How to repair heavily damaged guitar neck | Guitar head broken
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- čas přidán 25. 05. 2023
- Here are the great example of how this kind of damage can be repaired, and how I do it frequently. It`s a pretty common case, and if there was no amateur attempts of reparation it can be easily glued back and guitar will live long and happy live ( if it dont break it again by your own fault ofc :) ). Despite popular belief after proper gluing barely nothing change withing the guitar (in case when parts fits perfectly with no missing chips). And in addition to all of that - many of guitar manufacturers that makes acoustic guitars and necks with angled headstock dont use one big chunk of wood for neck. Almost all of them are already glued from several pieces of wood in the name of stability and cheaper production process.
Beside neck repair here I show one of examples of how crack can be masked. There is a lot of ways to do it, starting from not doing with finish anything at all and finishing with full refinish of damaged part when it`s really worth it.
"Gluing the truss rod" and "Truss rod non-adjustable now" - first of all you can't do a metal+wood bond with Titebond, bc it's dont fit for this purpose. Beside that - truss rod here is in polyethylene film, and it dont really gluable at all. Second - the nut located on the other side, and look first p, in case of any further questions about gluing the truss rod.
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This ones made me some frustraion in coment section on Shorts with this repair, so i pin them here too:
1. "Gluing the truss rod" - you can't do a metal+wood bond with Titebond, bc it's dont fit for this purpose. Beside that - truss rod here is in polyethylene film, and polyethylene, you know, dont really gluable at all.
2. "Truss rod non-adjustable now" - the nut located on the other side, and look first p, in case of any further questions about gluing the truss rod.
3. "Rubber, lol?" - in case of perfect fit of parts this is the best method bc it compresses from all sides and hold crack firmly. In case of any other clamp you get only two point of pressure, damaged wood and helluva lot of other issues
4. "SPLINES" - Nope, gluing cracks with THIS much area don`t need any splines. And doesn`t affect playability at all. It will definitely sounds bit different, but not so much as many told here and after all it plays again :)
You all can get all technical on why she shouldn’t have done the repair the way she did, but you know what? How many other guitar technicians would have told her the guitar was screwed and she needed to buy a new one? She at least tackled the project and did her best to repair it to the best of her abilities. Stop getting technical on everybody. If it works it works. You’re just pissed because the girl did better Work than you would ever do
Exactly!!!!!
Tyyy
@@tetedur377 It's prevention info)))
I posted shorts video with beginning of this repair, it got some views, and in that video some people just make me sad xD
Ignore the critics Tanya, great work, and a great and satisfying video. Ultimately this is not some vintage Martin that needs a total strip back and refinishing - you’ve made it strong and it looks smart, that’s what’s important.
Can I ask what spray paint you used? It have you a really nice finish!
I think it looked great just after being glued and sanded. Shows it’s history and how well it was glued. Very nice work👍🏼
Agreed, I would have stopped there, not a fan of the brown paint
Maybe a clear coat of lacquer to bring out the wood grain and to match the rest of the neck. Still a really good repair.
🎉b ❤😊x rzrs r
@@TheMightyYak The brown paint ruined what could have been a imperceptible repair.
The marker could have been used to match the wood color and grain over the broken section.
@@irvan36mmJohn jiiijui
It's a real joy to watch a guitar being repaired and done well. Great video
She’s got the cutest little sneeze I’ve ever heard. LoL
The rubber tubing wrap was genius! Makes much more sense than trying to tape it or clamp it. Thank you.
Tubing gives more even spread of force when you gluing cracks like this :)
@@TanyaShpachukа подскажите пожалуйста,какой клей,вы используете,плюосле основной склейки,это супер клей,или я ошибаюсь?
Ingenious, not genius.
Top notch job Tanya, your work is mesmerizing to watch... Edit : 15:45 That was the cutest sneeze I've ever heard... 😂 🤘
I have to agree. That sneeze threw me for a loop! "ha-ngh chew!"
Thank you!:)
@@lordseph: I think it was more of just a "chw!"
@@TanyaShpachuk bless you Tanya.
🥰🥰
I'm mesmerized with the techniques and how they work so well. At a moment you see a broken part and think "how is she gonna fix that" and a minute after it doesnt even look like it broke off.
