Repairing an Unplayable 50 Year Old Bass Guitar | The Repair Shop

[@Edward1312]

He did a good job except I disagree with his approach with dealing with gouge in the neck. If it was me I would have preferred the gouge to be filled instead of shaved so that the neck remained exactly the same in terms of width and shape.

[@hs5942]

Exactly

[@moontheloon1969]

Tell me a wood filler that would work ,long term and feel right...

[@peterwhitehouse561]

Reminds me of a story - a young Ritchie Blackmore painstakingly scalloped a fretboard. A guitar shop guy went ahead and leveled the fretboard when he was doing some work to it, "no extra charge to you sir". If I was a fly on the wall on the cusp of Ritchie unleashing his temper I would have taken flight.

[@erockscott1184]

Wow...shaving the neck!!!????....fill it!!!!...the neck is probably NOTHING like the guy liked it its all different now...just wow..i would NEVER have done that unless the owner said ok.

[@JoeSchmo-u1d]

Maybe he suggested the "shaving the neck" process to Mr. Franklin, and he gave his consent? You people are so quick to make assumptions.

[@thecrankedamps]

​@user-ve4ig6pw1s it's because guitar players are weird.

[@larryn2682]

Who uses the bridge cover??

[@chrisseaman5055]

I bet the frets worked just fine. no mention of the electronics? Why would he shave down the neck? That gouge could have been filled I think.

[@davelock3166]

Back in the 70's I appeared on tv with my band in Berlin alongside with Hot Chocolate. The bass player from HC was the only person from the band who would talk to us. He was a really nice man. Good luck to him!

[@737JPG]

How many bass players to change a light bulb…20…one to do it and 19 to tell him why he did it wrong

[@nosbig11]

Terrible job,shouldnt have touched that neck except filling it. He made the neck like new then decided to 'relic' the bridge cover???

[@ryanwood6407]

Ok Terry. Looks great to me! Isn't it obvious.. the neck is essential for the guitar to play well. Hence the body was left and the bridge was made to match.

[@nosbig11]

@@ryanwood6407 After 45 yrs as a luthier I went cold when he took a spokeshave to the neck. Could have been filled with cyno and smoothed.

[@theceramicrepairstudio]

Really great restoration. 👍

[@nesjo7777]

89%…….

[@hs5942]

Nice he just ruined the vintage neck

[@grantkoeller8911]

He was totally wrong to shave the neck!!!!!! You fill the neck gouge with wood putty or wood filler!!!;;

[@grantkoeller8911]

Nothing wrong with those old frets!!!!

[@brucesahroian1482]

One Secret to fast frets on a electric bass?! Use Banjo Frets?

[@joanbennettnyc]

Wonderful

[@themobseat]

He just destroyed the neck profile by shaving off the wood. What a hack.

[@DracoXtremE]

my favorite part was when i got to see the entire guitar finished an restored!!!!! oh wait . . . . . . . . . .

[@JoeSchmo-u1d]

I don't understand why some bass players don't know how to take care of their instruments, especially if you're a pro and you can afford to pay someone to keep your gear in top-notch condition. I worked with a luthier for 2 years, and I learned how to keep my basses in great condition. I can do my own fret jobs, intonations, and electronics upgrades.

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

People criticising the luthier shaving the neck. I can’t see how else that could be fixed as it’s quite a nasty gouge.

[@themobseat]

Wood putty

[@1972LittleC]

I don't know about the neck, but I would DEFENITLY wouldn't have put the tins back on. Bass players throw it off for a reason...

[@SuperNunien]

no

[@tommystone5958]

Wow i love this!! Wow, you need to research P-R-O-M-O-S-M!!

[@juiceplanet147]

Are there any stories other than Caucasian stories? Repair is a small part.

[@Edward1312]

Yes there are many episodes that feature people from different cultures and Races.

[@a1topdog]

Juice Planet, what part of this video made you jump to the conclusion it was a Caucasian story? If you bothered to check out the full episode you would have found out it belonged to the bass player of the 70s band Hot Chocolate, who last time I checked was a Trinidadian.

[@geebeeman1]

Why worry about that?!

[@ManuelaPatzel]

What a strange thing to say, considering the owner of the bass guitar is not Caucasian at all.

[@paddy878mh]

It's called the repair shop, yet you say "Repair is a small part"? And if you were a watcher of the series you would know that whilst the majority of the craftsmen and women may be caucasian, the clientele bringing artefacts into the Repair Shop are hugely diverse. The USP of these videos are the skills of the repairers. If you want the full feel for the diversity of the programme, I suggest you watch the full episodes for the complete journey of each artefact. This show is a gem!