My guess would be some legal reason. Whatever the issue was Gibson doesn't want this guitar out in the world where it could be resold and possibly tarnish their (cough) "stellar" reputation.
Insurance won’t pay out for damaged property without it being destroyed. Once had to throw away 400 sq ft of hardwood flooring because of a finish problem.
If you are not concerned of the overall finish wicking some lacquer thinner down the sides of the neck pocket helps with softness and breaking down the glue!
That's some fine work on that neck. Look forward to seeing the rest of the repair. I do think one opportunity was missed though, y'all could have recreated the coolest Les Paul variant; the "Aldo Nova" with an explorer headstock ;)
Awesome video again Shawn on that beautiful guitar, looking forward to the next vido on the bodywork. Got to tell ya, you have some serious skills with the bandsaw shaping that nice open book contour. Love what you're doing. Just like you i love to rescue violins, acoustic guitars, electric guitars and electric basses that needs some TLC. I bent down a krooked neck on a 5-string bass once with a steamiron and it worked like a charm. After that the trussrod worked like it was supposed to again. 😉I just love My Gibson Les Paul. The setup is so good and it plays great. Have a nice day you're awesome! ~Rob🎸
Kudos Sean! Truly skillful workmanship..your are surely not a begginer at this....looking forward to part 2 and hearing you jam on it when its finished....maybe donate it to a deserving kid just getting started but cant afford it...or raffle it off for a charity?? Well maybe some legal issues with that...but not if you put your Scarred logo on the headstock..since it isnt really a Gibson anymore ..heck its been improved anyhow. It deserves your logo!!
Brilliant! I'll binge watch any video of any length you're willing to make. You get results. Hadn't considered steam iron removing set neck. I DO have an iron i use to remove ceramic magnets glued to cheap single coil pickups when changing magnet types , and to heat paraffin wax in a stainless steel container to pot pickups
First time commenter here, and new sub! Came here via Brad. 21:54 I was just going to say "Mind the paintwork with all that steam, chiseling and hammering"!! Nice work "BOSS"!!
From Leo: Shawn's skills are well showcased in this video. You clearly are a craftsman in this trade. It was good to watch. I saw Brads video when he found the guitar. I always thought they had found out it was a counterfeit chibson and did not want to perpetuate the fraud. Plus as a counterfeit, any time spent is worth more than a chibson.
Awesome pro Boss guitar work Sean, so glad Cathy turned the dial up on your skill level. So glad Cathy did not come after you with a guitar up side your head. Cathy, be easy on Sean, We love Sean, and you too. God bless you both.
You are amazing Sean! You outdo your self with every video! I owned a Gold Top with P 90s for a time. Wish I would have kept it. I think it's great you have your wifes support . She must really like music. Best regards from Los Angeles!
Giving hope to all discarded axes everywhere! I know you said no arm-chair luthiers, but I gotta say this for all of us noobs out there; no matter how big the project, if it all feels like its skidding sideways, don't be afraid to stop and give yourself time to to approach the project with fresh eyes! Thats better than ruining the project and costing you MORE in the long run! Excellent work, as always! Thank you, Sean! 👍👍👍
What are the shiny metal pieces stuck to the under side of the fretboard when you removed it? It looks like some rfd or similar electronic type thing. When you first flip it over upon release. At 16:25 ish.
Back in 2010 I bought a Parker PM20 off ebay for $175. The guitar had fallen over and the top of the broke off at the nut - and was lost - fretboard was still intact. It took me a long time to figure out how to fix it, but I eventually cleaned up the fracture , gorilla glued wood patches and carved to match the Parker. Still have it today.
Love what you have done with that guitar Sean and the final product and this video proves you are a competent woodworker! So glad to see the scar guitar is now playing and doing what it was suppose to be doing i.e sounding and looking great. Getting that neck off took brute force! Makes you realise that not all guitar making/repairing is subtle, that bandsaw was pretty heavy duty as well (however, manipulating the wood around it and the router took some skills and experience no doubt)
very impressive work! Removing the fret board from the neck and the neck from the guitar was fantastic...Now I know what to do if my parts caster project does not have a bolt on neck!!
No guitar player in their right mind would destroy that. It must've been a pro audio guy. If they brought it to me and told me to destroy it, I would have "destroyed" it right to my truck.
It makes me sick to see so much damage how could anyone do that to a Les Paul ? My step brother knocked my SG over being as clumsy as he is and not watching what he's doing that pit head .snapped headstock .never cared for it after that Such a beautiful while Les Paul with Kaylee .