A brilliant job Tanya. I’ve never had a broken headstock, but I reckon I could fix one after watching your vid! Keep up the awesome work. I’ll be watching more of your videos now!
Таня - спасительница! Лечит и возвращает к жизни целые музыкальные истории, которые в этих гитарах живут...и ещё много музыки будет сыграно на этих инструментах! Браво!👍
Ogromny szacunek Taniu. Kawał solidnej zawodowej roboty. Wygląda tak jakby nic sie nie stało. Gratulacje!!!! Cenna lekcja dla innych ktorzy nie boja się wyzwań...
Chyba żartujesz. Od razu widać że nie masz o tym pojecia. Taka naprawa, to przepraszam, ale nic nie daje. Bez wyfrezowanych kanałów i wstawionych wzmocnień cały pogrzeb na nic.
@@debil477 wiesz co jeszcze lepiej byłoby pewnie zaspawanie tego walcowka 8(taka blacha) nałożenie progów z pręta zbrojeniowego. Ale do rzeczy w podobny sposób kolega lutnik uratował mi gitarę basową 5 strunową(pijany koleś wpadł na scenę złamał rękę i gryf gitary). Było to z 4 lata temu. Z instrumentem nic się nie dzieje stroi gra i nie jest twardy po złamaniu nie ma śladu i nic(z tego co mi wiadomo) nie było tam wstawiane
Naciągu na 5 tce to parę kilo jednak jest..
Nie znam się na takich reperacjach ale ma prawo mi się to co widzialem podobać i mam prawo mieć taką a nie inną opinię.Nic nikomu do tego. A tak na marginesie może podadsz link do filmu obrazującego Twoje dziewczyn()dokonania. Może czegoś się dowiem ... nauczę. Pozdrawiam
Tanya, your attention to detail is amazing and I’m sure appreciated. Keep up the good work and I look forward to your next video. ❤️🙏❤️
No fingernails were harmed in the making of this video...😊
Nice work, Tanya... 👍
Great repair. A friend of mine (former band mate) had his head stock broken off his neck (Gibson electric guitar) back in 1988 (darn kids of his). A luthier repaired his guitar quite well and he still plays that guitar today. Great work!
Gibson is known for that due to how their headstocks are attached to the neck at the factory, the relative thin shape, the wood type, and the biggest factor, the angled back headstock design you don’t see on a fender, which means a Gibson will balance directly on the headstock if it is set on the ground. Gibson could fix this, but there are snobs who thing absolutely everything effects the tone. To them, a Gibson with a scarf joint on the headstock (which changes the grain orientation) isn’t even a Gibson because it’s now “completely” different than a vintage one and can never sound the same!!
In other words, humans are dumb. In fact, I prefer my bottom of the line Squier “Bullet” (now renamed Sonic) Telecaster over most Fender guitars I’ve played!! Only guitar I’ve liked better was a Squier Classic Vibe 70s thinline Tele, and I think it was just because of the strings!!
@@djijspeakerguy4628 Gibson snobs are hilarious. I like watching videos of how people have bought Chibsons and then upgraded all the electronics and hardware and done a proper set-up.
The comment sections of those videos always have some butthurt Gibson snobs who deep down are annoyed that they paid thousands for their guitar when the truth is the quality control on a lot of the guitars coming from Gibson USA leaves a lot to be desired.
Great work, you did wonders with the front head stock. Neck repair was awesome and you have the cutest little sneeze. Keep up the great work.
I do want to say, that though the repair is on point, the video is also on point. Some don't think about that, but the angles, focus, etc. It's all on point. I just did the same repair, this week. She killed it.
I've never done a full headstock repair but I bought a Les Paul that had a terrible neck repair job and I fixed it up! Its now almost invisible. So happy as its my go to living room guitar! I posted it up to my YT channel...
That's an impressive repair job! One of my greatest fears is breaking a head stock off one of my guitars but it's good to know that repair is an option. Ty for the content!
Se quebrar, fique tranquilo! Aqui numa pequena cidade do Brasil (Rio Casca), já restaurei várias guitarras com esse mesmo problema, apenas como diferencial a este já ótimo trabalho do vídeo, insiro também cravilhas de madeira como reforço e garanto que fica perfeito.
Não desejo, mas se acontecer uma quebra desse tipo, procure um bom luthier perto de você e tudo estará resolvido com suas guitarras.
