Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonCustomGuitars?sub_confirmation=1 and welcome to Crimson Guitars in the Shed, and a short video looking back at a guitar Ben build 1 year ago.
After breaking a string, Ben decided it was high time this guitar had a little care & maintenance, including replacing the old locking tuners with a set of Graph Tech Ratio Electric Guitar Machine Heads - https://graphtech.com/pages/machine-heads
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:44 Graph Tech Ratio Tuners.
1:07 Off with the strings and the tuners
2:16 Oh no! Did he say 'a blowtorch?'
2:47 Superglue and toothpicks, and fire!
4:30 Removing excess soot
4:53 More fire and Crimson Grain Enhancing Filler -https://www.crimsonguitars.com/products/grain-enhancing-filler/
5:37 The tuners (should have read the instructions first, Ben)
8:52 240 grit sanding paper on the unnecessarily burnt headstock :)
9:18 Crimson Guitar Finishing Oil
10:09 Putting on the tuners
12:24 Frets having a polish with Crimson Fret Rubber
13:31 Crimson Guitars Fretboard Cleaner and Fretboard Restorative up next
16:03 Re-stringing the instrument - the tuners make Ben very happy
18:36 Conclusion
Taking a Kit Guitar and Making it Burnt Gold Ep 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arvaCdR1-Zs
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Stay tuned and stay awesome!
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