Pt 2 This Guitar needs HELP!! 60's Höfner Galaxie! | Luthier Teardown & Restoration

[@steviectree3322]

Well done Sofia, top notch job on the inlay repair and fret job!

[@B.McAllister]

Sophie needs to start her own channel or have her own series here on CG. She is quite the badass.

[@kitsunewhisker]

I find these videos so relaxing and therapeutic. I play a bit but I’m amazed at all the knowledge, craft and attention to detail that goes into guitar making and maintenance. Thanks for the great channel.

[@Bob_at_OZDiggzguitars]

I LOVE this series. I started with, and end up doing mostly maintanance, repairs and restoration. I am glad to see all the nuances involved with other's techneques, and where restoration stops to preserve a story of an era long gone. We are pretty lucky to live in a time where info, parts and whatnot are easily available, and don't have to re-invent the wheel...or are hard pressed to come up with something no one else hasn't dealt with....Thank you so much for sharing the process. I do like the binding strips for fretboard inlays. Notes taken...Ideas forming....

[@whssy]

Very tasteful and discrete restoration of one of the only guitars I still have on my bucket list. As I wait(these things ain't cheap anymore), iIn the meantime I put a couple of Hoftner 513 pickups on a Strat body and wired it to original specs for the 2 pickup version. Wired it like one of the later ones with a varitone. Sounds awesome. Anyone interested, all the pickups use different tone cap values, which is one of the reasons why these are so dynamic sounding and versatile.

[@whssy]

No longer on the bucket list. I just got a white /blackvinyl-covered 175 which is almost the same as this - just without individual switches for pickups - it has a single selector on the horn for bridge, middle or neck, or all 3. And tone sliders are on top. Bridge is non-adjustable. Awesome guitar.

[@stu-j]

I do repairs and setups part time and I love doing neck work! So I get work doing necks and fret work from other repair people as most hate the job. But I can sit down for 80% of the work ( I have spinal problems) and I find it therapeutic....

[@borgonianevolution]

Ohhh me thinks Ben has some competition in Sophia. You can tell she has been properly trained and is well practiced with hand tools. Every move is precise and intentional. The mark of true craftsman. I can see an in shop build off in the future for sure with Ben vs the new kids. The guitar is for sure unique. Even kind of gimmicky for its age. It is in great condition and the extra love the team has given it I am sure even better then when it was born.

[@mulgerbill]

That's a hell yes from me!

[@JoeySchmidt74]

That nut filling trick is new to me, will probably need that in the future, cheers.

[@metalheadmalpass3939]

I'm really enjoying meeting other Crimsonites? Crimsolians? Crimsoners? Crimsudlians? Anyway, it's nice to experience the personality and skills of equally passionate guitar builders.

[@stuahlers1528]

Thank you! Would love to hear what the tone wheels did for each corresponding pickup in the playing demo, maybe a follow-up. Maybe do a video with era similar guitars, one song 30 to 40 second shorts. Nothing crazy, just a jam that highlights there eras tonal qualities. Just a thought. I’m an amateur at tinkering and slowly acquiring an arsenal of tools and knowledge from these video’s, thanks and keep them coming! Stu,Memphis TN

[@wildscotsman1]

I've got one of these. It's a 1967 in Sunburst, with original Selmer strap. I've owned it since about 1977 and I will never part with it. When I play it I'm right back to my teen years in the sixties. 😁🎸

[@PaulCooksStuff]

1:27 PING! Oddly satisfying 😆

[@HadzaTV]

Brilliant! Excellent job on the neck

[@stix2you1]

This was the first electric guitar I bought in 1963 I think it cost me £50 second hand.. Used it with a Selmer Zodiac amp.

[@DrKevGuitar]

I would love to see a video about angle and shape of the nut slots and troubleshooting. How do you maintain the correct shallow angle on a G string with no string tree? What is the issue when you get that weird resonant metallic ringing behind the nut? Etc. Thanks!

[@danmarshall3089]

i had the body and neck of one of those in the late 90s early 2000s built it with a wrap around fixed bridge as i didn't have a clue about what the tremolo looked like till now loved the guitar dearly would love to find another one day mine was in a sunburst finish

[@largemocha]

hmmm. The end of part one has Ben 'restoring' the cracked veneer on the back of the body - which is conspicuous by its absence at @7:05 where Sofia is re-attaching the neck to the body. Was there a change of plan?

[@rakentrail]

Ben and Sofia, I've found when working on old nuts and saddles dust from an unbleached bone blank seems to blend in better. I just sacrifice a blank and catch the dust from a fine file and save it in an old pill bottle. Hope this is of some help.

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Thanks for sharing!

[@pemj7360]

I had one of these during the 80s it was given to me. As my first guitar. If I knew then what I know now lol 😆 😂. But still have my Greco 1967 .

[@rakentrail]

When you first started playing Dick Dale and the Deltones came to mind!

[@rootvalue]

I don’t understand this series but I love you Ben. I like the guitars you make. ☺️

[@johnking3863]

Hi Ben, yet again another classic. I did cringe a bit when I saw your luthiers hoodies strings dangling when she was polishing up the frets.

[@jan-ovepedersen5764]

My Galaxie came with flatwound strings, they were thicker than a 10-46 set. Maybe you could go with the original flatwound strings and size, if they are made anymore. Great to se this guitar get some needed repair. Unfortunately I don't have the Galaxie anymore, my bad 🙂

[@wilhelmtheconquerer6214]

Probably flat 11's or 12's. Both are still pretty common gauges, at least as round wounds

[@whssy]

@@wilhelmtheconquerer6214 11s and 12s widely available as flats.

[@wilhelmtheconquerer6214]

@@whssy I'm sure they are. I couldn't say it with confidence though, when I never use flats myself

[@michaelstone7514]

Such a unique sounding guitar!

