As much as I love the "mad scientist genius" of Ben, I absolutely love the calm, competent and efficient way Sofia works. These two kinds of content are so complementary...
More Sofia please🙏 great skills and a natural presenter! Appreciated the explanations and enjoyed the calmness of it all ( I would have watched the 3 hour version!). Let's have some more Sofia home workshop takeovers!
I have to say, this is the first time in a long while that I’ve sat and watched an entire Crimson video without skipping portions…Ben is great etc and I’ve watched him since the beginning but sometimes I’m a little impatient and skip the waffle and procrastination to get to the point of the video but in this case I found Sofia’s presentation most enjoyable. Well done and I hope to see more of her in future, she’s clearly well suited to this kind of work.
Such a stunning quality of work.. I had the privilege of visiting the team the other day to drop off a repair with them and I met Sofia who showed me her'masterpiece' acoustic guitar which is absolutely jaw dropping.. I can't even begin to imagine the skill and dedication it must take to create such amazing pieces of art, just wonderful!
I love Ben's content for the education and entertainment, but Sophia is so relaxing to listen to, and she does a fantastic job! I couldn't even see the repair once she was done!
Different styles obviously. But Sofia is worth watching just as much as Ben is. Sofia mentioned she would like to replicate this guitar. I think I would like to see a series of videos of that. Or maybe a very glamorous concert guitar with beautiful inlays. Would be interesting to see her approach and skills.
Great work Sofia! She’s a keeper Ben. Loving all the content from this great team. Be proud Ben - the quality of the culture of any workplace is a ‘top-down’ thang!
Yay! More repairs and more of Sofie) Also, it would be nice to see her classical guitars or even some one day build from her (pun intended) - electric one we already saw there :) And I have a question - is it OK to have glue join such in a close proximity with string breaking point? Yes, it hides vertical part of the join, but from playability and further life of the instrument its not clear for me... I think it was better to cut some more material and have vertical join between 4th and 5th strings.
Ooh nicely done! Those nylguts are now a fairly standard choice. That peculiar bridge issue also affects my 1838 Panormo, though it hasn’t needed such drastic remedy but I suppose it’s partly why the saddle was invented.
Yes more vids! I once scratched my slipknot CD and used autosol to polish it out. Worked a treat, i couldn't believe it. The amount of applications for that stuff is nearly unlimited i swear 😂
Have you ever thought abut using a flexible cutting board to protect the sound board? They are thin (usually .060-.075 thousands), and can easily be trimmed to fit around the bridge or what ever on the guitar you want to work around. Plus they are cheap to buy.
It’s not supposed to be used on porous surfaces like wood, it’s meant for metal. I wouldn’t use it on a new guitar much less a rare antique. With antique finishes the less done the better.
hot hide glue would have been ideal to avoid creep for the repair on the bridge, it cures in about 30 seconds, and there is no need to clamp it, other than that it looks great.
Hot hide glue takes a good 24 hours to cure completely, that is for the water to evaporate, but it does gel in a minute or so. Glue creep is extremely unlikely with this type of repair. Hide glue has the double disadvantages of being very (too?) brittle and prone to loosen in high humidity.
@@nickpearsonuk well yes but you just leave it 24 hours, and you can start to stress the joint after only 3-4 hours, my point being a 'rub' joint would mean no need to hold it for so long, bear in mind this is a valuable old instrument so hot hide glue is the best choice here not PVA, it's a myth that the joint will loosen up in high humidity, in reality it takes some serious heat +water to make it come apart and most people who say that have never used it, I use both PVA and hot hide glue but I would not have used PVA in this case, on top of that there is no stronger glue than hot hide glue, it is as strong as epoxy in most cases.
I canny help but think (`scuse me, I`m Scottish) that the angled (if any) seat of the repair, should`ve gone in the other direction, I`d have done the repair with a flat piece, then I could clamp it, drill 2 very very tiny holes in the repair, though to the original base, then fill those with either matching wooden dowels, or countersunk panel pins (countersinks filled)! Just a thought.
Loved this! We need more Sofia videos 100% And that guitar is stunning, I will definitely be taking a (long) drive down from Cheshire to Dorset to visit the museum once it is open. Hey Sofia have you visited the little museum at the Royal College of Music? I spent hours in there a couple of years ago just in awe of the amazing guitars there!
Great to discover this. l also have an 1830 Panormo but with different woods. The top is scratched but the guitar is in very sound condition with no apparent repairs. l look forward to visiting Dorset guitar museum. ls it open yet and whereabouts?
