Bowed Neck Classical Guitar - La Mancha

[@Sci-Que]

Thanks again for another great video. I work on a lot of cheap guitars. Simply using a crimping tool on the frets to create compression and sometimes saving a neck reset is awesome. I will be getting one of those tools very soon. People with inexpensive guitars love them just like anyone else. I rescue them for people when I can.

[@stevedimebag]

Scott, you mention that silver is a soft metal. Nickel silver frets don’t contain actual silver. They’re an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc. Just thought it was worth mentioning. Great video again though! Really enjoying them.

[@OriginallyInspired]

lovely work man!

[@ruisousa4835]

Hi Scotty, these frets are probably 12% nickel only which make them much softer than the usual 18% nickel.

[@yobrojoost9497]

Very good video, you really show what you're doing with this guitar. I can't understand why classical guitars don't have trussrods. I happen to have a Hohner that does have one, never any problem with that guitar.

[@harpethguitar]

Thanks! I’m working on an 55 year old Garcia Classical guitar that has a non adjustable truss rod.

[@sandywinfield9406]

Would it have been possible to use a new set of frets of a different size or material for an easier fit? Or would that have taken away from the guitars originality/value?

[@harpethguitar]

I believe that would have been better. Typically fretwire is harder than this.

[@vindustrialguitars]

Hey great video Scott, do you think the Fret compression or the backbow tension you added with a clamp helped the neck? or was it a combination of the two?

[@harpethguitar]

Thanks Vinnie. Probably a combination of the two things helped straighten it out.

[@GuyGrainger]

So good to see a video with compression straighting. How many years did martin do this for repair? Adjustable truss rod in 1984?

[@simonlinser8286]

Holy moly there's no way I can do this kind of work, too much. What would you charge for this type of job? I guess that's why cheap guitars aren't worth fixing.

[@erwin-robinlemonway2940]

You realize how much of a bullshit it is when people claim that classical guitars dont need a truss rod. Thats just a handicap thats been maintained because of tradition. Just because the tension of a nylon string is not as high as steel string, it does not mean it wont show its effects overtime

[@dmithsmith5880]

My classical guitars don't need a truss rod. I make my fingerboards with round bar frets, they only require cutting into the fretboard .046" and it's a 3/32 wide half round slot which is naturally a structural arch. It doesn't weaken the fretboard at all. Zero neck movement ever. Sawing fretboard slots weakens the wood by 50%

[@joezanti5961]

Did you try the trust rod before you did all that?

[@kenlieberman4215]

Classical guitars don't have truss rods.

[@joezanti5961]

@kenlieberman4215 I did not know that thanks.

[@jovhanacosta720]

It has no truss rod,its classical, think before you comment😅

[@joezanti5961]

Chill man .

[@TheBeatle49]

Note: as far as I know, there's no silver in nickel-silver.

[@FSDFSDFSDFFSF]

Even if I straighten the neck by attaching a clamp like this to my classical guitar, if I release the clamp, the neck bends back to its original position. Even if heat is applied, the same result is obtained. I would be grateful if you could give me a hint to straighten the neck.

[@harpethguitar]

Without looking at it in person, I’m not comfortable making any recommendations other than to take it to a professional luthier

[@johnnygreenway3579]

Yeah I have a Silvertone guitar that was my dad's. The action is so high it won't even read on the string gauge. I saw a video where a guy put an iron on the fretboard and then pushed down on it. I'm not sure that would be safe. There is a slight separation at the bottom where the heal of the neck attaches to the body of the guitar. It may need a neck reset. It's probably a 69 or 69 with no truss rod.