Ivory Out.. Silver In. Fixing a VERY Expensive Guitar Inlay.

Welcome to CRIMSON GUITARS HQ https://www.crimsonguitars.com/ In this episode, Ben is working on a very valuable clients guitar. Removing old inlays and replacing them with custom made silver pieces. Watch his various processes to exactly replicate and replace the original inlay shapes. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction & recap 0:30 A bit of history about the guitar & Ivory 2:19 The process of replicating the original inlays 3:09 making the silicone putty moulds 4:30 carefully removing once cured enough 5:13 Idea vs execution = interesting failure 7:19 The simple method using masking tape 8:35 First cut into the silver 9:43 Work holding for teeny, tiny inlay pieces with a stick 12:06 Gluing the first piece in place, gently 13:40 Carefully parring away the silver without damaging the other inlays 16:20 Using a fret polishing rubber for the final shine 17:55 Evolving the process with a Fanta bottle! 19:40 Creating and using an accurate template 21:12 Replacing existing inlays is trickier than making new ones 22:30 Using a saw as a finer needle file 22:50 Placing the inlay teeth and correcting one 24:45 levelling the inlays with sanding stick & polishing with fret rubbers 26:30 The inlay is complete & happy with new processes PART ONE:    • Taking a 40k Custom Alembic and CHISELING ...   Check out our Discord server for Guitar Building Goodness here   / discord   Join this channel to get access to the perks:    / @crimsoncustomguitars   Ben's camera setup includes: the Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro, Prime Cameras (Front facing and over the bench) Canon EOS 250D, suspended from the ceiling (bench side) Canon EOS 90D, and on the movable tripod a Canon M6 Mark II Any music used in this video from Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra... ___________________________________________________________________________________ We'd like to thank our partner for helping to make this video possible. TRITON TOOLS - http://www.tritontools.com/en-GB ___________________________________________________________________________________ WEBSITE: http://www.crimsonguitars.com DAILY GUITAR DRAW: https://dailyguitardraw.com/ DAILY GUITAR DRAW ON YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3gQmul1 DORSET GUITAR MUSEUM: https://dorsetguitarmuseum.com/ GREAT GUITAR BUILD OFF: https://greatguitarbuildoff.com/ VINTAGE TOOL SHOP: https://bit.ly/3oA8uQK LUTHIER'S TOOLS & SUPPLIES: http://bit.ly/LuthTools GUITAR BUILDING COURSES: http://bit.ly/LuthierySchool ___________________________________________________________________________________ SOCIAL Linktree - https://linktr.ee/crimsoncustomguitars Instagram -   / crimsonguitars   Facebook -   / crimsoncustomguitars   Patreon -   / crimsonguitars   ___________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben Stay tuned and stay awesome! ___________________________________________________________________________________