I didnt expect the fretboard to look like that! Good looking!!

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

Me too, I was surprised when I saw it

@hanovergreen4091

6 ай бұрын

@@mr.k1t Was that fretboard or just gunk that came off? Fantastic job Sir and Thank You! Best Regards and Best Wishes!

@ozmobozo

4 ай бұрын

It's not surprising to see some sort of paint on fretboards in this kind of guitars. Most cheap Korean guitars still use this method. And since this is a Soviet era guitar that's probably what inspired it.

He does what I love to do, bring new life to fine old parlor guitars. I salute you.

Just beautiful. I'm not a luthier but enjoy watching them at work. Your resurection of this instrument is just fantastic. Your work on the neck and fretboard was especially joyful to watch. Nice job!

I give you credit and respect. I feel most people would have simply threw that guitar in the trash. With a amazing display of dedication and skill you have restored that guitar into a beautiful instrument that will be enjoyed for many more years. 👍

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Amazing refinish. I woulda probably left tuners/headstock as-is, and put the time back into the cracks on the top. Can’t get over how incredible the fingerboard came out 🤯 great job

I’m glad you put your own stamp on it. I enjoyed watching your process and progress.

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@tobitsdogcasenerd

6 ай бұрын

@@mr.k1t you’re welcome!

Totally wonderful! I'm now about to watch all your o

What a beauty! Well done sir.

That was a lucky old guitar, beautiful job and a joy to watch. Thank you from Spain..

You have done amazing work!! Compliments

Ive found a few $8000 100+ yo instruments this way that sounded incredible after restoring. Repairing and setting up playability is not rocket science, its easy and fun

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

there are certain problems with reliability in such guitars. they should be taken care of

@WinstonTexas829

6 ай бұрын

@@mr.k1tmostly keep them away from modern heating.

@hanswurst495

2 ай бұрын

Provided you know your skills and have the right tools!

F ing amazing! Beautiful work!

Wow, I was watching with my grandpa on 0.25 to not miss anything❤

I’ve been playing guitar for over 40 years and I can say I have purchased a handful of new guitars. But my favorite instruments are the ones I found at good will or were given to me by friends that just never learned to play. So much character in the older instruments. All that was needed was a little love, tuning and new strings.. great restoration project sir

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@752brickie

6 ай бұрын

You are 100% correct ! The old ones are the finest! They really have a great quality

@festushaggen2563

5 ай бұрын

Agree. I've had quite a few acoustics over the years. Big names and expensive. My favorites by far are a 50 year old Yamaha steel string and a nearly 50 year old Japanese Classical guitar. You can't buy that look, feel and sound new off the store wall.

@garthreynolds1437

5 ай бұрын

Just beautiful! Maple neck ? Mahogany back and sides? Perfect for the front porch swing or an evening on a sofa.

Absolutely loved watching this 🙂 Really nice job 🙂

@mr.k1t

23 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Good work. Thanks for sharing.

странная какая-то реставрация, переднюю деку шпаклевать не стали, было 7 струн, сделали 6... ну ладно, я не эксперт.

Super job !!!

EXCELLENT, GOOD JOB, WELL DONE

Una buena restauración, ha quedado nueva. Un 10👌👍🇪🇸🌿

I liked everything except the sanding. I would have dusted it, used turpentine to remove any old wax, used warm soapy water followed by immediate towel drying, then amalgamated the original finish with alcohol or whatever solvent works. Anyway, it sure does look great. Bravo.

Этот инструмент был сделан в моей стране почти сто лет назад !!! Мне приятно, что столь талантливые руки взялись за восстановление этого инструмента !!! Результат шикарный ! Ещё было интересно увидеть некоторые технологические детали на самом инструменте...никогда раньше не знал, что у нас в период раннего СССР был крепеж струны на пинах. После 1945 года стали применять другую систему. Благодарю Вас

@Mihail_Duymin

4 ай бұрын

Это не восстановление, он переделал

Fantastic job. Congrats!!!

Lovely job, looks amazing

Very well done. Awesome restoration.

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Why didn't you keep the 7th string? Now it's just another guitar.

@woutmoerman711

6 ай бұрын

That's exactly what I thought! I wonder how the tuning was. I'm building a 7 string lute guitar myself, with an extra low D string.

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

I have an old 7 string guitar and I don't play it, I wanted to make a guitar that I would want to play

@woutmoerman711

6 ай бұрын

@@mr.k1t Ok, that's a very good reason. Thanks for answering!

@saiteninstrumente-and-music

6 ай бұрын

@@woutmoerman711 Hello, that`s a 7string guitar, built in russia. The low seventh string was mostly tuned in low B (H). You can see it at the tuners of cheap thin metal and the top, made of three pieces. I`ve repaired two of this Guitars and I can`t understand, why not put on 7 strings and play it with them. It`s a very interesting task. I play them as Blues-Guitars. Best wishes!

@woutmoerman711

6 ай бұрын

@@saiteninstrumente-and-music thanks for your reply! Low B, interesting.

