Tom DeLonge Starcaster Build - Modding a Squier Starcaster

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Жыл бұрын

Tom was playing his Fender Custom Shop Starcasters at Coachella and on the Blink tour. They are really cool. We don't have to wait for Fender to release a signature series. We can just mod a Squier.
Inlay Lightburn files are available on my store. Link below.
who-wants-honey.myshopify.com...
Plugs available on my store:
who-wants-honey.myshopify.com...
Fender decal: www.etsy.com/listing/12556878...
eBay Neck
Everyone wants to know which neck I bought on eBay. You simply have to search for "strat replacement neck". Then in the filters, for country of manufacture check the box for China. Filter by price max= "80" dollars. Then scroll till you find a neck with the rosewood board and large headstock. If you're lucky like I was, you'll find a baked maple one. Good Luck.
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...
#starcaster #tomdelonge
Merch
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All Music Composed by Mark Gutierrez

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@MarkGutierrez Жыл бұрын

Photo of the overhang on the neck I used can be found on the community page. www.youtube.com/@MarkGutierrez/community

@mdkotler 10 ай бұрын

Mark, what kind of lacquer spray did you use on the headstock?

@MarkGutierrez 10 ай бұрын

@@mdkotler Stew Macs Aged Clear lacquer then Stew Macs Satin Nitro. Use the aged clear to color it, so as many coats to get the right aged look, then after it dries, spray the satin on top.

@justanotherdude182 10 ай бұрын

Mark, can you post a link of what neck or a similar style neck from eBay?

@MarkGutierrez 10 ай бұрын

@@justanotherdude182 I posted a link in the description. Essentially you want to search eBay for "strat replacement neck" then use the filters to filter by Price max= 80. Country of manufacture=China. Condition=New. www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=strat+replacement+neck&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_ItemCondition=1000&LH_PrefLoc=2&imm=1&rt=nc&Country%252FRegion%2520of%2520Manufacture=China&_dcat=41423

@jazhisyam 10 ай бұрын

Hi Mark, i know this is a longshot and may be too much. But any chance you can provide measurements of each of the stickers? I want to buy it directly from the link, but from where i live and also currency exchange, the price is too ridiculous for me to buy it. Figured I could make the stickers myself as I have a design/printing background. Thanks for your time boss. I also DMed your instagram. You may reply anywhere that works best.

@biktbass Жыл бұрын

I gotta say this is impressive. Hands down this is the best recreation I’ve seen of a guitar here on YT

@Mahogany11 3 ай бұрын

Dude this guy metalcop did a recreation of jerry cantrells single humbecker telecaster almost down to the crazy drawings that were on it. He did like 4 videos on it. Well worth the watch

@danthegeetarman Жыл бұрын

Dang, wish I had your woodworking skills. I’d be creating custom guitars all the time lol Very cool to see the whole process. Turned out great 👍

@ChadwickRider Жыл бұрын

So rad ... the inlays on the neck are next level. Those stickers bring back some good memories... We played a couple shows with The Queers and they spend the night at our place when they came to KC. They're still one of my favorite punk bands to this day. We never got to play a show with the Descendents, but we did get to play a couple shows with ALL. Those were the days.

@MarkGutierrez Жыл бұрын

Wow! I'm impressed. Descendants and ALL were a huge part of my high school days.

@familyengineering5591 Жыл бұрын

KC sucks

@H_mzaS 11 ай бұрын

This was very well done. I love how you combined the use of old-school guitar building with the use of modern tools. I especially love how you cut out the fret markers to make space for the new ones and the attention to detail! Wish I had your skills.

@johnmangino3925 Жыл бұрын

love the guitar and the playing at the end. great work!

@richarde3378 Жыл бұрын

This was an awesome build, Mark! Thanks!

@Stanslick Жыл бұрын

Wow, that's just incredible piece of work! Fascinating to watch! I really enjoyed this one!

@lakota_stu Жыл бұрын

Great craftsmanship! LOVED the music you played at the end

@gavinwragg8553 6 ай бұрын

What great content. It’s also amazing to see all TD fans build his new guitar. Seems fairly straight forward with the way you made yours. I had the same thought process on the build. I loved my OG TD Strat back in the day. Unfortunately life was hard back then and I had to let some guitars go and that was one that went. I was grateful to own it but it did tour with me for a few years and I had to let someone else appreciate it.

