So to repair it you just flow a high viscocity glue into every fret and clamp it down with a correct radius block, let it dry, remove excess glue, check if it needs to be leveled, if yes you level, crown it, polish the frets, clean up and oil the ebony board, check if the nut grooves need to be touched up (usually yes). That thing is loved and looks awesome, beat up black customs look so awesome!
Thanks for your Feedback. Yes a Custom is always a beauty. If you wanna see the whole process check out the full Video that will be released on this Friday. Best Regards Nik
Looks just like my first guitar, the whole neighbourhood borrowed it, I didn't see it for about ten years 🤣 Look forward to seeing more of this one. Cheers.
I love this! ... I've found the work time on thin CA glue to be really unpredictable. And those frets are so incredibly loose. I think I would have just re-fretted it. But you obviously made that work. always impressive.
Thank you so much for your Feedback Zack. You are absolutely correct new Frets will be also a good solution. But my Custom has spend a lot of money on the refret just 2 years ago and after noticing that there is no fret wear I decided to make it this way. Best Regards Nik
Thanks you so much for your comment Hugo. YEs you are correct this is really a satisfying work that I have to manage. And I real love doing this.. Best Regards Nik
Hi Nik, I am steadily going back and watching your entire video library, and you don't cease to amaze me. You are a man who is not afraid to take the hard road and do the actual work. That says a lot about you, and I mean that in a good way. I also found your method of coating the fretboard with wax to prevent excess glue from getting into the wood grain to be a stroke of brilliance, as is the use of your guitar stand combined with the vise to position the guitar where you needed it. Thank you for sharing with us 👍
Hey Harley, thank you so much for your positive feedback and for your interest in my Luthier Craftsmanship 🙏🕺🏻👍You are welcome. I always try to take the path that feels good for my and you are absolutely correct often it’s not the easiest one…😉Best Regards Nik
Fantastic guitar video, wonder repair job on this old blackie, I subscribed for sure! I wish you talked as you worked on it as you have a great voiceover voice. I agree with the ASMR comment someone else made haha. Looking forward to more! Thanks!
Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words Mate. Yes that's me who make the Voice over ....thanks for the compliment. You are welcome. There is a lot of Repair Stuff coming up. Stay Tuned and enjoy the Videos. Best Regards Nik
Stewmac has nice needle-end pipettes for the thin superglue. I believe that they will be a great help here. nice job! I belive what happened here is that wood sharnk due to low humiditily and lack of maintenance and fret tangs let go....
Hi what is the best way to take out the frets that have been glued into the slots? Without damaging the original slots or making them wider. I'm worried that heat can change the shape of the neck on old guitars and some will not change back to the original position... thank you.
Thanks for your question. The best way ist to get them out without using heat…. But if it’s necessary to hear them up because they are glued in I would prefer using a soldering iron and process very carefully especially if you have a Neck Binding. I see a lot of people out there glueing the new Frets into the Fingerboard. In my opinion this is not always necessary.. Best Regards Nik
@@petrekguitars thank you Nik! I agree completely. If the slot and the fret is a good fit and the fret is bent correctly to the radius, glue should not be used. Glue is like the last resort. I'll remember your advice on the soldering iron! Best regards, Cathy
Very nice i wish I had that talent to work on my guitars i do most repairs ex..on my own, fret work im still learning leveling ex..it takes alot of practice and many fret boards to get good at it and master it ,awesome work ,take care and stay safe
Thank you so much for your kind words Allen. And that's absolutely true what you mentioned. Practice is the the key. and I am sure if you would make Guitar repairs for 30 years ( like me) you have surely reached the same level of skills that I have today. Being talented is helpful but keep on working and making your experience is the key toi become a good craftsman... Best Regards Nik
Thank you so much for your positive feedback and for your interest in my Luthier Craftsmanship 👍 Feel free to check out my Series Fender Jaguar Repair. This was a real tough one😅Best Regards Nik
Nicely done! These can’t be a huge pain with those lifting frets and wicking some of that glue in but always nice to get it back to playing order! Cheers 😊
Very nice job. Have you considered removing the excess glue with a solvent like acetone? There is a risk that it dissolves the glue below the frets but if you use small amounts like on a cotton swab it may only dissolve the excess.