Great Job! I found myself tensing up and squirming soo many times during this video. I myself wouldn't have bothered putting soo much effort into rebuilding a guitar. For me, I find it easier to just build one from scratch.
Very nice work. It's really cool to show that, there's no magic way to do this. It's time and patience. I was going to say talent. But didn't want to get carried away😂😂😂 God bless brotha!
Sean, You obviously used some kind of Computer Graphics trickery or Ai to convince us that you really made that neck by hand. 😁 Nice job! Goes to prove you can't stop a good man with a plan and some conviction.
Fantastic job! This is very interesting to me because I got a genuine 1970s set-neck Memphis brand guitar that is a shameless knock-off of a cherry sunburst Les Paul, right down to the authentic Gibson style headstock shape. Some people call those “lawsuit” guitars, but it never really went to court. Gibson just had their lawyers send a letter to companies like Ibanez and most of them changed their headstock. My guitar needs a new fingerboard too, and plastic binding as well. Thanks for giving me some ideas how to do the job. I will now become a know-it-all and tell exactly why that poor goldtop was beat nearly to death, and I guarantee that it was all Guitar Center’s fault. At stores they put pressure on their employees to sell warranties with the expensive stuff. They tell you that they will cover whatever happens to your guitar for two or three years, or whatever, and if they can’t fix it they will give you a new guitar. They make a lot of extra profit from these warranties but every once in a while it comes back to bite them in the ass. So the guy that bought this Les Paul probably dropped it on its head and brought it back to the store because he had a warranty. You can bet that nobody working for GC was up to the task of fixing that broken neck, so they gave the customer a new guitar and, being the shady, selfish corporate jerks that they are, they made some store clerk beat it up with a tire iron until it was just about hopeless. There was just a small chance that some guy working at the shop might take it home and fix that neck. These corporations never give stuff like that to employees because they want their workers to spend their money in the store. I bet the pickups and the rest of the hardware was taken off that guitar and kept in the store, just in case somebody else that had a warranty needed a pickup or defective tuner replaced. I guarantee that I’ve never worked for Guitar Center or any other music store, but I can swear on my great, great, great, grannie’s grave that was exactly what happened to that Les Paul Studio. Thanks Sean to you and your friend for rescuing that guitar from a landfill! And wish me luck fixing my “lawsuit” Memphis Les Paul!
Sean, so much fun!!! Cut that neck out of blank like a BOSS!! Appreciate the fretboard lifting how-to. I use a similar technique to flatten out warped pickguards right on the ironing board. Only takes a couple of lightly firm presses with the hot steam iron, with the pickguard sandwiched in between a couple of terry cloths or towels. Works amazingly well. I always learn great tips from your projects. Thanks to you both for the videos!
Former GC guitar tech here. So, the practice of "destroy/dispose on site" is very real, but it actually originates from outside GC. . . from a totally expected source--their insurance company. I'm not defending GC, quite the contrary (they did me real dirty), and even in this case they're 100% complicit in such waste, even if it doesn't originate from within. See, what happens is if a guitar is damaged to the point they don't think one of their techs can fix it (most stores have a very low bar for the techs), and shipping it to one of their repair hubs (plus the actual cost of repair, man hours plus supplies plus parts, etc) would cost more than the dealer cost of the instrument, they opt to write it off as a business loss to damage. At the corporate level, and as a sum of all their stores, the company is insured against that type of loss and receives a payout from their risk management/insurance for that damaged guitar. It is NOT the vendors/manufacturers that provide that credit, usually. There ARE some cases in which the manufacturer will do a warranty replacement (whether to the store itself or to the customer) and have the original instrument destroyed on site. THOSE are the ones in which usually they ask for photo proof of destruction, and there is a specific way in which it needs to be done. For example, one company (I'd rather not say who, I still keep ties with people within this particular company) would have us SAW OFF the headstock at the nut, and SAW THROUGH the body cutting it in half at the waist. All the pieces would need to be arranged together with the serial number showing for the photo. We would have the option to strip it for parts and hardware to use as needed for shop use. The reasoning is (regardless of what I think of it) that since that instrument was already paid off, it would be fraud to resell that instrument because the insurance has already paid it off. Which translates to, basically, "if we can't make money off this anymore, then NO ONE can." Yes, I will freely admit I rescued several guitars (I have an AWESOME Epi SG I repaired a broken neck on) after being "thrown away" after being cycled out of inventory. I still use a couple of those regularly or gave them to my kids. All of them play great, just needed someone up to the task of taking on such a repair.