Abraço e um ótimo 2024 (com muitas bênçãos, saúde, paz e muita música para o mundo ser mais feliz!).
Ya first my cat knocked my D 100 to the floor. Then I broke it when it slipped off my wheelchair.
Perfect repair Tanya. Too often you see people putting in extra splines, when this is really not necessary when you have clean break with lots of glue surface. A big thumbs up!
I repaired a guitar neck without a spline, it came back and broke again, so a spline is a reinforcement to the guitar neck. But it's not a simple job.
So much information, knowledge and passion. Can't say enough good things about these videos!
Also, I love the feeler gauge scraper! That is a really refined use of tools!
As they always say, glue is stronger than wood
😂
A broken heart is hard to break,
you have to know how to glue how many failures I had in my gluing yesterday again with epoxy I don't know what it will give :( hey I even glued my teeth with a white malleable epoxy because the gray one doesn't hold water :( Tanya has a gift, she uses it well :) it will be necessary because even working on genius is 99% perspiration for 10% intuition :)
Id rather have a new neck on it than a repaired one.
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Seamless repair - I had a next break on a Les Paul custom some years back. The repair was easier with this as it had the black lacquer finish. But what you have done here takes a lot of skill ❤. Love the sneeze too!
Like all pro work, you must have the right tools and supplies. Excellent work Tanya!
Love your work. You became one of my favourite channel to watch on CZcams.
It is always wonderful to watch a professional repair to an excellent condition. I do the same repair work as you. You have my admiration, kind regards from Laurajane
Show de bola um belo serviço feito com muita delicadezas parabéns e que Deus te abençoe para que vc continue com esse belo trabalho artístico.
Love your work young lady!! The nail polish got my attention but your stellar work keeps me coming back to watch. Good luck with everything you are going through in your homeland, and keep those guitars in good repair.
Thank you so much!
You have got some proper skills, making that an invisible repair and looking like new. Its always a pleasure to watch someone who knows their craft, cracking work as ever lass.
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Lovely work, no expensive tools or jigs, just skill and elbow grease.
Once again you maKe it all look easy. All the best from Melbourne Australia and thank you for the videos. Stay safe,
Thank you!
"Heavily damaged" is an understatement!
Great job!
so satisfying to watch, from damaged head to final result! great job
I love watching your careful craftsmanship! Plus the ASMR is sweet too!
Very impressive work, it looked virtually brand new!!! Also, that little sneeze at the end was just adorable 😂. Keep doin' what you do!!!
It is a real pleasure to watch you working with so much precision and dedication. The end result is just wow. Thank you for sharing this masterpiece with us.
At first i thought this is how i do it too but the finish is a thousand times better. Great work😊
You made what appeared impossible possible! Masterful work!
Impressive work, done with great patience, love, and respect. I’d be happy to have this luthier work on my instruments any time.
Hi Tanya. Your work is incredible. You are very talented. I've watched a few videos and your care and way to bring the instruments to life is absolutely brilliant. You've got talent. I would like to ask you where did you learn this magnificent job? Congratulations. Greetings to you from Brazil.
Years of experience in such young person awesome work
Amazing! You can't even tell that the head broke off. Awesome work, I'm a fan.
Excellent work and the result is beautiful!
Thank you!
Nice Work Tanya !
I have been watching your channel for a little while now and after two or three months have learned a lot from you on CZcams. I have the StewMac soldering iron insert (fret heater) two remove frets but saw your trick using a pistol grip soldering iron with the connected heating tip cut and wow, the frets came out like butter out of the microwave, outstanding!!!
Looking forward to more informative videos from you.
Sincerely
Gerard
Beautiful work, Tanya. Amazing skills.
I have fever dreams of my Gibson headstock being broke. After waiting my entire life to be able to get one that's insane how much that I think about all the ways it could get broke period this video was the first I've seen the tubing being used and it's brilliant.
Yes, Gibson is notorious, for headstock/neck breaks. It is a very weak area.
That is why other makers have the little volute in that area.
Always handle your Gibson carefully and Never lean it against a wall.
Use a good, stable, guitar stand and check it for stability, before you leave the store. Keep it in a corner, if possible, and away from any traffic.
