My grandparents had a Kalamazoo guitar that looked just like this, minus the pup; was probably made in the 1940s as it was purchased used for $12 in 1952 I learned to play guitar on it when I was a teenager and yearned for the day that it might be gifted to me. One of my cousins, much younger, had already grabbed it before I arrived for my grandfather’s funeral. I try to make myself feel better with the thought that it would have cost more than I could afford to sort it out enough to be a player but it’s been a rough go
Stratavias umpteen different owners stand up to orchestra playing conditions 300 years old with thousands of playing hours on them and still kicking. Gibson L50 90 years old and needs a major overhaul. Antonio was some fiddle builder. Nice restoration job really admire your skill and dedication
I don’t envy you at all.......I highly respect you and your talent though. You are a very brave man, I admire your confidence when you work on these older, and or expensive guitars. I also appreciate the fact that you think all of them are worthy of the help they need, even the low end instruments. I will also say, there are very few channels where I don’t skip the ads, yours is one of them. Thank you for the uploads. C442
OMG! I came to Toronto in 2000 with a Austin, Texas Bought Gibson MK-53 Acoustic, I was living Rough, and I now understand why my Gibson kindof fell apart after a year or so.
Great job! I was guessing how you would do this, and you said no to back removal, to prevent the sides from splaying. But the addition of a sliver in the crack is too cool. Too far apart to clamp together, it would have cracked again maybe somewhere else from stress.
The changing humidity caused the guitar to 'dry out' and change shape and dimension. This will probably always be the way. What would your view be on the many methods of re-hydrating guitar wood. It would make sense to undo the effects of the dryer climate, but is it only putting off the inevitable?? Thanks very much for the great video.
With the bead trick, would it be feasible to instead use a small neodymium magnet with a hole in the center, and then be able to use a magnet on the outside of the guitar, per usual? What gave me that idea is that I'm usually mechanically pretty sound, but I'm not divining how the bead applies pressure to the inside face of the cleat. I can at least discern how two magnets would.
Maybe you know something I don’t, but I wouldn’t recommend using alcohol markers to stain wood, the dyes used in them are extremely fugitive, they will fade in a year even without UV exposure.
Interesting how much is the fretboard raised above the top. My '36 Black Special #4 (a black L50) isn't raised at all. Made finding a magnetic pickup that would fit very difficult.
Off topic: LOVE your shirt...I have about a dozen in that same post-apocalyptic style. Wife, however, is not happy, as I regularly turn perfectly good shirts into that genre.
I'm pretty sure what you're referring to is a Lee Valley canvas apron rather than a shirt as such. (Lee Valley is kind of the go-to place in Canada for decent woodworking hand tools, and home of the Veritas brand.)
I have a Trutone (Western Auto) branded guitar that looks exactly like that one. It belonged to my Dad and I believe he had it when I was born in 1961. I made a few videos of a neck reset I did on it last year as AngryRedBanjo (no spaces) if you would care to see how much it resembles this guitar.
Wish you would show more of the work you are doing and stop jumping around half of your videos are you talking about the guitar the info is cool but would rather see more of your work
OK, I get it. I got laughed out of 2 place's and then the stab in the heart. Just kidding, you gage the advice and I get it now. Never buy a guitar without seeing it. The now, 400 dollar mistake. Could have bought the hollow body 335 by now.... There's no such thing as a 1200 dollar looking 200 dollar guitar. It will cost and you may never get a good guitar or you'll be laughed at a lot.
