my apologies, friends! I found out from Charles that this guitar was found in the trash on the side of the road, NOT in a dumpster. Not trying to spread misinformation, but my thumbnail is A LIE!!!
In Virginia, there's not much difference between "side of the road" and "dumpster". The biggest difference is, at stop signs, you'll see large piles of cigarette butts, where it's convenient to empty your ash tray while stopped.
Deffo is a very old putty knife. Good quality from the attn to the handle. Top quality steel too. Boot sale, flea mkt, tool auctions for other similar old putty knifes.😊😊
I have a friend who knows your friend Charles, my friend is also on the scene lol and trash dives....to think this guitar could have been mine had my friend found it ...who smashes and throws away a 1957 gibson ?? Love your videos, wish you were closer to N.S I'd try and trade you something for the jr. I don't usually subscribe but I think I will
In UK, these are known as "putty knives" - used mostly when installing glass in window frames etc. back in the day. Still widely available. Also. the clips are called "bulldog clips" :)
Yep, in Australia we call them putty knives for installing glass in windows. The curve can be 😊used as well as that straight bit on the back of the tip which works very well for making the flat 45 degree bevel of putty. The thin and bendy nature of the blade also helps in working the putty.
I " repaired" my 1971 Japanese Epiphone 150 acoustic that was a love gift from my young wife. The guitar was a POS . Super high action, unable to be in tune past second position. I gave up and put it back in the case for many years. When I opened the case years later, the neck that had been under tension sprang up because the upper bout brace had fallen out. The neck block then allowed the neck extension to smash through the sound hole and destroy the rosette and tear the upper side . I put it back into the case. After watching many guitar repairs on RUclips, I have fixed the damage, found a way to lower the action and with several other mods now have this as my number 1 go to, thanks to you tube lessons.
The key is to relieve the string tension .also never store any stringed instrument in extremes of temperature..when l bought my J200 from a Houston, Texas guitar shop, l asked them to relieve the string tension before dispatch to Australia, mindful of extremes of climate..l can still remember collecting the package at the local Mail Centre..the fragrance of the timbers still remains..a dream come true..btw, the Everly Bros always featured J-200s, later switching to J-180s..but the acoustic sound on their early recordings was due to Don using a J-45, specially tuned as his father taught, enabling the guitar gymnastics on those early Cadence recordings. Congratulations for saving a beautiful guitar.
I restore pre-war British cars for a living. I don’t know anything about guitars nor do I have an ounce of musical talent. RUclips recommended this. Watched it from start to finish. Really enjoyed watching this. Subscribed.
What a stellar job, from such dire beginnings! Fun fact: Though I do have AD(H)D, I had *no* problems watching this video... these kind of videos actually calm me down! This kind of relaxing artisan (repair) jobs in combination with a soothing voice-over are my favorite to wind down before I go to sleep... 🤷
I have one of these I found for 500 bucks all messed up in a shop 15 years ago myself and had it completely fixed and it was one of the best things I ever did
My brother used to play a 50, that we all called the rotten wood Gibson. It was a garbage can rescue that was saved by his friend, Russel Gleeves, who ran Adirondack Strings. What a craftsman! Probably the sweetest tone of any guitar I have ever heard.
Charles is indeed the patron saint of recording bands here in Halifax! Beautiful work on the guitar, we've seen it at Ocean Floor while he was making our last record. ❤
same in NZ and Great Britain....a putty knife. Used mainly for glazing, spreading the putty onto the wooden window frame before immediately affixing the glass. (putty being a traditional old fashioned mix of chalk powder and linseed oil.... and still in use today on wooden window frames)
Hi, I'm Roland from Venray, NL. I just started to watch this video becouse of the term 'Gibson'. As I am a huge fan of King Crimson's (main) guitarist, composer and co-founder, it immediatly struck me. One of his first (electric) guitars was a 1957 Les Paul Black Beauty. Since I heard his playing this guitar, I immediately fell in love with two things: His playing and the particular sound of this guitar. Funny fact: A couple of decades ago Gibson placed a huge billboard of Freddy Fender playing a Gibson guitar with the text: "Even Fender plays Gibson." Hilarious!
