Just got my 37 year old STRAT back from a great lutier here in Italy. New frets, a general setup... New life formy old faithful. I feel like I suddenly got better at playing 😊 Luthiers are the unsung heroes of music. We all love our favorite players, but they wouldn't sound as great without dedicated artists setting up and talking care of their instruments.
I think part of the joy in this channel is seeing old things being repaired because they were made well enough to deserve it. There is an authenticity in that to scratch the itch of a throw away world.
Excellent. Ted doing major surgery on an 75+ year old guitar is what got me hooked to begin with. It's pleasure watching a master craftsman at work. Thanks for sharing Ted.
I'll never do guitar work at anything approaching this level, but I do know enough to do rudimentary care and feeding. What watching this channel has given me (aside from scads of sweet sweet dry wit) is much more preparation and situational awareness with the work that I can do. I really like how thoroughly Ted looks ahead and anticipates, saving not only himself but future owners and repair people an appreciable amount of hassle. Or to put it another way, this channel has done a lot to help me get better at doing repairs and maintenance in a way that makes it less likely that I'll have to do it again in a year, or that today's repair will cause or exacerbate tomorrow's problem.
My Uncle Red who is 97 or 98 years old bought a J-45 in his return to the States after the War in 1945, and he is still living in Mississippi, and I have played it. It is in great shape other than finish checking. over the body. He played it with Hank Sr at the County Fair in Yazoo City, Mississippi. I have the old recording that was recorded at the local Radio Station on reel to reel but has since been put on a CD. It is scratchy but you can definitely tell it is Hank Williams. An awesome Guitar you have there twoodfrd., thank you for sharing.
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I've always appreciated his willingness to share his skills and knowledge with us. The detail he goes into explaining repair methods without getting overly detailed works for me. Had it on the back burner for awhile to build Mandolin. I like the bowl back & gourd models it's the ones as a child i remember being played around me. I am no seasoned woodworker by any stretch but i know how to use the hand tools.
Dude, you're a wizard. I very much enjoy your precise yet not complicated explanations on what you are doing as your are doing it, even more satisfying is seeing the result at the end of a relic rescued and ready for more decades of sound making. Thank you.
Wow. Holding together under string tension for 70 years without glue. That is some craftsmanship! I would imagine you're used to it by now but working on an instrument that old would terrify anyone else!
@@manysnakes Me either. But I can't afford any of them unless the price only has three digits in front of the decimal. I can't even afford the guitars I used to own.
Still has that dreadnaut ring and tone. There was ALOT that had to be done to bring it back to life. I'm glad you accepted this challenge. Thankyou for bring us along.
Glad you mentioned Don Teeter,Iam from Oklahoma City,and I knew Don,he passed a few years ago,I have both of his books signed,he was one of the first repair man to put out a repair book,real simple common sense repair,he was a machinist before he started repairing guitars,lost a finger at a machine shop and quit,and started doing guitar repair.
Immensely entertaining and informative while at the same time being incredibly relaxing, you make videos like no one else, they would make compulsive tv shows.
that old girl sounds great, you Sir are a craftsman. I recently got a mid 70's Gibson J-40 that was a factory 2nd, it's actually stamped second below the serial. I know there were some good guitars that came out of the Norlin era but this old girl plays and sounds beautiful she's not a beauty queen but the worn ones are like that for a reason. someone loved playing it and I'm honored to be the custodian of it now.... Cheers
Norlin. Well beside the name there were some really good guitar makers in the mix. My 1977 Les Paul is just so wonderful. 9 lbs 13 oz. Thanks for sayin' that Norlin may be OK. _R
@Reapprsr1 Honestly people get too hung up on bashing Norlin era guitars and I just don't get it. Norlin saved Gibson from being shut down and did they have to cut some corners? Yessir they did because profits had to go up in order for the company to get financially in the black. Cheers Brother
Absolutely positively! Just keep sending us this. You could save the world, Ted, with your attitude and grace - yes, its just an old guitar...but it, with work, can make song!
Your lessons are gradually giving me some insight into how different parts of a guitar interact, Ted. Glad I found this channel! I am perfectly happy staying up until 3 am., or later, all year long. I still need eight hours worth of sleep, so nobody bothers me before eleven am.
Imagine after receiving your 10th excuse email from your repair guy, telling you how hard he’s working your your vintage Gibson acoustic, you see it being worked on by Ted himself
Wow, that is the wildest random selection of repairs I've seen inside an acoustic before! Those diagonal patches are weird!! Sure does sound great though, I wouldn't hate it 😁😁
Great work as usual, and I do enjoy the information that you always give us about the instrument, before you pick up the tools. Lovely old guitar - sounds so crisp.
Bravo! In spite of the ravages of time, and much abuse along the way, the sounds coming from that guitar totally validate your efforts! I would definitely subscribe to a Time Traveler Ted youtube channel...
Hands down, the BEST sounding guitar I've ever played was an early 60's J-45 that a friend let me borrow for a few months. That guitar had a low growl and tone for days.
It is wonderful to watch an artist (craftsman?) such as yourself at work. Magnificent attention to detail, superb situational awareness, and even consideration for the hypothetical 'next repair person' … You rock, Ted.
Oh man Ted I would have subbed that one to you as well. Old relics with lots of cracks and patches scare me. That was a master class - you made it look easy but we all know it was not.
That action is perfect....for slide lol it doesn't surprise me that there was no glue in there.. back in the day Gibson had some high-quality employees who took pride in their work. It wouldn't surprise me one bit to see a neck joint like that that was cut so precise it fit together tightly and didn't need any glue. Of course, we all know what happens to wood over time.... Another great job thanks for sharing this. That Gibby sounds fabulous.
Always good work and information. Also I like the slower way you speak, can't stand Yankees who carry on too quickly.. That's how Australian's speak, more relaxed, like you sound. I believe I've seen every RU-vid post you've made ( I also build guitars and have learnt a great deal from you Ted). Thanks
I sometimes wonder... That first caveman who noticed that some leftover sinew from his dinner made a funny sound when stretched out and plunked... I wonder if he had any idea of the level of madness and magic he was about to release into the universe?
I think after long referring to the tort that Fender was using in the late 60's as "meatball tort", and now hearing "fossilized pepperoni", I am forever going to associate tort guards with processed meat products, and vice versa, lol.
Fantastic, how many hours goes into a repair like this? Anyone have any idea. I do minor repairs to keep my own instruments going but this is something I don’t think I could do. Thanks for the great content
I am a hot weather vampire too. Just getting over a nerve repair for a lacerated thumb; winced a little watching that chisel aimed at yours. It never happens until it does...
I’ve got two of those guitars you saw slathered up with glue at that factory. They look great drywall screwed to the wall above my tv in the living room. Fantastic wall art.
When you drill into the fret trench (12:30), what does the drill drill into? Is it drilling into the dove tail, to the side, into a gap? Just out of interest, i'll never do this myself but enjoy watching you do it.
I inever stop enjoying watching you work! Thanks for sharing your talents. I used to do this part time many years ago (nearly fifty) and I wish I had never quit.
Ted, have you ever tried using using carbon paper in the neck dovetail joint, to show the spots which need to be worked, to make a, full, tight fit? I would, seriously, like to know your opinion, on that. Thank you. 😁✌🖖
Great work! Can see you are a excellent luthier. You seem to be a perfectionist too when fitting before glue. Will you work on guitars shipped to you. Jeff Clark from Rockdale Texas.