Thanks for fleshing out the story and helping me understand how all that guitar-destruction works. Makes business sense but it would sure pain me to wreck them, too! I''d be the guy standing beside the dumpster with tears rolling down my cheeks.
Hi Sean came across your channel a little while ago and be honest I never really took a lot I've noticed but then the other day I was watching the one where you do the Les Paul that the guitologist sent for you to repair and after watching that one I was hooked on your channel I love it because you talk a lot of sense and you've got a wicked sense of humour and at times you really crack me up with some of the things you come out with you're a good guitar player as well I love listening to you and the way you and your wife work as a team wish I lived a bit closer I would get you to make me a telecaster but I'm over the pond in the UK Hurry up and make the next video for that damaged Les Paul you made a lovely job of the neck infact you're pretty clever bloke and you've got some real good gear it made me laugh the way you mentioned trogly keep making them Sean and I will keep watching them take care buddy and give my regards to your wife Kind regards Stevie H from across the pond in the UK❤😂😂😂
@@scarmyguitaryou have skills. I did motors, I wish I had thought about taping some of those. Watching you work gives me the same satisfaction as doing a motor. I can’t see well but on the big screen I can see enough that it makes me really happy to see. I’m in absolute awe with what you did here. You have brought a fine instrument recrafted back to life and in my opinion better than it ever was. A real thank you 🙏
Man i recently became disabled I picked up guitar to help pass the time learn something new and keep myself occupied but to think guitar center is just destroying something like this is crazy I would never be able to afford something like this with the money I'm getting now it would be a dream to own something that cost more than $150 for me but for them to just be throwing that out like that makes me so sad.
The 'inventory problem' is probably a flaw, damage, or warrantee issue of new stock that Gibson doesn't want to repair. So, to save shipping costs in a Return to Vendor, they require the damage you see documenting the serial number, and Guitar Center was issued a credit or replacement.
Yes seriously it works. You don't leave on as long as Shawn does. It's a quick action. Damp not soaking wet. Lay the iron down for 5 seconds. Lift and check it, repeat if necessary. Don't believe me? Google it.
So far my favorite video. Love it. Gonna end up trying to get a new Gibson headstock veneer? They’re pretty easy to find. Ironic how your neck is probably better anyways. And I’d leave the body relic. Adds to the story. You could probably make it perfect again. But for some reason the gold top looks awesome with some knocks.
Brings tears to your eyes😢...never understood the logic behind the madness of these corporations🤪...more money than sense!!...doing a Fantastic job by the way😊😊
I ran into this a few times when I was a guitar tech with them many years ago. They'd want us to do this sometimes even if a guitar just fell off a hanger and got damaged. I rescued most of them, though. Had to do some crazy repairs a few times.
That John Hiatt song Perfectly good Guitar comes to mind, Jayzus. Sean, you are a master craftsman. Folks get hung up on , “it’s a Gibson, we must revere it “ No it’s a destroyed Guitar. You are a craftsman who can give it life again. I really appreciate that you are making it a guitar again. A nice guitar, one that makes the music it was made to do. I have the highest respect for what you are doing!
Love this video lots of love an TLC can do wonders for guitars even though they are banged up. Can't wait to see it finished you do amazing work. Its going to be a sight to see and finally be played which it almost didn't get to. Which no matter what it needs to be right is the important part there is enough wall hangers around.
Can’t even imagine the sociopath that would intentionally do that to a brand new guitar. It really wouldn’t take much imagination to find a better solution. Shame on guitar center and Gibson
Dude bro, you got a post your phone number in your channel bro I mean I’ve seen plenty of good guitar tech, but I gotta say I gotta hand it to you, your craft and workmanship and skills. Not just blowing smoke either.
I knew you could fix the damn guitar. I never had a doubt. But watching you do it and seeing the progress brings it home how wild it is that you’re that good. Ya you have all that equipment but that’s all just stuff unless you know how to use it. You’re wild! I’m curious about the gibson logo though. Is it still going to have the gibson silk screen on it and the les paul? What are your plans there?
A local guitar shop had to destroy my Fender Sonoran due to a faulty pickup. It was the conditions they haf for replacing it since it was discontinued. The guitar shop was pissed, and Fender required proof of the full destruction. Its bullshit.
Dude, I use to only build guitars, I watched you build that pickup machine. So, I took a clue and built one similar. Now, all I want to do is build and sell pickups. My father would thank you!
When I think of what I have been through to build my first guitar so I could give it to my best friend that was roommates with me at Mass General Hospital it makes me sick to see that someone did that to a Gibson . Not knowing anything about guitars at the start of my project has been a real challenge. I’m just hoping my friend Ray likes what I have built him.