[@simonjhudson7378]

Filling the nut with dust looks a lot like an episode of Breaking Bad.

[@jefferywarburton2116]

A plywood bench hook might help with this kind of job. About lap top size would do i think.

[@micmacnz]

Hi Guys, just a suggestion; you need to buy an ultrasonic cleaner to get rid of the DNA on the hardware without removing the patina. love the axe btw, and another awesome restoraton

[@mbontekoe3358]

Mine was the same except the body was covered in red tolex with white piping - which I would claim was even cooler

[@picksalot1]

What a cool old guitar and restoration. Would love to know who designed it. Bet there's an interesting story and history. Thanks

[@pauldenniss5230]

Amazed you didn’t end up doing a refret. Excellent job

[@wilhelmtheconquerer6214]

I would've taken all the frets out, re-glued some of the inlays and re-radiused the fretboard. Then I'd install a new unbleached bone nut and new vintage correct frets. I'm all for keeping an instrument original, but that whole front of the neck was a gonner in my eyes

[@karolybozo2510]

Fantastic job! But the bridge should be on top of the screws not under. That way you can also adjust the height

[@courier11sec]

Would love if the closeup "after" shots panned a little more slowly. Sophia does a fantastic job.

[@Harrysonsan]

Where did the ö-dots go in the Höfner-logo? Is this a special export version, where they changed the Höfner to Hofner for simplicity?

[@elmguitars]

Learned playing on one of these

[@nicholastotoro7721]

Exemplary Nut… stealing that for a song title… 🤣

[@francescofaccodelagarda5408]

Surely, to do the pencil marking correctly, the pencil must lie on at least 2 frets... in this video the pencil was rocking on just the first fret, so how can you get an accurate measurement, as it would depend on the angle of the pencil!

[@tonisiret5557]

Silly question, is the pencil for marking where you shouldn't file the nut below? Because, I've already made that mistake! Superb video guys 👌

[@paulburner3817]

Yes

[@tonisiret5557]

@@paulburner3817 Thank you 👍

[@jorge711]

one of the main guitars of Andy Moor of my favourite The Ex.

[@atakdragonfly1675]

It does sound old. For me the innate guitar like that, was a tesisco model . That spectrum 5... Didn't it just have it all?!? I would love to see one of those up close, and what makes the guts tick!!

[@mrwhite7222]

Girl got skills. Good work

[@mulgerbill]

Ben, it's time to start a new channel dedicated to showcasing the incredibly talented team you've crafted around you. Call it Crimson Guitars Offsiders or whatever takes your fancy but I for one would really enjoy watching Sofia design and build her own dream guitar from scratch, her calm, methodical precision and absolute attention to detail is mesmerising.

[@aaax9410]

No doubt about it a fantastic job well done :)

[@MarcSiqueira]

Those freboard inlays looks to me all a bit out of center or slightly crooked, i dont know if they actually are or if its an optical ilusion of some sort but damm my OCD cant handle it lol. I would have to remove them all, otherwise looks like a coold guitar

[@richardpeace3292]

That was impressive.

[@mattomon1045]

A great setup! fantastic job !

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Thank you very much!

[@ferreirasants1185]

Hello brothers in music. An old guy, gave me a hofner galaxie 176, but it is in bad condition, and missing some parts. I wanna know if this channel can help me to put this guitar on a better condition, so I could show and play this guitar to the old guy who gave to me. He's 76 years old and I don't know how and where i can take this guitar to "fix"it. Please help me...

[@moogoomoogoo5990]

I agree. Such a cool guitar.

[@johngrant5749]

What is Sofia painting on the nut please?

[@alexcorona]

Must be fun having a couple of minions you can pawn the not so fun work on 😅

[@dustinmylesdiou2649]

i Bet one of those piezo-vibrating Dentist picks would come in handy for removing that material from those tiny crevices (you’d have to use it in small bursts so it doesn’t over heat). great video (as always) !

[@PastelComGini]

Good idea.

[@Da5idc]

Good to see someone with tattoos on their arms and hair on their head 😉😊

[@johngrant5749]

😂

[@idontknow46]

I’m having trouble with the login in to giveaway web site. I’ve used the contact page no response and emailed no response I’ve checked my spam nothing there. Its been two weeks Please help.

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

I am so sorry about that. Email Rikki at office@crimsonguitars,com. DC

[@idontknow46]

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars will do thank you

[@themaskedgrappler]

I have a 60s Galaxie, its a total pig to play. The neck is too thick and it's just too easy to knock the pickup switches off or the mute on. Looks cool as tho.

[@PastelComGini]

I guess that after a nut adjustment and fret leveling you could put your action down to the point of not caring too much about the neck. But the switches, this is really a problem. Accidentally changing the pickups is annoying, but does not cut the sound. This one cuts it.

[@mickymillersson4376]

Don't like the nut file rocking. I was always taught to point the file down towards the machines and keep it like that. Then the highest point of the nut is on the neck side edge of the nut.

[@knightyyz]

Cool guitar but I'd rather have something like a Mosrite from that era.

[@commutinginatlanta9163]

Sofia must have fingers of steel

[@the_releaser]

Please don't ever make bone dust like that again. It's fine to use sandpaper when shaping a new nut but if you are making dust for the purpose of filling in slots then using sandpaper is a definite no no. That dust, although it looks clean, is actually contaminated with bits of sand that comes off the paper. Use a file to make dust for slot filling.

[@kitchenbriks3685]

Should have just replaced the nut with an off white one or at the very least cleaned up the one you filled.

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

for the collection we are trying to keep as many original parts as possible

[@chrisrag1346]

That guitar is far out man