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And this guitar has an original Floyd Rose on it as well. Albeit a modern version, but it is 100% real. Brad has multiple versions of this guitar, most made by Fernandes. They all have modern replica Floyd Rose bridges. I take your point, Brad's original 1963 Strat has one of the very first Floyd's, hand made by the man himself. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@Metalcop5150 cool. Great video man. I wonder what Brad thinks about Fernandez going under? Maybe someone will buy them, l always wanted a Ravellel with emg's.

@@AugustLeeFrisk I dunno if Brad necessarily cares about Fernandes? I know that he has several replicas of his original Strat and they say Fernandes on the headstock. He also teamed up with some unspecified guitar manufacturer (Cara Guitars?), and they were selling a 'Brad Gillis Experience'? You got to meet Brad, watch a Night Ranger concert and you got a hyper accurate replica of his '63 Strat for $7500. They also offered a less accurate Fernandes replica guitar/experience for $5500. I used their pictures for authenticity, when making my replicas. Mine obviously don't have the relic'ing and stickers etc.

@@cheesewesil18 Yes, I ‘kind of’ knew that. I was using the terms Frankenstein and 5150 interchangeably in the video, believing that what they all meant (MM and Peavey) was the 5150 that Ed has been playing for the past 5-6 years, almost exclusively. Thanks for watching and commenting!! 🤘

@@Metalcop5150 of course man! Yea I figured you knew that lol but I’m sure there’s people who don’t know. But yea man great video! I would like to see another from pv to evh

@@tedoakley5600 You are very welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting !

@@Metalcop5150 absolutely my man. Take care.

@@philliplee1193 That’s all true, the design is reliant on 1950’s technology! But you can’t argue with the sound that they created. There are better options out there, like Tone Pros, with better tolerances and locking bridges and tailpieces. A lot of this is about the almighty dollar. Gibson used Schaller produced Tunomatics and tailpieces for years, but moved off of them due to their cost. The modern Advanced Plating produced pieces are excellent, with very good tolerances as well. But your point is taken.

@@brayandominguez6571 No, sorry, I still have them sitting in the box. I recently installed stock fuel rails on my Cobra replica though, if you have any specific questions?

@@Metalcop5150 just got a motor and only thing missing is fuel rails and I purchased these bbk but I can’t find a video of someone putting them together and installing them but looks like it isent to difficult

@@brayandominguez6571 It’s really not that difficult. If you are using old injectors, I would replace the o-rings and screens, inexpensive kits are available. Use a little bit of 3in1 oil or similar on the o-rings when pushing the rails down on the injectors. Same with the fuel pressure regulator, make sure it all are seated properly. Make sure the fuel rails are bolted down to the intake manifold before testing! Otherwise the fuel pressure will (100%, lol) push the rails off! Lastly, make sure the clips holding your fuel lines to the rails are installed in the right direction. If they’re backwards, it can appear that they are right, but again, fuel pressure will push them apart. Good luck!

Thanks for the kinds words! I also appreciate the view and comment, my friend.

The old school 'wood screw' inserts? They were standard on all Floyd Rose trems until around 1987 or so, when they switched to the allen machine screw inserts. I prefer the wood screw inserts. You remove a lot less material from the guitar, but can sacrifice long term stability, if installed in a softer wood guitar. Though I've never had any issues.

@Metalcop5150 I live in a climate with extreme temperature and humidity changes. Seasonally, I have to make adjustments, including trem heights at times. Even though they are minor changes, I'd worry they'd be unstable after a couple years.

@@ivankrushensky They work just fine. Plenty of guitars from the 80’s still rocking them!! I’m looking at my ‘85 Hamer Scepter, and they’re rock solid. If you’re doing a top mount, non-recessed Floyd, the wood screws are decked and will literally never give. It’s when you’re trying to do a recess or the neck angle necessitates that the wood screws have to be adjusted too high out of the body, that’s when you have issues. My Brad Gillis guitars? Guaranteed, they will never fail. There also needs to be enough room between the machine screw inserts and the pickup cavity, that can cause extreme weakness in that area. Point is: there’s applications for both. If I’m doing a period build, or adding a Floyd? They’re getting the wood screws 100% of the time.

@@Metalcop5150 that makes sense. All of my Floyd Rose trems are recessed. About the scuff on the headstock- you're going to need a lot more scuffs and scratches to be a Brad Gillis strat! Consider it part of the "relic" process.

