Chris Buck 1962 Stratocaster Restoration Pt 6 - Fixing a celluloid pick guard restoring vintage pots

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In this video we continue the process of restoring Chris Buck's heavily modded 1962 Strat back to something resembling its original form. Due to the sheer depth of information and content we decided to split this final instalment into two parts (6+7 in the series) don't worry part seven will be uploaded tomorrow.
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0:27 Intro
4:08 Routing the pickguard
7:20 Plugging the holes
9:59 Levelling the plugs
12:14 Reflections on pickguard repair
16:33 Fixing the potentiometers
25:44 Outro
Playing footage and audio courtesy of Chris Buck www.buckandevans.com/
Special thanks to Dave Dearnaley - dave.dearnaley
We hope you enjoy this video, final part will be uploaded tomorrow!
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@etreimage 3 года назад

great work :)

@videovuer 4 года назад

You are a real artist; taking artisan craft to another level. Thank you for sharing your metier. Serenity in action.

@jimdeeds 4 года назад

Fender need to do a Chris Buck Tone Twins Signature guitar based on this one. Master craftsmanship in evidence.

@LennyJohnson5 4 года назад

Huw.... your work, attention to detail and craftsmanship is somewhere just beyond the point of 'excellent'. Possibly 'exquisite' would be the word I'm searching for.

@bevo65 4 года назад

My hat's off to you for even attempting the pickguard patch. Most would run away from such a challenge.

@robertcoggin3366 3 года назад

I dont know why but cleaning & rebuilding potentiometers is very gratifying work

@upsideofafaceplant9470 4 года назад

I love this series. There is something extremely calming about watching Hu work and talk about it. Massive appreciation for his level of craftsmanship. I'd love for you guys to continue documenting guitar restorations in this amount of detail!

@GazP23 4 года назад

Absolutely stunning work. I can’t wait to see how the Fender Custom Shop attempt to recreate this mighty beast one day. Loving this series, you’ve definitely saved a guitar that could have fallen by the wayside. Top job

@terrytrapp9662 4 года назад

Loving the length you went to with the patching!!! I think I'd get a repro guard and pop the original in the case, my OCD would drive me crazy

@johnmaseratis 4 года назад

Terrific episode. For me, this has been the most enjoyable - and informative - guitar restoration programming on RU-vid. Thank you.

@Lemmysfinger 4 года назад

I’ve absolutely loved following this restoration. Such a great job and It’s so nice to see a sympathetic restoration of a guitar that’s going back on stage soon.

@davegallagher7428 4 года назад

I like the pick guard, it adds character and it will be one of the things that make this uniquely Chris’s guitar. Looking forward to part two!

@LennyJohnson5 4 года назад

I agree... the analogy Chris made to Huw of them being "the scars on a retired boxer's face" was spot on.

@dalegreen8695 4 года назад

Thanks for these videos, I've thoroughly enjoyed watching all of them. You made a nice job of the pick guard, I like the fact it's still visible and it tells a story about the history of the guitar. I understand why Chris Buck is happy with that, he's a player rather than a collector. It's amazing how he found this guitar, or rather it found him!

@blondegraemey 4 года назад

Ive just patched a seventies Strat pickguard. Just a mini toggle hole above the pickup switch. Dead easy because the guard is black. I did have to cut and file a small circle of black pickguard plastic, but I glued in great with super glue gel. The glue remains proud and can be sanded back to fill the gaps if you wish. Great video lads, roll on tomorrow!

@mspager6756 4 года назад

Although the pick guard didn’t come out as you’d hoped, I respect your craftsmanship and approach.

@tonetwinstv2863 4 года назад

Thanks Marty.

@jltrem 4 года назад

I agree. Bravo!

@davidmacfly 4 года назад

Awesome!!

@JR-tt9pg 4 года назад

Great channel and series. Fascinating work and great insights guys. Keep it up. Thanks and well done to all involved!

@sarahholly5088 Год назад

The original pickguard color is almost a grayish blue, so when you add yellowing from years of grime, smoke, etc, it turns green. Blue and yellow make green.

@johnhbox7767 4 года назад

A really good channel to watch for on tips fixing restoring vintage electronics knobs cabinets plastic facade etc is David Tipton... vintage radio , really nice guy also includes the things that didn't go well which is helpful :-) cheers JB :-) :-) Somerset UK

@tonetwinstv2863 4 года назад

Thanks John, I'm going to check out David Tipton right now - H

@henryhunter5026 4 года назад

The pick guard looks fine, it’s part of the history of the guitar and should show a few scars. I’m looking forward to seeing the final video of this very difficult restoration which has been a real education for anybody thinking about attempting a similar project.

