Being a guitar repairman myself, I cannot emphasize enough how much does it mean to me to hear "I have to psysch myself up for this" from a master of your level!
The only thing that I worry about is not being a guitar repairman and attempting a neck reset with my carpentry tools fresh out of the truck claw hammer chisels chalk line you know a standard guitar repair tools
LoL, a drummer gathering here ? Add me to the count, hah :) Something very addictive with these videos .. Maybe because he is so confident and knowing his thing .. this shows. Loving this channel!
Among all the (rather comedic) levels of shit I'm going through right now, this channel just centres me and chills me out. I can't really express how helpful that's been, I'm not even remotely interested in woodworking or luthiering.
Me, too. I subscribe to 30+ channels for everything from favorite bands, to rig rundowns, to luthier work, etc.; and Ted’s videos are always the most satisfying. Great stuff.
I have no idea why I'm watching this, most work I've done on my guitars was to solder a loose ground wire, but I've watched almost every video on this channel and it's absolutely mesmerizing... Truly an art. Keep up the good work man!!
I learn so much in every video👍. As a bonus @ 18:56 that I should "use a bone saw to remove the skull to access the brain". I tried using a potato peeler and it was taking forever.
I thought that too, but was wondering if that's attributable more to the difference in angle that he's holding the guitar at relative to the microphone. Especially given the fact that he said he didn't hear much of a change.
I thought each string was sounding a little more distinct/ individual when he switched to the plate. Nice sounding guit-box. Must play much better than before.
More great stuff, Ted. I really, really enjoy your videos; but I’ve also learned so much from watching them. Along the way, I’ve assembled a pretty good sized kit of luthier tools and done some really nice set up jobs, as well as minor repairs, using the knowledge gained from your videos. Great stuff and very satisfying. Thanks again!
Love the diagram you made ,ted. Martin did some goofy stuff to their builds sometimes, and this was one !! Love your math formula you used also ! Excellent neck reset ! Thanks Ted !
I'm only 10 minutes in & your video is the best & most detailed explanation of a dovetail neck re-set that I've ever seen on YT!!!!!!! Much appreciated & subbed!!!!!!!
Using the “sealing iron” is genius. Just the right size and much reasonable than anything at specialty luthier supply places. Have placed my order online, for whenever they’re back in stock in Canada! Good video, Ted!
@@jonipaananen9304 good tip, although I had no trouble tracking one down searching for “sealing iron”. The supplier of model RC aircraft stuff turned out to be someone I’d used before, as the site recognised me.
Back in the day, those irons were used to tack down dry mount tissue on the back of photographs before mounting them on illustration board in order to frame them, hence the name "tacking iron".
Can't thank you enough for being so thorough and patient. And exacting. And knowledgeable. And caring. And loveable. Yes. Loveable! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
My new guitar had some sort of glue on the fretboard between the nut & 1st fret when I got it. Thanks to your vids, Ted, I just grabbed a new, sharp razor blade and scraped it clean without a hiccup. Not my first time to scrape a fretboard so I wasn't so apprehensive about doing it and not screwing up. Thanks, Ted! 🙏👍
Great video, loved it. I hope my work is as professional as yours some day. I just finished a 000-28 kit and you answered a question I had while reading Dick Boak's instructions written during the period of this long one way truss rod. He states the initial neck set must be done before the fingerboard is glued on but he didnt say why. I can imagine how happy the workers were when the two way came and they didnt have to mess with this at final setting and neck glue ups. The two way also doesn't require a shim to be added so that's less work too.
This is one of the most comprehensive and instructional video on neck resetting I've ever seen. And I have seen paid for 'instructional' videos. Excellent sir! Thank you for your generous allotment of your time and knowledge! I truly appreciate it. This is one of my absolute favourite RUclips channels. Hope we can see them for many years to come!
What a fantastic instructional video, my friend. You are a born teacher. I on the other hand went to teacher's college about an hour from you and moved to Alberta for my first job, only to find out that I am born to be anything but a teacher. You're awesome.
Tsd---as a joirneyman nkuthier/repairman, I still have so much respect for the detailed and so true professional work that you do--in front Of a world wide audience, One of my heroes no BS. You set a goal and hard standard for us ti emulate. It is hard work, but at the same time an art. Few of us will work to equal your example. What a gift to give. Thank you.
