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All of the raccoons, rabbits, blacktail deer, and even a stray whitetail fawn, along with my semi-tame jays and crows all send their best. Hummingbirds, too I should add.

Looks like you do incredibly well detailed work. I have to ask why you're not using glass syringes for your hot hyde glue. Brushes and spatulas can work great but I've had pretty good luck using a glass syringe and about a 12 gauge needle. To get glue into place and allow it to flow from the center out. you could pre-warm the glass syringe to prevent it from getting clogged

I want that Special!!!

I always would brush on chemical stripper and then slide the body into a hefty bag and seal it. Let it sit over night and the finish would melt right down and scrape off a lot easier! Love that guitar!! TV yellow is absolutely the color to do it!!!

Love the endoscope holder! Always a pain to use it freehand. -Jeff, from the other side of town

Looks good sounds good.👍

Verw good thank you . Showing me.

Hey Scott, a comment and a question. First, great vid as always. Second, I see you use both the StringTech work station and the Proper's. If you had to choose, which one would you recommend? Thanks

Great job Scott awesome trick with the magnet and sandpaper. Never would've thought about trying that We got some wild animals in my back yard. Deer and a bear roaming around..

Awesome Work Scott, we’ve got bluetits nesting in our garden. ❤ from England

You, sir, are a goddamned surgeon.

Rather curious... why not cut some vertical stays after the first split happened ? This guitar should have been built with them to start with ..

Do your place your cleats with the grain at an angle in relation to the guitar wood grain to allow for humidity and temperature changes like on violin crack repairs are ?

The magnets are genius. Lovely repair as always. Thanks for the share, Scott!!

I have a question. Fish glue. How long do you have to work with it? Hide glue feels like 20-40 seconds work time so hence, I ask. Thoughts?

Scott, I love these videos and how you keep thinking up new and innovative ways to do things

Nicely done!

Great guitar. Back in the 90s, I bought a brand new Martin D-15 for $550. Yep, solid wood front, back and sides on a Martin for $500 and change. I sold it about 10 or 12 years ago for the same price! Yep, a used but still great all solid wood used Martin for $500 and change. Damn, I wish I still had that thing.

Ive got a tiwan fg 200...early 70 tan it numbers twice. Block and neck. Needs reset....im gonba tryba

Why padauk vs maple for the cleats?

Another great restoration, and thanks for all the magnet tips! From an absolute nonmusician, when you measure the action in 64ths, are you measuring to the center of the strings or the bottom of the string?

"The weirdest thing I have ever tried to do" Its the weirdest thing I've ever seen.

Thats an AliExpress Casino copy, or a AliExpress kit someone put together, which explains putty, Epiphone China probably wouldn't pass Gibson inspection. If you see the tenon on the Rickenbacker 12 string copies you will really get a laugh, they barely stick the necks in the bodies

Did you consider replacing the Formica piece altogether, and instead using genuine wood veneer, with Martin decal applied? If this Martin belonged to me, I wouldn’t want Formica anywhere near it 😅

I was surprised Scott when you said you were a wood salesman in the past. Your skill level is at a level that I would have thought you have done this for your entire career. It looks like you started your tube presence about 5 years ago... Did you ever share your journey to this skill level?

Question (and pardon my lack of knowing): Is there a reason you didm't use a powered buffer for the final finish? Would that have made it easier, or is that a no-no?

Pucker factor 9 But good job

I bought recently the same exact guitar, but in the lefthanded version. I didn't identify a need for a fret polishing job, at first. After watching this vid i checked and perhaps the frets may benefit of a polishing job but the guitar is perfectly playable as is. It's my first stainless fret guitar, perhaps she would be even better with a thorough polish.. I bought mine new in Europe in my local music shop (in France as i'm french, but the guitar came from Germany for disponibility reason.. the joy of being a lefthand guitar player....). Perhaps some guitars or batch are better inspected than others.

Wizard with the finish well done

You are THE MAN when it comes to anything guitar finish related. I keep saying this, but Scottie, I watch tons of guitar repair and build videos and no one, not even close, does the level of quality you put into every finish job. You have so many different potions and compounds, plus every grit of sandpaper/polishing pad, known to man. Really impressive work and something to be proud of. Great job!

Why do you choose carbon fiber instead of routing out space for some wood splines? I mean wood exapands and carbon fiber does not doesn't this create problems down the line?

If you mess it up, you could always get Brian to sign it again 🫤

The trem on the original Red Special has springs under the D shaped plastic plate. The Wilkinson trem doesn't have this so on this guitar it's only there for looks.

Is this guitar neck heavy?

I can relate. I spent the last two days working a nitro finish on a scratch acoustic build. My hand is mud.

Interesting that the signature on the body looks nothing like the signature on the head-stock...🤨

Man you have to try out Total Boats “ halcyon “ water based poly. It’s been the best thing I’ve ever used in the water based poly/ lacquer realm since the beginning of the ‘90’s when I worked in the development of these finishes. Poly shield by Hydrocoat / Hood Finishing products, was the best thing going. Even Boeing aircraft were using it. I worked right along beside Michael Dresdner and we had amazing success with coming up with state of the art finishes that exceeded any other product out there. Total Boat water based products are absolutely above anything else available at this time.

You're a braver man than me

My brother got his autograph at his book signing for one his Astronomy books about the Big Bang that he studied for his Doctorate, super nice guy.

That scared the shit out of me when you were rubbing over the signature with lighter fluid and sandpaper! You need balls to work on other peoples guitars and a lot of confidence Thanks for the video Scott ❤ from England

cool guitar ,back in 2005 I won a Autographed Guitar of Jimi page and Robert Plant from the Local Rock Station its been in the case ,its a Kramer which im pretty sure Jimi has never played but still pretty cool ,I plan on making a case for it with a glass front to display it I dont think I will ever play it I have but just a few strums

I've got a bridge that looks a lot like that one on a charvel I didn't know it was a Wilkinson I never knew what it was works really good rock on Scott. 👍

Imho you are crazy to take on this project. It’s a sharpie for goodness sakes. One wrong swipe and… but you rocked it!

It sounds so much better after your restoration. Sure enjoy watching your techniques.

Wouldn't it be better just to sand off the finish and respraying it after the refret? I'm trying to do that with my 90s Strat copy by some unknown polish builder. It's called Jim Harley but despite the cheap price and the body being of MDF boards it has a really tight neck pocket and is overall a really good guitar. Only thing problem I have is that the neck is very whippy and I wondered if carbon fiber rod inlays would be a good idea. I just don't know how much damage it will do if I remove the fretboard.

09:37 Polyester? Doesn't Fender use Polyurathane not Polyester? I'm confused.

Maybe that guitar is the exception. Or did you have the same models that had the same problem too?

11:50 What kind of sing is that in the background? Only the first bar is played and then it jump cuts. Anyone?

What was that thing you called a "Scrub Pad" used with the wet/dry with the fret shield? Where might I find that? I can't find it anywhere. Thanks

That's great. One of these guitars was sold by Lawman Guitars and it had a floating bridge. It was featured in the 1940 Sears catalogue. Sears sold Harmony to its management in early 1941. The guitar and the ad can be seen by Googling this : "1940 PLAYTIME by Harmony Sears Catalog Pro Setup Neck Reset Hard Case-Reverb"