Guitar Restoration - Lucille Neck Break

Hello People!
Thanks for joining me for more guitar restoration videos!
Cheers,
Scotty D.,
Harpeth Guitar Restoration, LLC.
Nashville, Tennessee

[@Sammywhat]

That little plastic wrap "secret" is brilliant!!

[@bldallas]

Another great job. Gotta say, that owner was pretty lucky to have the guitar separate vs. having broken wood. I’ve never seen anything like that. Crazy. On a side note, I’ve said it before, Scott, but you are a real master at the “cosmetic” side of guitar repair. You’re a great repair guy, too, but the approach you take to refinishing / touching up an instrument if always amazing. Between all yyour dies, and paints and lacquers and pens and a multitude of buffing compounds/waxes, etc. you must have 50 or more products dedicated to perfectly hide the presence of any prior damage. Really amazing stuff. Thanks.

[@harpethguitar]

Thank You 😊

[@flapjack413]

Nice work as always. I've picked up so many finish repair tricks from watching you work. Thanks for sharing with the world.

[@harpethguitar]

Awesome, thank you!

[@CB-68-westcreations]

Looks like you do incredibly well detailed work. I have to ask why you're not using glass syringes for your hot hyde glue. Brushes and spatulas can work great but I've had pretty good luck using a glass syringe and about a 12 gauge needle. To get glue into place and allow it to flow from the center out. you could pre-warm the glass syringe to prevent it from getting clogged

[@harpethguitar]

I’ll look into it! Thanks

[@jonahguitarguy]

Very nice work Scott. I've replaced fretboards for fingerboards on two black Strandberg 5 string basses. Chasing pits and sand throughs is a massive drag. The second one I decided to not worry about being careful and just get it all smooth and then re-spray the whole neck. It was quicker in the end with better results.

[@thebubster0312]

Very lucky with a clean break like that.

[@nicolen.9642]

Omg...a brute! What a way to do a neck reset...😁 TLC for Lucille, Scott! Thanks. 👌

[@johngeddes7894]

Looking and sounding goooood. I always wanted a brass gluepot like LMI had, and one day, their $130 price was slashed to $39, so I got my brass Aladdin’s Lamp style glue pot. They’re way cool. Then LMI closed for good; well, not really so good.. Good work on the Sheraton, though. Maybe a Genie will show up and I could get a Proper work station and a bunch of Stew-Mac’s finest tools!

[@tperki2322]

Who ya gonna caul? I ain't afraid of no ghost... LOL. Nice vid... Had one of these Lucies. Heavy beasts. Those P-90s sound awesome...

[@harpethguitar]

No doubt! 👻

[@mikedavis3841]

Song here .perfectly good guitar. John Hiatt. 👍

[@gregoaks4413]

Nice work

[@harpethguitar]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@polymorphism1966]

Thank you Sir for the quick response

[@johnstiteler4088]

Amazing how clean the neck joint came apart. No way would it be that clean if you tried to remove the neck!

[@GuitarQuackery]

I love your trade secret.

[@harpethguitar]

The cat is out of the bag! Thanks Igor!

[@rocknrollrich1]

A woman scorned...

[@harpethguitar]

😆😆

[@Sci-Que]

My biggest problem is that I can't seem to keep my shop cleaned up properly and my tools sorted. If I had as many tools as you have I would be in big trouble. 🤣

[@harpethguitar]

Drawers and more drawers

[@Sci-Que]

@@harpethguitar Mine are full. Shelves full. I got a headache. 🤣

[@vayabroder729]

That was a clean break; he was lucky. That is a myth about how poly is so bad. If it’s not thick it’s as resonant as lacquer.

[@edadpops1709]

Cool little glue pot where did you but it?

[@harpethguitar]

Lee Valley 😇

[@markfogleman8438]

Thanks Scott! Which wipe-on poly do you use?

