OOOoooOoo00oooo yeh-yeh-yeh-HeeaAAaarrrrgh!?! See Part 2 with this project's "evil twin" featuring the ebony EX-84 here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNRkd8tqtL-uaas.html

As a hockey fan, I think a “YEET PUCK” model would be fun.

Agufish: sponsored by Harley Benton Also agufish: Harley Benton pickups are s***

Funnily enough the EMG logo says what the pick-up is: silver: ceramic magnet, gold: alnico magnet, copper: coil splitable, and more

bro I heard you were a huge fan

In 25 years of building custom guitars and basses I've worked with a lot of pickups, electronics, components, and with that, a lot of companies of all sizes. When it comes to the electronics, say what you want about EMG pickups, the solder-less wiring, pots, connectors, I've used them on many different pickups, for years, and never had a single failure of any kind. When it comes to customer service, I've never dealt with anyone better, more helpful, or more responsive (Acoustica, who make MixCraft DAW software is on thid level). I have had a EMG technical support help me install pickups from other companies onto their wiring sets, their pots their Electronics they preamp, and they were fantastic, and they were definitely more helpful than the people who built the pickups I was installing. Most of the time would just say, "just use our wiring and be done with it," and then they would end the call. That's not what my customer wanted, and I, as your customer, that's not what I want. EMG would listen every time and help every time. As for the pickups, they make dozens of different pickups and pickup sets, and only the 81/85 set sounds like the 81/85 set. That set is used on 16 of the top 25 metal albums of all time, and are still used more than you think. I've tried quite a few of the other sets/pickups, and never been disappointed, and never had anyone ask me to replace them on a custom build, except builds that were over seven years old and the owners were just ready for a change.. That's guitar pickups. I think the bass pickups are even better, on average, than the guitar stuff. I am a professional now, and I didn't facepalm and move on. Playing a guitar, or any instruments, really, is about fun, about being yourself, about listening to the voice inside, doing what feels right, playing what you hear in your head, feel in your heart, letting the river of energy flow. So, if this is what you felt inside, kid, and this is what felt right for you to do, then I am proud of you for doing it, being honest with yourself and putting it out there. Fuck the mamby pamby pussies afraid to be themselves, and fuck the doubters, the detractors, and the trolls.

I really wish everyone would jump on board the solderless train. It makes swaps and installs so much easier.

15:13 they aren’t tribal designs even though they look similar, its called pin-striping which is a a custom car thing (James is into custom cars and hot rods)

Me: "Mom can we have Harvester Of Sorrow" Mom: "No we have Harvester Of Sorrow at home" Harvester Of Sorrow at home: 22:28

A video about a James Hetfield guitar? Insta-like!

The mix sounds very Disposable Heroes-y, loving it.

So...medium intergrity?

you could do a censored “EET FRIK” model

23:58 - the guitar improvements were so slick that it gave you a haircut lol

In a mix they both sounds almost the same :D

22:28 that is one hell of a clean tone...

Love the drawings here, very clever. These HB's never fail to impress me with their quality.. Nice build man, shred it up!

Can't hear differences between the Roswell and the EMG's in the mix... Maybe with a clean sound.

When making car analogies you should say "it's like turning a Fiero into a Ferrari"

I've been subbed for a long time and I have to say that this is one of my favorite videos! Keep up the good work Hunter 🤘🏼

Gotta say Hunter, your camera work in this video is stellar. The angles are A+

I’ve always wanted an 84 explorer. So I watched a lot of videos and I came across this papa hey tribute. And it has inspired me. I am currently working on a DIY kit explorer and I’m gonna do something like this except Norse themed. Runes, the ravens Huginn and Muninn, and the Death scene of Thor and Jormungandr. Thanks dude!

Dude I enjoy your videos SO much!!

Yeeah! Love your modding videos! Keep em coming

epic vid man, hoping too see more mod projects in the future!

Fixative Spray is what I use over sharpie art on guitars then clearcoat, just for future reference.

Came out nice !! Awesome job Hunter !!!

You know what would be a cool video for 100K subscribers? A review of the Dean Cadillac. I remember a time when Ibanez was never on the channel...

