Gibson SG Restoration! Complete Tear down And Rebuild!
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2023
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In this video, I restore my friend Mickey’s Gibson SG back to a pretty decent Guitar from total trash. Now the goal here was not to make it look new just make it look better, leave some scars, and make it play like it a bat flying straight out of He!! My friend Mikey loved it, so in my mind mission accomplished. Tell me what you think and what you would’ve done differently and if you want to use any of the tools you saw in the video here’s a list.
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Dude, as a jazz person, watching your friend Mickey blow through some jazz licks on the SG you just worked on inspires me to the Next level! Thank you, for sharing your craftmanship with us! 👍👍👍
Your friend is Guitar George, he knows all the chords. Great job rebirthing that stick O firewood into a fine instrument anyone would be glad to own. You ROCK, Sean!
Cause he’s the sultan ……….
Great work Sean! ... and Mickey's playing said it all... he was flowing all over that neck brother!!!
I can't believe how this guitar turned out!!! Not only does it look good, it plays good and it sounds good!!! I can't thank you enough for scarring my guitar!!! Thanks Sean!!!
Nice licks at the end 👍😎🎸
Stinger and truss rod cover was a nice toutch, the better a guitar looks the more you want to pick it up and play it, with that said nice job! Mickey seemed to be happy with the results and at the end of the day that is what matters. Thanks for the video and all your hard work.
I just had to comment on how beautiful you made that guitar. Excellent work.
WOW is the word! This came out so nice it almost makes me want an SG. It sure made your friend Mickey happy as a hot pig in the cool mud. Great job, brother!
Very nice job on bringing new life in that SG. If I may provide a couple of tips. I’m a guitar builder here in the Pacific Northwest. If you’re going to use a screw gun / drill, okay, but run the screws down but do not tighten. Use a good hand held screw driver to finish torque the fasteners, especially on the pick guard. It’s way to easy to over tighten the fasteners with the screw gun creating damage you don’t need. You did a great job on the fret level. Next time, support the neck when you use your leveling beam. The neck will imperceptibly flex while you are leveling making you chase various frets. When you are crowing the frets, use sharpie on the top of the fret to see your progression. Regarding scraping, if you’ll sharpen your scraper, you can achieve a, (Same As) 320 sanding job using a scraper. With that said, gouges in the wood don’t count, sanding or if too deep, filling may be required if you go that route. Try “Tru-Oil” from Beachwood MFG. for a finish, it was made for gun stock finish. It’s an amazing product and is easy to work with. Apply, let dry and buff. Apply 2-3 coats and Bob your ante or something like that. Please understand, you did a great job on that guitar, this is just a few pointers that may help you along the way. And it from the heart. Rob-
😮 I commented before I saw it finished, beautiful!!!
Man that turned out awesome Sean when you started Scrapping that Black off I was Like Why would any one cover that Beautiful Wood Great Job
You do good work an artist expressing creativity.
Amazing job on that beautiful instrument! But that man's guitar playing! Holy cap, that's a musician!
You put love into that SG
Thanks man I appreciate that
I love that you used lineman pliers and a claw hammer. Impressive improv !
Nice job !!
this is one of your best videos thanks Sean very beautiful guitar awesome work
Wow, she turned out beautiful! Talk about a new lease on life. You and Mickey really brought it back! Nice work!
Fantastic job on fixing up the guitar and killer playing!
Hey Sean, hey Kathy, I know this was a while ago but it’s still an amazing lesson for me to learn on guitar, repairs and everything that you all do and now with Kathy’s pick up situation and her channel man, I’m going to school! You guys rock see the next video, peace, David Queen
Hell yeah Shawn killer job this guitar doesn’t even look the same I’d love to own it Great video it’s amazing what you did to bring that Sg back!! Scarred Sg gotta love it!!!
Awesome job with restoration Sean! I am truly glad I found this channel Sean's no BS approach is refreshing...
the best part of this restoration job is that man’s playing absolutely sick playing love it
I find this dude very soothing and calming to listen to. Not only does he have a very soothing voice...but he is clearly a great guy and he reassures me that good people still exist in the world. Sean, thank you for my daily therapy session!