@@ivankrushensky I *try* and leave the relic'ing up to the end user! lol

@@patrickrice6752 No, but it is pretty self explanatory. I do remember that the GT40 intake has a few more vacuum ports than the Fox intake that need to be plugged. The GT40 also, inexplicably doubles up the lines for the PCV system. The simplest thing is to make sure that every vacuum line off of your Fox 5.0 engine are accounted for w/ the GT40 and plug the rest!! Lol, good luck.

@@Metalcop5150 so should the EGR vacuum be tapped into the pcv of on its own.... Im gone have to take it out again and look at it again and see what and how I have it..... I'm getting a code 34 and 66.. both with brand new parts so

@@patrickrice6752 I’m not sure, so I don’t want to give you any uninformed advice. All I know is that the GT40 has more than enough vacuum ports to accommodate ALL of them from the Fox. And you’ll have to plug the extras. Just make sure every Fox vacuum line is accounted for, and plug every unused port on the GT40.

@@Metalcop5150 copy got all everything done.... I'm getting a EGR code and a MAF code and both are brand new so idk..... Could be a circuit issue I guess

@@patrickrice6752 MAF shouldn’t have anything to do with your swap, as long as your sensor is in place, downstream from the TB and intake manifold. EGR is likely to do w/ the swap. How does it run? You say you’re getting codes, from the OBD 1 (blinking lights, or a primitive code reader?) OBD 1 is notoriously bad and in my experience, can even throw codes that are nonexistent in the real world.

@@KenMH2024 Those are very cool guitars!! If I could live w/ the recessed trem, I’d have one too! I often look lustfully at the LP Axcess customs (black) w/ Apex head carve, but $5K is more than I’ve ever paid for a single guitar!! Just can’t pull the trigger. The Epiphone’s are great values. All USA Gibson electronics, quality hardware, Floyd 1000 etc. They’re a real gem. Congrats. Thanks for watching and commenting. 🤘

@@leevongilmore2070 They only made a handful of them, less than 10. They had fitment issues, as did I. I don’t mean to be negative, but you’re never going to find one. It took me 2 years to get that one, pried away from the original owner. And I paid way more than I should have AND it was pretty beat up. I had it blasted and powder coated, it was originally red. I think they were made by Shox Speed?! Or something like that. Pure unobtainium. Sorry.

@@slapitman In my opinion, yea the Peavey ‘emulated’ the Music Man design, in that it’s a two hum, Floyd Rose, compact in design guitar, and that’s it. Jim DeCola takes a lot of pride in his design and how it’s not a copy of the MM, it’s different in virtually every way, I concur. As he said “Not one single line or curve the same as the Music Man!” Playing them both, back to back? They are very different animals! One thing I can’t stand is the flat top on the MM, it’s super uncomfortable on my forearm. The carved top on the Peavey is much more comfortable to play. I could go on and on. lol Did you work at Music Man? Thanks for watching and commenting. 🤘

@@off-roadmax4707 No. the TP-6 uses a post with a more narrow width. Meaning a tunomatic tailpiece will fit on the TP-6 posts, loose and sloppily, but the TP-6 will not fit, at all, on the tunomatic posts. This is for the original Gibson product, which comes w/ new posts. As far as all of the (cheaper) knock offs, they may be made to fit the same size metric posts. I would make sure to buy one w/ good literature, that shows the schematics and gives accurate measurements. Do it!! And let me know how it turns out. Lol Thanks for watching and commenting. 🤘

@@santidmercadoable Sorry, no link. They do offer them still. If I remember correctly, I had to call Mac on the phone to order them. Bit of an oddball. Good luck!

I think they ran out of business, I don't know where to get them

@@santidmercadoable Yeah, looks like Mac has gone out of business. Too bad, they made nice stuff for the Foxbody Mustang. Oh well, plenty of other manufacturers out there. Good luck!!

Yeah... NO. If you'd like I can send you pics of my Jeep, covered in mud. Thanks for watching and feeling necessary to make an unsolicited sarcastic comment though! I appreciate the view at least. lol (from a Zero content channel, what a surprise)

@@Metalcop5150 I was speaking about the previous owner. In which you quoted saying "the previous owner told you they would never take it off road" and what does me not having content have to do with the price of tea in china?

