I just love the restoration of this guitar that you did. I just love guitar repair and rebuilding so much in the middle of my disability. I have had to take a backseat to that for a while. Can’t wait to get back in.
Lovely work. I winced for the finish when you started with the heat gun on the binding, but you obviously have a lot more restraint and skill with it than I would. Well done, great job. It's lovely to see a nice old guitar getting new life.
Awesome. Love your repair videos. Question: Why didn’t you use heat to remove all the bracing as well? Faster to scrape and carve? New to the repair business. Also, noticed you used Golden Age tuners? Did the holes line up? I just used them and they didn’t. Rather then drill and fill peg head, I filled and drilled tuners. Thanks!
Absolutely, but the owner had the guitar since new and wanted to play it again. Sentimental repairs like these are pretty common and often cost more than the guitar is worth
Excellent work. I have a question. If you wanted to remove a fretboard but you're not planning on re-using the original one. Would it be safer to sand or plane it off instead of using heat ?? I realize that heat would probably be faster, but would sanding it off be safer ??
Excellent work! I kinda wish you hadn't leveled the fretboard and left the "played in" feeling on it. Some of the best playing guitars I've ever tried have the dips and curves in the fretboard that only come from playing a guitar for 50 years, but I hate when they have worn out frets that catch the strings or wont let you bend notes.
nice work man. But I have a question - why do you use PVA glue and not the hide glue? It will be dificult to restore quitar in future. Or is there some reason?
Because you changed the "Antonio Torres" fan model, which was the original model of the guitar and you are doing a restoration that the idea of it is to maintain the originality
The thing is……..we belittle the old cheap guitar. But the old cheap guitars were made of wood that no longer grows. Aren’t we finding that it’s wonderful to upgrade and make useful this musical instrument. And isn’t it wonderful to watch a master produce art from it just as, or more so, beautiful than buying a “name brand” for much more that is not nearly so nice? Good on you for changing the way we think of “tradition”. Transformation of the past, using a combination of tradition and the modern to make the world a better place. Love this.
I do not think they ever made a guitar with a combo of the traditional metal tailpiece and the "classic" bridge. I have 5 old Levin guitar in this room and 3 in the next room and a few down in my "studio" I am going to fix. Traditional old style metal tailpiece ruclips.net/video/U4zcfYAaoBE/видео.htmlsi=SRQ2Mz0cYabiEWa3 Glued bridge ruclips.net/video/qx3sVsW9PiA/видео.htmlsi=K6iEa80SLlVM5yAB
Stewmac sell bracing you can make over to the old time bracing like this guitar was built with. Gonna be way cheaper than buying the machinery to make them in the shop.
You're right, they didn't. This guitar was a classical, but was played with steel strings for many years. I suppose someone put the tailpiece on it to take the load off the bridge. As for the machinery, this is literally my job which is why I made the braces instead of buying them premade from the US 😂
@@CranmerGuitars I don not think they where made for nylon strings but made for what the owner wanted metal or nylon. You can see that on the metal post on the tuners. But they where made way to weak for steel strings so the action became way to high over time. All my Levin guitars made for steel strings have ladder bracing and I keep them tuned in open G to make them live longer. If it is possible to lower the action and make it playable again I make a new wooden floating bridge and save the original if I ever would sell it to someone that wants to have it restored to how it was made originally. If the action needs to be higher and the strings buzz which happens if someone have messed up while trying to adjust the action I shim the floating wooden bridge with pieces of new stiff playing cards. Cards are made out of paper and paper is made out of wood. This method have saved a few years of the guitars life and it works great. I have also found out that if you add one more little piece of wood/contact point (three instead of just two) for the bridge the vibrations down on the top increases and make it "sing" even more sweet.
Why you didnt repaint? To keep original age of time? I realize you didnt repair the tailpiece removing the rust... So small things that could turn the video even better!