I've filed the saddle on my 1974 D-28 almost as low as the one in this video and it's obvious that it's due fir a neck reset. I like a medium action but between the 8th and 14th fret it's become noticeably higher. Hard to find someone to trust with this work. You do a great job.
I definitely hear a difference between no plate saver & plate saver. With the plate saver, the guitar sounded brighter. Very nice neck reset Ted. You do fine work & are a good teacher of Lutherie.
Thank you, professor Woodford, for another excellent class on advanced luthiery . It was great. However, sometimes it feels a little like cheating, getting so much information relatively free. In any event, I greatly appreciate the efforts you make to educate us. You do a very fine job.
I neither play nor repair musical instruments, but after a lifetime of precision work, I appreciate the efforts of a master craftsman. I worked part time for Lee Valley for a number of years after retirement, at least until my tool collection was complete.
In the first sample guitar is set almost perpendicularly to tha camera with soundhole aiming into cams mic. This set up always boosts low tones. In the second sample guitar it is closer to 45 degrees, so this recording has to sound brighter- it is hard to tell how much plate had changed...
I watch all your videos, thanks Ted. I regret I didn't chose that type of skill teaching...I'm a teacher but English and in France... I own a 000-15M and I don't know who would do a job like you do if I ever needed it (started late so...). Amazing craft. 🎶🎶🎶
You taught me something in this video about one of my Guild acoustics my family has owned for 47 years. My father gifted me his 1972 Guild D-35. Always read it was Guilds version of the Martin D-18. But you stated the D-18 has back binding, my Guild does not. I was not familiar with the Martin D-16 model My Guild D-35 looks EXACTLY like this D-16. I mean its spitting image. Thanks for this important discovery
Thank you for giving some measurements in mm. Watching it in Europe, I sometimes have a problem understanding if "action of 1/1000inch" is good or not. Thanks for all of your knowledge you give for free 😉 I've learned a lot from you!
35 pulls - good to know for .040 in of wood removed. I'm just about ready to fit the neck to my first guitar. I tend to get concerned when I have a conception that something should be done "quick" and doesn't go that way. I'll try to be calm (HA!) when I do my pulls after watching your video. Thanks for this.
I just bought a Martin Special 16 in August 2020 and this was a very interesting video. The Special 16 as far as I know is basically a very slightly modified D16e. It's made in Nazareth, PA its got a glossed sitka spruce top and having looked into it the only difference I can see is that my Special has Satin Rosewood back and sides where the D16 has glossed back and sides. I guess what I'm saying is its nice to see how the 16's age now that I have one. I feel like the 16's are a little underappreciated. Of course I'm biased now but they are great guitars. I couldnt afford a D45, D35, D28, D18...But I couldnt be more pleased with my Special 16 Rosewood Dreadnought. Ive played an Ibanez Artwood for 5 years and it was a great first guitar. So happy to have stepped into the Martin world!
What a fine job. So well ordered, confident and competent. I explained the enormity, risk and complexity of the task to my Girlfriend so she could understand how well you had done. That truss rod jiggery pokery was a definite bonus complication I did not anticipate!
Another great video! I also think the bridge saver makes a slightly brighter tone, but either way it’s a nice Martin. I have a Seagull rustic (Canadian!!) and that’s probably the best guitar I will ever own as a cowboy chord strummer...thanks the great info!
Being a guitar repairman myself, I cannot emphasize enough how much does it mean to me to hear "I have to psysch myself up for this" from a master of your level!
The only thing that I worry about is not being a guitar repairman and attempting a neck reset with my carpentry tools fresh out of the truck claw hammer chisels chalk line you know a standard guitar repair tools
@@arlenmargolin1650 A real pro would use a pneumatic hammer, and oxy-acetylene torch to provide heat.
@@qua7771Based guitar repair
@@qua7771 Thor neck reset
He’s the Bob Ross of guitar repair......and I mean that as a compliment. I think I’ve watched every video. I’ve learned so much.....and I’m a drummer!
How would anyone take a comparison to Bob Ross as an insult?
happy little Martins
Gary - You and me both! Hooked drummers.
Love this channel!
LoL, a drummer gathering here ? Add me to the count, hah :) Something very addictive with these videos .. Maybe because he is so confident and knowing his thing .. this shows. Loving this channel!
