Addendum: I mentioned 3-bolt Teles, which is not entirely correct. Only the Deluxe and Custom went to three bolts. It's weird, but I've worked on far more of those than standard 70's Telecasters.
Hi ted! :D I've had these 3 bolt guitars and basses on my bench. The problem in my modest view is the sloppy pocket. I've shimmed most of them, first alighning the neck with the pickups and then shimming the sides. Its not on par with your work but it works a treat!
Hahaha…, I was going to point that out. Standard Telecasters never had these three bolt constructions. Most seventies Telecasters did have a wrong body shape. This one seems to sit in this short transitional period where the body shape is somewhere between correct and incorrect. Once you see it you cannot unsee it.
In 1984 I went to the guitar shop in the town next to my village to buy a Fender Telecaster, I had been saving up for the whole of my life (I was 14 years old), I had 2 newspaper rounds and saved my pocket money towards this guitar, when I got to the shop they had 3 Telecasters in stock but all 3 of them had manufacturing issues, the salesman kept knocking money off the price every time I spotted a fault but I wanted a perfect guitar. I was about to leave the shop and get a bus to the city where there were a multitude of guitar shops when he brought me a Squier Telecaster to try, I had never even heard of Squier and he told me that's what Fender were called in Japan, the guitar was perfect and sounded perfect also, it was much cheaper also, at first I thought they had made a mistake with the price. I bought the guitar and a selection of pedals also, I still have this guitar today and would put it up against any Fender USA or MIM, I have lost count of the musical friends who have asked for first shout should I ever want to sell my Telecaster, I will never sell this guitar, it feels like an extension of my body.
Around 1990/1 I bought a Japanese Squier for £100 from a junk shop, it turned out to be stolen and belonged to a Gordon Gowdie, he has RUclips videos and tours with bands as a guitarist and last time I spoke to him he was off in a day or two for an American tour with Simple Minds. I got my money back, Gordy got his guitar back. Gordon still has that guitar which his father bought him and he says it’s great.
Good to hear a story of someone coming across the Made in Japan Squier in the wild, when it was still new and still having it to this day. I have a MIJ Squier Strat with a floyd rose and the nicest flamed maple, quartersawn neck, I've ever seen in my life. The FR was stock, which I later learned, is something that would have been only available in Japan and not for import/export. They still do that at Fender Japan... Anyway, it was an amazing guitar but unfortunately, it broke where the bridge post goes into the body, so, I have to repair it.
The darkening of the 60's Tele was beautiful, hoping to get a quick completed shot of it later. Its always a good day when a new video comes out. Thanks for sharing your craftsmanship.
On both of those Telecasters, I've got Leo Fender in my head saying "just replace the neck! It's modular! Just replace it!" Oh, how times have changed.
Yeah, I remember reading that this was his explicit reason for the bolt-on necks. He saw his instruments as appliances for people to make music and wanted them to be easily repaired.
Having butchered my first (and only so far) “drive the frets out sideways” job I now will do much better thank you Ted. Second the headstock work on “old cracky” was masterful. All of us were glued to our screens. I love it when you tackle the impossible with your Bosch Colt.
I remember the first refret job I did back in the late 80s. It was a 1978 Univox Les Paul copy. the frets must have been pushed in from the side like they did on the Fenders. When I pulled straight up on them using my fret pullers, big chunks of rosewood came off the fingerboard. It was so bad I had to replace the entire fingerboard plus the refret job! I didn't have to deal with an irate customer because it was mine thank goodness!
The host deserves an award for being so good at his job. Not only his guitar work...but also for his camera work and narration. By far and away, he is the best guy on youtube.
WOW ! Thank you for this...what an incredible education. I have a tremendous amount of respect for a luthier who truly knows what he/she is doing. Wish you were in the U.S....namely, New England.
