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Welcome to Crimson Guitars and a Luthier's Teardown in Ben's home workshop. [ Ссылка ]
This is a new series where Ben takes a pre-loved guitar and takes a much closer look. This guitar is a 1987 Washburn G-5V with an amazing 2001 Wanderbar Bridge. Ben is going to take a much closer look at this interesting, possibly overengineered, tremolo system and share his thoughts.
Overall, this guitar needs some TLC, new strings, and a much-needed fret level, crown & polish.
Chapters:
0:00 Meet the 1987 Washburn G-5V
2:27 This Guitar has now been won!
3:07 Taking a closer look at the Wonderbar Tremolo Bridge
4:06 Removing the strings and the neck
4:54 A closer look at the Pickups & finding the obligatory loose screws
6:57 Let’s take a look under the back plate
9:10 On to the neck
9:47 Getting access to this Truss Rod is interesting!
10:20 A lot of high and low frets here…
10:57 Protecting the nut while levelling the frets
11:54 Trying the conical fret file again
12:09 Puppy break!
12:24 Nope, Ben still doesn’t like this file
13:35 Polishing the frets & cleaning the fretboard
14:09 Masking and Buffing the frets
15:59 Final polish with the new Crimson Fret Strop
16:28 Crimson’s Cleaner & Restorative really refreshes this fretboard
17:10 Reattaching the neck
17:48 How to fix a screw hole that’s stripped or too big with cocktail sticks
18:32 A closer look at the Tremolo Bridge
20:10 Cleaning and a little TLC
21:37 Fret Rubbers are so versatile & so are Levelling Beams
24:24 Restoring this bridge, make it fully functional for another 20-30 years
26:10 Looking at the internal parts
27:22 Over-engineered or really elegant design? You decide…
28:12 Putting it all back together with new strings
28:40 Retuning and setting the intonation and the Trem arm
30:07 Ben’s thoughts
32:19 Conclusion
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