I am a tool and die maker who truly loves to watch you work. It is inspiring. At my job they have prioritized speed over craftsmanship and it hurts my soul. So nice to see a true professional work
have you messed with the soldering *gun* trick for heating frets? master luthier terry mcinturff is a big proponent of this method you get the big pistol-looking 100w soldering gun with the copper loop for a tip, cut the loop open to make two legs, spread them out to maybe an inch apart and place them on the fret. the fret completes the circuit and quickly gets hot, quicker than with a regular soldering iron. best part is the solder gun legs themselves _don't_ get hot, meaning if it slips off the fret onto the board no harm no foul. took me a little while to figure out that if the legs were too close together _or_ too far apart the fret wouldn't have the right resistance to generate heat, somewhere around 1" apart seems to be about right for my gun i bent the legs on mine over sideways so the gun wouldn't be up in the way while i was using it, and made rudimentary notches in the ends of the legs to better stay on the frets. (oh, and tests have apparently been done, the gun is not going to de-gauss guitar pickups)
During this era Fender used its "Tuff skin" finish. The sealer was heavy poly, but the colour and clear coats were still lacquer, which is why those finishes developed the light checking just in the thin lacquer surface layer. Also, the clear builds up heavier on one side of the fret because they were sprayed hanging vertically, not because the worker was right handed. I wish these videos had been available when I started out back in the mid-70's!! Good video - thanks!
I think the reasoning behind Leo's crazy way of installing frets, was real genius if you think about it. His original plan with the bolt on neck was, the owner had to replace the neck when it wore out. There was no such thing as a "vintage market". Leo figured people would try to replace the frets instead of purchasing a new "Fender" Neck from him. Repair people tore the wood up from standard re-fretting, and you'd still have to come back to Leo for a new neck after your fingers hurt from the tear out. Cheers !
if they would make a split post tuner with a Schaller style housing on the front and back side of the headstock that would be my perfect tuner. I like everything about the split shaft except the ferrules and the awkward screw mounting.
You certainly posses the luthier skill of what one might call "guitar forensics." Undeniably a necessary skill for someone in your profession. I simply loved how you said that the fretboard was definitely sprayed by a right-handed person. Like watching CSI or something!🤣
I just got a Custom Shop 57 “Mary Kaye” Closet Classic Strat. One piece ash bodied Fenders are magical beasts. Fantastic visually and audibly. These old Esquires and Telecasters are probably the most recorded electric guitar ever. They just work so well with every genre.
I am like a little kid when I get a notification that a new repair video has gone up. I really like your approach to your videos and your repairs. I have used many of your tips and am inspired by your work.
Maybe these videos will eventually be his 'book' :) As much as I love a good how-to book, video and audio can do a much more thorough job of communicating skills like these. I hate to say it but I think paper books for how-to guides are probably going to become more and more rare as time goes on, now that we have other means of detailed communication.
Memphis hears you. We didn't invent the guitar, but we came up with a pretty good use for it. Keep 'em fixed up. You do have the best channel for guitar anatomy, dis-ease and corrective surgery anywhere on here I've looked at. Keep them cleats chamfered, and them splines skinny.
I have to say, I've been a builder and later repairer since I was 15 years old and I never get tired of learning from you. Yes I do it my way but I'm learning all the time and it's fun to learn from other people and you Sir are good at your craft.
Apparently only Deluxe and Custom Teles went to three bolt necks in the 70's. Regular ones always came with four bolt necks. Loved the video as per usual! Cheers!
Dominic Troiano was a very prominent Canadian guitarist back in the 70s and 80s who used a tele. He played with bands such as the Mandala, Bush, Guess Who and James Gang to name a few.
Really beautiful work, thank you for sharing it with your viewers. Dan Erlewine’s repair book shows the rube-goldberg way of sideways fretting that Leo devised. It’s literally a shoe piece with a pin attached to a cable and the foot pedal pulled the fret into place. Amazing and surprisingly efficient..... I guess Leo didn’t think that people would refret these necks, just replace them. Wild to think about.
Best "horizontal" fret removal I have seen. I love how you blended the two processes together, remove horizontal, press back in. So well done, great vid! Thank you and have a happy new year!
as a craftsman myself (working with metal though), it's great watching people like you do their work and explaining along. great source of info and very entertaining.
I have never heard of the “drive the frets in from the edge” method. It’s like Leo Fender had just graduated from MIT and wanted to do it in the most difficult way possible.