Looking at the direction them cracks are going looks like someone has hammered bushings in there that are too big maple is hard but drilled holes are vulnerable.. great job on fixing up that headstock
An original 63 neck with a reproduction decal, a shit ton of cracks, an overlay of wood added on the side to help not make the already shit ton of cracking worse? That original 63 neck? You see the year and automatically assume it’s valuable. You’re a vintage guitar markets dream.
If it were mine, I would suggest doing the repair on the back to preserve the original face of the head stock. I realize the veneer would be edge more noticeable, but it would be on the back anyway. The cracks on the front would be mostly cosmetic, but natural looking for an old guitar.
@@JoshuaC923 I'm not sure I understand your question. Fender headstocks didn't come from the factory with a veneer like Gibson's did. The necks were solid maple.
Dude! That headstock job on the ‘63 is a seriously impressive repair. Love the way you used the upper fret area as a radius block for the nut on the ‘71 as well. Kudos!
My first guitar was in1977 a Telecaster, the last guitar I bought 2023 was ... a Telecaster and several in between. That 71 is gorgeous. Great Channel and always brilliant when I see a new video is up..
Teles....Most beautiful plank....I love 'em!...I have a '76 all original Tele...Needed to remorgage the house for a '50s or '60s one so went for affordable 70's one bought in '92 in Cardiff, UK for £300 ($400)...The shop was closing and had 3 x 70's Teles...I should have bought all 3 but was strapped for money so bought the one that was all original...Black (actually very dark green in strong lighting) body and rosewood fretboard...Still have it...Since then I went for the '76 trend and got a '76 Twin Reverb Silver face (I checked the pots for date) and a 76' natural Strat all original...Now I just need to learn to play!.. ;o)
While that headstock repair probably was not very complicated on Ted's scale compared to neck resets or body damage etc., I was still amazed by the cleanness of the result.
I absolutely love your work. I don't trust any shops around here for my vintage instruments. Alas trying to absorb as much as I can to do the jobs myself. Thanks
If that blonde Tele had been mine I would have wanted the exact same fret work done. I bet it plays incredibly now. I built a telecaster a few years ago now with standard period correct frets and as soon as I find the time I plan on refreting it with some slightly wider and taller frets as well. Such a great video as always. I'm sure I'll end up rewatching this one a few times over the following years lol!
I need to make one of those heel transition pieces for my Jaws that is a really great idea, I always use my arbor press with a jig I built for that part of the neck but that tool you have is handy as heck and easy to make! Great job on the repairs that Tele headstock was something else!
The machinest in you shows thru when you talk about the headstock taper of .010" I find myself getting to Precision when building guitars for the same reason of being a mech. Insp for 35 years. 😀
Excellent as always! Have a 73 tele with a “Torres” neck stamp myself. Looks more or less identical. Same small frets. I run it with a Musikraft replica neck to play, and keep the original neck as is. Keep the great vids coming!
My dad worked for Fender doing the spray jobs and he confirmed that yes, he was the one spraying the lacquer on so thick on the neck. And no he isn't sorry, ya whiney babies, he was drunk most of the time.
According to things ive gathered on 70's fender, there were massive neck stability issues, but the 3 screw micro-tilt wasnt the source. Supposedly, they just cut the neck pockets way too big.
Beautiful, great and elegant repair, very enjoyable to watch! (Edit: 31:00 , I thought that the face of the headstock was still sprayed with nitro at time due to the Decals flaking of and/or not sticking to well on the polyester finish, and that's why they tend to darken more than the rest, and "knowing" a little Leo Fender History, why buy a whole bunch of new decals and wasted all that money when you can make the 'old' ones work. Cheers, Casper
He don't muck about do he.. I've dabbled in luterising since it was all fields round here and I love guitars and always have, but Twooford is above and beyond. Pure skills. Pure love of the work. Ta.
I love Teles. My first good guitar was also a Tele. A 1999 butterscotch Squier Affinity with Fender Noiseless pickups. I got it from the local pawn shop. I have a Cozart Esquire clone these days.