Thanks a lot for your positive feedback. Yes this is a good way to remove super glue excess glue. But in this case I decided to remove it with a chisel because I don’t want to weaken the contact and damaging the binding. Best Regards Nik
Thanks a lot for saying that. This is a custom made Pedal from my Mate Karsten. There are just 10 of them made if you are interested here is his contact. www.eckermeister.de overcarsten@arcor.de Great Guy and a real Sound Freak. Best Regards Nik
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that the bridge pickup was swapped out at some point, seeing as it is 8 years older than the guitar, and there is no way they had 8 Y/O pickups laying around. It does sound good, like any great rock n roll machine should.
Thanks a lot for your Feedback. Yes you are correct ....In the 80´s Gibson used the Bill Lawrence Pickups you can point them because there were "waxed" or better fill with black epoxy. Like on the Neck Pickup. But if the Pickup was damaged there is no way to repair it. So I assume that this was the case and someone installed the 1979 Gibson Pickup in the Bridge position. Best Regards Nik
Looks like tons of chip out from the original refret job. Possibly, what's causing the tang of the fret to not stay in place. Well done, im sure the owner will get plenty more play out of it!
Thanks a lot for your comment. Yes the Fret Job was done a bit sloppy. But now it's working fine. Was quite happy to solve this problem. Best Regards Nik
Hey Jim, this can have several reasons. The Fretslots were to sloppy and if so the repair guy didn’t glue the Frets in. Or what I assume is that frets were glued in and by polishing with a power tool the glue get soft and the frets get loose and cause this problem. Best Regards Nik
Thanks a lot for your positive comment. Actually it was tree times 😉You are welcome. Feel free to check out my new Fender Jaguar repair video…. Best Regards Nik
Great looking and sounding guitar and good job on the repair. The piece of wood on the dab of CA glue to check whether or not it is dry is a nice trick, I'll use that one! Personally, I use a razor blade as a scraper to remove the CA glue squeeze out. Scrape in the direction of the wood grain and you'll be left with a nicer finish (and no risk of chips with the chisels). Just my two cents :)
How would one go about making blocks with different radii to use when clamping frets? I enjoy your videos and especially like some of your hand-made tools. Best wishes.
The frets look really not worn so yes, no need to refret (what you answered below..) - btw; on the bay you can find many shops for clinical supplies, who sell equipment which is past its BB Date - so essentially not steril any more.. - I use 0.4mm Syringe needles for these glue jobs...; they fit on most glue bottles and when used carefully, the glue basically runs into the spaces on its own.. - again wonderful work Nik - Greetings to you and my Hometown; Markus
Thanks a lot for watching and for sharing your way to do this job. Yes that sound like a good way to handle the glue I feel pretty comfortable doing it with the Knife...You are welcome. Best Regards Nik
Using steel wool without protecting the pickups is waiting for the disaster is what I think I don't know if I'm right or I am maybe wrong but I will appreciate if somebody can correct me thank you
Thanks for your question. This can have different causes. I assume that the fret slots were to wide or if the guy who made this glued them in an then by polishing the Frets with a power tool overheat the glue so that it gets loosen and don't hold the fret in there position. A not 100% prebend on the frets would not cause this issue... Best Regards Nik
Thanks for your question. Yes you can wipe it of but if you clamp the Radius Jig down it will produce some squeeze out... And I have to remove this anyway... I apply the wax to provide too much glue sticking on the Fretboard. Best Regards Nik
If you have to re glue down basically every fret, why not just refret the whole board and do it right with a proper fretboard sand, refret, level, and polish? Its a vintage guitar, yet its been refretted already at least once because it has no binding nibs. Seems to me the amount of work being done in this video vs having a total refret done is a no brainer. The ebony board and inlays would be sanded, and you have new frets with plenty of life to them that were crowned, leveled and polished. There could very well be an issue with the last refret as well seeing how many of these frets have lifted. The slots could have been cut too wide hence the lifting, or poor choice of glue used "maybe no glue at all" during the last refret. But how does one know without removing the frets? Im not knocking the work being done, but just saying to avoid future issues, a full re-fret would seem to address any concerns about who did the last refret/why so many frets lifted.
