Philosophical note: I never agree with the 'I already talked about this in another video' thing. I always feel the best things and most needed things... and even the most basic things always deserve repeating (even ad infinitum). The best songs, chords, melodies, etc... all are worthy of revisiting. Same with foods, movies, locations. So, my opinion: Never act like repeating is bad. It is not 'repetitive' it is fortifying. I never tire of seeing you dress frets or pull sandpaper through heel joints.... works like and anchor... fortifying the technique. Every hammer swing makes the next one better... I just made that up. Love the content... family viewing for me and I only ever do minor work on my own instruments.
I wanted to comment something in this direction in a different video but forgot about it. You've done it beautifully. I share this opinion, I also never tire of seeing a procedure being confidently executed, even ad infinitum.
@@twoodfrd If you see part of your purpose as educational, then I guess this is a burden you carry for the benefit of all your viewers. Remember that each one looks pretty much the same to you, but, when we watch, often we are struck by the small nuances that provide another small lesson in how things can be the same, but 'different'. Thanks for putting up with the boredom, because we, or at least, I, don't ever find your videos boring. Thanks for the interesting videos.
Seriously? This is RUclips, not a college course. Ted has the best luthier channel on here, and he both does amazing work and provides an excellent narrative. He’s an artisan; a master craftsman. If you need to know all the fine details, of everything he’s done, the burden is on you to watch his other videos. If you simply can’t remember them, maybe you should take notes.
I agree about with what you said about the new frets playing different. I got a refret by Mike Lull (RIP) on a 76 Les Paul I had played until there was barely any frets left. When I first tried it in his shop afterwards, I played it all out of intonation. Mike heard that and came into the tryout room to explain to me what was going on: I had been fretting very hard to compensate for the fret-less wonder, now I didn't have to fret so hard. Then he adjusted the guitar a little bit more based on listening to me play. Its been amazing playing it since. Like you, he also shaved the binding nubs on the fretboard and extended the frets over the binding. Keeps the high e from slipping off the edge, a problem the guitar previously had.
I came to learn about maintenance for my own guitars... I’ve learned about the patience and skill required, respect for the old wonderful instruments we might find and how tone is created. Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge and experience. 🇦🇺
What makes Ted’s videos so great is not only the amazing technical work but also his vast knowledge and succinct description of the particular task he is working on. No fluff no drama and just enough dry wit to make me smile at something every time.
That '80 LP you refretted being 40 years old from the time of it's manufacture to the present versus 28 years from the time the very first LP was made to 1980 really gave me pause...to ponder how really ancient I AM! LoL
I love watching your videos and always learn something. Every now and again I see something and facepalm as I learn new tricks which should have been obvious. Thank you as always.
I will certainly remember that alligator clamp trick! Mostly, I simply replace the springs with surgical tubing, but the tubing will eventually get hard [ Years and years later ] making adjustments for the pickup height a problem. Great idea.
Nice repairs as usual. Recently, I saw a PRS shop tour where one of the builders showed how they clean up glue squeeze out in tight areas using a toothbrush.
That’s very true about the fret height and pulling your notes sharp. Years ago I bought a used guitar in very good shape with jumbo frets. A friend who has way, way more playing time than I do gave it a try and immediately commented on the fret height and how it almost felt like a scalloped neck compared to his Stratocasters with mediums. So yeah - if you go big (or at least bigger) on frets, be prepared to learn to fret more lightly.
Something you mentioned here rang true with me. I recently brought my first bass to a local shop to see if the neck could be saved.. the truss rod seems to be severely seized.. I've had this old Squier P-Bass for well over 20 years now, and it was never really maintained as well as it should have been.. I was embarrassed to take it in before now because of how neglected it was over the years and worried that the luthier would judge me.. So, i never brought it anywhere for years.. but had i brought it in a decade back I might have saved the thing.. Thanks for the video!
Slot the bridge and turn the pegs around. Slotted pegs tend to add torsion to the bridge...if the string eye is secured under the body and bridge, you don't even need the peg, but that helps keep bridges from lifting from the rear and makes more of the string tension direct downward into the bridge.
Thank you for such a timely video. I'm about to remove the bridge off my Takamine due to lifting. I'm terrified to do it but it has to be done. Seeing this helps so much. Love this guitar....you can beat her for hours and it just stays in tune day after day. Amazing guitar.
I feel rewarded at the end of these vids , ha ha ha . I get excited like my mind thinks I'm going to enjoy the beautifully fixed guitar . Great work as always .
Look forward every week to see what I can learn. Amazing the way you explain things. Have played for years but just recently (two years ago) got into the luthier side of things. I have learned so much from your videos, thank you !!!!!
