Amazing replacement of Gibson Thunderbird truss rod

[Ken]

This luthier in Kyiv is pretty incredible.  The video is almost hypnotic.

[ilan]

This luthier in Kyiv is pretty incredible.  The video is almost hypnotic.

Yes. Although it looks like she cut the nut a bit too high on the E side.

I now appreciate so much more the genius of the Rickenbacker truss rod systems, both of them — the post-'85 normal rods and the pre-'85 hairpin rods. I've replaced (or removed, serviced and re-inserted) both types in 15 minutes on the kitchen table with great results.

[Basvarken]

But what's with that nail polish?
It looks like piles of snot

[Ken]

Hard not to stare at that.

[slinkp]

I'm not cut out for that work. Surgeons have to tolerate the sight of blood, and today I learned that luthiers have to tolerate the sight of a hot steam iron directly on a bass neck!

[exiledarchangel]

Oh, I watch Ms Snotnails' videos regularly, I first saw the use of solder on frets on her videos, and thought WTF? But it makes sense I guess. She seems to know what she is doing most of the time.

[Rob]

Really nice work with minimal tooling.
The nails. . . not so much!

[Alanko]

 I've seen a lot of her stuff on YouTube! I prefer Ted Woodford, who applies a gentle, philosophical curiosity to a lot of work; even banal re-frets or neck resets. In a world where cack-handed luthiery is sometimes hidden behind a slightly off kilter mysticism, and at a time when we are still learning how 1950s glues, plastics and electronics are starting to break down, Ted seems to prefer to tread lightly rather than immediately fire up the 120 grit sand paper.

Tanya's work seems more industrial? She's maybe shooting for the ASMR crowd, but everything seems to get ground, scraped, sanded and polished like it owes her money! Big interventions with levelling with the crunchiest of sandpaper, fretboard oil is gopped on by the gallon... pyrotechnic luthiery! The results are always impressive, regardless of the methodology, but it is social media for a subtly different audience.

Still, there are YouTube luthiers who turn simple jobs into twenty-part video series. The Crimson Guitars fella is clearly a proponent of 'why use ten words when fifty will do?' Other e-luthiers seem belligerent or combatant for the sake of it, or insist on using their own horrible blues jam recordings as soundtracks while you're watching a headstock break being repaired. Careful what you wish for!

[exiledarchangel]

Ted is national treasure, I never miss a video. Also, that crimson guitars guy... As a minimalist, his Baroque designs makes my eyes bleed.

[shadowcastaz]

Thanks for the post.M

[Basvarken]

Also, that crimson guitars guy...

Can't stand that guy.
Way too long winded. Thinks he's funny. And rarely gives any real useful tips.