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Enjoyed both vid's, but my one Q is, did you lower the action by any other method other than lowering the saddle, and if so what were the final height measurements? Cheers!

Duuuuude . . . What a gold mine of lutherie all in one episode!

I had a sunburst ES-137 for a little while, several years ago - it was my way of trying to get back to the vibe I had from the 1980 Gibson Howard Roberts Fusion I used to have (and sold, because I needed to the money), that was my main guitar back in the 90s, when I was an active gigger in a heavy rock band. The '137 was a nice guitar, but unfortunately, I just don't like the Slim Taper profile neck Gibson uses on so many of its guitars (Including the ES-137) - too thin and uncomfortable for my playing style (Classical/thumb behind the neck) ☹, so the guitar went bye-bye.

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Great patient work. You made it worth the watch with great era appropriate playing at the end.

If you had to guess a ballpark figure for all your guitar repair tools how much would you say? $$$$

Fantastic how you gave new life to this old girl.

Turned out great!

What a beauty!! Thanks Mr. Scott!!! 🖖🙂

Here in the UK..1930,s L00 guitars sell for £6000-7000 or $7600-8900.Sound is a personal thing..rarity is another thing.But...as a person who handles many guitars,are they worth the money as guitars.Is there anything special with the woods "you cant buy anymore" etc.If somebody gave you $7000 to buy a guitar..purely as a good instrument,not an investment.Would you go vintage or modern?.

Scotty, I've used a similar technique to get a bit of a backbone into a Classical Guitar neck. Instead of using a Heat Lamp, I used a Heat Gun set on low heat. In the various videos I've seen, heating the neck has usually been done from the fretboard side. Do you think it works better to heat the neck from opposite/player's thumb side to get out a bow? I know there are potential issues with damaging the finish. I see with the heat lamp you're heating both sides of the neck. Thanks

Was that ' Heart ' at the end ?

Hi Scotty, thank you for this inspiring video ! As always, precise, accurate, made with a lot of intelligence ! Also, this 1936 Gibson is so cheerful as you prolonged her life ! Thanks again Man and don't forget : you're certainly the best luthier of the USA ! See you next video...

As I get older, I play my smaller acoustic guitars almost all the time. I love dreadnoughts but I hate back pain! And these old 0 and 00 guitars sound so great!!! BOY HOWDY!

Enjoyed this episode of "this ol Gibson". Great work as always. It takes a lot of skill and patience at your level....and to film it...even more so. Thanks!

Great way to start my Friday... I like how you always seem to think outside the box and get creative and keep it informative and interesting... Keep on rocking my man

Really looks good I've got a 86 black beauty that looks a lot worse than that one did somebody's actually dropped the tailpiece in the face of it before I got it if I tried doing that it would look worse than it does already. 👍

A first class job, fine videos like these so relaxing to watch. End results are incredible...

Great video a ton of good info, what camera/lens are you using if you don’t mind me asking. You can see soooo much detail thanks 🎸

Joli travail ❤ ! Ca donne des idées pour ma Les Paul Tribute 2022 😊. Merci à toi pour cette belle vidéo 👌

i’ve had one for two years and I’ve done over 220 gigs with it. I absolutely love it but I’ve worn down fret 123 on the E and B string. . i’m from Newcastle Australia. I’ve got a luthier checking it out on how to refret it as it’s gonna be different to a wooden neck . Love the guitar plugged in through a decent PA system sounds great

Lifestyles of the Rich and famous. 👍

The truss rod looks way off center. Which could easily account for a twist in the neck. 17:20

Lordy, that's a lot of precise work because he didn't like the color of the nut. I had a guitar with a nut I wanted to age. I laid a used tea bag over it and let it sit. Worked fine.

Never got to try out an ES-137 but that one is certainly a classic beauty. I do own a Howard Roberts Fusion which seems to share a certain lineage there but is now another extinct unicorn in the Gibson lineup.

When you pulled the nut, I noticed the neck binding looked like it was T shaped and sitting in a channel cut into the sides of the fingerboard. Is that a manufacturing technique that I’m not aware of? Love your content 😎

do you do the compensated nut like mike from tech deck in canada would be nice if someone in usa would do this big fan of your videos respect you take care

I once owned an es225 with p90's and that florentine cut away so I really dig that es137! I want that guitar! Great work as usual!👍👍👍🎸

I have the Gibson standard Tribute Sg with Maple neck that model sg is 98% percent the same Sg as the Gibson standard Sg glad i looked at the specs of both before I purchased..

I have high end 2021 high end Epiphones and wouldn't have it any other way...cool video glad I subbed

Man, this episode is just "NUTS"! 😬

Oh my god, that guitar is gorgeous! I’ve never seen that model in that very vibrant color. So cool. Great job as always with the repairs, too, Scottie. And thank you for the partial shop your. I love how best snd organized you keep everything. Very professional. 🤓👍

Gibson single rods that compress the wood and twist the neck, and the nut pocket that is big as the end of a finger that weakens the critical area of the neck. A double two way rod with a 5/32" allen hex would fix all their problems. Why don't they change...makes no sense.

Finally something To watch this morning... I also like how organized you are. If i had a building, garage, or room to have tools it be organized as well. Great work as usual Scott.

Well, there's probably some deep insightful takeaway about human nature when the client' comes to you to deal with a nut color shade cosmetic concern and, oh btw, the truss rod is kinda screwed up, but it's not coming to me. Wasn't there a famous quote by Jimi Hendrix: "who cares if it's out-of-tune as long as the guitar is color coordinated..."??? Hey, love your attention to detail and really impressed by how organized your workspace & supplies are!

I just purchased 2 of those Jorgensen clamps last week to glue and lock down a neck, they worked perfectly

Couldn't you just have used some amber colored marker to age the nut? Much easier than completely removing it and making a new one.

Fantastic....!!! Verry nice job

Yamahas notoriously suck when it comes to neck resets... some you'll never separate...that piece of PV you had to cut is one example.... there's even some luthiers that had to literally saw the the heel all the way to the truss rod . And make a new one..dowel it ect.. you were lucky sir .. I believe I'd of put it back together with Titebond Original... I case of it needing another reset in the not so long future... with those strings . 😅

How would you go about removing the poly finish entirely? I cannot for the life of me figure out why they ever coated the entire necks in such an awful finish!

Why use Fish Glue vs Hyde Glue at the neck/body connection?

I have a 80's maybe early 90's Fender Gemini II that I got for my 13th Christmas present. I hate the way the guitar plays. But I could never sell it. Its my first guitar. And my dad bought it for me. So I understand. I wouldn't sell that Doc Watson guitar either.

You can use flash tape for epoxy to prevent it sticking to frets

I have a 2007 strat with a poly finish on both the fretboard and the neck. Would a heat gun work to remove the finish on the fretboard after I remove the frets? And would it be best to get all the sanding of the fretboard done before the new frets go on? What would you do for the neck? For the life of me, I cannot understand why Fender ever decided to put such a dreadful finish on these necks…they are so sticky and impede playing!

Cool to see 3 generations side by each. I think I read that up to ‘49, the headstock was tapered. Don’t kill me if I’m off though.

I really love those wiggly saddles. We all do.

You said FOLKWAY, Waterloo Canada. I've been there, incredible acoustics there. I bought a 72 335.

All three are great guitars. The LG-2 is my favorite. At 14:07 sounded like a little bit of Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotten.

Greetings from Paris France, great job , great video Merci 😊

Why would anyone in their right mind cover that beautiful wood with black paint , thats just crazy