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And I love slotted ceenter hole tuners.

No way, never seen the ones for slotted headstocks that go in the side. I'm about to try to slot and drill some cheapos to see if I can get good at it for a Rick like guitar project. I'd love to find a way to alter the 6 in the slots to work like that. I doubt they sell any not on a plate. Maybe I can fill the end of the hole a cut a groove in line.

Nice!

They were very short lived!

Hahahah, since Mitchell’s feet are too big

I appreciate the tips! However, Charles, the owner, said he didn’t give a crap about the colour match and wanted it shipped out asap on a budget, so I didn’t argue

I honestly already forget what work I did to this one 😂 but if I didn’t have the fretboard off…that’s a whole other thing. And if I did…it was partially laziness that might have prevented a carbon fiber reinforcement or truss Rod. If a guitar has already been under tension for decades, it’s generally warped ~almost~ as much as it’s going to…and thus rectifying the warp through planing the board or compression fretting, and putting on a relatively light set of strings should be sufficient.

@@Notaluthier well, regardless, it sounded good in the end anyway

@ it was a ridiculous guitar to put so much work into! So that probably factored into the decision to not put in even more!

@@Notaluthier yeah, but it would be a good one for a giveaway to someone just starting out.. like a donation guitar

Well, I guarantee it’s set up better than almost any guitar someone will buy new! When I can afford to do giveaways, I’ll consider it.

Ridiculously, I plan on making a video soon on “how to buy WAYYYYY too many guitars”

I will try some nylgut, and silk and steel pin the near future. I have nylgut on my 1860 banjo

@@Notaluthier Aquilla makes a silk and nylgut "historical" set of strings called Ambra. The only bad thing about them is that like the originals, they don't have ball ends, so you need to tie knots instead.

They are, literally. I have about 12 Lyon and Healy guitars ranging from the 1890s-1920s, however these are both 1890s. I’m happy to vend you their serial numbers if you’d like to verify yourself. Neither was playable when I got them.

They both have newly made bridges if that’s what’s confusing you?

@@Notaluthier was their no work done on the neck at all? How are the necks in such good shape after all these years, without truss rods or anything in them to adjust over the years?

@@Zack-bl2gg I heat straightened the one with steel strings 8 years ago. I did a neck reset on the nylon string one. Often necks don’t really bow so much as pull into the body and create a ski-jump out of the overhang ethic is fixed in a reset.

@ interesting! That makes a lot more sense lol. Sorry for the miscommunication, I guess i’m just jaded from people on the internet touting fake stuff as real stuff, plus the alternations to the original guitar. Sound comparison was still cool, I’ve always been a fan of nylon on classical. I personally would be interested in a gut strong comparison as well, since that was what they were used with historically. I don’t know much about the sound of gut strings and how they compare to nylon/steel

You do have me thinking, what about a 12 string that’s half nylon half steel

I believe the neck is original, but the headstock was extended/modified

@@Notaluthier The neck should be hollow if it's original

@ well, I wouldn’t know. I haven’t had the fretboard off of many prewar Gibson’s. But if you saw the video, you’ll notice that the neck has a spruce core…a highly unusual detail, I though, that perhaps was added during the conversion, and would indicate a previously hollow neck. Please point me to a source where I can read about these hollow necks because it’s proving difficult to find any examples other than one mandolin after a cursory search.

@ I also just don’t see why someone would make an ENORMOUS neck like this and then butt joint in a headstock extension. All indications would point to a modified original neck over a scratch build

@@Notaluthier Agreed.

Yessss!

It’s because they are overbuilt now!

Something I wrote

Let’s just say, I’ve only ever bought two guitars that were playable when I got them.

A bold design idea! I’m into it.

People speak firmly about string types and when they were introduced, but people have a tendency to be wrong about almost everything. These guitars were supposedly made for Gut strings. And some have such minimal bracing that anything tenser than nylon would be a mistake. And MANY guitars were ruined by heavy guage strings of later eras. These two were built the same as one another, the greatest risk to either of them having steel strings is the gradual bowing of the neck, which happens to any piece of wood under 200lbs tension for decades. Some can handle it, some can’t. If these two, the one with steel strings had a bowed neck when I got it about 8 years ago and I heat straightened it and strung it with extra light steel and it’s been great ever since. The Brazilian rosewood is, frankly, wasted on nylon strings, because imparts a potential for bell like chime that’s rarely achievable under low tension.

Hahaha, you pay the bills, I’ll take some lessons 😉

@@NotaluthierDeal!

I’ve had steel strings on that one for 8 years so far, nary an issue. mind you, I’m not stupid. So I know what strings a guitar can handle. I have dozens of SUPPOSEDLY “pre steel” guitars and many of them can deal with steel.