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  @billywhizz792810 сағат бұрын

  I don't own an archtop but it's good to see how things are done, thank you. Look forward to seeing that Gibson being worked on.

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  @zimnickiguitars31159 минут бұрын

  @billywhizz7928 thanks for watching!

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  @grayd13523 сағат бұрын

  I am just about to carry out this carve on my first acoustic guitar build, so this video has been an enormous help. Thank you very much for posting it.

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  @zimnickiguitars31158 минут бұрын

  @grayd135 thanks, I'm glad it helped.

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  @user-nu7kk4uw6k2 күн бұрын

  It looks like a Gibson by the fret markers? I used to own a 1939 Gretsch Synchromatic 100 with a DeArmond type Dynasonic pickup. Nice instrument.

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 күн бұрын

  @user-nu7kk4uw6k yes, it is a 1947 L7.

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  @scottreeves12264 күн бұрын

  The "0" of the model size is a zero. Some say aught or naught, as in double-aught or double-naught. Martin uses O, as the letter, so, for example, double O. I heard it myself on the tour. However, the type face is a zero. Just because perfectly clear is not the purpose, OM is the letters O and M because they indicate the Orchestra Model.

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  @zimnickiguitars3114 күн бұрын

  @scottreeves1226 thanks!

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  @mvecellio15 күн бұрын

  Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. Thanks for sharing.

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  @zimnickiguitars3114 күн бұрын

  Thanks for watching!

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  @rockinghillbilly16305 күн бұрын

  Nice Guitar.......

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  @zimnickiguitars3114 күн бұрын

  Indeed it is, or at least it will be after the restoration. There will be many videos.

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  @mvecellio111 күн бұрын

  Bar frets sound like a big pain in the fret. Nice video.

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  @zimnickiguitars31111 күн бұрын

  @mvecellio1 thank you, Mike!

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  @billywhizz792811 күн бұрын

  I enjoyed that video, thanks for posting it. I've watched Ted Woodford installing bar frets and appreciate the challenges they bring.

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  @zimnickiguitars31111 күн бұрын

  @billywhizz7928 yes, they are very challenging. Bar frets have given me a new appreciation for modern frets.

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  @billdedrick191411 күн бұрын

  I remember several decades ago when TJ Thompson was the Manager of the Elderly repair shop and Joe Konkoly was then working for him as a repairman and trainee..TJ has tons of knowledge and experience especially vintage Martin's. Joe succeeded him as the Manager and just recently retired from that position at Elderly's. Joe learned well from TJ and is also another expert on repairing and an expert on vintage Martin's.

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  @zimnickiguitars31111 күн бұрын

  @@billdedrick1914 I was able to speak with TJ a couple of times before I started the work. He was very helpful and quick to share his knowledge.

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  @user-mb4db2fd6e17 күн бұрын

  Great Video,what size and brand fret wire do you use?thanks

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  @zimnickiguitars31117 күн бұрын

  @user-mb4db2fd6e thank you, I'm glad you liked it. On this guitar, I used the StewMac medium fretwire.

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  @markrock718 күн бұрын

  Awesome video. I love how calm you are; I'd be a wreck doing something that requires that level of skill!

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  @zimnickiguitars31118 күн бұрын

  Thanks a lot. It's actually a little less nerve-wracking working on something like that that is not functional: you can't really make it worse.

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  @MrJohntheHarp22 күн бұрын

  Cool!! At last a left handed luthier :)) ile be watching more of these, Thanks :)) great workmanship aswell BTW

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  @zimnickiguitars31121 күн бұрын

  Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.

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  @JasonOkonski-rv3mx24 күн бұрын

  Pro level here. Soon I will be attempting a black transparent finish on a solid ash body. Very helpful thanks!

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  @zimnickiguitars31121 күн бұрын

  Good, I'm glad it was useful. Thanks for watching.

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  @mvecellio124 күн бұрын

  Love the bridge clamp. Perfect tool for the job. Thanks for sharing.

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  @zimnickiguitars31124 күн бұрын

  @mvecellio1 yes, it is!

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  @rockinghillbilly163026 күн бұрын

  thanks for the tip on the Maguires, Jeff is the man 😎

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  @zimnickiguitars31125 күн бұрын

  I'm glad it was useful. I will let Jeff know that he is the man. Thanks for watching.