We should start a Facebook group... Drummers who are fans of twoodfrd
Among all the (rather comedic) levels of shit I'm going through right now, this channel just centres me and chills me out. I can't really express how helpful that's been, I'm not even remotely interested in woodworking or luthiering.
I could watch twoody everyday...but I'll take what I can get
Me, too. I subscribe to 30+ channels for everything from favorite bands, to rig rundowns, to luthier work, etc.; and Ted’s videos are always the most satisfying. Great stuff.
@@bldallas Me too. I love watching Ted, he is so careful, skilled, and informative.
Sometimes I do! I'll just rewatch videos I've already seen and sometimes find one I haven't watched yet.
@@PhilosopherThom same here
I have no idea why I'm watching this, most work I've done on my guitars was to solder a loose ground wire, but I've watched almost every video on this channel and it's absolutely mesmerizing... Truly an art. Keep up the good work man!!
That's more work than I've done on one but since watching like every video on this channel I wanna more haha
I was so bored on a Saturday! then this happened, thank you
I learn so much in every video👍. As a bonus @ 18:56 that I should "use a bone saw to remove the skull to access the brain". I tried using a potato peeler and it was taking forever.
A fret saw won't work.
To my ear it seemed a bit brighter with the plate.
Me too. I had my back turned and that turned me right around as in, what just changed!
I thought that too, but was wondering if that's attributable more to the difference in angle that he's holding the guitar at relative to the microphone. Especially given the fact that he said he didn't hear much of a change.
Same here.
I heard that brightness, but it also seemed that the D and G string mids came through better. But, I wear hearing aids.
I thought each string was sounding a little more distinct/ individual when he switched to the plate. Nice sounding guit-box. Must play much better than before.
Love the way you explain the formula using three different measurement units!!
Don't peek behind the Great Oz's curtain, Toto. LOL
Amazing video. the mathematics alone of the exercise is mind-boggling!
Clicked 'like' before I even watched it. Not many channels I do that.
I’m constantly amazed at your wealth of knowledge and experience.
Old saying from my government job. "If it ain't broke, fix it till it is."
Or, "If it ain't broke, make it better!"
Or what my internet friend with the vidjeos. AvE would say Cant fix it. Fuck it. into the ¨art bin" it goes.
Nice!
Excellent work, your videos are always a pleasure to view.
Well done! Nice relaxed right hand on the strumming! Martin player for 50+ years!!
That is a really stellar fingerboard.
Great work Tom, it's pretty obvious that you love what you do, you care for every single instrument as if it was your own! Keep up the good work!!
Your videos are an absolute joy to watch.
The skill, attention to detail and craftsmanship is beyond measure.
Thanks for posting this. My elderly Yamaha L5 is undergoing a neck reset at the moment, now I can appreciate the amount of work involved. Cheers
I have been watching several of your videos and you sir do some very nice work. Meticulous and detailed. Very impressed.
Another 23 minutes of my life well spent. Thanks for sharing.
Love that Lee Valley Tools catalog.
Made my Saturday afternoon to see a new video. Cheers from Northern Utah.
Awesome as Always !!!
Thank You so much for all of your videos and tips tricks and advice !!!
It is all truly appreciated !!!!
More great stuff, Ted. I really, really enjoy your videos; but I’ve also learned so much from watching them. Along the way, I’ve assembled a pretty good sized kit of luthier tools and done some really nice set up jobs, as well as minor repairs, using the knowledge gained from your videos. Great stuff and very satisfying. Thanks again!
Wonderful work, excellent narrative and most enjoyable to watch. Thank you
It is really fun listening while converting all the measurements into millimeters. You are a master.
Nice job, watching a guy that knows what he is doing is pleasing, and explaining the process in detail along the way.
Brilliant. Just brilliant. I love to watch a real craftsman at work.
Love the diagram you made ,ted. Martin did some goofy stuff to their builds sometimes, and this was one !! Love your math formula you used also ! Excellent neck reset ! Thanks Ted !
I'm only 10 minutes in & your video is the best & most detailed explanation of a dovetail neck re-set that I've ever seen on YT!!!!!!! Much appreciated & subbed!!!!!!!
"The patient today..." Ha! That was awesome, Ted!
