The music is perfect and never intrudes. Nice job! I will always use the Birds beak joint. I have a Martin from the 1850s and that joint was smashed, but a Luthier from Woodstock NY brought it back!

Great Vid! . I'm a big fan of the birds beak scarf joint. I'm from the unwashed who uses a cnc router for a lot of guitar making. In shame, I just made a V shape in the peg head and heck and relied on modern glues to do the work....I did make block guides to pare the faces to fit, but not like you did here. BRAVO!

Superb video. Excellent approach that I am going to try myself.

Thanks for showing us. Nice job!😊

Loved everything about your video! Music, presentation and especially learning about the birds beak! My goal is to start building guitars this year and it’s wonderful to have so many people creating and sharing ideas. Thank you, from the states Cheers

@jacob.repairs.guitars

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much :-) All the best for your first builds!

Excellent job Jacob! Have to keep this one in mind. Not only is it stronger, it’s also aesthetically pleasing! Love it! Oh, and a little tip. Alcohol in general is like grit. The higher the percentage, the sharper your tools 😉

@jacob.repairs.guitars

4 ай бұрын

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Cool stuff!

lol wetting your sharpening stones with champagne 😂

This looks like your first Video. Interesting technique. I wish you success on your channel from New Orleans in America.

@jacob.repairs.guitars

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!! Hearing from New Orleans really means a lot to me :-) English is not my first language. So I was thinking a lot about if it is a good idea to publish the video in english. Now I am glad I did

@skullheadwater9839

5 ай бұрын

@@jacob.repairs.guitars I don't know if everyone is like me in America but I watched several channels from people in Europe. I mostly play guitar and build tube amps but I also do some repairs on my guitars and I have assembled a few guitars including a kit. I also do restoration on vintage tube radios from 1930s to 1960s. I plan to learn how to build more and have been collecting wood. In New Orleans we have the French quarter which is the oldest part of the city the buildings are heavy wood frame from indigenous Cypress wood. So I have a collection of wood from 200 years old Plus including some Honduran mahogany railing. The mahogany is deep Red without stain.

Nice video :)

Cool looking... looks nice but I believe that because of a glued joint being as strong as they are today, a standard scarf joint is stronger, especially with a volute added..

@jacob.repairs.guitars

Ай бұрын

Hi, I don t know which one is stronger, but i agree a scarf joint is absolutely sufficient. No matter what, if you smash a guitar that has a tilted headstock, it will eventually break. Normally the wood fibers breaks. It is rare that the wood joint fails.

@thefreese1

Ай бұрын

@@jacob.repairs.guitars yup . Glue joint is stronger than the wood itself.. BTW I am enjoying watching your chisel work ... someday I will make an instrument by hand . Everytime I watch someone, whether a newer craftsman or a master I always gain knowledge...I use a chisel quite a bit and prefer it to electric routers and sanders because it teaches me to read the wood better..... I enjoyed the video .

Thank you! Really nice tutorial. Is this joint stronger than the scarf joint?

@jacob.repairs.guitars

5 ай бұрын

If it is well executed i would say yes, but it is only theory. A scarf joint is absolutely strong enough. If the headstock breaks, it is normally because the wood fails, not the glue joint. But with the Bird s Beak Joint there is a bigger gluing surface, the volute gives a little more support in the critical area and the grain lines run parallel to the string forces. So yes it should be even stronger than the scarf joint. The wood still can break if the guitar falls.