So the real thing that happens is: if a guitar arrives broken, its not Gibsons fault, its technically the shippers fault but they wouldn’t take accountability. Gibson wont cover anything once its already bought for the store. So being that this particular guitar is only a tribute model, it just becomes a loss to the store and its up to the store if they want to try to fix it and sell it at a loss and have it sit there forever or take it apart for spare parts and throw away the damaged wood and make sure it cant be used again. So in reality its like they only lose a couple hundred but its worked into the loss budget and the guitar just doesn’t exist to them (inventory wise)
In 1990, I was in the Oakland, CA Guitar Center early on a Saturday - 11:30 AM. Suddenly, a group of locals entered the store and began destroying equipment in the Guitar section. (That section was closest to the front door.) Before the employees could even think what to do, they had destroyed several guitars. Then they vanished as quickly as they had entered the store.
When you cut the neck. You could have just cut it straight at the headstock. That's what Gibson does. Then they glue the wings on the headstock afterwards. It's weird, but that's how they do it.
Watching the damage not finished video. Holy crap dude if you fix this... Your are indeed a Guitologist. hahah awesome man can't wait to see what you do to this thing.
You are so lucky to have a woman that will tell you that you can do it. Even though you don't think you can. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.
Aw yeah!
Good find and good repair
Now Sean, is that an official Stewart Macdonald iron??? That's just unprofessional! 🤣
I'm kidding, by the way.
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Looks better already! Brad, are you going to use this in your amp repair demos?
@@TheRealDealBobbySteeleI would have to hurt a guy beating on a gold top.
Instead of destroying instruments, why dont they donate equipment to music schools. Hell, its tax deductible too.
My guess would be some legal reason. Whatever the issue was Gibson doesn't want this guitar out in the world where it could be resold and possibly tarnish their (cough) "stellar" reputation.
That could be used as evadance that do have brains. Both Gibson and Guitar Center 😂
Hey u gonna have to stop making since! Haha
Probably because laws are so stupid that if they donated it and the guitar fell on some kid's toes they would sue Guitar Center.
Insurance won’t pay out for damaged property without it being destroyed. Once had to throw away 400 sq ft of hardwood flooring because of a finish problem.
Well done! I think Brad will be happy!! You and Brad should get together on a podcast or in person. He's a great guy from what I've seen.
If you are not concerned of the overall finish wicking some lacquer thinner down the sides of the neck pocket helps with softness and breaking down the glue!
That's some fine work on that neck. Look forward to seeing the rest of the repair.
I do think one opportunity was missed though, y'all could have recreated the coolest Les Paul variant; the "Aldo Nova" with an explorer headstock ;)
Awesome job on that neck and great video. Thank you Sean and Cathy. ❤️🐕🐿️🦎❤🎸🙏🙏
Awesome, the best part is when she turned you up to Boss level, hahahaha
Awesome video again Shawn on that beautiful guitar, looking forward to the next vido on the bodywork. Got to tell ya, you have some serious skills with the bandsaw shaping that nice open book contour. Love what you're doing. Just like you i love to rescue violins, acoustic guitars, electric guitars and electric basses that needs some TLC. I bent down a krooked neck on a 5-string bass once with a steamiron and it worked like a charm. After that the trussrod worked like it was supposed to again. 😉I just love My Gibson Les Paul. The setup is so good and it plays great. Have a nice day you're awesome! ~Rob🎸
Warms my heart to see that ol' boy starting to be brought back to life, Sean! Great work ... Can't wait to see the next video.
Sean, hell I can't even play like you. But, I think it's great that you're showing how to fix guitars. I really like that.
Kudos Sean! Truly skillful workmanship..your are surely not a begginer at this....looking forward to part 2 and hearing you jam on it when its finished....maybe donate it to a deserving kid just getting started but cant afford it...or raffle it off for a charity?? Well maybe some legal issues with that...but not if you put your Scarred logo on the headstock..since it isnt really a Gibson anymore ..heck its been improved anyhow. It deserves your logo!!
Brilliant! I'll binge watch any video of any length you're willing to make. You get results. Hadn't considered steam iron removing set neck. I DO have an iron i use to remove ceramic magnets glued to cheap single coil pickups when changing magnet types , and to heat paraffin wax in a stainless steel container to pot pickups
You sir, are my HERO! Keeping it real sets an incredible example for us up and coming luthiers! Thanks.
I'm glad Brad saved that Guitar. Glad you got your hands on it. Just started the video. I bet it turns out Sweet 😎🎸🤘
Man, that's awesome. Seeing you work your magic on that neck. She's lookin good & standin tall with that new neck. Soo Good
So rad to see this come to fruition! I remember watching the original vid way back and always wondered what was gonna happen with this Guitar!🎸⛏️🤟
I’ve been dumpster diving Sam Aash an GC since I saw you first mentioned this and I got an acoustic electric hole cover and multiple Allen wrenches
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30:43 i like that that . Right by the line, on the line, and half the line damn we can build airplanes too.
Bless you, and your family too, 🙏
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Bless both of you. Bless everyone.
I like you man! You see value in things that some people don't. Thanks for resurrecting this abused guitar and making it sing again.
Kickin ass and taking names on the band saw sir. Cant wait to see the next one. Thanks.
Full Boss Mode achieved! Wow, you always do great work Sean! Can't wait to see how this thing turns out. God bless and Merry Christmas 🎄🎁👍
Incredible that you can rebuild something so hammered. Literally. Looking forward to seeing this thing actually playable.
I got a guitar wall hanger and a pair of 5B marching drum sticks in the dumpster last night, boy!
First time commenter here, and new sub! Came here via Brad.
21:54 I was just going to say "Mind the paintwork with all that steam, chiseling and hammering"!!
Nice work "BOSS"!!
From Leo: Shawn's skills are well showcased in this video. You clearly are a craftsman in this trade. It was good to watch. I saw Brads video when he found the guitar. I always thought they had found out it was a counterfeit chibson and did not want to perpetuate the fraud. Plus as a counterfeit, any time spent is worth more than a chibson.
Awesome pro Boss guitar work Sean, so glad Cathy turned the dial up on your skill level. So glad Cathy did not come after you with a guitar up side your head. Cathy, be easy on Sean, We love Sean, and you too. God bless you both.
I would have been fired the next day cause the cameras would have caught me digging it out of the dumpster after I clocked out
That neck you built is looking fantastic !
You are amazing Sean! You outdo your self with every video! I owned a Gold Top with P 90s for a time.
Wish I would have kept it. I think it's great you have your wifes support . She must really like music. Best regards from Los Angeles!
Dude!!!! Duuude!!!! If there is only one "boss" to pull this off is you! Best thing Brad has ever done was give you this project.
Now that's what I call hardcore luthiery without fucking around. Subscribed.
Giving hope to all discarded axes everywhere! I know you said no arm-chair luthiers, but I gotta say this for all of us noobs out there; no matter how big the project, if it all feels like its skidding sideways, don't be afraid to stop and give yourself time to to approach the project with fresh eyes! Thats better than ruining the project and costing you MORE in the long run! Excellent work, as always! Thank you, Sean! 👍👍👍
What are the shiny metal pieces stuck to the under side of the fretboard when you removed it? It looks like some rfd or similar electronic type thing. When you first flip it over upon release. At 16:25 ish.
Back in 2010 I bought a Parker PM20 off ebay for $175. The guitar had fallen over and the top of the broke off at the nut - and was lost - fretboard was still intact. It took me a long time to figure out how to fix it, but I eventually cleaned up the fracture , gorilla glued wood patches and carved to match the Parker. Still have it today.
Love what you have done with that guitar Sean and the final product and this video proves you are a competent woodworker! So glad to see the scar guitar is now playing and doing what it was suppose to be doing i.e sounding and looking great. Getting that neck off took brute force! Makes you realise that not all guitar making/repairing is subtle, that bandsaw was pretty heavy duty as well (however, manipulating the wood around it and the router took some skills and experience no doubt)
Nice. I've been looking forward to this guitar getting fixed since Brad found it. Keep rocking, God bless.
this is amazing. you and brad are my favorite channels. thank you for all you do.
very impressive work! Removing the fret board from the neck and the neck from the guitar was fantastic...Now I know what to do if my parts caster project does not have a bolt on neck!!
Good work sir. I've seen guys just heat those neck joints with irons then pull them apart from the body but I just don't see how they do that
No guitar player in their right mind would destroy that. It must've been a pro audio guy. If they brought it to me and told me to destroy it, I would have "destroyed" it right to my truck.
Always amazing watching you do your thing. A tip of the cap good sir and thankyou for your time and efforts 🇦🇺
Love to watch a brother of same caliber Getr Done
Great job so far man!! Brad’s gonna be stoked!!
I loved the concept and layout of this video - realtime work on a guitar. and you edited the video to be under 40 minutes. magic sauce.
