REACTION and ANALYSIS: TRASHED Gibson Les Paul Restoration
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In this video, we will analyze a video by another RUclipsr, BigDGuitars, who completely disassembles, strips, and restores a Gibson Les Paul Standard. In the past, when I have done reaction style videos, they were highly critical of the methods, and skeptical of the intent. Such was the case when we reacted to one guitar "restoration" made in Asia by a channel called "Restoration and Metal". At the time, I lamented that the video had so many views and a such approval when it was so filled with blatant errors and fakery. This is not the case here. Derek shows us how it's done.
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That's the best impression of "steam" I've ever seen Brad!
Jeffrey Albert I’m a method actor. Took a while to get into the mindset of steam, but I think the months of arduous prep work and alienation of everyone around me as my conversations were reduced to just making the sound “pshhhhhhhhhhh” were worth it.
@@TheGuitologist William Shatner couldn't have done a better job.
See, where he went wrong with the Gibson was the lack of noodles.
Prince Westerburg he should’ve filled the chip outs with noodles. That would’ve been epic.
@@TheGuitologist Filini is the best noodle for that.
great vid, brad.
Prince Westerburg 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
Ah ! That's why it's called 'Noodling' on a Guitar then … LoL
@@Jester-Riddle there are undiscovered tribes in the Amazon that you were going to say that.
"We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents.” ― Bob Ross
Barry Dingle funny thing... I did put a squirrel in a video once. The FBI came to my house after that. They don’t watch Bob Ross.
@@TheGuitologist - Oddly, during the war, if a German spy was suspected in Britain, they'd show them a picture of a squirrel and ask what it was. Germans can't pronounce the name and say "Skri-Vell".
@@PrinceWesterburg Sorry to have to disagree but I am German and have been living in England for thirty years. I can pronounce squirrel just fine. So this blanket statement isn't quite correct.
That was 75 years ago
I think you guys missed a spy in this sub thread...
I glanced at the thumbnail when it popped up and thought
Oh Brad's been in guitar centers dumpster again!
BigD is one of my favorite YT luthiers. He did this refurbish justice. Fun to hear your take on it to!
Crimson guitars in the UK sell a ton of high end repair and maintenance tools and accessories
Get that free promo
Had to re-upload this one. The first rendering had an editing error. Fixed now! Enjoy!
lol ... that unplanned outro music .... This was a great watch, thank you!!!
The Guitologist I was wondering what happened. Stopped as it was getting good
I was getting worried when Brad said the video was moving a but fast to comment on and then took over 5 seconds to find the word adhesive. Lol
Heheh...yeah, the problem with the way my mind works sometimes is I’ll come to a crossroads in my speech where about 3 or 4 different phrases present themselves and choosing just one takes a second. It’s like self-editing as I go. Then there are times where the word I need won’t bubble to the surface, and that also causes a backup.
@@TheGuitologistI totally understand!! Good job on the video/channel. Please indulge us with some more dumpster diving videos.👍❤
Watched this video a while back. W/ the sound up, you can hear when he takes the neck out, it’s a LOUD crack. He almost shat himself when he did it and heard the crack. But I feel like he did a good job of fixing it up, rebuild, re-fin, the refret, every aspect of it. Such an educational video that does deserve more attention. I watched the whole way through a couple of times. Glad that you did this video to show how much work goes into restorations. Good vid, Brad. 👍🏼👍🏼
I tried to comment on the other video but RUclips insisted that the video I was in the middle of watching "didn't exist" 😂. Well, I finished watching a video that didn't exist 🤔. Cool video Brad 👌
I hate those faked restorations too... real fix-ups are great though, a great resource for learning.
Great video Brad !! I've followed Derek for quite a few years now & gotten many tips & idea's from him. Hope you & the family are safe n well.
I have to tell you sir... I bought a Native Sons strap. It's so nice. Really. They were so nice and she sowed some sued on the back for me so the buttons wouldn't rub. I don't know what to say. She shipped that fast too. Just top notch. If i wanted another 100$ strap id buy from them every time. Actually it was bout 80 bucks. Very nice though. I can not say enough. I also included your name there so they knew i came from your suggestion. I put that strap on the Yamaha A3R i just got.
Jay Sims congrats on the strap. Thanks for supporting my sponsors! Brandi and Chris are amazing people. She is an artisan!
