Inspired by you, Ted, I just purchased 3 LP clones, with necks broken, just like that Epiphone, and fixed them. They are perfect. I sanded my glue down, so the scars are there from sanding, but the cracks are undetectable by feel. I have no intention of hiding the scars, they are part of the story. Thanks for your tutelage. I would have never attempted that prior to finding your channel three months ago and binge-watching them all.
@@luiscuixara4622 Relatively inexpensive guitars that suffer from fractures or cracks never end up going having the money spent on them to fix them in the first place. These are mostly the ones that end up in the hands of amateur home repair people that watch this and other luthier channels. If anything these videos will take away from the production guitar market and keep luthier's in business doing the more critical work. ...Just my two cents...which is not enough to make it sound out of tune.
@@luiscuixara4622 If you're gonna get offended, at least apply basic logic first. Ted (And a lot of pro luthiers have similar rules) has said HUNDREDS of times that he doesn't work on Chibsons (Except for that Zakk Wylde lefty, and even then he noted it was an exception to the rule.)and thus 99.9999999999999% of Chibsons/Chenders end up in the landfill. Michael using what they've learned watching Ted to apply (And proper application of what you've learned is knowledge...) to keep some Chibsons/Chenders out of the landfill doesn't affect Ted's/pro luthier work, because Ted was never gonna work on them to begin with.
In a difficult world (for me at the moment, at least), the most reassuring, relaxing intro mucis and words in the world. Thanks, Ted - and that's before I event watch the vid and learn loads.
In college we studied twisting forces on a cylinder. After a lecture on all the math the professor picked up a piece of chalk and twisted it. And just as the math predicted it broke in a corkscrew manner.
If I was a luthier, my vanity license plate would probably be "NUT LUBE". Very, very few would have a clue about my profession. That fractured neck turned out superbly, by the way.
It’s always a pleasure seeing you at work. Bringing those guitars back to life and getting them in playable condition is something that just warms my heart.
Fantastic video. Yet another.! I love it when you really break stuff down and explain. I appreciate your guidance. It's helped me and my guitars so much.
'A bit of a rise at the end of the finger board' - I built myself a telecaster and found the pick guard thickness was causing a pushing of the fingerboard upwards. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Ted. You've taught me a bunch, especially about measuring using dial calipers.
You Sir, are a master of the craft. I have learned so much and appreciate every video you make. I look forward to every Saturday and I just can't thank you enough. Matt
I’ve had a special edition Taylor 914ce crack at the neck very similar to the one you work on in this video. Now I understand how and why the repair is undetectable to someone who doesn’t know what to look for. Amazing professional work thank you for showing us your art.
I bought the Music Nomad nut file complete set and so far so good. I have used them on about a dozen guitars in the last month or two, on various nut materials including bone and Graphtech. So far I haven't noticed any loss or wear to the diamond coating.
Great projects! I agree with the "what do you gain from putting locking tuners on a guitar like this". I own an old OLP MM1, and I make sure to put more windings on the D and G-string, otherwise the angle won't be sufficient. The G-string travels quite a bit, just like on the MusicMan Guitars, so you can imagine that a few wraps won't be enough. Keep up the good work! Cheers.
Found your channel via a mention from Adam Savage during his video "Favorite Tools: Heat Gun and Iron" video. I have now been working my way through your back catalogue. Amazing stuff dude, learning so much!! Thank you for the great content.
Also, I have fixed 4 guitars using your methods with neck cracks. All but one came out fantastic. The other was broken so severe there were little pieces missing. I got it all filled and fixed. Played fantastically. Just wasn’t pretty and my airbrush is trashed so I couldn’t blend in the color and finish. It’s left a Frankenstein scar. Thankfully my friend was fine with it and like that is shows scars says it shows it’s a workhorse and it’s been through hell but still here, still working, still rocking. (This was friend that just wanted it to play, not a customer of any kind)
Wonderful concise instructions and walkthrough..! Thanks so much..! Now I need to track down the fish glue and syringe for my repair on my Gibson TBird bass..! Thanks man!👍🏼
I hadn't made a nut in a long time. That was until yesterday. Wish I could have watched this video first as a reminder to ramp the slot and protect the headstock :). As always, you've given us an informative and enjoyable video. Many thanks!
Helicore Strings would be a huge improvement over the Gut Strings & by changing the friction pegs out to Geared ones it'll hold tune more plus you won't need fine tuners on the tailpiece anymore now that you have geared pegs.