He graduated from Fullerton Junior College with an Accounting degree, so he probably wanted to do it the cheapest way possible. I don’t think he ever imagined anyone would refret his necks. He viewed them as throw away items. Frets worn out? Unscrew it and put a new one on there.
Earlier today I watched a rare video of Steely Dan playing "Reeling In The Years" live; Jeff Skunk Baxter and Denny Diaz were both playing Telecasters.
Me too! I played it a few times to learn the guitar solo, and when I had done so I concluded that it was shite. Composed by mathematicians, with no soul, like all of Steely Dan. (Sorry, fans!)
Me too. His fret jobs are like no others I've seen on youtube and I've seen a lot of them. Zero damage to the fingerboard where with the others tear away and such is taken for granted. This is knowledge put into practice and I love to watch and learn.
awesome as always! pretty sure the main reason for the neck pickup to have the screws hidden was that when it came time to adjust the truss rod you'd just slip off the pickguard, no need to even loosen the strings, and access the rod through that nice cutout notch in the body. everybody hates on vintage fenders for having to take the neck off to adjust, but the original designs for the tele and the early single coil P bass both had this system, just remove a small pickguard (with nothing mounted on it) and the adjustment was right there easy-peasy. my guess is they came up with the strat in '54 that had all the electronics mounted on the pickguard meaning you could no longer just slide it out of the way, but by that point they weren't going to re-engineer their neck making machines and so they went with it.
In the last few years iv become very aware of what it takes to do what u guys do (i started doing it myself) u make it look easy . Heard people complain about the cost and im close to the front of the line . Never again u guys should b charging 3x what u do . My hats off to u sir . Have a good day .
You can downplay your skills all you like. You are top notch when it comes to being a luthier. You don't fix guitars, you re-engineer the wheel with each individual that comes across your bench. That sir, makes you an artist whether you like being called one or not. This is a bit long but I am making a point I promise. I am disabled and have an Epiphone Les Paul Standard that I purchased as a Gibson Les Paul Standard. Someone had gone to the trouble of going over the original Epiphone logo with some gloss black paint, leveled and polished then put the Gibson logo over top of that. The work that someone put into it was honestly quite good. I could not tell that it was covered over it looked so good. How I discovered it was an Epiphone is a good story and I have Dave of Dave's Guitar Channel on RUclips to thank for helping me figure this out. (not telling that in this book, (You're welcome) Now that is all cleaned up and proudly shows it's original Epiphone logo I am excited to have it. Thankfully I only paid $200 for the guitar. For all intents and purposes it is a fairly well made guitar that came from the indonesia plant and was born in 2012 . ( I was told that "Gibson" made this in 2005) My point is this, I paid a fair price for this Epiphone and now knowing what the Gibson version would be sold for it would have been a steal had it been real. The nut on this guitar has been messed with and it buzzes on the 1st string. I was going to take it to a local luthier to have the nut replaced, because I thought it was a Gibson and as such would be fairly easy to ruin, (well affect at least) the value if I made a mistake. Now knowing it is an Epiphone I am not afraid to try. The reason I am not afraid is that I can't really hurt the value and I have been watching you. I will let you know how it turns out lol. My custom Amazon Luthier starter kit with nut files , fret dressers, level checers etc is now here . Oh my, the trouble I can get into with these new tools lol. As they say "Let the games begin" Thank you for making this channel and giving an old dog the courage to learn a new trick.
There's nothing better after a long day of servicing HVAC equipment than watching you repair guitars. I appreciate good craftsmanship. There has to at least be some pictures somewhere of the machine Fender used to drive frets in. I'm sure someone has one somewhere, I have a feeling it was made out of some heavy-duty steel.
I forget where I saw it, but someone removed old-style Fender frets using a small chisel which was just sharp enough to bite into the fret, and tapped on the fret to push it out sideways. I also saw a photo of the machine Fender used to slide the frets into their slots. All the frets were pushed into the slots at one time.
The chisel method is the first thing I thought of when I saw Ted's method. Seems like it'd be so much easier/faster. Did you see how he installed the new frets? Did he slide them in or install them from the top?
I remember fender advertising their ' Thick skin' finish in the 70s. I agree, if i were to have just one guitar, it would be a telecaster. I used to be a les paul deluxe guy since the mid 70s. Over the last ten years, i have grown to love telecasters. So much, that a few days ago i sold my 1973 gold top deluxe. Going back to the 24 3/4 scale seems too small for me these days. Now a 1975, and a 1977 telecaster are filling my need. Your numbered block for holding the new frets made me smile.
