Epiphone Special | Old Guitar Restoration 

I am a retired Luthier. Did anybody else see how perfect the decals were on the neck, and no rust on the tuners. Even a blind man would tell you this is a big FAKE.

I’ve been a guitar enthusiast for 30 years. I’ve seen guitars in every conceivable condition of wear and disrepair. This is the most hilarious attempt I’ve ever seen of someone “restoring” a “dirty” instrument. Yes fellow commenters, it’s fake as hell.

I am very interested in those never-rusting strings 😂

This is so fake that it gave fale a whole new meaning

Ruin the giutar and then restore it Genius

I don't know what is better. The way you restore items or the way you video them being restored. It's very satisfying watching this.

The restorer should have made a video entitled "How to Make a Phony Restoration for RU-vid".

When you prep/Fake something to make a video. just put a text in the beginning that states this, youll keep the respect. for example "Faked for entertainment purposes"

You're spending that much time in a $200 Bolt On Neck Chinese Epiphone. Wow, you're nuts.

The Philips radio resto is interesting. The Epi guitar looked as though someone heat torched the new body and covered it in sawdust.

Fake af. Those strings looked clean at the cut point.

1 - Take a new guitar 2 - put it into a sandblaster 3 - wait 4 10 min 4 - et voila! 5 - restore and hipe

Whew, for a second there I was afraid he'd forget to put ungrounded shielding tape under those humbuckers. What a master.

Well...as an ex-Luthier I was enjoying this, that Epiphone turned out sweet! But then I read the disparaging comments....still, that Epiphone is sweet! That Strat - my first Strat (bought for $200) with in good shape, hardly any fret wear- but the PO had spray painted the body with car lacquer and hadn't let the previous coats cure enough before applying more - instant wrinkle-paint job! I finished in natural in the end and removed the stock 'hard tail' bridge and installed a Kahler Strat-style bridge. Came out pretty sweet too 🙂

This is fake. The "old" strings he's cutting at the beginning are new. Real strings from a neglected instrument would be a rusty crusty mess.

Lol the clean shiny strings

This man left this guitar outside for 1 month, and now he has restored it....

Wha? (Not even worth the "t") . Agree with all the other comments but wanted to add how the restoration expert here didn't even know how to lift knobs. SAD!

There are many videos I just listen to: and there are videos, I just watch, like yours. I combine the two listen to one while I watch the other. Thanks

This is so fake it's not even funny. You clearly did the damage yourself then threw a bunch of dirt on them and wrapped it up like someone shipped it to you. If you're watching this and you believe he really got guitars in that condition you're way too gullible.

Guitar looked like it was in a wet basement for years, but the strings looked brand new!!! And since when is Fender using plywood bodies?!?!

Fake or not, I still enjoy seeing it restored. I am not so cynical. Just enjoy the process of restoring something to its close to the original piece. Thanks for sharing.🙏🙏🙏

Don't store your guitar under water kids

Strat was a cheap plywood body and you somehow cut the fret tangs short, then somehow made them all the correct length.

🤣🤣🤣 It took longer to make it look dirty than it did to "restore" it! 🤣🤣🤣

At the :40 mark the neck is noticeably cleaner than at 2:40... This hack must've gotten more of that crappy sand. 😅

Just Beautiful great job!!!

The refret was clssic.......acting at its best😂😂

Yeah. I noticed the lucite plastic knobs show no yellowing either..usually a telltale sign of age. Looks like a newer guitar covered with paint stripper then put into a deep freeze for a while.

The exact model hasn't even been in production long enough to look like that.

You performed about $375 billable hours worth of work on a $110 (used) guitar. Reinstalled terrible tuning machines and electronics. Why?

Pure comedy. Thanks for the laugh, restorer person.

LOL ! 5 min in and that's all I needed to see ! You might fool those who don't know any better.

Congrats! It's amazing the technic that you have to rust a guitar. The restauration is fake.

Literally watched the whole entire Fender resto for the headstock repair and you just bought a different headstock >< lol

Yeah i make up stories too.

I don’t know why you guys can’t be positive and say that it’s satisfying to watch. Yeah it’s fake but fr what’s wrong with you people 😒

The walking machinheads screws are a funny touch. :)

Parabéns pelas restaurações todas lindas e maravilhosas!!! Restaurar e criar faz bem, imagino o prazer que vocês sentem.

Do you find a lot of abandoned guitars on the beach?

