Man that is some serious talent but Greg I have to agree with you the scarf joint would be a problem to explain that is a real Les Paul. But atleast when i buy a chinese les paul that is my perfect explenation I broke the headstock lol!
Greg Yeah but it’s the way Gibson’s should be made. That one piece neck construction has failed over and over. You’d think Gibson would have learned their lesson.
Very very nice work. No need in worrying about resale value like others are saying, resale value was lost when the headstock was broken in the first place. What you guys have done is made a useless chunk of wood a guitar again that can be played and enjoyed from here on out. Not only is it repaired, but also with a better, stronger design than original. I'm sure this guitar had some kind of sentimental value also to the owner and has now been brought back to life!
no value was lost as long as the owner keeps the documentation of the repair job, like this video for example. and the paper reciept from the repair shop. if anything the construction of the instrument has been upgraded and improved and it will be a lot harder to break off the headstock the next time.
This is just amazing. I have nothing but the biggest respect for how you handled this situation. This shows real knowledge and skillfullness in woodworking and guitar repairs. Beautifully done!!!!
Wow !! That was absolutely fantastic !! From the overall planing to matching the scarf joint angle to the insert of the new headstock, ,the refinishing, colour matching,, and giving the customer back a guitar with better tuning stability! ! What a craftsman you are mate!! Stunning talent !!.
This is the most profesional repair on a broken headstock I have seen on youtube, I'm sure it is really expensive but the results are great! Thank's for sharing.
Actually this is how it's done if don't know how to spline and reattach the original headstock. Not how the guy my guitar would go to would have approached this at all, and he's worked on far worse cases that I've seen. For a 2010 maybe it was the affordable option, though it looks like a lot more effort than grooves, splines, hide glue, and clamps with maybe a few patch pieces and chisel work.
Looks absolutely great!! I've done one before & there's lots of work involved even when one can be reglued. Making a new headstock & making that scarf joint cut + mating it up plus paint work are impressive & I was a autobody repairman..
Great work , man . One of my favorite Zeppelin song , great photography . Simply the best repair vid I've seen . Reminds me of a guy is at next to at Galloup . He took photos of every step .
Wow! That looks like a factory scarf joint, inlay and finish. The ONLY giveaway is the waterslide, and you'd have to be hunting for it specifically. Excellent work.
I started this video thinking "what a hack job"? I ended the video humbled! Not only did you repair it, but you upgraded it as well. A repair any les paul owner would be proud of. The best I've seen. I would go out on a limb and say you increased the value of that guitar. My Ideal Les Paul would have that scarf joint head angle mod. along with the angle of the machines modernized.
Awesome job on that repair! I still think Gibson (and Epiphone) needs to do something about the ease of headstock breaks on their guitars. A splice like you used, a 3-piece neck, a volute, something. I know tradition is tradition but this is the same company that currently uses robot tuners for crying out loud! Keep the traditional methods and techniques for the historic reissues and so forth, update the modern ones.
Grain orientation is why Gibsons break, just about all other guitar builders design a scarf joint into their builds to keep this from happening.. NICE Repair..
Nice job. You have lots of patience and you need it doing this kind of work. I repaired a white Gibson Explorer with the neck break at the body. It wasn't that bad. Matching the white color was not hard either. I made the guitar look like it had not had a repair. I also repaired an Epi SG and an Epi LP Custom with neck breaks at the head stock. It took some work but both turned out great. The red dye stain from Stew Mack worked really well.
Lovely amazing work BUT wonder how long before someone says to the owner 'oooh that can't be a REAL Gibson as they don't have a scarf joint in the neck' - LOL.
That’s truly amazing work. I can’t imagine how you could make a better job of it to be honest. Why did you put the Gibson decal on the headstock so early? What would you have done if it wasn’t a total break? Would you still have made a new headstock to get a good scarf joint shape?
Amazing..... excellent job...!! Congratulations. Can i ask you something... how much do you charge for a fix like that..??? Looks very expensive to me.... Anyway, it's a wonderful act of love to work the wsy you do. Greetings from Laredo,Tx. Blessings.
Superb: it is a fantastic work ! How nicely did you did manage to adjust also the fret board ! Now it is time for the relicing job :) JUST KIDDING... ! ;-) Well done , congrats \m/
Damn I didn't think you were gonna recreate the headstock! 🤤 I broke the head off my favorite dean guitar once but I just reglued it, filled the cracks, sanded, and painted it. Wotks great still but it's not perfect like this. Theres a slight bump on the neck where it broke.
Very impressive repair job! By design, stronger than the original. The finish is superb! I don't have access to those exotic tools. You could go work for Gibson..........No, I meant that as a compliment.
My brother broke the headstock off my 77 Standard so I finished the job over his head and made him buy me another one. Nice repair
Damn, this is probably the best repair I have seen so far, it's FLAWLESS, unlike the more crude ones.
