Make ANY Guitar Shoegaze (with 2 Simple Mods...)

Can you make any guitar work for shoegaze? Today, we're checking out how you can use two simple mods (even on the most unlikely guitars) to capture those classic offset guitar tones and create swirling glide guitar soundscapes. I modded this HS baritone with Entwistle Firestar & AL90 pickups, plus a Guyker VBT001 Vibrola, to try and capture that dreamy My Bloody Valentine feel on a guitar which, theoretically, just shouldn't work... If you’re into shoegaze, offsets, Rickenbackers, or Wide Range Humbuckers, then this one’s for you. 📺 Subscribe to the Channel:    / markb.guitar   📸 Follow me on Instagram:   / markbguitar   📻 Listen to my Band: https://linktr.ee/sadfaceuk 📧 Enquiries: [email protected] ☕ Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/markb.guitar 🔗 LINKS 🔗 🕸️ Entwistle Pickups: https://entwistlepickups.com/ 🕸️ Guyker Homepage (affiliate): https://www.guyker.com/?ref=pczvwnym 🕸️ Jet Guitars: https://jetguitars.com/ 🕸️ Guyker VBT001 (affiliate): https://www.guyker.com/en-gb/products... 🎟️ USE CODE "MARKB" FOR 10% OFF ANY FUTURE GUYKER ORDER 🎬 FURTHER WATCHING 🎬 🎥 Jet JJ350 Baritone Review:    • The First Real Fender-Style Offset Bariton...   🎥 My Offset Bridge Reviews:    • Offset Bridge Reviews   🎥 My Offset Vibrato Reviews:    • Offset Vibrato Reviews   🎸 GEAR USED IN THIS VIDEO 🎸 💀 Jet JJ350 Offset Baritone Entwistle Pickups Firestar (bridge) and AL90 (neck) Guyker VBT001 Vibrola Tuffset Tuff-o-Matic Prototype Bridge 💀 Joyo Avallon 1176 Style Compressor 💀 Zander Circuitry Cafetiere Harmonic Percolator 💀 Raygun FX Aurora v2 LoFi Delay 💀 Nux Tape Echo NDD-7 💀 EHX Oceans Pico 3 Verb 💀 RedRocketMusic Transmission (UL730 Clone) 💀 WEM CCB-1 Solid State Preamp 💀 Victory V4 Copper Preamp 💀 BluGuitar AMP1 Mercury 💀 Two Notes Cab M+ 💀 Insta360 Ace Pro 2 💀 Blackstar Polar 2 💀 Everly Star Pick 0.73mm ⏳ TIME STAMPS ⏳ INTRODUCTION 00:00 Make Any Guitar Shoegaze... with Pickups and Hardware? 00:42 Intro Playing: Shoegaze Glide Jangle 01:04 Mission: Adding 90s Shoegaze Qualities without Breaking the Bank 01:49 Playing Interlude: Guyker VBT001 Vibrola Glide Guitar Playing 02:38 Qualities of the Three Types of Guitar Used by 90s Shoegaze Bands 02:53 TYPE 1: Fender Offsets (Jazzmaster, Jaguar, Mustang) 04:12 TYPE 2: Rickenbackers 05:23 TYPE 3: Telecaster Thinlines with Wide Range Humbuckers 06:38 Entwistle Firestar and AL90 Base Tone Showcase 08:07 Our Test Subject: Jet JJ350 Baritone (an unlikely shoegaze guitar) 09:09 MOD 1: ENTWISTLE FIRESTAR & AL90 PICKUPS 09:33 Before/After Pickup Comparison: Stock Jet Pickups vs Entwistle Pickups 10:53 The Genius of Entwistle Pickups 11:10 Entwistle Firestar: WRHB Crunch Meets Rickenbacker Fidelity 12:18 Entwistle AL90: Vintage Jazzmaster Pickups in a P90/Housing 13:15 Playing Interlude: Jazzmaster Style Neck Pickup Tones from th Entwistle AL90 14:42 My Dream for 2026... 15:25 MOD 2: GLIDE GUITAR FOR GUITARS WITHOUT A VIBRATO 16:29 Why the VBT001 Vibrola is the Best Shoegaze Vibrato Mod 17:56 Playing Interlude: Glide Guitar + Behind the Bridge Playing Example Using VBT001 Vibrola 19:16 The VBT001 Vibrola Works Just Like Kevin Shields' Offset Vibratos 20:21 Playing Interlude: Variety of Vibrola Vibrato Action Styles 21:38 What Guitars Can You Put a Vibrola On? 22:28 Improvements Guyker Have Made to the Vibrola Design with the VBT001 23:13 Playing Interlude: More Melancholy Jazzmaster Neck Pickup Tones from the Entwistle AL90 24:13 How to Install the Guyker VBT001 Vibrola 24:32 Setting Up the Guyker VBT001 Vibrola for Best Results 25:29 Playing Interlude: Finger Picking Some Sparkly, Jangly, Chords 26:30 Summing Up & Signing Out 28:11 Outro Playing: Behind the Bridge #shoegaze #fenderjazzmaster #fenderjaguar #fendermustang #offsetguitars #shoegazer