That is wonderful to hear. The museum is not open yet but we have many guitars and if you would like to call we would be happy to show you around. We are happy to take people around on a Thursday. Details are on the website: www.crimsonguitars.com/
Gorgeous...tell us about his pets? and also Sophia, now retired, I made my living making technical drawings, but retired to study as a luthier under Steve Toscano and Robin Moyes. I would be honoured to make a complete set of as built drawings for you if you're intereseted. Lemme know :-)
Hey Sofia great presentation! I’m wondering why you put the join right in line with the string. As a guitarist myself wouldn’t the join be better sonically speaking between the strings? Interested in your thoughts!
Had many romantic guitars, as old as from the 1840s (restored many antique instruments) Several things on the video are not correct, gut strings have no problems with intonation and do not go out of tune a lot, and last forever if you play without nails (or use varnished ones and nails, polishing you nails ALWAYS before every use). The strings that give intonation issues are the wound silk basses, it is way worse for intonation than nylon, nylgut or rayon... Nylgut bear very little resemblance to the tone of gut, it is extremely trebly (comparing it to guy is like comparing carbon and high tension nylon), Basses on those sets are ok, they moved to Rayon on bases that is very good, I prefer it many times to silk (due to the better intonation ).
Hi Sofia "Sharp tools equals more control" oh I like you, and would certainly like to watch more of your videos. You are efficient but calmed, equals more control, as well. But you got me nervous, even more without the towel. Oh and the chisel by itself did not do a good job, it was 'you' who did. Nice 'white' camera, did you checked the intonation? Take care, cheers.
So much better than the videos done by the owner! Actual guitar stuff rather than a vehicle for a massive ego. More of these please and less of the BC stuff.
A Fisher of men.. Ben you attract and develop the most amazing people to work for you. (Sophia excuse the "men" but otherwise the biblical quote might be lost)
More of this kind of thing please. The constant reverence for 1950s-60s electrics gets boring and doesn't make your channel unique. I'd love to own a Stauffer guitar
As much as I love the "mad scientist genius" of Ben, I absolutely love the calm, competent and efficient way Sofia works. These two kinds of content are so complementary...
Love the variety with Sofia, Ben, Josh etc. So yes, more of everything and everyone please.
Can we have more Sofia please? She is a breath of fresh air.
*They
@@alexcorona a breath of fresh they??
More Sofia please🙏 great skills and a natural presenter! Appreciated the explanations and enjoyed the calmness of it all ( I would have watched the 3 hour version!). Let's have some more Sofia home workshop takeovers!
Great job ! I would love having more videos from Sofia, please, she's so calm, skilled and efficient.
Sofia might have just become my favourite!
I have to say, this is the first time in a long while that I’ve sat and watched an entire Crimson video without skipping portions…Ben is great etc and I’ve watched him since the beginning but sometimes I’m a little impatient and skip the waffle and procrastination to get to the point of the video but in this case I found Sofia’s presentation most enjoyable. Well done and I hope to see more of her in future, she’s clearly well suited to this kind of work.
Such a stunning quality of work.. I had the privilege of visiting the team the other day to drop off a repair with them and I met Sofia who showed me her'masterpiece' acoustic guitar which is absolutely jaw dropping.. I can't even begin to imagine the skill and dedication it must take to create such amazing pieces of art, just wonderful!
I love Ben's content for the education and entertainment, but Sophia is so relaxing to listen to, and she does a fantastic job! I couldn't even see the repair once she was done!
Different styles obviously. But Sofia is worth watching just as much as Ben is.
Sofia mentioned she would like to replicate this guitar. I think I would like to see a series of videos of that. Or maybe a very glamorous concert guitar with beautiful inlays. Would be interesting to see her approach and skills.
Great work Sofia! She’s a keeper Ben. Loving all the content from this great team. Be proud Ben - the quality of the culture of any workplace is a ‘top-down’ thang!
There is something about the home-workshop that make it all calm and relatable, watchable. On top of Sofias great execution!
nice to see Ben's workshop again too!
Yes on the sharpening video.
Nice repair Sofia, and you’re a natural presenter. Brave to not use a shield around the bridge, but then your hand-skills were always amazing!
Your a great asset to Crimson company, thanks for sharing your skill sets
Thanks Sofia
We need a video of Sofia taking measurements of the Panormo and creating a spec. THEN some follow up vids of a replica being built!
Sophia is great. Love to see more of her.
4:52 "let's-get-do-it!" - Lefty Delite
👍🙏✌️
Greetings from the sunny climes of Basle, Switzerland
It feels great to be home in the old workshop. Nice job Sophia. Please tell us that you moved the squirrels!
Nice to see the home workshop again :)
Though it’s a stressful task at hand, i appreciate the zen-ness of Sofia’s approach. Meditative almost. Great job!
sofia - perfect repair, showing a truck load of skill.