Great if you want your priceless Gibson to end up looking like a $300 Chinese copy complete with scarf joint. C'mon! Seriously..
Man that is some serious talent but Greg I have to agree with you the scarf joint would be a problem to explain that is a real
Les Paul. But atleast when i buy a chinese les paul that is my perfect explenation I broke the headstock lol!
mystic mello new Gibson’s might as well be Chinese copy’s. They’ve really gone to shit
Greg Yeah but it’s the way Gibson’s should be made. That one piece neck construction has failed over and over. You’d think Gibson would have learned their lesson.
Very good. When the music stopped, bloody splendid.
Right on, I liked it after the music stopped... Still a great video showing it fixed...
Ya, bloody splendid only when the music stopped. Too distracri to watch. LOL
Very very nice work. No need in worrying about resale value like others are saying, resale value was lost when the headstock was broken in the first place. What you guys have done is made a useless chunk of wood a guitar again that can be played and enjoyed from here on out. Not only is it repaired, but also with a better, stronger design than original. I'm sure this guitar had some kind of sentimental value also to the owner and has now been brought back to life!
Amazing comment. Thank you
no value was lost as long as the owner keeps the documentation of the repair job, like this video for example. and the paper reciept from the repair shop. if anything the construction of the instrument has been upgraded and improved and it will be a lot harder to break off the headstock the next time.
This is just amazing. I have nothing but the biggest respect for how you handled this situation. This shows real knowledge and skillfullness in woodworking and guitar repairs. Beautifully done!!!!
Wow !! That was absolutely fantastic !! From the overall planing to matching the scarf joint angle to the insert of the new headstock, ,the refinishing, colour matching,, and giving the customer back a guitar with better tuning stability! ! What a craftsman you are mate!! Stunning talent !!.
This is the most profesional repair on a broken headstock I have seen on youtube, I'm sure it is really expensive but the results are great!
Thank's for sharing.
Actually this is how it's done if don't know how to spline and reattach the original headstock. Not how the guy my guitar would go to would have approached this at all, and he's worked on far worse cases that I've seen. For a 2010 maybe it was the affordable option, though it looks like a lot more effort than grooves, splines, hide glue, and clamps with maybe a few patch pieces and chisel work.
Unbelievable! Like nothing ever happened. Amazing work, wish I could find a repairman like that where I live
Blew me away. Superb craftsmanship. Bet there’s a very happy player glad to have that sweet guitar back. Thanks for posting your work.
He doesn't show the work ... 🤷🏼♂️🤦🏻♂️
Top class repair Mate, that guitar has a second life, really a joy to watch it come together, woow!!!!!!
Looks absolutely great!!
I've done one before & there's lots of work involved even when one can be reglued.
Making a new headstock & making that scarf joint cut + mating it up plus paint work are impressive & I was a autobody repairman..
Beautiful work - great craftsmanship! Congratulations!
Incredibly skilful repair. I'm pretty confident the end result is better than anything that has come out of the Gibson factory in recent years.
YOU PLAY AN EPIPHONE ?
That would likely be epically harsh, if it weren't epically true.....love my Epi dot, tho
It's not Gibson's fault, it's all these cork sniffers stuck in their ways thinking this flawed design should remain.
Not only a great repair, but great match with the staining and clear. Enjoyed watching !
Great work , man . One of my favorite Zeppelin song , great photography . Simply the best repair vid I've seen . Reminds me of a guy is at next to at Galloup . He took photos of every step .
now thats a repair well masked well prepped and the laydown of the clearcoat was nice and even......so well done mate nice job.
Simply perfect, great work.
Very fine work Sir! Best I've ever seen on this type of repair, Just subbed!
Wow! That looks like a factory scarf joint, inlay and finish. The ONLY giveaway is the waterslide, and you'd have to be hunting for it specifically. Excellent work.
a very ballsy.,, and pro repair!., your scarf joint is excellent!! Looks better than factory new!! superb work!!
I started this video thinking "what a hack job"? I ended the video humbled! Not only did you repair it, but you upgraded it as well. A repair any les paul owner would be proud of. The best I've seen. I would go out on a limb and say you increased the value of that guitar. My Ideal Les Paul would have that scarf joint head angle mod. along with the angle of the machines modernized.
Truly stunning job. Please do some more like this!
master's work, excellent
Damn you have a gift my friend you have an extraordinary talent. It looks so professional It doesn't get better than this.
The cost of the repair: a new Gibson.
The actual cost of the repair: what a new gibson should cost
@@avenger1714 hahahaha
Wow! Respect for this technician (y)
Extraordinary luthiery, kudos!!
Beautiful craftmanship. Great repair
Fantastic! Incredible work! Perfection!
Impressive work, absolutely amazing... You're an artist.
Really impressive repair I have a '91 LP same colour, standard with a snapped off headstock that is in need of this exact surgery.
The neck/body colour matching is unbelieveable!!
