Top Spline-Alvarez Yairi

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4 ай бұрын

Hello People!
Thanks for joining me for more guitar restoration videos!
This Avarez Yairi needs a bridge re-glue, bridge plate repair, belly reducer and sound board spline / splint.
Cheers,
Scotty D.,
Harpeth Guitar Restoration, LLC.
Nashville, Tennessee

Пікірлер: 38

@LimitedBob 4 ай бұрын

Hey Scott, just wanted to let you know I'm extremely happy with all the work you did on my old Yairi here. I've been playing it every day again for the first time in years and singing your praises to all my friends. It was fun watching you do the work too! Thanks again!

@harpethguitar 4 ай бұрын

Hooray 😁 Great to hear

@rickpiper4668 4 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure this tip to thin out wood shims came from Ted Woodford; you get two pieces of mdf with 80 grit stuck on, put your shim in between and just like rubbing your hands together the shim’s thickness gets reduced. It’s a great tip I find very useful.

@harpethguitar 4 ай бұрын

Great tip!

@Sci-Que 4 ай бұрын

It absolutely maddening to fix a crack on a guitar top like that especially when the crack is old. Just when you think you got it, you apply CA glue and or finish and the SOB gets a mind of its own and tints the finish in unexpected ways. Sadly there is no one size fits all because all the guitar cracks behave differently. It is nice to see that you have the patience to continue working with it. I on the other hand have very little patience for contrary repairs like that. Good job.

@harpethguitar 4 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more

@DanBerens2112 4 ай бұрын

Accelerate-tahhhhh! Beautiful work as always Scott.

@harpethguitar 4 ай бұрын

Thanks again!

@gregoaks4413 4 ай бұрын

one of those U-tubers that ya might as well hit the like button as soon as ya can because ya know it's gonna be GOOOOD! thanks Sir!

@harpethguitar 4 ай бұрын

I appreciate that

@davidethridge5748 4 ай бұрын

'mornin Harp!

@harpethguitar 4 ай бұрын

Morn!

@ksgjlg 4 ай бұрын

You might try a Diamond Deb nail file. Probably still a little thick but you could grind one side down to paper thickness. I use these regularly

@vayabroder729 4 ай бұрын

That crack repair was radical, Scotty. I am just hypnotized by your skills, my dear sir!

@harpethguitar 4 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly

@edadpops1709 4 ай бұрын

The constant problem with epoxy you can get a darker line than you want .maybe just use hide glue and blond shellac once as a test.maybe a glue cleat or two on the inside.

@davidkeeley8473 4 ай бұрын

A very good video. I heard Mike Schramm's voice in the background loothalong! Thanks for sharing.

@harpethguitar 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave!

@mikedavis3841 4 ай бұрын

Artist at work. 👍

@davidhopping3043 4 ай бұрын

I made sort of depth sander by putting a small sanding drum on my drill press with a fence to size wood binding that I made ,it worked ok

@richardmcfalls8393 3 ай бұрын

A tricky repair, nicely done!

@harpethguitar 3 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@mysteritmodk9572 4 ай бұрын

Incredible finishing skills right there!

@harpethguitar 4 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly!

@markiacomini3711 4 ай бұрын

Great job. I've cut pieces an inch or more longer than needed and glue it down with hot gun glue or CA only on the edges. Using a cabinet scraper or a razor blade, I draw it towards me until I get the thickness I'm looking for using painter's tape as a thickness guide. Worked on my Goya and Washburn as well as some furniture and rc aircraft repairs.

@harpethguitar 4 ай бұрын

Thank You!

@peterbayliss1484 4 ай бұрын

Nice work 😎👍🙏🏼

@harpethguitar 4 ай бұрын

Thanks ✌

@johngeddes7894 4 ай бұрын

Here’s my idea for thicknessing a spruce splint for that really narrow crack: make a splint as thin as you dare, and make it nice and long; maybe a few inches. Clamp it down flat to a piece of abrasive - maybe cloth backed for strength. Then, a carefully sharpened card scraper may just be able to shave that little splint to the thickness that you need. If it doesn’t work, we’ll always think it should have. Actually if it doesn’t work, maybe it should be sanded with a small block. I had to learn to distinguish .005” , .010” , and .015” shims for setting up a machine by feel, when I was new to the work force. That might help you to learn to do that, and compare feeler gages to your splint before unclamping. The amount of info transmitted from the fingertips to the brain is crazy, y’all. Just dang ass crazy!

@harpethguitar 4 ай бұрын

Excellent advice! Thanks 😊

@BadChizzle 4 ай бұрын

Had friend who Made a Spline once.

@matthewgreco7489 4 ай бұрын

Do you have a binding thickness jig? Ted Woodford pulls his splines through his binding jig and that thins them right out. No need for sanding…the blade on the jig does it for you!