I lost count how many re fretting videos I have watched so was just about to skip until you mentioned the frets being 'slid ' in from the side. WTF, How have I never stumbled across this? I wonder how many people have just pulled em and messed up a fretboard. Thank you, my pleasure to sub
When you FIRST showed the veneer on the top of the headstock, I thought it would be hiding BIG brass screws, so when it turned out to be tiny steel brads, I was like "What were they holding?"
OMG! so much laquor! I like the slide out the side method. And yeah, your chisel the corners of the block insert was masterful. I thought you were going to rout out the tuning peg holsed too and give tje tuners new holes altogether. But the end result was really top notch. Thanks for sharing. I have 3 telecasters. I love them. Good show.
Both clients should be VERY happy!! Amazing work, as always. It seems like the work on the '63 headstock is so extreme that it hardley seems worthwhile. But I guess with a guitar of that vintage, you do what you can to keep the original parts together, even if it means extreme surgery.
I am in a restauration of a vintage keyboard. Trying to match colors of wood of original and new parts. That amber laquer was interesting 😮 never thought the slight orange color could be the lacquer and not the wood...
I know pretty much nothing about guitar repair. At each beginning I like to envision what he might do, but I'm almost always wrong. LOL! The skill and knowledge is just amazing!
I own a 1963 Jaguar. My neck date is March. The peg head is shallow. In fact, when I got the guitar I thought it had been fiddled with. The nut width is narrow even though it is marked as a “B”. It measures just under 1 5/8”. The string spacing cut into the nut is the same as my newish custom shop Fender, but there is more material removed on either side which makes it feel narrower. After a lot of internet research I discovered many Fenders from spring ‘63 have these identical neck features. I concluded there must have been a particular employee who was shaping necks in this way.
I like Teles bc the electronic control arrangement. Something Laikland does w at least one of their Bass models. Thats mostly why. I also love Fender’s necks. I’ve never even touched one so idk how they feel but they look so nice.
Amazing professional work especially the case with the cracked neck. The repair with the tile implanted was flawless and extremely precise. Can you please give some details about the router you used? Thanks a lot
I am the worst with filing the ends of frets, I almost always slip and scratch the neck. Thankfully they're my guitars so only I care. I once used a chunk of rigid foam as a caul to glue a veneer to a sloped headstock, it worked pretty well. I use a Zero Glide nut system on my Fender style necks, no work needed.
Addendum: I mentioned 3-bolt Teles, which is not entirely correct. Only the Deluxe and Custom went to three bolts. It's weird, but I've worked on far more of those than standard 70's Telecasters.
Your videos rock!
Does this one also have a loose neck pocket or did you just say that some of them do?
I suspect that you’ve worked on more of those because of the bad quality control and the poorly thought out neck change.
Hi ted! :D
I've had these 3 bolt guitars and basses on my bench.
The problem in my modest view is the sloppy pocket.
I've shimmed most of them, first alighning the neck with the pickups and then shimming the sides.
Its not on par with your work but it works a treat!
Hahaha…, I was going to point that out. Standard Telecasters never had these three bolt constructions. Most seventies Telecasters did have a wrong body shape. This one seems to sit in this short transitional period where the body shape is somewhere between correct and incorrect. Once you see it you cannot unsee it.
You sir are the Bob Ross of stringed instruments. I applaud your diligence, patience and calm demeanor
In 1984 I went to the guitar shop in the town next to my village to buy a Fender Telecaster, I had been saving up for the whole of my life (I was 14 years old), I had 2 newspaper rounds and saved my pocket money towards this guitar, when I got to the shop they had 3 Telecasters in stock but all 3 of them had manufacturing issues, the salesman kept knocking money off the price every time I spotted a fault but I wanted a perfect guitar.
I was about to leave the shop and get a bus to the city where there were a multitude of guitar shops when he brought me a Squier Telecaster to try, I had never even heard of Squier and he told me that's what Fender were called in Japan, the guitar was perfect and sounded perfect also, it was much cheaper also, at first I thought they had made a mistake with the price.