@abramrowan1553 2 года назад

sorry to be offtopic but does someone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account? I stupidly lost the login password. I would love any tips you can give me!

@emersongraham1742 2 года назад

@Abram Rowan Instablaster :)

@abramrowan1553 2 года назад

@Emerson Graham thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later with my results.

@abramrowan1553 2 года назад

@Emerson Graham it worked and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D Thank you so much you saved my account :D

@emersongraham1742 2 года назад

@Abram Rowan Happy to help :)

@mfkato 4 года назад

Great episode! I have a different experience with light coloring a pickguard. I have a modern MIM Fender Strat that hanged on a wall for 4 years, with direct light from my windows (I live in sunny Brazil) and never noticed any drastic change of color. I recently moved and the guitar was stored in a fake fur lined gigbag for 4 months. I recently opened the gigbag and the color shifted to a strong capuccino cream color... I was so surprised. It looks amazing and it is possible to see that the area with less light from the side windows didn't react at all. Removing the knobs I found the original color. This is not my main strat, so no dirt, oils or grime from playing played a factor whatsoever. I think there was some sort of reaction happening inside the gigbag with the artificial fake fur lining. I know this pickguard is probably a totally different material from Chris' vintage strat but the effect looks a lot like the one in his pickguard. The knobs and pickup covers didn't change at all. It looks great! Just wanted to share this weird fast aging pickguard story. :)

@tonetwinstv2863 3 года назад

That's so interesting. Ed's La Cab has been in storage for a while in its case and when he retrieved it the bright white pickguard had turned into a creamy beige. So exactly like yours. Prior to being put into storage, the guitar saw plenty of daylight and the pickguard colour never changed.

@mfkato 3 года назад

@@tonetwinstv2863 I think we're on to something here... Cheers!

@tg4878 4 года назад

Well done! Bravo!

@dubreg6711 4 года назад

Great episode, kinda funny i got excited about a pickguard and the wife was none too pleased when i made her watch it. I did watch Chris's video and he really is magnificent player and i think a future great, however my personal preference would have been his video being the coda or final piece. Either way this was really great and thanks for sharing. when i find my own vintage i know who to send it to.

@nicholasblake9005 4 года назад

Great video!

@11calman 4 года назад

Geezus mate, that was so dammed good, I thought I could send over the Mother-In-law for the same sort of makeover,, Yes, by all means, use the Soldering iron. Well done mate greetings from the great southern Hemisphere off Auckland New Zealand

@ray.shoesmith 4 года назад

I knew that was Chris playing the intro because of his loose watch band 😂

@Molnboman 4 года назад

Hahaha....it does not help my ocd habit. Needs that watch sized! 😉

@boco1951 4 года назад

In the old days they used letter stickers to write a name or initials on a guitar or pickguard. You could always add a couple over the patch. If it were mine I might keep it, but I would probably replace it with a green guard after saving up for a while after replacing the neck pick up with an original pickup as my number one priority! Looks good sounds good now. it will cut!

@j_drichmond 3 года назад

I definitely think for patching: celebrate that it’s patched; use mother of pearl or something akin to Kintsugi, or WWCSD (“What Would Carlos Scarpa Do”).

@johnclark7126 3 года назад

I think the patchwork was brilliant. I wonder if making a slurry and filling the holes could have worked. Like an epoxy pour. Could maybe even try to tint the slurry.

@tonetwinstv2863 3 года назад

Possibly!

@daniwest1370 4 года назад

Hey, you guys should show your guitars! A rig rundown :)

@The1queencollector 4 года назад

Regarding the colour, I collect vintage Star Wars figures and in that community it is big issue with yellowing figures eg the "Stormtrooper". A lot of the issues with the yellowing is believed to be what the plastic is made of with the oils ect. Another issue is in fact UV sunlight and heat. You can get minty white figures but that is due to storage conditions. I have modern figures which have only been In the loft for a few years and have gone yellow, probably because of fluctuating temperatures. Some old plastics go sort of mouldy with heavy spotting so it is pot luck. Hydrogen peroxide and UV light can sort the issue but there is a debate whether it effects the plastic or not. I use plastic weld on vintage plastics, great stuff to glue with.

