I have been watching tons of these vids lately and never comment but I have to for yours. I'm so glad your video popped up, you are so clear with the explanation of each part of the guitar it made it fun to watch. I subscribed right away. Thanks for making such helpful videos for us newbies.

there is no fear in this mans voice while he tunes up his guitar, legend

You're a one-man encyclopedia, buyer's guide, user manual and tutor! Grateful thanks, Darrell.

Where are the adds? This man definitely deserves monetization. Helped me out a shit ton

Darrell...let’s be straight up here... you have way too many nice guitars... I am sending my address to lighten your load !! Love your channel. Greetings from Brisbane Australia.

Sorry if anyone has pointed this out already, but when adjusting intonation, if you have to move the saddle then you must re-tune the open string before checking the intonation again. Obvious really but could easily catch out a novice. Otherwise a very good lesson.

Arguably one of the best guitar channels on KZfaq, thanks yet again, Mr. Braun. Keep up the great work!

Been playing for 45 years and I still learn new stuff all the time!

Wow! I have own a Squier Strat for 20 years and I had no clue about positions 2 and 4 being hum cancelling. Great to learn new things about my old guitar, thanks!

How can 12 people dislike this? The info is accurate and well presented! Thank you Darrell!

"There are two main electric guitar body styles, the double cut, and the single cut" Laughs in Flying V

Thought this was gonna be gimmicky but it's actually really good. Love how the subject is always on screen so anyone can skip around and know exactly what you're talking about

In respect to guitar set ups Darrell is teaching people more than if they went to a music school. It took me years to put all this knowledge together in my notebook. Yet here it is, in one convenient easy to understand, very clear / accurate video. As people say..."Your The Man" Darrell!

This is such great information. I've played for years, but mostly acoustic, and this was mostly all new to me. I'd love more detail like why the front pick up is more warm and back is brighter. How the hum cancelling works. So many of the 10 points where I'd like more detail. Thank you so much. These videos are a revelation.

2:38 Hehe I'm so childish Lmao 😂🤘

Darrell this is one of the best video on KZfaq covering basic tips and tricks of guitar.....Most of which are confusing for beginners aswel as intermediate players...The explanation is lucid and dosen't make a beginner feel like a bum....Great job man, Looking forward for more....Thank You...

I’ve primarily been a bass player until the last 2 years and I’ve been immersing myself in guitar now and I watch and love so much of your content. I’ve learned a bunch. Thank you so much

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I'm a guitar player and a teacher of English from İstanbul, Turkey. I must say that you are one of the few most perfect speakers of English language. It's a real joy to listen to you. Subscribed and following. Thanks for the amazing channel.

this video is for everyone who doesn't work at a guitar repair center... this helps a ton

Can you make a video like this for guitar pedals?

Brilliant video as always \m/ I bought an American professional strat last week. I played it in the store and it was really well made and set up. Can't play it for a few days as I am waiting for my birthday. I just wanted to thank you for helping me pick my dream guitar with all your comparison videos!!!!

I finally bought a guitar. It is almost exactly like your Squier Standard Stratocaster, exactly the same finish, but with maple fingerboard. I been fiddling around with it, learning the ABCs of things like you demonstrate in this video. As for playing it, let's just say I know my D chord now. Actually I learned the D chord back in the days when CCR was around because they use it as the first chord in "Bad Moon Rising"! Moving from D to A (or any other chord) is driving me nuts! I take it that it requires quite some amount of practice to get your hand muscles to finally figure out what they can and can't do. Being 59 in a week means I am starting pretty late in this race! Ha-ha! Of course, citing CCR as an inspiration dated me right away! :) These Indonesian Squier Standard Strats are beautifully made and I got mine (almost brand new) for $230. You just have to be careful about getting one without cheese grater frets sticking out each end. Man, one that I looked at brand new in the store was REALLY rough that way. Ouch!!!