I bought the guitar and a selection of pedals also, I still have this guitar today and would put it up against any Fender USA or MIM, I have lost count of the musical friends who have asked for first shout should I ever want to sell my Telecaster, I will never sell this guitar, it feels like an extension of my body.
Around 1990/1 I bought a Japanese Squier for £100 from a junk shop, it turned out to be stolen and belonged to a Gordon Gowdie, he has RUclips videos and tours with bands as a guitarist and last time I spoke to him he was off in a day or two for an American tour with Simple Minds. I got my money back, Gordy got his guitar back. Gordon still has that guitar which his father bought him and he says it’s great.
Good to hear a story of someone coming across the Made in Japan Squier in the wild, when it was still new and still having it to this day. I have a MIJ Squier Strat with a floyd rose and the nicest flamed maple, quartersawn neck, I've ever seen in my life. The FR was stock, which I later learned, is something that would have been only available in Japan and not for import/export. They still do that at Fender Japan... Anyway, it was an amazing guitar but unfortunately, it broke where the bridge post goes into the body, so, I have to repair it.
Congratulations!! I caught myself saying "polishing, polishing, . . . polishing" during that dead air.
Pavlov would be proud.
"Ring, ring , goes the bell..me too.
Me too
Same here!
So did I, kinda disappointed he didn't say it actually
@@jamesunderhill1603 I'm guessing it's because he already said "planing, planing, planing."
. . . or maybe it was a test.
As a 58 year old man Its embarrassing how excited I get when a new Ted video pops up.
Don't feel embarrassed I'm 40 and get auper excited myself bro!!!
I’m glad I’m not the only person
52, 1971 vintage like one of the guitars so I am extra excited!
I'm 63 here, and I'm right there with you.
I’m 66. I get excited too. Lol
The darkening of the 60's Tele was beautiful, hoping to get a quick completed shot of it later. Its always a good day when a new video comes out. Thanks for sharing your craftsmanship.
The amount of care, precision, and attention to detail you apply to your work is something we all should aspire to apply to our own lives!
On both of those Telecasters, I've got Leo Fender in my head saying "just replace the neck! It's modular! Just replace it!"
Oh, how times have changed.
Is that where he left off to?
Vintagey weigh more than the initial functional design. Leo gonna roll in his grave
Yeah, I remember reading that this was his explicit reason for the bolt-on necks. He saw his instruments as appliances for people to make music and wanted them to be easily repaired.
Sounds like a selling point of that day vs Gibson.
I think you are correct ;)
Having butchered my first (and only so far) “drive the frets out sideways” job I now will do much better thank you Ted. Second the headstock work on “old cracky” was masterful. All of us were glued to our screens. I love it when you tackle the impossible with your Bosch Colt.
I have learned a lot from your videos. Thanks for making them. I am 70 years old, and built my first acoustic guitar (Stew-Mac kit) two years ago.
I remember the first refret job I did back in the late 80s. It was a 1978 Univox Les Paul copy. the frets must have been pushed in from the side like they did on the Fenders. When I pulled straight up on them using my fret pullers, big chunks of rosewood came off the fingerboard. It was so bad I had to replace the entire fingerboard plus the refret job! I didn't have to deal with an irate customer because it was mine thank goodness!
The host deserves an award for being so good at his job. Not only his guitar work...but also for his camera work and narration. By far and away, he is the best guy on youtube.
Wow, I haven't to date seen a headstock repair like that one. It looks amazing. Thank you for posting this.
You are so, so talented. That guitar, and the owner are very lucky to have you doing that headstock repair.
The Fender Telecaster, in my humble opinion, is the greatest electric guitar ever made! It's the Wheel! Thanks, Uncle Leo! 😀👍🏻🎸🎶🎶🎶✌️
The work on that Tele headstock is brilliant. I thoroughly enjoyed watching that.
