Destroyed frets on Epiphone Les Paul Custom
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2023
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And today's lesson is: don't use a belt sander to level your frets. Nice work, Tanya!
Why not 🙂 ... 80 grit and of you go. I have a real Gibson LP ´95 looking like that. More woman in guitar building.
exactly my thoughts @SHADOWBEAR82763
i was trying to figure out how frets could come to look like that. I believe you just may be right.
@@joshcarter6297 bending with really crusty old strings.... don't ask me how I know.
Angle GRINDER, more like!
"Destroyed" is a good word for those frets. That didn't happen by play wear. Sometimes you have to wonder what people were thinking. Great video!
"Thinking"???? You Must be kidding. 🤣🤣🤣 😁✌🖖
They were thinking “this meth is pretty good”
pretty sure it was from bending the strings. Typical for blues.
@@bradrobinson8686impossible to wear out only that section of a board
@@bradrobinson8686Not with a guitar of that age.
Great work. A thing ive been doing lately is applying some Vaseline to the fretboard before applying ca glue. Glue hates the Vaseline and will not stick to it instead wicks into the fret slot. Wipes away completely! No need to chisel the remains cause there's none left!
Cool 😎
Those frets had to have been sanded. Level across with no string divots in the frets, someone wanted to grind it down to fretless wonder action. Not the easiest job to do. Best to leave it to the pros! Great job Tanya! ✌️
It looked so good when it was finished. It made me want to hear a sound demo.
Learning with Tanya. Imagine teacher Shpachuk entering the classroom. And we all say “Good mornnnnnnnning teacher”. ✌️🎸✌️
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Nice! My dad is an old luthier and he said fret work apart from everything else always separated the boys from the men. You are a man amongst boys lol
It's kinda impressive someone managed to badly sand the frets like that without damaging the fretboard. They are lucky you fixed their mess.
I like the little wave at the end 👋😄
It's a joy to watch you work. The before / after results are stunning 😊
I love 3:45 when you insert the frets pre-ground to keep the neck binding trim hiding the frets. I learn so much watching you and love your work.
The thickness of that fretboard is remarkable! Beautiful, meticulous work once again!! You never disappoint, Tanya!!
I like the Lefty Les Paul . I'm a South paw too.
Oh yeah! She does a great job!
Just poetry in wood and steel. Great stuff Tanya!
Great work! Your workshop has a special atmosphere. Like a place where you can shut out all the stupid and crazy things going on in the world. At least while you're working. Please keep posting these videos. Thx.
I really enjoy watching your work. I love your attention to detail. Great job.
Lovely work. Your video production complements your luthier skilz quite nicely. Fret work ASMR to start the day.
Really nice work Tanya. As per usual.
Just did my first fret level a few days ago. While there might be room for improvement, I'm glad that it didn't turn out like the beginning of this video 😀
You make that look effortless, which means you are truly a skilled artisan ❤
Oh wow this was nice work! Great job Tanya, seriously professional.
You work with such grace and skill!
Thanks for the explanation, I looked at the frets and my first thought was, "that's not play wear"
I liked seeing your reflection in the pickup at the end!! 😄
Well done, as always. I would have liked footage on nipping the fret tangs for a bound fretboard. That way those who are watching for educational purpose will see a proper accommodation for binding. It is not completely necessary to show this, but since you demonstrated radiusing the fret wire, it would be a natural next step. Nevertheless, this was great to watch. Please stay safe, and enjoy your weekend.
You make it look so easy ,,,
Almost have me convinced I could do it myself
Estoy impresionado con este canal, es lo mejor que encontré en mucho tiempo, excelente trabajo te admiro mucho. :D
You are SO good at your work!!😊
Amazing job Tanya!
Will be the best playing Epiphone LP on the planet, when she’s done working her magic.
Wonderful work. Was a pleasure to watch and it spurred me on to fix my Jackson nut slots over the next few weeks too. 🤘🤘
Remember to make the slots a few thousandths
wider than the strings, so they don't bind. 😁✌🖖
So good to watch.....never get bored of your videos.
Nice work. I just lowered the nut on my Agile L.P. copy about an hour before watching this! Good timing. Fingers wave back at you. Peace.
Incredible work. Great video!