Thanks for your feedback and for sharing your opinion. Yes you are totally correct. Normally I would do exactly what you recommend. But in this case the owner asked me to fix this issue with less amount of work because the Gutar was refreted 2 years ago and the frets are like new...but there were all loosen. So I decided to chose this way...Best Regards Nik
Thanks a lot for your Feedback. This is a quite good Idea for a Video. I did some shorts about repairing Humbucker Frames. Feel free to scroll in my Short .... Best Regards Nik
Thanks for your question. Before the repair it was to low but after the repair and after leveling the Frets it was become fine🙂 Best Regards Nik@@bucko5427
Thanks a lot for your positive Feedback Ike. These Pedals are made by an amazing Dude and technician. You can't find them on these platforms because he makes just a few of them. Carsten is a genius....Feel free to Contact him... overcarsten@arcor.de www.eckermeister.de Best Regards Nik
Thanks for sharing your opinion. Actually this would be the normal way to solve this problem. But a refret is quite expensive and the owner asked me to keep the costs low because he already payed a lot go money for the fret job...Sop that's why I did it this way. Best Regards Nik
Thanks a lot for your positive Feedback. You are correct the Bridge Pickup is made in 1979 ....I assume that he way changed back inn the Days because everything else including the serial Nummer is 1987. And the first owner bought it in 1987. Best Regards Nik
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You are welcome. Cheers Nik
Я использую натуральное очищенное льняное масло(80%)+ натуральный пчелиный воск(20%)
Эффект потрясающий!
@@Ametist_Spb That's also very good. Best Regards Nik
did not check test lower frets = fail
@@very5ick112 Thanks for watching and for sharing your opinion. Best Regards Nik
This video should be on the asmr channels...very relaxing to watch this talented guitar magicians work.
Thanks a lot for your positive Feedback Stewart. Best Regards Nik
Not only you repair guitars well, your guitar playing is 🔥😁
Thank you so much for saying this 🙏👍🕺🏻Cheers Nik
que satisfacción ver cómo les devuelves la vida, vi todo el video buen trabajo
Muchas Gracias 🙏🕺🏻👍Cheers Nik
So to repair it you just flow a high viscocity glue into every fret and clamp it down with a correct radius block, let it dry, remove excess glue, check if it needs to be leveled, if yes you level, crown it, polish the frets, clean up and oil the ebony board, check if the nut grooves need to be touched up (usually yes). That thing is loved and looks awesome, beat up black customs look so awesome!
Thanks for your Feedback. Yes a Custom is always a beauty. If you wanna see the whole process check out the full Video that will be released on this Friday. Best Regards Nik
@@petrekguitars am I close in guessing what you did? I will certainly check it out
We will see🙂 Cheers Nik@@ilmisxx2
@@petrekguitarsso I was kind of spot-on, wasn't I? 😅
Yes Mate you were absolutely correct 👍Thanks for watching.Best Regards Nik@@ilmisxx2
Great work!! The old girl still has life in her!
Thanks a lot for wqwtchiung and your positive comment. Best Regards Nik
All ready for "Proud Mary" and "Bad Moon Rising"
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Thanks for your Feedback. Best Regards Nik
Looks just like my first guitar, the whole neighbourhood borrowed it, I didn't see it for about ten years 🤣 Look forward to seeing more of this one. Cheers.
Tanks a lot for sharing the Story of your Guitar🙂 and thanks a lot for watching my content. Best Regards Nik
So that's your excuse for not practicing eh??😂
That's correct👍 Best Regards Nik@@garycastronova7939
I stopped pretending I was Slash, brought an Ibanez and pretended to be Joe Satriani instead 🤣
And does it work out🙂@@ricp123
I love this! ... I've found the work time on thin CA glue to be really unpredictable. And those frets are so incredibly loose. I think I would have just re-fretted it. But you obviously made that work. always impressive.