I ended up making a maple block to bolt my bridge down to make contact with the back.....works great if manufacturers could make the necessary bolts decorative or wood capped maybe
Adam Savage just made a video that mentioned you throughout 😀 glad to see mastery and quality through the prideful work and great storytelling get recognized
I liked this one. I like all your informative. Entertaining Videos. But this was especially entertaining with the Gibson perceived neck thickness due to new frets
Ted, I just want to thank you for saving me from hacking up my humble collection of 12 guitars. By watching your channel, I have learned the right tools and techniques to use to the work correctly! You are a master, though too humble to admit it. And, your gentle touch, patience and sense of humor have me enjoying your work and aspiring to take on more challenges. Life is short and we work to have time for our hobbies. Make sure you have some and take a vacation at least twice a year. Do vids of them and enjoy too. Cheers from SE Pennsylvania.
I’ve seen the way you work, and I’ve seen the way others do their work, and I have to say that I would rather have you work on my $3000.00 Martin than the other guys, GOOD JOB!
Nice work as usual. I quite liked the look of the natural top Les Paul, it’s funny but I can never bring myself to do that sort of thing to one of my guitars but I’d quite happily buy one that somebody else had already done it to.
I know this not likely to be noticed before I end up just doing it. But, I am doing a refret on my old friend Yairi acoustic with some EVO gold and there were two frets where the barbs are too narrow to grab into the rosewood. All of the other frets went in very nicely and I have those CA glued down already. I know of a few options, but not sure which is the best route to go. There is the StewMac fret barb crimper --> dang it expensive, would be another week to get here, and these EVO gold frets are pretty brittle. I would be afraid of just killing the fret instead of fixing it with that option. Then there is the "hammer in, hold in place, and use thin CA glue to secure" option. That seems like it would work for a little while but the thin stuff doesn't fill voids very well, so it may be temporary at best. Then there is the option of using a thicker epoxy in the slot, lightly hammering in, and then clamping. I may be leaning toward that right now. We'll see how I feel in a few hours when I get back at it. Maybe an opinion will pop up before I commit :) ...Love the twoodfrd videos - all of them. Rock on, gang!
I put a harsher radius on one of them, replaced the other, put them in and chased with super thin CA glue. It should be the last refret this guitar ever needs.
I enjoy your videos a lot, thanks. How would you go about getting the bare wood under the bridge ready for bridge reglueing when there are also "dog hair" wood fibers to take care of.
That is one neglected and abused Les Paul..I have a 1980 custom that has had a re fret on about 5 years ago..I have played the shit out of it since I got it in 87 and it's in great shape!..wore most of the finish off the neck but it just plays better as it gets older!
It's a shame those headstock finish blemishes got past QC at Takamine, but accidents happen. I don't think they did it on porpoise...(crickets). I'll go now.
Still a common practice with Takamines. I have a recent nylon string and the bridge recently flew right off the body. I heard a large snapping and looked over and the whole bridge had jumped off the soundboard. Finish covering the entire underside of the bridge. Pretty disappointing to see and frustrating to have to repair an otherwise nearly brand new guitar
i am wondering if a person could use a fine point ballpoint pen to outline a bridge..the ball would roll a line in the surface instead of cutting into the wood fibers...take an empty pen cartridge and use only the ball.. this way it would not cut the wood fibers like an exacto knife would.. have you ever tried that ?
Any of them work. Some people don't like the idea of a "nonreversible" glue for this kind of repair, but if we're being honest nobody ever tries to take them apart again.
I bought my last Takamine, a brand new EN20, in '89. I guess that was the Kaman era when the dual saddle bridges were pinless top loaders. I wonder why they reverted back to pin bridges so quickly?
3:02 What was that little tool Ted used to pop up those mother of toilet seat inlay dots on the bridge? It looked like a handle with a really small feeler gauge on the end. I could really use some of those, they seem like they would have a ton of uses!
Even I had to laugh a little at seeing my guitar.. can’t wait to get it back. Great job Ted.
Hi Jeff,Captain Curious here. Did you do the refin?
Yes and no. As I just sanded it and put a little stain on the top as I remember. That was 20 years ago
Looks fantastic man, love the vibe it’s got
Curtis-In the final clip, it looks like the cutaway was “sharpened” to resemble a Florentine cutaway. Am I seeing that right?
