Handmade Jazz Guitar Patch Repair & Custom Ultra Thin Pickup Installation
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- Welcome to Crimson Guitars ua-cam.com/users/CrimsonC... and Ben's home workshop where he is repairing a client's handmade Jazz Guitar. This involves removing a top-mounted scratchplate and patch repairing the screw hole. Then installing an Ultra-thin Pickup and controls
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Removing the scratchplate and the top-mounted humbucker
2:45 How do you remove a lump of wood? - Carefully!
6:25 Then there is that pesky tiny hole - now what?
19:16 Matching the colour to cover the repair
22:49 Volume and tone knobs - the positioning
23:25 Completing the repair with shellac and mineral oil
28:11 Taking the original pots off the scratchplate and Installing the pick-up and wiring
31:36 Finessing the shellac
34:34 Completing the installation of the pick-up
37:52 Conclusion
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Usually I like what you do. in this case I can't appreciate how you managed to fix the hole. You made the repair a lot more visible than just plugging the hole.
The editing & entertainment value of this video was amazing! Who knew a patch repair & pickup installation could be fun 🤷♂️
We aim to please 🙏 😊 and thank you!
No desire to be a luthier. But I find myself watching your videos anyway. Something almost therapeutic about them. Good show.
I'm really diggin the 70's sitcom background music.
Me too 😀
A new 40 min Crimson Guitars video on Thursday?
We're blessed. :)
Should have been out yesterday but we're ramping up for more content this coming year all being well
Someone had lots of fun editing this video.
I think you are right 😀
Ben, my hat's off to you. I'm very familiar with the challenges that such a finicky repair entails. "Ya done good", as many would say!
Thank you Marty, I'm really happy with how it turned out in the end, and until more than half way through I really wasn't sure that would be the case
That instrument looks a million times better without the scratch-plate and with the beautifully discrete repair. This is great learning material as well as highly entertaining, thanks Ben and the excellent video editor(s?).
Thank-you fire angel, I agree, that miss-matched and chunky scratchplate was not very nice 😢
New editor today with a different and cool aesthetic that I am particularly enjoying too. Thank you for mentioning it!
But why build an acoustic guitar like that? Any cheap acoustic sounds better, this cannot ever be a good instrument. Floating bridge, ultra thick top, small sound holes.... who would ever build a guitar like that?
Scratch plate at this point is, IMHO, completely irrelevant.
If there was a way of "coreing" instead of drilling the holes you would have the exact wood and stain to use as the hole plug. A very nice, delicate job.
I wish I had thought of that, I really do!
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I really did love this video and the finished product was beautiful.
I've just done a neck fit and pickup installation on an Iron Curtain Hofner copy used to play illegal non communist approved music in cellars and the source for the core is under the bridge as generally these can move around for intonation. The Hofner copy is terrible and the neck held on with a square headed flange bolt and lots of material had been cut away from the pocket . So after calculating the angle used a couple of shims fixed in place for the correct height of neck to bridge and mixed up an epoxy based sawdust filler, masked and waxed the neck with cellophane and bolted it in with a a socket head screw while aligning it with bridge and floating tailpiece . I also used 16mm Alpha pots through the F hole and sited the knobs in a similar place with the bridge earth wire coming out under the tail piece hook and earth's perfectly . I used a Fender chrome top pickup at a node point but as this meant cutting through the top brace to tail stop hook installed 2 maple bridges either side to transfer the load . Unfortunately it was impossible to use a strap jack because of the tailpiece so on went a chrome jack plate as the theme of this guitar was dingy red stain white and chrome . Despite the guitar being valueless apart from one original Fender strap button fitted to the shoulder ( the other was a plastic wedge which smelled awful ) I still take the same amount of time a d care on a repair rebuild as I would a Gibson or Martin etc . I do this work at cost of parts only as my labour is free but always the larger element or any repair , build or modification .
Nice looking pickup by the way . The pickup I am making for my build for the GGBO actually sits inside under the spare after the 24 th fret on the fretboard of the inductor type the wires passing straight down to the electronics , it also has a custom built piezo made from Barium Titanate with wires running down the middle of the neck between the 2 truss rods from the pickup under the nut and another inductor type bridge pickup too with a means to blend/select all 3 invisible pickups keeping the top clear except for strings and bridge , which I may construct from optical clear acrylic and glass for the saddles with an interesting means to adjust for height and intonation. Im looking forward to hearing the sound that the nut pickup produces or adds to those in conventional positions. There is a way to grow some very large clear barium titanate crystals that can be ground to make saddles . Imagine that a completely transparent guitar bridge ! It all depends on time as proof of concept has been done .
plug cutter bits, job done!