WOW ! Thank you for this...what an incredible education. I have a tremendous amount of respect for a luthier who truly knows what he/she is doing. Wish you were in the U.S....namely, New England.
This brother takes pride in his work. Commendable!
Looking at the direction them cracks are going looks like someone has hammered bushings in there that are too big maple is hard but drilled holes are vulnerable.. great job on fixing up that headstock
Seamless transitions between the '60s Telecaster, the '70s Telecaster, and the '80s Steinberger prototype. 🤓
In all seriousness, lovely as usual. 👍
What a craftsman, I could watch these videos all day long, so I Subscribed! Appreciate you taking the time to share.....great job.
Having a Woodford repair on one of instruments would be like a merit badge. "Here’s where it’s stronger than it was before it broke."
I think you could probably drop off a bag of sawdust and when you picked it back up it would be a perfectly set up guitar
I can’t imagine myself ever having the confidence to take a router to the headstock of an original ‘63 neck. Bravo.
It's just a tool and a piece of wood. Be a man.
An original 63 neck with a reproduction decal, a shit ton of cracks, an overlay of wood added on the side to help not make the already shit ton of cracking worse? That original 63 neck? You see the year and automatically assume it’s valuable. You’re a vintage guitar markets dream.
If it were mine, I would suggest doing the repair on the back to preserve the original face of the head stock. I realize the veneer would be edge more noticeable, but it would be on the back anyway. The cracks on the front would be mostly cosmetic, but natural looking for an old guitar.
@@qua7771but the front itself is a replacement veneer right?
@@JoshuaC923 I'm not sure I understand your question. Fender headstocks didn't come from the factory with a veneer like Gibson's did. The necks were solid maple.
You are a beast! The ultimate compliment given to a tradesman in spanish is to be called “Maistro” and you sir are a true Maistro
After having attempted some minor fret work, I really appreciate Ted’s handy work! It’s not easy to make fret work look so easy!
Superb quality work. So many RUclips channels do things which I shudder to think about, but your work is outstanding. Well done..
What a service to humanity you provide 👏🏿 🙏🏼
The level and depth of knowledge, skill, and history is breath taking. What a master.
I laughed, I cried, I said "Polishing, polishing, polishing" on cue.
This one checked all the boxes. Thanks Ted.
Dude! That headstock job on the ‘63 is a seriously impressive repair. Love the way you used the upper fret area as a radius block for the nut on the ‘71 as well. Kudos!
Thanks Ted! You've inspired me to haul out my pinecaster and work on the action again!
My first guitar was in1977 a Telecaster, the last guitar I bought 2023 was ... a Telecaster and several in between. That 71 is gorgeous. Great Channel and always brilliant when I see a new video is up..
Teles....Most beautiful plank....I love 'em!...I have a '76 all original Tele...Needed to remorgage the house for a '50s or '60s one so went for affordable 70's one bought in '92 in Cardiff, UK for £300 ($400)...The shop was closing and had 3 x 70's Teles...I should have bought all 3 but was strapped for money so bought the one that was all original...Black (actually very dark green in strong lighting) body and rosewood fretboard...Still have it...Since then I went for the '76 trend and got a '76 Twin Reverb Silver face (I checked the pots for date) and a 76' natural Strat all original...Now I just need to learn to play!.. ;o)
Your master of your craft sir. Keep up the amazing work. I do enjoy the videos.
Your expertise is only exceeded by the soothing tones of your voice, Ted!🙂
While that headstock repair probably was not very complicated on Ted's scale compared to neck resets or body damage etc., I was still amazed by the cleanness of the result.
I absolutely love your work. I don't trust any shops around here for my vintage instruments. Alas trying to absorb as much as I can to do the jobs myself. Thanks
If that blonde Tele had been mine I would have wanted the exact same fret work done. I bet it plays incredibly now. I built a telecaster a few years ago now with standard period correct frets and as soon as I find the time I plan on refreting it with some slightly wider and taller frets as well. Such a great video as always. I'm sure I'll end up rewatching this one a few times over the following years lol!
