How to Restore a 100 Year Old Guitar

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  • Опубликовано: 27 дек 2024

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  • @NightshadeKiss
    @NightshadeKiss Год назад +3

    You're a true master! I really liked the backing music as well

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад

      Thanks!

    • @marshwetland3808
      @marshwetland3808 Год назад

      Yeah, hadn't heard Claire de Lune played on guitar before.

  • @HaErBeSo
    @HaErBeSo 2 года назад +19

    Great work, however, i’m not sure about the steel strings.

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  2 года назад +2

      Thank you. It’s not my guitar
      Customer preferred steel

    • @mickbachner
      @mickbachner 2 года назад +7

      Yes I thought the same. It's a shame to swap the flat classical style fretboard for a modern radiused steel string fretboard. Obviously that's just my opinion but It's not really a restoration. I'd call it more of a transformation/modernisation. OK if you like that sort of thing.

    • @dickiedicksma1389
      @dickiedicksma1389 2 месяца назад

      Well without a truss rod those steel strings will bring back that customer rather quick I fear. And like some already noted : it sounds terrible… thanks for the video though , appreciated the work.

    • @Xiaomima
      @Xiaomima 19 дней назад

      judging from the old bridge it has always been a steel string

    • @HaErBeSo
      @HaErBeSo 19 дней назад

      @@Xiaomimagood observation, but 100 years old wood might be too weak for modern steel strings. There are dedicated low tension steel strings for guitars like these.

  • @harleyhexxe9806
    @harleyhexxe9806 Год назад +2

    Just WOW! Such care and attention to detail. Beautiful work, and such an unusual guitar. Now that I know how they were tuned, I have to try to think of the music theory used to compose and play melodies on such an instrument.

  • @robertnisonoff3907
    @robertnisonoff3907 6 месяцев назад +3

    Nylon strings. Also, did you clean and polish the tuning pegs. They look awfully dirty.

  • @matthewpocock4824
    @matthewpocock4824 Год назад +4

    I love to watch a Master at work. These guitars are relics of a time gone by, not a mere instrument. What a grand old Lady. Oh, the stories she could tell... ❤

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад +1

      Thanks!

    • @KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld
      @KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld Год назад +3

      true words, but honestly putting steel strings on such a guitar is notwhat a master would do... ;) that poor ladder braced guitar was not build for that kind of tension.

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад +1

      @@KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld These are very thin strings in a fairly low tuning so that nothing will happen to the neck.

    • @KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld
      @KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld Год назад +1

      @@mr.k1t might be but even 9-38 6 string sets for electric guitar have 85-90 lbs of tension. thin acoustic strings have more tension than electric strings... modern nylons are usually build for around 60lbs and the old gut string guitars like in the video were build with about 30lbs in mind. you will not find any steel strings that dont break that guitar. might be fine for now (i doubt it), but this guitar is certainly not going to survive another 100 years with steel strings. probably not even 10 years.
      you should have pointed that out to the customer. they might see that guitar break because of the tension and accuse you for recommending steel strings.

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад +1

      @@KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld I didn't recommend or point to steel strings, it's not my choice. I warned of the consequences

  • @lucasvangompel6382
    @lucasvangompel6382 7 месяцев назад +1

    He is an Luthier, love the flamencoguitar music. Beautiful moment of seeing.
    Sincerely,
    Lucas

  • @marioanguiano3840
    @marioanguiano3840 6 месяцев назад +2

    What did you use on the neck???

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  6 месяцев назад +1

      Black ink

  • @danielktdoranie
    @danielktdoranie Год назад +23

    No offence intended but it sounds horrible. Your work is amazing but the sound of that guitar is very poor

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад +2

      I should have put nylon strings

    • @toddheimbuch5429
      @toddheimbuch5429 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@mr.k1t Regarding the comment that stated the tone was horrible. I would agree that something, was , off. But to dismiss it's potential prematurely is unwise. I would appreciate it if you would do a followup video, trying out your Nylon String idea. Seems pretty obvious they would be the appropriate strings for a guitar of that vintage. That alone could make all the difference in the world. I would bet any Steel Strings would cause too much tension on the Soundboard, affecting the instrument's resonance. Seriously, I personally would love to see the results of that experiment. Also, are you confident the intonation is dead on? If so I would also be wondering if the Steel String tension might have created an unavoidable high action that would be impossible to make sound good because of intonation issues caused by how much a string has to stretch to contact the Fret. That guitar is gorgeous.

    • @ArthurSantos-jm6zo
      @ArthurSantos-jm6zo 9 месяцев назад +3

      It’s out of tune when strumming the guitar and the tension is rather loose. If you tighten it more maybe the real tone will come out

    • @AlexandrNicolayevich
      @AlexandrNicolayevich 8 месяцев назад +3

      Семиструнная гитара имеет строй на тон выше: по звукам Соль-мажорного квартсекстаккорда (не Фа-мажорного). Оттого звучание непривычное.

    • @TheClutchCraft
      @TheClutchCraft 4 месяца назад

      @@AlexandrNicolayevichpls say you made this up, the sex cord? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @СергейДжамирзе
    @СергейДжамирзе Месяц назад

    здравствуйте. Подскажите чем красили гриф в черный цвет. Спасибо.

  • @sonicstoryteller
    @sonicstoryteller 2 месяца назад

    Absolutely stunning restoring best wishes from uk 👍

  • @hackerguitar
    @hackerguitar Год назад

    Did you sand falloff into the fingerboard at either end?

  • @ТаяГавриш-с1в
    @ТаяГавриш-с1в 2 года назад +4

    So beautiful!

  • @1bryser
    @1bryser 4 месяца назад

    Who is playing? very nice!

  • @romanzaitsev464
    @romanzaitsev464 2 года назад +3

    Perfect job

  • @yuraivanovjr
    @yuraivanovjr 2 года назад +3

    Well done, my man!

  • @Andrew1234138
    @Andrew1234138 Год назад +2

    Отличная работа! Сейчас реставрирую свою первую 45-летнюю Черниговскую гитару, нужна помощь советом:
    Что за состав (черный) использовался на видео для покраски грифа с тыльной стороны?
    Какой клей лучше использовать для ладов?

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад +2

      Спасибо.
      Черный состав это анилиновый краситель для ткани. Покрытый в последствии нитролаком.
      Касательно клея, я использую тайтбонд красный

    • @Andrew1234138
      @Andrew1234138 Год назад

      @@mr.k1t Спасибо! Попробуем-с!

    • @Andrew1234138
      @Andrew1234138 Год назад +1

      @@mr.k1t А какой клей для ладов, не подскажешь?

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад +1

      Цианокрилат

  • @暇な暇なし
    @暇な暇なし 2 года назад +2

    仕上がりが綺麗ですね‼️
    楽しみに待ってました。
    お疲れ様でした。

  • @johnhowlett1502
    @johnhowlett1502 2 года назад +2

    The original machine antique tuner is a Beauty to behold. Of course the ultimate prize of all antiques Vintages, are how well the label inside the Guitar has lasted. The label's survival of all Vintage guitars is the ultimate Prize, and of how well the passage of time creates a greater Sound on the guitar. As the Wood ages the sound starts to beautify. When restoring these historical beauties, The Ultimate sound is the playing of Spain,'s Andre Segovia's Guitar, While the Guitar is being Restored to it's former Glory. Guitar Luthiers are the only People In the Entire World, that are in a class all by themselves. Guitars are the Sound of Romantic Mysteries with tropical beauty. The Ultimate Euphoria is the hands of the one's who know how to strike the strings of the Romantic Sounds of Romance. The Magic is in the hands to build and create the exploration of Centuries Old Mystical sounds.

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  2 года назад

      Thank you for a kind comment)

  • @Bangkokguitar
    @Bangkokguitar Год назад

    Bravo, outstanding work. Two thumbs up ☝ ☝

  • @marcoboni3807
    @marcoboni3807 Год назад

    Bellissimo lavoro Maestro.... simile a quelli che facevano una volta i mastri liutai di Cremona in Italia... posso chiederti per cortesia se dalla tua esperienza è possibile creare dei segnatasto (dots) nella parte anteriore del manico di una chitarra classica?? . Grazie mille Maestro

  • @EugeneSachuk
    @EugeneSachuk 7 месяцев назад +1

    Чудова робота !Якщо не секрет,чим чорнив гриф ?

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  7 месяцев назад

      Чорна туш

  • @МихаилС-ж3ю
    @МихаилС-ж3ю Год назад +1

    И после шлифовки грифа, сколько пропиливать под лады?

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад +1

      Так чтобы влезла ножка лада

  • @lgomezluna
    @lgomezluna 9 месяцев назад

    Excelent Work 👏👏👍🙂... what's the name of the first song? its beautiful and now I dont remember what is....

  • @BulgarianGun
    @BulgarianGun Год назад +7

    Может гриф усажен не правильно, но 7 струна явно хочет пойти погулять. Ожидаешь хорошего звука от такой старой гитары а получаешь звук ведра с гвоздями

  • @eugenepecheritsa2100
    @eugenepecheritsa2100 9 месяцев назад

    Як називається ця чудова композиція?

  • @ВалерийБеликов-щ1н

    Дуже гарно...

  • @rafaelcuadra5009
    @rafaelcuadra5009 2 года назад +1

    Bravo!

  • @fb8966
    @fb8966 Год назад

    NIce vid.... but.... no information about what supplies were used.

  • @erickoliveira7039
    @erickoliveira7039 8 месяцев назад +1

    Fantástico 😃🙋🏻‍♂️🇧🇷👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @МихаилС-ж3ю
    @МихаилС-ж3ю Год назад +1

    А, можно лицевую сторону грифа лаком вскрывать?

  • @АлександрАлександрович-к5с

    Отличная работа. Очень интересно наблюдать за работой МАСТЕРА👍

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад

      Спасибо!

  • @dieselrider
    @dieselrider 2 года назад +1

    Woow! What a lovely guitar,thank you!
    Very lovin' the parlor-size guitars,especially pure vintage stuff)
    But unfortunately I have really bad experience with this type of "floating neck" mount(screw-through)😂
    Unfortunately,you can't completely seal the hole in the neck heel,sand it and glue the neck completely to the body - not on canon :(

  • @RockStarOscarStern634
    @RockStarOscarStern634 Год назад +1

    MRKT
    This one happens to be a 7 String Acoustic Parlor Guitar.

  • @bbbrown3408
    @bbbrown3408 Год назад +4

    steel strings? lovely guitar sounds dreadful

  • @OceannMoon
    @OceannMoon 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hey there! I hope you're doing well. I have to share something really interesting with you. You won't believe it! So, I recently got my hands on this stunning guitar that looks like it's worth a million dollars. The craftsmanship is impeccable, and the intricate details are absolutely mesmerizing. It's the epitome of elegance and sophistication.
    But here's the twist - the sound it produces is nowhere near what you'd expect from such a prestigious-looking instrument. In fact, it's more like a $30 guitar that you'd find at a flea market. Surprising, right?
    When I first strummed the strings, I was expecting a rich and melodic sound that would transport me to musical bliss. Instead, I was greeted with a thin and twangy tone that was far from satisfying. It was quite disappointing, to say the least.
    But you know what? Despite the unexpected sound, I couldn't help but be intrigued by this guitar. It made me realize that sometimes appearances can be deceiving. It taught me that true value lies in more than just the outer facade.
    This experience reminded me of the importance of not judging a book by its cover. Just like this guitar, people may not always appear to be what they seem at first glance. It's a valuable lesson, as it teaches us to look beyond outward appearances and focus on what really matters - the true essence and substance.
    So, my friend, let this serve as a reminder to always delve deeper and explore beyond the surface. You never know what hidden gems you might uncover.
    Wishing you a day filled with beautiful surprises and meaningful connections. Take care!

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  10 месяцев назад

      Thanks for your story😉
      Good luck

  • @lomobster
    @lomobster 10 месяцев назад

    Not much of a how to. What did you use to clean/finish the body of the guitar?

  • @rafaelcuadra5009
    @rafaelcuadra5009 2 года назад

    Why that tunning??? Is it for a different kind of music?

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  2 года назад

      This is the classical tuning for a seven-string guitar but one tone lower.

  • @DmitriyTitorenko
    @DmitriyTitorenko 2 года назад +5

    Крутизна, люблю 7-ми струнные гитары!

  • @crumbie
    @crumbie 9 месяцев назад

    It turned out exactly the crap we thought it would look like.

  • @Валерій-ъ6р
    @Валерій-ъ6р 2 года назад +3

    Гарна робота

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  2 года назад +1

      Дякую

  • @AMADEUS1371
    @AMADEUS1371 Год назад +2

    The sound is awful.. almost an abomination to the ears. But your work is magnificent !

    • @KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld
      @KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld Год назад +3

      it is because he put steel strings on there. should have put nylon strings on it. that guitar is probably unplayble by now

  • @J.C...
    @J.C... Год назад +1

    Wait. You're in Ukraine? 🙏🙏👌❤️ Hope you are doing OK!

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад

      Yep, I’m fine thank you 🙏

  • @rickyrooster8226
    @rickyrooster8226 11 месяцев назад

    Pity about the shity bar chords played at the end haha. after that epic soundtrack complete with the skilled operation to restore. In staying that, I don't think I've met a luthier or guitar restorer that could actually play. so ill let it slide. however I suggest playing whatever that guitar was built to be played after restoring. 🙂

  • @Andrewtafelklavier
    @Andrewtafelklavier Год назад

    steel strings????? everything was going ok up til then.

  • @andrewdraper6586
    @andrewdraper6586 Год назад +1

    How to ruin an antique?

  • @olexanderromanchenko175
    @olexanderromanchenko175 2 года назад +1

    походу не до конца настроил и натянул...а так конечно молодец

  • @tadamoriyagi8265
    @tadamoriyagi8265 Год назад

    why did you put steel strings?!?! 🤦🏻‍♂😂

  • @АнтонКрасильников-р8н

    Что за строй такой интересный? Я так понимаю на тон выше чем на русской семиструнке должен быть. Гитара красивая, но непонятно строит или нет.

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад

      Насколько помню, я сделал Open G на полтора тона ниже

    • @mentalitydesignvideo
      @mentalitydesignvideo Год назад

      поэтому она и звучит как непонятно что. @@mr.k1t
      она рассчитана на D-G-B-d-g-b-d¹.

  • @ВалерийБеликов-щ1н

    У меня есть гитарка 1938 года...

  • @gibsonlg2453
    @gibsonlg2453 Год назад

    Гитара очень старая поэтому такой звук, перемохломь дерево стало стеклянным. Её только в музей.

  • @dmitryivanov9530
    @dmitryivanov9530 2 года назад +2

    you couldn't even tune your guitar

  • @martinlorentzen4731
    @martinlorentzen4731 Год назад

    not really shure what i think about that sound.. honestly it sounds a little odd

  • @herunowo6638
    @herunowo6638 2 года назад

    Hello im new subscribers 🙏

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  2 года назад

      Hello and welcome!

  • @rosshill9469
    @rosshill9469 Год назад

    Only in tune for first 5 frets, (that's how it was designed to be played.) Wrong strings, you need 'silk and steel' better still cat gut (made in USA). These old guitars cannot take the strain of modern strings.