а в чому сенс брати нормальну гітару, жучити її паяльною лампою, присипати брудом і видавати за Old?))))

good job man you whent from old to new gultar part 1 and part 2 and from to old amp to new amp.

Was this guitar rescued from the Titanic? 

How to spend hours to "restore" a $100 guitar

you are truly extraordinary.. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 salute

many of those VN's had special knobs, yup, they found a case of old vintage knobs and used em up on the VN's they had small text.. you notice em right away

Quando o cara desembrulhou e limpou a poeira já achei estranho... não deu outra, é fake 😂😂😂😂

Not one screw missing! Incredible.

Never touch a guitar again

He should try putting spiderweb on it and old dead Insects in it to may it look really old lol lol

$150. guitar you just put $350. worth of labor to bring it back to life.

I think thisvis my live. But i'm not a luthier. Perphas i will do some learn nowa days on this kind of videos. Gracias amigo!

The art lies in how they manage to get things that dirty, you gotta give them that at least 😂

Como siempre interesantísimo. Gran trabajo.

and not one stripped screw ya right LOL

you do not clean frets like that

Real o no me parece un gran trabajo, yo veo estos videos para entreterme pero hay gente que sólo quiere criticar y no tienen ni la mitad de habilidad que tiene este hombre para hacer estos trabajos😂

Well I know it’s not old because it’s a newer model. But good job

Perfeito e excelente trabalho profissional !

Awesome job

What silliness! From the cliche black gloves, to oh so carefully cutting open the obviously freshly wrapped brown paper wrapper. Then cutting the strings instead of removing them normally. And who takes a wire brush and attacks pick ups? Wait is this a parody?

Why would anyone beat up a legendary Epiphone like that

Very nice

this does seem fake like they took a guitar and buried it in a sandy beach

The new stainless steel strings 😂

I have the same Squier from 90s. I want to do the same work

Excelente trabalho 😘👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Exceptional camera work

Perfect 👌

That was the right call keeping the body in its natural state. Absolutely gorgeous!!

I guess my only question would be regarding the strat. Why no grain filler before you painted it? It seems like that wouldve been better for that glossy wet look?

It would be nice if rust was actually just cinnamon.

Where did they dig up the Les Paul?🤔

❤🎸❤MY ELECTRIC GUITAR AND BASS ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR THIS VIDEO. WE AREN'T NEEDING RESTORATION, BUT ONE MIGHT COME ALONG THAT NEEDS HELP. ❤🎸❤

O cara tomando o maior cuidado do mundo pra não pegar tétano 😂😂😂

carefully wrapped up the guitar with dirt on top. That in itself is worthy of... oh no wait

Great band

Congratulations friend, great job, I'm from Brazil 🎸🎚️🎛️🎵🎶🎼🎹🎤🎙️

Very good

A tip, instead of paint remover … try use a hot air gun and scrape the paint of.

Wow heavy

That neck that's broken was planned on to the squier body to make it look broken and then the real squier neck to that white body comes out so you know its all staged. That neck that he refretted for no reason belongs to that body in the first place so it's all staged. Too bad because that squier neck looked really cool aged the way it was. Should have respray it white again put the original neck on without refretted and sanded down and put white plastics on it and it would have been perfect and vintage correct.

Is there a reason you didn't test the neck bend, fret height etc.... this is 90% more important than anything else...

...when you love restoring guitars so much that you have to ruin new ones

Restaurada guitarra 🎸😉

this is dirty guitar cleaning

Кстати, под хамбакерами экранировать посадочные места - абусрд.

RU-vid like that ! 😂😂😂

Nothing like silent movies I always say!

Je vais assayer d'en immerger une dans une fosse septique !! juste pour voir !!

Hi youtube! instead of oiling the tuning machines put beeswax on them they will last longer and stay in tune better.

How many guitars do you have exposed to the elements in your backyard?

From reading all the comments, the guitar wasn't really that damaged. I like watching restoration videos. Is what this guy did, still viable restoration techniques? Yes, he could have been honest about it but if what he's doing is how you restore it, isn't that worth something?

Hey i have a yamaha pacifica (fender knock-off) that i want to change. If i sent it to you, could you do the work?

Be careful with those scissors, you may scratch the paint.

very top

You should restore Tony Iommi's guitar. Chris Holmes also has dead guitars.

Бридж на Epiphone поставил верх ногами

What did you spray at 27:04 on the bridge? Thanx

Has anyone seen a video of where a guy puts Roman noodles in his?