I restored a junk guitar covered in stickers.

[@hpblack1953]

The things people do (or don't do) to their guitars is obscene. Thanks for rescuing these instruments.

[@svenjansen2134]

I really appreciate you let players play their revived guitars at the end of the videos. It's always exactly the style players that would do that to their guitars and they play the coolest stuff! I guess most is own material? This guy was really something special man! Love your videos.

[@KaimiyuDesuu]

ミッシェルやブルーハーツやハイロウズ…時代と持ち主の好みを感じれるギターだなぁ

[@markkasick]

the condition of the frets and board appear the the owner spent more time applying decals than playing. Very nice job.

[@Gspokane1]

Getting them stickers off without destroying the finish is an amazing feat in itself.

[@SiameseDream97]

loved that guitar even before the restoration, it looks amazing

[@AMPR45]

“I made a perfectly fine guitar less interesting!”

[@ben2808]

@@AMPR45Jesus Christ loves you

[@ben2808]

Jesus Christ loves you

[@Le_dank_memez]

@@ben2808 HAIL SATAN🤘🤘

[@Giitzerland]

Some of those stickers were incredibly rare, and about 30-40 years old, from the first Japanese punk era.

[@jimcoppa6946]

I like the way you remove those end piece pegs embedded in the body

[@YTPartyTonight]

Personally, I'd repair the head stock and neck issues and do all the functional setup work but I wouldn't change a thing about the body finish condition it came with.

[@daverice2426]

Yeah, if it was a real Junior sure (although those stickers would be hell on the nitro), but a hundred dollar Epi? Nah, let it party!

[@herbertorendorff6323]

It sounds like that guitar was overdue for some tender loving care and it looks amazing well done you did a great job

[@ito-hiroshi795]

カッチョいい！ 低く構えて、握り込んでかき鳴らすロックのギターだね！

[@GRIFFDANSE]

It's a pretty guitar without anything on it, but the energy it had with the stickers was sick as fuck.

[@daverice2426]

Yep. Now it's just another Epiphone.

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

You’re both a pair of philistines, who celebrate ugliness and denigrate beauty.

[@GRIFFDANSE]

@@heli-crewhgs5285 Beauty is subjective, and everyone has their own preferences. Just because we don't share the same taste as you, doesn't make us philistines. TLDR: stop being a dickhead.

[@rutabaga69]

It looked wank.

[@peterpaul176]

@@daverice2426 it had character

[@paulfrantizek102]

Love that shade of yellow.

[@makka3213]

これは正しく復元ですね

[@joelreed9763]

This is how Chris Squire's bass got its special sound. It had stickers sanded off ... twice. Probably the lightest 4001 in the world.

[@3dartstudio007]

For polishing tuner grommets, I found a bolt and nut to hold them so I could spin it in a cordless drill while polishing to get a very slick even finish. Super good restoration!

[@GordiansKnotHere]

That's a cute little guitar. Great work!

[@toddwebb6216]

I loath stickers, great work on restoration of the guitars former glory

[@roadrash6565]

Man I'm really liking your videos. I'm learning a lot from them. I am about to restore a Epiphone SG Junior an I will be using some of your techniques in the process. Keep the great content coming.

[@kohppp]

Even though it's an Epiphone, it's not a set neck, it's a detachable one.

[@omercanbakkalci]

Another great job and great band t-shirt. your music taste is amazing i believe.

[@sirbarryvee-eight6485]

Somewhere, someone is watching this and going "oh no man, my sticker guitar, noooo! My stickers!" Great work and great result, well saved!

[@starcadebandofficial3659]

As someone who is a huge punk rock fan I am one of those people, the reason is just the history, someone played the shit out of that and personalized it so it feels a little sad to take all that away. It's better if some kid played it and covered it in stickers and spray paint then to lean it in a corner and never play it again ya know

[@slightlyaboveaveragebutaverage]

I technically still have one of these reissues from the 90s. Great guitars but hard to find now. I made the mistake of smashing mine on stage back in the day. The odd thing is, even for a double cut jr, is the fretboard of mine didn't go into the body at all, so the pickguard is just covering a slab of wood known as the neck. That's the only difference between this one and mine lol

[@babooll5632]

The stickers told a story, but it's someone else's tale to tell. Beautiful yellow gold color

[@vincenticyfiregeetar7656]

those stickers are awesome id play that live as a main guit with them on

[@1thess523]

I actually got to play one at our local used shop, it felt and sounded soo good

[@BlairTabris]

love that you played some portrayal of guilt during the trial!!

[@studioasyl]

Portrayal of Guilt is one of the best bands in emoviolence, chaotic, skramz these days!

[@Clagos213]

Was incredibly surprised to hear you playing Engine Down in the end!! Amazing work!!!