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  @billywhizz792826 күн бұрын

  Great work! 👍 It'll be satisfying for you to hear this old instrument ring again after all the work.

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  @zimnickiguitars31126 күн бұрын

  Thank you very much!

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  @sinaTonewood28 күн бұрын

  nice finishو

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  @zimnickiguitars31128 күн бұрын

  @@sinaTonewood thank you!

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  @billywhizz7928Ай бұрын

  I just watched all 4 parts, excellent work as usual! 👍

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  Thank you very much! There will be several more parts in the coming weeks.

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  @joeyoungs8426Ай бұрын

  My fretting process is about the same as you. I do nip the tangs back and once the fret work is done I fill the slots on the side of fretboard with a mix of hide glue and ebony dust. A super clean look plus it reduces fret sprout if the guitar isn’t well kept. Nice work and I admire your nerve using spruce. A very difficult wood to keep flawless through the build cycle.

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  Thank you for watching. I don't often fill the ends with hide glue. Maybe I should try it again.

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  @joeyoungs8426Ай бұрын

  @@zimnickiguitars311 I highly recommend it. It’s a very refined look in my opinion.

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  @tedblankenship3649Ай бұрын

  Thanks for filming and posting this Gary. That's one special guitar! Been thinking about it all week lol...

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  You are welcome to come back and play it any time, Ted.

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  @Man_of_PeaceАй бұрын

  do you know shellac polish?

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  @enzopalumbo2164Ай бұрын

  The gap in that crack seems pretty large. Stuffing a bunch of glue in the crack won't do very much if you can't close up that crack. It doesn't seem like those clamps will close the gap.

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  The clamps did close the crack completely, and the area that was pushed inward was stabilized by the large patch on the inside. If the crack hadn't completely closed up, I would have put in a splice of wood because you are correct, we don't use glue to fill a void.

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  @enzopalumbo2164Ай бұрын

  @@zimnickiguitars311 ok. At the end of the video it didn't look like it was going to close up. I guess i had to wait until the next part.

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  @mvecellio1Ай бұрын

  Excellent video. Very informative.

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @5barkerstreetАй бұрын

  sound like a very nice work environment

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  It is!

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  @lavalleguitarsАй бұрын

  Definitely going to try this. I usually use brushing lacquer with a squeegee to fill woods such as Koa, Walnut or Rosewood, sand out then spray the final lacquer finish.

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  Brushing lacquer to fill the pores sounds like a good idea, too. I wonder which is easier to sand?

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  @lavalleguitarsАй бұрын

  @@zimnickiguitars311 Like you, if the lacquer builds too thick, I just scrape back first as a preliminary level measure. Sanding lacquer IS MUCH easier than epoxy, IMO. Give it a try and let me know your thoughts. I've been doing this way for 40+ years. Have you ever just left it with the epoxy and no lacquer as the final finish, curious as to how that would work? The only drawback that I might see, is a thicker finish with epoxy that could inevitably change the instrument's tone.

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  @andreasfetzer7559Ай бұрын

  After the "pictures" they used parallelograms

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  Yes

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  @JohnKoeningerАй бұрын

  Where did you get the bridge?

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  I built it in Part 16 of this series.

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  @mattveneri2112Ай бұрын

  Excellent work! Very detailed explanation throughout!!

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it.

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  @richardg7758Ай бұрын

  Beautiful and a masterpiece in craftsmanship…….lovely sound too…..congratulations and thanks for sharing!

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  Thank you very much!

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  @richardg7758Ай бұрын

  Hi Gary I’m in the process of searching for a reliable abalone strip supplier,i have seen a a few in china,can you recommend a reliable source…..thanks

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  I get mine from Rescue Pearl. I think Duke of Pearl is quite good, too, but I haven't ever bought anything from them.

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  @richardg7758Ай бұрын

  @@zimnickiguitars311 thanks for your prompt reply,I’ll check them out now,I don’t know of they will ship to Europe but I’ll look them up first…..thanks again!

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  I hope this helps. ​@@richardg7758

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  @richardg7758Ай бұрын

  One other question if you don’t mind…..why don’t you use the flexible abalone strips on the top?

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  @richardg7758Ай бұрын

  @@zimnickiguitars311 it does thanks,checked their website earlier…..just posted a question but don’t where it’s gone….wondering why you don’t use the flexible abalone strip on the tops?

