Les Paul Broken Neck Repair EP6

[@martinlouden9005]

A fantastic end result John. Undoubtedly far better than any Epiphone leaving the factory, and I'm in no doubt that it is better than many Gibsons, especially those built in the last 20 years! Great entertainment John and I look forward to your Next Project!

[@theNextProject]

Martin, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! I think it is a better instrument now than when it left the factory, should at least be stronger. It would be rather easy for Epiphone and Gibson to make minor changes and improve the resilience of such a guitar. Well, not my call. Glad the project was enjoyable, and I've got more projects lined up. Hope all is well for you. Be safe and take care!

[@markp7026]

I did not Know ...now I does. As I await my delivery of this fine work of labor. I feel remiss for the offer made and will redeem myself soon in your favor John. Thanks. Mark, the buyer of this fine work of art.

[@theNextProject]

Hey Mark, good to hear from you and thanks for offering _"Murray"_ a good home. I call her Murray, because it's kinda merlot/maroon colored, but can call her whatever you wish. I understand you POV, and the reality of the brand based offer. I hope you find it to be the best Epi that you've even put a hand on. If you don't mind, give us some play-through samples when you and Murray get settled in. I'll put a vid together and showcase the build and your samples. Let me know when you need a link for file transfer. Be safe, take care and enjoy. She ships out today!

[@achimdg6335]

That's the kind of your content I love. I really enjoyed watching the rest of this series. I have no projects to start, but I recently started playing the bass from zero on. I'm not sure how many times I have started from zero on. This time again, I'm trying to play with a pick. I just keep on not getting any better at all. Soldering, that's what I got better in.

[@theNextProject]

Achim, good to hear from you and thanks for watchin! Glad you enjoyed the project, many thanks for hanging with me through this.. it's gotten a bit strung out - sorry. So, you do have a new project, playing bass. My hat is off to you and everyone who dives into learning any instrument. I am fascinated by so many things, guitars, basses, cars, motorcycles... Too many interests, too little time. I attempt to "practice" guitar, but I clearly lack focus. I have a disorder, or two, maybe three, LOL. I love "I just keep on not getting any better at all". I can relate to that, Amen brother! Wishing you great luck and a sudden break through. Be safe and take care my friend!

[@olafall_sweden]

The guitar looks so good, and I like the clear knobs for volume and tone controls against the beautiful paint. It's like you built a brand new guitar when you think about all the work you put in. And now I got the urge to get a Les Paul again (sold mine last spring) but it has to be a Telecaster first as I've never had one. 👍 from Sweden.

[@theNextProject]

Ola, thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the project. Strangely, I've worked on two nearly identical Epi LPs now, each had nearly the same guillotine style break. I hate to see a broken instrument, so what's guy to do. Make it better than new I guess. I recently sold this guitar, and hope to get some new-owner playing samples. It's a good feeling to hear an instrument sing again. Hope all is well, take are my friend!

[@laurababiarz7672]

It's gorgeous again! Whoever gets it will be lucky to own such a beautiful guitar!

[@theNextProject]

Hey Laura, thanks for watching! Agreed, the future owner should be happy with this one. Be safe and take care!

[@Udimet720]

Wow. 😮 Finish on the back of the neck is subtle, yet stunning. Great work.

[@theNextProject]

Thank you very much! I had too many ideas for this project. The neck was a good looking blonde, now she's a brunette. Win, win. Be safe and take care!

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

10:35 ... guitar Easter Eggs are Tight!! I'm just finishing up another cbg with a gorgeous white Atabey box. Glued inside is a graphic of the Starbuck's mermaid pulling aside her hair and revealing one of her pair of assets with a wink 😉 no one will see it unless someone takes it apart! 🤣 As usual I am impressed/astounded at your meticulous attention to detail in the whole process!! ❤

[@theNextProject]

Hubba hubba, a revealing SB mermaid, nice! I'm that guy who would take it apart, just for a glance at one good reason, Bwhahahaha! Many thanks man, I'm glad to share my madness with all my friends, glad you appreciate it all. Hope you are doing well. Be safe and take care!

[@MuseumsBloke]

She’s come up an absolute treat, thanks to your well-considered and well-explained actions. Nice job!

