These unashamed Guild copies have always given me a chuckle, especially the Takamine Guild-inspired shield logo on the headstock. But the fake trussrod cover really takes the cake
Had a so-sue-me Takamine years ago. Played great. Sounded great and better as it aged. Gifted to someone I heald in high regard. I get to visit it some. 🙂
I wish I knew the superglue and capo trick when I had my first (very bad) guitar, where the high E string would slide off the fretboard and get stuck under the first fret (triggering the 'slide pick along neck' dance)
Being A Dorset born man loved your I've got a brand new razor blade with tape tune.. it were proper funny! love the videos, keep educating me it's great...
Good information, thank you. I have a 1977 Takamine 12 string solid top. I can't recall the model number, it's stored away in the closet at the moment. My Takamine looks a lot like a Martin d45, abalone inlay at the fretboard, soundhole and around the perimeter of the top. I've had it since 1991. I took it down to 6 strings in about 1996 to reduce the string tension. It sounds, looks and plays really nice
That very fine second crack below the bridge at 9:15 is easy to spot by the discontinuity in the finish reflection. It may only be a few thousandths, but there's definitely a discontinuity there.
Dry guitars probably sound better because the sound waves are not dampened by the water in the wood. As a furniture maker myself, I don't build with anything that isn't below 12% moisture, preferably 5-7%. I couldn't imagine making an acoustic guitar out of wood that has been sitting around in a very humid environment for months.
You would think that manufacturers would build with slightly less humidity in their shops. But then again, that would rob them of their repair $$ as weather changes!!
I used to own a Takamine F360S. Great sounding, playing and looking guitar. So good, a musician friend offered me double what it was worth. So good it was also stolen a couple of years later when I moved to San Diego.
That crappy guitar looks just like my lovely 1972 Epiphone F150. The Japanese factory could have cared less about anything concerning this instrument. It was a love gift from my young wife and it was unplayable. Action was about 3'8 ths of the inch. Intonation was a joke. Zero fret, stupid. I put it away, because it was just shit, for about 30 years. When I opened the case, the neck shot up because a brace had given up and fell into the body. I have worked on this guitar to make it playable, and it seems to work now thanks to you. Much super glue has become part of it. Action is 5/64ths across the board, it has a new nut and several pieces of Walrus ivory chips to temper intonation. A new saddle of said Walrus Ivory and I can now make Barre Chords. Had this guitar for over half a century and it now is my every day go to. Thank you Master.
I did a neck reset on a W117 Mansfield. After heating up the "neck joint" for a long long time, I found out the neck was attached with dowels. Love your channel. Thanks.
Ted always makes me chuckle at the most unexpected times in his videos - the "Brand New Key" parody was priceless. Nice to see he's finally crossed the Silver subscriber threshold.
You've hit the right combination of humor, information and just being yourself. Whatever it is, you've found that comfort spot, like a worn, soft Tshirt or pair of shoes.. Like others, I would watch a daily video , but you are only one man already stretched out to thin. Don't overdo any of it. Stay sane and take breaks when necessary. Peace ✌️
Maybe they had to move the saddle position forward on the Mansfield because of the zero fret? Re: Humidifier - really, get a Venta or similar, those vaporizers tend to leave lime residue over surfaces and also can have nasty hygienic implications, blowing fungus spores all over your shop. This is the best late sunday evening channel (I'm in Germany), getting a bit of common sense and calm before the bleak monday morning. Thanks and keep up the good stuff!
Was that an ultrasonic humidifier that Ted was using? Those things are very bad unless you used distilled water (expensive) and they're not self sterilizing like a steam humidifier.
I call those Mansfield type guitars campfire guitars. The laminated body and top make them great to take camping; they're so durable, you can use them for a paddle, in a pinch! This one sounds great.