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  @paulleate5768Ай бұрын

  hi, very interesting video thank you, is cellulose ok to use over z epoxy? many thanks in advance,

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  Yes, I have never had any problems spraying nitrocellulose lacquer over epoxy.

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  @colonelhathi127Ай бұрын

  Hi I think the drilling jig is great! I'm just about to make a tailpiece myself though, and my intention was to drill the string holes through the square block - and then shape the curve afterwards? Is there a reason that I shouldn't do this?! 🙂

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  @zimnickiguitars311Ай бұрын

  There's no reason at all. I have done it both ways, and it comes out fine. Thanks for watching.

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  @amhackdptАй бұрын

  Great video! I know it has been a couple of years, but if you see this I am wondering how you would adjust the distance of the bridge from the 12th if the saddle slot is angled? I have plans for a Ramirez style guitar and it uses a slanted saddle. Looking at the plans, the bridge is aligned so that the center of the slot is right on 325mm.

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  @billdedrick19142 ай бұрын

  In 1927 in the 000 series, Martin made only a 000-18 000-28 and a 000-45. They made 201 000-18, 44 000-28 and 20 000-45 in 1927..The 000-18 of course was the only one with Mahogany back and sides. It appears that a neck reset will be required here even though some of it is resulting from the body deformation from string tension for decades and decades.

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  Yes, it did end up getting a neck reset. That will be in a future episode.

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  @5barkerstreet2 ай бұрын

  this guitar going to be a good job to watch

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  Thanks, I hope so.

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  @cisaac88192 ай бұрын

  What is the main reason for the russ rod broken?

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  I do not know why it broke. Either someone tried to tighten it too much, or it was a poorly made truss rod .I do remember that the threaded part of the replacement rod was much wider, therefore stronger than the original.

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  @billywhizz79282 ай бұрын

  I didn't think a sunburst finish would work on that guitar, however it looks really good. The grain has really popped under finish, beautiful!

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  Glad you like it!

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  @jonahguitarguy2 ай бұрын

  Looks good! Sunbursts are tricky to spray evenly.

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  Thanks very much.

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  @5barkerstreet2 ай бұрын

  killer man

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  Thank you!!!

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  @billywhizz79282 ай бұрын

  No mean feat getting the scale length and all that entails right on a multi-scale instrument, and getting it to look good too. You did a great job on all that!

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @2011Matz2 ай бұрын

  Never put your hand in front of a chisel, especially when you are coming up against resistance. One slip, and you are out of action.

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  @2dazetake2 ай бұрын

  I finished a guitar with food coloring, I used blue and a little green and was surprised how good it works, maybe you could use red and do an SG with it,wow that filler is dark, hopefully the grain shows thru, you did a great job on that SG, didn't expect it to lighten up.

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  Thanks for watching, I'm glad you liked it.

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  @malcolmhouse95472 ай бұрын

  Looks great to me 👌

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  Thanks

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  @waynepower54782 ай бұрын

  Great video! What type of saw blade do you use? I'm wondering what the kerf width is.

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  Thanks, I'm glad you like it. I don't remember the saw blade I was using in the video, but I currently use a Freud thin-kerf ripping blade and in make a 0.100" slot.

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  @ralphlinsangan54822 ай бұрын

  I really should watch more of your videos. It's a very interesting process! Also you ever wish you had a shorter last name when doing that heel cap inlay?

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  Thanks, I'm glad you find it interesting. Yes, a shorter name would have been simpler.

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  @mvecellio12 ай бұрын

  I am glad you never have peg-headed your throat. That inlay on the heal cap was amazing. Steady hands.

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  Thanks a lot 😊

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  @billywhizz79282 ай бұрын

  Great work! Love the heel cap inlay. 👏

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @billywhizz79282 ай бұрын

  Great progress, looking forward to seeing this in finish and of course hopefully hearing it!

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  @zimnickiguitars3112 ай бұрын

  Thanks for watching!

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  @rickfitzgerald44263 ай бұрын

  The most consideration is how many coats applied and the thickness of each coat. 320 Is a bit course for final sanding. Too easy to break through or leave enough for continued sanding and polishing. Nice to leave some for later in case you need to remove a scratch

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  @christopherstanford55993 ай бұрын

  🌹