Thank you for another great video!
Woodford. Ted Woodford. 🔫OO-18.😂
@@waybackplayback1347 I corrected the mistake, thank you. I feel embarrassed because I love these videos so much!
What a fantastic video, thank you for taking the time to do this!!!
Using the “sealing iron” is genius. Just the right size and much reasonable than anything at specialty luthier supply places. Have placed my order online, for whenever they’re back in stock in Canada! Good video, Ted!
When building balsa RC planes, we call that a covering iron. If you search for that, you might have more places to order from.
@@jonipaananen9304 good tip, although I had no trouble tracking one down searching for “sealing iron”. The supplier of model RC aircraft stuff turned out to be someone I’d used before, as the site recognised me.
Back in the day, those irons were used to tack down dry mount tissue on the back of photographs before mounting them on illustration board in order to frame them, hence the name "tacking iron".
This is a really well done guitar video. 10/10
Love watching you work. “Don’t you agree?” 😁
Can't thank you enough for being so thorough and patient. And exacting. And knowledgeable. And caring. And loveable. Yes. Loveable! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
My new guitar had some sort of glue on the fretboard between the nut & 1st fret when I got it. Thanks to your vids, Ted, I just grabbed a new, sharp razor blade and scraped it clean without a hiccup. Not my first time to scrape a fretboard so I wasn't so apprehensive about doing it and not screwing up. Thanks, Ted! 🙏👍
You're a genius sir, your vids both give me knowledge and make me anxious of my babies lol . Thankyou
I always learn from watching your vids. Thank you
I get a kind of zen thing watching these.
Best neck reset video I have ever watched. Thanks for sharing
Great video, loved it. I hope my work is as professional as yours some day. I just finished a 000-28 kit and you answered a question I had while reading Dick Boak's instructions written during the period of this long one way truss rod. He states the initial neck set must be done before the fingerboard is glued on but he didnt say why. I can imagine how happy the workers were when the two way came and they didnt have to mess with this at final setting and neck glue ups. The two way also doesn't require a shim to be added so that's less work too.
" Look a new twoodfrd video dropped, so it must be time to grab a cup of tea, sit back, and enjoy."
Literally enjoying a cup of Earl Grey as I watch this LOL
This is one of the most comprehensive and instructional video on neck resetting I've ever seen. And I have seen paid for 'instructional' videos. Excellent sir! Thank you for your generous allotment of your time and knowledge! I truly appreciate it. This is one of my absolute favourite RUclips channels. Hope we can see them for many years to come!
Awesome work!
Canadians are blessed to have a luthier like you.
What a fantastic instructional video, my friend. You are a born teacher. I on the other hand went to teacher's college about an hour from you and moved to Alberta for my first job, only to find out that I am born to be anything but a teacher. You're awesome.
Beautiful work :)
Tsd---as a joirneyman nkuthier/repairman, I still have so much respect for the detailed and so true professional work that you do--in front Of a world wide audience, One of my heroes no BS. You set a goal and hard standard for us ti emulate. It is hard work, but at the same time an art. Few of us will work to equal your example. What a gift to give. Thank you.
18:55 "we use a bone saw to cut off the scull, to access the brain". What in the world are you watching?
Such clean work
Such a great video. I'll be doing my first reset soon and this was super helpful for understanding all the steps. Thanks!!
Yeah, when that happened , I shoulda known we were gonna end up with the trumplupigus.
That was a tiny chisel, so cute.
Best catchphrase I’ve heard yet.
I've filed the saddle on my 1974 D-28 almost as low as the one in this video and it's obvious that it's due fir a neck reset. I like a medium action but between the 8th and 14th fret it's become noticeably higher. Hard to find someone to trust with this work. You do a great job.
Nice work. Loved this tutorial.
Thank you very much for all your videos
I definitely hear a difference between no plate saver & plate saver. With the plate saver, the guitar sounded brighter. Very nice neck reset Ted. You do fine work & are a good teacher of Lutherie.
Very nice job again!
Artist, Luthier King. Nice work!!
Experience and expertise...can't beat 'em. One lucky owner.
Thank you so much. Love your playing...
You are an absolute master!
Thank you, professor Woodford, for another excellent class on advanced luthiery . It was great.