Wow. If I had a goldtop Deluxe I'd never sell it. God forbid changing it to a Tele. Fender's not my cup of tea...but I like Teles more than Strats...in fact I don't like Strats at all.
@@IrisGalaxis Understood. I used to be all for Gibson's and humbuckers. Now, for me, a telecasters bridge pickup is plenty for good crunch, while having lots of definition.
@@telecasterbear Well for me a Tele bridge PU is the only thing that can compare to Gibson pickups. But I'm primarily a neck pickup guy, and I really don't like the Tele neck pickup... When I find the time I'll try making a Tele style guitar with two "bridge" pickups - one in the neck position and one in the bridge...I think that would be a nice guitar.
Awesome Job T.. That is True Love Care Dedication and Attention to Detail.. And Loving Your Playing Bro and Thank You for This Instructional Video ☺☺😎👊💯💯
On 11:50 you talk about the change to 3 bolt necks, actualy the "normal standard" telecaster stayed 4 bolt through all the 70s, almost every other fender guitar and bass became 3 bolts, even the other telecaster models, like the custom, deluxe and thinline were 3 bolts on the 70s, but the standard tele stayed the same. Particularly i only had problems with 3 bolts necks that have been pulled out of the body a lot of times, making the screw holes bigger and the neck moving because of it, but a redrew fixed the problem. Happy holidays to all!
Damn, love that esquire. Sad its refinished. This is a great channel. And i dont even repair guitars, but i know great work and content when i see it. Im proud to say im canadian when i watch this mans work
I believe you finished off the video with a few seconds of Mudflap Wilson’s “My Baby Cain’t Leave Me Cause She Already Been Gone So Long”. Heartrending and played with real soul. Thank you Ted!
Hy, great & fine job! I had a 1979 standard Stratocaster but the radius neck in the 80’ (CBS production) stato I think was too small and find them difficult to set up with a fine action! The most difficult refret I’ ve done was into a Gibson E175, I’ ve looked her for two days before decide to work on the frets!!! Many thanks for you videos & work specification! GREAT!❤️❤️❤️
Yeah, the finish on late 70's Fenders is soooo thick. I recently did a refin for someone on a 79 Strat. Just the sealer coat alone was at least half a mm thick, no exaggeration.
Youve got some good ideas!!! What never ceases to amaze me though, is you pros dont use a stewmac (or other brand) straight edge/fret rocker set when you press in frets. After my second fret job i was tired of cursing and screwing up the leveling process so i eliminated it. I press in the first fret then the third, then the second checking the level with rockers. I go up the neck this way, and the frets are level and usually need NO grinding sanding recrowning or cursing. Just trim and finish the ends annd go to the gig. I use thin supre glue. If i did more fretting i wouldnt do it any other way. Charge by the job, finish the job in 1/8 the time and raise you profit margin, and improve your chances of getting into heaven. Also, your kids and neighbors wont hear those naughty words.
I have what believe is a ‘71 tele. Have always been frustrated with the tiny frets but afraid to have it re-fretted. You give me hope that it can be done! (I’m in BC or I’d drop it by!)
Thanks for your efforts with these videos; they are super informative and interesting. I neither play or work on instruments but I am woodworker and tinkerer. I greatly admire your skills, attention to detail, and your ability to communicate (educate). I find your methods translate into projects I do work on.....Thanks again
I am a tool and die maker who truly loves to watch you work. It is inspiring. At my job they have prioritized speed over craftsmanship and it hurts my soul. So nice to see a true professional work
Do you take on commissions? If so, do you happen to make chisels for lathes?
"You can tell the guy that sprayed this is right handed". Next level.
Articulate, thorough, intelligent. I really like listening to this guy
Ted is awesome 👌🏻🙏🏻
have you messed with the soldering *gun* trick for heating frets? master luthier terry mcinturff is a big proponent of this method
you get the big pistol-looking 100w soldering gun with the copper loop for a tip, cut the loop open to make two legs, spread them out to maybe an inch apart and place them on the fret. the fret completes the circuit and quickly gets hot, quicker than with a regular soldering iron. best part is the solder gun legs themselves _don't_ get hot, meaning if it slips off the fret onto the board no harm no foul.
took me a little while to figure out that if the legs were too close together _or_ too far apart the fret wouldn't have the right resistance to generate heat, somewhere around 1" apart seems to be about right for my gun
i bent the legs on mine over sideways so the gun wouldn't be up in the way while i was using it, and made rudimentary notches in the ends of the legs to better stay on the frets.
