Repairing Broken Headstock & Playing The 'Expensive' Flying V
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To wrap up the side by side comparison between the 'expensive' Korina V and the standard version we must now play them both... but first the small matter of fixing the broken headstock. It's only glue and brushes so how hard can it be?? 😳 join us for a step by step idiots guide! 🎸
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Ted Woodford: https://www.youtube.com/@twoodfrd/videos
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Time Stamps:
00:00 intro & coming up
01:08 what's happening today
04:09 masking & prep
05:05 adhesive options
06:09 lubing it up
08:59 mixing up some glue
11:25 is this how it's done?
16:09 surgical clamping
20:10 let it cure
21:20 three days later...
24:05 let's have a look
25:22 making it playable today
28:12 stringing it up!
30:27 this is what it sounds like unplugged
31:40 this is what it sounds like plugged in
32:34 let's play something
34:20 volume & tone controls
35:50 that woman tone
37:36 let's play something else
40:16 we fixed it for £20!
42:18 let's hear them both
44:19 is there much difference?
46:00 is this a good value proposition?
49:32 is worth twice as much?
53:32 what epiphone do brilliantly
54:40 coming up next week...
55:22 play out jam
Signal Chain Info:
TC Polytune / Boss CS3
Drive Pedals (when on): JHS Bonsai / RAT
Boss DD7 / Boss RC5 Looper
Amp: Fender Princeton Reverb Tweed 1 x 12
Mics AKG C414 & SM57
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 into Protools
I AM NOT AN EXPERT. Some things I do know and some things I don't know but think I know and sometimes I say things that are not entirely correct. Once I have said things it's too late to correct them so please check any 'so called facts' with an adult, google, wikipedia, or someone else that knows.
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