Inspired by you, Ted, I just purchased 3 LP clones, with necks broken, just like that Epiphone, and fixed them. They are perfect. I sanded my glue down, so the scars are there from sanding, but the cracks are undetectable by feel. I have no intention of hiding the scars, they are part of the story. Thanks for your tutelage. I would have never attempted that prior to finding your channel three months ago and binge-watching them all.

In a difficult world (for me at the moment, at least), the most reassuring, relaxing intro mucis and words in the world. Thanks, Ted - and that's before I event watch the vid and learn loads.

If you don’t have “Penetration is Paramount” on a piece of merch soon you’re just leaving money on the table.

the violin could have had certain undesirable symbols inlaid into it which were removed at some point in the first half of the 20th century.

I love the description of the 'lisping' string.

In college we studied twisting forces on a cylinder. After a lecture on all the math the professor picked up a piece of chalk and twisted it. And just as the math predicted it broke in a corkscrew manner.

Im a finish carpenter,40 years, and of course a guitar junky. I find your videos very satisfying. Thank you.

If I was a luthier, my vanity license plate would probably be "NUT LUBE". Very, very few would have a clue about my profession. That fractured neck turned out superbly, by the way.

I used to work for UPS. I'm kinda surprised that anything makes it intact

Lovely stuff. Incredible reveal at the end. Invisible repair. Cheers Ted.

What a treat this week. Loved the detail on the nut of the tele.

Yes, it is indeed important to "maintain that rounded bottom we prize so much!" 😁

Decoboom makes those deco styled pickguards, they're awesome

It’s always a pleasure seeing you at work. Bringing those guitars back to life and getting them in playable condition is something that just warms my heart.

'A bit of a rise at the end of the finger board' - I built myself a telecaster and found the pick guard thickness was causing a pushing of the fingerboard upwards. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Ted. You've taught me a bunch, especially about measuring using dial calipers.

Ohh Danny Gatton. That full beer bottle slide is sooo awesome

Many thanks, especially for the detailed coverage of nut issues. (Splendid extra item at the end, too.)

Fantastic video. Yet another.! I love it when you really break stuff down and explain. I appreciate your guidance. It's helped me and my guitars so much.

New video drops, and I'm already ordering takeout so I can watch it comfortably.

You Sir, are a master of the craft. I have learned so much and appreciate every video you make. I look forward to every Saturday and I just can't thank you enough. Matt

Man, I love your channel! I love it when you bust out that Korg tuner! Brings me back to the 90's.

I’ve had a special edition Taylor 914ce crack at the neck very similar to the one you work on in this video. Now I understand how and why the repair is undetectable to someone who doesn’t know what to look for. Amazing professional work thank you for showing us your art.

A foreboding sound. Man I love your vocabulary lol.

Excellent video as usual. The info and explanation on the parts-tele nut is super- informative and helpful. Thanks!!

Always a pleasure to watch you work

Thank you for passing on your knowledge, great video, love the violin extra

Finish blending - wow. Great tip for that product. Thank you.

Helicore Strings would be a huge improvement over the Gut Strings & by changing the friction pegs out to Geared ones it'll hold tune more plus you won't need fine tuners on the tailpiece anymore now that you have geared pegs.

You are not a Luthier, you are a wizard. I absolutely love your work.

Great video. Succinct with clarity of detail. Amazing what work goes into the repairs. This was very educational. A real asset to KZfaq. They are lucky to have this content 👍 Thanks and much appreciated!

Great fun. Thanks for another fine video. Your skills are much appreciated.

I have been playing, buying and 'fixing' guitars for 65 years. Happily, I agree with every bit of your wisdom!

Dan Erlewine is my personal hero, and I love your attention to detail. Awesome video!

Looking great so far Mr. Woodford 👍🏼

Great video as always Ted. Thank you!!

Thanks for the tip re: the DEFT Satin Clear Finish. That is awesome.

I learned a gem about nut slot angle shapes! Thanks.