@druwk 4 года назад

Might have inlayed a cool medallion (ohm sign, sun..?) over holes. They are really ugly?

@klauscottonswab2322 3 года назад

Why don't you use desolder wick !? You CAN get that solder off..

@jujubs76 2 года назад

how long can you leave the guard out of the body to provide it from shrinking?

@riniones 4 года назад

what about the UV light the dentist uses? would that work to make the color of the patches closer to the rest of the pickguard?

@ZacVaper 2 года назад

I know the way Chris plays, those added switches would be shredding his fingers as he strums and they just had to go. With that being said, the pick guard should have been replaced and the original, w/switches, should have been stored for prosperity. The history of the guitar definitely includes the original guard with holes and switches. The filling of the holes, even with good intentions, was a huge mistake.

@madgeniusmusic 4 года назад

I'm loving these videos, but I have 2 questions if you'll indulge me, 1. what's coming up after this video series os over and 2. those words you both say at the end of every video, is that goodbye in Welsh?

@tonetwinstv2863 4 года назад

Hi Danny. Yes, 'hwyl fawr' and 'da bo' are both ways of saying cheerio in Welsh. Ed is fluent but my Welsh is a bit more basic. Lots of content coming with a classic pedal shootout, an interview with Joey Landreth, some more cool stuff with Chris Buck and revisiting the LP Special and the 52 Goldtop. We have a lot of vintage amp stuff planned too - H

@madgeniusmusic 4 года назад

Tone Twins TV thanks for the reply, all sounds like good stuff.

@riley0187 4 года назад

cant you use coffee to stain the patches to look old, add a bit of soil leave fro a week....never tried but may discolour it, could always sand back, or maybe use a dye..

@russellesimonetta3835 3 года назад

I'd of looked for a vintage correct front pick up I think,,,,

@RickDuggan 4 года назад

I don't think you busted the myth that light causes the fading. If it were dirt, then at least some would be able to get under the knob. Also, how could dirt cause the uncovered part of the pickguard to be nearly uniform in color?

@Meddled 3 года назад

Ach, mount the old pickguard on a spare body or wooden board and find a nice repro Strat pickguard.

@MrVanalen 4 года назад

Crazy parts .de have pickguards that would have been better fitted to the guitar.just keep this in case anybody wanted it.is that guard thick enough to be original?👍

@bobhewitt5047 4 года назад

I’d be a little worried about leaving the original guard off, because they shrink and distort even more than when they’re screwed down in the guitar! My old Esquire blackguard looks like a warped vinyl 78rpm record. If it is taken off and stored - I think it would have to be screwed to a piece of ply to retain the shape. That old cellulose plastic was pretty unstable.

@tonetwinstv2863 4 года назад

@@bobhewitt5047 We agree Bob. If you do set a vintage guard aside, it's best to screw id down onto a piece of ply or MDF.

@chrisdrake447 4 года назад

Wearing my ill-fitting Museum professional hat, would it be better perhaps to afix a dismounted vintage pick guard to a more vintage correct substrate? This not-entirely frivolous thought comes from my understanding that MDF can off-gas, and so might potentially introduce a whole new conservation issue to an already fragile object...

@tonetwinstv2863 4 года назад

@@chrisdrake447 An interesting point Chris. Thanks for pointing that out.

@MrSongwriter2 4 года назад

@tone twins. Why didn’t you re-grease the pot when reassembling. I had a pot the the grease had gone and by the time it was cleaned with servisol contact cleaner it felt no way as smooth as if I replaced it. But it was a special value for an active guitar with 8k pots that are impossible to purchase anymore as Reflex pickups went bust. I did think I should have disassembled but had no idea what grease cts use

@tonetwinstv2863 4 года назад

Because Deoxit is a lubricant as well as a cleaner, so when reassembled the pots felt extremely smooth and freed up.

@MrSongwriter2 4 года назад

Tone Twins TV thanks for taking the time to explain. I will purchase some, as far as I know servisol just cleans.

@tonetwinstv2863 4 года назад

@@MrSongwriter2 You're very welcome.

@gchampi2 4 года назад

@@MrSongwriter2 It depends on which Servisol you use. Squirting a load of the Servisol superglue into a pot will give a markedly different result when compared to squirting a load of Servisol super 10 (the "switch cleaning lubricant", as it says on the tin)...