Excellent work. Amazing. Blessings

@mr.k1t

3 ай бұрын

Thanks

Wow great job and well played ❤👍👌🙌🏿 nice nice very enjoyable video 🙏

Thanks for sharing your restoration project. 🙌👌

Very Gold!!!

That was a very cool transformation...

Siempre dispendioso y complejo, pero es una maravilla esta reparación, excelente trabajo,quedo como nueva.

perfect work

what a precious sound

amazing work, I enjoyed the video, well done, master

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Incredible work!

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Why didn't you keep it a 7 string guitar, like it was originally?

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

I have a 7 string guitar and I don't play it, I wanted an old guitar that I would enjoy playing.

@ernestolynch1926

6 ай бұрын

“The Restorer” responded to a similar comment by saying (to quote a response translated by Google): “it will happen to everyone.” It is very sad to see how the brain of an undoubtedly gifted person is clogged with such intolerance towards everything Russian (assuming that this 7-string guitar was a Russian guitar). Hatred cannot create, only destroy.

great video, didnt feel it a lot like a restoration, it truly has a beautiful and unique sound but I would have loved to see the final 7 strings, greetings from chile

@ernestolynch1926

6 ай бұрын

“The Restorer” responded to a similar comment by saying (to quote a response translated by Google): “it will happen to everyone.” It is very sad to see how the brain of an undoubtedly gifted person is clogged with such intolerance towards everything Russian (assuming that this 7-string guitar was a Russian guitar). Hatred cannot create, only destroy.

@tiramusi

5 ай бұрын

​@@ernestolynch1926Didn't he say that he don't play 7 string guitar and had to make sure that what he restore can be played by him? I think that's a fair reason. Why would you restore an instrument if it'll only be a decoration on your wall?

@ernestolynch1926

5 ай бұрын

Are you brain-damaged? Just read comments. @@tiramusi

Thanks for the video! 👍👍

What! Why not use the old bridge! That new one looks ALL wrong on that thing. I would have re-glued the old one...now it's no longer as the manufacturer intended...

Sounds good

Sweet restore!

Great job sir.. U saved her.... nice..

Great job, my friend! Pleasure to watch and pleasure to play! 💞

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

🫶

That looks great. The fretboard is especially beautiful, I've never seen one quite like that before.

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Beautiful..

Very nice work, thanks for sharing. I was wondering why you didn't save the nameplate on the headstock.

This video is great. Guitar looks and sounds very gorgeous. Prove me wrong 🙂

It is a soviet 7string guitar (from Moscow, between 1920-1940)

@EvgeniyKondratyev

6 ай бұрын

Привет, Борис. Гитару сделали в Москве не позднее 1926 г. После этого артель "ТОМП" делала только украшенные и "люксовые" гитары. С уважением, Евгений.

It was a joy to watch that.

Great job

Nice job, but like some others, I could not miss that is started with 7 strings and finished with 6. Nice job on changing base side 4 tuners to 3. Challenging job attractively accomplished.

I think they put the hornbeam veneer to cover the joint line you can see on the third fret.

Well done. Looks beautiful. Your joy in playing it will be that much greater. I wonder if nylon strings might be the way to go with this little guitar though. God bless.

That's a classical guitar, brother. Amazing work you did! 😁👍🏻

Great work!

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I saw many 7-string guitars like this when l toured the Soviet Union in 1974. No one ever used the 7th string. Seldom was there ever a seventh string even on those guitars.

Awesome work, beautiful guitar, that fretboard looks amazing great colour choice with the dot markers, negative fretboard, questions, finish product and tuners brand? Cheers.

Nice work!

A light score either side of the frets with a scalpel prevents so much tear-out when removing frets.

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

of course, if the fretboard wasn’t destroyed by time

Nice job❤❤❤❤

Great work, but I died when you hit it with the sander

great!!!!!!!

Good job, fella

You made a stunning instrument out of it! I guess, it had been a romantic guitar before with seven strings to play Schubert on it for example.

Bravo....😊😊😊

Thank you very much for the video! I absolutely LOVE it.

@mr.k1t

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

What a talent

Good sound ? Favorite sound !！

Just a nice old simple guitar. Probably would be nice to play some folk music or some story songs!!! Lets hear some burl Ives or some John Prine!!! Thank you for sharing my friend!!!

Nice work but, I think, you should keep that brass plate (19:16) to identify the guitar. Thank you for the video.

This is the first time I've ever seen a 7-string acoustic guitar, let alone one that was made in 1930. Those folks must have been into some wild music back then. Very nice work, and the result is an unexpected beauty of a guitar! I've also read the comments already posted, and I see several negative ones. I disagree with those comments for only one reason; a guitar is only a valuable one if it makes you keep wanting to play it. Be safe there in Ukraine, and thank you for sharing.

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@robohippy

6 ай бұрын

I am not any kind of guitar player, except for myself..... I was curious about the 7 string guitar as well. I had always thought it was more modern. I would have tried to have kept it that way. Interesting...

I. Don’t know about idling the soul , but restoring a musical instrument takes great effort and experience. I looked better at the end than at the start, its whether the sound is the same or better that we will never know

Excelente!

born again !!!