@@BBGuitars Just looked it up. 😳 I didn't even know that was a thing, cool.
I love the look of Jazz guitars. ❤️
really like the pick-up - cheers from Canada
Your soft and delicate work is mesmerizing to see! Thank you!
31:19 I'm holding my breath!!!
A trick I use for pulling the pots up into the holes is, I use a length of heat shrink tubing over the pot posts and then you can just pull on the heat shrink, up through the hole.
looks way better, great job.
I’m glad you went elegant, good call
Attention to detail, enormous amounts of love and care for someone's most precious possession. This was just an enthralling watch, thank you so much for making this video for us to watch.
So most guitarists sell their soul to the devil to have the magic touch of Jimmy Hendrix or the weeping tones of Eric Clapton or the vast chasm of reverb of The Edge. When it was your turn in the queue, "err please sir can you make it that one hour of real time gives me a fortnight in my workshop to devote to doing things properly?"
I've got a guitar on my bench that... well, probably should go in the fire, but I want to try stuff from a repair standpoint on it. Specifically, it's got a bridge that has been glued down in the wrong place. It also needs a new fretboard. Ben, taking that block out reminded me I need to get back to that guitar and get it done. Again, you inspire me to do stuff and I can't thank you enough for that. One day, I will get across the pond and take a class.
Pleasure. Great to be a channel of inspiration. DC
Really enjoyed the video and craftsmanship
Handsome guitar. Nice work, Ben.
It’s been totally transformed.
I love all your guitars!
A lovely repair, and I agree that it looks much better without the scratchplate. A very nice guitar indeed.
Very nice repair patch, I've often thought about the end grain problem, but was a little worried about the results. But you nailed it and it looks great.
Both the pickup and the position of the knobs look like they were always there. Nice job.
Thank you. This was a fun one
I learned so much from this vid! Brilliant technique. Many thanks.
Lovely job Ben.
The guitar looks so much more... searching for appropriate words here... Like it was intended to look from day one!
I'm really glad that I managed to hide that hole.. my heart sank when I saw that that block was glued down and it only got worse when I saw the hole alltg way through! 😞
Love that hole repair!
Thank you. This was my first patch repair and something I've low tier worried about doing for literal decades 😆
I've watched a lot of your stuff... And you are exceptionally good with a chisel.
Impecable work, Ben!
Thank you. That was a fun one!
That is an awesome sounding guitar!!!!
Great work.
Ben you're a legend. Great work on this. Informative and entertaining as always. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you :)
Class work and class editing. That smoke had me grinning 😄
Nice job Ben!
Thank you, this was a fun one
That turned out awesome Ben!
Thanks Ben, another really helpful video and I need to sharpen my gouges so thank you for showing that too. Cheers Dave
“The end is nigh….” I had to check the timeline to see if you had time to finish! 😂 And you did! Soooo cool😎
Fascinating.
My go-to for patch aging fresh wood is usually tea and baking soda. The stronger the tea, the more tannin and the more dramatic the aging.
Outstanding job Ben 👍
Thanks, was a bit nerve wracking for a while there but came out OK in the end. I think I may actually enjoy the next patch repair 😀
Reminded me of Bean restoring whistler's mother :)
YEAH AOTEAROA (New Zealand)in the HOUSE
I don't trust myself to leave open bottles of anything on my bench, especially dyes or stains. I'm sure to knock them over. You're a brave man, Ben Crow.
Or stupid.. let's go with stupid.. I normally try and close them asafp after use as I also knock things over on the regular!
Your home workshop reminds me of your first UA-cam videos.... :)
Wow! I have one up on Ben, having finished a guitar using FP technique, successfully, albeit to a satin finish and not a full gloss!
New member here! I just love watching you build amazing guitar! 👍
Thank you very much for your support, I sincerely appreciate it!
Been there and d9ne that more times then I can remember Ben 😅
Fair play for trying something new that you weren't sure about but have researched enough to do it well.
Nice repair job.
Most of us would be just used a toothpick to be fair.
I do like the look of those stains 🤔
Always need new tools aswell.
Might buy some more after new years for guitary things 😄
By the way, thankyou for showing how sometimes repairing needs re blending with grain work, its one of the most difficult bits 👍
Why am I holding my breathe when Ben is chiselling the wood away ?
Lol
Very nice job Been !! Nice patch !!
Thank you 😊
Hopefully you will do more repair videos. You are very gifted
Thank you. I will, I certainly will!