@@RhinoXpress People with zero content on their channel are almost exclusively the worst trolls on YT. Speaking from experience. My apologies that I lumped you in with them. I deal with a lot of hateful comments and trolling, as you can imagine. It’s been a long time since I made that video, sorry I didn’t get the reference. All good, my friend. ✌️

@@thegladio64 It’s an exact replica of Brad Gillis’ guitar. He uses a non fine-tuning Floyd and a locking clamp. AND he’s done it since 1982 with zero issues. You just have to stretch and tune the strings, thoroughly before locking and it works just fine. You should watch a few Floyd Rose videos and learn about their history etc. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@skylineXpert Already in the works, my friend!! All real Charvel parts, it’s going to be a top quality build throughout. An exact replica of Richie’s guitar from the videos for ‘You Give Love a Bad Name’ and ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’!! 🤘😎🤘 ruclips.net/video/wfa5nSqC-j4/видео.htmlsi=YYhadaT3JiFMyVv0

@@n34z3r Completely agree. Neal and his techs (some of the best in the world) know better than some guitar collecting, cork- sniffing lawyer or dentist!! Lol

@@r2anura160 Yes, it is possible, but very difficult. I don’t want to discourage you, but the routing will need to be extremely precise. Also, the LP, even an Epiphone is very thick and the neck angle is steep. That means the Floyd will sit approximately 1/4” above the face of the guitar. You will need to use a 42mm block on the Floyd, and the springs will still be slightly angled up to catch it. This is a job best left to a professional, unless you are skilled with a router and have proper Floyd Rose templates.

@@dekzan Do you mean *under* MAP? I bought mine from Chicago Music Exchange. They sold it as used/demo to get around MAP pricing. But I’ve gone completely through the entire guitar, it’s brand new. Not even a pick or polish swirl!! 🤘 Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@blakebell8137 That’s a Factory 5 part. If you want one, I’d buy it now, as they are frequently out of stock. It appears they have them, as of today. In my current car, which ironically IS a Factory 5, I couldn’t get one, so I built my own out of steel tubing and flat stock. Had it powder coated semi gloss black as well. It was pretty easy and turned out way stronger and sturdier than the F5 part. Not that it really needs to do anything but support the bottom of the dash?! Lol The originals were tied in the frame and made up a part of the dash support structure. Here’s the link for the F5 part: www.factoryfiveparts.com/15635-roadster-center-dash-support/

@@Mastela00 Lol, the ONLY reason I bought it is because the trem is NOT RECESSED!! You can still pull up more than a full step, if you wanted, and you actually have room between the strings and body to play and dig in with the pick. In short, recessed trems suck, my friend. Try a top mounted, you’ll never turn back!! 🤘😎🤘

@@vincentzombi3916 Yes it is!! That’s why I bought it. Unlimited potential and a reasonable price, since it’s made in Korea. Virtually no difference between this and a USA made guitar, save for the cost of labor. 🤷🏻‍♂️ More videos to come! Thanks for watching and commenting, please stay tuned!! 🤘😎🤘

@@Metalcop5150 awesome! I got me my first Floyd rrx24 guitar a few years ago and now I’m obsessed with floating bridges! Keep up the awesome work! Subbed 🤘🏻🎃🤘🏻

@@ltaylor2238 Pretty heavy. I didn’t weigh it, but I’m guessing a little over 10 lbs. Pretty typical for a non weight relieved Les Paul.

@@FastRedPonyCar I have not tried the TP6 with locking tuners, but I think it would work great! I’m not a big fan of the Sperzels, though. They won’t require new mounting holes, but you do have to drill for the two ‘dimples’ each tuner requires. Not ideal. I have used locking tuners in several instruments though. These days you can find the locking tuner with the exact footprint of your stock tuners. Klusons, Grover’s, Gotohs and Schallers etc. - they’re out there!! I’d probably also use a graphite nut (like PRS). That’s what I would do. Hit me back up in the comments with how it works out for you! Thanks for watching and commenting, my friend! 🤘

@@Metalcop5150 Yeah I've got several brand locking tuners. I just got a second set of the Hipshot tuners. I really like them because they don't need new mounting holes on the back if they don't line up with the factory holes. They have these locking plates that hold them in position. I put a set on my Godin Multiac Steel and they worked out great. I put the Kluson Revolutions on my Tokai Les Paul. Sperzels were a direct fit onto my Charvel though.