(oh, and tests have apparently been done, the gun is not going to de-gauss guitar pickups)
Mark that tip as passed along. Thanks for sharing... I'm on it.
Ok I'm super early AND it's two vintage Fenders? It's a Christmas miracle!
During this era Fender used its "Tuff skin" finish. The sealer was heavy poly, but the colour and clear coats were still lacquer, which is why those finishes developed the light checking just in the thin lacquer surface layer. Also, the clear builds up heavier on one side of the fret because they were sprayed hanging vertically, not because the worker was right handed. I wish these videos had been available when I started out back in the mid-70's!! Good video - thanks!
Both those guitars look like they have stories.
I think the reasoning behind Leo's crazy way of installing frets, was real genius if you think about it. His original plan with the bolt on neck was, the owner had to replace the neck when it wore out. There was no such thing as a "vintage market". Leo figured people would try to replace the frets instead of purchasing a new "Fender" Neck from him. Repair people tore the wood up from standard re-fretting, and you'd still have to come back to Leo for a new neck after your fingers hurt from the tear out. Cheers !
After the Tele & Strat, the split-post tuner is Leo's best invention ever.
if they would make a split post tuner with a Schaller style housing on the front and back side of the headstock that would be my perfect tuner. I like everything about the split shaft except the ferrules and the awkward screw mounting.
"Oh no, i must never refret the guitar blah blah blah"
Man. I adore your sarcasm. AHAHAHAHAHA
You certainly posses the luthier skill of what one might call "guitar forensics." Undeniably a necessary skill for someone in your profession. I simply loved how you said that the fretboard was definitely sprayed by a right-handed person. Like watching CSI or something!🤣
The finish on the 71's fretboard looks like the factory was taking grandmothers' furniture covers and melting them onto guitars.
Oh man !
I can't write how much I love your videos
I'm so happy that you put them out more often lately
Greetings from Poland ! ^-^
I just got a Custom Shop 57 “Mary Kaye” Closet Classic Strat. One piece ash bodied Fenders are magical beasts. Fantastic visually and audibly.
These old Esquires and Telecasters are probably the most recorded electric guitar ever. They just work so well with every genre.
I am like a little kid when I get a notification that a new repair video has gone up. I really like your approach to your videos and your repairs. I have used many of your tips and am inspired by your work.
You should write a book on instrument repair, it would probably be the best on the market by far
Maybe these videos will eventually be his 'book' :) As much as I love a good how-to book, video and audio can do a much more thorough job of communicating skills like these. I hate to say it but I think paper books for how-to guides are probably going to become more and more rare as time goes on, now that we have other means of detailed communication.
@@400_billion_suns honestly just having them all thrown on a computer file with an index would be super useful
I enjoyed the nod to Sam and Dave! Great video!
I'm a soul man !
Memphis hears you. We didn't invent the guitar, but we came up with a pretty good use for it. Keep 'em fixed up. You do have the best channel for guitar anatomy, dis-ease and corrective surgery anywhere on here I've looked at. Keep them cleats chamfered, and them splines skinny.
I have to say, I've been a builder and later repairer since I was 15 years old and I never get tired of learning from you. Yes I do it my way but I'm learning all the time and it's fun to learn from other people and you Sir are good at your craft.
You do a GREAT job making a P.I.T.A. job look easy. Hats off to you.
Apparently only Deluxe and Custom Teles went to three bolt necks in the 70's. Regular ones always came with four bolt necks.
Loved the video as per usual!
Cheers!
Watching someone who has found his niche in life is a true joy to behold,
Dominic Troiano was a very prominent Canadian guitarist back in the 70s and 80s who used a tele. He played with bands such as the Mandala, Bush, Guess Who and James Gang to name a few.
And?
All I'm finding for him is a 3 pickup model with no guard, exposed routing.
Really beautiful work, thank you for sharing it with your viewers.
Dan Erlewine’s repair book shows the rube-goldberg way of sideways fretting that Leo devised.
It’s literally a shoe piece with a pin attached to a cable and the foot pedal pulled the fret into place. Amazing and surprisingly efficient.....
I guess Leo didn’t think that people would refret these necks, just replace them. Wild to think about.
Am always impressed with Ted’s playing. If he ever gets bored of the repair work…
Best "horizontal" fret removal I have seen. I love how you blended the two processes together, remove horizontal, press back in. So well done, great vid! Thank you and have a happy new year!