Hey Ben, the final result is unbelievably magnificent! I first thought "so what if the repair is visible - it's tidy; it's part of the guitar's story". But no, the guitar looks so much better for going the extra distance. Personally, I really like to see electric guitars that have no pick guards and no access panels, but it must be a pain to achieve.
It is a bit fiddly, and makes the life of future repair people far more problematic but, yes.. a nice clean looking guitar is by far my favourite option..
That was a good one. And only one video!
Nice job on all of it, especially the patch. I have a guitar (grandfather's) than needs something similar, and I have some cedar that's darn close to a match. Thanks for the info. :)
Funny looking travel guitar! 😁
I am known for my digressions lol. Next episode of the travel build will be out on Saturday! I hope you enjoy it
As a photographer, I know how it is to be completely obsessed with details nobody will notice if they don't know it's there.
great in stall
8-bit sunglasses well deserved!
38:15 "...and Next we hear 'In a Terquoise Mood' That's Jaaaazzz , Grreeeeaaat!"
that's what we r here for! Excellent work as always! how about a thinline/ centerblock hollowbody kit?!
I find myself sitting very still, with my mouth open, while he’s carving the wood on the guitar face. Strangely riveting.
Nice 👍
Very nice. So many familiar techniques, done slightly differently than I would have. You certainly have the courage of practiced hands. I would have protected that guitar with a sheet of acetate to carve away that block.
I probably should have done that tbh, thanks for the tip!
I think the podcast you mentioned was ‘Omo’. Episode 34 with Iris Carr.
More repair vids like this!
Your wish is my command. :)
Ben, sometimes you can blend a repair in shellac with a tiny brush dampened with alcohol.
Small tip, wet sand shellac with mineral oil, not water. Water on shellac can leave it with a haze.
that I did not know! Thank you :)
It's always a pleasure watching you. My father was a master cabinet maker/joiner/carpenter,I learned some tricks watching him but turn myself as a toolmaker machinist. By watching you,I'm making my own guitar but for now designing a different instrument, some kind of a Koto or Guqin. I was wondering if you managed that little hole on the side left by removing the plate support at 1:51 ?
The side hole wasn't something the client is too worried about, out of sight out of mind I suppose?
I'd love to see Ben do another rock star guitar repair video like the Kelly Jones Gibson SG. 🙏
I would do a much better job of it this time round too for that matter, I was so nervous that day and there was a HUGE rush 😳
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars i thought you did a fantastic job..the videos were so enthralling..they got me into your youtube content and I've loved everything you've done since. Have a grear xmas 🍻
A good way to wet the glue without having loose water just running around is to use laponite gel. Comes as a powder and you mix whatever solvent you want in there. Shmear it on the surface and it stays in place. Keeps it from evaporating too.
I usually use damp strips of paper towels, it keeps the humidity in and localised on the glue, and you don’t have to wait for it to hydrate like you do with the gel
The true face of procrastination 😂
Great video though Really want to try these pickups out
That's me! It was a fun digression though, yeah?
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars definitely fun. All your digressions are but we need the one piece hand tool build!! I am making a copy of the 2020 explorer with only hand tools and the hand tool build is giving me great ideas. That is my favourite guitar by you though
I would settle for one gouge that was the proper size and shape to carve tops with, lol. Great video, and lovely work.
Yeah.. you are 100% spot on.. at the very least I should have used a gouge a little bigger than the desired repair..
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Hey, you did a great job. Repair work is seldom ever perfect; someone else honked it all up and now you gotta go in and "fix" it.
That will not be seen from a distance, and unless someone shoves their nose down 3 inches from the repair area, it will most likely just look like a spot of pitch/resin in the wood.
Watching you work is a pleasure, and well worth the time.
If you wanted to be extra careful and not have had to worry about digging into the guitar with a chisel, you could have used a piece of 3-6mm-thick acrylic, MDF, or plywood with a slot cut out for whatever that wooden block was.
Hi Ben! I hope you, your family, & co-workers all have a great holiday and stay safe from the pandemic. I do have a question. I noticed that you use surgical scalpels for the very small work. I have for years used the X-Acto line of hobby knives for the same thing. My question is, are scalpels better for that type of work than X-Acto knives or is it just a personal preference? If there's a reason that scalpels are better, I'm very interested to know. Thanks for all of the great videos, and I'm looking forward to seeing the hand-made guitar take shape. I also like the .x episodes to see what prep goes into the process. :)
good job on the repair patch Ben, I am a plasterer and for the 37 yrs I have been doing that I have been asked to patch so many different things from walls, ceilings, cars, tables, and have chosen to try marble bench tops and laminate bench tops and managed quite well, but I mentioned to my son I was going to repair (patch) an old sunburst squire partscaster I own because it messes with my brain seeing the chips and dings etc and my son went off saying no no it looks so much better like that , relic I think he said , but what are your thoughts and could you leave something you know you can repair and make look new again or would you leave the relic look as they call it ?
