Where Do All the Broken Guitars Go? (And Why Refurbished Isn't Bad, It's Better-and Cheaper!)
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- čas přidán 15. 08. 2023
- Franklin, Tennessee's MIRC/Franklin Guitar Works saves more than 20,000 busted guitars every year, and can even make them play better than when they first left the manufacturer. Learn how and shop an ongoing sale (through August 21) here: bit.ly/3OYqrWs
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You can check out what Franklin Guitar Works has at any given time by Saving The Shop on Reverb: shorturl.at/puPU2
They got nothing!!
Several years ago I bought one of those refurbished guitars with the serial number changed. It is a Epiphone SG. It has a great set up, plays perfectly, and no cosmetic flaws either. I cannot figure out what was originally wrong. I thought it was a gamble, but have been very happy. No regrets
We have been a MIRC dealer since 2001. The guys in the repair shop are excellent.
there honestly should be more companies like this. Especially when you think how many trees you have to down to make guitars on an industrial scale to begin with. There's a lot guitars are perfectly good instruments left to rot, because it's not part of the hype. This shows another way of doing things.
All broken guitars go to heaven
Stairway to heaven
Is heaven like guitar center? With millions of people noodling all at once?
SGs are not allowed in heaven. 👹
Where do Gibson Robot tuners go?
@@rikkousa ebay
I’m a dealer with these guys
Fantastic company. The guitars are awesome, and allow little guys like me, to try out, keep, and sell gear I’d never be able to afford, or even get in the door as a dealer on (Gibson/Fender)
I’m all for this process. Wish that I was close enough to become a team member for their repairs.
I worked there a decade or so ago, it was an amazing place to cut my teeth as a repair tech. After a while of being there they had me specializing in fixing broken Les Paul headstocks, and sometimes that's all I would do for weeks at a time. I still find MIRC instruments at shops around the country from time to time and it's good to know that instrument has been in good hands.
Kudos to Franklin Guitar Works for their ingenuity and commitment to the environment in today's throw away society.
Wow, this is great! I had no idea this company existed. Hopefully this will allow a lot of people who could not afford these new guitars to get a quality instrument and start/continue their musical journey. Awesome!
not to bring their name down at all, but they mostly are like ebay for anything music related. awesome site
Love what you guys are doing not only for the music industry but for the Earth, as well.
I recently received 2 guitars that were damaged by FedEx during shipping. The retailer took them back without hesitation, but I wondered what ultimately happens to them. I'm happy that there's a company that repairs them, saving them from the landfill.
This is confusing. I don't see any way to filter by refurbished or decorations on reverb.
I just bought a b-stock Fender American Pro II for half price of new. For 3 weeks I could not find anything wrong with it then I pulled the pickguard. 3 of the screw holes have 1/16th-1/8th finish chipping around them. Pickguard on & they can't be seen. Great guitar!!!
Thanks Reverb!
I'd take a splined headstock any day as long as it's done right. It'll be a lot stronger than it was before it broke.
I did probably a few hundred headstock repairs at MIRC 10 years ago, and I'd trust one of those splined necks better than new.
Gibson should sell all their guitars pre-splined.?
3 days after this video goes up and all the Reverb listings are gone and the store is empty. mission accomplished.
Store looks full to me. Over 400 items for sale.
I love Reverb and Chicago Music Exchange. I bought a B-Stock Squier CV Jaguar 70s CME exclusive on Reverb. It's one of my favorite guitars. Great video highlighting and detailing this!
A quick CZcams search reveals that Franklin Guitar Works has just ONE video out there. I just subscribed in hopes they will consider making more videos of repairs. I would love to see all the cool stuff they can do!
The irony with B-stock is I often think the messed-up looking instruments have the most character. I even like it when people do a refurbishment for personal use and leave any damage which won’t affect playability. (I totally get why for commercial refurbs that wouldn’t work tho.)
In my book it's better than "relic"
I bet you buy dented cars too.
I've purchase a lot of refurbs through the years. Really haven't had any issues - whethers it's a guitar, camera, laptop, etc. Like the gentleman says - with a refurb you know someone has taken the time to check everything out and make sure it does what it's suppose to. Looks like a fun place to work 🙂
So glad I watched this. Now I know the real meaning behind that "USED" stamp on the backs of the headstock of the MIRC / Franklin Guitar Works inventory. Great work you guys!
I think that is really super cool😎 I love guitars. I am a solo instrumental. Guitarist been playing for several years since 1974. I love these instruments. I’m glad to see they don’t go to waste. I think you have a wonderful shop and you do an excellent job putting them all back together. I’m glad to see that nothing is wasted, and I think that is really cool.😎 and a lot of people may not want to buy refurbish guitars, but I think they’re just as good especially when they’re rebuilt by professionals. Thanks for your video. Love it.👍🏼😁😎🎸🎼🎶🎵😀
I agree with the title here.
Those refurbished guitars are often setup better than most factory guitars.