@@bevo65 not sure
Philosophical note: I never agree with the 'I already talked about this in another video' thing. I always feel the best things and most needed things... and even the most basic things always deserve repeating (even ad infinitum). The best songs, chords, melodies, etc... all are worthy of revisiting. Same with foods, movies, locations. So, my opinion: Never act like repeating is bad. It is not 'repetitive' it is fortifying. I never tire of seeing you dress frets or pull sandpaper through heel joints.... works like and anchor... fortifying the technique. Every hammer swing makes the next one better... I just made that up. Love the content... family viewing for me and I only ever do minor work on my own instruments.
I wanted to comment something in this direction in a different video but forgot about it. You've done it beautifully. I share this opinion, I also never tire of seeing a procedure being confidently executed, even ad infinitum.
It's not so much a desire not to repeat myself, it just gets boring having to film and edit it.
@@twoodfrd If you see part of your purpose as educational, then I guess this is a burden you carry for the benefit of all your viewers. Remember that each one looks pretty much the same to you, but, when we watch, often we are struck by the small nuances that provide another small lesson in how things can be the same, but 'different'. Thanks for putting up with the boredom, because we, or at least, I, don't ever find your videos boring. Thanks for the interesting videos.
@@twoodfrd In that case, you could just leave a link to that time when you filmed it.
Seriously? This is RUclips, not a college course. Ted has the best luthier channel on here, and he both does amazing work and provides an excellent narrative. He’s an artisan; a master craftsman. If you need to know all the fine details, of everything he’s done, the burden is on you to watch his other videos. If you simply can’t remember them, maybe you should take notes.
I agree about with what you said about the new frets playing different. I got a refret by Mike Lull (RIP) on a 76 Les Paul I had played until there was barely any frets left. When I first tried it in his shop afterwards, I played it all out of intonation. Mike heard that and came into the tryout room to explain to me what was going on: I had been fretting very hard to compensate for the fret-less wonder, now I didn't have to fret so hard. Then he adjusted the guitar a little bit more based on listening to me play. Its been amazing playing it since. Like you, he also shaved the binding nubs on the fretboard and extended the frets over the binding. Keeps the high e from slipping off the edge, a problem the guitar previously had.
I came to learn about maintenance for my own guitars... I’ve learned about the patience and skill required, respect for the old wonderful instruments we might find and how tone is created. Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge and experience. 🇦🇺
What makes Ted’s videos so great is not only the amazing technical work but also his vast knowledge and succinct description of the particular task he is working on. No fluff no drama and just enough dry wit to make me smile at something every time.
That '80 LP you refretted being 40 years old from the time of it's manufacture to the present versus 28 years from the time the very first LP was made to 1980 really gave me pause...to ponder how really ancient I AM! LoL
I wait every week to see this stuff. I'm pretty good at setting up electrics but acoustics are beyond me!
Me too.
It is always a pleasure to work with or watch a professional.
I love watching your videos and always learn something. Every now and again I see something and facepalm as I learn new tricks which should have been obvious. Thank you as always.
"...for some reason that's the first place they attack with their club wrapped in barbed wire" That had me laughing!
Agree! It's a repeatable quote!
Thanks for the alligator clip tip. I'll use that one.
I will certainly remember that alligator clamp trick! Mostly, I simply replace the springs with surgical tubing, but the tubing will eventually get hard [ Years and years later ] making adjustments for the pickup height a problem. Great idea.
I am trying to get a job at a local music store in my area, this is definitely something I need to learn. Thank you for this video!
Saturday night entertainment sorted. 🤘🙏👏
Nice repairs as usual. Recently, I saw a PRS shop tour where one of the builders showed how they clean up glue squeeze out in tight areas using a toothbrush.
Saw the same video. Very cool trick.
Did anyone else find their way here through Adam Savage's mention in the latest Tested Tool Tip? :-D
Thanks for a channel which demonstrates some sanity amid the madness of today.
I love a nice clean straight slot. The strings not the only thing imported from UK this week. A good dollop of smutt too!
Love your videos. I share them with friends and tell them “he’s the Bob Ross of guitar repairs”. Lol
That’s very true about the fret height and pulling your notes sharp. Years ago I bought a used guitar in very good shape with jumbo frets. A friend who has way, way more playing time than I do gave it a try and immediately commented on the fret height and how it almost felt like a scalloped neck compared to his Stratocasters with mediums. So yeah - if you go big (or at least bigger) on frets, be prepared to learn to fret more lightly.
I have a Yamaha AES620 and when i first got it I found i really had to use a light touch on it because I was always squeezing the notes sharp!
I'm just glad that I found you and your videos here on the tube, Ted. Thanks! 👊🏻
This is the most relaxing channel on youtube.