I had a Takamine like this, made mid '70s with a mahogany top finished kinda dark. Sounded darker too but I liked that. Top never cracked in years of travel across different climates but the mahogany neck warped, rising on the low E side at the nut until I couldn't file frets and nut to keep up with it and make it playable. Lucky too it wasn't the treble side rising because the action wasn't bad over there at first. By '85 it was done, that top left corner was affecting everywhere on the neck. But it was just not valuable enough a guitar to be worth really fixing or even re-necking so I traded it away. I kinda wish now I'd kept it. I bet the twist stabilized and there was enough fretboard thickness to plane and sand the NW corner of the neck straight and flat again and refret it. Oh well, would've been a fun experiment. Those were solidly built guitars though. Maybe the bodies were too rigid for their tops sometimes. And things like my neck twist are just very rare. But they're probably still not worth re-necking if that was the remedy.
Is there a number $$$ that would make a “don’t ask” into…sure I’d love too. It would be a pickup in person, no shipping, no flights, because United throws guitars.
Heh heh ... dry guitars sound good ... amen! We live in a dry western mountain climate, with the wood stove cracking 24/7 in the winter, which is already dry to begin with. My J45 sounds amazing in the winter at about 1 in the morning, kid you not. The dryness of course, introduces cross grain tension on the top, which is a really weak direction for wood strength. Wood bends great, and is strong in regular tension. But, see how easy it is to split a chunk of wood, or bend or pull apart a thin piece, and it will crack in a hurry. Both introduce cross grain tension. Having said that - tension is what makes things vibrate, including strings, large roadway bridges that fail (check out the Tacoma Narrows bridge - which was unfortunately tuned to the same frequency of the wind), and my house, as the new neighbors decided it was a good idea to cut the site and drop it 10', which is making my house stretch and one side sink ... but the floors are so nice (not) and loud now when you walk. Unfortunately, guitar tops can only go so far in cross grain tension, until that nice tension turns into a crack. Fortunately, the J45 hasn't cracked yet ... but others have. I try to keep them low, against the couch now, and not high on the wall, where the dryness and heat rising combine to produce cracks. Don't get me started about edge seams on fiddles ... you are super great. I want to send you a guitar for a neck reset - it is a crappy guitar, and most people wouldn't think worth fixing. But, it was my first "ok" guitar, and I still think it sounds good. Sorry to blab ... thanks for the vid.
Re. the tuner layout on the Mansfield: my Martins (with pedal-shaped headstocks) all have the same or similar headstock layout, i.e. the tuners for the A and b strings are located further inward than the rest. This, when done right, is to allow all strings to run unobstructed from nut to tuner-peg w/out touching other pegs or strings. So it's not a snafu on the part of Mansfield, but rather an exact copy. Thanks for another enjoyable and instructive video!!
I just read an article comparing Taylor and Takamine. I'm a Takamine fan. So, I was floored that by the end of the article, Takamine won out over Taylor. Personally, I would say that they are both awesome guitars. But I have never found another guitar that I've felt the love for like my Santa Fe. I fell in love with the ascetics the first time I saw one in a Mark Chesnutt video in 1993. I finally got mine 22 years later in 2015.
@Tusk 1157 bought mine from a small music shop in I think Greenwich village NYC ( I'm from the uk and was on holiday touring the States in 93/94 iirc) I'm a lefty and I walked in and I was looking around and seen only one left handed guitar and it was the en10c! Anyway I bought it and cost around £700 uk money. Downside was it was right at the beginning of the holiday and I was visiting around 10 different locations in the US. So it was on and off aeroplanes and stuffed into the boots ( trunks) of countless cars across thousands of miles east coast to west to south and all over before it came back home with me. Its done hundreds of gigs and the only thing that needed repairing was the pre amp. I just replaced it with something else but that was 15 years ago! Amazing guitar and I wouldn't hesitate to buy another.
@@stu-j,, Takamine's durability is one of the things that they are know for. Taylor was just getting a name for themselves around that time, too. When they first came out, one of their downfalls was that they wouldn't have survived the plane trip that you and your Takamine took. Another was they had no pre-amps or piezo pickup. I don't think they started putting Fishman electronics until around 1998. I've got an EF341 and EF38112string, too. I think, I recall the model you have. I had to Google it to make sure that it was the one I thought it was. It is and the black blocks around the sound hole were I recalled the most. It's a very nice guitar.
@@TUSK1157 yeah block soundhole rosette and it had the takamine equaliser pre amp fitted but that was replaced with a fishman just because getting stuff from Japan takes time and I needed it quickly. They are a bulletproof guitar and looking about they still hold value quite well also! Especially the early 90s stuff. I've only got one Taylor so not much experience with them as it's new ish ( and a cheap ish GS mini) it's a massive sounding guitar for being small body. Love my en10c and would never part with it!