[@bucketsAMF]

Appreciate the City of Caterpillar at the end there :D

[@chrisskywalker6079]

It's always great to see how Japanese people did everything with their soul. It's just awesome. Btw, can you also make upgrading videos of those guitars? I feels like it will be great if that yellow Epi upgraded with P90 pick up. Thanks

[@QXZJX]

Great video ❤

[@2cough]

Engine Down, amazing. Did not expect that. Respect to you!

[@ggrows3601]

When you pulled out the telecaster control plate to help remove the bridge studs you actaully blew my mind LOL

[@liviorock2026]

Prima era spazzatura ora è un gioiellino che aspetta chi vorra cullare i propri sogni e non è da meno

[@thetrooper2152]

Please keep doing what you're doing. I love your channel

[@michaelfuller9179]

Love these videos, also love the off minor shirt

[@jroc2201]

Love that guitar, excellent work, good luck

[@ZackPennington]

Came for the restoration. Stayed for the random Engine Down riff

[@bassesandbooze]

I thought there was a strange part inside the control cavity like a kill switch but then I realized it is a Goot H1-S heat clamp for soldering.

[@kevinfoster926]

Brilliant! restorations are far superior to clean ups.

[@gtrplr778]

Nice job. I like your approach to this repair, well thought out and done. Removing stickers can be tricky, depending on how long they've been left on. You came out with a very kool axe. Later

[@ericmauro1573]

Great job. City of caterpillar and an off minor shirt too? Nice.

[@RayBecker]

Nice job on that LP Junior. Plywood body, P-90 and no frills. Great rock guitar. Nice wide neck. I liked that you kept the dings in the guitar. I would've foil taped the control cavity because those Epi P-90's can get a bit noisy when using a ton of distortion but otherwise, you brought a classic back to life. Well done!

[@tonyennis1787]

Do you think they used "tone plywood" or "normal plywood"? Most people don't know that the only difference between the two is that the former uses "tone glue" to hold the layers together.

[@nicirvin1994]

So Simple.. And Yet.. Just like a Tele.. So very very appealing.. 🔥

[@Kowinaida]

Excellent restoration.

[@stevenrobertson9583]

Another awesome 😎 job!

[@sonijam]

Nice restoration!

[@nathanmclauchlan5148]

Wow what a transformation, you really cleaned and polished everything on the guitar, now it looks really nice

[@Rand_al_Thor372]

I love The Blue Farts!!!

[@hijmestoffels5171]

I like the Les Paul Junior with one P90 pickup. Very simple, very good!

[@zenberryflood]

We’ve all been there before, putting stickers on our favorite guitar or instrument, I remember having like over a few dozen stickers on my ukulele then having to resell it because it became too small when I got older and having to do the same thing you did :)

[@mkatou]

私も以前シールだらけのジャンクギターをクリーニングしましたが、途中で嫌になりながら全部剥がすのに３日間もかかりました（笑）

[@flaviorocharocha1505]

Mas compensa depois você vê a beleza que fica

[@MisterJWJ71]

It wasn't really a "junk" guitar. You just removed the stickers and restored the finish by polishing. Nice job though. It looked nice when you were done.

[@gojoluvr28]

@@MisterJWJ71 how would u know this from their comment alone?

[@MisterJWJ71]

@@gojoluvr28 just having stickers all over it doesn't make it a "junk" guitar. Neither does it being an Epiphone. Epiphones are actually decent guitars for the most part. It's not as if the guitar had been trashed and the finish destroyed.

[@524_]

ほぼ塗装剥がすようなもんですよね笑

[@富-q9b]

いいなぁー好きだったんだろうなマーシーが。 マーシーのテレキャスもステッカーたくさんだったし！

[@crazkurtz]

That guitar looked cool with all the stickers

[@dbb124]

It looked better with the stickers

[@possiblystevo9141]

you strung the bridge in such a way that the action is unnecessarily raised

[@nickcorona5407]

Te quedó muy bonita la guitarra compadre

[@ささくれ-e2w]

これはこれで味か があって好きやし、きっと前のオーナーのセンスはいい

[@80srocker65]

Really good job

[@damnedlock8776]

Boy someone got a deal on little tiny star stickers....holy smokes.

[@goiastr7760]

Looks nice before and after

[@zakkwildner]

Amazing result! A beautiful mustard guitar lol

[@mta2280]

シール剥がすだけでもスッキリして気持ちええわ。個人的趣味とはいえこんな虐待するようなオーナーは決していい音楽を奏でる人ではないと思う。綺麗にしてくれてありがとう。重ねて申し上げるけどスッキリしたわ！

[@truthtorpedo99]

Commiserations to the next guitar tech that has to take out that nut

[@lutzludolf4577]

He is playing engine down! Emo from the good old days!