"Penetration is paramount." That is true of so many things.

August Kniezel was an instrument maker.

I really like that satin Deft lacquer as well. Very easy to work with, and pretty darned durable.

Long time watcher, but a new subscriber (no excuse really) Just want to say that I appreciate the quality and the expertise of Your work.

Found your channel via a mention from Adam Savage during his video "Favorite Tools: Heat Gun and Iron" video. I have now been working my way through your back catalogue. Amazing stuff dude, learning so much!! Thank you for the great content.

Thanks for the great set up tips

Ive had great results running locking tuners opposite a bigsby vibrato. Really helps tame that annoying restring process 😁

I own a Telecaster and am most appreciative of the valuable tips and procedures shown here.

I bought the Music Nomad nut file complete set and so far so good. I have used them on about a dozen guitars in the last month or two, on various nut materials including bone and Graphtech. So far I haven't noticed any loss or wear to the diamond coating.

my guess is at some point someone put steel strings on the violin and it cracked at both sides of the bridge or it made old cracks worse, so they got it 'fixed' and reverted to gut strings

Thank you Ted for another great video

Some of my favorite videos on KZfaq

Love every video. Would love to see more of your violin work..!

Astounding neck repair. But I'm not surprised.

Beautiful "burst" on the violin, would like to see it on a Les Paul.

Nice work- as usual for you!

Also, I have fixed 4 guitars using your methods with neck cracks. All but one came out fantastic. The other was broken so severe there were little pieces missing. I got it all filled and fixed. Played fantastically. Just wasn’t pretty and my airbrush is trashed so I couldn’t blend in the color and finish. It’s left a Frankenstein scar. Thankfully my friend was fine with it and like that is shows scars says it shows it’s a workhorse and it’s been through hell but still here, still working, still rocking. (This was friend that just wanted it to play, not a customer of any kind)

Best Nut tutorial I've ever seen. A thumbs up doesn't do justice . So, I have to say again Great Video. Thank-You.

wow ted!!!! very nice neck repair!!!

About that nut sloth height - I had the opportunity to visit one of the world's most famous boutique guitar manufacturer. They use the "click-clack" method: When a ruler pulled of the nut slot makes a "clack" sound on the fretboard, the slot is too high, if it makes a "click" sound, then it's just right. :D

What a luthier. Absolutely brilliant. Very Informative

Wonderful concise instructions and walkthrough..! Thanks so much..! Now I need to track down the fish glue and syringe for my repair on my Gibson TBird bass..! Thanks man!👍🏼

holy crap that final shot of the repair (?) looks amazing ! it virtually disappeared! Xlnt work.

Hello Sir, Adam Savage recently mentioned your channel, and I just love it. Thank You!

You can avoid shipping damages like this by making a really tight form for the body (at least the upper part directing to the neck) with a hot wire tool from hard foam. Then glue this foam form in the guitar case / package so that the force, if the package falls to the neck, is absorbed by the foam; the neck should be free, so that no force is applied to it. In other word: fixate the body, not the neck, and this in a way that the body cannot move more than app. 1/2 inch or 1 cm. Of course you have to prevent that force from the side is applied to the neck, so the package mus be quite big or very stable. You can buy a cheap foam guitar case, glue your custom body holding foam form in it, then put it in a package. You would need really huge forces to damage this sort of package, which is very unlikely.

Great projects! I agree with the "what do you gain from putting locking tuners on a guitar like this". I own an old OLP MM1, and I make sure to put more windings on the D and G-string, otherwise the angle won't be sufficient. The G-string travels quite a bit, just like on the MusicMan Guitars, so you can imagine that a few wraps won't be enough. Keep up the good work! Cheers.

You can use suction to pull glue into a broken/dry joint, the same technique used to pull epoxy into windshield damage.

Great work and really appreciate your experience and knowledge ...

I believe you! Sharp wooden or resin edges are so much more dangerous because you forget you are creating them.