Very clever! Of all the pronouciations of Takamine, that one is new to me! I have 2 factory lefties, both Martin clones: 1984 F340S (last year of the Martin headstock) and a 1977 F360S (with the most incredible factory amber overspray). Wish I could find a lefty in the Guild jumbo style!
I know you're not an instructional channel exactly, but you have encouraged me to reglue the lifting/detached bridge from my Ibanez Hummingbird copy and do a bit of a setup/fret polish on my Takamine New Yorker parlour guitar. Thank you. :-)
If you're out there, Ted, I was one of those who commented in the zero fret thing. Your remark around extra wear is convincing. It is worsened where there is lots of space between the 0 fret and the string guide. I have had 0 fret guitars made for me dating back to the 70s and I still have one. I looked at it and there is NO fretwear whatever - unlike the Mansfeild which looks to have big divots - despite the guitar having been played hard and put away wet for 46 years. Roger Bucknall of Fylde talks about this a lot. Good quality wire and a good fit = less wear than on the frets that get played. They aren't getting pressed up and down. As always, your experience trumps most things. Maybe I just got lucky.
Another fantastically informative video. I genuinely look forward to these coming out. And watching your videos has also helped me to perfect headstock break repairs. I really appreciate the effort you put into these.
Friend of mine has a similar Takamine though not quite that old. Early eighties maybe. Absolutely beautiful sounding guitar. Always love playing with him just to hear it.
I was looking at my Ibanez acoustic just now and thought about you. It's cool to see a video pop up right after. If my guitar ever needs help, you're first on my list.
Speaking of things that should never be used on instruments, the one thing that used to drive me insane when I worked at a music store is when someone would bring in an amp they hosed down in Armor All. It would get all over your hands, then transfer to any surface you touched for the next six hours.
The silicone in Armor-All are very bad for guitar finishes. Probably not great for Tolex and other coverings either. I used to clean Tolex with a Murphys oil soap and water mix,; if you wanted to protect it and make it shine afterwards, butcher's wax or J&J paste wax worked well.
Nice, thanks. First time I've noticed your clamp for pulling the crack up tight. Got a rebuild going on a personal instrument that will probably benefit from one of that styling. Thanks again sir. Always enjoy the knowledgeable commentary.
Aww, I was hoping to see a Takamine neck reset. I've got a '73 F375 that's in serious need. Action's at 8+ 64ths and there's no saddle left to shave. I might be able to shave the bridge down, but not sure it's a good idea to take the needed 1/8" off that. I'm tempted to try to do a neck reset myself since I don't think it's worth spending $300+ to get that done. I've seen you struggle with a few Japanese neck removals, so I'm not sure if I want to buy the tools and attempt the full blown reset or instead do a 'kung-fu" style one. Oh, well - I guess it'll sit in the corner a while longer while I continue to 'fret' about it :-(
Awesome hearing you talk about Payne music. Bob was a treasure - never failed to show me pictures of my dad that were posted on the wall, though I was too young to appreciate it at the time.
4:23 From the look of these grotty strings, either player never washes his hands, or too cheap to replace strings, or guitar hasn't been played in at least ten years. Yechhh!
A good friend asked me to look at his guitar because he was having major intonation problems (I'm just and amateur, BTW). I didn't look at it, I asked him when he last changed the strings - 'oh, about 5 years ago or so'. Problem gone.
I live in Eastern Canada and hang all my guitars on the wall.I never have had a problem with cracked tops in 50 years.I have a guild that Takamine copied that one of
I live in NB and in the winter in my living room i forgot to put my Martin D35 back in the case overnight. In one day the dryness opened up the seam behind the bridge. My tech fixed it but he said it did not surprise him. The dryness in the winter here is brutal on solid acoustics
Fine workmanship as always! I appreciate the level of care you put into making these old import guitars playable again. The owners will be able to enjoy them for many more years.
