Another Gibson Les Paul neck repair; colour matching the mahogany repair splines
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- Опубликовано: 27 окт 2021
- In an early video about the repair of a Gibson Les Paul with a broken neck, I sprayed dark lacquer over the repair area to hide it. In this video I colour match the mahogany repair splines to the existing finish. The same repair technique but two approached as to how the finish might be repaired.
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those were well matched splines my friend, you must have loads of experience under your belt. that is so much harder than people might think. theres luthiery and then theres finishing. and then theres the odd bloke that can do both. hats off! great work on both accounts..
Thats very kind of you
Your work is so beautiful that I would want no color to obscure the splines. Well done and thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much!
I like when the repair is "not" shaded. You do such a good job it's hardly noticeable. Outstanding work.
Well done! You've done brilliant jobs of both repairs. Liking one more than the other is a matter of taste. Please keep producing your informative and useful videos.
Thanks Scott. As you say, a matter of taste rather than rights and wrongs. But thought it helpful to show what both approaches look like.
Hi David, fantastic repair, your craftsmanship is second to none. Nice to see my f hole in the background
Aah well spotted Ray!
I think they both were marvelous repairs. As you say, it comes down to preference. I don't think there is a right or wrong approach. I would have been thrilled with either repair.
Thanks Scott.
This looks SO much better! ♥️
good to see another upload
Wow, you'd have to be looking for that to notice it. fantastic work
You would have to actually be looking for splines to see them. Great job! Love your videos. Keep up the good work.
Very good repair!
Your work is the best I've seen.
Thanks Kevin. Appreciate your comment
Top work as always
Thanks Brett
Nice work
It's an honest repair and well done, also.
I am in favor of the second technique without the dark lacquer. Nice work on both repairs!
Speaking as a violin restorer who has also built one or two guitars, I'd say that this approach is much better. Obviously, from the Western tradition a perfect repair is undetectable, but the Japanese philosophy of Kintsugi - a celebration of skilful repair is also very attractive. I love honest repairs, and the previous Les Paul you mentioned looked superb at the stage BEFORE you added so much colour IMO. I also repair gun stocks, which obviously need to be very strong, and I've developed a technique which would be very applicable here, using original wood as cover for a stainless steel support.
Thank you. When I upload a video onto my channel it becomes fossilized. In reality techniques and approaches evolve and change. I do a lot of neck break repairs and the finishing process shown here is mostly how the repairs are completed. Most customers are happy to see the strengthening spines.
Excellent
Both fantastic repairs. Just hope I can find someone as competent as yourself if it ever happens to mine!. Personally I don’t mind seeing evidence of a well carried out repair. Thanks for the upload.
Thanks Shaun. I hope this never happens to your guitar.
omg you are so good... keep uploading plz!
Thats very generous of you
Wood is beautiful. I believe that all imperfection should be visible and not hidden.
Both look Great! If a person-Buyer has proper equipment? Even just visual, it can be spotted! Nice Job!
yes youre right, under black light you can see repairs very easily! a good thing to have when buying a gibson for sure. the majority of people arent trying to be deceptive but theres always one! good point though mate!
Very nice. The repair is not immediatly obvious, but quite evident with a little scrutiny. I think it's a more 'ethical' repair. It was broken, was well repaired and still beautiful, and the life go on. No need to cover own tracks. An unscrupulous resale of the guitar may occur, and the repair man may not want to be part of a scam, even unknowingly and involontarly..
A guitar tech/luthier discuss that question, the head repair being staple of the job, on his own RUclips channel (twoford) on some of his vids.
It's a shame to cover the repair with dark lacquer because it conceals just how good your work is.
Should I get splints inserted before it breaks
Nice repair! Also this is NOT a design flaw in these very expensive guitars; its a tradition.
It's a design flaw. Short grain plus a cavity = problems.
fantastic repair! what is the routing bit diameter for the splines?
6mm
this approach is better
To each his own but I wouldn't want to see the repair. So when you are making the splines size do you measure 1 inch above the crack and 1 inch bellow the crack?
Depends on how the neck has cracked. But about that length. I dont think the spines have to be very long. The glue repair is already securing the repair to a large degree.
@@flameguitars5770 I have seen others using splines but they have long splines. Didn't know if length gives anymore strength.
@@dane6k6 The weak area on a LP is under the truss rod nut. This is the area that needs to be strengthened. I don't see any value in running the splines halfway down the neck.
You use 5mm or 6mm for router bit?
6mm
I’d cover the repair every time
What causes that type of crack ? Did it fall over ?
If you look at my other video about LP neck breaks I talk about the reasons why the neck on a LP is more likely to crack.
@@flameguitars5770 I’ll
Have to take a looksy , thank you for sharing .
Gibson really should do something about it. This is starting to become quite embarrassing meanwhile. Or they should sell them with splines in the first place. As kind of a new "trademark". :D
I always think it's best to leave some evidence of your work. Particularly this kind of repair. A neck repair on a Les Paul can seriously affect the value of the guitar, and once it leaves your workshop you don't know what's going to happen to it. It may well be sold on, and if the repair is completely hidden there is the possibility that it could be passed off as never having been repaired. Further down the line, somebody might pay thousands for a guitar that is effectively worth considerably less and they will never get that money back.
Please don't take this as a criticism of your work. Far from it. My point is that your work is so good that it would probably take an expert with a magnifying glass to find any hint of it. More than that, you have almost certainly IMPROVED the guitar, making it extremely unlikely that it would break again. The problem is with those people who (unlike me) consider ANY deviation from stock to devalue the instrument. I'm not sure how they think a guitar with NO headstock retains any value!
Thanks for your comments. Have a look at the second video I have made about LP neck repairs. For that repair the spines are not disguised.
It depends if the repair is obscured to deceive a potential buyer.
If they were my guitars, you would always decide what is more appropriate. You propose and I accept.