Every time I watch one of your videos, I am more impressed than I was the last time. Great videos, very well done!

Great video Can you make a guitar 101 on amps?

FFF - If the Fretted note is Flat; move the saddle Forward. I'll NEVER forget that! :)

Great video. I finally understand the procedure for string locking without locking tuners thanks to you!

I just started out playing guitar so it's useful to hear these tips😄 thank you!

I learned a lot from this video. As a returning player, I have been researching as much about guitar as I can to improve my playing. This video was so informative and I will be referring to it as i continue my guitar journey. Thank you so much for the tips! I learned a lot!

I really have to say your videos are the best. You are clear, knowledgeable and interesting. Your comparison videos are thorough and well thought out to make the comparison easy. Following your Mexican Tele v American Tele video I've decided to buy the Mexican. Thankyou for taking the time to make these videos.

Great, thank you so much! I play an Ibanez, with killswitch for over ten years and you saved my next gig! Have a great day, every of your videos teaches me something. Enjoy

This is fantastic. I feel like you just bundled 10 random videos I've had to watch around KZfaq into one. I'll be passing this one along. Thanks!

some eccentric tips from a guy who makes guitars and plays, and who is admittedly a bit of a mad scientist. 1:String binding for heavy guage players...get some cheapo needle files and buy yourself a few extra headstock nuts. take a file and GENTLY give each slot a very soft shave with a triange V shaped file, angling slightly back towards the headstock. use a pencil to mark the slot and file just until it almost touches the slot's bottom. that V-shape will allow different string guages to sit down properly, letting your lights seat down all the way and your beefy bastards to sit slightly up in the V. if done right you wont ever have to file the nut for a gauge change, or replace the nut if you go down a smaller guage. the V groove automatically adjusts height based on string diameter so the bigger strings dont sit low and buzz and the highs dont sit too high and become hard to play. the slightly backward angle allows the string to kinda float and only touch at the very edge of the fretboard where it needs to be and keeps the strings pulling smooth and effortlessly. no more slip and twang tuning. 2: buy some truss rod keys with handles. its so easy to fight a truss rod and accidentally strip it, ruining your neck just because you cant get a regular allen wrench in there. those long keys with the t-handle will save your necks...literally.

This video would of been nice 40+ years ago when I was just learning about guitars. Nice video.

Nothing new for me here but I watched the video until the end. Absolutely appreciating your tight fiddeling-free presentation style

Your videos helped me through a really dark time a few years ago, thank you so much 😊

I have been using the gibson method for my string setup. Basically you string through the tuning machine, then you pull up the slack from the string over the top of the post so that one wind is overlapped as a "top wind", then wind the rest of the string beneath the string as a "bottom wind". so it looks like one top wind, string that goes through, then the rest bottom wind/s.

Definitely, this channel is the most useful one I've ever found about guitars. Thanks.

I've been playing for years, and a tuner is a really great thing. I can set my intonation on my basses or guitars without even having to listen. It's a great invention.

Hi Darrell. This is in reference to Issue #2 - the Nut. A trick I use to keep the nut lubricated is apply some Vaseline petroleum jelly. No kidding. And this really helps is keeping the guitar in tune longer. I apply some on my finger and then rub it across the entire nut ensuring that I don't get any on the fret board. Then I dive bomb the tremelo bar a couple of times to get the jelly underneath the strings.

I can say I learned things about the guitar I did not know today. Thank you Darrell Braun Guitar!

Darrell, you are the ultimate responsible for saving a PRS SE custom 24 for being sold. Your #2 tuning issues solution was the thing!! I've found later that it is a very common problem with these guitars, if you didn't know it. Man, thank you thank you thank you, you save me bucks and keep with me a wonderful guitar.

Thank you so much for this! I've been playing for 15 years and learned some really important things I didn't know I should know.

I know you said this video was for beginners, but I've been playing for 13 years, and never knew anything about steps 8, 9, and 10. Thanks for this!