Fun watching the repairs, thanks
I am forever a fan! Every time I watch you I learn something new…
Just really do like your approaches to all situations! Be well.
Beautiful work Doctor!
Well done Ian; a nicely balanced set of arguments on a potentially, very emotive issue.
My God. That headstock plug is the mightiest show of bravery I have seen in a long time. Bravo, sir.
I need to make one of those heel transition pieces for my Jaws that is a really great idea, I always use my arbor press with a jig I built for that part of the neck but that tool you have is handy as heck and easy to make! Great job on the repairs that Tele headstock was something else!
Once again Ted I’m blown away with your work and I love teles so double wow great 👍🏻
Thank you I enjoyed todays video as always and learned something new.
The transitions are comedic gold 😂 thanks for the awesome video Ted. And hello from BC!
Great video! I’ve got a 74 Tele with a rosewood board that needs a refret, I’m desperately seeking somebody in the UK who’ll take as much care.
Your reaction to the cut screen was perfect. “No!”
The machinest in you shows thru when you talk about the headstock taper of .010"
I find myself getting to Precision when building guitars for the same reason of being a mech. Insp for 35 years. 😀
Well done!....another enjoyable repair video 😊
Nice repair,liked the veneer overlay,nice picking!you make my big toe jump up in my boot!LOL
Love the new transitions
Such beautiful work!
Taping sandpaper to the fretboard to radius the bottom of the nut is genius. Still get little nuggets even after all this time.
Just make sure it's a constant radius fingerboard. :)
Oh noooo! TRANSITION!!
lol
Great video, I greatly appreciate your teachings, and your humor.
Greetings from Tennessee...
Excellent as always! Have a 73 tele with a “Torres” neck stamp myself. Looks more or less identical. Same small frets. I run it with a Musikraft replica neck to play, and keep the original neck as is. Keep the great vids coming!
Best job of this I've ever seen!
So many people forget about the sideways loading…
Remarkable craftsmanship! Always fascinating, always look forward to watch your tlc. Thanks Ted!
Holy wow! This is extremely impressive work. An artist among luthiers. I hope you’re getting $300 per hour. You deserve at least that.
Like the Scorses-esque pause and voice over explaining the pool noodle on the fret press.
Teller's are way ahead of Strats!!! Love mine!!
My dad worked for Fender doing the spray jobs and he confirmed that yes, he was the one spraying the lacquer on so thick on the neck. And no he isn't sorry, ya whiney babies, he was drunk most of the time.
Those fumes will do that
Beautifully done as always Ted, thanks so much for sharing!
Love all Ted's videos but this is a particularly good one. Love the inlay and veneer on the Tele headstock. Wonderful stuff!
Another awesome job. I'm such a big fan of your work. I learned so much from your videos. Thanks for all the content.
As usual, more successful resurrections. These guitars will live on and meet their future!
According to things ive gathered on 70's fender, there were massive neck stability issues, but the 3 screw micro-tilt wasnt the source. Supposedly, they just cut the neck pockets way too big.
On these necks, I heat up the frets and remove the lacquer dam with a sharp chisel. Prevents the chipping.
Beautiful, great and elegant repair, very enjoyable to watch!
(Edit: 31:00 , I thought that the face of the headstock was still sprayed with nitro at time due to the Decals flaking of and/or not sticking to well on the polyester finish, and that's why they tend to darken more than the rest, and "knowing" a little Leo Fender History, why buy a whole bunch of new decals and wasted all that money when you can make the 'old' ones work.
Cheers, Casper
He don't muck about do he.. I've dabbled in luterising since it was all fields round here and I love guitars and always have, but Twooford is above and beyond.
Pure skills. Pure love of the work.
Ta.
Still flabbergasted at only 120k subs…why not 1 million plus? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
There will always be an audience for watching something expertly done.
My 75 tele is a 4 bolt sunburst lefty and it’s absolutely beautiful! Has an original WRHB in there too!
That’s a dream tele. Love everything about it
As usual, an absolutely masterful job given the issues with both instruments. Bravo!
Amazing job!!! This was one of my favourite videos you have posted. Incredible work all around!
I love Teles. My first good guitar was also a Tele. A 1999 butterscotch Squier Affinity with Fender Noiseless pickups. I got it from the local pawn shop. I have a Cozart Esquire clone these days.
I really enjoy watching your videos, you’re super pro in my opinion.
good stuff... that 63 is gonna play/tune/sound/look so much better. wicked nice refret on the other...kudos!!
Such a great job on that tele
I never thought of using sandpaper on the fingerboard to shape the nut. Thank you.
I lost count how many re fretting videos I have watched so was just about to skip until you mentioned the frets being 'slid ' in from the side.
WTF, How have I never stumbled across this?
I wonder how many people have just pulled em and messed up a fretboard.
Thank you, my pleasure to sub
I HEARD IT!! EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T SAY IT... I ACTUALLY HEARD IT!!! 🤪 24:42
Poli…..?
When you FIRST showed the veneer on the top of the headstock, I thought it would be hiding BIG brass screws, so when it turned out to be tiny steel brads, I was like "What were they holding?"
OMG! so much laquor!
I like the slide out the side method. And yeah, your chisel the corners of the block insert was masterful.
I thought you were going to rout out the tuning peg holsed too and give tje tuners new holes altogether. But the end result was really top notch. Thanks for sharing. I have 3 telecasters. I love them.
Good show.
Both clients should be VERY happy!! Amazing work, as always. It seems like the work on the '63 headstock is so extreme that it hardley seems worthwhile. But I guess with a guitar of that vintage, you do what you can to keep the original parts together, even if it means extreme surgery.
I am in a restauration of a vintage keyboard. Trying to match colors of wood of original and new parts. That amber laquer was interesting 😮 never thought the slight orange color could be the lacquer and not the wood...
I know pretty much nothing about guitar repair. At each beginning I like to envision what he might do, but I'm almost always wrong. LOL! The skill and knowledge is just amazing!
Its such a privilege and a pleasure to watch you work.
We've got a J Torres!
How cool is that, dude made so many guitars.. all those songs written on guitars he made, isn't that awesome
What an amazing repair!
I own a 1963 Jaguar. My neck date is March. The peg head is shallow. In fact, when I got the guitar I thought it had been fiddled with. The nut width is narrow even though it is marked as a “B”. It measures just under 1 5/8”. The string spacing cut into the nut is the same as my newish custom shop Fender, but there is more material removed on either side which makes it feel narrower. After a lot of internet research I discovered many Fenders from spring ‘63 have these identical neck features. I concluded there must have been a particular employee who was shaping necks in this way.
I like Teles bc the electronic control arrangement. Something Laikland does w at least one of their Bass models. Thats mostly why. I also love Fender’s necks. I’ve never even touched one so idk how they feel but they look so nice.
I do love the very minor flex... "Dan Earlywine was watching one of my videos....". Bravo, sir, Bravo!
I’m the neck comparison, the 63 neck appears much thinner than the 71.
I used to have a 76 with a very thin neck years ago…. I LOVED that thin neck!!
Top notch T! Very top notch work!
Amazing professional work especially the case with the cracked neck. The repair with the tile implanted was flawless and extremely precise. Can you please give some details about the router you used? Thanks a lot
Thanks for the heart attack, I just screamed at the thumbnail WTF HAVE YOU DONE
I am the worst with filing the ends of frets, I almost always slip and scratch the neck. Thankfully they're my guitars so only I care. I once used a chunk of rigid foam as a caul to glue a veneer to a sloped headstock, it worked pretty well. I use a Zero Glide nut system on my Fender style necks, no work needed.