An expert and respectful repair! You should absolutely do a set of technical drawings for this lovely instrument.
Yay! More repairs and more of Sofie) Also, it would be nice to see her classical guitars or even some one day build from her (pun intended) - electric one we already saw there :)
And I have a question - is it OK to have glue join such in a close proximity with string breaking point? Yes, it hides vertical part of the join, but from playability and further life of the instrument its not clear for me... I think it was better to cut some more material and have vertical join between 4th and 5th strings.
Ooh nicely done! Those nylguts are now a fairly standard choice. That peculiar bridge issue also affects my 1838 Panormo, though it hasn’t needed such drastic remedy but I suppose it’s partly why the saddle was invented.
About the cluejoint, plained vs sanded, you`re absolutely right.
My cousin the best, very proud 🤍
so chill, so skilled. fabulous- much more please!
Sophia's totally awesome!! Please feature her doing more acoustic work, both repairs/mods and maybe some scratch builds!
Sofia's work is a joy to watch. So much detail in the process, and she does it in a calm informative way. 👍🎸🎸🎸
More please. Absolutely fascinating to watch. And what a beautiful repair on such an awesome guitar. The original makers would give it a thumbs up.
Great to see you come into your own Sofia great video to show off your skills. lets have more.
thank you Sofia
Yes more vids!
I once scratched my slipknot CD and used autosol to polish it out. Worked a treat, i couldn't believe it. The amount of applications for that stuff is nearly unlimited i swear 😂
Very nice Sofia. This was entertaining to watch.
Beautiful job!
Delicate and beautifully done Congrats !
Lovely video Sofia!
This young boy is good he should have his own ! Very calm and a joy to watch
Such sympathetic skill!
Beautiful work and very relaxing. And as for Autosol, I love it too. Used it on motorcycles for years. Ah, that smell ! 😎
Yes! The smell 😆 perfect
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars definitely 👍🏻 And it makes things pretty too lol 😀
Serious luthier work. More content like this, please.
Incoming. Already have a 1960 Martin neck repair vid.filmed as well as a Martin Custom Shop that needed repair work.. plus much, much more planned
Have you ever thought abut using a flexible cutting board to protect the sound board? They are thin (usually .060-.075 thousands), and can easily be trimmed to fit around the bridge or what ever on the guitar you want to work around. Plus they are cheap to buy.
I never thought of using Autosol on ebony. I'll have to try it on a test piece. That's a clean repair, well done!
It’s not supposed to be used on porous surfaces like wood, it’s meant for metal. I wouldn’t use it on a new guitar much less a rare antique. With antique finishes the less done the better.
That looked like a very very skillful repair. I enjoyed watching this. 👍🤟
Ben be careful here. She might take over the channel completely. 😜
Jokes aside, I love her calmness and focus.
"Lets get do it" Your new catch phrase :)
Awesome video Sophia.
Thank you 🤗
Nicely done. Brilliant
Well done Sofia! You're incredibly talented, and a natural in front of the camera!
Cripes Sofia - you're very brave using the chisel on such an old instrument, specially so near the soundboard! Good on yer 👍
Sofia smashed it! Beautiful repair and an absolutely insane guitar
Sophia, you’re a genius! What an amazing repair on such an important instrument.
Autosol MSDS says "Do not get in eyes, on skin, or on clothing." "Wear protective gloves"
amazing job!
I'd love to see a restring/setup of one of these instruments.
Very enjoyable vid Sofia, really interesting to see your approach to something like this
I totally enjoy this
Really cool
excellent
Great job Sofia! Really enjoyed watching this!
hot hide glue would have been ideal to avoid creep for the repair on the bridge, it cures in about 30 seconds, and there is no need to clamp it, other than that it looks great.
Hot hide glue takes a good 24 hours to cure completely, that is for the water to evaporate, but it does gel in a minute or so. Glue creep is extremely unlikely with this type of repair. Hide glue has the double disadvantages of being very (too?) brittle and prone to loosen in high humidity.
@@nickpearsonuk well yes but you just leave it 24 hours, and you can start to stress the joint after only 3-4 hours, my point being a 'rub' joint would mean no need to hold it for so long, bear in mind this is a valuable old instrument so hot hide glue is the best choice here not PVA, it's a myth that the joint will loosen up in high humidity, in reality it takes some serious heat +water to make it come apart and most people who say that have never used it, I use both PVA and hot hide glue but I would not have used PVA in this case, on top of that there is no stronger glue than hot hide glue, it is as strong as epoxy in most cases.
Placing a steel rule in front of the bridge on this may have helped ease some tension but, caution is never a bad idea.😅
A video on sharpening curved woodworking knives would be great!