Well done

That was a amazing work of art. 👏👏👏

Мужчина, Вы только что из серьёзного раритета сделали рядовой новодел. Уже не говорю о том, что семиструн от "ТОМП" стоит (вернее, стоил до того, как Вы до него добрались) серьёзных денег. А теперь гитаре цена - 8 центов. Стоило корячиться!

@ernestolynch1926

6 ай бұрын

I use Google translator, I apologize if there is something wrong in the translation. You are absolutely right in saying that the guitar is ruined. “The Restorer” responded to a similar comment by saying (to quote a response translated by Google): “it will happen to everyone.” It is very sad to see how the brain of an undoubtedly gifted person is clogged with such intolerance towards everything Russian (assuming that this 7-string guitar was a Russian guitar). Hatred cannot create, only destroy.

@EvgeniyKondratyev

6 ай бұрын

Совершенно так, камрад. Спасибо за поддержку. Удачи!!@@ernestolynch1926

@user-hd3gm3sc2e

6 ай бұрын

@@ernestolynch1926 Probably not “hate”, but ignorance of the subject. As @EvgeniyKondratyev correctly pointed out, there are not many guitars left from the TOMP artel (музыкальная артель ТОМП) and almost all of them are in poor condition. Therefore, a seven-string guitar from 1937-1941, restored according to the rules of thе restoration, would become the pearl of the collection, while a remade one is an ordinary musical instrument with the wrong sound for a Spanish six-string guitar.

@EvgeniyKondratyev

5 ай бұрын

Привет, Ернесто. Докладываю: эта гитара построена не позднее 1938 года. позднее этого были другие этикетки внутри корпуса, а также (и это главное) - другие шильдики на голове грифа. С наступающим. И - удачи!!@@user-hd3gm3sc2e

@ernestolynch1926

5 ай бұрын

Sadly, you are wrong. it was pure hate.@@user-hd3gm3sc2e

Nice job !!

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

love it

Some tips: Please do not use a chisel to remove the bridge even after its' been heated by an iron. Careful workin from a gap spot and maybe several spots work as close as possible against the surface of a sound- board. Often use sharp cutters for it. This varnish becomes brittle and was in a bad condition. It can be easily removed with a block with sandpaper around it, only moving in the grain direction. Watch what comes off. When the yellowish dust changes into real wood stop immediately and work this way over the whole surface of the soundboard. The varnish and some spots really were bad but sometimes you can "fresh up" soundboards like this with 95 % alcohol. The lighter traces will vanish after the alcohol treatment. Glance the soundboard afterwards with Nikco, a great polishing compound that freshes up dull surfaces and is cleaning it. Repair the cracks that still close with a sucker cup and work in the glue with that. If possible BEFORE the lacquer has been removed. That will avoid ugly glue traces on the rest of the soundboard. But you did a job I simply like because otherwise the guitar would have ended in the garbage bag. I'm also working for years with these kind of "lost treasures" with sometimes remarkable results! Compliments!

Beautiful guitar great work !!

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Interesting they would do thin veneer fretboard on a old guitar like that. And a screw on neck. Sounds good in the end. Anything that old sounds good.

Шикарная работа,браво!!!

Nice Work,,, 😄👍

за пятницу вообще респектуха шикарная работа!!

quedo hermosa esa guitarra

This is as satisfying as watching woody getting restored in TS2

Me gustan estos videos de restauraciones. Lo que si, me hubiera gustado verla terminada con 7 cuerdas, tal como se demostraba con los clavijeros.

@ernestolynch1926

6 ай бұрын

Estoy de acuerdo con usted. Destruyó el valor histórico del instrumento.

3:45 i hope you put this label back on the guitar instead of throwing it away😢

watching so many restoration videos makes me wanna restore my great grandmas lute guitar which is now mine, I play it regularly but the thing has a few cracks and the action is super high because both the neck and the top itself have bent a lot. it could be a 200y instrument perfectly or even more ancient cus my mum told me when my great grandma bought it it was already an antique. it sounds fenomenal but its got a few problems, maybe one day I'll get to fix it

Un lavoro meraviglioso...il sogno della mia vita.un suono di chitarra unico.lavoro fatto con amore.non c'è prezzo per il risultato

Ótimo trabalho de restauração, apesar não manter as características das 7 cordas como era.👍🏾

It’s now worth $25000 💪🏻 Great restoration

What a fascinating video, please tell me, what did you spray on the 2 cracks on the top soundboard Just before you Glued them?😮😮😊

great work but it hurt to see it converted to a normal 6 string :') granted they're more common and have more music written for them but those old russian 7 strings are really cool instruments

hi, what kind of tools are you using to glue the bridge?

The facts are that there are many ways to approach a guitar like this. It had a label but I'm guessing it wasn't very valuable to begin with or he wouldn't have done everything he did to it. If it was a department store guitar then it couldn't hurt to do as you please. I am curious about the fact it was a seven-string instrument to begin with. I liked the top restoration because of the wood’s natural design. I wish you had done the back and sides too but simply cleaning and hand-polishing or rubbing would be good too.😊

Cool.

Fantastic Job!!!

@mr.k1t

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!