Hey Shawn, that is fantastic, sir. Impressive. You have an infectious personality and great attitude to go along with those skills. Keep rockin' it !!
It makes me sick to see so much damage how could anyone do that to a Les Paul ? My step brother knocked my SG over being as clumsy as he is and not watching what he's doing that pit head .snapped headstock .never cared for it after that Such a beautiful while Les Paul with Kaylee .
Great Job! I found myself tensing up and squirming soo many times during this video. I myself wouldn't have bothered putting soo much effort into rebuilding a guitar. For me, I find it easier to just build one from scratch.
Very nice work. It's really cool to show that, there's no magic way to do this. It's time and patience. I was going to say talent. But didn't want to get carried away😂😂😂 God bless brotha!
Well said!
It was impressive watchin you carve out and shape that neck 🤘y'all have a badass day🤘🍻🤘
Sean, You obviously used some kind of Computer Graphics trickery or Ai to convince us that you really made that neck by hand. 😁 Nice job! Goes to prove you can't stop a good man with a plan and some conviction.
Fantastic job! This is very interesting to me because I got a genuine 1970s set-neck Memphis brand guitar that is a shameless knock-off of a cherry sunburst Les Paul, right down to the authentic Gibson style headstock shape. Some people call those “lawsuit” guitars, but it never really went to court. Gibson just had their lawyers send a letter to companies like Ibanez and most of them changed their headstock. My guitar needs a new fingerboard too, and plastic binding as well. Thanks for giving me some ideas how to do the job.
I will now become a know-it-all and tell exactly why that poor goldtop was beat nearly to death, and I guarantee that it was all Guitar Center’s fault. At stores they put pressure on their employees to sell warranties with the expensive stuff. They tell you that they will cover whatever happens to your guitar for two or three years, or whatever, and if they can’t fix it they will give you a new guitar. They make a lot of extra profit from these warranties but every once in a while it comes back to bite them in the ass. So the guy that bought this Les Paul probably dropped it on its head and brought it back to the store because he had a warranty. You can bet that nobody working for GC was up to the task of fixing that broken neck, so they gave the customer a new guitar and, being the shady, selfish corporate jerks that they are, they made some store clerk beat it up with a tire iron until it was just about hopeless. There was just a small chance that some guy working at the shop might take it home and fix that neck. These corporations never give stuff like that to employees because they want their workers to spend their money in the store. I bet the pickups and the rest of the hardware was taken off that guitar and kept in the store, just in case somebody else that had a warranty needed a pickup or defective tuner replaced.
I guarantee that I’ve never worked for Guitar Center or any other music store, but I can swear on my great, great, great, grannie’s grave that was exactly what happened to that Les Paul Studio. Thanks Sean to you and your friend for rescuing that guitar from a landfill! And wish me luck fixing my “lawsuit” Memphis Les Paul!
Sean, so much fun!!! Cut that neck out of blank like a BOSS!! Appreciate the fretboard lifting how-to. I use a similar technique to flatten out warped pickguards right on the ironing board. Only takes a couple of lightly firm presses with the hot steam iron, with the pickguard sandwiched in between a couple of terry cloths or towels. Works amazingly well. I always learn great tips from your projects. Thanks to you both for the videos!
Wow Sean that is looking good, this is cool watching you give that Gibson new life man, great work, can't wait to see it finished .
I was told the other day by GC repair tech that you could not replace a set neck I knew that was bs
Excellent engineering Sean ... Quit the flip flappin and make it happen brother 👍
I just joined (subscribed) to your channel, and Man am I glad I did! All the best for 2024!
Former GC guitar tech here. So, the practice of "destroy/dispose on site" is very real, but it actually originates from outside GC. . . from a totally expected source--their insurance company. I'm not defending GC, quite the contrary (they did me real dirty), and even in this case they're 100% complicit in such waste, even if it doesn't originate from within. See, what happens is if a guitar is damaged to the point they don't think one of their techs can fix it (most stores have a very low bar for the techs), and shipping it to one of their repair hubs (plus the actual cost of repair, man hours plus supplies plus parts, etc) would cost more than the dealer cost of the instrument, they opt to write it off as a business loss to damage. At the corporate level, and as a sum of all their stores, the company is insured against that type of loss and receives a payout from their risk management/insurance for that damaged guitar. It is NOT the vendors/manufacturers that provide that credit, usually. There ARE some cases in which the manufacturer will do a warranty replacement (whether to the store itself or to the customer) and have the original instrument destroyed on site. THOSE are the ones in which usually they ask for photo proof of destruction, and there is a specific way in which it needs to be done. For example, one company (I'd rather not say who, I still keep ties with people within this particular company) would have us SAW OFF the headstock at the nut, and SAW THROUGH the body cutting it in half at the waist. All the pieces would need to be arranged together with the serial number showing for the photo. We would have the option to strip it for parts and hardware to use as needed for shop use. The reasoning is (regardless of what I think of it) that since that instrument was already paid off, it would be fraud to resell that instrument because the insurance has already paid it off. Which translates to, basically, "if we can't make money off this anymore, then NO ONE can." Yes, I will freely admit I rescued several guitars (I have an AWESOME Epi SG I repaired a broken neck on) after being "thrown away" after being cycled out of inventory. I still use a couple of those regularly or gave them to my kids. All of them play great, just needed someone up to the task of taking on such a repair.