Thank you so much for your Feedback Zack. You are absolutely correct new Frets will be also a good solution. But my Custom has spend a lot of money on the refret just 2 years ago and after noticing that there is no fret wear I decided to make it this way. Best Regards Nik
Nikola, I would love to have the job you have!
Perfect mix of art and technique
Thanks you so much for your comment Hugo. YEs you are correct this is really a satisfying work that I have to manage. And I real love doing this.. Best Regards Nik
The one thing I'd change about this guitar is replace the poor neck pickup's ring, that thing is holding on for dear life. Excellent video :)
Thank you so much for watching and for your positive feedback Mate. You are welcome. Best Regards Nik
Hi Nik, I am steadily going back and watching your entire video library, and you don't cease to amaze me. You are a man who is not afraid to take the hard road and do the actual work. That says a lot about you, and I mean that in a good way.
I also found your method of coating the fretboard with wax to prevent excess glue from getting into the wood grain to be a stroke of brilliance, as is the use of your guitar stand combined with the vise to position the guitar where you needed it.
Thank you for sharing with us 👍
Hey Harley, thank you so much for your positive feedback and for your interest in my Luthier Craftsmanship 🙏🕺🏻👍You are welcome. I always try to take the path that feels good for my and you are absolutely correct often it’s not the easiest one…😉Best Regards Nik
That was a well loved and well played guitar.🤘🎸
Yes that's correct. Such an amazing Instrument. Thanks for your Feedback. Best Regards Nik
That is a beautiful guitar. I love when guitars are so loved like that.
Thanks a lot for your positive feedback. Yes this is a great Instrument. Best Regards Nik
danke für die schlaflose nacht. habe alle clips die nacht durchgeschaut! grüße aus dem proberaum, jb
Hey Jan, das freut mich sehr. Danke Dir und herzliche Grüß Nik
Just found your channel. You do some great work, bringing these great guitars back to life. 👍
Thank you so much for saying this. You are welcome. Enjoy the other Video👍🕺🏻Best Regards Nik
Fantastic guitar video, wonder repair job on this old blackie, I subscribed for sure! I wish you talked as you worked on it as you have a great voiceover voice. I agree with the ASMR comment someone else made haha. Looking forward to more! Thanks!
Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words Mate. Yes that's me who make the Voice over ....thanks for the compliment. You are welcome. There is a lot of Repair Stuff coming up. Stay Tuned and enjoy the Videos. Best Regards Nik
Stewmac has nice needle-end pipettes for the thin superglue. I believe that they will be a great help here. nice job! I belive what happened here is that wood sharnk due to low humiditily and lack of maintenance and fret tangs let go....
Thanks a lot for your Feedback and for sharing your opinion. Best Regards Nik
I can't stand the look of black customs generally, but this was a thing of beauty. Aged to perfection!
Thank you so much for your positive feedback and for watching my Videos. Best Regards Nik
Thats a very well used guitar, you cant fake that wear. Love the look of a guitar that has done the hard yards.
Thanks for for Feedback Michael. Yes this a real work horse. Amazing Guitar. Best Regards Nik
Very well abused guitar.
@@JoesephBidon Yes this is a much played Instrument. Best Regards Nik
Hi Nik, awesome video, as always. Thank you.
Thank you so much Mate. Best Regards Nik
Hi what is the best way to take out the frets that have been glued into the slots? Without damaging the original slots or making them wider. I'm worried that heat can change the shape of the neck on old guitars and some will not change back to the original position... thank you.