As I said in the video, the top was very badly damaged and the owner still wanted to use steel strings. I did what I thought was best for the guitar in the long term
A guitar is just a tool. If drilling a hole in a shovel or bending the tines on a rake would make them serve me better, so be it. My guitars work for me; I don't work for them. We have an understanding that way. 🔨🔫
Has that ever been done? Perhaps... it would require a lot of extra bracing and I'm not sure what the point would be - but if it hasn't been done it certainly could be and it would not be sinful. Just slapping steel strings onto a Spanish guitar, however - Eternal Hellfire no doubt about it :D
@@CranmerGuitars In our country, if it has historical value, it is restored to its original state... after that it is displayed to be enjoyed/viewed in a museum. It won't be used anymore..... So if it is used again it will have to be totally restored like new. Only the logo or data on the guitar is a witness to the age of the guitar. OK.....??!! What you create is trash that has been repaired from trash to trash again...!!!
Question -- always use hide glue on those cracks on acoustic guitars? Is regular Titebond "wood glue" not good? I have a Yamaha I'm trying to fix and I wonder what glue I should use! Thank you!
I just love the restoration of this guitar that you did. I just love guitar repair and rebuilding so much in the middle of my disability. I have had to take a backseat to that for a while. Can’t wait to get back in.
Those crazy flat-sawn back braces. They always end up looking like that!
The legend himself
Funny enough I was watching some videos of Ted and this pop up in the recomendations
Ted!
The way the chisel carves away the spruce braces is just so satisfying 😌😌
I feel the same. It's right up there with watching a soda-jerk put together a banana-split.
Braces so thick it could support a battleship
Great job. So fun to watch. But this beauty deserved a refinish, I think. 😊
Amazing craftsmanship!
I literally cried out in dismay when you peeled Tweety off, I absolutely would've left him on 😜 (Good on ya for saving him, at least)
cool seeing how you made the metal parts.
Cool techniques and craftsman tips! Many thanks for posting.
Lovely work. I winced for the finish when you started with the heat gun on the binding, but you obviously have a lot more restraint and skill with it than I would. Well done, great job. It's lovely to see a nice old guitar getting new life.
It was just a hairdryer, so it wasn't too hot!
Looks great
That wax trick on the fret job is genius!
Wax on, wax off
You can truly say this guitar IS 'better than new'😎👍
Great repair I really enjoyed watching your work.
So many tips and tricks here! Its like a tutorial! Thanks so much and excellent work!
Great resurrection! Your skills are impressive!
It was a Levin guitar which Christopher Plumber played in the film, The Sound of Music
I'd want you in my team at a pub quiz
1964 F-19 (Goya). I’m looking at one that needs restoration. Wall hanger for now. 👍
It makes sense perfectly!! Thank you so much!!!
Nice job!
Awesome. Love your repair videos. Question: Why didn’t you use heat to remove all the bracing as well? Faster to scrape and carve? New to the repair business. Also, noticed you used Golden Age tuners? Did the holes line up? I just used them and they didn’t. Rather then drill and fill peg head, I filled and drilled tuners. Thanks!
A little faster, and also I don't want to put much heat into the top incase I either separate the centre join or make the top even more warped
Great job👍🏻These guitars are very common here in Sweden and they have steelstrings..just sayin’🤩
Repair cost was many times what the guitar was worth monetarily, but I'm sure his Dad loved it!
I really enjoyed watching you work on this guitar! Very good work! I'm just sorry that Tweety Bird had to go at the end.
Thanks! Me too, but his spirit will live on in our hearts ❤️
Good job that was a great video sir
Viel besser als vorher !!
Nice video, great restoration was ork. How many hours did you need?
Around 6 months, but I worked on it between other jobs. If I did it in one go it'd maybe take two weeks?
Good Job! Well done 👍
You did an incredible job, please do more restoration projects!
Thanks! I'll do my best 🫡
I agree please do more.
Nice work as always Isaac. Will I see you in Paris next year?
Not looking likely, however I'll be in Newark at the start of December for an Anniesland/ Newark Guitar race if you're about
Bravo Mastery...😊😊😊
Great work, but it seems more than this guitar is worth!