As a Tele owner, thanks. Always good to learn something about Fender!
It was an option in the fender catalog to add the neck pickup on an esquire.
In '71 the bodies and headstock faces were still nitro. The back and sides of the necks were poly. They went to all poly in '74.
Scary excellent work as usual, but. The clear pooling along the fret is from the necks being hung headstock down when sprayed.
as a craftsman myself (working with metal though), it's great watching people like you do their work and explaining along. great source of info and very entertaining.
When he said scooch I heard gooch. Thanks dave
Dave is a treasure
I enjoy ALL of Ted's videos. But I liked this one more than usual.
I have never heard of the “drive the frets in from the edge” method. It’s like Leo Fender had just graduated from MIT and wanted to do it in the most difficult way possible.
He graduated from Fullerton Junior College with an Accounting degree, so he probably wanted to do it the cheapest way possible. I don’t think he ever imagined anyone would refret his necks. He viewed them as throw away items. Frets worn out? Unscrew it and put a new one on there.
Floyd Dorrion Leo looked like Carroll Shelby I thought.
I remember my Musicians Union stickers on my equipment which you had to have in the UK in the 70’s/80’s .
Earlier today I watched a rare video of Steely Dan playing "Reeling In The Years" live; Jeff Skunk Baxter and Denny Diaz were both playing Telecasters.
Me too! I played it a few times to learn the guitar solo, and when I had done so I concluded that it was shite. Composed by mathematicians, with no soul, like all of Steely Dan. (Sorry, fans!)
Can't imagine all the murders you would have solved had you gone into police work. "The guy that sprayed this neck was right handed!" I love it!
I simply adore the utilitarian design of the Telecaster
Body+Neck=Guitar
Two chunks of wood put together
Some of the nicest fret-end dressing I've ever seen. Thanks as always for sharing your work with us.
I had no idea Fender frets were put on that way at the factory and I have never seen a fret job hammered out sideways, fascinating.
Me too. His fret jobs are like no others I've seen on youtube and I've seen a lot of them. Zero damage to the fingerboard where with the others tear away and such is taken for granted. This is knowledge put into practice and I love to watch and learn.
I'm quite sure I will never tackle a job like this, but it's sure fun to watch an artist skilled in his profession.
Thank you Mr.Woodford for showing the process of removing sideways installed frets. You sir are formidable professor of luthiery. Thank you again.
awesome as always!
pretty sure the main reason for the neck pickup to have the screws hidden was that when it came time to adjust the truss rod you'd just slip off the pickguard, no need to even loosen the strings, and access the rod through that nice cutout notch in the body.
everybody hates on vintage fenders for having to take the neck off to adjust, but the original designs for the tele and the early single coil P bass both had this system, just remove a small pickguard (with nothing mounted on it) and the adjustment was right there easy-peasy.
my guess is they came up with the strat in '54 that had all the electronics mounted on the pickguard meaning you could no longer just slide it out of the way, but by that point they weren't going to re-engineer their neck making machines and so they went with it.
Oh, that trick with using the fingerboard to radius the underside of the nut was brilliant!
In the last few years iv become very aware of what it takes to do what u guys do (i started doing it myself) u make it look easy . Heard people complain about the cost and im close to the front of the line . Never again u guys should b charging 3x what u do . My hats off to u sir . Have a good day .
Outstanding fret work.
I had a 54 strat S/N 00249 May 6, 1954 it was Navy blue ink stamped just below the truss-rod.. No pencil marks.
Love watching you work and the history and knowledge you share with us. Dreading the day I run out of videos in you back library. Lol
You can downplay your skills all you like. You are top notch when it comes to being a luthier. You don't fix guitars, you re-engineer the wheel with each individual that comes across your bench. That sir, makes you an artist whether you like being called one or not. This is a bit long but I am making a point I promise. I am disabled and have an Epiphone Les Paul Standard that I purchased as a Gibson Les Paul Standard. Someone had gone to the trouble of going over the original Epiphone logo with some gloss black paint, leveled and polished then put the Gibson logo over top of that. The work that someone put into it was honestly quite good. I could not tell that it was covered over it looked so good. How I discovered it was an Epiphone is a good story and I have Dave of Dave's Guitar Channel on RUclips to thank for helping me figure this out. (not telling that in this book, (You're welcome) Now that is all cleaned up and proudly shows it's original Epiphone logo I am excited to have it. Thankfully I only paid $200 for the guitar. For all intents and purposes it is a fairly well made guitar that came from the indonesia plant and was born in 2012 . ( I was told that "Gibson" made this in 2005) My point is this, I paid a fair price for this Epiphone and now knowing what the Gibson version would be sold for it would have been a steal had it been real. The nut on this guitar has been messed with and it buzzes on the 1st string. I was going to take it to a local luthier to have the nut replaced, because I thought it was a Gibson and as such would be fairly easy to ruin, (well affect at least) the value if I made a mistake. Now knowing it is an Epiphone I am not afraid to try. The reason I am not afraid is that I can't really hurt the value and I have been watching you. I will let you know how it turns out lol. My custom Amazon Luthier starter kit with nut files , fret dressers, level checers etc is now here . Oh my, the trouble I can get into with these new tools lol. As they say "Let the games begin" Thank you for making this channel and giving an old dog the courage to learn a new trick.