Love the quiet tone of this video, and the fact that you have NO obnoxious overdistorted riffs on your shots! And those are BINDER clips, not bulldog clips. Well, maybe they're called that across the pond, but I've used a million of them in my career in Cali.
BULLDOG clips are a binder clip, guess what brand they are or were ? (BULLDOG, from Great Britain beginning in 1944) That name just stuck, despite who may have made them later... You may be more likely to hear 'bulldog clip' than 'binder clip' outside of USA. Particularly in the ex-British colonies like Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and a long line of other ex-colonies.
DUDE, Beautiful rebuild/reconstruction!!! If that old guitar could tell it's own story, that would be a double Platinum album in it's self!! I'd buy it!! Again, Great job!
A broken guitar usually continues to tell a story,even when in pieces. Years back , at a friends house, sitting in his livingroom, picking away over a few cold ones. Wasn't unusual for us to gather round and play for hours, many nights there'd be half a dozen of us. Anywho...My friend was my mentor when it came to guitars. He also played a very old and rare guitar worth a boat load of money, i believe it was an old OM45-Deluxe. His close buddies used to make fun of him for totting around a $50k guitar, to bars, parties, etc. He always brushed it off, he just liked the way it felt and played. One night we're all sitting on the couch playing a few songs when his phone rang. He said "hello,...... this is he." I could tell by his tone that something wasn't right, but i had no idea. He sat there in cold silence listening to a strangers voice informing him that his son had just been k^lled in Iraq. Im not sure if he said goodbye or even ended the call, his eyes filled with tears and a look that i'd never seen before, at least not to that degree. Pain. He stood up slowly, held his guitar by the neck and put his fist through the entire thing, front to back, and dropped it on the floor. At this point none of us knew what had happened, just that he'd destroyed a very valuable guitar. I spent the next hour wrestling a handg^n out of his hand. Possibly one of the most twisted experiences of my life, and his. RIP brother.
Nice! I have a '64 J-50. I bought it in '85 and thought it was SO old. Anyway, it's been on dozens of records and my producer friends call it "The Voice of God."
It is refreshing to see a restoration aimed at making an old, damaged thing functional again, without the obsession of “original” components. Nice work.
Of course he's worthy of the guitar! You two took something that would have been pulverised, and made it into something beautiful again. Nice work, lads!
I am not a luthier, but have had some interest in building something along the lines of a Chapman Stick. I just put down that last period and the lawyers are already at the door! That was fast. Anyway, I appreciate these videos because I can always pick up little techniques I can use in other areas. Who knows maybe I'll find a broken guitar in a dumpster one day?
That knife is a modified "putty knife" made in the UK it would be called a plaster knife for fine decorating and finishing of plaster, it's made of stainless steel as it's called in the UK which has a certain amount of flex to it but retains it's original shape and is very hard and rust resistant.
William Temporal Ltd William Temporal (1854-1923) was born in Sheffield, the son of William Temporal, a butchers’ blade forger, and his wife, Hannah. The family lived in Trafalgar Street. His brother was Thomas Temporal. William Jun. was, in turn, a butchers’ blade maker, shoe knives manager, traveller (for a corn miller), and razor manufacturer. By 1919, he was listed as a razor manufacturer at 120a (back of) Broomspring Lane. Temporal’s trade mark was ‘TEMPLE BRAND’.
I found a blue Stratocaster at a friends home. It was trasned,. I rebuilt it and all the electronics were fnder parts. Turned out great. I like this one more.
Almost anything is repairable I’ve seen a violin that was crushed by a car. The man put all the pieces back together literally and it was amazing because it played beautifully and you couldn’t even tell his name was Jerry Rosa at Missouri. He does repairs on mandolin and guitars or he did for 40 years, I think.
Thank you for this precious information and step by step detail. I restore guitars as a hobby in South Africa and have just taken the top off an old jazz guitar only to find an old yellowed sticker inside : Gibson USA! Now I am super careful as this is actually my first time even handling a real Gibson.
I am the only person in the world who gets sentimental about old guitars. I know it is weird, but seeing a beautiful old guitar (that was about to be trashed) 'saved' is something that touches me deep in my soul. I know. I'm the only person who feels this way, but there we are.
I have an identical Putty Knife that I inherited from my dad. It's in the same condition too. It was never meant to be sharp. Dad had it since he was a boy and now I have it. I'm in my mid seventies now!
I use a modern, stainless steel cake/baking spatula for a lot of that kind of work. It's long, flexible, kinda narrow with a rectangular shape, but with rounded corners and an offset handle.
Great job, I like when older guitars are made playable again. Bob Dylan used a J-50 in his early days. For a "nonluthier" you sure have a lot of cool tools and machines! I was surprised the neck and action was still good.
Nice repair work Oy yellow dry stain with a little burnt umber mostly oy yellow added to a finish as shading and a air brush or a touch up gun and spayed on the binding and you could have matched it perfectly I have been refinishing grand pianos, fine antiques, guitars etc for over 50 years i cant tell you how many people who were experts of the trade in rebuilding and building brought there instruments fine antique furniture to me a steady flow for over 45 years they always said i can build it repair it but i could never make it look like you do im now retired now. I never had time to do a whole lot of building I just built what I needed to repair whatever I was working on but now I've built plenty in the last 8 years I'm doing the things i always wanted to do but never had the time while i was in business.😊
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 believe that is a cobblers knife used in shoe repair. You're right my brother nearly removed his thumb with one when it slipped replacing a sole on some shoes he was repairing .
I purchased a 1956 Martin D-18 30 years ago for $10. It was cracked everywhere, had holes in the top and sides, fret board severely gouged. Terrible condition. I paid a guitar builder $1100 to restore it, a bargain. Now 30 years later I have this fabulous sounding old restored Martin guitar that just sings.
William Temporal (1854-1923) was born in Sheffield, the son of William Temporal, a butchers’ blade forger, and his wife, Hannah. The family lived in Trafalgar Street. His brother was Thomas Temporal. William Jun. was, in turn, a butchers’ blade maker, shoe knives manager, traveller (for a corn miller), and razor manufacturer. By 1919, he was listed as a razor manufacturer at 120a (back of) Broomspring Lane. Temporal’s trade mark was ‘TEMPLE BRAND’. Definitely a "Putty Knife" in the U of K!
Your knife is a vintage putty knife made by WM Temporal of Sheffield England. These types of knives are/were used by glaziers. Your one is probably antique as William Temporal died in the 1920s and the company folded sometime in the 60s afaik . Sheffield was world class with steel making for a long time.
Could be a oyster shucker knife or maybe a leather working tool or just what you're doing with it,a useful doohickey 😊 Um,if you get hungry and cook then get adhb and lose track of whatever that french fry light will keep your food warm.😊 Kerfit the 🐸 frog would look for sure 😅 Nice work and soundtrack along with funky commentary, thanks.
Hi love your videos. The knife you have is a putty knife used for when you fit glass into window frames used to smooth the linseed putty that seals the window
The knife is a British putty knife, I have several and you can buy similar new today. The blade, ferrul and tang are all one piece with a pair of handle halves rivited through and shaped when on the tang.
William Temporal was a butchers' blade maker in Sheffield, England, who lived from 1854 to 1923. He was the son of William Temporal, a butchers' blade forger, and his wife Hannah. William Temporal Jr. was a butchers' blade maker, shoe knife manager, and traveler for a corn miller.
Sheffield has a long history of cutlery production, with the first reference to cutlery made in the city in 1297. Sheffield's unique geography, with hills providing coal and iron, rivers providing waterpower, and forests providing wood and charcoal, made it an ideal location for steel-making. In the 1740s, Benjamin Huntsman, a local of Sheffield, discovered a new method of steelmaking called crucible steel
In 69 I broke the neck on my dad's Gibson f hole. 20+ Years later thought I would buy him one to replace it. $2500 was more than I expected it would be worth!
On the binding on the back, maybe use some "amber" shellac. If you're using Bulls-Eye, they make an amber version. It could possibly bring the binding closer to the front. And by the way, for someone who isnt a luthier, this is amazing! Absolutely amazing. More than I am willing to do yet.
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my apologies, friends! I found out from Charles that this guitar was found in the trash on the side of the road, NOT in a dumpster. Not trying to spread misinformation, but my thumbnail is A LIE!!!
In Virginia, there's not much difference between "side of the road" and "dumpster". The biggest difference is, at stop signs, you'll see large piles of cigarette butts, where it's convenient to empty your ash tray while stopped.
you can change the thumbnail any time fyi :)
Deffo is a very old putty knife. Good quality from the attn to the handle. Top quality steel too. Boot sale, flea mkt, tool auctions for other similar old putty knifes.😊😊
@@CaptainRon1913 That's also where it's convenient to empty your boxes of vintage guitars.
I have a friend who knows your friend Charles, my friend is also on the scene lol and trash dives....to think this guitar could have been mine had my friend found it ...who smashes and throws away a 1957 gibson ?? Love your videos, wish you were closer to N.S I'd try and trade you something for the jr.
I don't usually subscribe but I think I will
In UK, these are known as "putty knives" - used mostly when installing glass in window frames etc. back in the day. Still widely available. Also. the clips are called "bulldog clips" :)
Of course you're 100% correct but expect strange questions and comments like "What is putty?" or "I thought clipping canines was forbidden!"
☺@@laurencehastings7473
Putty is a mixture of linseed oil and chalk, used to attach window glass to a wooden frame.
We call them that here in America, too, or at least, those of us who are of a certain age do. 😊
The putty knife is used to create a bead of putty to secure the glass into the window frame the secret is to put a good bend in the blade.
Yep, in Australia we call them putty knives for installing glass in windows. The curve can be 😊used as well as that straight bit on the back of the tip which works very well for making the flat 45 degree bevel of putty. The thin and bendy nature of the blade also helps in working the putty.
I " repaired" my 1971 Japanese Epiphone 150 acoustic that was a love gift from my young wife. The guitar was a POS . Super high action, unable to be in tune past second position. I gave up and put it back in the case for many years. When I opened the case years later, the neck that had been under tension sprang up because the upper bout brace had fallen out. The neck block then allowed the neck extension to smash through the sound hole and destroy the rosette and tear the upper side . I put it back into the case. After watching many guitar repairs on RUclips, I have fixed the damage, found a way to lower the action and with several other mods now have this as my number 1 go to, thanks to you tube lessons.
The key is to relieve the string tension .also never store any stringed instrument in extremes of temperature..when l bought my J200 from a Houston, Texas guitar shop, l asked them to relieve the string tension before dispatch to Australia, mindful of extremes of climate..l can still remember collecting the package at the local Mail Centre..the fragrance of the timbers still remains..a dream come true..btw, the Everly Bros always featured J-200s, later switching to J-180s..but the acoustic sound on their early recordings was due to Don using a J-45, specially tuned as his father taught, enabling the guitar gymnastics on those early Cadence recordings.
Congratulations for saving a beautiful guitar.
How wonderful that this beautiful guitar was rescued and restored to be played again. Beautiful work.
@@thecaveofthedead thank you!
I restore pre-war British cars for a living. I don’t know anything about guitars nor do I have an ounce of musical talent. RUclips recommended this. Watched it from start to finish. Really enjoyed watching this. Subscribed.
Rad! I spent a few years repairing/restoring air cooled VWs. Post war OBVIOUSLY.
I re-watched this and think it is my favorite. The dumpsters in Halifax are bountiful yet the harvest is fleeting
What a stellar job, from such dire beginnings!
Fun fact: Though I do have AD(H)D, I had *no* problems watching this video... these kind of videos actually calm me down!
This kind of relaxing artisan (repair) jobs in combination with a soothing voice-over are my favorite to wind down before I go to sleep... 🤷
Thanks! Same!
I have one of these I found for 500 bucks all messed up in a shop 15 years ago myself and had it completely fixed and it was one of the best things I ever did
Nice!
To say you're not a luthier, that was an outstanding result, even if you were. Good work man!
Thanks
My brother used to play a 50, that we all called the rotten wood Gibson. It was a garbage can rescue that was saved by his friend, Russel Gleeves, who ran Adirondack Strings. What a craftsman! Probably the sweetest tone of any guitar I have ever heard.
This video made me happy.
🎉
Watching you restore this Gibson and then hearing it being played was beautiful and somewhat emotional. Excellent video.
@@laurasinclair8712 thanks so much!
Wow, great work. So satisfying seeing instruments at this level of disrepair getting saved.
Thanks
Charles is indeed the patron saint of recording bands here in Halifax! Beautiful work on the guitar, we've seen it at Ocean Floor while he was making our last record. ❤
@@safeword_dartmouth he is a gift!
I have always called them (in the Australian vernacular) putty knives. I love these types of videos, the skill and patience on display is amazing.
same in NZ and Great Britain....a putty knife. Used mainly for glazing, spreading the putty onto the wooden window frame before immediately affixing the glass. (putty being a traditional old fashioned mix of chalk powder and linseed oil.... and still in use today on wooden window frames)
I love to see saving old instruments and objects. This is an absolute pretty restoration and brought back to life.
Hi, I'm Roland from Venray, NL. I just started to watch this video becouse of the term 'Gibson'. As I am a huge fan of King Crimson's (main) guitarist, composer and co-founder, it immediatly struck me. One of his first (electric) guitars was a 1957 Les Paul Black Beauty. Since I heard his playing this guitar, I immediately fell in love with two things: His playing and the particular sound of this guitar.
Funny fact: A couple of decades ago Gibson placed a huge billboard of Freddy Fender playing a Gibson guitar with the text: "Even Fender plays Gibson." Hilarious!
That’s a good one!
Always getting emotional when talented guys bring back to life such beautiful instruments... Bravo.
Cheers
Love the quiet tone of this video, and the fact that you have NO obnoxious overdistorted riffs on your shots! And those are BINDER clips, not bulldog clips. Well, maybe they're called that across the pond, but I've used a million of them in my career in Cali.
BULLDOG clips are a binder clip, guess what brand they are or were ?
(BULLDOG, from Great Britain beginning in 1944)
That name just stuck, despite who may have made them later...
You may be more likely to hear 'bulldog clip' than 'binder clip' outside of USA. Particularly in the ex-British colonies like Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and a long line of other ex-colonies.
Great job salvaging this beautiful old Martin
DUDE, Beautiful rebuild/reconstruction!!! If that old guitar could tell it's own story, that would be a double Platinum album in it's self!! I'd buy it!! Again, Great job!
Thanks very much!
Can't wait to watch this with my morning coffee tomorrow.
@@r0flgal0re cheers ☕️
What a shame. The J50 is a good playing guitar. I have one from 1954 that belonged to my uncle. Beautiful restoration!
For new white bindings, you can leave them in a container with some strong coffee for a few days, and it ages the binding pretty nice.
Dry or wet?
@@JoeBattle Wet
@@henrikpetersson3463 what I thought but you never know.
Once you hear pedantry as head injury you will never unhear it.
A broken guitar usually continues to tell a story,even when in pieces.
Years back , at a friends house, sitting in his livingroom, picking away over a few cold ones. Wasn't unusual for us to gather round and play for hours, many nights there'd be half a dozen of us. Anywho...My friend was my mentor when it came to guitars. He also played a very old and rare guitar worth a boat load of money, i believe it was an old OM45-Deluxe. His close buddies used to make fun of him for totting around a $50k guitar, to bars, parties, etc. He always brushed it off, he just liked the way it felt and played.
One night we're all sitting on the couch playing a few songs when his phone rang. He said "hello,...... this is he." I could tell by his tone that something wasn't right, but i had no idea. He sat there in cold silence listening to a strangers voice informing him that his son had just been k^lled in Iraq. Im not sure if he said goodbye or even ended the call, his eyes filled with tears and a look that i'd never seen before, at least not to that degree. Pain. He stood up slowly, held his guitar by the neck and put his fist through the entire thing, front to back, and dropped it on the floor.
At this point none of us knew what had happened, just that he'd destroyed a very valuable guitar. I spent the next hour wrestling a handg^n out of his hand. Possibly one of the most twisted experiences of my life, and his. RIP brother.
Nice! I have a '64 J-50. I bought it in '85 and thought it was SO old. Anyway, it's been on dozens of records and my producer friends call it "The Voice of God."
I've never looked at the bracing on one of these guitars. It's no wonder they make that warm, sometimes giant sound!
One of the coolest guitar vids i have ever watched. Bravo
Thanks! 😋
Bravo ! Saving a guitar like this is a holy quest in my book .
It is refreshing to see a restoration aimed at making an old, damaged thing functional again, without the obsession of “original” components. Nice work.
Thanks
editing reminds me of middle + high school projects and I oddly love it
Terrific video for those interested in learning the ropes of repairing vintage stringed instrument. Thanks for sharing!!
This was like watching the bob ross of guitar restorations and I loved it.
Of course he's worthy of the guitar! You two took something that would have been pulverised, and made it into something beautiful again. Nice work, lads!
Thank
Guitar Jesus, you walked on mahogany for this one. That back looked so good with the lacquer.
I am not a luthier, but have had some interest in building something along the lines of a Chapman Stick. I just put down that last period and the lawyers are already at the door! That was fast. Anyway, I appreciate these videos because I can always pick up little techniques I can use in other areas. Who knows maybe I'll find a broken guitar in a dumpster one day?
Great guitar! My Mom bought my dad a new J45/50 in around 76 he’s 82 and still has it…
That’s beautiful
That knife is a modified "putty knife" made in the UK it would be called a plaster knife for fine decorating and finishing of plaster, it's made of stainless steel as it's called in the UK which has a certain amount of flex to it but retains it's original shape and is very hard and rust resistant.
William Temporal Ltd
William Temporal (1854-1923) was born in Sheffield, the son of William Temporal, a butchers’ blade forger, and his wife, Hannah. The family lived in Trafalgar Street. His brother was Thomas Temporal. William Jun. was, in turn, a butchers’ blade maker, shoe knives manager, traveller (for a corn miller), and razor manufacturer. By 1919, he was listed as a razor manufacturer at 120a (back of) Broomspring Lane. Temporal’s trade mark was ‘TEMPLE BRAND’.
thanks for the history!
Nice! Thanks
Cool! I collect straight razors and have a couple Temples. It's interesting to know the story behind them.
I found a blue Stratocaster at a friends home. It was trasned,. I rebuilt it and all the electronics were fnder parts. Turned out great. I like this one more.
Great video. Good to see a Gibson back in service again. Thanks.
You always do a good job, my friend. I don’t know what I do if I ever find a really nice Gibson in the trash I probably wet my pants.
Thanks! I’ve found a few guitars in the trash over the years, but never one that didn’t belong there.
Almost anything is repairable I’ve seen a violin that was crushed by a car. The man put all the pieces back together literally and it was amazing because it played beautifully and you couldn’t even tell his name was Jerry Rosa at Missouri. He does repairs on mandolin and guitars or he did for 40 years, I think.
what a find, what a nice sound on the finished product.
this man out here doing the LORDS WORK!!!!!
Thank you for this precious information and step by step detail. I restore guitars as a hobby in South Africa and have just taken the top off an old jazz guitar only to find an old yellowed sticker inside : Gibson USA! Now I am super careful as this is actually my first time even handling a real Gibson.
What a pleasant surprise! Best of
Luck to you!