Absolutely, but the owner had the guitar since new and wanted to play it again. Sentimental repairs like these are pretty common and often cost more than the guitar is worth
@@CranmerGuitars agree. memories of old time are priceless
Excellent work. I have a question. If you wanted to remove a fretboard but you're not planning on re-using the original one. Would it be safer to sand or plane it off instead of using heat ?? I realize that heat would probably be faster, but would sanding it off be safer ??
I've planed a few fender style necks off before, but for everything else I'd recommend using heat
Excellent instruction!!! Thanks for posting.
The new tuner bushing looks fantastic, I would have replaced all of them.
Excellent work! I kinda wish you hadn't leveled the fretboard and left the "played in" feeling on it. Some of the best playing guitars I've ever tried have the dips and curves in the fretboard that only come from playing a guitar for 50 years, but I hate when they have worn out frets that catch the strings or wont let you bend notes.
Awesome job and video quality. I like how you carefully saved the Tweety bird decal.
Just starting off this vid but right away i hope you keep Tweety ... we'll see how it ends.
RIP Tweety 😞
His memory will live on 😔
Very nice.
Respectful repair. i forgot my meal time.
nice work man. But I have a question - why do you use PVA glue and not the hide glue? It will be dificult to restore quitar in future. Or is there some reason?
Titebond is convenient and consistent. I've never had a problem separating a titebond joint when needed.
@@CranmerGuitars thank you 🙂
Superb ❤
I’d love to know how many hours of work this restoration took. I’m assuming it took more than 30 minutes. 😊
Oh, and thanks for sharing. You have a new follower in me.
It took at least 30 minutes 😉
Probably two weeks' worth of work if I had to guess
@ Wow. I’d have guessed longer. Great stuff.
Any idea how many hours a job like this takes?
Not sure, I usually do these kinds of restorations between other jobs so I can keep costs down. Maybe a couple hours a week over a 6 month period?
Ok so you just used the same bridge with no attempt at compensating for steel strings? How's the intonation?
Surprisingly it was spot on 😏
Because you changed the "Antonio Torres" fan model, which was the original model of the guitar and you are doing a restoration that the idea of it is to maintain the originality
👍
Olá, o cordal foi uma exigência do cliente? Poderia ter colocado pinos na ponte igual um 00 da martin já que usou um xbracing?
Classical bridges are quite a bit different from pinned steel strings bridges, so probably not. Best thing for it is the tailpiece, really
Зачем внутрь цианакрилатом заливать, а по краям тайтбондом?
В чем преимущество такого способа при склейке?
Por seguridad porque no baja la guía de la sierra cinta , adaptando al grosor del material que corta .
Salud.
Thank you for saving that old guitar!
I'd love to give you a second opinion on that top brace yes it is broken and did you see that puddy tat❤ great job by the way
Thanks! I wasn't sure myself
Coool...😮
I built Levin guitars in Gothenburg Sweden in the sixties
That's amazing! Perhaps you had a hand in building this one
Totale costo restauro?
Poor Tweety, he really thought he had made the cut.
I think the finish should have been done 😊
Not a chance! People pay good money to get their guitars looking half as reliced as this
Guys got a sick modest mouse tattoo.
Hell yeah brother
SEI UN MITO!!!
Why not hide glue?
Because I always forget where I hid it
The thing is……..we belittle the old cheap guitar. But the old cheap guitars were made of wood that no longer grows. Aren’t we finding that it’s wonderful to upgrade and make useful this musical instrument. And isn’t it wonderful to watch a master produce art from it just as, or more so, beautiful than buying a “name brand” for much more that is not nearly so nice? Good on you for changing the way we think of “tradition”. Transformation of the past, using a combination of tradition and the modern to make the world a better place. Love this.
Is that a Modest Mouse tattoo??
Guilty 🎈
@@CranmerGuitars You have great taste, sir!
That is some weird bracing
You just need to embrace it 😏
Gitara poklejona l adnie i skutecznie, ale szyjka, glówka, klucze do strojenia i metalowe elementy zaczepu strun aż krzyczą o wymianę.
