How to stain a Fender maple fretboard
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- A 1972 Fender P-Bass neck came into Dan Erlewine's shop with a nasty curve that wouldn't adjust out. Dan had to remove wood to make it straight, so now he's refinishing the surface to match the rest of the neck.
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I can watch these all day.
"Gotta be careful, I was rushing it"
I love how he left that on the video to demonstrate a mistake...keeping it real.
How classy is that?
In other words: "Do as I say, don't do as I do".
Very helpful to see what kind of mistakes you can make.
I always love watching his videos.👍
I can't watch a guy take a chisel against fretboard grain... I felt that in my scalp.
The Bob Ross of Guitar Repair.
You spelled Jim Bakker wrong..
Hands down,Mr Foogba
That would be twoodfrd.
It seems so easy... when HE does it!
it'll always be easy, as long as HE does it.
Dan screwed up more than we'll ever try. That's why he's the best.
Staining won't get easier than those bottles. Try mixing colours until you get there instead of just tweaking the amount of a certain colour. I waited for a video like this. I got an old Peavey T60 that needs a refret, since the original owner tried to make a second nut out of the first few frets with his death grip. Apparantly he also paid off the ranch of the Marlboro Man.
So I wanted the keep the colour he produced over the years with just use slightly wider fretwire, maybe seal underneath with thin CA glue and call it good. Now I think about doing solid work with a new finish.
@Stewmac: What colour would you suggest for a 79 T60? Is there a trade secrets on how to refinish a neck after the staining? multiple coats with wet sanding in between?
Lol yea no kidding 😂
Simple.
Not easy.
Everything is easy when you have 5 tools for every tool.
You could also stretch a rubber band until it's thin enough to insert into the fret slot. Release the rubber band tension and it expands leaving no space for the finish to seep into the fret slot.
Hey gresst idea. 'cause I'm cheap and lazy.
I love these videos. There are going to be a lot of great luthiers in the world in the future because of Dan. He is absolutely inspirational. His passion for his work is fantastic.
It would be good to see the rest of the finishing process on this.
I really enjoy these videos where we get to watch Dan work his magic. I would really love to see a video of the frets getting installed, leveled, and dressed.
This man is absolutely incredible at any and everything. I'd pay a million bucks to have him teach me everything he knows.
please be my grandpa
wtf
@@Niko-ss5kd 😂😂😂
Get in line, man.
That would be sooooo convient.
He costs too much.
I could watch this videos all day, he's the man!
Orion Hellraiser he could build my guitar anytime
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Hey Dan - for the teflon fillers, why not just make the first cut in the teflon with the template, then put the sheet in the slot, mark the proper depth with a pencil line, then remove and use the template to make the second cut. That way you don't have to risk cutting yourself with the chisel and it will be at the perfect depth!
Wtf are you even talking about man you're nuking wood.
The master at work. I can look hours at this. No risks, careful approach, tons of experience. Your guitar wants to live with this guy.
This man isn't just master at his skill, he is great at teaching and explaining very simply what he's doing and why
"That's all there is to it!" Yes, and dozens of years of thinking and working and applying your craft. You are an ARTIST, my dear sir, and we can only hope what the musicians decide to play on your instruments is equally as good. Thank you. : )
I would love to be this guy's apprentice. I've already learned so much from him through the years.
Excellent video. I always appreciate StewMac videos, because your planning and editing results in quick, yet complete instruction. A lot of YT instructional videos are painfully long, with a lot of unnecessary filler!
Finally I have a bit if understanding about maple fingerboard finishing method. This was a mystery to me for years. Thank you Dan for covering this topic. Greetings from Malaysia.
Ok, THAT is impressive. Well, everything Dan does looks that way, nature of a ton of experience and hard work, but that color matching is like magic!
I have to say I seen thousands of videos this is the most informative downright serious Craftsmanship Videos I've ever seen on anything thank you very much
I'd love to know how to stain the fretboard with the frets already installed. To avoid buildup at the fret/fretboard intersection.
Did you ever find out?
Don't put too much on your cloth. When you're done with whatever you coat that with you can use your razor and gently undercut the fret wire and then micro-mesh polish it off.