Thanks for your question. The best way ist to get them out without using heat…. But if it’s necessary to hear them up because they are glued in I would prefer using a soldering iron and process very carefully especially if you have a Neck Binding. I see a lot of people out there glueing the new Frets into the Fingerboard. In my opinion this is not always necessary.. Best Regards Nik
@@petrekguitars thank you Nik! I agree completely. If the slot and the fret is a good fit and the fret is bent correctly to the radius, glue should not be used. Glue is like the last resort. I'll remember your advice on the soldering iron! Best regards, Cathy
Very nice i wish I had that talent to work on my guitars i do most repairs ex..on my own, fret work im still learning leveling ex..it takes alot of practice and many fret boards to get good at it and master it ,awesome work ,take care and stay safe
Thank you so much for your kind words Allen. And that's absolutely true what you mentioned. Practice is the the key. and I am sure if you would make Guitar repairs for 30 years ( like me) you have surely reached the same level of skills that I have today. Being talented is helpful but keep on working and making your experience is the key toi become a good craftsman... Best Regards Nik
Congratulations 👏! Amazing job, great technique, super pleasant video ❤
Thank you so much for your positive feedback and for your interest in my Luthier Craftsmanship 👍 Feel free to check out my Series Fender Jaguar Repair. This was a real tough one😅Best Regards Nik
@@petrekguitars certainly
I have a few old Les Pauls and some newer ones. Love them like family
Thanks for sharing. For me a Les Paul is my all time favorite 👍Cheers Nik
2 minutes in, and I'm Lovin your style, brother! 🤣🤣🤣
And I LOVE how big those frets are! 👍
Thanks a lot for your comment. You are welcome Mate💫🕺🏻Best Regards Nik
Nicely done! These can’t be a huge pain with those lifting frets and wicking some of that glue in but always nice to get it back to playing order! Cheers 😊
Thanks a lot for watching and for your kind words Stewart. Best Regards Nik
Killer repair on the Gibson frets
Thank you so much for your positive feedback. Best Regards Nik
Beautiful work did the customer not want this cleaned and polished?
Thanks a lot for your positive Feedback. No he wants it to keep the mojo:-) Best Regards Nik
Absolutely gorgeous guitar! great job!
Thank you so much for your kins words. Best Regards Nik
Excellent. That guitar has seen some action, it looks amazing. Thanks from the UK :)
Thanks a lot for your feedback. Yes that’s a Stage Horse 👍Best Regards Nik
Very nice job. Have you considered removing the excess glue with a solvent like acetone? There is a risk that it dissolves the glue below the frets but if you use small amounts like on a cotton swab it may only dissolve the excess.
Thanks a lot for your positive feedback. Yes this is a good way to remove super glue excess glue. But in this case I decided to remove it with a chisel because I don’t want to weaken the contact and damaging the binding. Best Regards Nik
Sounds amazing! What is the red pedal with yellow knobs?!
Thanks a lot for saying that. This is a custom made Pedal from my Mate Karsten. There are just 10 of them made if you are interested here is his contact.
www.eckermeister.de
overcarsten@arcor.de
Great Guy and a real Sound Freak. Best Regards Nik
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that the bridge pickup was swapped out at some point, seeing as it is 8 years older than the guitar, and there is no way they had 8 Y/O pickups laying around. It does sound good, like any great rock n roll machine should.
Thanks a lot for your Feedback. Yes you are correct ....In the 80´s Gibson used the Bill Lawrence Pickups you can point them because there were "waxed" or better fill with black epoxy. Like on the Neck Pickup. But if the Pickup was damaged there is no way to repair it. So I assume that this was the case and someone installed the 1979 Gibson Pickup in the Bridge position. Best Regards Nik
I really like the way it looks as is.
Thanks for sharing your opinion 👍Me too, Best Regards Nik
Veo mucha pasión en su trabajo, me encantan sus videos y estoy aprendiendo mucho, gracias por compartir de su talento! 🎸
Muchas Gracias.... You are welcome. Best Regards Nik
You are a genuine artiste, sir....
Thank you so much for saying this James🙏✨You are welcome. Best Regards Nik
Looks like tons of chip out from the original refret job. Possibly, what's causing the tang of the fret to not stay in place.
Well done, im sure the owner will get plenty more play out of it!
Thanks a lot for your comment. Yes the Fret Job was done a bit sloppy. But now it's working fine. Was quite happy to solve this problem. Best Regards Nik
@@petrekguitars I'll bet that the owner is even happier!
@@Troi1984 ✨🕺🏻👍
What were you doing with the "Bike filler gauge"?
Thanks for your question. I am locating gaps between the Fret and the fretboard. Best Regards Nik
Schönes Video ❤
Hätte gern auch so eine schöne Klampfe 😮
Vielen herzlichen Dank. Ja der Besitzer kann sich freuen:-😊BG Nik
Hardly anything sounds better than a Les Paul.