It's great to see you take so much care with these instruments. Another popular guitar RUclips channel that will remain nameless doesn't do anything to care for the guitar. It's shocking
The mineral dust from ultrasonic humidifiers is bad for your lungs, unless you use distilled water, and they can grow and propagate mold spores. Better to use a hot-steam humidifier.
Those are bad in many ways…I use the evaporated type …I have two VORNADO whole room that work fantastic, very quiet on low fan & hold 4 gallons water…I also use the water treatment to keep the scaling to a minimum.
How absolutely fantastic! ......... That Mansfield could be a clone to my Yamaki of the same era! Mine was purchased in London. I never noticed the offset A and B tuners till you pointed it out on that guitar, and yes mine is the same. Thanks for a great video!
That Mansfield sounds surprisingly good for a ply top guitar. Every ply top I've played sounded far more dead. Maybe all the years have conspired to make it better.
I've got a lefty converted to righty '78 Tak F-360S...the top is in good condition, only one short little hairline crack in the finish, but the binding all dried up and cracked off probably 20 years ago. I rebound it, and with fresh strings she still sounds fantastic.
Always enjoy the skills you share and experience along the way I put in my list of knowledge as well sharing in a group since I want your experience and channel to expand to others have a wonderful new year as always thanks for allowing us to enjoy your life as a repairman
Happy New Year, Mr. Woodford! Nice video on these old budget classics. I have actually played a late 70s Takamine in college, and found it to be a nice sounding guitar for the money.
"The onboard fuzz circuit"
The delivery on these jokes is as funny as the joke itself
I appreciated the power of the the dad joke contained in that lol
These unashamed Guild copies have always given me a chuckle, especially the Takamine Guild-inspired shield logo on the headstock. But the fake trussrod cover really takes the cake
Now I know why the Takamine on the headstock was shaped like that. That is a Guild looking logo.
@twoodfrd470 🤡
@@op8388 scammer
@@mellowvids9637 Of course
@@op8388 just in case anyone else was wondering. People have been duped on this channel before
That Takamine has a nice voice.
Omg a capo to hold frets down while gluing (slap self upside head)!
Had a so-sue-me Takamine years ago. Played great. Sounded great and better as it aged. Gifted to someone I heald in high regard. I get to visit it some. 🙂
I almost did the same thing,still have the 340s
Love how that crazy glue wicks under the offending finish. I have learned so much from this channel!! Many thanks, Ted!!
I wish I knew the superglue and capo trick when I had my first (very bad) guitar, where the high E string would slide off the fretboard and get stuck under the first fret (triggering the 'slide pick along neck' dance)
Using a capo as a single fret clamp !?! how have I lived not knowing this trick? Old dogs can earn new tricks. Thanks Ted!
@OfficialVerhulst05how does it feel to be a moron?
I've watched every video you've put out but I'm watching every video from the newest to the oldest on my paid day off today.
Always be polishing. Nice one.
Being A Dorset born man loved your I've got a brand new razor blade with tape tune.. it were proper funny! love the videos, keep educating me it's great...
I reckon he was doing the original version (Brand New Key) Don’t think The Wurzels made it to The New World ?!…although it WOULD be better !
I shot JR….I’ve still got the sign on the back of my car….
@@joelfildes5544 🤣
Beautiful Jumbo Guild copy (Takamine)
Onboard fuzz unit!! Nice!
Good information, thank you.
I have a 1977 Takamine 12 string solid top. I can't recall the model number, it's stored away in the closet at the moment. My Takamine looks a lot like a Martin d45, abalone inlay at the fretboard, soundhole and around the perimeter of the top. I've had it since 1991. I took it down to 6 strings in about 1996 to reduce the string tension. It sounds, looks and plays really nice
Nice Melanie reference.👍
That very fine second crack below the bridge at 9:15 is easy to spot by the discontinuity in the finish reflection. It may only be a few thousandths, but there's definitely a discontinuity there.
Ahhh my weekly dose of sanity...Happy New Year Ted
Dry guitars probably sound better because the sound waves are not dampened by the water in the wood. As a furniture maker myself, I don't build with anything that isn't below 12% moisture, preferably 5-7%. I couldn't imagine making an acoustic guitar out of wood that has been sitting around in a very humid environment for months.