Incredible craftsmanship
Amazing Work, Awesome repair.
A tremendous amount of skill.
That was great really enjoyed that top finish on it.
Insane! Amazing work.
Awesome job on that repair!
I still think Gibson (and Epiphone) needs to do something about the ease of headstock breaks on their guitars. A splice like you used, a 3-piece neck, a volute, something. I know tradition is tradition but this is the same company that currently uses robot tuners for crying out loud! Keep the traditional methods and techniques for the historic reissues and so forth, update the modern ones.
dont drop it no problem???
I don't understand why they don't offer maple neck versions
It's call a scarf joint which are actually stronger than a 1 piece neck.. But for some reason many people don't like that.
AWESOME REPAIR didnt think that repair was going to be successful well you shut me up AWESOME REPAIR
mind blowing...better than new, actually
It's always better than new. The neck is stronger after the repair, because thats the way it should have been built.
Grain orientation is why Gibsons break, just about all other guitar builders design a scarf joint into their builds to keep this from happening.. NICE Repair..
I'm blown away also.
@@headknocker8999 Or some are making 3 piece glued neck, like in old Japanese Ibanez guitars. They are very strong too. Stuning headstock repair.
Amazing craftsmanship
Beautiful job. Great video too.
Beautiful work
Beautiful work.
Excelente trabajo!! Se ve perfecto, gracias por compartir.
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Perfect & world class craftsmanship..
Un lavoro davvero eccezionale !!!!! Complimenti !!
Incredible work
Wow!! What craftsmanship,..Now thats a craftsman
Just amazing! Good job!
Beautiful Work
Well done maestro, well done!
Awesome repair!
Nice job. You have lots of patience and you need it doing this kind of work. I repaired a white Gibson Explorer with the neck break at the body. It wasn't that bad. Matching the white color was not hard either. I made the guitar look like it had not had a repair. I also repaired an Epi SG and an Epi LP Custom with neck breaks at the head stock. It took some work but both turned out great. The red dye stain from Stew Mack worked really well.
Thats a masters work outstanding job!
Impressive work
Different fonts..? ... your skills are just terrific !! ... congrats...
Ganz schön mutig so an der guten Gibson rumzusägen :o Aber das Ergebnis ist absolut klasse :) Meinen größten Respekt :)
quality refit mate. well done.... very difficult way about it aswell... props
well that is a rather meticulous repair / paint job. respect!
Outstanding a master craftsman as his best!!
fantastic job
Wow
Amazing work.👏👏👏
wow, that is an awesome job.
That’s some fine work.
great work. Professional!!!
A true artist at work.................. WOW! all I can say........
Lovely amazing work BUT wonder how long before someone says to the owner 'oooh that can't be a REAL Gibson as they don't have a scarf joint in the neck' - LOL.
Wow, that's amazing work.
Abso-Damn-Effing-Lutely Stunning work!
great job awesome craftsmanship.great listening to no quarter also lol
Spot on man. That's a great scarf!
Amazing repair :)
apinakapinastorba Thank you
Craftsmanship at its finest,.. from Sgt Roy, a "Gorilla Luthier",.. just starting to fall in love with fixing these things...
Thank you sir
really nice job
Task master to have the patience and ability to recreate . joint is probably stronger now than when it rolled out of Tennessee.
Great job!
wow, amazing job!
You are an artist . . .
That’s truly amazing work. I can’t imagine how you could make a better job of it to be honest. Why did you put the Gibson decal on the headstock so early? What would you have done if it wasn’t a total break? Would you still have made a new headstock to get a good scarf joint shape?
Excellent craftsmanship....maybe it would have been easier for you to just change the neck but this is awesome.
Amazing job!!!!
Amazing..... excellent job...!! Congratulations. Can i ask you something... how much do you charge for a fix like that..??? Looks very expensive to me.... Anyway, it's a wonderful act of love to work the wsy you do. Greetings from Laredo,Tx. Blessings.
Very impressive !!
Good job🙌🏻
Superb: it is a fantastic work ! How nicely did you did manage to adjust also the fret board !
Now it is time for the relicing job :) JUST KIDDING... ! ;-)
Well done , congrats \m/
which timber you used to make the headstock?
how did you stamp the Numbers?? i have a n Idea but just want to Confirm.!! thanks great job
That is amazing!
Well done
Good Video!!
Great job...
Outstanding.
amazing!
Damn I didn't think you were gonna recreate the headstock! 🤤 I broke the head off my favorite dean guitar once but I just reglued it, filled the cracks, sanded, and painted it. Wotks great still but it's not perfect like this. Theres a slight bump on the neck where it broke.
Very impressive repair job! By design, stronger than the original. The finish is superb! I don't have access to those exotic tools. You could go work for Gibson..........No, I meant that as a compliment.
Incredible!!!!
well done!
Top job
Incredible workmanship. Incredible results. How much it cost to do this?