Thanks for fleshing out the story and helping me understand how all that guitar-destruction works. Makes business sense but it would sure pain me to wreck them, too! I''d be the guy standing beside the dumpster with tears rolling down my cheeks.
Man, that bandsaw cuts like butter,i like that it has a wide enough blade to use as a guide as you cut. Sweeet...
Hi Sean came across your channel a little while ago and be honest I never really took a lot I've noticed but then the other day I was watching the one where you do the Les Paul that the guitologist sent for you to repair and after watching that one I was hooked on your channel I love it because you talk a lot of sense and you've got a wicked sense of humour and at times you really crack me up with some of the things you come out with you're a good guitar player as well I love listening to you and the way you and your wife work as a team wish I lived a bit closer I would get you to make me a telecaster but I'm over the pond in the UK
Hurry up and make the next video for that damaged Les Paul you made a lovely job of the neck infact you're pretty clever bloke and you've got some real good gear it made me laugh the way you mentioned trogly keep making them Sean and I will keep watching them take care buddy and give my regards to your wife
Kind regards Stevie H from across the pond in the UK❤😂😂😂
Thank you, Brother!
Part 2 is gonna be up this week!
@@scarmyguitaryou have skills. I did motors, I wish I had thought about taping some of those. Watching you work gives me the same satisfaction as doing a motor. I can’t see well but on the big screen I can see enough that it makes me really happy to see. I’m in absolute awe with what you did here. You have brought a fine instrument recrafted back to life and in my opinion better than it ever was. A real thank you 🙏
Now see clearly Shawn is a real man... great work man, what a shame they destroyed that instrument...
Great job on the neck, looking forward to part 2!
I went fever crazy and went to every guitar center in a 50 mile radius. No dumpsters, just compactors. Dumpster dive denied . . .
"Tenderoni" that's funny as ... That was boss mode with the ban saw making that new neck. Looking forward to the next vid.
Man i recently became disabled I picked up guitar to help pass the time learn something new and keep myself occupied but to think guitar center is just destroying something like this is crazy I would never be able to afford something like this with the money I'm getting now it would be a dream to own something that cost more than $150 for me but for them to just be throwing that out like that makes me so sad.
The 'inventory problem' is probably a flaw, damage, or warrantee issue of new stock that Gibson doesn't want to repair. So, to save shipping costs in a Return to Vendor, they require the damage you see documenting the serial number, and Guitar Center was issued a credit or replacement.
One piece neck!! Gotta love it! Great work Sean !
U have some serious skills my man!!! Great project!! Luv it!!
I was getting my heart transplant when this video came out. I'm catching up on the older ones I've never seen. I did see the finished product video
The iron on a damp washcloth is also a great way to remove water spots from wood furniture
Does it really work, seriously ? Am not sure I'd be brave enough to try it !! Convince me !!
Yes seriously it works. You don't leave on as long as Shawn does. It's a quick action. Damp not soaking wet. Lay the iron down for 5 seconds. Lift and check it, repeat if necessary. Don't believe me? Google it.
You are very entertaining Sean and know what you`re on about, keep up the good work ,looking forward to part 2 . Nice one Brad.
So far my favorite video. Love it. Gonna end up trying to get a new Gibson headstock veneer? They’re pretty easy to find. Ironic how your neck is probably better anyways. And I’d leave the body relic. Adds to the story. You could probably make it perfect again. But for some reason the gold top looks awesome with some knocks.
Brings tears to your eyes😢...never understood the logic behind the madness of these corporations🤪...more money than sense!!...doing a Fantastic job by the way😊😊
Great job so far Big Boy !!!!!!! Great watching you sweat Matey, "Wombat" the Aussie, Roger over and out !!!!!
Boy! Steady as she goes is the watchword for that bandsawing! One little overcut could send you back to the drawing board.