[@jaymeramirez7435]

I love this. I wish you would restore old drums

[@TheAtariCreep]

Amazing restoration. Oh, and you do not need that much glue for the nut.

[@eric_in_florida]

Yep, just a tiny bit is best in case someone needs to remove it later.

[@neilwood1461]

Nice Job, love it

[@skoico]

love your videos, they are so satisfaying to watch

[@JoseFPepeM]

Well this was a joy to watch

[@jay4vice]

You aRe a SAINT!

[@inspectorcal]

amazing that with a little bit of water and some fine wet n dry paper you can "restore" bleached out poly finishes on a guitar

[@TheSekpong]

Enjoy watching your videos. I got second hand Japanese guitars and also want to fix and play them.

[@huseyinncann]

Not actually junk, it seems pretty to me.

[@ZosoHacker]

Lovely work!! Great video. Lighter fluid removes stickers AND the glue in seconds - old, old school graphic designer hack. Sounded great (maybe a tiny bit out of tune 🥴 sorry!)

[@VanStein277]

there was a big history in this guitar, and true story in it ))) but now its just a guitar )

[@twist2723]

Dog-ear single P-90 guitars are awesome.

[@bradpittiful7288]

nice save!

[@RokDAWG1]

Really impressive work!

[@unduloid]

Kita called. She wants her guitar back!

[@raydsonreboucas514]

Uma verdadeira obra de arte...o seu trabalho é magnífico.... parabéns.... sucesso sempre!!!!

[@Futbol-vl9qd]

uma delicicia kkkkkkk

[@documentalist-NL]

Wow, amazing job of restoring this to more or less original state. Where did you get the guitar if I may ask?

[@studioasyl]

It was purchased through an Internet auction.

[@Dan.Solo.Chicago]

I think I would have kept the stars and the card suits around the edges.

[@itsMrNoble]

You got those stickers off so fast. How do you get your hands to move that quickly??

[@manbearpig2164]

Good looking guitar

[@Millenial_Minuteman]

i would say you added the stars, as a guitar player, all the stickers make sense except them

[@eduardosantabaya5348]

cambiaste el puente-cordal porque te quedaba excéntrica la cavidad? podrías haber intentado rellenarla y rehacerla. Si, no me equivoqué, mucho emoviolence en esas manos.

[@優さん-k5b]

新しい動画待ってました！ ボルトオンモデルのエピフォンのネック、メイプルじゃなさそうな色でしたが、実際ネック材は何だと思われますか？ セットネックのエピフォンのレスポールでもジャクソンみたいなスカーフジョイントの場合メイプルみたいな木目なんでメイプルネックと思ってます

[@studioasyl]

ありがとうございます！ ネック材ですが、私もあまり詳しくありませんが恐らくマホガニーかなと思いました。 違ったら申し訳ないです。

[@JohnnyRock]

What a beautiful freaky punk rock machine full of character before the restoration. Shame.

[@gaspo69]

Amazing work!

[@Ho4HouJIeCHuK]

Theese magic sound of an old veneer

[@MirlitronOne]

Any Korean Samick guitar is worth the effort.

[@woodyforest2100]

Great video! Thanks!

[@BacCanale]

Nice work, very well done. But now the story of the guitar, and the stories behind every single sticker... all gone.

[@ppmoscadebar]

Q: How many stickers do you want on your Les Paul Junior? A: yes!

[@TheOwl]

Putting stickers on a guitar should be a felony. Great restoration!

[@albertlorenzo655]

Don't see it as a restore. As you used better or should I say proper parts. it never could have sounded this good when new. agree with another about you not lining control cavity. This is why this guitar dzine has lasted. this was up grade to past glory. sorry English only on my part. as I could not read what you wrote. Your tools and products show a good out lay of money. Thank you for showing what can be done. we take our music seceriously.

[@Giitzerland]

Whoever owned it was probably a Masatoshi Mashima fan(mid 80's punk), they even got the color right, it would explain the "Blue Hearts" sticker. Not to worry, he's holding a Gibson in most of the pics :D

[@irrationallynegative]

Why? It looked great!

[@tonymurphy2624]

Very nice job. One niggle. Far too much glue for the nut. Just a little dab of superglue on the end of the fingerboard is enough to keep it in place, and ensures that the bed of the nut stays flat. Once strung, the strings hold it in place nicely. You might also find that you can get those dents out. Use a damp paper towel and your soldering iron applied directly to the area. heat and moisture lets the fibres rebound. Very effective for dents. If it comes most of the way out, a final drop-fill with superglue polished back and it'll be almost invisible.

[@chrishenderson9130]

Never use superglue on a nut

[@nolanhawks]

Love a good LPJ, please keep making these