Damn, that guy has some skills.
… and a huge amount of patience !
Big D Guitars channel
I was just talking to my wife about the idea of Gibson selling “B Stock” guitars, rather than throwing them out and wasting all that wood. Hopefully they do. Consumers wouldn’t complain. I’d be happy to pay a little less for a B Stock guitar 👍
they couldn't do that, most of their guitars would be moved to b stock
you should contact them,im sure they have never thought of the idea(sarcasm)
gibson will not allow their "legacy" or "brand" or massively "over priced guitars" to be devalued or have the brand criticized by selling anything too far gone.
that being said,you can buy "b stock" gibsons in canada at long and mcquade but you will only save maybe 2-5% and they only have slight finish blemishes etc
trillrif axegrindor I mean. I’m not saying they should be selling ridiculously beat up guitars (Not including relic’d or aged guitars), or instruments with broken headstocks and smashed bodies as B Stock. They’re a very ... frugal company. I think I’ve owned one, legitimately “Perfect” Gibson. And you’re absolutely right! Long and Mcquade does offer B Stock Gibson’s at a VERY slightly lower price. Honestly, they lose more than they make sometimes. Being an authorized Gibson dealership. But hey, I can dream of a world where Gibson might allow us a really great instrument with a small flaw (To their standards), at a slightly lower cost to the consumer. I can dream 😄. But you’re probably right. They’ll always be overpriced. And a bit whacky. They’re solid instruments for the most part. And I had high hopes for them when they “Re vamped” their strategies. Of course, all of that came crashing, and quite literally smashing down. I want so badly to love them again. Because a good Les Paul is a guitar you can love, and play for life. But it has to be GOOD. I can’t count how many I’ve bought, and sold over the last few years. Still dreaming of a better world for Gibson fans. But for now, I’ll stick to my telecasters 👍. Take care.
Noble Failures I mean. She’s a serious musician so...
I have a LTD EC 1007. It was a B stock guitar, and the guitar is amazing. Gibson are just full of themselves.
I know this will prolly get lost in the archives of RUclips comments but I just want to say thank you for putting out a proper response video. Often times you'll see responses that are steeped in the criticism from others. Instead of beating a dead horse to death you showed a proper restoration of an instrument highlighting the differences in attention paid to the art. Again thank you.
I learn quite a lot from these reaction videos you do man. Good to see what your process would be vs the videos, keep up the good work!
I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH A “FACTORY 2ND”!!!!
Killed me to watch Gibson chop those 335’s up in pieces!! God, my blood was boiling.
Yes, It would still be a real Gibson like all the other ones, with some flaws here and there. More people would be able to afford them, they would not be misleading at all with a "Second" stamp on the back of the neck. And they would sell more guitars, better for the environment and their image. Just so damn wasteful.. I myself would not mind a little chip here or there if it was 1/2-3/4 the price! If they just throw it away then they won't make any money at all from it, I really don't see any downsides to this..
@@Charlie6969 They dont do it because they dont like the idea of a Gibson not costing over 2500. Its the reason why Im a Fender guy, because Gibson is fucking greedy.
Hey Brad thanks for all the videos, by watching you I’ve recapped, retubed and biased my first amp. Even got my trem circuit working again.
Derek's a great guy and does great work.
Cool to see you guys collaborating.
Love his Whisky Barrel Teles.
Take care.
the cool thing of being this skilled and passionate,
is that you can turn almost anything brand new and
give it the personal touch you've always wanted,
he clearly loved that guitar and put his soul into it!
Derek is a Very Good Luthier and an even better person. I've known Derek for a few years now. Check out the Video of him Refinishing my Daughter Squire Stratocaster, The name of the Vid is "Pimp Yo Strat" it's a 2 part series with nearly 50k views. GREAT Vid Brad...
When I started watching I was slightly disappointed that it wasn't another commentary on a tragic reclamation because they made me laugh so much. However, I stuck with it and I'm glad I did because your commentary, on what was an excellent rebuild, was both informative and entertaining. Thanks, really enjoyed the video.
Good advice as always, it is refreshing to see you putting out so much new content, keep it coming!
Hey Brad, that’s a wallpaper steamer👌🏻
T-Bone Rising is that like a “dirty sanchez”?
Or a Cleveland steamer?
Good call t 🦴. Was just about to say the same but u beat me to it.
