Headstock Crack Repair (Part 2)
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Unfortunately I had an audio malfunction that may or may not have been related to me not plugging in the microphone. Can't redo the whole repair, so...I guess it's time for a voice-over.
In this video I pickup where I left off from the first video, starting with removing the clamps from the gluing process. I then sand down and buff out the finish where the crack was so that it is smooth to the touch and looks as good as possible within the confines of the requested repair. I then move on to setup of the instrument and other adjustments.
Part 1: • Headstock Crack Repair...
Service performed at Gabriel's Guitars in Tucson, AZ.
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First time I even found the second part, so no harm, no foul! Keep on working on these old gems
Awesome work. Luthiers: The men behind those successful beautiful music notes.
You can really improve the appearance and feel of that crack by lightly sanding with the 800 as you did, but then touch up the bare spots with some dye or some translucent nail polish (my favorite option), then fill the crack with medium CA glue, scrape smooth with a razor, then wetsand & buff. It's SUBSTANTIALLY cheaper and easier than refinishing the neck, but will hide the crack much better than just sanding and polishing.
Very true. In my experience, the CA glue is often enough to completely hide a crack of this type, perhaps with a bit of dye underneath. This was a structural only repair, however, and the option to hide the crack further is still available to this customer.
Nice work, Gabriel. All the best for your work, your business and the channel.
Thanks a lot!
I liked the voiceover.
Nice job sir. Thanks for the detail as I am learning to repair guitars myself
Great! Really cool to watch you do an amazing job!
I have to say, this video was delightful. Why? Several reasons. Because you shared the surprises that came along the way, like what happened after trying to fix the 14th fret. A lot of video’s neglect to share things that could look like mistakes, but it’s important to know about, so thank you. You also were able to communicate with the owner about the need for more needed work instead of just secretly doing it. What I mean is I sometimes feel bad to let a guitar leave the shop because of something I could do quickly, but without charging. Not charging because it’s impossible to explain the issue to some clients because they just don’t understand and they believe they ere playing for a perfect guitar, but don’t realize all the factors required to get there. Anyway, it’s just painful for me to let it go, but it’s a work on progress for myself. Now, after watching your detailed and truthful video, it really helps me on my path to charge for the extra work because it does take time to make an instrument work properly. So thank you for the detail
Your comment pretty much perfectly describes what i struggle with in the shop aswell, that ever evolving feeling of “I can take care of this and still consider it part of the setup” and not charge more especially when you have reoccurring clients that expect your level of standard for the same price. Right there with you man!
I'm really pleased I watched these vids and came to the comments, I've quickly realised that we are all very similar and have the same problems/snags when charging customers for everything.! I've done the same over the years giving people freebies.! And it's a no no,, just makes them expect more from you, a slippery slope. Mechanics don't do it.. Why should we 🖕
It was a pleasure to watch you
How much of a risk is adjusting the truss rod following this kind of repair? (If at all)
Thank you for a great video help alot I'm working on my guitar
Great video and great job!
I actually thought the voice over was better than normal
Saw its an epiphone, dam this is what I have to look forward to.ball park cost?
Could you use super glue? Would it hold.. Much easier to get it to flow into the crack.
Super glue would not hold the wood together strongly enough. But super glue could be used to help hide the crack along with some sanding and buffing.
Whats the name of the tool you are using to tighten the 3 way switch here ?
I use a spanner-wrench
One more comment... when fooling around with tall nuts like that, I find it's more efficient to rough it in before installing it. It's a lot faster to take the majority of the material off of the bottom of the nut to get the overall string height real close, then you just need to make a few passes with the nut files to get individual strings dialed in.
I occasionally will do the same. I guess its a call you have to make dependent on how far off the regulation is.
What do you want to crack?
Only glue?
Yes. This kind of Crack is held closed by the string tension. Also, glue is stronger than wood!
Maybe they should angle their headstock so it won't break in that way. 😉
I wouldn't have been satisfied with that repair. It wouldn't have taken much more effort or money to make that crack disappear with some CA glue and a dab of red dye. Pretty dissatisfactory repair and I wouldn't have put my name on that job.