@whatevereyewant 4 ай бұрын

Gotta be kicking yourself now. They’ve appreciated quite alot and the new reissues are 1200 dollar dogshit.

@yoda301 5 ай бұрын

This is an amazing video. I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it!

@familyengineering5591 Жыл бұрын

Really impressed with this build. Good job mark

@mattburt3533 Жыл бұрын

This is so freaking sick. Amazing work. I want one of these so bad!

@Guitarnoob85 5 ай бұрын

Amazing, wish I had the skill to do this. Seriously amazing work!

@Trainzstation 7 ай бұрын

dope job and that jam at the end was slamming !

@worksucksletsdrink6011 11 ай бұрын

Yup that was really cool I enjoyed the watch

@kateruckus Жыл бұрын

It turned out so awesome! 💚🎵

@Thejayfrancis 11 ай бұрын

So well done!

@Markleford Жыл бұрын

Interesting bit of "forensic luthiery"! The "after-market inlay" process was very cool.

@RoquetteAttaquer 6 ай бұрын

Amazing creativity man

@undersilentwigs 11 ай бұрын

the instrumental was insane!!! so good

@thebipolarbear1 4 ай бұрын

I love that man that's awesome! Good for you that's sweet tom would want that

@michaelgrahamwongacutemadness Жыл бұрын

Nice music at the beginning I feel like I’m in the waiting room of a spaceship

@pacoysusguitarras Жыл бұрын

Dude INSANE JOB! Congratulations!

@19guitarshredder Жыл бұрын

Nicely done!

@KniazJan 11 ай бұрын

that inlay work is amazing

@georgewarner3507 Жыл бұрын

Subscribed. Listening to your video felt like meditation. The guitar turned out amazing too.

@JordanBMR 11 ай бұрын

Bravo Mark!

@joshuakimmis2544 11 ай бұрын

Great build! 🎉

@prodbyjuneg Жыл бұрын

clean work man!

@jeeeeev Жыл бұрын

I envy your skill. What a great build you got there.

@juanjosebol Жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@Azyndevil5 Жыл бұрын

Amazing job!!

@flungusbog444 11 ай бұрын

the background music you make for your videos is delightful

@markmccawley2526 Жыл бұрын

That was fun. Thanks

@vicehuman 8 ай бұрын

Very inspiring, thank you

@Trauzzinator Жыл бұрын

Nice work!!! I'll be putting mine together in a few months after I get all the parts together!!!

@HellcatCustoms Жыл бұрын

Nice work! I've looked into converting a Squier Starcaster myself. 👍

@QS-si3cq Жыл бұрын

This is wildly impressive. 99.999999% of every other person who wants to do this same copy will not do so, or do so as accurately just based on the inlays alone. Sick. Just sick. Now I want a laser.

@anabolicinsider 11 ай бұрын

Great work.

@orlanbro Жыл бұрын

Awesome man! 👏🏼

@phillipb9328 Жыл бұрын

Very cool and underrated channel. This is the dude you got a subscribe and like to.

@willej6525 Жыл бұрын

Great work

@NisbetJones Жыл бұрын

Great work man!

@liaa5655 8 ай бұрын

nice craftmanship !

@99problemstoysaint1 9 ай бұрын

Great job!!

@MoniqueTx 11 ай бұрын

this is incredible

@gabrieledwards1066 Жыл бұрын

I usually skip it when the makers play the guitar after the project is completed but didn't this time. Really dug what you played.

@BRADICAL 3 ай бұрын

DAMN!!! Dude! That is a fucking incredible job. Absolutely love it

@ibon473 Жыл бұрын

wonderfull job!

@evodiogarcia9310 Жыл бұрын

So awesome! Would be even more amazing if you sold these as a kit cause I’m sure myself included would purchase this! I was thinking of this project for a bit. Now I’m motivated to do it!

