Installing Strat pickups with Jason Lollar Part 1

[cloudcally]

@LollarGuitars well my color design is like in the video so the guitar is like a bunch of colors altogether and the scratch it long so it scratches out just about all the color. Would you have to get a clear lacquer or colored lacquer. I don't know anything about lacquer only that the people tht lived in my house before left alot of it behind and lacquer polish, remover, etc. It's all liquid though. I think just a commercial guitar scratch remover would work rather than risking messing up the g

[LollarGuitars]

@cloudcally making a nearly invisible repair on a sunburst finish like that takes extreme talent mixing colors into lacquer- the burn in stick will fill deep scratches where lacquer alone wont. Scratch removers have a pigment in them to darken the wood a little- its not ideal but it could be better than what it is now for sure!

[cloudcally]

@LollarGuitars well my color design is like in the video so the guitar is like a bunch of colors altogether and the scratch it long so it scratches out just about all the color. Would you have to get a clear lacquer or colored lacquer. I don't know anything about lacquer only that the people tht lived in my house before left alot of it behind and lacquer polish, remover, etc. It's all liquid though. I think just a commercial guitar scratch remover would work rather than risking messing it up mo

[cloudcally]

@LollarGuitars well my color design is like in the video so the guitar is like a bunch of colors altogether and the scratch it long so it scratches out just about all the color. Would you have to get a clear lacquer or colored lacquer. I don't know anything about lacquer only that the people tht lived in my house before left alot of it behind and lacquer polish, remover, etc. It's all liquid though. So I think just a commercial scratch remover would work.

[cloudcally]

@LollarGuitars now I have to find some kind of scratch remover because this one's deep. Screw me for doing that.

[LollarGuitars]

@cloudcally There is a really old method not many people know how to do anymore but we used it when I did antique restoration- its called burn in lacquer stick or burning in with lacquer stick. Its really difficult to do and you would want to find someone that can do it but it can be an almost invisible repair. Its basically dried lacquer in a stick form you heat up and fill the hole with- you have to be good at color matching then you level and buff- you can put fake grain lines too.

[cloudcally]

I wish i knew that screwdriver tip before I scratched up my guitar...

[LollarGuitars]

@cloudcally DOH! I hate when that happens! Its been decades since I have done that but Ive done it myself

[zsup2]

Anyone know the answer ?, I really want to replace this pickup

[zsup2]

Im only replacing the neck pickup. Can I just connect the new pickup tthe same way as the old pickup was connected without touching the ground wires ? When Im taking out the old pickup can I just heat the old solder and remove the wires without adding any new solder ?

[ezugaruk]

thanks man! I´ ll waiting so anxious for that material and the new products. Cheers!

[ezugaruk]

Hi Jason, I'm so amazed with all your videos, but I would love if you can post some tip videos to your bassist clients :D I 'm about to order some precision pickups for my bass from Mexico with a dealer and i would love to see any yips you can give or installation advices, cheers and great pickups you made man.!!!

[LollarGuitars]

its very much the same proceedure but yes I will be making some new products for basses soon and possibly do another video or two about bass

[Gunwolf203]

I do wonder: I use a Fender MIM HSS stratocaster. I'm replacing all of the pickups with Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB (bridge), Lace Sensor Silver (Middle), and a Lace Sensor Purple (Neck). My bridge splits into its front coil when its in its bridge and middle position.When I install my new pickups, is there anything I have to do with the wiring so it will still do that? Also does my middle pickup need to be reverse wound? A comment response/video link/website would be very much appreciated.Thank you!

[LollarGuitars]

youll have to install the new pickups to the same connections the old ones had. As far as RWRP read my faq page- you could have pickups that are out of phase or not humcancelling with each other- I believe the question titled can you wind me a RWRP pickup for an orville stratoplaster is going to help you on this.

[Gunwolf203]

@LollarGuitars Thank you for responding so fast. After giving your FAQ a read I know exactly how I'm rewiring my guitar. Very much appreciated ^^.

[LollarGuitars]

check out my blog too- there is alot of technical info buried in there

[themusicstory]

haha you sound like garfield :]

[LollarGuitars]

oh well....

[themusicstory]

@LollarGuitars

haha good vid by the way

[goldeneagle701]

Nice accent!

[LollarGuitars]

Yall come back now ya hear?

[goldeneagle701]

Ok man, I agree... :-)

Anyway thanks for the valuable tips!

[jhuggins27]

so im guessing theres no way to get ahold of an s-style lollar custom guitar

[LollarGuitars]

I only build a guitar a year now- most are glue on necks and hollowbody thinlines and I dont take order for any. The new idea is I build what I like and then sell it.

so sorry but I only do that for fun anymore really - I make pickups otherwise. Thanks though

[deathbat02]

im making my first guitar. its going to be a strat copy and i was wondering if i should use a 250k pot or 500k pot.

[LollarGuitars]

if you are using standard strat pickups youll want 250K pots, 500K will make the pickups sound brighter so for a hotter darker pickup 500k is usually better.

[ledhead923]

Awesome video. It sounds like Napoleon Dynamite at 5:17.

[ArroyoGuitars]

Jason, great series, I have watched all of them, I too love to work on the island in the kitchen...

[MrBassDestroyer]

Nice video set. Good clear camera setup.

[jdebney]

you sound really similar to jim root

[LollarGuitars]

You noticed ????

[jdebney]

why is that a common knowledge thing or something? or were you being serious

[starwarsraul13]

is he really jim root

[SRVisthebest]

Which wire goes to the terminal and which wire goes to the pot?

[esrbteen]

alright man thanks!

[esrbteen]

is it possible to install Brian May's signature tri sonic pickups into a regular stratocaster?  Thanks for making these videos man, love them!

[LollarGuitars]

I dont know for sure but I suspect there is no reason why you could not install them- it may take some extra routing- I dont know. You stumped me on that one, dont know much about Burns guitars or pickups

[sneakingsuit]

Can I do this with a 20w soldering iron or is 40 the lowest you can have?

[LollarGuitars]

you could do it with a 20 watt if yoour tip is really clean but you will have to work harrder at it- a 40 with a good tip works fast and makes a solid joint very easliy

[vengeance76]

i wasn't able to unsolder the manufacture soldering on my strat !

[LollarGuitars]

Either your soldering iron is too small, worn out or you need to put a new tip on it or unlikely the manufacturer used silver solder which takes more heat to melt but I have never seen that done before!

[S91909838759hoi]

awesome playing at the start

[LollarGuitars]

Thanks- just playing upside down and backwards- I dont usually play like that :)

[AutumnArson]

Loller Makes me Lol

[Matrix2458]

How much does it cost to have somebody do that for you? Thank you

[LollarGuitars]

I dont know for sure what the going rate generally is - I specialize in making pickups.

I would guess anywhere between 40 and 75 dollars depending on the shop and what kind of guitar. Strats are very easy to change out pickups.

[Matrix2458]

Thanx for your advice

[stringwhore]

would this work for installing pick ups on other guitar in general lets say a fernandez infinite sustain pick up on an ibanez?

[LollarGuitars]

I am sure some things would apply and some wont- this video is for a standard 5 way switch strat layout with three single coils. Sorry I dont know anything about the Fernandez sustain that would be helpful to you.

[LollarGuitars]

Absolutely- its the same thing

[patkeating97]

Thanks, man. Great vid.