Man, this shop is heaven for a guitarist, excellent work done behind those doors!
I absolutely love seeing stuff like this because you can make your most important instruments always be playable!
There's NOTHING more beautiful than getting to really know your instrument after so many years, thus creating that special bond with your guitar.
I have three guitars and do not need more!
One of them is my go to guitar, others are plan b, and c...
You know your head over heels on that one special guitar when you've re-fretted it 3-4 times lol
To personally wear down, break in a new good guitar, and keep rocking with it for 30-40 years or more, down that very long road
Is most satisfying...
Shops like these are simply wonderful.
StewMac all the way!!!!!!!
Don’t think for a minute I didn’t see that chisel dig into the Maple 😉
I love how he’s always so patient. Cures the anxiety 😂
Lovely job. So satisfying watching that colour match up!
I do all of my work except refrets anymore. A lot of folks bring their instruments to me. I'm not where near anything more than a good tech but I watch these videos not only for the knowledge but because they are relaxing. Does anyone else with some knowledge or hell, even no tech knowledge watch these just because they like watching them?
Sure i have my guitar since 4 days and watch these videos to learn about guitars and because they are relaxing
Man, you made that fretboard look mighty fresh. Great work.
Uncle Dan you never cease to amaze me.
I hope his apprentices are paying attention 😳😳😳 Clearly, a natural teacher 👍👍👍
This Old House for people who love guitars.
My wife says that Dan is the Tom Silva of guitar repair.
😂 you’re right
Even when it's simple and straightforward, he makes my jaw drop in amazement!
More life lessons from StewMac…! take-a-way message is: be patient. Thank you everybody who helped makes this ( and all of your ) video. Soooohhhh useful.
I'll say it again; someday Dan will be as well known as Les, or Leo. There probably thousands more like him, but I'll bet only a handful with that level of dedication
1st off, Dr Dan is the MASTER, he has taught me SO much ...that said, one problem with his finish work on this P-Bass neck: the factory sprayed, and very thick, lacquer finish for this era P-Bass neck is sprayed "after" the frets are installed, and said finish is as thick as a coat of plastic, so what Dan is doing is just color staining the bare, sanded maple, he's not applying the same thick lacquer finish he sanded off when re'radiusing / leveling the fingerboard .....
Great match Dan! Thanks for setting the standard high.
I'm convinced this guy can do ANYTHING.
This guy is THE guitar tech.
Amazing! I love seeing a true craftsman in action.
I can watch this man at his work forever!
MORE people like you. Thats whats musicians and human kind need.
Been cutting those tips off the dye bottles for decades...😶 so this is why I subscribed to the channel. Thanks I feel smarter than a pin today. 😌
It’s nice to see that Mike Ehrmantraut is still alive and settled for an honest job
A true craftsman & professional. Thanks Dan, & Stew Mac.
This guy is the business. Proper craftsman.
I have very few heroes in my life who I really lookup to, Dan's one of them
I used your part # 5040 black (a lot of it) to stain a curly maple fingerboard. I put the fingerboard in a stainless steel tubular container with a screw tight lid. It hooks up to a refrigeration vacuum pump to suck the color inside the wood. I use denatured alcohol for the carrier. It really permeates the wood with color. The fingerboard is really interesting variegated black. To me it looks like "curly ebony." When I get the neck finished I will send you a photo.
The master of masters. Thanks a lot Dan, we appreciate it more than we can express in this comments!
As always, that's beautiful work!
That's nice, my friend had his 74 precision bass refretted and they'd sanded the board but didn't stain it, it was so light compared to the headstock, it looked like a bogey on a bride.
Dan's a national treasure.
2:15 With the chisel flipped over you can use the corner of the bevel as a fulcrum to get finer control over the depth of cut.
Yep
new more, too short, can watch this man all day!
Passion and patience. I love your job!
Dan, you're a real artist!
This video is fascinatingly high quality
That looks like work I would fall in love with.
wonderful to watch a master like Dan !
As always, Dan.... You are THE MAN.
Beautiful Technique, Thank you, Dan.
Dan, you're an inspiration.
Dan is an American treasure.
