Welcome to Crimson Guitars HQ https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonCustomGuitars?sub_confirmation=1 and another Luthier Teardown with Josh. Josh is turning a BUDGET Epi into a Murphy Lab Custom Shop Level Guitar.
This will include Josh learning how to custom wind pickups by hand!
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Chapters:
0:00 Introducing Josh and this Epiphone 'Les Paul' SG Custom
1:08 To do: new electronics, custom made pickups and fretwork
2:45 Taking this guitar apart - Everything must Go!
6:01 With all the hardware and electronics gone, this weighs nothing! 4lb 10oz
7:20 Level, Crown & Polish
9:54 Josh's first time winding pickups
14:52 The fundamentals of pickup assembly with Sam
16:05 The difference between a neck and bridge pickup
16:50 The wires, Live, ground, etc. Colour coding is important.
19:12 Soldering and wrapping the wires.
20:50 Checking for signals & assembling the case
23:20 Double checking
24:10 Putting all the parts together
25:58 See how important the colour coding was...
27:30 Wax potting is fun
28:35 The most important part of Pickup making - Rocky Road!
29:38 Next Time on....
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