You work like you care about nostalgia. Born again J50. 👌
That was beautiful work, thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much!
Unbelievable you could rebuild that guitar! It sounded nice and warm. Great job!
Thank you very much!
Cool guitar resto. Don't usually watch these, but I like the way you present the content.
I appreciate that!
Worth saving and well done with your work and skills with intricate crafting
o, for the knowledge to use magnets as clamps 40 years ago...but going forward, thank you for making life easier in *so* many applications.
This video showed up on my recommended feed and I'm glad. I love the funny jokes and titles and pedantry. Keep it up!
Thanks Jeff
I am the only person in the world who gets sentimental about old guitars. I know it is weird, but seeing a beautiful old guitar (that was about to be trashed) 'saved' is something that touches me deep in my soul. I know. I'm the only person who feels this way, but there we are.
You are among friends! I, and many, put many hours of sweat labor into instruments worth almost nothing! It’s rarely without thanks, F capitalism
I swear thats the first time of seeing curfed lining made from scratch in the hundreds of hours I've spent watching these types of vids, noice work.
@@dejadejayoutube huh! That’s surprising! It’s pretty easy to make…especially such a small quantity
I have an identical Putty Knife that I inherited from my dad. It's in the same condition too. It was never meant to be sharp. Dad had it since he was a boy and now I have it. I'm in my mid seventies now!
I use a modern, stainless steel cake/baking spatula for a lot of that kind of work. It's long, flexible, kinda narrow with a rectangular shape, but with rounded corners and an offset handle.
Another one saved and she sounds beautiful on that short recording.
"...helluva game, helluva game!" 🙂Thumbs up
lol warranty voided had me lolling. great work, looks and sounds beautiful
😅
Great job, I like when older guitars are made playable again. Bob Dylan used a J-50 in his early days. For a "nonluthier" you sure have a lot of cool tools and machines! I was surprised the neck and action was still good.
Yes! But for a saddle adjustment, I too was surprised it didn’t need a neck reset. I always am.
I really enjoyed this. Thanks from down under.
Hi. Nice job. I did something like this, but made a new sound board for a very old guitar. To match the biding color I used yellow tinted varnish.
Good idea, we were on a budget and in a rush!
Did anybody else go straight to the comments to see if somebody would own up to that guitar being busted and in the garbage incredible job 👍
Clampett like Jed!! I'm not alone!!!!
I own an 18th century violin that was found in a dumpster. A luthier restored it and its a fantastic instrument.
awesome!
Nice repair work Oy yellow dry stain with a little burnt umber mostly oy yellow added to a finish as shading and a air brush or a touch up gun and spayed on the binding and you could have matched it perfectly I have been refinishing grand pianos, fine antiques, guitars etc for over 50 years i cant tell you how many people who were experts of the trade in rebuilding and building brought there instruments fine antique furniture to me a steady flow for over 45 years they always said i can build it repair it but i could never make it look like you do im now retired now. I never had time to do a whole lot of building I just built what I needed to repair whatever I was working on but now I've built plenty in the last 8 years I'm doing the things i always wanted to do but never had the time while i was in business.😊
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
So glade it was found and saved , also sounds good
I believe that is a cobblers knife used in shoe repair. You're right my brother nearly removed his thumb with one when it slipped replacing a sole on some shoes he was repairing .
Very nice work! Thanks for sharing your process.
Thank you! Cheers!
I purchased a 1956 Martin D-18 30 years ago for $10. It was cracked everywhere, had holes in the top and sides, fret board severely gouged. Terrible condition. I paid a guitar builder $1100 to restore it, a bargain. Now 30 years later I have this fabulous sounding old restored Martin guitar that just sings.
Awesome! Sounds like you got a great guitars and a good deal on the repairs. Some of us can’t help but charge what we would like to pay!
@@Notaluthier btw sorry I didn't say this b4 but nice job on the restoration.