I do not think they ever made a guitar with a combo of the traditional metal tailpiece and the "classic" bridge. I have 5 old Levin guitar in this room and 3 in the next room and a few down in my "studio" I am going to fix.
Traditional old style metal tailpiece
ruclips.net/video/U4zcfYAaoBE/видео.htmlsi=SRQ2Mz0cYabiEWa3
Glued bridge
ruclips.net/video/qx3sVsW9PiA/видео.htmlsi=K6iEa80SLlVM5yAB
Stewmac sell bracing you can make over to the old time bracing like this guitar was built with. Gonna be way cheaper than buying the machinery to make them in the shop.
You're right, they didn't. This guitar was a classical, but was played with steel strings for many years. I suppose someone put the tailpiece on it to take the load off the bridge.
As for the machinery, this is literally my job which is why I made the braces instead of buying them premade from the US 😂
@@CranmerGuitars I don not think they where made for nylon strings but made for what the owner wanted metal or nylon. You can see that on the metal post on the tuners. But they where made way to weak for steel strings so the action became way to high over time. All my Levin guitars made for steel strings have ladder bracing and I keep them tuned in open G to make them live longer. If it is possible to lower the action and make it playable again I make a new wooden floating bridge and save the original if I ever would sell it to someone that wants to have it restored to how it was made originally. If the action needs to be higher and the strings buzz which happens if someone have messed up while trying to adjust the action I shim the floating wooden bridge with pieces of new stiff playing cards. Cards are made out of paper and paper is made out of wood. This method have saved a few years of the guitars life and it works great. I have also found out that if you add one more little piece of wood/contact point (three instead of just two) for the bridge the vibrations down on the top increases and make it "sing" even more sweet.
I always scroll to the end when no description is added.
I'm happy for you
Why you didnt repaint? To keep original age of time? I realize you didnt repair the tailpiece removing the rust... So small things that could turn the video even better!
♍️⚡️📐🤘🕊️
don't change the fan bracing, keep it the way it should be......
As I said in the video, the top was very badly damaged and the owner still wanted to use steel strings. I did what I thought was best for the guitar in the long term
A guitar is just a tool. If drilling a hole in a shovel or bending the tines on a rake would make them serve me better, so be it. My guitars work for me; I don't work for them. We have an understanding that way. 🔨🔫
9:25 Seth Rogen
First time watching your channel. Interesting to watch, but I find the background music, etc., too disconcerting.
It’s a sin to turn a classical guitar into a steel string guitar….
Was that in the old testament or new?
@@CranmerGuitarsI'm fairly sure that's in the Mosaic law, so Old Testament.
Thanks as always, Simon with a y 😂
He turned a piece of trash into a musical instrument. The sin was removing Tweety.
Has that ever been done? Perhaps... it would require a lot of extra bracing and I'm not sure what the point would be - but if it hasn't been done it certainly could be and it would not be sinful.
Just slapping steel strings onto a Spanish guitar, however - Eternal Hellfire no doubt about it :D
Very bad Repair!!!!!!???!!! There is no total repair... How to paint it again... polish it again... The parts are cleaned from rust and so on.
And remove 60 years of history?? You crazy, girl 🤦♀️
@@CranmerGuitars In our country, if it has historical value, it is restored to its original state... after that it is displayed to be enjoyed/viewed in a museum. It won't be used anymore..... So if it is used again it will have to be totally restored like new. Only the logo or data on the guitar is a witness to the age of the guitar.
OK.....??!!
What you create is trash that has been repaired from trash to trash again...!!!
@@winternainggolan Just move on. Nothing to see here for you....
Question -- always use hide glue on those cracks on acoustic guitars? Is regular Titebond "wood glue" not good? I have a Yamaha I'm trying to fix and I wonder what glue I should use! Thank you!
Titebond for structural joints, hide glue for cracks (if that makes sense)
Una restauración como marca la normativa excelente te doy 10 rondando el 11.
Please don't put the microphone close to your mouth, we can hear you breathing, it's creepy af..
Could be worse. At least I don't like my own comments 😘