You would think that manufacturers would build with slightly less humidity in their shops. But then again, that would rob them of their repair $$ as weather changes!!
Think I'm beginning to understand why I like this channel so much. It appeals to my easy going nature and yet my hyperactive attention the detail.
Lol! I live 40 miles away from Malibu Beach. 25 miles north of Hollywood. Our humidity in July to November is as low as 5% to the high of 25%.
Omg, the Walk Hard reference had me chuckling.
I used to own a Takamine F360S. Great sounding, playing and looking guitar. So good, a musician friend offered me double what it was worth. So good it was also stolen a couple of years later when I moved to San Diego.
I still have one, can't bear to let it go.
Thanks for playing them for us Ted.
That crappy guitar looks just like my lovely 1972 Epiphone F150. The Japanese factory could have cared less about anything concerning this instrument. It was a love gift from my young wife and it was unplayable. Action was about 3'8 ths of the inch. Intonation was a joke. Zero fret, stupid. I put it away, because it was just shit, for about 30 years. When I opened the case, the neck shot up because a brace had given up and fell into the body. I have worked on this guitar to make it playable, and it seems to work now thanks to you. Much super glue has become part of it. Action is 5/64ths across the board, it has a new nut and several pieces of Walrus ivory chips to temper intonation. A new saddle of said Walrus Ivory and I can now make Barre Chords. Had this guitar for over half a century and it now is my every day go to. Thank you Master.
Thank you for another enjoyable video.
Thank you for the video
Did you notice the binding coming apart at the heel on the first guitar?
I did a neck reset on a W117 Mansfield. After heating up the "neck joint" for a long long time, I found out the neck was attached with dowels. Love your channel. Thanks.
I get to see your videos around 10pm, before I go to sleep for Monday mornings... I love the zen your work brings to us. Thank you, sir!
Great video Ted, thank you for posting.
Keep safe 👍
Ted always makes me chuckle at the most unexpected times in his videos - the "Brand New Key" parody was priceless. Nice to see he's finally crossed the Silver subscriber threshold.
Hi Ted. I cannot get enough of your videos. I don’t know why. Cheers, from Melbourne Australia.
You've hit the right combination of humor, information and just being yourself. Whatever it is, you've found that comfort spot, like a worn, soft Tshirt or pair of shoes.. Like others, I would watch a daily video , but you are only one man already stretched out to thin. Don't overdo any of it. Stay sane and take breaks when necessary.
Peace ✌️
I love how Insta posts from Ted tell me what I'm gonna be watching in a few days. :)
Maybe they had to move the saddle position forward on the Mansfield because of the zero fret?
Re: Humidifier - really, get a Venta or similar, those vaporizers tend to leave lime residue over surfaces and also can have nasty hygienic implications, blowing fungus spores all over your shop.
This is the best late sunday evening channel (I'm in Germany), getting a bit of common sense and calm before the bleak monday morning. Thanks and keep up the good stuff!
Was that an ultrasonic humidifier that Ted was using? Those things are very bad unless you used distilled water (expensive) and they're not self sterilizing like a steam humidifier.
Very good information! It looks like my Guild F-50
I think one of my favorite parts of your videos is when you play the instruments you work on.
@twoodfrd470 Piss off, scam boy.
I call those Mansfield type guitars campfire guitars. The laminated body and top make them great to take camping; they're so durable, you can use them for a paddle, in a pinch! This one sounds great.
Happy new year Ted.
I had a Takamine like this, made mid '70s with a mahogany top finished kinda dark. Sounded darker too but I liked that. Top never cracked in years of travel across different climates but the mahogany neck warped, rising on the low E side at the nut until I couldn't file frets and nut to keep up with it and make it playable. Lucky too it wasn't the treble side rising because the action wasn't bad over there at first. By '85 it was done, that top left corner was affecting everywhere on the neck. But it was just not valuable enough a guitar to be worth really fixing or even re-necking so I traded it away. I kinda wish now I'd kept it. I bet the twist stabilized and there was enough fretboard thickness to plane and sand the NW corner of the neck straight and flat again and refret it. Oh well, would've been a fun experiment. Those were solidly built guitars though. Maybe the bodies were too rigid for their tops sometimes. And things like my neck twist are just very rare. But they're probably still not worth re-necking if that was the remedy.