@PatrickGeneLeBlancHardy Жыл бұрын

Mark!! 🎨 💪 Thanks For Sharing 🎸 🎶 ✌

@simongorelik92 Жыл бұрын

wow the song at the end sounds so good

@triandsafei332 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Sir

@matthewsommerville88 Жыл бұрын

This was so damn awesome and your ending jam sounded better than blink lol

@vladosstepes Жыл бұрын

Good job 👍🏻

@finaljesus 2 ай бұрын

this guy is very talented musician and artist also an awesomw guitar builder

@inquisitor4635 Жыл бұрын

I liked the Squier in its original form.

@Punk_Rawk_Dad 8 ай бұрын

That thing is gorgeous and you sir are very talented! I'd be happy to buy it for what you picked it up for.....😂😅

@MarkGutierrez 8 ай бұрын

Sure. Hit me up on instagram and make an offer.

@justanotherdude182 Жыл бұрын

I have a feeling these will shoot up in price in the near future. 300 bucks for a semi hollow that can bang with a few simple mods. Tom is definitely making these popular again..

@kintaro_f 11 ай бұрын

AVA vibes in the outro jam. 🤘🎸🌒

@thecolorhero1078 Жыл бұрын

Dope 🙌🏼

@dougnulton Жыл бұрын

Man, I can’t get over that Squier headstock 🤮 Cool analysis and work, man.

@jonathanpham7397 Жыл бұрын

so glad you went with original 5 arrowed smiley vs 6 arrows

@brandonkennylz5635 4 ай бұрын

I cant wait to buy a shell pink one!! I hope they release early april

@patrickhale424 Жыл бұрын

Awesome job !!! Big Tom Delonge fan. He's amazing and so are you. Your videos are really informative and interesting. One thing that would be cool is if you made your vocals louder. You speak very softly and I have to turn my TV way up on your channel. Sometimes if I forget to turn it down and I switch to another video I get blasted and deafened 🤣😂. Love your work... just turn it up 👍🏼👍🏼🎸🎸

@MarkGutierrez Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. I'll turn it up to 11 next time. 🤪

@EasyTarget82 Жыл бұрын

Sick work. Wondered how the squier starcaster would sound since Tom has influenced some of us into looking at one.

@charlesthomas6748 Жыл бұрын

Squire will take you higher 👆 🎉🔥 Butternasty tones 🎶

@RickV6591 Жыл бұрын

Awesome build and playing! One small detail tho. He has the strap button on the back of the neckplate. Like the Squier super sonic guitars.

@MarkGutierrez Жыл бұрын

Thank! Yeah, I knew the strap lock was on the neck plate. I just need to get a slightly longer screw to make it work.

@oscarestrada72oe Жыл бұрын

Mark the build was phenomenal, the guitar sounds amazing, but the song that you played out of this world. Where can I get that song? Thanks

@Kenny182 Жыл бұрын

Love your music. Reminds me of Tycho. Got a SoundCloud or are you on any streaming platforms? Great job

@sandervtil Жыл бұрын

Very cool. Can you share the wood laser cut files of the neck pickup and the rest of the holes in the body too?

@6oundStudio Жыл бұрын

this is a cool guitar

@TrippRadcliffe Ай бұрын

Incredible video - would be super interesting to see how you re-create his signature es-333. I’m assuming you’d need to start with an epiphone dot studio, and do something similar as the starcaster?

@pnewhook 6 ай бұрын

Great work. Modifying electronics in these looks like a dog's breakfast.

@thedoobiewizard 7 ай бұрын

What size and type of drill bit did you use to drill the new volume pot hole? Thanks for this video! It's super helpful!

@yeyonge Жыл бұрын

I swear people only started to like starcaster after they find out that tom uses it. I had a fender reissue starcaster (which was oddly made in china) back in 2015 and everytime my friends came over they always thought it was ugly, even tho they're also a blink fan...

@geusseppegonzalezcardenas5782 Жыл бұрын

The original Starcaster headstock is awful tbh. Tom's take on it is not just unique but pretty cool, no one else has a Fender guitar like this one which pretty much resembles what happened back in 1999 and we all know how the story ends.

@familyengineering5591 Жыл бұрын

I never liked them and still dont like them. 70s fenders were a blight on the company. Everyone in the usa factory were on drugs and drinking all the time. Terrible quality control.