Also, don’t use the oil right away. In this case you don’t need it at all. Typically you’d want to use it after you’ve built up a few wash coats and build coats. It only really helps the burnishing process.
The oil can get into the raw wood and really good things up
Gidday bloke, love your work, any chance of a "Reference Books I Love" vid? Bless your cotton socks.
Talitha experimenting with new after effects? 😂
Awesome repair / modification of this beautiful instrument.
We're hoping to add a lot more content next year and this is our new editor, Bear, who I think is going to do OK, don't you?
Looks like that would have been a loooong live stream.
But worth watching maybe? Would at least have been spread out over 2 or 3 episode's though
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars definitely. Next time :)
The way you scraped away that glued block reminds me of Baumgartner Restoration. You might like the meticulous nature of his videos.
I love his work, thank-you for the comparison!
Dang it! I keep catching myself trying to blow away the wood chips! 🤪
True immersive luthiery.. thank you 😊
So did you glue the pickup only on the side? Neat! Nice work!
Regarding the video, it's the mantra of Lutherie: How good are you correcting mistakes?
Problem solving truly is the most important thing in repair work, also can be incredibly fun
For mixing tiny amounts of waterbased stain or paints..... Poundland plastic shot-glasses! 😁😁
I feel that I lack the social life required to even know about poundland plastic shit glasses.. but now that I do!! :)
Was the violin/cello lady, Iris Carr? She is amazing at what she does. Ian Davlin isn’t too shabby on the guitar finish repair front either.
The plastic knobs should be made in ebony instead...great video as always, Ben.
The control knobs? They are ebony.. highly polished so unfortunately they really do look like plastic 😕
If you had gauged out a small bit of wood from where you are drilling for the vol/tone pots...
I was thinking the exact same thing.
You two are damned genius'! Nice one!
GooD)))))))
That music at about 5:45 sounded like I was stuck in an 80s adult film.
We try 😆
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars oh, by all means.... I appreciate the nostalgia factor.
I normally don't look at fixes like this and I have to admit I cringed more then once , like this man shit the bed however it came out marvelous.. Well done sir!
Hey Andrew, this made me lol.. thank you. and, tbh, I felt that I may well have royally cocked up more than a few times too..
Hi Ben, what was the oil you used when sharpening the Gouge?
👏👏
I went to your site to find that pickup, but no luck. Will you be making it available for sale?
I also don't like pickguards and my old gold top p90 les paul looks so much better without but with a twist because I swapped the covers to black and black knobs! Looks so much better than cream and Amber knobs... Great repair dude! Do I need a special wire brush to clean my crimson guitars fret crowning files or can I just use a small wire brush ( the packs with steel/brass/composite? ) cheers 🍻
Sounds much better 👌 no need for any special file cleaning brushes.. hell, you can use a piece of wood along the teeth and achieve the same result imo
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars thanks for the reply I'll give them a clean tomorrow! And yes with black unconventional covers on a gold top makes it 100% better sounding! Lol 🤣
That must be the most careful screw hole repair I've ever seen.
thank you sir.
Would it have been possible to take some of the material from where you were drilling the hole for the wires to repair the scratch plate screw hole?
That is an incredibly cool idea that didn't occur to me!
I wanna see u build a big body acoustic
One day.. for sure
You talk about Iris Carr ?
13:49 Had to rewind that... at first I could have sworn he said "I am having a blunt."
While working on my first ever patch repair!? I may be insane but not THAT insane lol
The video was awesome as always. Where do I find that little tool you used to tighten the nuts on the tone and volume pots.
www.crimsonguitars.com/collections/guitar-maintenance-tools/products/5-in-1-guitar-nut-cube
Part 17 of the handmade jazz guitar repair project: I’ve decided to…burn it.
Hi Ben! What made you decide against staining some wood dust in the same color and turn it into glue on paste to fill the hole? Was it mimicking the grain? Cheers V
Dust and glue is almost never a perfect colour match, on top of that the natural depth and ..shine? of real wood under finish can't be replicated
Oh.. and hi V, didn't see your name when I first replied