Many thanks for sharing your skills. I copied your technique to set a Casino neck: an almost identical break, although I did need to drill some holes & heat the hide glue to make it injectable 👍👏
About that nut sloth height - I had the opportunity to visit one of the world's most famous boutique guitar manufacturer. They use the "click-clack" method: When a ruler pulled of the nut slot makes a "clack" sound on the fretboard, the slot is too high, if it makes a "click" sound, then it's just right. :D
I have an Epiphone DOT from around 2010 or so, Just like the Tom Delonge but with 2 humbuckers and I’ve been too scared to even look at it now after seeing you have to fix the necks of two of them in the last few months. Haha. Love your content, please keep them coming.
I just finished doing a new setup and string change on my 1964 Matsumoto Japan Mustang it’s the best cheap guitar I own. I paid $50 for the loaded body and the neck pocket was splitting apart and the back had a seem opening up so I cleaned the area and the fitted the joints and glued with triple bond glue in both areas and clamped them up then you know the routine I just waited for the drying in two days I started setting up the guitar
You can avoid shipping damages like this by making a really tight form for the body (at least the upper part directing to the neck) with a hot wire tool from hard foam. Then glue this foam form in the guitar case / package so that the force, if the package falls to the neck, is absorbed by the foam; the neck should be free, so that no force is applied to it. In other word: fixate the body, not the neck, and this in a way that the body cannot move more than app. 1/2 inch or 1 cm. Of course you have to prevent that force from the side is applied to the neck, so the package mus be quite big or very stable. You can buy a cheap foam guitar case, glue your custom body holding foam form in it, then put it in a package. You would need really huge forces to damage this sort of package, which is very unlikely.
my guess is at some point someone put steel strings on the violin and it cracked at both sides of the bridge or it made old cracks worse, so they got it 'fixed' and reverted to gut strings
25:35 This is an August Kniezel Violin/Fiddle. I figured out why the soundboard has these 2 patches (1 on each side), there were some huge cracks in the soundboard w/ big chucks of wood missing so rather than make a new soundboard, they simply made some patches so they could plug those cracks up.
Great video. Succinct with clarity of detail. Amazing what work goes into the repairs. This was very educational. A real asset to RU-vid. They are lucky to have this content 👍 Thanks and much appreciated!
My nut tip: use a clip on tuner on the headstock. File each nut slot til you get a perfect half step between open string and first fret in half position. Go slow. If you go too deep, a little CA and nut dust. I never go by height. Try my way, and let me know what you think. Intonation is achieveable on the cowboy chords, and sets up for a clean fast action as you finish your setup. Peace!
You got your calling as a Luither your very fortunate that your able to be a professional craftsman in life because a USWA on Zug Island was RUNNING MAN PRISON 30 years. You are doing much better than I ever did lol 😂
I have been repairing guitars for many years now and have fixed maybe 60 or so over the years, amazing but one I have just repaired had exactly the same break point as this one (which as you said is unusual) I have never ever had any returns with my neck repairs and everyone always tells me that after the repair the guitar actually feels and plays better than before it was damaged, I am sure you have come across this with your own repairs and I am certain you will know the reason which is this, the guitar was never set up properly in the first place before the break, time after time I hear this, of course the answer is is to pay someone who actually knows what they are doing and while it is being set up get the guitar man to fit some STRAP LOCKS, nearly all the breaks I mend have been the result of strap failure and of course in this case shipping, when I buy a guitar online I always insist the seller remove the strings and then the neck put the screws and neck plate in a bag and tape the whole lot together, easier to pack as well.
Great as always. When you used the rocker to find a high fret, wouldn't the first step be tapping the fret to see if it had lifted a bit before filing?
I had never heard of fish glue. The glue that I saw recommended for such woodworking repair was Gorilla wood glue which is a water based PVA adhesive. It is claimed to be the strongest type glue for wood repairs.
Hi Ted. Perfect timing, I have two similar repairs. Please, help required: have a set neck break under 10th fret, very straight perpendicular to fretboard so end grain glue up and little gluing surface. Best method and how to clamp joint please. Appreciate your excellent help and delivery over the coarse of knowing you. Thanks. Cheers. Rico
It would be nice if when your working on the guitar you explain the tone wood used for fretboard and the metals used for frets and other parts and the other parts that I always wonder about like the plastic Gibson nut I didn’t know that until you told me Gibson used plastic nuts! Thanks again for your help!
Little tip for getting glue deep into those tight cracks, after injecting the glue blast it with a can of canned air. It's messy but it will force it down into it.