I ran into this a few times when I was a guitar tech with them many years ago. They'd want us to do this sometimes even if a guitar just fell off a hanger and got damaged. I rescued most of them, though. Had to do some crazy repairs a few times.
Can't wait to see part 2......Sean is a Bad ass 👍🎸
I’m 16 and have been building a strat for 2 months it’s a lot of fun these videos are great
You sure are in Boss mode for shure, looking goooood...
That John Hiatt song Perfectly good Guitar comes to mind, Jayzus. Sean, you are a master craftsman. Folks get hung up on , “it’s a Gibson, we must revere it “ No it’s a destroyed Guitar. You are a craftsman who can give it life again. I really appreciate that you are making it a guitar again. A nice guitar, one that makes the music it was made to do. I have the highest respect for what you are doing!
Love this video lots of love an TLC can do wonders for guitars even though they are banged up. Can't wait to see it finished you do amazing work. Its going to be a sight to see and finally be played which it almost didn't get to. Which no matter what it needs to be right is the important part there is enough wall hangers around.
Would have been cool of he made it like the "headless" SG that someone made cuz of a broken headstock but the break was pretty good for a repair
I've removed many guitar necks in my life and never with a hammer and chisel. I did like that mini chainsaw!
Can’t even imagine the sociopath that would intentionally do that to a brand new guitar. It really wouldn’t take much imagination to find a better solution. Shame on guitar center and Gibson
All retailers do this. What doesn’t sell goes to the dump. Old TV’s get locked in a trailer and sent to the dump.
Dude bro, you got a post your phone number in your channel bro I mean I’ve seen plenty of good guitar tech, but I gotta say I gotta hand it to you, your craft and workmanship and skills. Not just blowing smoke either.
All they had to do was remove the Gibson logo & serial number from the headstock, pull the pickups, and offer it as a builder's special...
Just looks like typical holiday shipping to me!
I knew you could fix the damn guitar. I never had a doubt. But watching you do it and seeing the progress brings it home how wild it is that you’re that good. Ya you have all that equipment but that’s all just stuff unless you know how to use it. You’re wild! I’m curious about the gibson logo though. Is it still going to have the gibson silk screen on it and the les paul? What are your plans there?
That was a mess. Great work man 👍
Mad skills on the bandsaw! First saw I used in 7th grade wood shop, not much you can't cut on a bandsaw.
A local guitar shop had to destroy my Fender Sonoran due to a faulty pickup. It was the conditions they haf for replacing it since it was discontinued. The guitar shop was pissed, and Fender required proof of the full destruction. Its bullshit.
Great job Sean, could you not just go over the top with a rasp and call it heavy reliced. Looking forward to part 2.
Dude, I use to only build guitars, I watched you build that pickup machine. So, I took a clue and built one similar. Now, all I want to do is build and sell pickups. My father would thank you!
When I think of what I have been through to build my first guitar so I could give it to my best friend that was roommates with me at Mass General Hospital it makes me sick to see that someone did that to a Gibson . Not knowing anything about guitars at the start of my project has been a real challenge. I’m just hoping my friend Ray likes what I have built him.
So the real thing that happens is: if a guitar arrives broken, its not Gibsons fault, its technically the shippers fault but they wouldn’t take accountability. Gibson wont cover anything once its already bought for the store. So being that this particular guitar is only a tribute model, it just becomes a loss to the store and its up to the store if they want to try to fix it and sell it at a loss and have it sit there forever or take it apart for spare parts and throw away the damaged wood and make sure it cant be used again. So in reality its like they only lose a couple hundred but its worked into the loss budget and the guitar just doesn’t exist to them (inventory wise)
In 1990, I was in the Oakland, CA Guitar Center early on a Saturday - 11:30 AM. Suddenly, a group of locals entered the store and began destroying equipment in the Guitar section. (That section was closest to the front door.) Before the employees could even think what to do, they had destroyed several guitars. Then they vanished as quickly as they had entered the store.
"Locals"😂
When you cut the neck. You could have just cut it straight at the headstock. That's what Gibson does. Then they glue the wings on the headstock afterwards. It's weird, but that's how they do it.
Watching the damage not finished video. Holy crap dude if you fix this... Your are indeed a Guitologist. hahah awesome man can't wait to see what you do to this thing.
Was there any binding on the fretboard? If not then that's probably why the fret tangs weren't snipped off on the ends.
You are so lucky to have a woman that will tell you that you can do it. Even though you don't think you can. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.
Love the Comedy Love the Channel 😸