Very helpful video. Not that I can do any of this stuff; but it just makes me more aware what to look out for whenever my guitar feels 'off'. Thanks much!

#2. A drop of machine oil. No problems at all, even when you dive a lot. A pencil works for a moment, it gets worn soon. The oil stays, never evaporates, never gets worn out.

Another handy tip for intonation. If you can't remember which way to move your saddles, just follow the needle on your chromatic tuner. The direction it moves away from the middle is the direction the saddle must go.

Darrell, man! Guitars in the front, AT-AT in the back. Guitars and Star Wars on the same channel. My hero 😁

There is an easy way to get tone control on the bridge pickup of a strat. You need to solder a little wire between the open terminal and the rear tonepot terminal on you 5 way selector switch. You can find plenty of diagrams online.

7:01 thts his angriest id propably ever see from him

Excellent refresher course for me Darrell! Thank you.

playing the guitar since i was 9 and all of this just blew my mind

I’ve been playing guitar for 25 years and I’ve always been scared to adjust the truss rod and set my intonation. I always thought it had to be done by trained professionals. After watching this I feel totally comfortable doing this myself. Granted, it will take some trial and error but I feel confident that I can set up my own guitars. Thank you so much!

I usually don't comment to the producer. I'm getting back into guitars after 25 years. This is a super helpful refresher. So thank you.

On locking the strings, an extra wrap on top before going under the string is what "locks" the string on the tree. This is usually done manually to take up the slack before you start winding the second wrap, which then goes under for two to three wraps, causing up pressure, locking against the top wrap. Making a fist with your thumb sticking out between index and middle finger is how the wrap should look.

You're such a great teacher.😊😊 Thank you for showing what are the basics to know about a guitar or electric guitar.

Love your vids. From my own experience, when I was a new player, I tried quite a few different guitar brands and styles before I found what I loved. If you're like me, buy used. I initially turned up my nose at strats because they were so stereotypical. After trying an Epi Les Paul, Hamer, Taylor electric (yea, they did exist) PRS SE, and a few others, guess where I landed. I bought a used MIM strat to experiment with wiring and such. That strat felt so good and playable that I was hooked. I now have two US Deluxe strats with different pickup configs that have the features I want; one used and one built from parts. I play them 90% of the time. I still have and appreciate some of the others but they don't get nearly as much mileage. I guess the moral of this story is, save your money for your dream guitar but don't buy it until you know what it is.

One of the best videos on KZfaq thank you, your explanation is even better what my guitar tutors have been telling me .... I'm keenly looking forward to your other videos

Great info for any beginner and even intermediate for sure.

needed this. thank you!

Time flies when watching your videos.

I was always curious about intonation. Thank you very much for the clear and to the point explanation.

Outstanding video, such a concise summary of all the essentials!

Fantastic video. So helpful. Man you have some gorgeous looking guitars.

I got a spontaneous nervous breakdown from seeing that floyd rose bridge. Learned so much though, even though I teach guitar lol. Thank you.

Short and sweet as always, Darrell, love it!Cheers Alex

A super easy trick with setting saddle height/action (at least on Strats) is to put a capo on the first fret, and then place a credit card (or subway card for that matter) over the 12th and 13th fret (beneath the strings, of course). The edges of the card will (depending on the card) just rest on the 11th and 14th fret - make sure that it lays flat ON the frets, not on the fingerboard. Put some painters tape on each side of the card, and bend the card so it matches the radius of your neck; then pull the tape onto the back of the neck on both sides, so the card stays in place with the guitar radius. Now lower your saddle by adjusting both alan screws, until you can pluck the string very lightly with a pick without the string buzzing on the card. (Remember to retune your guitar for each adjustment.) If you play in Standard tuning, remember that your tuning will now be one half step up. So E will be F, A will be A#, D will be D#, G will be G#, B will be C, and high E will be F. If you use Eb Tuning like me, you'll just tune it EADGBE like regular. You'll get super-low action adjusted perfectly to your guitar's radius.