@poppunkice Жыл бұрын

To be honest I never even knew that this model existed, but I do think it's appropriate to clown on people who only like it now because of Tom 😂 I actually love the shape of it but fender should definitely switch the headstock, it ups the look of it

@TheLAWanderer Жыл бұрын

Likewise. Ive been using an active Starcaster for my punk/hardcore band and got weird looks at first. The growl sold it for me. Now everyone thinks I copied Tom 🙄

@NeilCrockett 9 ай бұрын

@Mark Gutierrez I love your music, not eve to mention the build. Please tell what is the effect pedal/device/chain you used at the end. Beauty ambiance!!

@MarkGutierrez 9 ай бұрын

Hi, I'm using the Fractal FM3. The ambient stuff is just one of the cloud reverbs based off the Strymon pedals. On the FM3 they are called: Cirrocumulus, cumulonimbus, nimbostratus and stratocumulous.

@NeilCrockett 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, especially the strymon references. I found a reasonably priced reverb called, wait for it... skylar. From GFI. Can't wait to get ambient.

@user-do2ev2hr7h Жыл бұрын

I've heard that his pickups are actually custom-wound on an SH-5 base, so they may be hotter than stock.

@familyengineering5591 Жыл бұрын

This is true. I know mark dilorenzo and got to go to the factory in santa barbara. More like a shop. We talked about tom delonge and he said tom has had most pickups custom wound even his invaders

@AndreMejia Жыл бұрын

Hey awesome job! I’ve been considering doing something like this myself. Curious how you got the neck to fit! I read some comments and you said it was no big deal, but I’ve heard it can be tough to find a Strat style neck that works with Starcasters. Does this one have overhang? And if so how did you deal with that? Thanks!

@MarkGutierrez Жыл бұрын

Yes. It overhangs but that doesn't impact the intonation at all. There is plenty of room to intonate the saddles properly. I think people are over thinking this. I will say that any neck Strat style neck will fit. Just move the saddles to compensate. The only issue I had was the break angle. The break angle is built into the neck pocket but my angle was off by about half a degree. I compensated with a wood shim from Stew Mac.

@icblf Жыл бұрын

Well done! Did you encounter any issues with the laser and burn depth on the existing dot inlays or do they vaporize similarly enough to the rosewood to not be a concern?

@MarkGutierrez Жыл бұрын

Good question. I didn't address it in the video. The laser basically doesn't do much to the plastic. It burns around the plastic dot. Then I just use a tiny needle nose pliers to grab the dot and pull it out. They came out easily.

@kbaedke Жыл бұрын

Very cool mods! What neck is it that you got? Did the pocket match?

@floflo3857 Жыл бұрын

Would love to get the answer too...

@chadwilliams8583 Жыл бұрын

I could listen to marks background music 24 7

@chadwilliams8583 Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Disentergration era Cure meets Chemical Brothers

@josephvega3763 Жыл бұрын

Holy shit this man is a wizard 😳😳😳...freakin surgeon damn!!!!

@Lovetone1983 Жыл бұрын

Hey man I am preparing for my starcaster. Can you speak to the pickup spacing (is it F-spaced or standard) please? I want to order the correct pickup

@ballinguitarist2324 10 ай бұрын

What did u do about the gap you’d get with replacing the neck with a Strat neck considering it’s a 22 fret neck with no overhang?

@davidsimpson3275 Жыл бұрын

Grouse Work !

@connorkellar4452 4 ай бұрын

This is ASMR

@thomaspreisinger859 8 ай бұрын

Great work, the guitar looks amazing!!! I just ordered all the parts to build this guitar myself… only question would be the wiring. do you have a wiring schematic or pictures of the details of the wiring?

@MarkGutierrez 8 ай бұрын

here ya go: www.seymourduncan.com/images/wiring-diagrams/1H_1V.jpg

@thomaspreisinger859 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

@kyleyork6041 8 ай бұрын

@@MarkGutierrez so for the top pickup and switch, can I just cut all that wiring out since I don't need it? Then for the out of the box bridge pickup (which I'll be replacing with the SDH), can I get rid of all that wiring too? I''m drilling a new hole for the knob port, and replacing the pot completely for a cts 500, can I technically remove all existing electronics that came with the squire? Will the new SDH have all the wiring I need? I hope this question makes since. You did it so fast in your video lol

@MarkGutierrez 8 ай бұрын

@@kyleyork6041 the only wires you should keep from the original squire are the ground wire that is coming from the bridge, the ground wire from the jack and the hot wire from the jack. everything else can be tossed.