Thanks for sharing your opinion. Yes I totally agree. Les Paul is my all time favorite 👍🕺🏻Best Regards Nik
Hello, what causes the frets to loosen? thanks......
Hey Jim, this can have several reasons. The Fretslots were to sloppy and if so the repair guy didn’t glue the Frets in. Or what I assume is that frets were glued in and by polishing with a power tool the glue get soft and the frets get loose and cause this problem. Best Regards Nik
how many tries to get that box of strings to stand up like that? Looks cool - worth the time! Great video by the way - thank you for creating it.
Thanks a lot for your positive comment. Actually it was tree times 😉You are welcome. Feel free to check out my new Fender Jaguar repair video…. Best Regards Nik
Great looking and sounding guitar and good job on the repair. The piece of wood on the dab of CA glue to check whether or not it is dry is a nice trick, I'll use that one! Personally, I use a razor blade as a scraper to remove the CA glue squeeze out. Scrape in the direction of the wood grain and you'll be left with a nicer finish (and no risk of chips with the chisels). Just my two cents :)
Thank you so much for your kind feedback and for sharing your experience. You are welcome. Best Regards Nik ✨🕺🏻
Vintage or not, there's no way in heck I would resist fixing that pickup ring! It's driving me nuts.
Thanks for your Feedback. Yes I can understand that... Best Regards Nik
Cool, nice job.
Thanks a lot for your positive feedback 🕺🏻👍Cheers Nik
Its smart to use wood pieces as an indicator to the glue 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks a lot for watching and for your feedback Samy. Best Regards Nik
That CA has such a long open time. Do you buy it special with this quality?
Thanks a lot for your question. No it's standard Ca glue nothing fancy.Best Regards Nik
How would one go about making blocks with different radii to use when clamping frets? I enjoy your videos and especially like some of your hand-made tools. Best wishes.
Thank you so much for your positive Feedback and for watching my Videos. Best Regards Nik
That O'l battle Axe has seen some stuff ... really cool tho
Thanks a lot for your feedback and for watching my content 👍🕺🏻Best Regards Nik
The frets look really not worn so yes, no need to refret (what you answered below..) - btw; on the bay you can find many shops for clinical supplies, who sell equipment which is past its BB Date - so essentially not steril any more.. - I use 0.4mm Syringe needles for these glue jobs...; they fit on most glue bottles and when used carefully, the glue basically runs into the spaces on its own.. - again wonderful work Nik - Greetings to you and my Hometown; Markus
Thanks a lot for watching and for sharing your way to do this job. Yes that sound like a good way to handle the glue I feel pretty comfortable doing it with the Knife...You are welcome. Best Regards Nik
Хотелось бы узнать,чем Вы пропитали накладку грифа.
Thanks a lot for your question. I use Dunlop Oil or Balistol Oil. Best Regards Nik
Why you didnt glue the broken frame of the neck pick up?
Thanks for your question. My Custom just asked me to take care of the Fret Problem. Best Regards Nik
Love a black Les Paul custom
@@BassRocket Thanks for your feedback. It’s one of my favorite Les Paul Models 🕺🏻👍Best Regards Nik
i love to see a guitar that is used and chipped paint from years of playing, not talking about dirty guitars ofc :D
Thanks a lot for watching and for sharing your opinion. You are welcome. Best Regards Nik
that is a beautiful guitar. only type of les paul I'd contemplate getting
Thanks a lot for your comment. Yes they are amazing. Best Regards Nik
Using steel wool without protecting the pickups is waiting for the disaster is what I think I don't know if I'm right or I am maybe wrong but I will appreciate if somebody can correct me thank you
Don't worry I will take care of the mess 🙂 Cheers Nik
I don’t see any issue with this guitar? Looks like a regular Murphy Lab Les Paul?
Thanks for you Feedback 😉🕺🏻👍Best Regards Nik
What causes this? Were the new frets made using a wrong radius?