William Temporal (1854-1923) was born in Sheffield, the son of William Temporal, a butchers’ blade forger, and his wife, Hannah. The family lived in Trafalgar Street. His brother was Thomas Temporal. William Jun. was, in turn, a butchers’ blade maker, shoe knives manager, traveller (for a corn miller), and razor manufacturer. By 1919, he was listed as a razor manufacturer at 120a (back of) Broomspring Lane. Temporal’s trade mark was ‘TEMPLE BRAND’. Definitely a "Putty Knife" in the U of K!
Hey! I own a 1957 Gibson j50. No kidding! I love it of course.
Lucky! They are great! I don’t have any dreads, closest I’ve got is a 1898 Brownson Jumbo, which will probably get a video of its own one day soon.
Your knife is a vintage putty knife made by WM Temporal of Sheffield England.
These types of knives are/were used by glaziers.
Your one is probably antique as William Temporal died in the 1920s and the company folded sometime in the 60s afaik .
Sheffield was world class with steel making for a long time.
Could be a oyster shucker knife or maybe a leather working tool or just what you're doing with it,a useful doohickey 😊
Um,if you get hungry and cook then get adhb and lose track of whatever that french fry light will keep your food warm.😊
Kerfit the 🐸 frog would look for sure 😅
Nice work and soundtrack along with funky commentary, thanks.
Awesome video! I appreciate all the silly jokes and such. You rock ❤
Awwwwe thank you 🙏🏼
Really relaxing video with nice refurbishing. Cool
In the US they’re called carpet tucking knives and also linoleum knives. Yours is a William Temporal. Thanks for the video.
Great fun to watch, thanks!
Thanks be to the algorithm for recommending this video. Also binder clips
Good job.... Once more I am entertained and.... stuff.
Phenomenal job, a master woodworker if not a luthier.
The editing makes this so much easier to watch. Too many repair guys make their videos too serious lol
Thanks
Great job on the guitar!
Nice,love seeing an instrument brought back to playability. Gotta get me some of that tone glue.
That looks like an artists pallette knife, should be easy to find in any art supply store. Nice work saving that old Gibson.
Hi love your videos. The knife you have is a putty knife used for when you fit glass into window frames used to smooth the linseed putty that seals the window
You are beyond awesome!
I didn't see anything confirming that it is a J50 1957 Gibson. Still, any restoration that brings an instrument back to life is something remarkable.
Very satisfying watch
It looks like a painter’s pallet knife like what Bob Ross used. They are available to buy. Great repair! Thanxz!
That old G-box has a nice tone!
The knife is a British putty knife, I have several and you can buy similar new today. The blade, ferrul and tang are all one piece with a pair of handle halves rivited through and shaped when on the tang.
Nicely done! Great job!
Thank you very much!
William Temporal was a butchers' blade maker in Sheffield, England, who lived from 1854 to 1923. He was the son of William Temporal, a butchers' blade forger, and his wife Hannah. William Temporal Jr. was a butchers' blade maker, shoe knife manager, and traveler for a corn miller.
Sheffield has a long history of cutlery production, with the first reference to cutlery made in the city in 1297. Sheffield's unique geography, with hills providing coal and iron, rivers providing waterpower, and forests providing wood and charcoal, made it an ideal location for steel-making. In the 1740s, Benjamin Huntsman, a local of Sheffield, discovered a new method of steelmaking called crucible steel
Great job on that “Left for dead” J-50. Enjoyed the video segment immensely. Subscribed!
Thank you very juch
In 69 I broke the neck on my dad's Gibson f hole. 20+ Years later thought I would buy him one to replace it. $2500 was more than I expected it would be worth!
Egad! Did you keep the parts?
Whar a video it nice to see the instrument find its sound again
On the binding on the back, maybe use some "amber" shellac. If you're using Bulls-Eye, they make an amber version. It could possibly bring the binding closer to the front. And by the way, for someone who isnt a luthier, this is amazing! Absolutely amazing. More than I am willing to do yet.
I was using dark amber shellac, I mix my own.
Love the use of driftwood! I wonder if they impart something of themselves into the instruments... "I was once a building that washed away"...