@kyleyork6041 8 ай бұрын

@MarkGutierrez god I’m glad I saw your response before I did what Reddit told me. They said all I need was the wire for the input jack and that the SDH -5 and new pot would have everything I need. Thanks

@kevindowney3337 Жыл бұрын

Sorry if I missed it but did the neck come with no fretboard lip?

@weightlessfilms5651 5 ай бұрын

Damn you went all out! Super cool how you did the inlays. I may have missed it, but what neck did you use?

@MarkGutierrez 5 ай бұрын

Chinese neck off of eBay. Made the inlays on the laser.

@Javelin3o4 Жыл бұрын

What neck/headstock is that? Thinking of building one. I unfortunately just won't be able to do the inlays. :*(

@MarkGutierrez Жыл бұрын

bought it off of eBay. it's made overseas. sold from a seller in china. paid 65 bucks for it. just search fender replacement neck. filter by NEW and everything under 75 dollars.

@ericchocron Жыл бұрын

How do you play the part at the end: what do you plug in your guitar so that it sounds lime this,?

@MarkGutierrez Жыл бұрын

I use a Fractal Audio FM3 for all my demos and recordings.

@floflo3857 Жыл бұрын

The seymour duncan custom pick up… is it the same as the sh-5?

@FrabjousBat 10 ай бұрын

How big of a hole did you have to drill for the new potentiometer to fit?

@kyleyork6041 8 ай бұрын

And what brand/model of potentiometer did you use? Since you said the ones it came with were no good

@FrabjousBat 8 ай бұрын

@@kyleyork6041 Seymour Duncan 500k if I had to guess

@iA4R0N Жыл бұрын

This is great, so uh where do I buy?

@patsalvatorelli1206 8 ай бұрын

Hi Mark, Any chance I can buy some of those conical fillers for the holes from you?

@MarkGutierrez 8 ай бұрын

who-wants-honey.myshopify.com/products/plugs-for-squier-starcaster-tom-delonge

@dantsandras8326 Жыл бұрын

Any suggestions on where to buy a fender neck style neck? I just bought the guitar and stickers so I am digging this project

@MarkGutierrez Жыл бұрын

I think I posted a few links in some of the comments. I bought mine on eBay from a seller in china. just search "Strat replacement neck" filter by "New" filter price max to "85" dollars.

@dantsandras8326 Жыл бұрын

Also the hipshot tuners, is there a model or type that you used?

@MarkGutierrez Жыл бұрын

@@dantsandras8326 I don't know the model number but they are staggered. I suppose they would be referred to as, "6 inline staggered" tuners. Using staggered tuners allowed me to omit the string tree.

@user-sk3hj5cx7o 9 ай бұрын

what did you use for a clear coat for the headstock

@MarkGutierrez 9 ай бұрын

Stew Mac Satin Nitro

@garyp5522 Жыл бұрын

Very curious how you found a neck that worked? I did something similar. I had a neck made. The heal is different on the Starcaster from any other fender.

@MarkGutierrez Жыл бұрын

I didn't find anything in my measurements terribly different for the star caster neck. The break angle is built into the neck pocket. The neck heel is a little longer, no overhang but very little if any deviation in thickness from the end of the heel to the start of the heel. The break angle was nearly spot on but off by about .5 degree. I used a Stew Mac wood shim to compensate and it is set up perfectly.

@garyp5522 Жыл бұрын

So if you mount the neck using the existing holes in the neck so you have the correct overhang at the heal there is a gap at the front where the neck meets the body isn't there? If you slide the neck all the way up there is no taper at the heal and the scale is too short. If the Strat neck fit correctly maybe fender changed the body.

@MarkGutierrez Жыл бұрын

@@garyp5522 There were no existing holes in the neck. I simply put the neck in the pocket exactly as it should go like any other neck and body. No issues with scale length. That was the first measurement I did. 25.5 on the dot. Intonated just like any other guitar. I think you may be right. Fender may have changed the body. If you are on instagram, I can send you close up photos of everything. Happy to share.