Gibson Explorer Vintage Guitar Repair Luthier Workshop
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- čas přidán 25. 01. 2024
- Gibson Explorer Vintage Guitar made in 1977 on my Workbench.
My old Mate Emil asked me to look after his amazing Gibson Explorer. This Guitar had a broken Headstock that was repair years ago. I have to check if there are some new cracks or any movement in the Headstock. The Nuts slots are way too low on several Strings and I have to level the worn out Frets and change the after Market tuners and replace them, with original ones. I will explain and show a couple of "Luthier Hacks" in this Video. So if you are interested in my Luthier Craftsmanship stay tuned and enjoy the Video. I love doing stuff like that - if you are interested in more of my Luthier life Projects, please feel free to check out my other extended Workshop Videos on this channel.
Enjoy watching and sharing.
Best Regards Nik
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Gibson Explorer Vintage Guitar Repair Luthier Workshop Ep.25
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Great to see someone installing proper tuners that will look and work great, instead of those useless, and unneeded in most cases, locking tuners! good job!
Thanks as lot for sharing your opinion and for your positive Feedback. To be honest I am not a great Fan of locking Tuners....🙂Best Regards Nik
It looked so much nicer before! Great work in any case!
Thanks for your Feedback. Best Regards Nik
I love these long videos!
Thank you so much for your positive comment 🙏👍You are welcome. Best Regards Nik
Like the way he drags it around by the neck.
Thanks for watching and your Feedback. Best Regards Nik
I have a 76 LE - very similar to this guitar. And it rules. These are just amazing instruments.
Thanks a lot for sharing. Amazing Instruments. Congratulations. Best Regards Nik
Another great video and as always informative and I learn stuff!😃
Thanks you so much for saying this. Your welcome. Best Regards Nik
Good job. Always a learning experience. Didn't know about the baking soda trick.👍
Thanks a lo for your Feedback Buddy. Yes this hack can be very helpful in some situations. Best Regards Nik
ciekawa konstrukcja główki,świetny jak zwykle materiał ,dzięki i pozdrawiam
Thank you so much for watching and for your Feedback. Best Regards Nik
Excellent video 👍🏼
Thanks a lot. Cheers Nik
I like that tape hack. I might have to use that one.
Thanks for your Feedback. Feel free to use it... Best Regards Nik
Nice job getting it back to original and setting it up. I have a 77 "V". Too bad the owner couldn't have found an original pick guard.
Thanks a lot for your Feedback. Your V is surely a great guitar. Yes my Customer buy it with this after market Chandler Pickguard. The additional holes are not also nice but it's still a great Insert. Best Regards Nik
Also, what lubricant are you using on the tuning machines? Great videos!
Standard Mechanic Grease.. Cheers Nik
Hi Nik whats the large hole in the body between pickups it looks about 3/8 is that standard and whats the purpose ? Just found ya ill watch more my best guitar is a 95 PRS Custom 24 and still like new because i treat it with respect and never work on my own guitars i leave that to professionals like you cheers !!
Thanks a lot for your Feedback Jerry. I suppose this is a mounting hole for the grip Gibson use to lacquer the Instrument... Like on Fender Guitars. Best Regards Nik
@petrekguitars OK thanks have a good day !!
Sehr cool! Und mit dem üblichen Kopfplattenbruch. 😂 Hab bei meiner 76er die Mechaniken ersetzen müssen, die originalen waren leider zu mix mehr zu gebrauchen.
Und wie bei deiner, ist bei mir ebenfalls einer der Pickups nicht original. Der Modifikationswahn der 80er macht vor nichts halt.
Hey Chris, vielen Dank für deinen Kommentar. Die gehört einem Freund von mir ist "leider nicht" meine....Deine ist bestimmt auch ein tolles Instrument. Damals war das normal da wurde alles umgebaut und der Kopfplattenbruch gehört auch irgendwie dazu🙂 BG Nik
At 14:50, the guitar is taped up, and then untaped. What was the point of that? What changed?
Thanks for your question. I have made a Fret leveling Job but I will make a separate Video about this because there are a lot of points to take care about. That’s why It’s taped/ untaped. I use mechanic grease for the tuners. Best Regards Nik
A couple of comments.
Bridge humbucker may be either T Top, or Tim Shaw or PU490, or something else, but is not P.A.F.
To know this for sure you have to desolder pickup cover and see what is inside.
Also applying grease better be done before installing tuners to the guitar.
Oh yeah also you can use chalk with super glue for the nut.
Thanks a lot for watching and for sharing your helpful informations👍Best Regards Nik
Swapping those Schaller tuners for the plate Kkusons seems like a step backwards. At least in tuning stability. And judging from the fading the Schallers have been on that guitar a long, long time. I get originality, but that was a curious decision, at best. I love your videos! So glad I found this channel. 🤘
Thanks a lot for your positive Feedback. Yes you are totally correct the Schaller are great Tuners but the owner organized the original Tuner and asked me to replace the Schallers. Feel free to check out my other Videos. Best Regards Nik
I agree! Yikes!
@@edwinh7908 The customer is always right, I guess? And apparently he wanted to return the guitar back to stock. The Schaller holes were completely covered by the original tuners, so no harm, no foul? I prefer tuning stability/ playability to originality, but that's just me.
Thanks Mate. Cheers Nik@@edwinh7908
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I would have filled in the extra screw holes with toothpick dowels on the headstock.
Thanks for your Feedback. Vintage Tuners have always a risk of not working properly...So I decided not to plug the additional holes because in the case the Guitar is not stabil in Tune we have the opportunity to swap the Tuners back. Best Regards Nik
@@petrekguitars Oh I see, sorry about that. I was trying to be a know it all. Good job, and lovely guitar. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Not worries Brian . You are welcome. Thanks for watching my content. Best Regards Nik@@FreeSpeechWarrior
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🕺🏻👍Thanks a lot. Best Regards Nik
someone that knows how to tie a string to a machine head peg, rare
Thanks for noticing and saying that... Cheers Nik
This super glue/ Baking soda idea does not hold for a long time, therefore I consider it a wast of time.
Thanks a lot for your feedback and for sharing your experience. Best Regards Nik
I do not like the new knobs that you put on. The beautiful ones that were on there were nice. Not a big fan of the hockey stick headstock on the explorer. They should have put something similar to a Paul Reed Smith headstock on those.
Thanks for watching and sharing your opinion. The owner asked me to change the Knobs and the Tuners. He likes it that way:-) Best Regards Nik
@@petrekguitars Again I was trying to be a know it all. Sorry about that. It looks beautiful and I'm coming around on the hockey stick and the knobs. 😂😂
Thanks Mate. Cheers Nik@@FreeSpeechWarrior
You do excellent work but I love the speed knobs 10 times better than those ugly original kind.
Thanks a lot for your positive comment and for sharing your opinion 👍Best Regards Nik
take that box of dead strings and send them to a bladesmith that makes Damascus knives, tell him for the whole box you want one Damascus knife, he can keep the rest
That's a good idea Dean cause I am totally obsessed by this craft. They can make a Damascus Carving Knife this would be great:-👍😊Best Regards Nik
Can't afford to heat your shop? Wonder why
There is no heater installed....simple as that🙂But it's a tiny Workshop and if you work a move it's really not a problem.Thanks for your Feedback. Best Regards Nik
My 76 is the only one I've ever seen without a broken headstock
Thanks for sharing. Yes most of them have this issue. Best Regards Nik