Most of the B stocks are finish cracks, normally around the neck pocket on the body of the guitar or Demo models.
my very first acoustic guitar was a second hand ~ Alvarez .. I still have it , 44 years later ! 🎸🇦🇺🎶
This is awesome, and what a great guy, he's clearly very passionate about the refurbishment and re purposing of instruments and keeping them out of the landfill. Would definitely be interested in checking out their store.
This is so silly since reverb doesn't even have a "refurbished" filter, so how would you even know, in most cases it just says used-new $100 off
Heard. I saw an archtop on Chicago Music Exchange: a pre-Fender era Gretsch 6120. Critical-for me-was that it didn’t have trestle bracing. I wanted that more minimal bracing the Gretsch was doing on their earlier Setzer Hot Rods. Not exceedingly rare, but rare enough that you’ve gotta wait until someone feels like selling. It looked REALLY abused. If I could’ve been certain that is was only cosmetic stuff, I’d have purchased the s*** outta that guitar. To be know if the damage is cosmetic or structural, ya gotta look inside. The broken pickup bezels made me suspect the guitar may have fallen on its face in the past. That would be a dealbreaker. Repairing broken archtops is luthier purview. Pricey, and justifiably so. Their sales guy was too busy to give it the inspection I required. This company in this here video would’ve been helpful, methinks.
I guess just search their shop for now (until reverb fixes this) or search refurbished (model). But yeah, it’s way to difficult to find and know who refurbished it.
Very cool. But no listings on their site?
I got a Squier neck from these guys not knowing what refurbished ment and that was discarded because it had "weird wood grain" turns out, the weird wood grain turned out to be gorgeous Birds Eye maple. It feels and plays like an absolute dream. I had no idea it went through this level of care. The frets feel amazing for a Squier.
I bought one of their Tele player acoustasonics. Listed as mint condition but arrived like direct from the factory. Bang of the buck!
this is fantastic!!! we need more Franklin Guitar Works!!!
The ultimate goal of a musician is to create music. Sometimes it takes years to find that special instrument to connect with. MIRC/Franklin Guitar Works has created a need that fulfills it with everything not new. Being an older musician, it is very encouraging to carry on with an instrument to repair and create new music with. The mojo is still there.
I love this so much. I'm a big advocate for breathing new life into discarded or imperfect guitars. A massive amount of work goes into building a guitar from scratch and you just don't appreciate it until you try it for yourself. Stopping imperfect guitars from hitting the scrap heap is so important, and besides, anyone who can claim to hear a cosmetic blemish is a liar!
Thank you for sharing! Didn't know this existed at this scale; thank you so much for giving a "second chance" to those instruments so they can be appreciated and valued once again.
I love music instruments and see 'em being taken care of like some sort of animal shelter but in this case an "instrument shelter"! 🎸Makes me sleep better at night. 🙂
5:53 what type of finish is that ? looks fantastic.
I pre-ordered a Fender 75th Anniversary Strat, paid for it, and eagerly awaited for it to arrive. Fender never shipped it. When I inquired about the order, I was told my order was canceled. I inquired more, and I was told the guitar had a flaw, so they couldn't ship it. Hmmm. I would have been happy with a discount. I suspect they really oversold the 75th anniversary Strats, and I got screwed. If the guitar really was flawed, after watching this video, I assume MIRC/Franklin Guitar Works ended up with the guitar. It's wonderful you are saving so many guitars.
do you have by any means a refurbished gibson les paul standard 60s in unburst finish? (or do they sell them as murphy lab custom relic?) i'm comfortable around the 100 dollars tag. HMU thanks
Wow, I wish I went to work for these guys when I was younger
Is there a way to sort Reverb for MIRC refurbished guitars? Franklin Guitar Works is one of the retailers that sells their refurbished guitars but it would be nice to just sort MIRC.
so do they describe the "issue" that was refurbished ? ie the head stock snapped off and we glued it back !!
In 2016 I started using MIRC as a supplier. It was overall a pretty good experience. My only real issue was their forcing of sellers to adhere to MAP (minimum advertised price) though the guitars were stamped “used”. You are not going to force me to sell a used guitar at a minimum price set by an arbitrary “standard” based on new prices.
I too was an MIRC reseller back around that time, I am local in Franklin so I spent at lot of time there in person. That MAP ordeal caused some pretty heated arguments between me and the leadership at the time.
I have been a MIRC dealer for about 20 years and the ONLY time I can remember them doing a MAP price was on ONE model for a brief period of time because some dealers were devaluing that model, which hurt everyone. I have no idea what you are talking about, your comment is very misleading
This is an awesome story. This makes me very happy! Waste not, want not. Repair what can be repaired. Make good use of everything. This is how to think and live sustainably. Build to last as well. If I ever buy another new guitar, I will buy it from you.
great idea i wonder if there is something like this in the land down under
Just bought a guitar from them from one of their divisions for a very affordable price and I’m glad I bought from them after watching this video. Proud and happy to see them selling in my home town region.
