Gibson Explorer Vintage Guitar Repair Luthier Workshop

[@petrekguitars]

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[@ToddTheJoker]

Great to see someone installing proper tuners that will look and work great, instead of those useless, and unneeded in most cases, locking tuners! good job!

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks as lot for sharing your opinion and for your positive Feedback. To be honest I am not a great Fan of locking Tuners....🙂Best Regards Nik

[@Wileylikethehawk]

I have a 76 LE - very similar to this guitar. And it rules. These are just amazing instruments.

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks a lot for sharing. Amazing Instruments. Congratulations. Best Regards Nik

[@willie714]

What a beauty

[@petrekguitars]

Yes it’s a wonderful Instrument. Thanks for your feedback. Best Regards Nik

[@vastrange]

I love these long videos!

[@petrekguitars]

Thank you so much for your positive comment 🙏👍You are welcome. Best Regards Nik

[@ptrisonic]

Like the way he drags it around by the neck.

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks for watching and your Feedback. Best Regards Nik

[@buddyvincent9205]

Good job. Always a learning experience. Didn't know about the baking soda trick.👍

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks a lo for your Feedback Buddy. Yes this hack can be very helpful in some situations. Best Regards Nik

[@ladeseddy5994]

Nice job getting it back to original and setting it up. I have a 77 "V". Too bad the owner couldn't have found an original pick guard.

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks a lot for your Feedback. Your V is surely a great guitar. Yes my Customer buy it with this after market Chandler Pickguard. The additional holes are not also nice but it's still a great Insert. Best Regards Nik

[@clownscreamseback]

ciekawa konstrukcja główki,świetny jak zwykle materiał ,dzięki i pozdrawiam

[@petrekguitars]

Thank you so much for watching and for your Feedback. Best Regards Nik

[@AlanCowburn]

Another great video and as always informative and I learn stuff!😃

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks you so much for saying this. Your welcome. Best Regards Nik

[@toneconsultant]

I like that tape hack. I might have to use that one.

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks for your Feedback. Feel free to use it... Best Regards Nik

[@ashleymerritt9461]

It looked so much nicer before! Great work in any case!

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks for your Feedback. Best Regards Nik

[@SuperStandoutStuff]

Also, what lubricant are you using on the tuning machines? Great videos!

[@petrekguitars]

Standard Mechanic Grease.. Cheers Nik

[@Badhands55]

Excellent video 👍🏼

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks a lot. Cheers Nik

[@ilyasnamozov2914]

A couple of comments. Bridge humbucker may be either T Top, or Tim Shaw or PU490, or something else, but is not P.A.F. To know this for sure you have to desolder pickup cover and see what is inside. Also applying grease better be done before installing tuners to the guitar. Oh yeah also you can use chalk with super glue for the nut.

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks a lot for watching and for sharing your helpful informations👍Best Regards Nik

[@chriscarol4965]

Sehr cool! Und mit dem üblichen Kopfplattenbruch. 😂 Hab bei meiner 76er die Mechaniken ersetzen müssen, die originalen waren leider zu mix mehr zu gebrauchen. Und wie bei deiner, ist bei mir ebenfalls einer der Pickups nicht original. Der Modifikationswahn der 80er macht vor nichts halt.

[@petrekguitars]

Hey Chris, vielen Dank für deinen Kommentar. Die gehört einem Freund von mir ist "leider nicht" meine....Deine ist bestimmt auch ein tolles Instrument. Damals war das normal da wurde alles umgebaut und der Kopfplattenbruch gehört auch irgendwie dazu🙂 BG Nik

[@jerrywatt6813]

Hi Nik whats the large hole in the body between pickups it looks about 3/8 is that standard and whats the purpose ? Just found ya ill watch more my best guitar is a 95 PRS Custom 24 and still like new because i treat it with respect and never work on my own guitars i leave that to professionals like you cheers !!

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks a lot for your Feedback Jerry. I suppose this is a mounting hole for the grip Gibson use to lacquer the Instrument... Like on Fender Guitars. Best Regards Nik

[@jerrywatt6813]

@petrekguitars OK thanks have a good day !!

[@SuperStandoutStuff]

At 14:50, the guitar is taped up, and then untaped. What was the point of that? What changed?