  • @robertoyamakata6672
    @robertoyamakata6672 Год назад

    Hello. But I expected a great sound but not. I got as a bargain a luthier guitar more less 80 years old it doesn't look well a lot of spots, but it has an incredible resonance sound great. I first thought painting myself but i am afraid to do something wrong so I would let it as it is. Ugly but incredible and cheap

  • @banjoman6616
    @banjoman6616 7 месяцев назад

    Suono osceno e neanche intonata .. tempo sprecato

  • @haystackhider7158
    @haystackhider7158 11 месяцев назад

    Stone Temple Pilots?

  • @7271k
    @7271k Год назад +1

    This guy knows the mechanics but lacks the fine touch required to work on any guitar, let alone one that's very old. Yet......he's making money because we all watched. Should have read the comments first.

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад +1

      Live and learn.
      In this case, I was not required to "authentic restoration" with all the subtleties. The customer wanted to make it functional and cheap. While you may be right, I don't have much experience with such old guitar.

    • @KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld
      @KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld Год назад +2

      @@mr.k1t you should have really put nylon strings on. that guitar is not goind to last very long with steel strings... all the work for nothing

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад

      @@KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld
      I was guided by the desire of the customer. However, it's been a year since she's been fine.

    • @KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld
      @KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld Год назад

      @@mr.k1t i doubt that. even if true, it is going to be trash within the next years. these guitars are build for gut strings. even light steel strings will have easily 3x the tension. also it would not sound that horrible with nylons since it could be properly tuned. ironic how you put so much efford into restoring that guitar only to ruin it to worse then before condition by putting steel strings on it.

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад

      @@KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld Once again, on MY guitar I would put nylon.

  • @maxcuthbert100
    @maxcuthbert100 4 месяца назад

    Yes, you cna use steel strings on this guitar,although,silk and steel might work better. It's a shame you didn't feature any Ukranian guitar music for your soundtrack,though !ruclips.net/video/07tOupYnekU/видео.html

  • @DSteinman
    @DSteinman Год назад

    Oh no not another one of these hack jobs

  • @philippecouche2192
    @philippecouche2192 9 месяцев назад +1

    Please, don't play a sound that did not exist 100 years ago, on a 100 years old guitar. It has to be awful.. Try to play asturias suite espanola op. 47 instead ;-)

  • @tklee9793
    @tklee9793 Месяц назад

    튜닝이 덜되듯

  • @niklashedstrom762
    @niklashedstrom762 Год назад

    Painful to watch. So many bad choices here. Leave these beauties alone please. 😢

  • @simon-oy6um
    @simon-oy6um Год назад

    All that work and it sounds bloody awful😢

  • @envisiotube
    @envisiotube 7 месяцев назад

    Looks amazing, sounds terrible. Out of tune, bad tone. The guitar of your nightmares. Only for decoration usable.

  • @reynojosuejr.v.6872
    @reynojosuejr.v.6872 3 месяца назад

    Sounds terrible

  • @peterpulpitpounder
    @peterpulpitpounder 10 месяцев назад

    Sounds terrible.

  • @augustinhorodrigues8963
    @augustinhorodrigues8963 Год назад +1

    Pintar de preto? Não concordo

    • @mr.k1t
      @mr.k1t  Год назад +1

      Ele era tão

  • @vecinacucalacucaquelatiro6297
    @vecinacucalacucaquelatiro6297 Год назад

    That guitar sounds terribly bad! out of tune and too old to restore, it is garbage.

    • @KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld
      @KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld Год назад

      its not too old to restore. it is meant for nylong strings. he probably ruined that guitar by putting steel strings on lol

  • @cheryllakin3077
    @cheryllakin3077 Год назад +1

    I would have put classical strings on that. Very interesting seven string guitar. Almost like a baritone.