BCR Greg Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Jon has the earliest Classic I have seen, and it fell. So I get to put it back. Here's a few shots of the work....How it arrived(by courier)...Broked up bad...After hours of fiber clearing, coffee drinking and careful refitting...the hot hide glue and clamps come into play....Not strong enough, time for the routing. By hand. With a Dremel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCR Greg Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 How it looks before the splines. The routes go all the way to the face, through the cracked areas. Rough cut splines of 1950's Honduran mahogany from the Kalamazoo factory...Shaped and ready to be glued in...Clamped in with hot hide glue.....Stay tuned for more fun...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 He didn't try to 'sling' his guitar, did he? Maybe it's on video somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBraz Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Wow, what a great set of progress photo's. Really great stuff. I cannot wait for the next instalment. Do you drop everything else on the bench when a Bon Jovi guitar comes in? Edit: Bad choice of word drop... I meant postpone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Fantastic story! Let's go ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpriest Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Amazing stuff! Not the break, of course. Keep us posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTMN Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Always fun to watch. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerhead Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I love these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMERMAN Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 >Not strong enough, time for the routing. By hand. With a Dremel.You sir are a mad man - and I mean that in the best possible way. :-)As always amazing work, looking forward to more pics and curious to see how you will handle the missing chip between the splines.So besides the neck repair it's in for a swirl job - right?...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 OUCH.I can say though, that the "classic" Les pauls are one of my favorite varieties. I wish they had kept making them. Nice hot raunchy pickups, snot green inlays. YUM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armitage Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Excellent work, as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomerang~Junkie Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Refinish and old wooden desk or scratched cabinet door - sure. But I'd be seriously sweating bullets trying to do anything like that. I don't care how many times you've done that sort of repair, you truly must have nerves of steel. I also love these threads - amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devrock Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Moar piks!!!! Interesting to see how matching the gold paint comes out. Is it difficult to match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCR Greg Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Late night leveling session with my grandfather's favorite chisel..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCChris Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I'm sure whoever knocked that guitar over is swimming with the fishes right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ting Ho Dung Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I'm sure whoever knocked that guitar over is swimming with the fishes right now.Do you think Kevin Bacon is involved?Great thread Greg. Can't wait to see the progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alantig Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Had the distinct pleasure of stopping in at Chez Greg this afternoon on my way to the Frozen Four. Got to see the man's in-progress handiwork up close - just you wait! Greg is a master - I hope I never need a headstock repair, but if I do, I know where it's going. I thought about offering him $350...but there were too many sharp tools within easy reach! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCR Greg Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 Fantastic seeing you again after all this time, fella. Back to the job at hand.....So the wood between the splines cannot be trusted. The area is thin because of the truss rod nut route, and the damage was extreme there. SO.....Grandad's rasp is used to carve a hollow where the wood was poop....Then a piece of 50's Honduran is hand shaped to match the contour of the cut...Then it's "clamp and wait" time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Great pics Greg! I thought it were clamped already?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 He's clamping on another piece of wood to help strengthen the joint. Then it'll be rasped/sanded cut and molded, re-finished, and done.Like it never even happened. I love seeing greg's work. I'm not sure whether to be happy or sad that hopefully I'll never need this kind of work done to a guitar. I'd love to have it rebuilt like this, but I'd hate to break one like this in the first place.Bon Jovi must really like the guitar. Something like this could easily be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aknapp Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Something like this could easily be replaced. Sssshhhhhh.....Unka Greg needs da bizness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.bandini Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I've missed seeing these impressive projects, thanks for putting it up. I'll be interested to see how you remove the excess wood on the back of the neck. Does the order of installing splines vs. reinforcing the weak wood matter in this specific case? (Splines first, then replace wood vs. replace the weak wood and then put splines in? The engineer in me is curious. Thanks. ) I know where to send mine if anything like this ever happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armitage Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 We all know Greg can fix the wood, he's got the skills! I'm waiting to see how he matches that gold/green metallic paint. That seems like it'd be a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCR Greg Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Well, here's the latest....Our handy filler plate with the classic clamp mark....Grandpa's hand struck 1930's rasp makes short work of the mahogany....After some scraping and sanding.....After using my Top Secret Uncle Greg's grain filler/rigidity adder/smoothedy poop.....Now it's time to paint it away.Everyone having fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyboy-UK Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Spellbinding stuff m8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velorush Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 We all know Greg can fix the wood, he's got the skills! I'm waiting to see how he matches that gold/green metallic paint. That seems like it'd be a nightmare.That was my first thought when the thread opened. We've all seen Greg fix these breaks (to our collective amazement), it's just that metallics, especially gold are such a difficult match. This will be interesting to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jon has the earliest Classic I have seen, and it fell. So I get to put it back. Here's a few shots of the work....
How it arrived(by courier)...
Broked up bad...
After hours of fiber clearing, coffee drinking and careful refitting...the hot hide glue and clamps come into play....
Not strong enough, time for the routing. By hand. With a Dremel.
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