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks for your question. I have made a Fret leveling Job but I will make a separate Video about this because there are a lot of points to take care about. That’s why It’s taped/ untaped. I use mechanic grease for the tuners. Best Regards Nik

[@KentuckyColonel]

Everytime I see that headstock move when he's taking the tuners off, I literally shutter..

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks for your feedback. You don’t have to be scared this is like the natural flex. of the neck 😉👍🕺🏻Best Regards Nik

[@Metalcop5150]

Swapping those Schaller tuners for the plate Kkusons seems like a step backwards. At least in tuning stability. And judging from the fading the Schallers have been on that guitar a long, long time. I get originality, but that was a curious decision, at best. I love your videos! So glad I found this channel. 🤘

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks a lot for your positive Feedback. Yes you are totally correct the Schaller are great Tuners but the owner organized the original Tuner and asked me to replace the Schallers. Feel free to check out my other Videos. Best Regards Nik

[@edwinh7908]

I agree! Yikes!

[@Metalcop5150]

@@edwinh7908 The customer is always right, I guess? And apparently he wanted to return the guitar back to stock. The Schaller holes were completely covered by the original tuners, so no harm, no foul? I prefer tuning stability/ playability to originality, but that's just me.

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks Mate. Cheers Nik@@edwinh7908

[@iplayerbass]

👏👏👏..............

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks a lot for you Feedback. Best Regards Nik

[@FreeSpeechWarrior]

I would have filled in the extra screw holes with toothpick dowels on the headstock.

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks for your Feedback. Vintage Tuners have always a risk of not working properly...So I decided not to plug the additional holes because in the case the Guitar is not stabil in Tune we have the opportunity to swap the Tuners back. Best Regards Nik

[@FreeSpeechWarrior]

@@petrekguitars Oh I see, sorry about that. I was trying to be a know it all. Good job, and lovely guitar. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@petrekguitars]

Not worries Brian . You are welcome. Thanks for watching my content. Best Regards Nik@@FreeSpeechWarrior

[@deandee8082]

someone that knows how to tie a string to a machine head peg, rare

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks for noticing and saying that... Cheers Nik

[@FreeSpeechWarrior]

I do not like the new knobs that you put on. The beautiful ones that were on there were nice. Not a big fan of the hockey stick headstock on the explorer. They should have put something similar to a Paul Reed Smith headstock on those.

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks for watching and sharing your opinion. The owner asked me to change the Knobs and the Tuners. He likes it that way:-) Best Regards Nik

[@FreeSpeechWarrior]

@@petrekguitars Again I was trying to be a know it all. Sorry about that. It looks beautiful and I'm coming around on the hockey stick and the knobs. 😂😂

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks Mate. Cheers Nik@@FreeSpeechWarrior

[@FreeSpeechWarrior]

You do excellent work but I love the speed knobs 10 times better than those ugly original kind.

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks a lot for your positive comment and for sharing your opinion 👍Best Regards Nik

[@manuelpachuca4222]

♍️⚡️🤘🕊️

[@petrekguitars]

🕺🏻👍Thanks a lot. Best Regards Nik

[@deandee8082]

take that box of dead strings and send them to a bladesmith that makes Damascus knives, tell him for the whole box you want one Damascus knife, he can keep the rest

[@petrekguitars]

That's a good idea Dean cause I am totally obsessed by this craft. They can make a Damascus Carving Knife this would be great:-👍😊Best Regards Nik

[@peterwhitehouse561]

Except for the nickel, and stainless steel has chromium. Both kinda soft. But maybe you could bolster the content with real steel and turn out a respectful tarnish resistant blade. Either way I agree, those strings deserve a new life.

[@yoheff988]

This super glue/ Baking soda idea does not hold for a long time, therefore I consider it a wast of time.

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks a lot for your feedback and for sharing your experience. Best Regards Nik

[@ibisrox1]

My 76 is the only one I've ever seen without a broken headstock

[@petrekguitars]

Thanks for sharing. Yes most of them have this issue. Best Regards Nik

[@CaptainRon1913]

Can't afford to heat your shop? Wonder why

[@petrekguitars]

There is no heater installed....simple as that🙂But it's a tiny Workshop and if you work a move it's really not a problem.Thanks for your Feedback. Best Regards Nik