Dan/stewmac, please make a video of you actually performing the truss rod adjustment you had to make to this. I'm at that same point with a 2006 strat
Excellent upload, thanks for sharing
That's a lot of work and I bet it will look perfect when done. I wonder if the owner considered just putting a new neck on the guitar.
Could I do this refinishing without removing the frets? I have some light age wear on my maple fingerboard and I like the look of this (the wiping on bit not the hard stuff!)
I bought a can of your Amber colored lacquer. It worked Excellent.
Couldn't help but notice that as he was using the chisel to trim the teflon he scratched the fretboard. Will the stain or sealer conceal the scratch or do you sand it out after? BTW I do love his videos.
always good to see the master at work !
"Better chance of cutting into the wood" he says as the corner of the chisel cuts into the wood
1/100 of a mm... it’s nothing
@@Freedom89984 Too mutch if it's my guitar and 72' for this one
@@Freedom89984 well the teflon fillers weren't needed, the stain wouldn't have compacted in the fret slots, and if it did you could clean it out easily with one soft swipe with the fret saw. So slicing the telfon fillers with a chisel is a risk you don't need to take in this particular case, also if you really want to protect the fret slots, you could have left the teflon sticking out, and just stain over/around it.
2:06 I noticed that too
@@Freedom89984 it gets sanded off :))
He's such smart and meticulous guy.
Gorgeous color
It appeared that the chiseling the plastic fret inserts left scrap marks in the fretboard wood (2:01). I know Dan is a master, so not sure how to do it better or different.
Duuude, that was glorious to watch! Besides, he even talks just like Mike Ehrmantraut, much for the delight of all us Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul fans out there! 😂😁
The Teflon strips worked great when I refinished my maple neck. Thank you Dan!
Dan is the Bob Ross of Guitar Repairs LOL
My thin '79 Strat neck is still pretty straight. However, I use 10-52 gauge to get relatively equal tension across the neck. It was a little up-bowed on the plain treble string side when using standard gauges (9-42, 10-46).
This is so 😌relaxing
Can you use Tru-Oil to finish the neck on top of the liquid stain? Will it remove some of the color? Thank you.
awesome detail Dan,much thanks as always!
I love this videos! I love the calmness as well, thanks!!
One of the best Jedi Knights around.
gotta love StewMac....they know guitars.....
Chisle tip 101. Turn the chisle bevel under instead of facing up. Eliminates the chisles tendency to want to go down into the cut. Instead it automatically skimms along the surface shaving off material instead of gouging or diving down into the material.
great match! thanks for showing us this!
Would it not be easier to just stain the neck and then clean the fret slots with a fret slot pick? Seems like it would take a lot less time and work with the same result.
Of course I could be totally wrong but my curiosity has peaked.
Wow what an artist!
very good meticulous work
How much did this neck repair cost? I'd imagine it wasn't cheap.
My thoughts too.
Absolutely hah. In fact I remember a video where Dan mentions that it's usually out of the question as a process because a guitar is so rarely worth the effort. I guess this guitar was an exception!
@@Lewiiiiiiiis - other than the instrument belonging to a person that can afford it anyway, in the case of an older instrument belonging to a musician, it's usually worthwhile. The wood will become more resonant in time, which generally makes it sound better - which makes the expense worth it. Some famous instruments have been saved right here on this channel.
@@DavidSmith-ss1cg like the nut on Willie Nelsons trigger guitar
This guy is like a wizard.
You make everything look so easy you SOB 😄👍
Great job Dan!
A true master craftsman.
HI, how do U clean unfinished maple fretboard? My fretboard is very dirty. Thanks for Ur help.
Great video..You are so good at this sir.
i wonder if its possible to change the color of the guitar finish..like make it a bit more yellow because i have a guitar that made out of sitka spruce for the top but the color is cream and i am not fond of it :(
Nice work Dan!
I absolutely love these videos
The looks great Dan
Good video, 2:04 would've been better though if you put tape on each corner of the chisel, that sharp chisel will scratch the wood against the grain so quickly as you see, but cool regardless.
How about a vid on ebonising a rosewood fretboard
Very interesting!....I'm a new subscriber, can't wait to see what the future brings for this channel!.... Very talented guy!... God bless
10 dislikes for what, guess them fools could not take the knowledge from Dan the man.