There's nothing better after a long day of servicing HVAC equipment than watching you repair guitars. I appreciate good craftsmanship.
There has to at least be some pictures somewhere of the machine Fender used to drive frets in. I'm sure someone has one somewhere, I have a feeling it was made out of some heavy-duty steel.
Those fret ends were a work of art!
Wow that fret job was immaculate!!
Far be it from me to nitpick, but two important telemasters deserve to be remembered here: Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton.
That's amazing! I'd heard about the original system Leo had used to install Fender frets. Glad to see how to remove those frets.
The history this guitar has seen! I thank God that, although I'm old, I got to be a 70s kid.
I forget where I saw it, but someone removed old-style Fender frets using a small chisel which was just sharp enough to bite into the fret, and tapped on the fret to push it out sideways.
I also saw a photo of the machine Fender used to slide the frets into their slots. All the frets were pushed into the slots at one time.
The chisel method is the first thing I thought of when I saw Ted's method. Seems like it'd be so much easier/faster. Did you see how he installed the new frets? Did he slide them in or install them from the top?
Awesome work. One can learn so much here. I'm happy to have found this channel.
Beautiful job the new frets looks awesome 👍
You're in lockstep with Keith Richards who also noted that Leo Fender got so much of it right the first time. Keith swears by his Teles.
I have done this on a few old fenders and is easy to push them in side ways the same as they come out
I remember fender advertising their ' Thick skin' finish in the 70s. I agree, if i were to have just one guitar, it would be a telecaster. I used to be a les paul deluxe guy since the mid 70s. Over the last ten years, i have grown to love telecasters. So much, that a few days ago i sold my 1973 gold top deluxe. Going back to the 24 3/4 scale seems too small for me these days. Now a 1975, and a 1977 telecaster are filling my need. Your numbered block for holding the new frets made me smile.
Wow. If I had a goldtop Deluxe I'd never sell it. God forbid changing it to a Tele. Fender's not my cup of tea...but I like Teles more than Strats...in fact I don't like Strats at all.
@@IrisGalaxis Understood. I used to be all for Gibson's and humbuckers. Now, for me, a telecasters bridge pickup is plenty for good crunch, while having lots of definition.
@@telecasterbear Well for me a Tele bridge PU is the only thing that can compare to Gibson pickups. But I'm primarily a neck pickup guy, and I really don't like the Tele neck pickup...
When I find the time I'll try making a Tele style guitar with two "bridge" pickups - one in the neck position and one in the bridge...I think that would be a nice guitar.
BEAUTIFUL FRET WORK!
Your one of my favorite RUclips channels
I always prefer the electric guitar videos, of which I always prefer the fenders, so happy day for me. Thank you.
Nice guitars, such a sharp clear, it glows
I got a 77 telecaster with fret low as shit more then like this one but no buzzing fret and that is what make this guitar fantastic
Fantastic video. You do some really nice work.
Sam and Dave is awesome.
Beautiful work!
What's gonna happen in 30 years when the next dude thinks those frets where installed from the side lmao
Toploding frets can be taken out sideways….
Awesome Job T.. That is True Love Care Dedication and Attention to Detail.. And Loving Your Playing Bro and Thank You for This Instructional Video ☺☺😎👊💯💯
On 11:50 you talk about the change to 3 bolt necks, actualy the "normal standard" telecaster stayed 4 bolt
through all the 70s, almost every other fender guitar and bass became 3 bolts, even the other telecaster models, like the custom, deluxe and thinline were 3 bolts on the 70s, but the standard tele stayed the same. