00:00Hey, what's up? It's Paul from Guitar World and today is an exciting day because I have
00:09Adam Reaver here from FU Tone and we are going to take this Jackson Pro Series Dinky in this
00:16awesome, almost glow-in-the-dark green, but that's not the point. The thing is we're going to take
00:22this guitar and turn it from ordinary to extraordinary by adding a whole bunch of
00:28upgrades on this guitar. You'll get to hear what it sounds like before and after, you know, Adam
00:34works on it. So let's take a listen to the guitar now pre-upgrade. I'll start here on the clean channel
00:41just to give you a couple sounds from the selector switch and then we'll move over to a more dirtier
00:47setting so you can hear that as well pre-upgrade. Here we go.
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02:15what are the things that we will do upgrade the key components of the bridge starting with the
02:33block underneath the bridge okay the saddle inserts yep we'll do all the hardware the
02:39string lock screws the saddle mounting screws the nut clamping screws we'll change the springs to
02:44heavy-duty noiseless springs and we'll do the claw in brass as well yep and did you also mention
02:51that we might do the tremolo stopper as well trim stopper trim stopper yeah so obviously an option
02:58for this this bridge floats yep but we're going to set it for dive only yep trim stopper makes it
03:03more stable for tuning you can rest your hand on the bridge when you play and it has a huge tonal
03:08benefit yeah by making direct contact to the block right into the body just even more resonance
03:13hitting the wood yeah i've always noticed that too as well as i have i actually have the trim stopper
03:17on some of my guitars is it just for that point that it just adds so much to the overall tone
03:23so adam now that we have the guitar on the bench take me through how you will start or where you
03:28will start here and what you'll do basically i'll remove the strings i'll remove the springs take the
03:34bridge out rebuild the bridge upgrade the block the inserts all the screws the posts springs and claw
03:41got it drop the bridge back in re-intonate it and set it up get it ready to go yeah there's full
03:48step-by-step instructions on how to do this on fu and it doesn't take very long at all yeah it's
03:54rather quick and probably under an hour and oh this is under half an hour yeah yeah yeah and i think an
04:00important point that you want to thing to point out is the fact that the parts that you are putting
04:05on here match the color of this guitar that's bonus that's that's a complete bonus well that's
04:11always green titanium green titanium right but just just so everyone else knows the fact that
04:16depending on the color your guitar or you know or or even your hardware you have you know you have
04:22every color under the rainbow options so in titanium so all the all the basic screws string lock
04:27saddle mount nut clamp yeah instead of steel we do them in titanium i even do them in black titanium
04:33so if you want it to look the same black titanium silver right red blue green purple white i mean
04:40tons of colors and they sound better they function better yeah that's the point of titanium yeah pretty
04:46much if you want to make the guitar pop just in looks alone you got them covered bonus total bonus for
04:52deluxe all right well let's get to it let's go
04:54and we're back here we are
05:21adam has installed all these upgrades and has turned this jackson into a beast so as you can see
05:29it's just it looks incredible and of course the one thing that we noticed before which we didn't do
05:37but the great thing about it is that even acoustically the guitar sounds louder and more present like
05:44it just has a different sort of ring to it right it just it's just open sounding right now so
05:53with that let's say we uh take a listen see what it sounds like right
05:58that's loud i love the look on your face when you do that that's like wow but you can hear it it's
06:20just louder and it's got a little more um a little more resonance to it right
06:25i love the look on your face when you do that it's got a little more resonance to it right
06:33so
06:35it's just powerful just powerful wow
07:00and now let's see when we get to some uh some gain
07:06so i can hear that mid-range just cut it sli that's like a slice
07:20so
07:28so
07:30so
08:02Yeah.
08:03Happy?
08:04Oh, it's incredible.
08:05It's incredible.
08:06Listen to that.
08:12Yeah.
08:13It's a huge improvement.
08:15So, Adam, I want to quickly run down each of the parts, and you can quickly explain that
08:21to me.
08:21How about we do that?
08:22Quick.
08:23Okay.
08:23No problem.
08:24Right here are the posts.
08:25We did green titanium.
08:27So, all the green parts we added are titanium.
08:29So, the posts, one, two, green titanium.
08:33The saddle inserts, the little blocks inside the saddles that pinch the string, green titanium.
08:39Saddle mounting screws, string lock screws.
08:43Up at the top, we have the nut clamping screws.
08:46And then in the back, under the hood, we were able to go up to a 37 millimeter brass big
08:54block.
08:55We've got the heavy duty, noiseless green springs, brass tremolo stopper, brass claw, brass
09:02claw screws.
09:03And you find that between having all the brass here, it just totally adds to the overall
09:08tonal equation?
09:10Brass increases the vibration.
09:14It amplifies the vibration.
09:15So, when the string rings, it goes through your saddle, hits the bridge.
09:19That piece of brass rings like a bell and just pushes it back out into the guitar.
09:24You're not hearing the brass.
09:26You're just hearing more of the guitar.
09:28Gotcha.
09:29So, we're just pushing the vibration out.
09:31And with the noiseless springs, now, the idea, of course, is that, do you hear a lot of that?
09:36Yeah.
09:37So, if you were to take any guitar with regular springs in it and muffle the strings and just
09:42do like a chunk, acoustically, chunk, you would hear the springs reverb, like a reverb
09:48tank.
09:48Okay.
09:49You put your ear on the guitar.
09:51That sounds going through your sound the whole time.
09:54It's dirt in your sound.
09:56Yeah, right, right.
09:56So, this takes a lot of that dirt away.
09:58Interesting.
09:59Awesome.
10:00And there you have it.
10:02That's a good run-through and understanding how each thing works here.
10:06All there, really, just make this guitar play like a dream and sound like a dream.
10:10Well, there you go.
10:30Enough said, right?
10:31You have such guitar face.
10:33And I love that.
10:34Because that's what happens.
10:35That's the point.
10:36If you could do anything for your tremolo-equipped guitar, it's doing it like this, and it's
10:41just incredible.
10:42Thanks, man.
10:42Yeah.
10:43To accomplish all this, where do I go again?
10:45Simple.
10:46FU-tone.com.
10:49And I'll find all those parts here, and they're all affordable.
10:52Yes.
10:53So, FU-tone.
10:55Guitar world.
10:56Guitar world.
10:57Oh, thank you.
10:57You know what's up.
10:58That's right.
10:59Definitely check this out.
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