Actually, I would do this for Any guitar, but especially a Gibson. 😁✌🖖
Great repair. You’d never know it had been broken, which part of me finds alarming 😉
Captain Blackadder75: You couldn't see it while she soaked the part in brown paint
@@powertothebauer296 I would have done the fret job while I had it on the bench.
plink out them' thar frets. restore the fingerboard. Bang in some new wires. Dress' em up. Be sure to check with customer to get exact strings of choice Playcheck. Check nut action.
Sight down neck and check for truss rod adjustment opportunity and intonation exam.
Check out the health of the bridge, saddle and bridge pins. Put the draft beer mugs back in the freezer. I'm on the way!
Definitively CA glue is the BFF of most of luthiers. This repair is a well done job! Congratulations!
I learned something new about filing the nut. You measured with a straight edge from the nut to the second fret and made it level. I did not realize that would work or that the nut was level with the first two frets that makes since now. Thanks for showing. Lets hear it play now. It does look like a great repair.
Great work on the repair. Probably wouldn't have painted it if it was me.. I would have just used a brown marker on the crack and left it slightly visible as long as you couldn't feel it. And then sprayed a clear over it
Exactly I was thinking the same thing, but then again it all depends on the value of the guitar and what they are willing to spend.
@@briandeeley1599 eh she painted over all the nice wood grain. I'd rather have a battle scar than cover up like that. Really comes down to what the client wanted though
Me too.
No paint. 👍
amazing repair…. if it was my guitar i would have the ‘entire’ neck painted…
Fixing the crack looks like the impossible task at the beginning, but after watching this video, that was the easy part. Making it look like it was never cracked is the hard part. Beautiful job.
I used to work as a stone-mason, and now I am retired, but I mis the process of creating things out. Of stone.... what you do with your work reminds me of how the stonework went... It's a series of operations, each one in an order and given complete attention before moving on to next.. it becomes a total process in the end, and the result arrived at is often so satisfying and beautiful...I do miss it, in a way, thanks for your fine work, and good wishes to you from the Oregon coast, AL
I like how your nails started out one color and then you changed the color. It's a no brainier you know what your doing. How someone can be so careless as to break the neck on their guitar?
My guitars are my pride and joy. I've been playing for 27 years and have never had a mishap.
It's get that you do what you do so wonderful. Thanks
Would be awesome if you commentated/narrated/annotated what you’re doing! Tools used, glued, sanding grits etc etc! Awesome job 👍🏼
It's annotated, put the CC on and you can read along!
Mind blown. Cheers!
so satisfying...this is some world class work right here...
Привіт Tanya. Your patience, effort and work is amazing. Again, I learned a lot of information. Watching and learning what you do is like meditation. Thank you so much.
And for you sneezing:
Будь здорова!
🧿🙏🎵
Ja virei fãz, trabalho feito com delicadeza e com muita competência 😍
...that's some excellent work right there! Very impressed. I worked on guitars during covid/pandemic for about two years doing setups and level/crown/polish of frets etc. Your skills are very inspiring. Some of the best I've seen. Wish you were in Austin, TX so I could bring you my guitars when needed. Keep up the great work.
Absolutely beautiful work
Im attempting a headstock repair on an epiphone les paul today! Thanks for the video, really helps me out watching your process! Wish me luck!
I think I would prefer the repair without the paint. Other than that, great work. I like your videos, and your ever-changing nail polish 💅🏼
I agree. I’d rather see a few faint glue lines than lose the grain on the back of the neck. To each his own.
That sneeze was priceless!! Great video.
Perfect job including the minor repairs aside. Very impressive.
Nice repair! If I may offer a suggestion, when glueing two pieces of wood together, especially on a raw break, always brush the glue into BOTH surfaces in order to ensure that best possible joint. Not doing so allows for the potential of air pockets in the glue, which as we know, is the enemy of a strong joint.
Yes!
Any idea what kind of glue she used after the Tite Bond?
@@kennethcohagen3539 Most likely it was cyanoacrilate, also known as CA glue, or commonly as superglue. It works well as a small gauge filler and is sandable.
A glue called yellow glue was also used which is as strong itself as the wood or better. It does not shrink.
Wood split cannot be matched perfectly so this glue will fill the voids!