I like the mod you did, as for the graphics, yeah sanding, artwork, clear coat. And then put all the stuff back on :) Liked, subbed

You are a great guy and a metallica fan, beautiful combo

it would be so awesome to make a white explorer with the ajfa album cover design on it, similar to how the rust in peace flying v looks

background music around 14:00 is badass. love the chunky with the cleans in there

i bought a set of fishman fluence and since my schecter was already wired for actives I just unclipped the emgs and clipped in the fishmans.. then with the spare emgs, I ordered the saulderless like you have and with ZERO experience, I hooked it up... I got better info off the paper installation instructions than i got from watching multiple videos on youtube.. Now i got fishmans in my schecter and emgs in my PrS.. and i did it by myself in 3 hrs.. I never knew pickups could be so easy..Lets all thank emg for excellent set up.

Dude that is literally my guitar at 1:38 haha. I assume you got that off google or reddit. It’s not a real ESP but it’s made to the exact dimensions and specs as one. I had to have it ever since I first saw it as a kid, never thought I would be able too and now it’s like my main guitar.

Super cool and actually educational too! Thanks dude!

1:37 litterally having a Majesty in the background

If your pickups are Muddy try lowering them before swapping them out. Often times mud comes from high output pickups too close to the strings. I got this Epiphone SG G400 and the pickups were so damn muddy and almost unusable but by lowering them it unlocked their potential. GIve it a try.

Love this content. Great job!!

Very satisfying to watch

Sick bro :) love the music too it fukkin jams!!

Guitar community: no you can’t make a demo track without a solo: Agufish: haha funny riff go chug chug

Very nice a sterling majesty in the background

I did a beat up 1984 gibson les paul studio lite with artwork. I used sharpie first, then I used model paint with a fine brush to go over the outlines. Also used an autograph silver pen. For any color I needed I used model paint also. Holds up pretty good over the years of playtime.

Love my Bone Breakers! My 1st active pickups in a guitar.

Great job mate! Looks killer

Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing.

You should do a guitar modding tutorial series. I feel like there's so much to learn.

I love the Disposable Heroes-like demo song you made for this

Cool work Dude !!! I myself only put a sticker, so far. Pretty simple also, just wrote on a piece of adhesive printer paper, sprayed the paper a few times with clear coat spray used to protect drawings, let it dry, and then put it on the guitar. Easy to remove also...

That was a great video and such attention to making that that video so accessible to watch while also trying to mod a guitar and succeeded..... Yay Metallica.... Seen them at monsters of Rock donnington... Way way way back So great..... An experience indeed. I am love how Hetfield uses some extremely advanced guitar systems for the last 5 odd years.... He has a custom retro fitted Antares a computer auto tune guitar with solid tune intonation.... He had this custom built and chooses to use it quite often..... You or anybody can have this same mod done if you buy the retro fit kit and the dedicated outfits that will install it. It is awesome......I always knew the Antares auto tune guitar was awesome..... Then I discovered the top metal band on earth actually use it....... Case rested..... Thanks again

Very well done video!!! Super.

Those EMG picks are sickkkkkkkk bro legit 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻awesome guitar man

Love the artwork!

🤘very cool man great job!!

Sweet work man. Hetfield would be impressed

cool modding project! more guitar modding videos pls!

EMGs had so much clarity outside of the mix

Obligatory "You destroyed that geetar!" comment

That's so cool!! These modern VW cars are damn cool to drive btw

Now i need this HB. Dude great job!

Love it! Love the music!

Great project ! Thanks !

Mids are definitely clearer with those new emg greens, nice. Sounds great.

Top tip for cable management - do your guitar modding in the middle of the day rather than the middle of the night. You are far more likely to do a good job if you are not wishing for sleep. As for protecting the sharpie marks, you are better off spraying the guitar applying the liquid to a paper towel and using that to cover an area ralatively smoothly rather than leaving an obvious ridge line as displayed in the video.

Love it, I always try to make my guitars mine by changing bits on them!

Love these mod vids! Keep em comin’. YeaaahhhHeeeeYaaaaaah!

next time use heat-shrink tubing instead of tape.