I hadn't made a nut in a long time. That was until yesterday. Wish I could have watched this video first as a reminder to ramp the slot and protect the headstock :). As always, you've given us an informative and enjoyable video. Many thanks!

Beautiful work.

Thanks. I've just (this morning) started working on my Tele. Got some insights from you I haven't found before. My instrument will be better for this.

Very pretty Tele.

if you look closely on the label of the violin its says 18.. something, looks most like 1898!

Never seen a milled brass 3-saddle tele bridge like that. Thanks

That neck repair disappeared. Great job!

Thanks Ted

That little Tele rang like a brass bell!!!

Great info! Subscribed

Awesome Video 📹 👏

I use Old Brown Glue for cracks like that. It gets water thin when heated and wicks deep into the crack.

Graphite from a pencil in the nut slots has worked very well for me for 46 years.

This is becoming my weekly spiritual retreat.

😎🎸👍🏽🏆🇺🇸 OUTSTANDING.....As usual. Thank you!

I'm a big fan of the slotted vintage style tuner over locking or for a fender use staggered tuners as they help a lot fro string pull.

Great as always. When you used the rocker to find a high fret, wouldn't the first step be tapping the fret to see if it had lifted a bit before filing?

Many thanks for sharing your skills. I copied your technique to set a Casino neck: an almost identical break, although I did need to drill some holes & heat the hide glue to make it injectable 👍👏

I expected to see remove material from the set screws on the Tele bridge barrels...I know mine needs them filed down a little shorter... Great work as always...

Job well done,,always an education watching you.

I had never heard of fish glue. The glue that I saw recommended for such woodworking repair was Gorilla wood glue which is a water based PVA adhesive. It is claimed to be the strongest type glue for wood repairs.

You got your calling as a Luither your very fortunate that your able to be a professional craftsman in life because a USWA on Zug Island was RUNNING MAN PRISON 30 years. You are doing much better than I ever did lol 😂

Just Great!

I have an Epiphone DOT from around 2010 or so, Just like the Tom Delonge but with 2 humbuckers and I’ve been too scared to even look at it now after seeing you have to fix the necks of two of them in the last few months. Haha. Love your content, please keep them coming.

You’re looking sharp, get down my friend. That’s how I remember to intonate.

It would be cool to see a video on your own home guitar collection.

Have you ever had the neck finish react to the surgical tubing? I love your videos BTW! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

I have been repairing guitars for many years now and have fixed maybe 60 or so over the years, amazing but one I have just repaired had exactly the same break point as this one (which as you said is unusual) I have never ever had any returns with my neck repairs and everyone always tells me that after the repair the guitar actually feels and plays better than before it was damaged, I am sure you have come across this with your own repairs and I am certain you will know the reason which is this, the guitar was never set up properly in the first place before the break, time after time I hear this, of course the answer is is to pay someone who actually knows what they are doing and while it is being set up get the guitar man to fit some STRAP LOCKS, nearly all the breaks I mend have been the result of strap failure and of course in this case shipping, when I buy a guitar online I always insist the seller remove the strings and then the neck put the screws and neck plate in a bag and tape the whole lot together, easier to pack as well.

Dude you are the Bob Ross of guitar repairs!

Excellent work

Awesome 👍

Hi, funny line: "you can drive a truck through that" (first fret gap), nice. take care.

I just finished doing a new setup and string change on my 1964 Matsumoto Japan Mustang it’s the best cheap guitar I own. I paid $50 for the loaded body and the neck pocket was splitting apart and the back had a seem opening up so I cleaned the area and the fitted the joints and glued with triple bond glue in both areas and clamped them up then you know the routine I just waited for the drying in two days I started setting up the guitar

My nut tip: use a clip on tuner on the headstock. File each nut slot til you get a perfect half step between open string and first fret in half position. Go slow. If you go too deep, a little CA and nut dust. I never go by height. Try my way, and let me know what you think. Intonation is achieveable on the cowboy chords, and sets up for a clean fast action as you finish your setup. Peace!