I don't think she clamped it good enough either...in my opinion.......rubber can not squeeze as good as a metal clamp....unless she did clamp it with a c clamp after she wrapped it,and didn't show it......always clamp it TIGHT...Even is one thing, but I think tighter is more important
Beautiful job. I don't know if I missed something or not, but I was curious about the glue causing problems with the truss rod. My instinct would have been to brush a bit of Vaseline onto the truss rod where the glue might come into contact. But I'm gathering your experience has told you that the glue won't stick to the metal sufficiently so it can't be freed with a good twist of the hex wrench.
Yeah I agree the Vaseline works wonders! When I did a Gibson SG repair I put parchment wax paper in between the wood that I had clamps over and Vaseline in the truss rod cavity. The Vaseline helped and the wax paper did, too. What I did take away with what she's saying is still after this type of repair it definitely will be twisting any residue off the truss rod to set the neck relief back after the initial repair.
I had trouble getting past the intentional slathering of glue on the truss rod. I know it supposedly won't stick, but personally I would still avoid putting it there, and would wipe off any that got on.
Nice treatment of a good clean break. Great attention to the small details. My last one of these had been "repaired" twice before I got it with urethane. Ugh - 2 splines and a shim needed.
I don’t know why people bash on this girl and ask her stupid questions. She is the best guitar repair technician I’ve seen on CZcams. Excellent work girl! They’re only challenging your work because you’re female but your attention to detail is unmatched. Tanya - ignore the haters, and you don’t owe them a response
It is because they are stupid and know Nothing about guitar repair.
i will not say any negative about her but if you say that you just dont know what kind of heavy weight guitar repair guys you can find here.
Woman, not a girl, fool!
Well someone thought they were Pete Townsend didn’t they? Wow
Ou Jimi Hendrix
So they downloaded child p*rn?
@@antonionery8603 Ou Ritchie Blackmore...
I bet it was leaned up against something and fell to the side and the string tension was enough to break it. That guess is based on experience…….
Jeff Beck
yes I had concerns about the glue in the truss rod cavity but can see from your description that you have that covered, good work!
This lady is unbelievable, i think it would be quite difficult to find a dedicated craftsperson like that here in England, my 79 Les Paul deluxe is in need of a refret but where in England could i get quality service like this, well done Tanya, 🙂👍🇬🇧
Great job!
Unbelievable attention to detail!
Gezundheid. Cheerse. What a great job you did there. Ready for hours and hours playing and create the most wonderfull musicnotes there are. Greetings from the Netherlands.
That was the sweetest sneeze I have ever heard . ❤
Wonderful repair work of the highest caliber! You have nice hands too...
Congratulations Tanya. Nice job. You're a amazing!
It’s a great joy to see the beautiful work that you do ❤
Really? Virtually everything she did had me cringing. If you want to see beautiful guitar repair, check out Twoodfrd’s channel and compare the way he repairs broken headstocks. Night and day difference. Plus his videos are edited much better, and he gives commentary.
Great craftwomanship - I am really impressed. Thank you for your video, Tanya.
I know nothing about building guitars but watching this process hypnotizes me. 😂
best GUITAR ASMR I ever saw!
+ Great pro luthier work!
Excellent repair work. Very nicely done on the paint part and I bet plays very nicely.
Good afternoon! I'm your super fan, your work is great... congratulations Tânia.
Done quite a few headstock break repairs and you did a fine job.
Its hard to match the color sometimes.
Beautiful and talented hands
Now you see it-now you don’t…excellent work 👍
I also love the rubber tubing wrap on the neck for equal pressure . Much better than clamps and it’s brilliant .
Very good skills. Thanks for this Video I wont be so quick to trash a busted up old acoustic from now on
Fantastic!!! Superb workmanship. 👍
You do very nice work, Tanya. Thank you for sharing. 😁✌🖖
Good job! Your sneeze was the cutest.👍
Very great skills! More videos please, i always learn new things from you. Thanks!
Your camera work and skill is fabulous to watch
Please keep making videos
Extraordinary work.
It may have been customers request but yeah I agree with comments, I loved the unpainted look. Keeps the wood grain, and the crack gives a great history/story on the guitar.
Fantastic work!!! Really great.
A lady with serious talent 👍
You have golden hands bravo👋👋👋
You are the best! Very good Job!! Cheers from Spain ;D
Excellent work again.
Exceptional work thanks for sharing very well done!
Outstanding work.
Excellent work and video 👏