I watched BigD's video not too long ago - happy to watch it again "with" you!
Brad, thanks for sharing this! Having rebuilt a few guitars, I can tell you, yes, it is much more difficult to rebuild than build from scratch. But it is so satisfying!
Cool Video Brad! Thanks for posting!
I’ve watching this video before and I remember thinking he’s just gonna sand it down and refinish it and do some rewiring and hardware changes. Next thing I see is him pulling the fret board and neck. I’m like woah! This guys serious! 😂
So nice to see someone that knows what they're doing for a change, what a wonderful job he made of the gibson.
It's nice to hear somebody talking sense about the QC issues that companies face when making guitars in large factories. :)
Wait! I spent years at a factory making crappy tables, I would have had to reject that blank because of the bad route and I would have been surprised someone before me didn't reject it and get it off the line. These were crappy tables that sold for under $300 retail. How much more quality control should be implemented for a name brand guitar? A lot! Yes there are plenty of mistakes that happen in factories but this should never have went past the first person who noticed it let alone make it to paint. You don't even see Glarry guitars with that nature of quality control issues. All that said, great video Brad, I like to idea of reacting to someone doing something good instead of giving light to RUclips hacks. Hey go check out Matthew and Doris's new music video You'll get a kick out of it for sure. :)
I worked in custom hand railing for specialty buildings....
We would never have allowed that either....until later when we started with the "planned community" mass builder homes.....designer to dollar store in very short order.
and people wonder why theres "good" gibson's....
not me....ive seen them in the stores and can see theyre just another brand getting rich selling out their reputation.
$3000?...nah, thatll pay for an actually good TRUE custom almost anywhere
@@kazzTrismus Agreed. My $500 Agile is pretty much flawless, and I'm supposed to believe Gibson can't achieve that for 3 grand? Hell, Kiesel are making guitars that are pro level for around half of a Gibson.
@@kazzTrismus I hear you, Agreed! If I had a nice Gibson I would only sell it and buy a better spec'ed guitar for cheaper and use the rest of the money for other gear. :)
glarry guitars are fucking craptacular.
@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 Can't argue with that but at least they own it, LOL
Great video! I really dig this style of video from you, Brad. Even if you never bring SPF back, I'd love to see more videos of this sorta format!
I believe the steamer he used for the fret board is for removing wall paper.
that it is.
I wondered that but thought "surely not - it will be some highly specific neck steaming thing". I'm glad that even pros will use stuff like that to get the job done!
I know I'm late here but it also works very well for window tint removal.
When you were talking about factory seconds, it took me back to my first job as an electronic component engineer in the aerospace business in the UK. I was designing and making a jig to test DACs and ADCs, and I needed a bunch of 1k resistors with a very tight tolerance. I started measuring a bunch of gash 1k 5% resistors, in the hope of finding a very precise value. I don't remember why, but I recorded and plotted the values I was seeing. Pretty soon, I realised that they don't make 1% and 0.5% resistors. The distribution curve was like a volcano, with a scoop right out of the middle, that was where all the 1% and 0.5% resistors would be. And it was chopped off at the sides, where all the 10% resistors would be.
The company bought Hi-Rel (high reliability) components that were not made, they were selected on test from ordinary commercial parts. You paid extra for all the testing, not for the parts themselves.
Not a fan of recent years trend of reaction videos, but I gotta admit your reaction videos are interesting and informative. I dig your repair jobs more, but this must be much easier content to produce if you don't have good material or a lot of time to get good material ready for a video. Liked this one, always too afraid to start messing with guitars, but watching stuff like this also makes me more confident in that you can do this stuff if you're careful and study a bit on good methods. But damn, the tools you need for every step. Even just refretting. We're getting a lot of value for money from luthiers etc who do just the fretworks.
Agree, I don't like reactions, to subjects the reviewer isn't interested in, and just getting on the hype.
Great to see non corona vids! I know it’s important but Videos like this just keep you from the world rn. Great pair of RUclips’s! Subbed to both!
Always refreshing to hear your Southern accent and your excellent content. I watched that video with that mad scientist guitar builder guy you had the other night and it was so interesting but my favorite video to date has been the one where you soup top the five white Epiphone tube head. Also the Marshall mg restoration vid that you salvaged. I’ve learned so much watching this channel. 🤘
Welcome back brad the GUITARIST..