Thanks for your question. This can have different causes. I assume that the fret slots were to wide or if the guy who made this glued them in an then by polishing the Frets with a power tool overheat the glue so that it gets loosen and don't hold the fret in there position. A not 100% prebend on the frets would not cause this issue... Best Regards Nik
Man thats a beautiful giutar! i have the Epiphone custom verison and its awesone too. i put in Gibson pickups !
Hey Joe, thanks for your positive feedback. Yes that is a real beauty… Yoz Epiphone is also a nice one. Good upgrad👍 Best Regards Nik
Those frets were like railway sleepers, mahoosive!
Yes quite flexible🙂 Thanks for your feedback. Best Regards Nik
Dude that patina on the guitar ❤❤
Yes this are decade’s of Club Gigs …Best Regards Nik
Nice fix
Thanks a lot Steve👍Best Regards Nik
Thanks, I try to avoid Stewmac as much as I can they are very expensive, I thought that you found some other cheaper sourse, anyway thanks.
No Sorry, but I have this wise for decades it will last forever… Best Regards Nik
The guitar is gnarly!
Thanks a lot for your comment. Yes it's amazing. Best Regards Nik
Where did you buy this green vise?
If you are in the Us you can buy it at @stewmac. Best Regards Nik
Damn! a real life Murphy lab 😮
Yes.... Thanks for watching and your feedback. Best Regards Nik
when start the paintjob?
I don’t think this is necessary 😉👍Best Regards Nik
@@petrekguitars it must be for the way it shine that black color.....
Ah it´s more like satin than shiny🙂Cheers Nik@@sebastjanhannsel443
@@Zeroasinzero Thanks for your feedback. Best Regards Nik
''@@Zeroasinzero beautiful??? yellow and broken.... this guitar loks way better with a new shiny laca....
Handsome guy, Beautiful technic. lol
Thank you so much Tom👍🕺🏻Best Regards Nik
Bendmaster amp ?
BERNDMASTER handbuild Amp🙂
An '87? My god, what did he do, store it outdoors? Question: why didn't you repair the broken neck pickup surround?
Thanks for your Feedback. It´s simply played nearly every Weekend on Gigs over all the years... Best Regards Nik
1979 pickups in a 1987 model?
Yes I suppose that one Pickup wa changed... Best Regards Nik
Why didn't you wipe off the excess glue before clamping?
Thanks for your question. Yes you can wipe it of but if you clamp the Radius Jig down it will produce some squeeze out... And I have to remove this anyway... I apply the wax to provide too much glue sticking on the Fretboard. Best Regards Nik
If you have to re glue down basically every fret, why not just refret the whole board and do it right with a proper fretboard sand, refret, level, and polish? Its a vintage guitar, yet its been refretted already at least once because it has no binding nibs. Seems to me the amount of work being done in this video vs having a total refret done is a no brainer. The ebony board and inlays would be sanded, and you have new frets with plenty of life to them that were crowned, leveled and polished. There could very well be an issue with the last refret as well seeing how many of these frets have lifted. The slots could have been cut too wide hence the lifting, or poor choice of glue used "maybe no glue at all" during the last refret. But how does one know without removing the frets? Im not knocking the work being done, but just saying to avoid future issues, a full re-fret would seem to address any concerns about who did the last refret/why so many frets lifted.
Thanks for your feedback and for sharing your opinion. Yes you are totally correct. Normally I would do exactly what you recommend. But in this case the owner asked me to fix this issue with less amount of work because the Gutar was refreted 2 years ago and the frets are like new...but there were all loosen. So I decided to chose this way...Best Regards Nik
This is beyond epic
Thank you so much for saying that. Best Regards Nik
Awesome look 😊😊
Thanks a lot 🙏🕺🏻👍Cheers Nik
Why is it so beautiful?
Thanks for your comment. Best Regards Nik
Excellent just subscribed 😊
Thanks a lot John👍You are welcome. Best Regards Nik
It’d be cool to see you fix that neck pickup ring! Always wondered how to do that.
