Hope to see the rest of this repair, Scotty?! Always appreciate the wisdom that goes into each of these. Seem to be no two are alike! Thanks for the share man!!
Hi Scotty D. just a little ditty about Guild lacquer way back in 76' I worked for the Australian Distributor, the head honcho's came back from NAMM rubbing their hands with glee having just bagged the Guild distribution for Australia...i can picture the Guild execs rubbing their hands with glee over the order..Finally D day came months later, the shipment had landed!!! We started to unpack these out of their cartons and one by one trying to get them out of their body bags, we found the entire shipment was ruined!!!The lacquer was so fresh it melted into the plastic bags..They must have been over the moon with size of the order the factory got them out as fast as possible!! A number of I irate international phone calls took place the following days!!!
I love my Guild acoustic but Im dreading the day it needs a neck reset. Hopefully another 40 years away as it’s only 15 years old now. My son will have to worry about it as it’s going to be his one day.
I know someone who reset the neck on a Guild F-412 from the early ‘70s using steam. The steam traveled up the truss rod channel and caused a crack in the back of the neck. This is a pro with 40 years experience, not a keyboard wannabe. He had to glue then refinish that neck and made no money on the job. He no longer wants to reset Guild guitar necks. Maybe he ought to give the electric foam cutters a shot. Also, a ‘50s J-45 had to have a neck reset, and those cheeks were glued to the rims. The rims were laminate, not solid mahogany, and it was a real dance with lots of tape to keep those rims at the dovetail cutout from disintegrating. He’s reluctant with Gibson neck resets, too. I feel like showing him the foam cutters from Amazon, but he’s the pro, not me.
I had to refinish this one! The heel anyways. The dry heat took too long and the finish bubbled! 😂 These days I use the dry heat as a kind of foreplay and blast it with steam at the end. Both of these 2 other Guilds pulled nicely. 👍🏻 I’m up to 3 guilds now 🤓
Cool! I’ve decided there is better technique than what I talked about in this video. It took too long and it cooked the lacquer. I had to refinish the neck heel and it took a month to finish. In a few weeks, I am publishing a video on an Epiphone casino neck reset that will utilize some of this new technique.
I've been trading and collecting old guitars forever. Lots of neck resets done on Martins and Gibsons. Usually Martins will always need neck resets. Sometimes old Gibsons are fine and they don't need them. When it comes to Guilds, a lot of experienced repair people are hesitant to get involved with them. They claim that it can be very difficult to remove the necks on Guilds. For this reason they fear taking on the job because they might screw something up. It might be a production or quality control thing where some years were fine but other years the assembly was rushed or there were different people etc.
Great job on a nice guitar. I hate neck resets, not because I can't do it, but because I always seem to cause more damage than I should incur. Yamaha being the worst. My experience is that the glue is like cement. Maybe epoxy???
Thanks Murph! The Taiwan Yamahas can be epoxied. There was a Nippon Gakki Japanese model In recently that came off easy. Regular wood glue. There is a new trick I’ll be sharing soon that makes it much easier
@@harpethguitar I can't wait for that trick. I just got a Noppon Gaki 140 for fixing a guitar for a friend. The neck set is good on mine. BTW it is me who needs to be thanking you. Fy finish repairs have evolved at light speed since I started watching your videos.
Hope to see the rest of this repair, Scotty?! Always appreciate the wisdom that goes into each of these. Seem to be no two are alike! Thanks for the share man!!
Hi Scotty D. just a little ditty about Guild lacquer way back in 76' I worked for the Australian Distributor, the head honcho's came back from NAMM rubbing their hands with glee having just bagged the Guild distribution for Australia...i can picture the Guild execs rubbing their hands with glee over the order..Finally D day came months later, the shipment had landed!!!
We started to unpack these out of their cartons and one by one trying to get them out of their body bags, we found the entire shipment was ruined!!!The lacquer was so fresh it
melted into the plastic bags..They must have been over the moon with size of the order the factory got them out as fast as possible!!
A number of I irate international phone calls took place the following days!!!
I love my Guild acoustic but Im dreading the day it needs a neck reset. Hopefully another 40 years away as it’s only 15 years old now. My son will have to worry about it as it’s going to be his one day.
I know someone who reset the neck on a Guild F-412 from the early ‘70s using steam. The steam traveled up the truss rod channel and caused a crack in the back of the neck. This is a pro with 40 years experience, not a keyboard wannabe. He had to glue then refinish that neck and made no money on the job. He no longer wants to reset Guild guitar necks. Maybe he ought to give the electric foam cutters a shot. Also, a ‘50s J-45 had to have a neck reset, and those cheeks were glued to the rims. The rims were laminate, not solid mahogany, and it was a real dance with lots of tape to keep those rims at the dovetail cutout from disintegrating. He’s reluctant with Gibson neck resets, too. I feel like showing him the foam cutters from Amazon, but he’s the pro, not me.
I had to refinish this one! The heel anyways. The dry heat took too long and the finish bubbled! 😂 These days I use the dry heat as a kind of foreplay and blast it with steam at the end. Both of these 2 other Guilds pulled nicely. 👍🏻
I’m up to 3 guilds now 🤓
Can we see the next part of this reset? Very interesting. I will do a D40 1965 reset with the help of your vids 😊
Cool! I’ve decided there is better technique than what I talked about in this video. It took too long and it cooked the lacquer. I had to refinish the neck heel and it took a month to finish. In a few weeks, I am publishing a video on an Epiphone casino neck reset that will utilize some of this new technique.
@@harpethguitar great :) thanks!
@@harpethguitar the slip technique? California reset?
I've been trading and collecting old guitars forever. Lots of neck resets done on Martins and Gibsons. Usually Martins will always need neck resets. Sometimes old Gibsons are fine and they don't need them. When it comes to Guilds, a lot of experienced repair people are hesitant to get involved with them. They claim that it can be very difficult to remove the necks on Guilds. For this reason they fear taking on the job because they might screw something up. It might be a production or quality control thing where some years were fine but other years the assembly was rushed or there were different people etc.
I agree! Guilds are tough. This one needed some refinishing
I used a homemade heat stick to pull the neck on a Guild D-35. Shit ton of glue on that Rhode Island beauty.
Great job on a nice guitar. I hate neck resets, not because I can't do it, but because I always seem to cause more damage than I should incur. Yamaha being the worst. My experience is that the glue is like cement. Maybe epoxy???
Thanks Murph! The Taiwan Yamahas can be epoxied. There was a Nippon Gakki Japanese model In recently that came off easy. Regular wood glue. There is a new trick I’ll be sharing soon that makes it much easier
@@harpethguitar I can't wait for that trick. I just got a Noppon Gaki 140 for fixing a guitar for a friend. The neck set is good on mine. BTW it is me who needs to be thanking you. Fy finish repairs have evolved at light speed since I started watching your videos.
What keeps the body from bouncing off the floor while you have the neck in the vise?
The body rests on a drum stool.
Trigonmetry, eh?