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Great comparisons. Loved the graphs.

Are these full size pots?

Is this the same as a keyboard

not much diff to my ole ears

omg i've spent hours finding how to use the transport section on my mvave smk 25 on cakewalk without any results. But this video helped me a lot, it works now, tysm

best video for this topic!! greetings from germany.

I have another modeling amp I think sounds better, but for size, features and the used market prices, you really can't beat this one! Perfect desktop practice amp.

I had bought one of these guitars. The neck angle was so far off that the bridge height couldn't go high enough to get a decent string height for playability. I returned it the same day it arrived.

Is it just me or does the stock pickup sound the best?

Thanks for this. What I learned, don't by Epiphone P-90 pickups 😆This was a good comparison. Thanks for sharing! I didn't hear a tone comparison with the original bridge. For these Jazz Box's the bridge is a tone deal breaker. I thought the original P-90 sounded great. Nice and crisp, just what I look for in a P-90 and flat wound strings will need that extra high end. Pickups are important, but I've found that I'm able to overcome any issues with a little EQ and Gain finesse.

Nice! You tastefully showed it's a matter of taste. Tuning pegs, oil and an eq pedal/program could do ya while you save up for pots.

Thank you brother I'm on my way

The most unappreciated video about camping on RUclips. No messing about, just get it done and here's how to do it. Cheers

Hello again! I am having some light buzzing when playing the first two frets of the upper E and A strings. How would you fix this? Thanks a lot!

Top quality workmanship. Was completely mesmerized by your process. Have tried, unsuccessfully, to do the same thing you have perfected and my hat's off to you! I now know where I have gone wrong and can now correct my mistakes. So,so glad I found your video. Your process is so well presented and interesting. Thank you very much!

how is the neck profile? More D shape (flat) or C fat super rounded?

Did u notice any changes in the tone and /or playability when u swapped out the bridge? Steve P

Could you please explain how to fix a loose volume knob on this guitar? It would be of great help! Thanks a lot!

SOUND FULLER AND WAY MORE SUSTAIN

BELIEVE ME WHEN YOU MOD A GUITAR IT WILL BE DIFF.AND BETTER I DO IT TO ALL MY GUITARS 8 OF THEM

This is a fanstastic guitar. I got the natural color. Threw flatwounds on. Very slight work with Truss rod. Nut and frets were good. Intonation is close.....and adjustable TYG. It vibrates like a living thing...plugged in. Awesome range of tone from a single pick-up. It's so good I wish there was a cut-out version. I'd buy it. I also have a Grote 335 I bought several years ago. It was almost 100USD cheaper..but I'm still working on it LOL. It sounds good but frets are all over the place. Of all the Grotes..these by most accounts are the most ready to play.

Collinsoutdoors offers some good third-party accessories to round it out.

Redid makes a 189 dollar version that requires no setup

This was/is incredibly helpful! Thanks for taking the time to do this, and for sharing!

Feel players don't realize how much the tone and volume pots and capacitance have on tone and articulation. But after this the stock pickup didn't sound bad. The Epi was quite muddy.

I like the sound of the Grote P90 best. I did not notice much improvement from the stock guitar. Although that is a good thing. I feel like I could pull this guitar out of the box and play it for quite a long time before customizing it. I really like the thoroughness of your reviews.

What kind of probe is that? Where would I look for one? Thanks for this video..

How'd you manage to restore the hardware to shiny and new?

Did you ever raise the height of your replacement pickup, and if so, how much did it affect the sound? As others have mentioned, a technical details video on how to replace the pots and pickup (including the copper shielding you said you use in a comment--reply) would be appreciated by many. Also, thanks for doing this video - well done.

Having transport controls, particularly forward and backward in 1 measure increments, is worth the 👍. Thanks for the post!

I have the same axe on the way. I am interested in replacing the tone pot and bridge.

Hmmm.. in the a/b it sounds like the vanson tone is turned 3/4 the way down. Very dead, not real tone to speak of. I love the Grote P90s everywhere. The Vanson tone should have been higher everywhere... it sounded muffled.

When placing the carrying handle on the cabinet body, I would rather focus on the center of gravity of the final cabinet and speaker design. Such a cabinet will be less likely to hit obstacles and will be easier to carry. It's my personal opinion. And the job was done perfectly! Worthy of a piece for an exhibition..

One more. Would you consider upgrading the frets to SS?

Hello, how does one close up the big gaps where the neck meets the block? Oak shims? Epoxy? Your thoughts are needed. Thank you.

Grote makes surprisingly good guitars for beginners or for modifying 👍

You definitely made some good improvements. I was surprised by the quality of the stock pickup. This video has me thinking about how I would mod the guitar. Probably do what you did with the pots. Maybe keep the stock pickup? Swap the tuners for a klusson style with a butterbean tuner. Then swap the saddle for either a bone or wood saddle. I might take the pickguard off completely or swap to the tortoise shell like you did. Lastly, given my experience with that style of jack, I would for sure mount a plate there to add stability and protect it. Had a similar guitar that someone ripped the jack out of when I let them borrow it.

To my surprise, I love the original

Thanks for the commentary. This was a thorough look. I think it's a beautiful looking and sounding guitar. With a competent set-up and a few low cost upgrades, this will be a superior instrument - Well worth it! All the best.

Really? I buy a new Epiphone!

Any ideas about larger holes from embers melting synthetic materials?

I'd love to see a video of how you get all the hardware out of the hollowbody. Is it simply attaching the tubing and then pulling the wires from inside to get them out? Also, what size tubing do you use?

I used 300k pots and .033 caps with p-90s.

My pan pots don't really work. Hmm just realized they are just working as a 128 point rotator. I can reset the start point with the mouse by dragging the pot on the screen but their range is only 128% whereas cakewalk has a 200% range for them (100 L and 100 R). Wonder if you can put some kind of multiplier in there somewhere to get the full range.

Just a horrible sounding name

A side by side review of a modern 'beginner' price guitar and the kind of thing we had to learn on in the 1960's and 70's would be interesting! I have in my collection a Jedson Telecaster-ish shaped thin piece of plywood guitar (which is actually what I learned on) from the 1970's, and a 1960's Egmond Lucky Seven single pickup semi acoustic with what appears to be humbucker but which is actually a weak as water single coil, and what looks like a set neck, but has a plastic plug in the heel. Pop that off, and it reveals the head of the one single huge screw that holds the neck on! Beginners have it much better these days.

Hi. One issue I have had with this GT 40 amp is that there seems to be some form of incompatibility with the Wi-Fi function as described by fender. It seems that after a period of playing for about 20 minutes for no particular reason, the volume will cut down almost to a muffle on me. I don’t know why it happens. It happens regularly. It was deemed unfixable by an amplifier expert here in my city and it was such that the distributor that sold me the amp just gave me my money back saying that fender couldn’t fix this it was too expensive to fix. I wonder if anyone else has had this issue and if they have found a fix for it yet. Presently, this amp is just sitting on my floor and I wish I could use it again because I really do like all the good features that you described in this article.

This tent has been a nightmare for me. Can never get it pitched correctly. I'll give some of your tips a try before i trash it. It sure is nice when you have a tent that sets up easy and works the way it was designed without a bunch of mods needed to get it to work properly.

Minor niggles that you can find on the majority of guitars if you get up close. I could nit pick my Gibsons snd Fenders. But, for the price look and sound. Amazing guitar. Well worth buying.

Fantastic review😊 Thank you!