[@theNextProject]

MuseumsBloke, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! I'm glad we were able to save this guitar. It really is a pretty instrument, would be sad to toss it in the trash. Glad the process and explanations are working. I never really know how to deliver such projects and content. Sooo much work, so little time to present it. Many thanks! Be safe and take care

[@Fab98]

It’s great to see this guitar back in action! I’ve loved this project and I think these guitars are worth saving. You did a great job not only restoring this guitar, also narrating it and making us part of the project

[@theNextProject]

Fab98, thanks for watching! I'm happy with the way this guitar turned out, took a lot of work, but it was mostly fun and educational for me. I like a challenge, and this offered a unique one, or two. Also, sparked my interested in the way a manufacturer builds their products and the materials they choose to use. Both Epiphone and Gibson could easily make minor changes to improve the resilience of such a guitar. Oh well, I'm not in control of such things. Glad to have you as part of the project. I want this channel and the projects to be a bunch of people hangin' out in the garage fiddling with stuff, not a lecture on how to do something. Honestly, I'm always trying new approaches to a given task, and just want to share the experience. Hope all is well, be safe and take care!

[@Hans_914]

Another great video and an awesome rendition of a Molly Hatchet classic. Thanks for keeping these coming. Love the efforts with the guitar. Stay Safe!!

[@theNextProject]

Hans, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! Glad you could identify the tune. Funny, I thought I'd try to play it...hadn't heard it in a while. Forgot it's a 5 minute riff, lol. Too many good bits, a lot my fingers just don't want to do. Boiled it down to 1:30, a lot of fun to play. Glad you like the project too, it turned out great, a good challenge and lots of fun. Hope you are doing well, be safe and take care!

[@Markleford]

Fantastic! Bravo! Congrats on the completion -- wonderful work. You're my favorite sanding channel! 😹

[@theNextProject]

LOL, oh man that made me laugh, thank you! Mark, really good to hear from you and thanks for watching. It turned out pretty good, I'm happy with the guitar now. More sanding coming soon. Be safe and take care brother!

[@hueffel987]

@@Markleford :)

[@nevanet]

That is some quality work there =) Every modern electricguitar should have that spokewheel trussrod adjustment in my opinion.

[@theNextProject]

Nevanet, good t to hear from you and thanks for watching! I really hope the spike wheel t-rod helps this guitar with neck strength. Be safe and take care!

[@TheRealChetManley]

Man it looks great, I love the clear speed knobs. The only thing I would change is rip out the pickups and pots and out in an authentic Gibson set. That guitar deserves it. If you're selling it let me know. I would be interested!

[@theNextProject]

Hey Chet, I'm really happy with how this guitar turned out. Clear speed knobs and all could be yours! I will be selling it soon, need to admire it for a few days... Send me a message at [e-mail] Hope all is well, be safe and take care!

[@michaelberhorn2779]

As always, a great result. It was fun following this project. Great result. greetings from Germany

[@theNextProject]

Michael, thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed the project too. Greeetings from Florida, US. Always hot, often raining, lots of mosquitos too, LOL. Hope all is going well for you, be safe and take care!

[@morrismorrisson6161]

This has been my favourite project in a long time. Amazing job mate

[@theNextProject]

Morris, thank you, and thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the project, more projects coming soon... Be safe and take care!

[@steveroberts]

Still getting better

[@theNextProject]

Steve, thanks for watching! Hope all is well. Be safe and take care!

[@staipari6244]

Have enjoyed this series from start to finish. Thanks for Sharing.

[@theNextProject]

STaipari, thanks for joining me through the project. Sharing it was my pleasure, glad you enjoyed. Be safe and take care!

[@FulcrumsEdge]

that faded black finish on the neck is così bella! 😙🤌 and with that deep burgundy top.... MM MMM! You knocked it out of the park on this one, all the details and tedious little mods fit right in with the way I do builds as well.

[@theNextProject]

Fulcrum, thanks for watching! It did turn out "così bella", I like that! Hey, great channel you have there, I know where I'm having lunch now! : ) Hope all is going well for you, be safe and take care!

[@hueffel987]

Great video, great guitar (now). I am looking forward to The Next Project. Stay safe Jens

[@theNextProject]

Jens! Hello my friend, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! I'm glad to have this one all together and ready for a new life. Yes, "the next project(s)", a couple things underway and I'll be asking for suggestions from everyone soon. Have a kit that needs, a plan. Hope you and family are doing well. Be safe and take care!

