Refret and Restoration of a vintage 1960 Fender Jazzmaster 

Living Room Gear Demos sounded great‼️

Is that darker slap of wood on the fret different parts of wood or is it just darken?

ooh i saw the sponsored video disclaimer and i was like wut? what was i supposed to buy

it took a while to develop the look

Lars Dalin looks cool

Cept 30years younger

Anyone else panic for a moment when he started sanding off 55 years of life in the fretboard surface. I know he had to do it but man. 🥵

@@micsunday14 I didn't

I wish it was as soothing doing the work

@@LarsDalin but the happines you give after doing the work. Priceless 😊

I hope you're right

Everything is the Chase Bliss Mood :)

seriously😂 it would be great

Let’s petition them

Add a brief interview with the owner about the history of the guitar and the performance of one or two songs and you have a hit.

For sure!!!!

exactly what i was thinking

He has one! Link in description. There’s an awesome restoration video of an old Martin there.

@@LivingroomGearDemos I hope this luthier will post more regularly on his RU-vid channel ;)

@@LivingroomGearDemos he does have one - but there's only ONE video on it! please ask him for more!

i could seriously watch this stuff all day

@@travelseast check out his insta

haha

I NEED that apron! link?

And the sweater didn't make it less Scandinavian either haha

@@Speedking762 It's the most perfect look for someone from Scandinavia who looks and sounds like they do.

Zidders Roofurry haha this is tru

dude for real i fell asleep while watching

yo fr its like asmr

i was just thinking that

JACOB COLLIER WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION

Luke Deehan yes

I really was! jajaja thank you.

It sounded like an old boat horn

Perfect pitch flex

Thanks Nick, that was what we were trying to accomplish :)

@@prbspickles no, let it be quiet as can be.

I didn't even realise it's 26 minutes long

@@LivingroomGearDemos I saw this when it first came out couple years ago. Please make more of these. I keep coming back A. Because it’s super relaxing. B. Very informative C. You get a rad treat at the end of very tasteful playing. This is fantastic art.

I think you’re misunderstanding something here, Harry. The guitar was promised to me as thanks for the video.

As the both of you don’t seem to come to an agreement, you might be happy to hear that I was given the guitar already. 💪🏻😜

Mo Draws YOU WISH MO ;)

HarryAndAGuitar Too obvious? :D

We all know that the best place to keep an old guitar is in a country where its really hot and humid...so just send it to me!!!

I second this!!

Definitely!!

I was thinking that too

same

You cant rush art

Here's me thinking I'm the only person who can watch that bit over and over :)

It's for display - ONLY.

Good job. You have an opinion. I'm proud of you man.

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So true, dude! I'm thankful to some collectors because they allow us to see some rare stuff in mint condition, but if I'm buying vintage, you can bet I'm playing until there's no finish left on that neck

This dude messed up pulling the frets out.

R. Slater McLaughlin thanks. Cool contribution. Do you do consulting? Need someone to call next time I’m pulling frets

You almost have to be a great player to know what a guitar needs and what it should sound like after your done I'm guessing.

@@edyue1 Leo Fender didn't even play guitar, so no

"Lars you're too talented" - something you never hear in a Metallica fan chat

✌🏻

SAME

Yeah, I've had jobs the required speed and more or less brute force to get things done and I've worked with really slow, meticulous, anal guys like this guy and it was no fun. But if I tried to do his job I'm sure he'd feel the same way about me. I love watching these guys work but I don't have the patience or mind to do their jobs.

Thanks Jas!

I wonder what the solder wire is for if he's heating up the fret? Does it even out the heat distribution? Or is it otherwise not good to put the iron directly on the fret?

@@wookyoftheyear The solder helps transfer the heat. A dry soldering iron doesn't transfer its heat very well, so heating the solder up helps transfer and spread it.

Duncan Taylor Exactly.

emotional? are you going thru menopause?

He said in a podcast once that he is super into gypsy jazz, so I wasnt surprised

Leo Fender himself couldn't play.

@@portratratra He comes across as a guy that would be into "gypsy jazz".

@@Vichedges Exactly! What difference doe's it make? I want a fret job, not entertainment. :)

Thanks for checking out!