I'd let you have any of my guitars in your capable hands. Outstanding work. Thank you. Man!!!!!!!!!
That’s simply amazing! You are the best!
I really enjoyed this video Very Very much. Good job man on that beautiful beast of a guitar. Really enjoyd your friend's jazzpicking, you guys really made my day. Thank you for that. ~Rob
Rock on!
What a transformation ! With the sound so clean and crisp, How could he not be over joyed! This rebuild was a real joy. Thanks for sharing!
It's so beautiful to hear Jazz coming out of an SG. So sweet and mellow. Great job!
That's a beautiful guitar job. Fantastic!!!!!
Hot dog, Scar Daddy, you mad a big difference in your friend's guitar and his life!
Absolutely stunning! Great job! Great to see your friend happy!
Nice save
No nonsense just good guitar work. Until watching your videos I was afraid to tackle fret leveling and filing you have taken a lot of the mystery and worry out of trying it for me. Even nut filing seems doable now. Thank you! very nice turn out on this scar you can hardly tell its been operated on.
That was an incredible restoration! Dude, that was totally awesome and worth that man's reaction at the end. Kudos!
It looks awesome! Nice work!👍😎🎸🎶
I've watched a few of your videos and have to say that Chris, you are the man when comes to Guitar repair...!!!
Shawn. LOL
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Dang Son, outstanding!
Clean guitar,clean playing!Wonderful
That was truly s great video to see. Thanks so much.
Good Job! Stamped on the 224th day of 2008
At first, the guitar looked like it belonged to a punk metal kid... then Mickey played it! 👍
Awesome work Sean!
Sean, dude! I think this your best video yet! Amazing work and I never thought I’d hear jazz on a SG😅
Another great job
Superb video my friend! Polished off with a superb bit of playing demo at the end! Great work! Thanks!
Thanks for the visit
Nice work!!
Fantastic job! Wow! 👍👍🤘
Great work…..sounds great!
Very nice work there
That poor SG! Nice work getting it respectable again!
This is my favorite video so far! Congratulations to both of you! That axe came out wonderfully, and it was a great idea to capture the genuine reaction to the transformation.
I also can relate to the amount of work put into this masterpiece. While I did no such thing or even close, I put everything I DID have into rescuing a 2001 Cort-built Ibanez RG220B with an angled headstock and a rather bad neck break from a pawn shop. The rescue was on at $25 of acquisition cost, then I put into effect my plan for gluing that neck -- I wouldn't have bought it if I couldn't figure out the next step. I got lucky with the neck and later I replaced the entire single-locking Floyd-esque vibrato system with a brass-and-steel straight Floyd clone from GuitarFetish that I'd bought for another project and had left over. It got labor-intensive because I decided to replace the existing inserts and studs with the bar-connected insert unit that came with the replacement bridge. The bar kept the inserts from achieving their proper depth, so I had to pull the unit back out and route a deeper shelf into the body. Yes I WAS terrified that I would punch the inserts all the way through the body, but NO, it never happened. It remained cool even when I hammered on the bar as hard as I could to drive it as deep and flush to the body as possible. Believe it or not, the whole thing worked like a charm, especially after a decent-to-good fret job. Even a tyro (newbie) like me can do a fret job better than the factory job with the right tools, some easily-gathered instruction from places like CZcams, some good attention to detail and a liberal amount of elbow grease! The only thing that would slow me from gigging the thing right now is the need for a routine setup refresh.
I did change out the pickups. I tried to like the original stock pickups, but they just kinda sucked. I got lucky again with a pair of Epiphone Alnico Classics that I think were from the second and better revision. They give this otherwise "Metal A.F." axe true vintage tone. I now have what a product description of another Ibanez metal axe -- an S Series, if I recall correctly -- threw out as something like, "a metal guitar with the warm sound of an axe from the fifties ..." I remember bridling at that description, as if it implied that only those axes could possibly sound good. Now, after getting several decades older and achieving the effect in my own roundabout way, I see what they meant and why it was/is good.
Thing is that both axes were/are better. Guitars from the fifties didn't have Floyds!
Well done Shawn! That's really doing some for Music!
