Looks like the perfect spot for a sticker.

I would be happy with this repair.

@LennonLuthierFinagler

3 жыл бұрын

If I had to do it again... I know I would do it differently...

you have made a great job well done

@LennonLuthierFinagler

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks for making one of the few videos on KZread about actually patching with wood instead of using epoxy or something. I am planning to plug up a hole in the side of my cordoba which has a proprietary "barndoor" pickup system which went bad and which they don't sell replacements for. I am planning on using an LR Baggs system as these don't require you drill into the damn thing. I think you did a fantastic job. Do you have an update for the superglue lacquer fix?

I love the solutions you came up with lmao.

@LennonLuthierFinagler

8 ай бұрын

This was not the greatest fix on the planet but without stripping all the back off it worked. :-)

Oh it's laminated, just put a cleat under it and fill with bondo lol. Good as new... as long as you don't look at it..

@LennonLuthierFinagler

5 ай бұрын

LOL - it's not my finest hour.... 🙂

Try a coat hanger, wire more flexible

There is a way to do a perfectly matched repair. I have seen this done on a high-end desk that had a huge gouge in it. There are furniture finished repair guys that use colored shalac sticks. The shalac is heated to a melting point and applied. The desk I'm m referring to was in the motion picture minority report.

@LennonLuthierFinagler

4 ай бұрын

Some of these guys, that do that kind of thing, are absolute heroes... I actually try to avoid bodywork... I am just not set up for it, but it works sometimes.

I'd have just hung a picture over it.

@LennonLuthierFinagler

Жыл бұрын

or wallpaper it...

I vote for piece replacement strategy. You can always try something else if it doesn't work.

@LennonLuthierFinagler

Жыл бұрын

Hi - I don't charge... people take their instrument away and make a donation to my favourite animal charity... it is all based on trust.... I tell them not to tell me how much they donate because it is not about me but the charity.

@zzyzxRDFwy15

Жыл бұрын

@@LennonLuthierFinagler I'm talking about the hole in the guitar. Try would try replacing the missing piece that creates the hole in the guitar. It might not to financially worth it but it would be interesting for the KZread video.

@LennonLuthierFinagler

Жыл бұрын

@@zzyzxRDFwy15 I must have replied to you instead of someone else... sorry. but relating to your point you are confusing me and aI am not that hard to confuse... :-) I did replace the wood hole with the wood I found inside the guitar... ?

@zzyzxRDFwy15

Жыл бұрын

@@LennonLuthierFinagler OK. I thought you stated you were going to part it out the guitar but wanted to heard from your audience what we would do. I was just stating if it were me and I felt like what you said, I just put the the guitar up for and come back to it later.

Can you simply cut out the affected area, create a "plug" to fit it, stain it & glue it in? Of course you'll have to add finish. However you're the Dr. Goid luck. (I'm thinking of a few fixes I saw Jerry do, at RSW.) Any way, i would be happy with the fix. It's on the back so it won't be noticed. You had a near impossible task, but you fixed it. Well done. Btw Jerry made a device, I've seen others use, that is a guitar tuning key mounted to a plastic base, I've seen wooden bases as well, with a hole in it, they simply turn the key & it tightens up. I'm new to luthiery, just did a great fret job on my 335 copy. I used tricks from various people on YT. I'm proud of myself. Lol! Who says a old dog can't learn new tricks?

@LennonLuthierFinagler

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't have a matching wood... and the brief was - no cost and I am an old dog with empty pockets. :-)

How can I refill a hole on the bridge ? I made one for a bridge doctor but I’m going to remove it

@LennonLuthierFinagler

9 ай бұрын

can you send me pictures... austen @ austenlennon .co .uk

Finagaling means jerry rigging.

I thought the correct method was to fill it with Ramen first, then superglue....

@LennonLuthierFinagler

3 жыл бұрын

それを見るのは楽しいでしょう。 Sore o miru no wa tanoshīdeshou. :-)

@davereichert

3 жыл бұрын

Nah buddy, you have to apply duct tape from the inside, then crack an egg in the void, and then cover it with corrugated cardboard and the hole will virtually disappear!

I though youd make the piece of wood fit perfectly on the hole...

did someone use that guitar for archery practice?

@LennonLuthierFinagler

4 ай бұрын

I was going to say that looking back I shouldn't have posted it... but, I tend to show warts and all. Not 100% happy with this repair but... :-)

Flex-seal !!!!!!!

@LennonLuthierFinagler

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking tarmac... :-)

Why, oh why, are people using these Takamine guitars for target practice? Weird. Required fix - send it out to Jerry Rosa before he retires. He does miracles sometimes.

Looks like somethings behind.

@LennonLuthierFinagler

8 ай бұрын

yes, I had to put a bit of maple behind... not a great fix but I do show warts and all... I am not sure what I could have done to make it better ....

You don't need to use super glue for a big patch. Super glue works for very small areas not the size of what you were using it for. The manufacturer didnt finish this guitar in superglue did they?

@LennonLuthierFinagler

4 ай бұрын

What would you have done?

@chryslercartography9024

4 ай бұрын

I would have refinished the entire back. That would require taking the old finish off and then sanding and filling of all small gaps from the patch. Then staining perhaps and adding a new finish to just the back. Why go half ass with superglue after all that trouble? @@LennonLuthierFinagler

Ok so I need a piece of an broken guitar to patch a rather large hole in my guitar......Anyone know of somebody that might have a piece for me......I am in Newbury UK

Messy Job, very messi

@LennonLuthierFinagler

2 ай бұрын

I agree....

I know everyone is a critic. But i think i would have routed out a portion of the back and made a piece to fit. The filler looks awful.

@LennonLuthierFinagler

Жыл бұрын

All comments are welcome... even helpful critiques :-) ... I don't have arouter... and I don't have a piece of that fine wood they were using... but I do agree...

It's a cheap guitar, so it needs some character.

@LennonLuthierFinagler

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

Jerry would done a better job

@LennonLuthierFinagler

Жыл бұрын

I 10000% agree with you. There are a lot of good Luthiers out there but Jerry is tops, in my book. He is also very good and helping me now and then too... so you are100% right.

@rickgiannone6304

Жыл бұрын

But Jerry would have to do it five times before he got it close to being acceptable. Jerry is a burnout!

Looks like an amateur did it.

@LennonLuthierFinagler

Жыл бұрын

Not sure what to say to this but yes, you're right... this is not my thing but it was free and the owner was delighted with it...