Looking forward to your future videos.
"That's important, doing that nut correctly, and getting that slot". I agree.
This guy is a beast. He knows his craft, probably better than from the Gibson factory!!!!!
I think that the steamer is a repurposed wallpaper removal device. Years and years (and even decades) ago, I replaced some of that stuff, and rented a device that looked suspiciously like that. And no rule says you can't use tools in multiple settings! :-)
It is a wall paper stripper
Yeah, its a wall paper steamer, i have a very similar one, worked well in removing all the layers in my 1960´s apartment. It didnt cost much at all, i think it was 300 SEK (Swedish currency) about $30 almost 10 years ago.
Thanks for saving me the typing time, I was going to say the same thing. Another repurposed tool for guitar repair is the sealing iron. Looks like a small sized clothing iron, so it's a decent design. No idea what they cost, because I don't do repair, generally, so I don't have much use for one. But I've seen them used by a fair number of youtube repair guys.
Ive never seen any on use it baring its main purpose ive seen people ise kettles for the steam
This is nice counterpart to your earlier reaction video. It shows everything that was missing from that earlier trainwreck that was passed off as a "restoration".
Hi Brad, just watched your vid on the Gibson rebuild. Good stuff as usual. That’s a wall paper steamer that he is using cheers.
I've seen this video before and enjoyed it.
And watching it again with your commentary
Breaking it down,
I enjoyed it twice as much.
Thanks Brad.
Thank you for sharing this video and your additional comments. I learn something every time I watch your videos. Bravo! That looked like a wall paper steamer that he was using to help remove the neck.
Great video, Brad!
Love that color! Thanks for the heads up Brad
09:30 Is the steamer called a Cleveland Steamer? I'll get my coat......
25:36 The sunburst is a very classy & dark sunburst. I like that!
I watched this video back in the day. Glad to see it getting a second wind.
Painstaking, fantastic work.
That turned out beautiful.
Yeah, spotted the vid awhile back - He did a great job on resurrecting the LP. Really enjoy 'build/repair' vids... You always pick up handy tips ... This variation on running a 'reaction vid' (normally a format I avoid ) actually ads to the experience and enhances the info intake. Cheers.
Big D did a wonderful job on that Les Paul. I watched the original series a few years ago, it went a lot further in depth.
All of the EBay luthier tools are just fine, except the radius blocks and sandpaper. That’s the only tool I’d recommend buying from StewMac.
I enjoy these vids, Brad. Thanks!
Matt Fields I had watched this one too. One of the best restoration vids on RUclips!
I live in a very dry area of the world. I try to keep humidity high enough so that my frets dont go proud each winter but some do. The nibs at the end of Gibson frets are one of the reasons I love them, never an issue because they are covered.
Hi Brad
The steamer is usually used for the removal of wallpaper as the steam can loosen near enough any type of glue, wallpaper paste etc.
A good idea of using a tool designed for one type of work to be used for another type of work.
Good video, 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Hope you and your family are doing well and are safe with this virus knocking around.
I respect the guys commitment to saving the guitar Vs Gibson cutting them in 1/2
I'm already subbed to Derek's channel.😉 I've seen and commented on some of his other stuff, but hadn't watched this one yet. He really went all out and produced an instrument that anyone would be proud to own!😁🎵🎶🎵 Great review Brad!😎
I remember that video! Now I enjoyed this build for the second time, no regrets here.
Good video. A lot of work and time required but a very good result. I don't think I will try to do something like this.
Cool Brad,Derek does some incredible builds and finishing love his staining with leather dyes,Cheers
Great video! I got a fender strat here with a few paint chips, what/who would you recommend me do/find to fix it if it's at all possible for a reasonable price? I live in Toronto.
I actually watched the original video a while back but it was quite enjoyable watching your take on this too. I was actually thinking you were going to say something really negative about it from the thumbnail and I was really surprised because I had thought it was a really proper restoration :-)
I had my SG Custom neck straightened and they routed out two channels either side of the truss rod and put carbon fibre rods in to stop it re-bending again
That's the quality way to do it … Hope that you're pleased with the result.