Great vid girl, well done xx
I canny help but think (`scuse me, I`m Scottish) that the angled (if any) seat of the repair, should`ve gone in the other direction, I`d have done the repair with a flat piece, then I could clamp it, drill 2 very very tiny holes in the repair, though to the original base, then fill those with either matching wooden dowels, or countersunk panel pins (countersinks filled)! Just a thought.
@Sophia: now everyone knows what to gift you for a birthday 😂 great video, very meticulous and precise whilst calming. Thank you 🎉
A great video. A fantabulous repair.
Great video, beautiful instrument
Loved this! We need more Sofia videos 100% And that guitar is stunning, I will definitely be taking a (long) drive down from Cheshire to Dorset to visit the museum once it is open. Hey Sofia have you visited the little museum at the Royal College of Music? I spent hours in there a couple of years ago just in awe of the amazing guitars there!
More such content please!
Great job, and very well filmed and commentated - bravo!!!
Freat Vid Sofia. looking forward to more repair vids from you
Sofia i am a fan now
Great to discover this. l also have an 1830 Panormo but with different woods. The top is scratched but the guitar is in very sound condition with no apparent repairs. l look forward to visiting Dorset guitar museum. ls it open yet and whereabouts?
That is wonderful to hear. The museum is not open yet but we have many guitars and if you would like to call we would be happy to show you around. We are happy to take people around on a Thursday. Details are on the website: www.crimsonguitars.com/
Toll!
Beautiful, delicate craftsmanship. A faithful replica would be a worthy project. I wonder what music was played on it in 1830?
Mostly song accompaniment, much like today, but also solo music by people like Mauro Giuliani and Fernando Sor.
Magnificent work!
Sophia, please do make drawings of this.
A magnificent small guitar
This has been deliciously nerdy.
Gorgeous...tell us about his pets?
and also Sophia, now retired, I made my living making technical drawings, but retired to study as a luthier under Steve Toscano and Robin Moyes. I would be honoured to make a complete set of as built drawings for you if you're intereseted. Lemme know :-)
Excellent stuff! Could we have some extreme close-ups though? It would be nice to be able to really see this careful work! 🥰🥰🎸🎸🍷🍷
Well done, Sofia! I envy you.
Hey Sofia great presentation! I’m wondering why you put the join right in line with the string. As a guitarist myself wouldn’t the join be better sonically speaking between the strings? Interested in your thoughts!
No inlays on the fretboard - does anyone know when they were introduced?
Had many romantic guitars, as old as from the 1840s (restored many antique instruments)
Several things on the video are not correct, gut strings have no problems with intonation and do not go out of tune a lot, and last forever if you play without nails (or use varnished ones and nails, polishing you nails ALWAYS before every use).
The strings that give intonation issues are the wound silk basses, it is way worse for intonation than nylon, nylgut or rayon...
Nylgut bear very little resemblance to the tone of gut, it is extremely trebly (comparing it to guy is like comparing carbon and high tension nylon), Basses on those sets are ok, they moved to Rayon on bases that is very good, I prefer it many times to silk (due to the better intonation ).
Hi Sofia "Sharp tools equals more control" oh I like you, and would certainly like to watch more of your videos. You are efficient but calmed, equals more control, as well. But you got me nervous, even more without the towel. Oh and the chisel by itself did not do a good job, it was 'you' who did. Nice 'white' camera, did you checked the intonation? Take care, cheers.
So much better than the videos done by the owner! Actual guitar stuff rather than a vehicle for a massive ego. More of these please and less of the BC stuff.
What knot are you using for the bridge end of the strings?
I love that you offer to "fight" you in the comments! I'm not adept enough to fight you or Ben, maybe Josh!! (just kidding Josh)!
So... we starting a petition for Sofia to be sponsored by Autosol or no?
A Fisher of men.. Ben you attract and develop the most amazing people to work for you.
(Sophia excuse the "men" but otherwise the biblical quote might be lost)
'It's an autosol kinda weekend'..... is that a comment on the quality, or lack thereof, in Ben's booze cabinet?
More of this kind of thing please. The constant reverence for 1950s-60s electrics gets boring and doesn't make your channel unique. I'd love to own a Stauffer guitar
More Sophia please less annoying than the other two:-)
That was awful to see that ancient bridge polished using metal polish. That stuff isn’t supposed to be used on porous surfaces like wood.
more sophia please. So much better than Ben. I jest of course, or do I?
wtf is that thing.
Sofia, perhaps you could do a episode in a nice short summer dress, I did suggest the same to Ben some years ago but no dice x
Ben wouldn't look good in a dress
He looks okay in a tutu…
Steve doing his part to help the fairer sex feel welcome in this community 😒