Make Your CHEAP Guitar Play Like a MILLION Bucks!

Time to pull that old beater out of its case and give it a good setup!
In today's video I go step-by-step to show how I set up my guitars so that they play like a high-end instrument!
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[RudyAyoub]

Now try making a million bucks sound like a guitar

[Cronposh]

"The nut is one of the most important areas on your instrument"
Can't argue with that

[BrockRodriguez]

Man, I picked up the guitar at about the age of 14 and I started gigging in bars when I was 16 years old. I am now 28 and you are the first person to really take the time to explain all of this in a way that I could understand. So my intonation has been off for nearly 15 years now, but not anymore lol. My cheap electric guitar sounds so much better now! Thanks so much. Liked and subscribed

[jeffreyouwehand]

I saw the “i can make a million dollar guitar sound like a cheap guitar” comments from a mile away

[kestocycling]

Definitely going to have to delete my browsing history after searching for that nut lube...

[EolikgroupColombia]

I can make a million dollar guitar sounds like a cheap one.

[morgancarter]

Just bought a cheap Glarry electric that I want to teach myself on... this is the first video I have watched that hasn't assumed I am an expert (even on beginner titled videos) or just consisted of some dude playing riffs over and over again. Thank you for being accessible to all levels and helping me feel a bit less helpless!

[klarahfenderson]

So may "learn to play" programs miss out on this -- "before you even start playing" set-up. Serious thumbs up.

[davidsegovia]

Remember this: you can get a crappy guitar and make it sound great but you can also get an amazing guitar and make it sound crappy

[whatareyoudoingyouidiot]

I have absolutely no idea why I watched this. I don't play guitar, have never played and have no real interest to start playing. But I still found it interesting.

[scottbronder]

I've been working on and setting up guitars for 25 years. Spot on Darrell. It's great you guys exist for modern shredders!

[mushroom]

Teaching people to appreciate our instrument... Darrell, I sincerely thank you for reconciling me with my cheap equipment.

[alejorag]

The string trees tip worked WONDERS on my Tele, after removing it from the 3-4th strings and putting it to replace the 1-2nd's one I was able to lower my action a lot and remove the slight (but noticeable) fret buzz it had! Now it plays like a dream, holy hell, thanks a bunch Darrell!

[SeeNiToS]

Thank you for all this knowledge without asking for a thing!

[armitagesoulshroude]

Doesn't matter how little money you spend or how expensive the guitar is... the point of this video is clear. Guitar maintenance is a MUST! You've earned a subscription.

[Unlucky]

"nut slot" sounds like an insult.

[SipperyJim]

This was worth watching just for the water freezing thing!

[wvincagold]

I was looking for a guutar case on Amazon. I ran across a telecaster style guitar by sawtooth. 159.00 out the door. I figured what the heck, decent case with a 59.00 guitar. So I bought a new nut from graphtech, new tuners wilkensons, roller string trees, roller saddles, alnico pickups with western flower engraving bridge and control panel, which all came with 3 contact switch, alnico 5 pups, and large pots, and a new scratch gaurd perloid, along with nice leather strap. Everything cost 114.00 and the guitar went from blah to holy crap, in playing and looks. This is my second cheap guitar build up. Thanks to videos like this one really make it possible. I have two wonderfully playing guitars, all for half the cost of a MIM guitar all done in about 10 hours of work and a very small upgrade price. Thanks videos like these give so much info and joy to watch and put into practice.

[zenmaster]

This is an info packed vid Darrell. You’re a great teacher that doesn’t come off egotistical at all. Thank you so much

[JamalCorrie]

This is why I’m subscribed to this channel. Your knowledge and expertise on guitar and your ability to teach it is simply unparalleled. Can’t believe after hours of searching for these answers you’re the only one that helped me fully understand how to set up a guitar. Ty!