Thanks again for sharing your skills, I learn something new on almost all your repair videos.Its always a good day when you post a video.
Is there a number $$$ that would make a “don’t ask” into…sure I’d love too. It would be a pickup in person, no shipping, no flights, because United throws guitars.
I have a 1978 Takamine F360S the Martin D28 lawsuit model that I purchased in 1978 and after 45 years it still plays, sounds and looks great!
Heh heh ... dry guitars sound good ... amen! We live in a dry western mountain climate, with the wood stove cracking 24/7 in the winter, which is already dry to begin with. My J45 sounds amazing in the winter at about 1 in the morning, kid you not. The dryness of course, introduces cross grain tension on the top, which is a really weak direction for wood strength. Wood bends great, and is strong in regular tension. But, see how easy it is to split a chunk of wood, or bend or pull apart a thin piece, and it will crack in a hurry. Both introduce cross grain tension. Having said that - tension is what makes things vibrate, including strings, large roadway bridges that fail (check out the Tacoma Narrows bridge - which was unfortunately tuned to the same frequency of the wind), and my house, as the new neighbors decided it was a good idea to cut the site and drop it 10', which is making my house stretch and one side sink ... but the floors are so nice (not) and loud now when you walk. Unfortunately, guitar tops can only go so far in cross grain tension, until that nice tension turns into a crack. Fortunately, the J45 hasn't cracked yet ... but others have. I try to keep them low, against the couch now, and not high on the wall, where the dryness and heat rising combine to produce cracks. Don't get me started about edge seams on fiddles ... you are super great. I want to send you a guitar for a neck reset - it is a crappy guitar, and most people wouldn't think worth fixing. But, it was my first "ok" guitar, and I still think it sounds good. Sorry to blab ... thanks for the vid.
Re. the tuner layout on the Mansfield: my Martins (with pedal-shaped headstocks) all have the same or similar headstock layout, i.e. the tuners for the A and b strings are located further inward than the rest. This, when done right, is to allow all strings to run unobstructed from nut to tuner-peg w/out touching other pegs or strings. So it's not a snafu on the part of Mansfield, but rather an exact copy. Thanks for another enjoyable and instructive video!!
Love my 90s en10c lh it's a beautiful guitar and sounds fantastic! Yes it's not a Taylor or a Martin but the higher end takamine guitars are fabulous.
I just read an article comparing Taylor and Takamine. I'm a Takamine fan. So, I was floored that by the end of the article, Takamine won out over Taylor. Personally, I would say that they are both awesome guitars. But I have never found another guitar that I've felt the love for like my Santa Fe. I fell in love with the ascetics the first time I saw one in a Mark Chesnutt video in 1993. I finally got mine 22 years later in 2015.
@Tusk 1157 bought mine from a small music shop in I think Greenwich village NYC ( I'm from the uk and was on holiday touring the States in 93/94 iirc) I'm a lefty and I walked in and I was looking around and seen only one left handed guitar and it was the en10c! Anyway I bought it and cost around £700 uk money. Downside was it was right at the beginning of the holiday and I was visiting around 10 different locations in the US. So it was on and off aeroplanes and stuffed into the boots ( trunks) of countless cars across thousands of miles east coast to west to south and all over before it came back home with me. Its done hundreds of gigs and the only thing that needed repairing was the pre amp. I just replaced it with something else but that was 15 years ago! Amazing guitar and I wouldn't hesitate to buy another.
@@stu-j,, Takamine's durability is one of the things that they are know for. Taylor was just getting a name for themselves around that time, too. When they first came out, one of their downfalls was that they wouldn't have survived the plane trip that you and your Takamine took. Another was they had no pre-amps or piezo pickup. I don't think they started putting Fishman electronics until around 1998. I've got an EF341 and EF38112string, too. I think, I recall the model you have. I had to Google it to make sure that it was the one I thought it was. It is and the black blocks around the sound hole were I recalled the most. It's a very nice guitar.