Only I did have all the proper tools. I even purchased a set of precision Allen screwdrivers in SAE/Imperial sizes, specifically for the Kahler/ this video!! And I took the Kahler apart step by step, in proper order, naming each component as I did so. Then I cleaned each component and reassembled the unit, and it works, flawlessly. Sorry, I can’t put this any other way: You’re an idiot. 🤫🤡

@@kendan1839 True enough, I’m not an Alexis Laiho fan. It’s still a Rhoads 1st, albeit with some very minute changes. You could still make the argument that it’s Randy Rhoads guitar, or a Dan Spitz guitar etc. Doesn’t really matter, I’m going to change and adapt it, to make it MY guitar!! Lol This isn’t a guitar I would ever gig with, it’s just for me. And good on Jackson for finally recreating Alexi’s guitars. It was pretty lame of him to have ESP build him a ‘Rhoads’ simply because Jackson couldn’t get him replacements fast enough. Whatever, he’s not the first guy and won’t be the last to have an original Jackson / Charvel guitar made as their ‘signature model’ by another company!? Hell, Vinnie Vincent had at least two other companies copy his Jackson VV guitar! Pretty shameless, actually. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@Metalcop5150 No problem. Enjoy the guitar. It’s still a Rhoads guitar first and it’s yours so use it how you see fit. It’s quite rare for Jackson to give non recessed Floyd guitars, plus this is a limited concept run for 2024. So it’s still a good purchase to own one.

Only if you want the tremolo to float. If you want a flush or top mount style, you do not. Meaning the tremolo will rest, right up against the body, Van Halen style, unless you shim the neck. Honestly, with a non-fine tuning Floyd, the flush mount is the way to go. Tuning is already exceedingly difficult, if you wanted the tremolo to float, it would be damn near impossible. Hope this makes sense. Respond if you need any further clarification. 🤘

@@TractorMonkeywithJL Yeah, Nashville bridges face the other way. Covered in my description and 1000x over in the comments. The video is for the much more popular and widely used ABR1 that’s been in use since the 50’s. Thanks for watching and commenting. 👌

@@j.sakanaru3067 No. I had to find vintage ones on the used market. Very expensive and hard to find.

@@delachance7861 Amazon or Allparts: www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=DChcSEwjI1--ulpiHAxWDZkcBHRL_AFMYABAoGgJxdQ&ae=2&gclid=CjwKCAjwnK60BhA9EiwAmpHZw8CxMQIaxuw8mZis-fkfa36dskHVkoX1rkfQcYvqLadukbfD2LwlOhoCuKYQAvD_BwE&sph=&sig=AOD64_26OrPd1xL5l4ufEjhZfWCwX21urg&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwjm1-mulpiHAxVbMlkFHVUSBMcQwg8oAHoECAQQDA&adurl= Stewart Macdonald: www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=DChcSEwjI1--ulpiHAxWDZkcBHRL_AFMYABAYGgJxdQ&ae=2&gclid=CjwKCAjwnK60BhA9EiwAmpHZw7T4mr7WaANi5kTTcN7ziOFKEdIviC9TZiy2DGQwwRNKL7Iu3Rku7RoCxhEQAvD_BwE&sig=AOD64_2tt9jdVlSSGejbY5zH8spQzoaHZQ&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwjm1-mulpiHAxVbMlkFHVUSBMcQwg8oAHoECAQQDw&adurl= Bonne chance avec tes recherches! Merci d'avoir regardé et commenté, mon ami.

@@thecentralscrutinizerr Soinds like a cool project!! Did you shoot any video? Or pics? Feel free to post up links here! 🤘😎🤘

@@kantstopscratchn6305 All came directly from the Saleen Speedlab. www.saleenperformance.com/collections/accessories

@@roncollins6259 Yeah, I misspoke, and it’s been pointed out 1000x over. Fact remains, if you palm mute ON THE BRIDGE, the fleshy part of the heel of your hand will inevitably rub against the string wraps and get poked and cut. That’s why pros like Bonamassa and Gibbons etc. use the extra ball end moving the tie wraps into the tailpiece and out of harms way. Thanks for watching and commenting! 🤘

@@michael4591 Completely agree. This guitar is a nice sweet spot. Not a &4500 USA guitar, but not a $399 POS either. All of the features, brand name parts plus offshore labor costs? Equals one great guitar and a great value. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@Echoes- I do sell guitars!! Many of them are custom built to order. Some guitars are from my personal collection as well. If there was something you wanted, hit me up! Some guitars I’ve built multiples of: Fast Eddie Clarke’s Motörhead Strat, Brad Gillis’ red Strat and Pete Townshend’s Schecter Tele. jeffrylclark@yahoo.com

@@dekzan It is flat, I believe. Just enough to facilitate the top mount Floyd Rose. If it was angled, the Floyd would be way too high above the body. Hope this is the answer you were looking for. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@Metalcop5150 Thanks

@@Metalcop5150 Can you tell how to search one with MAP ? Did you use a specific google search, website ?