@MrSongwriter2 4 года назад

@gchampi2 if you read my comment properly you would see I said servisol contact cleaner

@john_pryce9855 4 года назад

Hi lads, what tips would you have for someone doing their first refret on a 10’ radius Stratocaster neck ? I bought some Dunlop frets that are pre cut in a bag but I’ve been gathering knowledge before trying it. It’s not a valuable neck

@tonetwinstv2863 4 года назад

Hi John. Wew would suggest checking out loads of You Tube vids on the subject and reading some books on the subject. You can get all the tools you need from Stew Mac and Tone Tech. Other than that, it's just a case of doing it - preferably on cheaper necks. Unlike Huw of course, who did his first refret on a 1963 Strat about 20 years ago ;) But hopefully we'll be doing a video on the subject sometime soon.

@simongray3966 4 года назад

Great job. It was never going to be perfect and if you look at the paint job and the neck, nor should it be.

@charlespatrick8650 3 года назад

why didn't you try soaking the patched section of the pickguard in dark coffee?

@pierrederesistance 4 года назад

Those three patched holes will be on the custom shop reissue Fender will invariably be making in a few years time

@ijahtom4129 2 года назад

If this was my guitar, I would have kept all the switching Options intact or, If nessessery fix and connect them propperly. Sadly you cut those off in the very start. Good Job anyways. Well wishings

@MarcJBeard 4 года назад

Not sure how I feel about this video.. on one hand I appreciate the level of workmanship but on the other hand the pigs ear of a scratch plate.. think I’d be more inclined to have kept the scratch plate as it was .. hmm.

@garystevens6831 4 года назад

peppered with ads.

@alexisdrosopoulos 4 года назад

Generally speaking acetone is not the best chemical to use for cleaning flux and generally electrical connections. Acetone is a very harsh chemical that eats through plastic also. The best chemical to use for that jobs is 99% IPA or a designated flux residue cleaner.

@tonetwinstv2863 4 года назад

Er... the pot covers are metal and the acetone has no effect on them. The insides of the pots were cleaned with De Oxit. We used acetone to dissolve the plastic to make the adhesive for the pickguard patches, so clearly we're aware of what acetone does to plastic. Although we do love a nice IPA ;)

@alexisdrosopoulos 4 года назад

@@tonetwinstv2863 I saw it and it clearly shows that you know how to use acetone. All I'm saying is that is should never be used to clean electrical connects due to the residue it leaves (dry marks) and the harshness of it. It's just an additional prevention comment not a criticism 😉

@tonetwinstv2863 4 года назад

@@alexisdrosopoulos Understood. And we didn't use it for the electrical connections, which as you correctly point out isn't a good idea. Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) is a very effective cleaner too.

@Meddled 3 года назад

Hi, I'm Alexis and I'm here to warn you about the dangers of something you didn't do.

@alexisdrosopoulos 3 года назад

@@Meddled Indeed, he did not, but someone less knowledgable might. I was polite and I was trying to be helpful and I'm definately not going to apologize for doing that. What about your comment though? How was your sarcastic comment trying to be helpful to someone? Come on man, be better that this. There's no reason to do that. I'm sure that you can spend your time better than trying to pick up fights online. Have a good day!

@matsb6463 4 года назад

Hmm, 16 minutes about pick guard patches, the result isn’t that good, they stand out as sore thumb...

@jltrem 4 года назад

That was a great deal of very difficult work to retain the original pickguard and make a repair with age appropriate material. Although the repair is apparent it was quite a valiant attempt and I'm sure Chris is more than satisfied with the result, which he is, if you watch his Friday Fretworks vid. Even though I'm a perfectionist regarding such things I'd prefer things the way they came out as well.

@tonetwinstv2863 4 года назад

That's kind of the point Mats. We're not trying to pretend all this stuff is easy or that things always end up 'looking killer'. Instead we're documenting something that, to the best of our knowledge, hasn't been done on You Tube before. As we point out in the video, having done this once, we are pretty confident that next time will be better. There are a lot of perforated pickguards out there and it's our hope that by sharing our experience, somebody might figure out a better way to do it and post it on here. If the subject doesn't interest you, I'd refer you to the timings in the drop down description above so you can shuffle along to a section that might be more your sort of thing.

@cab88888 4 года назад

The pickguard does not look fine it's terrible. The patches don't even have the right color! If you say you'd do it better now, why didn't you rout the rectangles out to do it again and die the patches with the right color before inserting them?