@@TUSK1157 yeah block soundhole rosette and it had the takamine equaliser pre amp fitted but that was replaced with a fishman just because getting stuff from Japan takes time and I needed it quickly. They are a bulletproof guitar and looking about they still hold value quite well also! Especially the early 90s stuff. I've only got one Taylor so not much experience with them as it's new ish ( and a cheap ish GS mini) it's a massive sounding guitar for being small body. Love my en10c and would never part with it!
Very clever! Of all the pronouciations of Takamine, that one is new to me! I have 2 factory lefties, both Martin clones: 1984 F340S (last year of the Martin headstock) and a 1977 F360S (with the most incredible factory amber overspray). Wish I could find a lefty in the Guild jumbo style!
The “e” is always pronounced like “eh” in Japanese. Should be easy for a Canadian to say:
Tah kah meen eh
That looks like a Mosrite string guide. I'm sure it's quite a bit wider. They made them in chrome plated brass
I know you're not an instructional channel exactly, but you have encouraged me to reglue the lifting/detached bridge from my Ibanez Hummingbird copy and do a bit of a setup/fret polish on my Takamine New Yorker parlour guitar. Thank you. :-)
If you're out there, Ted, I was one of those who commented in the zero fret thing. Your remark around extra wear is convincing. It is worsened where there is lots of space between the 0 fret and the string guide. I have had 0 fret guitars made for me dating back to the 70s and I still have one. I looked at it and there is NO fretwear whatever - unlike the Mansfeild which looks to have big divots - despite the guitar having been played hard and put away wet for 46 years. Roger Bucknall of Fylde talks about this a lot. Good quality wire and a good fit = less wear than on the frets that get played. They aren't getting pressed up and down. As always, your experience trumps most things. Maybe I just got lucky.
Having a lot of guitars is nice, but the maintenance is never ending. Sometimes you just want to run away with one road worn strat.
Another fantastically informative video. I genuinely look forward to these coming out. And watching your videos has also helped me to perfect headstock break repairs. I really appreciate the effort you put into these.
As a (retired) hvac/refrigeration engineer, I very much enjoyed your discussion of manufacturing floor humidity. Spot on!
That was cool, it was hard to seeing that interior of that jumbo. That was sick in there. I would vac or blow air with a face mask?
Friend of mine has a similar Takamine though not quite that old. Early eighties maybe. Absolutely beautiful sounding guitar. Always love playing with him just to hear it.
Love his double-rod curve-caul clamp to bring the top plates together. I must make one TODAY
I was looking at my Ibanez acoustic just now and thought about you. It's cool to see a video pop up right after. If my guitar ever needs help, you're first on my list.
Speaking of things that should never be used on instruments, the one thing that used to drive me insane when I worked at a music store is when someone would bring in an amp they hosed down in Armor All. It would get all over your hands, then transfer to any surface you touched for the next six hours.
The silicone in Armor-All are very bad for guitar finishes. Probably not great for Tolex and other coverings either. I used to clean Tolex with a Murphys oil soap and water mix,; if you wanted to protect it and make it shine afterwards, butcher's wax or J&J paste wax worked well.
@@goodun2974 Windex works really well and doesn't leave a residue
@@andymandiak603 windex is safe on Tolex and most painted or silkscreened metal, but on some older amps it can remove the silkscreening.
Nice, thanks. First time I've noticed your clamp for pulling the crack up tight. Got a rebuild going on a personal instrument that will probably benefit from one of that styling. Thanks again sir. Always enjoy the knowledgeable commentary.
I have a 1981 Tak. It's a Martin copy. Excellent guitar.
That action is high enough to be a clothesline.
Congrats on 100k! Please do a q and a video to celebrate at some point
Chuckled at the Melanie reference
Ive used that superglue trick to treat "Hameritis". Delaminating finish of the edges of the fretboard on Hamer USA guitars.
Aww, I was hoping to see a Takamine neck reset. I've got a '73 F375 that's in serious need. Action's at 8+ 64ths and there's no saddle left to shave. I might be able to shave the bridge down, but not sure it's a good idea to take the needed 1/8" off that. I'm tempted to try to do a neck reset myself since I don't think it's worth spending $300+ to get that done. I've seen you struggle with a few Japanese neck removals, so I'm not sure if I want to buy the tools and attempt the full blown reset or instead do a 'kung-fu" style one. Oh, well - I guess it'll sit in the corner a while longer while I continue to 'fret' about it :-(
Awesome hearing you talk about Payne music. Bob was a treasure - never failed to show me pictures of my dad that were posted on the wall, though I was too young to appreciate it at the time.