Wonderful work friend 🙋♂️ your work area looks more interesting.... reminds me of a Jethro Tull song "One White Duck" , Stay festive during the holidays-- look towards Fine Art during Jan, Feb months , enjoy a good restaurant along the way , bye !
Tanya you are SO talented your work is outstanding huge respect to you! 👍👍
I love watching your videos so please just video all day every day while you are at work 🤣
Your videos are very helpful keep up the good work
Wow! You are a gifted artisan Tanya! (Hope you are safe)
Another beautiful job!
Excellent work looks like new. 😊🕊️
Now there's someone who puts real practice time into that guitar.
when you bending a whole 6-string chord on every fret. amazing job, as always
Very good job, young lady. I wish you lived here in the U.S. Stay safe and God bless you.
Brilliant job. Your techniques are very different to mine, but your end result is great!
Felicitó por tu desempeño y tu trabajo
Gorgeous! I wish I could learn to do that, but I have nobody to show me. Everyone makes it sound easy in videos (just mark the frets and file until the marker disappears!), but there’s clearly more to it such as knowing when to use each tool and how to really round the crowns. I’m sure nearly all the guys on RUclips have had someone show them how to crown/replace frets in person at some point in the past . . . and also messed up plenty with tons of practice . . . before learning and deciding it’s easy, lol.
Tanya, from one female to another, thanks for showing that women can do just as good of a job if not better than a guy. It’s like fixing cars. Most guys think there’s no way a girl can do it until they see one do it, lol. I think a lot of the men I talk to on RUclips are surprised to see how much I know about guitar repair, history, parts, etc. Some have learned to respect my knowledge and opinions while others feel threatened. There is another female that builds acoustic guitars from scratch who also knows what she’s doing. I also love a channel with a woman who does wood burning designs into guitars as well as repairs.
It’s a smart move to put your work out there. If we lived near each other, I’d ask you to teach me to crown/replace frets . . . but I’m in NYC. So far I’ve been brave enough to try doing many other things to repair/maintain my guitar. Re-frets are the one thing that worry me because you can’t easily undo errors once you file too much material, lol. Still, I appreciate your work if I study what you’re doing long enough and can find a few free practice necks (so I don’t ruin my own guitar), maybe I’ll be brave enough to copy you. 😊🎸👩🏼🔧🪚🗜️🧰🪛🛠️
I made a refrets watching tons of RUclips tutorials, and it worked for me! Nobody showed me in person how it works, but it worked out.
Grab yourself a super budget guitar and then and give it a shot! You might find a new hobby!
But, my tip for you: be ready to invest a few hundred bucks for proper tools. You can get it done with a lot of DIY, but that costs more time and is less efficient, making you prone to error.
Buy some really cheap guitars and practice on them
Very cool, kool, & Kewl seeing this process along w/ the tools for the tasks. Satisfying.....Hmm, yup & thanks
Thank you. Beautiful work!
Nice work they look great!
Very nice work! Stay safe!
Girl! You got some mad skills! Instant subscribe 😊
Another job well done!
Nice work - and stay safe!
Looks great, Tanya. You turned a butchered stick
into a playable fretboard. 😁✌🖖
It would be a pleasure if you'd make a demo of the instruments after the job. Please Tanya haha. Love your work, keep those videos coming! Greetings from Argentina.
Hello from Canada…just subscribed and excellent videos and work !❤
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Great work!!! Really good.
Really nice job
Gorgeous work, thank you for sharing. That fretboard is one of the nicest I've seen. There's no way those original frets were wore down /that much/ due to playing. (Unless owner turned it into a slide guitar ... maybe?)
Awesome work!!
I came to this video because I have an Epiphone Les Paul Custom, also in need of a re-fret. It was great to see the care and attention that Tanya gave to this instrument. I wonder what year this guitar was built, because mine was made in Korea in 1997, according to the serial number, and the truss-rod cover just says "Gibson" on it.
Idk for sure but I can tell is before 2020 bcse that’s when they started using the Kalamazoo headstocks.
Be prepared for cracks in the binding. Those Korean ones have shocking binding. All the plastic suffers plastic rot, which is a shame as the Korea made ones are otherwise great
@@MrSongwriter2i mean. Mines a korean 96, and binding is fine. whens that kick in? Only issue I have is guy before me did a bad nut Job and I had to redo it, that wasnt even epiphones fault
@@Ottophil it doesn't. It's not a thing with "all the plastic".