Probably the most impressive work you've ever done. That guitar has wow factor.
Great video !! Love this kind of stuff!! Great content ❤️⚡️🎸👍
Looks fantastic.
Awesome work, Sean! All the stuff I love doing. Man, do I wish I was your neighbor, so I could come hang out and learn from you ... If you'd have me that is! 🎸🙂
I love watching your videos Sean. You have inspired me to upgrade my crappy imported guitars into much more playable instruments! Thank you!
Fantastic job, Sir!
Thank you kindly!
Awesome! Safe to say he liked the job you did on it.
Congratulations on another amazing job!!! Holy moly!! And to your friend….. tell him congratulations…. He just got scarred!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Fast becoming one of my favourite guitar channels. Great content mate. Keep it up.
Best wishes from England 🤟
Wow, thanks!
Fun video, turned out great.
Nice to see the owner's surprise and great playing too.
Great video. Love how it turned out. And really cool to see the UX2 and POD Farm in the background. I used that for many years myself
Awesome save.
Great job Shawn! The SG has always been my favorite guitar. You absolutely hit it out of the park with this one! I'm actually jealous! Keep up the good work, Shawn! You da man!
A now Custom Scarred SG. Awesomw job!
Hot diggedy that was a lot of work! Man, the look on his face when he got it back, holy smokes and the sounds coming out of that instrument,. Well done sir.
I love your channel and what you do with these guitars God bless keep on Rocking
Great job on the SG and Micky sounds great!
Thanks!
Great job man! God bless!! 🎸
Thanks! You too!
You did a great job. It looks so much better. It's hard to believe it's the same guitar.
I love your work brother!
Nice man that's really sharp what a good job Sean.
Man, you did an amazing job with that guitar!
She’s a beauty now! Nice work man!
New to your channel. Love it!
Beautiful
Nice!! Fun channel! And im learning 😊
Wooh! Look out boys Mickey's tearin' it up! Man that thing looks good. I like the truss rod cover that was a nice touch. \m/
Very good job on this, I missed this vid somehow, Time is the fire upon which we dance and burn, you use your talent for good and not evil lol
I’m not sure, but I think you just Unscarred his guitar???? Great video great playing thanks so much for making these videos.
That is a solid restoration, I like that finish and I'm glad you didn't decide to go with a gloss finish like a lot of gibson's have.
Very Cool!
Wow, he's got chops! Nice work on the guitar also!
Excellent
Sean , Will from Moncton NB again, it says 2006 on the back of the headstock
Now that’s a kickin way to remove paint
Great job brother🎸🎸🎸🔥
Rock on!
😮excellent!
Nice work bro.... never saw an SG I didn't love.
that sir was AWESOME
Sean i am really liking your stuff can you refresh my memory on how to cut the nut slots again i cant remember what video you did it in ho to use the feeler gauges for cutting height.thanks again you are the best on the internet
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Hey Sean, great channel and great work! Greetings from Germany. Cheers.
Hey, thanks!
2008 SG Special. Do yourself a favor, and get an ESP multi scanner wrench. Watching you use those big pliers on the pot nuts, and selector switch , made me wince; as did you using a claw hammer to remove the bridge studs.
One word for Mickey, 'jazzzzz'
Awesome thanks you 😊
It's a 2008 Gibson SG Special Faded. One of the reasons the over spray paint job is weird is because the faded series wasn't grain filled.
Love this shit man! 🤩😎
Badass .👍
The guitar was made at the
Nashville Plant, TN, USA
on August 11th, 2008
Production Number: 372
This is correct, but it looks like someone swapped out the pickups and bridge and tail piece.
@@Bluesky5553 It looks like someone got a box of parts and put it back together with what they had. It did have one Gibson pickup, but the rest? lol I'd like to find that at a garage sale.
Well it says Made in USA 2008. So I recon I’ll go with that date. 😂
That's unbelievable to see a Gibson in that kind of shape. This was a basket case that somebody threw back together. I would love to find one of these for the right price. Great job.
That's the. Joe cool music rite there
Even if painting isn't your thing, the stain looked great. Sa-weet geetar!