I have just watched the video and I can't believe you were doing a reaction video on it , I thought it was an excellent video when he said it maybe too dark but I think its fantastic great finish
Restoration question of a sorts.-I have a 55’ Gibson GA45 maestro-same as GA40 except different input resistors values, separate bass and treble pots and came with 4 -8” Jensen Gold Alnico speakers. At about 15 watts wondering whether finding (4) 8” heppner speakers or a combination of 2 heppners alnicos and 2 Jensen ceramic. I’ve never played an amp with multiple speakers other than my harmony 430 with two worn out 10” Jensens. Worth going down this rabbit hole vs just throwing in a nice 12” vintage MAG P-232? Love this 12” but curious of what this amp would sound like with a bunch of 8” alnicos. The harmonic content of these old Gibson circuits is off the charts-5879 preamp tubes. Maybe along the lines of a mini-Bassman .....Your Two cents appreciated! Cheers- love your amp repair videos. Taught me enough to be dangerous. Working on finding a mentor to complete my Jedi training.Through your videos I became more fascinated in amps than guitars.
Great rebuild..!! Lots of time and techniques to make it better
Man, the contrast with the binding and hardware with the color choice is an amazing call on his part
Now THAT is a Guitar resto...props to my man. I watched that Asian dudes "resto" and messaged him saying "you must be joking"..."you can not be serious" ....he sent me a winky face back. I think you were right when you said he has hit on something that gets loads of views...and he is still doing the same thing with all kinds of stuff !...good luck to him....Peace.
haha, about that having to take the finish off a guitar. when you wet-sand through the damn thing is such a ball ache. Also in luthier-school I built my first acoustic model that I drew myself, and it was supposed to be flamed maple back and sides just clear finished. but when I sanded the sides after gluing the "box" together to smoothen the sides out I went through to the mahogany lining on the inside. had to make it completely black just to be able to finish that guitar. but damn does it sound good, so pleased with it now that it's finished.
I own what was a playable O series Gibson Harp guitar remnant bought it with the harp sections hack sawed off. The neck is cracked into the body splitting the arch-hold separate free. I have decided to pick a piece of wood and slap a Baritone multiscale full fanned neck in it’s place. I haven’t used steam or worked on an acoustic or solid body remove and replace project. To be honest I shouldn’t. I can dance, sing, and play a bit very carefully, but I am terribly weak and pain riddled from two fatal like collisions. Should I ship it off to Keisel Guiars or Avanti and have them slap a new neck in? Lol! I know it’s not as easy as a slap:)what do you recommend?
I live in Nazareth, PA, home of Martin guitars. I got into building by buying their factory second parts. It was really fun going in there and digging around and Frankenstein-ing something together. If something had a defect as bad as that tear out then they would practically give it away most of the time.
You made me flashback when you mentioned factory seconds. When I was in high school, I was taking rockabilly guitar lessons from a guy who had an in with Mosrite Guitars and knew Semie Moseley. He got two factory seconds from them and offered to sell me one for like $100. It was a bright red job with that weird Mosrite sorta Bigsby like whammy bar. It was a second because there was a bit of orange peel look under the finish on the back which you could barely see. I begged my parents to loan me the money to buy it. They said no. I was bummed for months. I still am.
For the neck removal, the steamer is a wallpaper removal steamer. That's actually a really neat idea. They are very cheap.
I have a 1980 Les Paul Standard in the wiring cavity it says Gold for Goldtop but was finished in Heritage Cherry burst, because the top was a nice top.
I always enjoy your intros!
A fret press is pricey, but can be made from cheaper parts. Thank you, Harbor Freight. Get their hand arbor press, and Stew Mac's fret pressing head. Take the plunger out of the press, drill a couple of holes, one for the end of the pressing head and one for a set screw. Tap the set screw one, put the plunger back in the press, install the pressing head and it's jaw, and as the Brits would say, Bob's your uncle. It's a lot less stressful than hammering frets in after you've glued the fretboard to the guitar.
Nice tip! 👍
I actually saw this rebuild when it came out. The list of problems there were with this Les Paul were plentiful and his customer gave the ok for all this work cause he plays this guitar and just wanted it to be perfect.
When you see how much work he put into this (took months to complete having to wait for glue to dry, layers of lacquer to dry, etc.), after hearing all that was wrong with it, it ends up being all worth it.
I've used the leather dye on a few builds - it's really great to work with.
Great commentary Brad, learned a lot, looks like a job to get a Gibson neck off the body.