[@andrewmundenandcadfellmast4624]

Looks fabulous mate, I really enjoyed this project😊. Cherrs from down under👍🏼

[@theNextProject]

Andrew, thank you for watching and good to hear from you! Greetings from the Florida US. Glad you enjoyed the project, I'm pretty happy with it and it sounds waaay better than my playing will allow. Be safe and take care!

[@jacquesoeuf755]

Looks stunning.

[@theNextProject]

Thank you for watching, it did turn out pretty good. Hope all is well for you, be safe and take care!

[@wilbert5916]

Never has an Epiphone had so much attention. Call it the TLC 👍😁

[@theNextProject]

wilbert, thanks for watching! Definately, Epi TLC!

[@bobsguitarmods]

Loved this series and learnt a lot!

[@theNextProject]

Bob, thanks for watching! I'm learning as we go too, glad you're finding useful things as well. Be safe and take care!

[@TheGuitarCurator]

Well done! You should keep that one for yourself.

[@theNextProject]

Curator, thanks for watching! I wish I was a better player, but I feel that keeping some guitars kinda cheats the guitar from reaching it's potential. I love this Epi, really turned out nice, but I'm not up to the level of what it can do. I'll keep practicing, but it needs a better home - eventually. Hope you are doing well, be safe and take care!

[@petedazer3381]

Really nice work!

[@theNextProject]

Pete, thanks for watching! Be safe and take care!

[@ranman58635]

Bro, I'd love to have a guitar like that! Good to see you, hope things are well for you. I sold my joe pass emperor pro 2 because the neck seemed too thin at the headstock. One bumb and , snap!

[@theNextProject]

Randy, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! All good enough here, haven't won the lottery, haven't played either, LOL. Those JP guitars a gorgeous, sorry you felt there could be an issue, but I completely understand. I don't know if they use the same lumber in those as used in this LP. Hope you are doing well, been keeping busy with projects I expect. Be safe and take care!

[@ranman58635]

@@theNextProject , good to hear from you too John. The neck just felt too thin. It was q beautiful guitar though and it was too nice for me. I scratch guitar's and Dent them so I prefer a relic instead. I'm not busy anymore with guitar's as it's slowed way down to the point that I have to just give them away now. I do free work if I find anyone that needs it. I now work on a farm for my food and live in the foothills of Squaw Valley in California. Hqve every guitar I've ever wanted but a classical. A guy wants me to teach him Flamenco and I don't even know how but I do know music theory so I can learn. It's definitely a journey and I'm glad ypu don't gamble like that. Lol we still need to connect on a deeper level. I just met a guy our age yesterday and we connected well. Got a new friend up here. Cheers mate!

[@oldmanzen6682]

every time I watch one of these Epi neck breaks, I glance over at mine and give them a stern warning.

[@theNextProject]

That stern look may be the trick. Sometimes a simple threat seems to work also. 👍

[@tommythiel9268]

What are your thoughts on the music nomad nut files I've had my eye on them for a while but can't decide between those or the stewmac diamond files

[@theNextProject]

Tommy, thanks for watching! So far, I am liking the MN nut files. I pick one up every pay cycle or so, but the pricing per file is actually pretty reasonable. Only used the files on 3 or 4 nut projects so far. Initial reaction is that they cut really well. Seem to leave a uniform cut, with a good bottom. They do seem pretty aggressive, so use caution as they may cut fast. I have noticed that the diamond grit plugs up pretty fast, but is easily cleaned by wiping the file on a school eraser or such. Not a defect of the file, just the way things go when filing. I like that I can "pop" the file out of the handle. Not a common need, but I have had to get in a tight spot, so just using the file without the handle seemed to work. StewMac makes great products, I won't debate that. I don't to this for a living, so I have a hard time justifying some SM purchases. I do love the SM original Z-file for fretwork - sorry, off topic. Good luck with your projects, be safe and take care!

[@wjewell63]

nice man...👍

[@theNextProject]

wjewell, good to hear from you and thanks for watching. Be safe and take care!