Nah, my friend, I love black and gold as the combo is classic in its good looks. It's just for this particular guitar, I have a vision. And it's to make it look like a 1983 Jackson Rhoads, with all black hardware and a gold Floyd/clamp. One of my main guitars is a well modded 1970 Les Paul Custom, in black and gold. The 'tacky' comment was aimed more at the Asian import version of gold hardware. It's almost a bright white gold, not a dark yellow gold, like on USA made guitars, if that makes sense. Either way, it's all good. Thanks for watching and commenting, make sure to stay tuned. 🤘

@@Metalcop5150 Nah I see what you mean, I'll definitely keep up with your channel because now I am invested to see your vision in this guitar, cheers. \m/

@@ASMR_Icedrink Of course it worked!! It’s really that simple. Glad I could help. 😉

@@stevedallas6122 Great idea!! Steve did have a couple of yellow Soloists. One w/ a Floyd that had eyeballs all over it, and another w/ a horrid Kahler. That one wasn’t around for very long! lol ‘Eyeballs’ as Steve called it, still exists, maybe in a Hard Rock etc. Thanks for watching and commenting! 🤘

I've heard the same thing. He pulls them right out of the guitar, wears out the knife edges etc. That's why it's surprising to me that he uses the Ibanez Edge units, which are notoriously made out of the cheapest pot metals known to man!! lol Seriously, the German made Floyds are practically indestructible, but not to Steve! Steve was commenting about the necks themselves breaking, not the Floyds. Meaning, if you have problems with a broken truss rod, or a twisted neck, on a neck through guitar? It's done. There's really no saving it. Whereas a bolt on, you can chuck the defective neck and simply bolt on a new one! lol again. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@Metalcop5150 I believe that MOST of the Ibanez Edge vibes are exactly what you think they are, but I have read that they have hardened knife edges THAT ARE REPLACEABLE! That last thing might be what keeps Steve coming back to them. Just saying! 😉

@@Metalcop5150 I only paid about $200 for this neck through, so if it dies, well, I learned a lesson. A neck through of some kind was on my bucket list, though, and the price was too good to pass up. I'll tell you this: Now I know a little of what it's like to have a Jackson Soloist. It looks somewhat like one and has the right body shape and size, but the neck and fretboard are completely different. They're a really good match for my fretting hand, though, so this guitar has shot straight to the top of my list. If I were going to take the stage with one of my guitar idols tonight and I could only take two guitars with me, it would be one of the two ... and the other one cost me nearly 3 times as many dollars in early 2000s money!

The X Series Jackson guitars are made in Indonesia. They are excellent guitars, made out of real alder and maple etc. They save money on: the fingerboards, the Floyd Rose 1000, Duncan Designed pickups, the hardware, and the labor, of course. But they are excellent guitars, for any price range.

@@Metalcop5150 Thank you for the answer! Unfortunately I don’t have such a good experience with Indonesian guitars.

@@jimjim7008 Yes, the Nashville bridges (as a rule) have the screws facing the ‘butt end’ of the guitar. I specify which is which in the description. The video is in regards to the far more widely used ABR1. And as I said in the video, it doesn’t matter which way the bridge faces, as long as it’s properly intonated. I also prefer the tailpiece is screwed all the way down to the deck, and then over wrapped, if necessary. I also use the extra ball end trick, so that the sharp tied string ends don’t end up on the tailpiece, and into your palm!! Lol Glad you’re happy w/ your guitar,if it works? I wouldn’t change a thing either. Thanks for watching and commenting. 🤘

Check out this more recent video, where I install a Floyd on a Fender Strat style guitar! 🤘 ruclips.net/video/Vjq46nVM_QA/видео.htmlsi=1t_ZwYCtS3oqPD9A

Definitely a classic look. I think I’m going to build the next one w/ a black painted neck/ fretboard. Killer!! Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@Metalcop5150 I’m the same cars when the weather is good guitars when it’s cold good stuff 👍