However, sometimes it feels a little like cheating, getting so much information relatively free.
In any event, I greatly appreciate the efforts you make to educate us. You do a very fine job.
You are the true meaning of a craftsman
Thanks for explaining your process and not just doing it. Great video
I neither play nor repair musical instruments, but after a lifetime of precision work, I appreciate the efforts of a master craftsman. I worked part time for Lee Valley for a number of years after retirement, at least until my tool collection was complete.
It sounds brighter with the 'plate-mate' in
Great info, always a pleasure, thanks T.
I love to watch neck resets
Great job again
Quite a treasure trove of luthier information. 🤟
You are an excellent repair person
pardon my enthusiasm great work as always
The second play sounded brighter.
Chimy!
Yeah not good.
In the first sample guitar is set almost perpendicularly to tha camera with soundhole aiming into cams mic. This set up always boosts low tones. In the second sample guitar it is closer to 45 degrees, so this recording has to sound brighter- it is hard to tell how much plate had changed...
He most likely put on new strings.
I watch all your videos, thanks Ted. I regret I didn't chose that type of skill teaching...I'm a teacher but English and in France...
I own a 000-15M and I don't know who would do a job like you do if I ever needed it (started late so...). Amazing craft. 🎶🎶🎶
Sounds brighter with the plate mate to me. Great vid.
Saw a video from Martin and the neck dove tail is cut fit and numbered very early.
Great video.
Very nice video!
the most satisfying luthier to watch on youtube. OMG
Great video, especially how Ted explains things.
Awesome Job
"high quality mozarella" ... nice language and in every detail a perfect instruction. Thank you!
You taught me something in this video about one of my Guild acoustics my family has owned for 47 years. My father gifted me his 1972 Guild D-35. Always read it was Guilds version of the Martin D-18. But you stated the D-18 has back binding, my Guild does not. I was not familiar with the Martin D-16 model
My Guild D-35 looks EXACTLY like this D-16. I mean its spitting image. Thanks for this important discovery
Thank you for giving some measurements in mm. Watching it in Europe, I sometimes have a problem understanding if "action of 1/1000inch" is good or not. Thanks for all of your knowledge you give for free 😉 I've learned a lot from you!
Always fun to watch.
35 pulls - good to know for .040 in of wood removed. I'm just about ready to fit the neck to my first guitar. I tend to get concerned when I have a conception that something should be done "quick" and doesn't go that way. I'll try to be calm (HA!) when I do my pulls after watching your video. Thanks for this.
Go slow. You can always take more off. It's hard to put back.
Nice job! Thanks for sharing.
"wood goes in, guitars go out, thats what ted woodfords youtube chanel is all about" is what ted sings while does his mrning calusthenics
I just bought a Martin Special 16 in August 2020 and this was a very interesting video. The Special 16 as far as I know is basically a very slightly modified D16e. It's made in Nazareth, PA its got a glossed sitka spruce top and having looked into it the only difference I can see is that my Special has Satin Rosewood back and sides where the D16 has glossed back and sides. I guess what I'm saying is its nice to see how the 16's age now that I have one. I feel like the 16's are a little underappreciated. Of course I'm biased now but they are great guitars. I couldnt afford a D45, D35, D28, D18...But I couldnt be more pleased with my Special 16 Rosewood Dreadnought. Ive played an Ibanez Artwood for 5 years and it was a great first guitar. So happy to have stepped into the Martin world!
What a fine job. So well ordered, confident and competent. I explained the enormity, risk and complexity of the task to my Girlfriend so she could understand how well you had done. That truss rod jiggery pokery was a definite bonus complication I did not anticipate!
Is she still your girlfriend?
@@DarkRumAgain Haha!
Best video yet
Another great video! I also think the bridge saver makes a slightly brighter tone, but either way it’s a nice Martin. I have a Seagull rustic (Canadian!!) and that’s probably the best guitar I will ever own as a cowboy chord strummer...thanks the great info!
Great video
Great as always thank you
Love a good Martin video!
I've got a very early 80s Sigma DR28 that has more saddle than that bad boy. That is crazy.
man , about the plate, it just gave me the perfect solution for noisy badly insulated piezo pickups or ground loops.
I've no interest in fixing acoustic guitars but I'm addicted to these videos
Fascinating.
Thank you - another great job.