@@Ottophil Those are just stupid cork sniffers. Plastics do not rot.
Awesome work ❤
We kinda saw her face! Extra bonus video! 😂
Beautiful job!! 👍👍👍
that is some severe fret wear! great work
"Wear"? That's not wear, that's butchery.
@@zapa1pnt looks like someone used a chainsaw on them
EXCELLENT...As always.
hi tanya Welcome Back
This girl has mad skills 😊
A very SATISFYING refret! Dobry!
Nice work!
Присоединяюсь к желающим подробнее знать, что случилось с ладами ) неужели болгаркой? ) Красиво работаете, отлично снято и смонтировано очень здорово. Спасибо
Good stuff
those frets look amazing . i have been really scared to start doing neck work without having a hands on teacher. but here in Ohio it is like a secrete to working on guitars. nobody wants a apprentice or is willing to teach. but i know i am going to have to start sometime lol just hope that mine will look as great as yours. great video
Beautiful!
Great job ❤❤❤
"I'm gonna save some money leveling my own frets. Watch this guys." -this guitar owner
Super work. Just tune and set intonation in the playing position. Truss rod adjusment the same. 😛
Somebody leveled those frets! Leveled the F out of them!
Well, sure, it's easy to do a complete re-fret when you have all the tools, know all the steps to perform and have years of practice perfecting all of the physical skills to do all of the high-precision work. LOL. That's amazing craftsmanship.
Once again Rule 1 of guitar maintenance- if you don’t know what you’re doing, take it to a professional! Excellent work Tanya!
Or research and try it out on a really cheap guitar. That's how I learned.
Top job - Boom!
Saved it
Ted Woodford tells us that the CA glue should only go on the end grain of the fretboard and not the bottom of the nut slot. Easier for future work, i guess 😊😊
Looks like someone botched the fret job! Great job there young lady.
That was not a "botched" fret job.
That was just stupid/drunken butchery.
I'm just an old fart who has been working on guitars for a lot of years, but this is really beautiful work!
Чудова праця! 👍🙂🎉
👏 awesome!
This TEC guitar is excellent
"My guitar won't stay in tune, I don't know why..." Yeah, man, it's a mystery.
Хтось дуже полюбляє бенди :) Чудова робота!
Can you make a video discussing fret tang size and how you deal with mitigating backbow from the tangs? Thanks
I’m very interested in the products you spray on the fretboards? Cleaners and protectants. I assume you are using acetone to clean up the glue residue. Brand name not important. Love your work and videos
That looks like a vintage,,is it a old guitar? Love you work and hello from NJ
Як ми і очікували, ще один чудовий фретджоб! 👍🏼😎🤘🏼🎸🖖🏼🇺🇦✌🏼
Ви мали на увазі мене у відповіді в Telegram?
I have done a few dozen refrets over time but always used hot hide glue on the frets.
Can anyone tell me What kind of glue is she using?
Great work!
Super glue, Cyanoacryllic clear. There are 2 types. The stuff she uses which already has the catalyst as a 5 second application & cure.
Then there's the CA glue that goes on without the catalyst, separated and sprayed. The mix happens as the catalyst is applied separately. The separates, that allows the glue to seep into the fret slots, the catalyst is then applied and cures the glue. The separates, that's used to fill (neck & headstock cracks for finishing), it literally doesn't hold wood together, that's what the wood glue does. Epoxy is another filling glue. It expands, would glue bonds pulp or the wood for wood grain level bonding.
@@jimcamp2423 I have heard of people using CA but it always seem to be in small repairs because of the mess. I will try,for sure, the one with the separate catalyst.
Thank you very much for the reply!
Hey Tanya! What is the pad you use with the drill for the fret ends?
Great video as usual
I love your work. BTW, why do you have wads of glue on your fingernails?
It looks like it was sanded, with 80 grit sand
paper wrapped around a length of pipe.
Someone must have been drunk as Hell.
Gorgeous ! ...Just like the fretwork!♥️... How many hours for you to do a bound fretboard???
Tanya, have the finished instrument play a brief outro...shows off the finished product.