4:23 From the look of these grotty strings, either player never washes his hands, or too cheap to replace strings, or guitar hasn't been played in at least ten years. Yechhh!
A good friend asked me to look at his guitar because he was having major intonation problems (I'm just and amateur, BTW). I didn't look at it, I asked him when he last changed the strings - 'oh, about 5 years ago or so'. Problem gone.
Takamine steals the Guild headstock logo.
I live in Eastern Canada and hang all my guitars on the wall.I never have had a problem with cracked tops in 50 years.I have a guild that Takamine copied that one of
Where in eastern Canada?
I live in NB and in the winter in my living room i forgot to put my Martin D35 back in the case overnight. In one day the dryness opened up the seam behind the bridge. My tech fixed it but he said it did not surprise him. The dryness in the winter here is brutal on solid acoustics
I don't even play guitar nor even own one but am always fascinated by your videos.
Thanks for the great video, best part of my Sunday night here in Germany
Fine workmanship as always! I appreciate the level of care you put into making these old import guitars playable again. The owners will be able to enjoy them for many more years.
Thanks Ted!
That fake truss rod cover got a proper laugh out of me!
That "vintage Takamine tape" could be sold on Reverb for $899 an inch
I love it.
love your sense of humor ted! keep up the great work.
"onboard fuzz circuit"🤣
85% humidity is 50% higher than 70% humidity, if ya know what I'm saying?...lol
Another great video!
You were on fire in this video! All I was missing was a rimshot or subtle bass slide after a couple of them zingers
Video initiated me listening to Brand New Key three times
The 70s were a wonderful time.
It's great to see you take so much care with these instruments. Another popular guitar RUclips channel that will remain nameless doesn't do anything to care for the guitar. It's shocking
I have that humidifier (in Montreal). It keeps things around 40% in the room where the guitars are, but the white dust it generates is insane.
The mineral dust from ultrasonic humidifiers is bad for your lungs, unless you use distilled water, and they can grow and propagate mold spores. Better to use a hot-steam humidifier.
Those are bad in many ways…I use the evaporated type …I have two VORNADO whole room that work fantastic, very quiet on low fan & hold 4 gallons water…I also use the water treatment to keep the scaling to a minimum.
Great video.
How absolutely fantastic! ......... That Mansfield could be a clone to my Yamaki of the same era! Mine was purchased in London. I never noticed the offset A and B tuners till you pointed it out on that guitar, and yes mine is the same. Thanks for a great video!
LMFAO at saving the vintage tape 🤣👍
That Mansfield sounds surprisingly good for a ply top guitar. Every ply top I've played sounded far more dead. Maybe all the years have conspired to make it better.
I've got a lefty converted to righty '78 Tak F-360S...the top is in good condition, only one short little hairline crack in the finish, but the binding all dried up and cracked off probably 20 years ago. I rebound it, and with fresh strings she still sounds fantastic.
If I recall correctly, Yamaha piano factory in Indonesia controls the humidity differently based on where the piano is shipped to.
Bravo...
Always enjoy the skills you share and experience along the way I put in my list of knowledge as well sharing in a group since I want your experience and channel to expand to others have a wonderful new year as always thanks for allowing us to enjoy your life as a repairman
Hi Ted, greating from Wisconsin. Great work as usual. My wife thought the name of your channel was Two Odd fred. She so enjoys your channel too.
Happy new year from Scotland Ted
I’ve got a brand new combine harvester, and thanks for askin me ;)
Using a capo as a clamp is so obvious now that I've seen you do it. Can't believe I haven't thought of it before.
Happy New Year, Mr. Woodford! Nice video on these old budget classics. I have actually played a late 70s Takamine in college, and found it to be a nice sounding guitar for the money.
"Murphy Lab" patina. Folks pay a lot for that.
Takamine sounds so much nicer than the Mansfield😊!
Those inlays really cleaned up nice, Ted!
I'm betting the machine head holes on the Mansfield were spaced using a spacing template for a LP or similar.