I can vouch for these guys. I bought a Fender Aerodyne (white) for half price of list and it is perfect with no flaws and no B-stock stamp or anything.
this is great. i certainly never thought about this, but this is great
Love this! this is such a brilliant business. keep up the great work.
As a long time MIRC Dealer, I can honestly say that the value for the end user is amazing. Hey Folks, the notes are all in the same place. And the $$ is in our pockets. BTW, we have close to 300 Refurbished MIRC Guitars currently in stock. Thanks, Adam and Jason.
That sounds so cool! Thank you.
Awesome. Finally, no more guitars go to the dumpster for convenience. Today this practice is called Circular Econony, waste from one is the raw material or the input for someone else. No more waste. And more guitars playing and making all of us happy people.
MIRC is the biznatch! Great stuff for sure. I really like what this guy has to say and i am happy to hear that they are saving all that they can. That is outstanding. That is whole point of sustainability, to repair, reuse, and recycle to the point of other items from the original. I trust their stuff more than from factory!
I have a 73 alvarez acoustic. Great guitar.
I’ve bought a few things from Franklin Guitar Works. They’re awesome & saved me some cash on perfectly new stuff🤘🏼
I'm sure this word has been used a lot here...but Wow!! The multi-colored strip gold top...Wow! This is great.
This is a great idea… I wonder if someone is doing this here in Australia
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Great view about these wonderful instruments. They all have potential to change the world and people's lives.💖
Not 1 guitar in their Reverb shop :(
Reverb, this is awesome and I had no idea about this. However, I gotta say on the app at least it’s not easy to find this stuff on purpose.
i had to google franklin then let it take me to the reverb shop. idk why they make it so hard to find shops on the app?
This is great! I really enjoyed watching the video.
I just want those little axes to find their forever homes. It breaks my heart to look into those sad little f holes and know they won't be able to snuggle up in front of a warm roaring half stack this evening.
Very cool. One of the best infommercials ever.
How do I find this company on reverb
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This is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! I'd like to buy a guitar from them on principal alone!
Man I want to work there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only parts now?
So Rad!!! Thank you!
These would also be great for repair school!
Well, This is VERY COOL!! I'd Love a Lefty Electric 12-String Hybrid!! I Dig Funky Guitars, like Vox and Eastwood, Italia, etc... , no offense to those Makers....
Is there a list of the dealers who sell the guitars these guys refurbish?
I always dumpster dive at Guitar Center and great useable parts!
Great initiative, keep it up
Interesting story,had no idea this existed. Great job guys, 👏☺️👏👍👍🎸🎸🎸
If you see 'USED' on a guitar, it likely came from here. Most people think it's some sort of bad thing. It's not. These are refurbished and repaired guitars that are pretty much guaranteed to work when they leave.
Do they have USA models
Is their site showing 0 inventory for anyone else right now?
Today I see dozens of pages of listings of guitars and guitar parts
I checked the site...they should know the difference between hollow and semihollow or semiacoustic...that was enough to make me go back to the news...
I love everything about this!!! Right on!!!
so where are the deals? I shopped your site and don't see any at all? what am I missing? not only are these guitars flawed they're used as well so they in no way no matter how good the repair is should they go for the same as new? for instance I see a fenner vintera 50s tele going for $878 new you're asking $1078? what am I missing here?
Awesome stuff. This is why I don't build guitars anymore. There are just so many instruments out there that can be repaired and modded.
Very informative!
man I need a job in guitarbage area. send them to Toronto brother. literally I got a place to ship to with a dock and International shipping.
That is Great Keep up the excellent work.
How do I contact you
My buddy works there and I kinda always wondered what is was that he did. Now I know!
You could have, I don't know... asked him?
@@seanj3667 well I know what he does, he ships guitars, but I didn’t know what the overall company mission was
Got my new Charvel from these guys for 600 bucks. Literally brand new
Which guys?
@@CorbCorbin The ones in the video
Seriously, this is one of the coolest company videos I've ever seen.
absolutely wonderful !!!!
This would be my dream job !
Excellent. Trees died to make these guitars it is good to respect their sacrifice.
I don't get it. Page after page of guitars I can't afford. Where are the supposed deals?
The meters Cissy strut pls
Outstanding‼
I'd love to work there. A guitar boneyard basically.
buhbuhbuh Tha Bone Yar Yar Yard. ! wu ¡
Well Done!
Where is the Fishscale Les Paul?
What does Amazon do with returned guitars ... they ( maybe ) throwing them in the trash bin . Sad . ✨✨✨🎸✨✨✨
Just got a second hand guitar in excellent shape. UPS managed to damage guitar and now Reverb is turning the broken guitar to the seller who’s not responsible for the damage. The guitar was insured with Safe shipping. What a mess. I lost one month with the back and forth.
Franklin guitars Reverb page doesn't work anymore. Did you guys actually fuck up more than usual?
Ooohhhhh that would be a great job !