627 RSW Is This 1884ish Washburn A Waste Of Time P1

Jerry, I think a better way, to see inside, with your lighted mirror, some times, would
be, to turn off your desk lamp, so the glare doesn't over power your view.
Even though, you have a light inside, it is still, pretty much, a dark hole, compared to the outside.

Good job thank you for sharing 👍😎

Pardon my ignorance, but did the metric system even exist in the 1880s?

The metric method is more convenient and logical...inches complicate life.

If I were in your shoes, and did a lot of internal work, I'd make a jig that would fit on the end of the clamp to hold from the inside - and maybe a camera holder too, so you wouldn't need to be stuffing your big hands in through those tiny holes.

I'm probably overthinking this, but as a former architect, I tend over-engineer things! Anyway, given there that there were eight holes in the top, all in a straight line, and that six of them were wallowed out larger, and that you had a nice new bridge plate as a support, why wouldn't you want to fill those holes with new spruce? I've seen you do that before in a similar repair, so why not here? Inquiring minds want to know! Another great vid, BTW!

You do fantastic work.

To really mess with the purests, just use super glue for everything.

Lol. Stand up comedy on hide glue. So damned funny.

I have a 1910 Bauer Co parlor guitar and it has a Steel bridge with filled string slots under it now this was done because they wanted steel strings on the guitar so they mounted a 1 1/2 inch steel plate under the spruce top to support the bridge and to bolt the bridge to the guitar

I'm all in on any guitar from the 1800s. Give us a peak of the bracing pattern if it's not too much trouble.

I wish you had the courage to tell us how much these repairs cost and how much the guitars are worth when you got it fixed.

Since you were going to take the back off, wouldn't that make it easier to work on the bridge plate?

Great work as always, I'm a little surprised you didn't decide to pop the back off and tackle some repairs on the top that way, but I'm sure it'd be never worth that time and extra work

Ha ha “losing their bridges😂😂

The first year for the Washburn guitar was 1883...That one you have should be quite collectable..It looks really light, dry, it maybe quite woody and dry/resonant sounding.

Big thumbs up!

Unusual to see a non-slotted headstock guitar from that era.

I would've spent all the money necessary to do everything Jerry wanted to do. You might as well go for it while you have a chance and while it's on his bench because he's the best. That case is a collector's item also. 140 year old guitar, and it's a pretty well made one. I would've gone the whole distance on this item - and it's case.

May I suggest a method for the bridge plate placement, draw the lines as you did, but the two end holes only, then a centre line the length, drill two small holes through the repair piece and both cawls, you can glue fully and use pins/screws to register and line all piece accurately, saves all the guess work another method is using two pieces of string with knots to pull things up in to alignment and hold in place with twisting the string etc

Great job and interesting, but using both imperial and metric on the same job, dangerous.

I am sure the 'kit' was to convert gut models to steel.

I don't like the 'kit'.
Bridges of flat-top guitars are pulled toward the neck. This kind of bridge pushes the top down. Would you need completely different bracings to resist different forces?

I am work on a 1980s Washburn for a friend... If this guitar has ever been played would be a surprise, because not a scratch on the pick guard and no wear on the fretboard or the ftrets, but sat strung tight for the life so far...
So... Bridge, saddle, pins and nut... it's ugly for now... But not for long.

A Fein multi tool is what you need...
You can barrow mine until you get your own.

I disagree with you on the hide glue comment that they would fall apart. All the Martin Guitars made before 1964, when they moved into the new factory, were made with hide glue and never heard of one falling apart because of its use. Each glue has a strength and a weakness. I will not go into the details but most guitars today use the glue you have chosen to utilize and I have no problem with that.

could you have added like reverse pegs to fit up from the inside, glued to the bridge plate then just drill them back out after the glue dried?

I really love watching your video`s, they are very inspiring for me. I have been putting together two kit electric guitars. Lately it has been trial and error finishing adventures with them both. Its been a good learning experience. I learn a lot from your videos. Someday i would like to make a guitar straight from the log like i have seen you do several time. Have a nice day. I do have a few very old guitars i would you to restore, down the road a bit when i can afford to have you do the repairs maybe stay at your rental retreat so i could hangout with you and help you and learn from you.

Jerry .. I have an idea... I make most of my tools in my machine shop.. I made an iron for the fretboard extension out of 6061 aluminum... So what I'm thinking...what if you took an aluminum bar cut to size, rill and tap a 1/4" hole on the side and then screw a ling piece of allthread into it ... them just heat it up on a hot plate and hold it on that bridge plate ... you could even drill a couple oversized holes in it to use as somewhat of lineup holes and drop a couple boltsnin the peg holes ... Hope you caught all that ...

Wha-la a bridge plate iron..

First things first thank you so much for the mm. I really like your videos but I would never glue a old guitars back or neck or any part which might need a reset in 100years with white glue. White glue and superglue is only for repair of parts broken. Like bows part of the body but never ever use it for a neck reset I hate to get ride of white glue for the neck reset and it happens every good guitar needs a neck reset after the years you cannot prevent by using white glue. So you make the job harder for the next guy working on the guitar. And by the way I would have done the coffin repair just for the video
;-).

Holds Initially Delaminates Eventually..... HAHAHAHA! First I've heard of that !

Whoever made the original bridge probably used a cylindrical wood file.

Is it true that the seam brace is a sign that the back is in 2 pieces? I always thought it was something pretty put on a single piece of wood on the back of the guitar.

You're hilarious 😁❤

a few years, CMON! there are 70-100 yr old hyde glue instruments tight as a drum.. goodness

You are a master!

What would you charge for something like this?

I believe I was running the bridge plate. The grain the same way as the top of the guitar

You Could Always Remove The Top

Very entertaining, educational and Great restorations,
Special thanks.

The guitar shape looks like early small bodied Spanish classical guitars. I'd guess its old straight grain Brazilian Rosewood back and European Spruce. Very nice little parlor guitar. 😊

Thanks for educating us on our flat boxes. I’m almost 70 years old and had a flat box on and off for many years. But I can’t get past the basics cords. How can someone tell if he’s tone deaf. I think I am. I really like your music playing I would like to get some cds from you. Love watching you bring those beautiful flat boxes back to life. I have a old Washburn. I don’t think I could afford someone like you to do it over but I can still dream lol. Keep the good work up.

I ordered an ES335 a little over a month ago!i on the 17th its now the 23rd they say its on a ship not due in for 25 to 35 days im not at all sure ive not been scammed I will see, but not a good feeling NEVER AGAIN! They wasted no time billing my credit card

Hide glue will only fix it for a few years, looks at violin and rolls his eyes.

Jerrald....Too bad you are retired because yours is the kind we like to do biz with..we make acoustic pickups that are better off when youve addressed the inner bridge plate, like you did, for our Dazzos to hear a true rep sound of any guitar...

you are the most fascinating gentleman ever! I love watching your videos! Interesting and informative!

I have a Washburn guitar that I got from a friend. It had the G string missing so I got a whole new set for it. And when I went to replace them I was surprised to find it was in tune. It is a pretty good guitar. I think it was made in 1994.

Martin has been using Hide Glue since 1833 but maybe you know better,,,,,LMAO.!!!

140 years is a pretty good lifespan for an adhesive. Wonder how long Titebond would last..and how much it would creep, being plastic glue, in 140 years?

Tough work getting that bridge plate in place and cramped up . What if you drilled holes in the plate at high E and low E to align the plate with the holes in the top?