Something you mentioned here rang true with me. I recently brought my first bass to a local shop to see if the neck could be saved.. the truss rod seems to be severely seized.. I've had this old Squier P-Bass for well over 20 years now, and it was never really maintained as well as it should have been.. I was embarrassed to take it in before now because of how neglected it was over the years and worried that the luthier would judge me.. So, i never brought it anywhere for years.. but had i brought it in a decade back I might have saved the thing..
Thanks for the video!
I would add that you are insane.....
ly
patient and talented in your repairs. :)
Slot the bridge and turn the pegs around. Slotted pegs tend to add torsion to the bridge...if the string eye is secured under the body and bridge, you don't even need the peg, but that helps keep bridges from lifting from the rear and makes more of the string tension direct downward into the bridge.
Thank you for such a timely video. I'm about to remove the bridge off my Takamine due to lifting. I'm terrified to do it but it has to be done. Seeing this helps so much. Love this guitar....you can beat her for hours and it just stays in tune day after day. Amazing guitar.
Love the channel, hope you're doing well.
I really liked this format. Thanks Ted!
I feel rewarded at the end of these vids , ha ha ha . I get excited like my mind thinks I'm going to enjoy the
beautifully fixed guitar . Great work as always .
@5:15 "I sanded and scrapped the bottom of the bridge so it mated with the shape of the soundboard" . The cadence of this line is super nice.
That Les Paul looked like it had an import bridge. Metric style with straight slot adjustment posts. Hope you make more videos. Thoroughly enjoyable.
What a beautiful Takamine! Thanks for the tip using the alligator clip on the pickup screw, i'll keep that in mind.
That Les Paul reminded me of Mick Ronson's. Great stuff, as always.
Never a dull moment for me.
Look forward every week to see what I can learn. Amazing the way you explain things. Have played for years but just recently (two years ago) got into the luthier side of things. I have learned so much from your videos, thank you !!!!!
Nice to come home from work, smoke some chiba and have a vid of guitar repair. Thanks bro, your vids are a strange but satisfying Zen.
Thanks for shooting!
Those are individual piezo capsules on the takamine. The metal strips and the printed ciruit board with the circles are the contacts.
I ended up making a maple block to bolt my bridge down to make contact with the back.....works great if manufacturers could make the necessary bolts decorative or wood capped maybe
Loved it as always, thank you Ted!!!
That Lester had a truly beautiful looking IRW board!
Great Video !! I enjoyed it! I learned a few tricks of the trade from you ! Thank you !
It's isn't the weekend without your videos. Thanks. 👍🙂🎸
Stay healthy and we'll see you next week.
Alligator clips for the pickup springs. Yet another one of those self-evident brilliant hacks that never would've occurred to me. Thank you! :D
Came here from Adam Savage's Tested channel. Did not disappoint.
Great day in the life. Again, a splendid English accent. Not a bad price. Call it 6 quid. Ha ha
Thanks for the video. It is super relaxing and informative to tune in. Your skills are most impressive. I'm appreciative.
There is something very soothing about watching you work Ted. Another informative and engaging video. Till next week😁
Adam Savage just made a video that mentioned you throughout 😀 glad to see mastery and quality through the prideful work and great storytelling get recognized
What episode was it ? Do you remember the name of it, I want to watch it.
@@melanisticmandalorian ruclips.net/video/l0b960BZEAs/видео.html
@@PhoenixRising2040 thanks
Alligators clips for the prevention of temporary cat toys-Brilliant!!
I got a mint 1984 Deluxe. Gotta say... it was a 'fretless wonder' with no play on it out of the factory.
Great job and explanation as always!
I liked this one. I like all your informative. Entertaining Videos.
But this was especially entertaining with the Gibson perceived neck thickness due to new frets
I liked the multi guitar format
Ted, I just want to thank you for saving me from hacking up my humble collection of 12 guitars. By watching your channel, I have learned the right tools and techniques to use to the work correctly! You are a master, though too humble to admit it. And, your gentle touch, patience and sense of humor have me enjoying your work and aspiring to take on more challenges.
Life is short and we work to have time for our hobbies. Make sure you have some and take a vacation at least twice a year. Do vids of them and enjoy too. Cheers from SE Pennsylvania.
"Club wrspped in barbed wire" lol Love this channel.
I’ve seen the way you work, and I’ve seen the way others do their work, and I have to say that I would rather have you work on my $3000.00 Martin than the other guys, GOOD JOB!
Once again a great job
Nice work as usual. I quite liked the look of the natural top Les Paul, it’s funny but I can never bring myself to do that sort of thing to one of my guitars but I’d quite happily buy one that somebody else had already done it to.
i love to watch you work a wonder full flow. i enjoy greg in jefferson city mo
Here from Adam Savage at Tested doing a video on heat guns and irons
Fantastic!!!!!🤘🤘
Thanks man!