This is the most useful vid about guitars I have ever seen

A must watch video for us beginners, thank you.

Ok. I knew all this but it sure was fun to watch. Well made and I think any of my beginning students should see this.

That red ibanez with the bright white pickups is sick!

I wish I had KZfaq 27 years ago when I started playing guitar. Not that I didn't already know this info, but if I had it back then I think I'd be much further ahead in my playing. Truth be told, I've learned more on/about guitar in the last 15 years than my first 12 years playing.

I just came across this video. Thanks for the info you gave in it.

You are always very helpful darell.. Thanks for the video..!

Thanks for comments on Les Paul volume/tone control settings...

Very informative as ever sir Darrell. Thank you very much!

The solo at the first is quite good, loved it

great instructional video, this gives me the confidence to work on my guitar

What a usefull video, really good stuff You never stop learning with guitars...

Really enjoy the channel. Great video. I also like your bright, positive delivery.

I really like the look of that Stratocaster with the wood grain and the dark red pickguard!

Truss rod....small ajustments....leave guitar overnite to settle....small ajustments over time is way to do it after setting a guitar up you have to allow time for instrument to settle in.....then fine tweak after...you cannot rush these things...wood takes time to move then settle....with neck think Longbow. As for pickup height ....different amps will respond differently to pickup height...use your ears...and if you intend to play through more than one amp it has to be a compromise....use what you got to tweak your tone...what sounds sweet through one will sound sour through another,,...aim for mid ground....basically there you are tuning your guitar to the rest of your rig. take your time...listen....and the gods will reward your vigilance Cheers Wulf

You're like the dad of every beginner guitarist! Love your videos man!

Imo you are the best youtuber when it comes to guitar tech.

Holy crap your voice is so unnaturally welcoming, You're like the mister rogers of the guitar world.

And I finally understand intonation. Thanks Darrell

Very precise information delivered so clearly. Thank you so much.

this guy is awesome! very educational video man, thanks a lot.

Great video Darrell. Should be mandatory for all new guitarists.

For the string locking, that method can actually damage the pegs. It's not really bad, but over time, you'll have to replace them sooner. Whether it's worth it or not is up to the player. The method I was taught involves leaving a good amount of slack in the string and wrapping it OVER the string once or twice, and then going under for the rest of the wraps. It creates a kind of "seat belt" that holds it in place a little better. It's not as good at holding pitch as your method, but I play with a locking nut and I tune by ear pretty well anyways, so on guitars without a locking nut I don't mind tuning up every once in a while.

Awesome thank you, I’m in Ontario and just found our site. Lovin it

Great video Darrell. My PRS guitars are all 24 fret, because that’s the only way you can get the owl on the fretboard! 🦉

Haha I love the AT-AT Star Wars LEGO set in the background!

I love your stuff. I learn something new every time

A little suggestion on the guitar bridge - tremolo: You should also mention the Stets Bar pro. It's quite unique but very functional. Check it out. I'm a big enthusiast end user. No commercial. It's got its disadvantages, but definitely it's worth mentioning.

#1 Locking Guitar Strings is a great trick. Thank you very much.

I just bought my first electric guitar and was wondering how the pickup selector worked. Thank you for a great informative video!

Darrells videos always make my Monday 😄👍

I would like to keep it simple but thats very hard for me lol! It is very easy to tell that you’re a great guy, that is very smart and has access to the right minds to give the best knowledge to be the best with any budget. I think your channel is the best out there. Your ability to teach is the most down to earth to understand ( you have the ability to reach and teach anyone ), after watching your videos I’m always unsure I’ve made the right choice of guitar lol which means you are really doing a great job! Thank you for you great artist conversations.

First time watching your video; keep it up dude, you're are awesome!!! I learned quite a few things just from this one video. Thanks!!!!