Secretly Messing With My Boyfriend's FAVOURITE Guitar

What should I have done better? I've definitely learned a few things here!
Side note: he didn't actually dump me. I'm yet to show him.
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[@cansee0]

He’s not your partner, you are not a man’s equal.

[@mctweddle]

This unsolicited repair work reminds me of the time we stole my old lead singer's guitar. It was the only thing his dad ever gave him and some idiot smashed it during an argument. It had been broken for years and he kept it in the back of a cupboard. We had a get together, snuck into his room and swiped it and took it to the guitarist's luthier. Once we explained the situation to him he dove into the project and rebuilt the entire thing. We gave it back to him on his birthday a few weeks later (he never realised it was missing), he cried for ages and hasn't put it down in the 15 years since.

[@DaisyTempest]

Thanks everyone for such lovely comments, I am so appreciative considering I’m not a repair person and I’ve learned a lot from all of you! He actually really loved it in the end - I mean, it was disgusting... 😂❤️🎸

[@NelsonGago]

I am exactly the opposite. I “can” repair but can’t built 😅. The main recommendation I would give is to not use the heat gun without covering the rest of the guitar, except the bridge itself because heat will damage the finish. A quick way to isolate is to use cardboard leaving only the bridge cutout open. Cardboard is extremely resistant and doesn’t allow the heat to melt the finish. Some finishes might start creating bubbles almost immediately. Another good tip is to use steel wool on the fretboard to remove the “finger grease”. ;)

[@Nellil]

I can recommend twoodfrd's youtube channel.. Excellent builder and repair guy from Canada...

[@wadehampton1534]

Daisy, I recommend that you watch some of Jerry Rosa's KZbin repair videos. He shows exactly how to do the types of repairs that you did to your partners guitar. I've been repairing musical instruments for over forty years, and I still learn a lot from Jerry. I think that you are a lovely lady, and a beautiful person. Any man would be fortunate to have you as a friend or as a partner. Please do not use a heat gun around any guitar like that, use a small heating iron and apply heat directly to the bridge. Also, scrape any finish that is in the bridge footprint, it will make the bridge stick more securely.

[@hearmeout9138]

Never mess around with a guy's baseball cards, his car, or his guitar.

[@jimmytwoguys]

2 things. I would glue up the cracks when I cleated them, reestablishing the top as 1 piece. Also, when establishing a radius for the bridge, short strokes towards and away from the sound hole over where the bridge will be replaced. That is where you are gluing, so that is the shape you need. Going side to side just removes material without shaping to the desired contour. Nice job.

[@pilgrim9392]

Girl, I wish I had run across a woman like yourself who put their soul into every guitar they touched when I started playing 50 years ago... With the love and humility you put into your craft you Will Be Guitar Builder Extraordinaire one day...

[@DG-mv6zw]

Wonderful to know that there are young people keeping these old crafts alive. Particularly wonderful to see young women doing this. I'm almost 60 and have been playing guitar for 40 years, but unable to do anything other than re-stringing my acoustic. Fantastic video. Your boyfriend's a lucky guy.

[@UrquidiGuitars]

A little of linseed oil on the fretboard, softens up the gunk and is easier to remove, also you can always use 0000 steel wool on those frets. When you glue back the bridge, sometimes it can slip and you end up with a misaligned bridge, (happened to me once) to avoid that, use two wooden dowels on the 1st and 6th string holes on the bridge, once dry, drill them back. Always looking up to your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@billsutherland2128]

I’ve been woodworking, making and repairing guitars for 53 years, and it’s plain to see you have a natural talent! Keep up the great work. Bill from frozen Mn.

[@ryancampbell7024]

Hi Daisy.

[@Skibbityboo0580]

I just keep thinking about someone showing they have as much care I have for a personal object as I do, and to express that care with the skill you have clearly demonstrated. It would be so overwhelmingly honorable, I would be brought to tears. Thank you for letting me know this kind of care is really out there!

[@jimduckett7128]

Well done. That method of radius'ing the bridge works well for arch-tops, mandolins, also. The fretboard came out looking pristine!

[@RByrne]

Great video!

[@fixed1t]

Great work, I'm really impressed with your work and your videos, calm, straight forward and educational, so glad to see your business is growing.

[@albertmorgan9021]

What you've done is awesome taking a part of yourself and giving to your love something he treasures I love my guitars and I bet he'll love what you have done

[@joechurch7]

Your caution care and consideration is admirable

[@eerbrev]

I saw someone do a really cool thing for those by-feel-alone cleat glue ups: magnets! One on the top, the other on the cleat.