Love this channel.
Love the Les Paul
That looks exactly like the pickup in my Maton.
Adam Savage sent me here,, love the content
I know this not likely to be noticed before I end up just doing it. But, I am doing a refret on my old friend Yairi acoustic with some EVO gold and there were two frets where the barbs are too narrow to grab into the rosewood. All of the other frets went in very nicely and I have those CA glued down already. I know of a few options, but not sure which is the best route to go. There is the StewMac fret barb crimper --> dang it expensive, would be another week to get here, and these EVO gold frets are pretty brittle. I would be afraid of just killing the fret instead of fixing it with that option. Then there is the "hammer in, hold in place, and use thin CA glue to secure" option. That seems like it would work for a little while but the thin stuff doesn't fill voids very well, so it may be temporary at best. Then there is the option of using a thicker epoxy in the slot, lightly hammering in, and then clamping. I may be leaning toward that right now. We'll see how I feel in a few hours when I get back at it. Maybe an opinion will pop up before I commit :) ...Love the twoodfrd videos - all of them. Rock on, gang!
I put a harsher radius on one of them, replaced the other, put them in and chased with super thin CA glue. It should be the last refret this guitar ever needs.
More please .
"There's some skill involved here ..." I dare say so!! :D
I enjoy your videos a lot, thanks. How would you go about getting the bare wood under the bridge ready for bridge reglueing when there are also "dog hair" wood fibers to take care of.
3:45 not really a magnetic field, piezo crystals directly induce a voltage when sound waves travel through them. They're very high impedance devices.
Alligator clips...brilliant.
That is one neglected and abused Les Paul..I have a 1980 custom that has had a re fret on about 5 years ago..I have played the shit out of it since I got it in 87 and it's in great shape!..wore most of the finish off the neck but it just plays better as it gets older!
Thank you!
“It’s got a nice ash body.”
I see what you did there.
Everybody loves a good piece of ash.
That (wood)make a great t-shirt!
I love a chisel and a scraper!
You gonna fly by my subs at the rates you going. Nice job!
I've been on the hunt for a LesPaul made the 39th day of 1982. 😎🎸🤘
Wow, excellent Job. Wich kind of glue do you use under the frets? Thanks a lot.
Thanks for sharing.
philosophical... what a -cord- chord...
Bridge separation happened on my Guild Madiera. Now much better!
It's a shame those headstock finish blemishes got past QC at Takamine, but accidents happen. I don't think they did it on porpoise...(crickets). I'll go now.
THANK YOU
Do you have a Patreon or Venmo account to leave tips?
Still a common practice with Takamines. I have a recent nylon string and the bridge recently flew right off the body. I heard a large snapping and looked over and the whole bridge had jumped off the soundboard. Finish covering the entire underside of the bridge. Pretty disappointing to see and frustrating to have to repair an otherwise nearly brand new guitar
i am wondering if a person could use a fine point ballpoint pen to outline a bridge..the ball would roll a line in the surface instead of cutting into the wood fibers...take an empty pen cartridge and use only the ball.. this way it would not cut the wood fibers like an exacto knife would.. have you ever tried that ?
i have an urgent question... is titebond III good for repairing broken necks??? i live in a country where there's no fish glue
There are lots of opinions here, but I use Red label Original Titebond for peghead repairs.
That would depend on the break. It may require more than just glue. Titebond III is the waterproof version of the titebond line.
Any of them work. Some people don't like the idea of a "nonreversible" glue for this kind of repair, but if we're being honest nobody ever tries to take them apart again.
@@twoodfrd heh heh, that's the truth.
@@twoodfrd thank you a lot!
“Club wrapped in barb wire.” 😂
I bought my last Takamine, a brand new EN20, in '89. I guess that was the Kaman era when the dual saddle bridges were pinless top loaders. I wonder why they reverted back to pin bridges so quickly?
Thank you sir
Thanks👍
Can you restore this new guitar I bought which was artificially aged at the factory?
What glue do you use for frets? I can’t recall you saying in any of your videos.
10:45 - Ted starts off all “Just you wait ‘Enery ‘Iggins” and then drifts off into Afrikaans
Reverse relic 🤣. Personal taste but that's why I'm not a fan. The wear on mine suits me as I introduced it over years
3:02
What was that little tool Ted used to pop up those mother of toilet seat inlay dots on the bridge? It looked like a handle with a really small feeler gauge on the end. I could really use some of those, they seem like they would have a ton of uses!
Greetings, Teddy Bear Woodford.