Tears / Django Reinhardt

They aren't mysterious. You have to use a little bit of very basic physics, and understand that in 1958, when the jazzmaster came out the lightest strings you could find was 12's with a wound G. The low break angle at the bridge didn't matter at all, and there were no problems. Thicker strings create more tension pushing down on the bridge, that tension keeps the bridge stable, and the strings will not pop out of the saddles, meaning shims are not necessary. You can use 11-50's, and no shim, like I do and never experience any of the reported problems. Those problems like the bridge tilting on its own, bridge buzzing, strings popping out of the saddle grooves all started in the late 60s when 10's 9's and 8s became available. People would get a jazzmaster, slap some thin strings on it and have all manner of problems, and always blaming the guitar, when in fact it was user error. Setting the bridge is quite different than what most are used to. You don't set the string height with the saddles. What i tend to do is set the outer 2 saddles as low as possible (same height on both) then raise or lower the bridge based on the 2 e strings action then set the other strings to match the radius of the fretboard. If you set the saddles too high the intonation screw will make contact with the strings, turning your guitar into a sitar. Also since the bridge tilts, it's not a bad idea to get the bridge as level and centered as possible, and make a bit of wood that fits between the bridge and bridge pickup so you can quickly level and center the bridge and keep it from tilting forward when adjusting intonation. The trem is a but finicky too, to set them up correctly (there is a right way and tons of wrong ways, it's not a personal preference thing) What you do is, tune up, and press the bar down, and slide the lock button all the way back. Then tune again. Now, you adjust the spring screw and keep retuning over and over until the button slides back and forth without contacting anything, but also when engaged, you won't be able to pull up on the trem bar at all. If you don't set the trem up correctly, the bridge has a tendency to not return to center after using the trem, but set up right, it should always return to center as long as the strings aren't binding at the nut or string tree. Now its important to note the jazzmaster has a lot of sympathetic vibrations, if you play a g on the high e string, you'll get loads of overtones of that note from all the other strings. Sounds kind of like reverb. A lot of people don't like that, but I do. Makes the guitar sound a lot bigger. Also, proper jazzmaster pickups are very noisy, due to the coil being a bit over 1/8 tall and extend nearly all the way to the pickup covers. Old jazzmasters actually had brass tubs in all the cavities soldered together and grounded, and the first year of them also had aluminum pickguards. From 59 and on, they used an aluminum shield under the pickguard. These days it's aluminum tape and conductive paint, which doesn't always work. My vintera jazzmaster has conductive paint but it wasn't done well, so I lined all the cavities with aluminum tape, and grounded it all, but since the pickguard isn't totally shielded with aluminum, (and I ran out of tape,) it's still a bit noisy when not playing.

@@rebeccabailey527 you know your Jazzmasters! Great information thank you.

@@Goose-de3hd its Tears / Django Reinhardt :)

100% agree on this

@@GalleryBones me too!

True Vintage Guitar amazing:). It is now in my care, I got a picture of what I assume is Don playing it on a wagon in a field somewhere in the US. The JM is fantastic, and Lars really did his best (which is pretty much as good as it gets) on her.

@@eirikj4229 Hey Eirik, yes! That's Don playing a church gathering on the wagon. There is a goldtop in the back of that picture that I unsuccessfully tried to track down. Enjoy that Jazzmaster! Cheers!

True Vintage Guitar really cool:). I have a `54 Goldtop, would have been fantastic if it were that guitar👌🏻

@@eirikj4229 That would be unreal! Enjoy them in good health!

That's what I said, I have some stuff I need worked on and I wish I knew of someone local who cared as much as he does and put as much attention to detail as he does. My guitars aren't vintage or particularly valuable but I get the feeling he would take just as much care while working on them.

The headstock also didn't lie flat upon the table.

My guess was "Rosewood" if the neck was made by one person and the fret board installed by another person

Ummm, not "venereal" boards LOL

@@thenewmedic Give them some penicillin. 😂

Hey dumb asses, r u serious, it means it’s right handed

I want to know this too

"Tears" by Django Reinhardt

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wUWLkzCkpUQ.html

Tears by the great Django Reinhardt

josh benedict lol you would guess that straight away but...

Thanks!

Hi Roger! Thanks for chiming in. Eric is pretty close! My name is Eirik. I'm absolutely intrigued by the vintage stuff, but not sure if I have the money or the will to invest right now :) I don't think you'll get negative comments, I think it's pretty accepted in the community that there's something about vintage instruments. I would love to dig deeper and understand what it is though, because I don't really understand why.

@@LivingroomGearDemos I think most of the time the "extra 10%" comes from people's perceptions of the instruments and who is playing them. Most newbies or regular players can't afford vintage stuff. Most vintage stuff is either owned by vintage collectors or pros. And it they're pros they're probably going to sound good. I think if you gave Eric Clapton a 1960 Jazzmaster or a 2020 Squire they'd both sound pretty good. If you gave his tech the Squier and his tech upgraded it I have zero doubt it would sound as good as the 1960 when played by Clapton. It's just like Stradivarius violins, they've done tests, both using the human ear and computers and modern violins sound just as good or better. But people still are drawn to the old stuff because of the auras, patinas, history, etc. People are basically trained to assume the instrument being old is why it soundds so good.

@@LivingroomGearDemos Great video though, I watched the whole thing. The questions asked kept it interesting too. That guy is a real craftsman. I wish I knew someone like him locally, someone that just cared that much because I have some stuff I need worked on.

@@Vichedges dude, nobody asked lol

@@Vichedges You're totally right

Thanks! I was trying to aim for a 16mm look :)

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Tears by Django

@@kuleebaba7911 I thought I recognised it, thanks a ton!

Jas Bataille hello! You can contact me at lars(@)Gitarmakerdalin.com. My website is www.gitarmakerdalin.com and you’ll find all the info you need there.

Kevin Burman it’s Tears by Django Reinhardt

I thought Gepetto with that braced leather apron too!

I thought it was just me, sounds like a tape player when the battery was dying.