Brad, you uploaded on my birthday man! 👍🏻
Keep rocking brother! 🤘🏻
Mine too :)
@@MikeGervasi Isn't that fortuitous... You should sub to my channel even though I'm not very good at playin guitar. 🤣
I'm a part time/hobbyist luthier myself, and most of my tools are a combination of StewMac, LMII, Harbor Freight, and Home Depot. I don't mind paying for good precision specialty stuff.. For example, I spent 60 bucks on a little precision router base for my Dremel tool for doing inlay work, it's a bit of a specialty tool I suppose. LMII has wooden radius blocks for a fraction of the cost of the StewMac aluminum beam. One thing I can't stress enough to people who are just getting into building from scratch, DON'T SKIMP ON ROUTER BITS!!!! It's a lot easier to pay more up front, than have cheap dull bits tear your work up and have to do repair work like those filler spots in the video, or worse, have to remove a section and glue in a filler piece, or toss it and start over (horribly disgusting waste of good wood!). The barrier to entry seems high, but if you just buy tools as the need arises, and are smart about how you buy, it's not too bad!
Cool video Brad, as a fellow guitar builder I've been following Bid D's channel for a few years now. I think he does pretty nice work. Love your channel too, keep up the great work.
Brad, I must agree with you on Gibson's need to restore factory seconds to their roster of available guitars. When I was still in my 20s, my father found a late 70s/early 80s Gibson GK-55 factory second for me. I NEVER FOUND whatever flaw made the guitar a second, and I played it both off- and on-stage until it was stolen from me a couple of years later. I really wish I still had that guitar to this day. Only things really wrong with it were things I'D caused to happen!
Gibson: Bring back the factory seconds! You won't regret it!😎❤️️🎸‼️
Excellent!!! Have no paint on my hand-built dubbleneck bass, Swedish made, 4 string unfretted, five string fretted, HEADLESS GEAR,
from Hip Shot
Light-sanding between coats of stain is the norm. That's how you get the deep tiger-stripe sheen on a burst finish. That guy did a great job. Cool Vid thanks!
I had a 1970s Memphis with a banana neck. Such a beautiful guitar so I took the neck off removed the fretboard. and put it in a jig I made to pull the neck straight with some hunks of maple to hold it in the middle to give it a bending point and then some scrap pieces to protect the neck from clamps on the ends. left it in there for 3 days and tightened it a little bit like 1/16th of a turn each day it was in the jig and when I took it out the neck was straight.
Loved the Orion intro good work man!
I'm pretty sure that Mohawk and Behlen are made by the same company. Their lacquers are exactly the same but the smaller size containers are labeled with the Behlen name and the larger containers are labeled with the Mohawk name. If you check out Brad Angove's channel he mentions this.
Beautiful job!
Ive actully been looking for a nice less paul or ephinone guitar that is none working or working just to add some custom touches to...i keep looking at local pawn shops and online but havent found anything yet that really catches my eye...really like your video znd knowledge on repairing these guitars...
Just pedantic trivia: The water doesn't loosen anything up or get into the wood. It is only the heat. What the water does is transfer the heat well to the piece you are steaming to give you control. Another really good one to watch is Rosa String Works. He does some really good work and also discusses the pros and cons of different stuff.
David Kirtley wood glue is water soluble.
In home built aircraft, we often steam wood to bend it for ribs and other parts. Works great.
Cheers for sharing. That is one of the best looking Les Pauls imo. Would happily own it
Interesting to watch the whole process . Looks nice.
Wasn't too keen on his sunburst finish at first but once he put on the clearcoat and buffed it it really started to look good. Just goes to show how much a good finish can bring out a stain.
keep up this series it's awesome
i have a vintage silverburst custom that could really use this treatment! great work!
That looks like a wallpaper steamer we used to rent them when we had to strip wallpaper.
Behlen/Stew Mac spray bombs are Mohawk made now. They bought Behlen a long time ago and have slowly have been moving everything over to Mohawk. I have noticed in recent times they have begun dropping the Behlen name off the containers for the industrial sizes of lacquer, but have both Mohawk and Behlen part numbers featured on the label.
Derek did a beautiful job. What a nice guitar, looks great. Refinishing a guitar well is no small tast and the work on the neck was extensive.
Thanks for this Brad, I didn't know about Derek's channel.
Now this as opposed to the first two mentioned is restoration!!!!!!