Thanks a lot for your Feedback. This is a quite good Idea for a Video. I did some shorts about repairing Humbucker Frames. Feel free to scroll in my Short .... Best Regards Nik
@@petrekguitars thanks 👍
Those are some jumbalia frets! The repair is for Zakk Wilde?
Thanks a lot for your question. No this guitar is played and owned by a much playing musician 👍Best Regards Nik
Exelente!!!!! No tengo más palabras
Muchas Gracias. Cheers Nik
Rcranky64 just forgot to say : Please 😅 Thanks for this video 👌🙏
Thanks for watching and your interest in my Luthier Craftsmanship. Best Regards Nik
I have Desert Burst LP Gibson w special mirror old dimarzio pickups
Thanks for sharing. This is surely a great Instrument. Best Regards Nik
He is really handsome to be honest, he obviously did an excelent job too
Thank you so much for your positive Feedback Fredo. Best Regards Nik
The others a fine.... What does it mean?
Thanks for your question... I have checked the Nut slots and all are fine just the slot for the E string was to low... Best Regards Nik
@@petrekguitars I'm curious about that low e string slot. I'm guessing that it wasn't so low it would be a problem.
Thanks for your question. Before the repair it was to low but after the repair and after leveling the Frets it was become fine🙂 Best Regards Nik@@bucko5427
1987 that has never been taken care of. I have a 1956 strat that in perfect condition.
Thanks for your Feedback 👍This is surely a amazing Instrument. Best Regards Nik
I hope those are SS frets, the NY XL's will tear them frets up real quick!
Thanks for your Feedback.Really I didn't know that.I love the Sound of this Strings. Best Regards Nik
Do you take any guitar for repair or does it have to be special ?
Hey John, I repair any kind of Guitar there is no preference... Best Regards Nik
Man I love a custom love🥰
Thanks a lot for your comment. Best Regards Nik
Great video
Thanks a lot for your comment. Cheers Nik
I had a little mouse called Elvis , he died aww , caught in a trap.🤣
Sounds like a sad story 😉💁🏻♂️Thanks for your feedback. Best Regards Nik
Caught in a trap….I can’t walk out 🎶🎵🤣
@@vayabroder729 Sounds good 😊
Lovely job, sir. I have a question - what pedal is that and who makes it : Revolustortion? Can’t find it on Reverb or in Google search…
Ike
Thanks a lot for your positive Feedback Ike. These Pedals are made by an amazing Dude and technician. You can't find them on these platforms because he makes just a few of them. Carsten is a genius....Feel free to Contact him...
overcarsten@arcor.de
www.eckermeister.de
Best Regards Nik
You have Nik a f....new suscriber !😊
You are very welcome..Cheers Nik
Superb!!
Thanks a lot. Best Regards Nik
Great work. well, shot video. Thanks for sharing. Sub.
Thank you sir much for your kind word. You are welcome. Best Regards Nik
Sorry. I would refret. Just dabbing superglue under the frets isn't (in my opinion) enough.
Thanks for sharing your opinion. Actually this would be the normal way to solve this problem. But a refret is quite expensive and the owner asked me to keep the costs low because he already payed a lot go money for the fret job...Sop that's why I did it this way. Best Regards Nik
Wow, I thought my 87 was a little rough. This one was abused. 😮
Oh yes this was played a lot. Cheers Nik
This one has been played a lot but taken care of.
This is a real stage warrior... Best Regards Nik
Nice guitar
Yes It’s amazing. Thanks for your comment. Best Regards Nik
Great video, as always. And this time with my favourite guitar ever! Is this really a 1987 Les Paul? The PU says 1979.
Thanks for the videos!
Thanks a lot for your positive Feedback. You are correct the Bridge Pickup is made in 1979 ....I assume that he way changed back inn the Days because everything else including the serial Nummer is 1987. And the first owner bought it in 1987. Best Regards Nik
Why do LP owners mash down the stopbar like that?
Thanks for your question. To apply more pressure on the ABR Bridge. This adds more Tone and Sustain. Best Regards Nik
@@petrekguitars The strings were contacting the bridge ring and bending over it. Not good.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Thanks for your feedback. The Customer prefer this setup and I it’s not a issue for him 👍Best Regards Nik