can always unsubscribe.
I think we're good to go.
I'm gonna head into the other room and I'm gonna play this thing, man.
It's gonna be great.
I mean, single coils, man, with just a tad bit of distortion.
Mh, just sounds so good.
However...
This 0.08 1/2 high E string...
I'm having a little bit of problems getting it to stay in tune.
How does it chug with the '59, man, let's go.
Listen to that ring.
Let me put one of these Solar...
you know, string-dampeners.
See how it fares.
Bam-bam-bam-uh-wham look at that.
The ring is gone, man.
And...
You know, even though this guitar plays absolutely amazing...
This volume knob is clearly in the way when I'm playing.
I'm hitting it every time.
F*** man, I can't play.
As soon as I push record I can't f***ing play.
Just before this...
Before I started recording, I was sitting here f***ing shredding all over the place.
Goddamn it.
I like that bridge pickup, man, it sounds really good.
These strings are way too thin, man.
I have a tough problem grabbing a hold of the thicker string.
It's a shame, man, because I mean....
I'm playing, I'm loving the neck, you know, love the feeling of the body.
This volume pot is so f***ing in the way.
It's really bo-- it's really bugging me, man.
But the frets and the neck feel is just absolutely amazeballs.
It's really something else.
But there it is.
That's the Fender Custom Shop strat that I bought for my birthday some years back.
And it's restrung with too thin strings.
I did not like the 0.08 1/2 to 0.40 on this guitar at all.
I mean, you can catch the string.
And you know, bend it to bend town.
But it's... it's maybe a little too thin.
And also...
I have a really hard problem keeping that high E in tune.
So there you go, that...
Oh, it did really f***ing disappear, that's the first time.
Anyways, that's My Guitar for you right there.
If you have any suggestions of any other guitar
that you would want to see in a video like this
let me know in the comment section.
Thank you so much for watching, guys.
Hope you enjoyed it, goodbye.