[@harpethguitar]

ColorTone 😇

[@BeastOfSoda]

I'm curious. Why the choice of hide glue? Was it the same as the one originally used, or personal preference?

[@harpethguitar]

It cures harder than carpenters glue

[@BeastOfSoda]

@harpethguitar I see, thanks. This is the first video of yours I've stumbled upon, but I can appreciate a perfectionist's workmanship, especially when there's a method behind the approach. Extra praise for coming off as a chill, down to earth fellow.

[@polymorphism1966]

Hi Scotty, love your vids, question I purchased one of those guitar kits, it’s not a bolt on neck, would tight bond be a good glue or would you recommend something else to glue the neck on? Thank you

[@davidethridge5748]

Absolutely, Titebond is an adequate glue. Use original and not Titebond 2 or 3, hopefully Harpeth chimes in.

[@earlsinstrumentsandtunes9732]

Take a look at the differences between the tite bond glues before you decide which one to use. tite bond two and three are prone to stretch. Which may or may not be a good thing kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHvdh5WAZ6xpb9E

[@ErickvdK]

Depends on the fit. If it's a tight enough fit, white glue will work. If it's a loose fit, either make it tight by glueing veneer to the heel and sand to fit, or use epoxy (west system, for the strongest joint), and glue it up. Epoxy is gap filling, but a neck reset is nearly impossible after.😊

[@harpethguitar]

It should be fine. That’s what a lot of factories do

[@leeholzmann1023]

why didn't you refinish the back of the headstock ?...

[@harpethguitar]

$$

[@jltrem]

Don't tell me...an angry woman did that?

[@ErickvdK]

"Hell hath no fury..."😢

[@larseikind666]

Yup, that looks like the works of a disgruntled partner. And it's a good reason for divorce. Poor innocent guitar...

[@ramencurry6672]

It could possibly be that the guy is a monster and she’s had enough. A lot of guitar players are unsavory guys

[@AbstractZombie-ed8fj]

So I just looked up the specs and these are extremely cheaply made with horrible materials.. The body is poplar/maple 5 ply (plywood construction with a maple center block,but Asian maple isn't close to American maple it's a loose term in Asia just like "mahogany" which 90% of the time is just a porous sub species of Asian cherry that is why they always do multi piece body's, they can't get asian cherry "epis mahogany " in larger boards because the tree doesn't grow to sizes big enough for it.. Seriously Google Asian cherry and see for yourself.. That neck is poplar, not maple and not mahogany.. Epiphone / Gibson knows since these are manufactured in China certain laws don't apply such as "false advertisement" so they get away with using loose terms for woods... If people knew just how bad Gibson was ripping them off, they'd still run and hand them $700-$1500 for cnc made in China guitars using sub par woods and manufacturing practices, it cost Gibson roughly $80-$125 to build a les paul in China with labor and materials cost let that sink in... An average epiphone employee makes less than a McDonald's employee... Glassdoor reviews will verify this statement, although you have to get a translator to read it because they're in Chinese.. Gibson doggs their Chinese employees bad, and Americans pay top dollar and support the slave labor that allows Gibson to make 500%+ profit.. Gibson also dodges massive import fees because they're an American owned company and don't have to pay "normal/standard" import fees.... If people knew all this would they still buy epiphone? Everything I've mentioned is easily found with searches... Epiohone is a cash cow for Gibson they get materials and labor for pennies on the dollar, use cnc machines so they can have a smaller work force, they take advantage of Chinese rules like no workers compensation and no insurance and still ask $700-$1500 for something that costs them nothing to make... Gibson is all about profit margins, they're not about music and musicians, they're literally about making as much money as possible riding on the name and the 50's/60's guitars.. Remember all of this when you hand Gibson $700-$1500 for that $100-$150 guitar..

[@harpethguitar]

Poplar is not the Best wood probably. Thanks for all of the info!

[@BootyCollins-gf5er]

How cool would it be if they made a neck thru version of this