[@34guitars]

Nice work John! Where did you get that string lift to work on the nut? I need one of those. Thanks.

[@theNextProject]

I made that one, it's a prototype-ish thing. Borrowed the idea from somewhere... I used some ±0.060 sheet steel, cut the key shape, filed in a gentle fingerboard radius on the "down side" and some string space dips on the "upside", then added some heavy shrink tubing. i think I'll cut the string dips a little deeper some day soon. Maybe a double layer of shrink tubing version too. In general, it works pretty well. I make things up as I go.

[@gearViewmirror]

Very nicely done! Worth a little fortune now🤫 I like what you did with the inserts, i'm always looking for things like that to make a guitar better! I make my own stringbutler, check them out on my channel! I just got acouple of singlecuts with really thin bodies. This means that they have an extreme neckangle. Bridge and tailpiece are really high, so i made some 'sleeves' to hide the threads and make it possible to tighten all the posts down. The inserts for the bridge posts were not flush with the top, so i had some play to get the stringheight spot on....👊🏼🎸🤘🏼🎸

[@theNextProject]

GearViewMirror, good to hear from you again and thanks for watchin! I'm sure I'll lose my shirt when I sell this one, but that's okay. I'm glad the guitar will live on. I'll check you channel and your custom string butler setup. I too have had ideas for that, just never seem to get to it. Sounds like you've got a good solution to the thin-body and exposed post thread issue. Love a challenge! Hope all is well, be safe and take care!

[@Mr.Monster1313]

What color is that body,,,wine red ? I like it.

[@theNextProject]

Mr. Monster, thanks for watching! I ended up using Chrysler Dark Garnet Red Pearl automotive base coat color. It looks great, but interestingly, it is an "outdoor" color and really pops in sunlight. Interior light it looks great but has much more of a burgundy wine flavor. Paint, crazy stuff. Hope all is well, take care!

[@royyazzie6028]

We didn't see the repair or making of new neck 🤔

[@theNextProject]

Roy, thanks for watching! The new neck was shaped in episode 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZ_clGVjm9KIgNksi=FRfGDZy_REbthzAO I think I mentioned why I chose to make a new neck, rather than repair the broken off headstock during that episode. In general, I question the wood selection and excessive routing of these Epiphone guitars. I really like the guitar, but the neck(s) have me a bit concerned. The wood choice especially makes me now want to either replace the neck or make a new neck... basically replace the neck rather than fix it. But I do tend to overract, LOL. Hope all is well for you, be safe and take care!

[@Emrys345_Guitar]

Such a beaut

[@theNextProject]

Emrys345, good to hear from you man, and thanks for watching! How is the practicing going, both bass and guitar if I recall. I need to spend time practicing. My brain and fingers don't speak the same language and seem to fight each other too often, LOL. Hope all is well, be safe and take care!

[@Emrys345_Guitar]

@theNextProject you betcha! I might not type, but I watch all your videos. I've learned so much from them. It's going. I put bass to the side and focusing on mostly acoustic and fingerstyle basics.

[@drewbarries]

Well done, that is one guitar I would love to check out. Where’d you come up with that Lebo track,Tiptoe Out The Back, great tune!

[@theNextProject]

Drew, thanks for watching! I'm pretty happy with this project, a few surprises, but all went well. All backing tracks are from the YT music library. Glad you enjoyed the tunes. Be safe and take care!

[@drewbarries]

@@theNextProject I’ve got another new guitar that needs to be a next project. I bought it because of the pictures of this amazing deep transparent blue but alas, once received, discovered it was much different than the enhanced photos showed. I decided to keep it because it’s just a killer example of a Tuttle Classic T but what I would really love is for it to look like the color in the pictures I first saw.

[@theNextProject]

Drew, please post the link to the original "enhanced photos". I completely get what you're saying, some photos are adjusted, over saturated...to make them jump out at us. I'm not 100% sure, but I think the Michael Tuttle guitars are nitro or acrylic lacquer finished. I typically spray automotive grade urethane, and haven't seriously sprayed any lacquer in 30years. Honest - 30 years. Without seeing what the photos present and what the reality of the guitar color is, I can't say that I could get any closer of a color match to the photo. It might be possible, but I don't want to mislead you. Here's my email if you want to send any images or swap messages. [e-mail]