Just ordered the black one. Gonna swap the hit for a black tusq, change the pickups to red EMGs and put my bands logo in red on the body somewhere. Super pumped.

3:44 Hetfield actually has the 60A in the neck in most of his guitars, especially the ones he uses for his clean sound. No idea why they didn't put them in his signature models or why they barely promoted it as Hetfields go-to neck PU. There is actually some promotional material referring to his original Gibson Iron Cross where they actually state that it has a 60A with custom housing in the neck.

Awesome results.

It amazes me when I see all these youtubers using hand winders, maybe they're just doing it for the video. Spent $20 on an auto winder a year ago, changed my guitar life

"Little tikes eet fuk" had me dying

man the way its routed is pretty cool

The only cream (?) ex84 ever. Earth just lost its best defender.

Dude that sounds crazy good 🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸🤘🤘🎸

This video contained the heaviest montages I've ever come across

Cool 🤘🤘🤘 the sharpie axe

I saw a Hetfield Explorer sticker set on AliExpress yesterday and this exact mod idea came to mind. I was even wearing the shirt with the white Explorer on it.

Sounds great fish!

the emgs sound so much better, its especially noticable when chugging for me

Not being able to get this in cream after this well done video is the biggest blue ball of my life. thanks agufish.

I remember seeing once a guy who dyed faux plastic leather with a sharpie and had the same problem! His solution was to make the sharpie "set in" by heating it up quickly with a flame or a heatgun and it worked wonders, maybe try that out next time?

Excellent. I dig it.

Man, Man, man. What a huge Sound😳. Incredible. Maybe James plays out one of these some day😂 Harleys are great, for a non pro player like me. They sound like they should do and gives me the sound I want and like👍🏻another pro is, everybody can afford one. Today you don't spend a lot of money to sound great☝🏻👍🏻💯🎸thy man

The seal and mola mola graphics would make great tshirts!

This was an awesome video!

thats a massive sounding tone

I'm a collision repair tech. Freaken bodyman for short. In 1989 Lita Ford opened for Motley Crue on the Dr Feelgood tour. I had her sign the back of the headstock on an N.J. series Warlock, Arrest Me Red just like hers. Anyways I scuffed around it with a gray scotch Brite pad and used automotive clear coat and it's still there to this day.

good job pal !

If you look at the video of James's new guitar - Carl - made from the bits of the garage from their old house on Carlson Blvd in El Cerrito, you'll see he has two batteries installed. It could be that he's using them wired in parallel for longer life or in series for more attack/percussive pick sound at 18V rather than 9V. The output really doesn't change that much but the sound dynamic of an 18V system is much more instantaneous and dynamic. If you don't want to go buy a router and hack the guitar up, get an EMG battery box and run a stereo cable from the guitar to the battery box and then a regular cable from the battery box on towards and pedals/effects processors and your amp. You'll need to install the little battery blank inside the guitar or chop and solder the battery connector if you're not using the blank.

I love your mod videos! So i have an idea , no idea if you would see it , but i think if you made a video or videos on how you come up with riffs , or just teaching your riffs , it would do really well , I definitely think your riff writing skills are top notch... why you dont have a solo album or EP yet is beyond me!

The new setup sounds a lot brighter

my favorite guitar shape is and always will be the explorer!

Absolutely beautiful. I like your custom design over the Hetties if I'm honest.

They NEED TO make a left handed model. I want these Soo badly

Thats a fantastic video. The guitar is fine, but for the price i certainlly would buy a Jackson and put those Kirk Hammett Pickups, or better still, i would keep the Jackson pickuy that are very good, save money, and buy beer!!! Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘

Have to agree with choosing the black emgs

For future reference...print your designs on waterslide decal paper...then apply...or...do the sharpy direct on body n cover with unprinted waterslide clear decal material. Then u can light dust over the decal paper a couple light dust layers n then do the whole top clear...

I was looking forward to getting the antique white one, but guess I gotta settle for white or black. It’s a badass guitar. Enjoy it

That demo made it pretty clear - if i'll get one of these i'll need to plan in 200 more bucks for Fishmen Fluence Set