Gibson Les Paul Custom Vintage Guitar Repair/Restoration

Gibson Les Paul Custom Vintage Guitar made in 1987 on my Luthier Workbench. This amazing Guitar has a massiv problem.
After the inspection I have noticed that every Fret on this Instrument is loose. The original frets of this guitar were replaced 2 years ago and at first glance everything seems to be fine but there is a lot of fret buzzing going on over the entire ebony fingerboard. The owner who got this beautiful Instrument from his Father in 1991, who in turn bought this guitar new in 1987, asked me to take care about this heavy played Instrument. I decided not to make a new Fret Job, instead I have taken an unusual path..... This is a quite tricky and time consuming repair and in this Video you can follow the whole process. I will also explain and show a couple of "Luthier Hacks" in this Video. So if you are interested in my Luthier Craftsmanship stay tuned and enjoy the Video. I love doing stuff like that - if you are interested in more of my Luthier life Projects, please feel free to check out my other extended Workshop Videos on this channel.
Enjoy watching and sharing.
Best Regards Nik
Welcome to my my Luthier Workshop since 1997.

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This is composed and recorded by myself with
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Gibson Les Paul Custom Vintage Guitar made in 1987 Luthier Workshop repair Ep.28

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[petrekguitars]

🔷Check out my Guitar Repair Video. How to repair a broken Guitar Truss Rod🔷

[brucestewart]

This video should be on the asmr channels...very relaxing to watch this talented guitar magicians work.

[harleyhexxe]

Hi Nik, I am steadily going back and watching your entire video library, and you don't cease to amaze me. You are a man who is not afraid to take the hard road and do the actual work. That says a lot about you, and I mean that in a good way.
I also found your method of coating the fretboard with wax to prevent excess glue from getting into the wood grain to be a stroke of brilliance, as is the use of your guitar stand combined with the vise to position the guitar where you needed it.
Thank you for sharing with us 👍

[AdolfoBF]

que satisfacción ver cómo les devuelves la vida, vi todo el video buen trabajo

[zerothree]

Not only you repair guitars well, your guitar playing is 🔥😁

[ilmisxx]

So to repair it you just flow a high viscocity glue into every fret and clamp it down with a correct radius block, let it dry, remove excess glue, check if it needs to be leveled, if yes you level, crown it, polish the frets, clean up and oil the ebony board, check if the nut grooves need to be touched up (usually yes). That thing is loved and looks awesome, beat up black customs look so awesome!

[rockerbuck]

Great work!! The old girl still has life in her!

[mjlewis]

I've only just discovered your channel and am totally hooked, I could watch all day! Superb craftsmanship and attention to detail, an absolute pleasure to watch....and you're a pretty decent guitarist too!!

[ricp]

Looks just like my first guitar, the whole neighbourhood borrowed it, I didn't see it for about ten years 🤣 Look forward to seeing more of this one. Cheers.

[zacknorton]

I love this! ... I've found the work time on thin CA glue to be really unpredictable. And those frets are so incredibly loose. I think I would have just re-fretted it. But you obviously made that work. always impressive.

[jefferyneill]

That is a beautiful guitar. I love when guitars are so loved like that.

[peoplestemper]

danke für die schlaflose nacht. habe alle clips die nacht durchgeschaut! grüße aus dem proberaum, jb

[Captain_Yata]

The one thing I'd change about this guitar is replace the poor neck pickup's ring, that thing is holding on for dear life. Excellent video :)

[philipthomas]

That was a well loved and well played guitar.🤘🎸

[booshting]

Just found your channel. You do some great work, bringing these great guitars back to life. 👍

[Elnoseaspopi]

Veo mucha pasión en su trabajo, me encantan sus videos y estoy aprendiendo mucho, gracias por compartir de su talento! 🎸

[dfhomemadestudio]

Congratulations 👏! Amazing job, great technique, super pleasant video ❤

[stewartross]

Nicely done! These can’t be a huge pain with those lifting frets and wicking some of that glue in but always nice to get it back to playing order! Cheers 😊

[holgerfalkenstein]

Hi Nik, awesome video, as always. Thank you.

[Gholdwayne]

2 minutes in, and I'm Lovin your style, brother! 🤣🤣🤣

And I LOVE how big those frets are! 👍