Re-Fretting an Early 60's Hohner Kingsway Guitar | 1 of the UK's 1st ever Electric Guitars

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Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonC... and Ben's home workshop. In this video, Ben is looking at a 1960's Hohner London Kingsway, one of the very first electric guitars made in the UK by Hohner London. This is a lovely guitar and in quite a good condition, but in its past, someone replaced the frets and did it badly! Under Ben's care, this guitar will be back to playing quality and will find a home in the Guitar Museum soon.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Neck is off - and it is bowed!
3:00 Now the frets are taken off beginning with a soldering iron.
4:13 Crimson levelling beam for the fretboard
4:31 A bit of rosewood dust fills the dents
5:02 Fret Slot Cutting Saw to finesse the slots
5:34 Installing the frets and checking that the neck is straight - it is looking good.
8:00 Completing the fret job using Crimson Guitars fret levelling tools (card)
9:33 Now for Fretboard Cleaner and Restorative
9:55 Re-attaching the neck and re-stringing the guitar
10:25 Conclusion

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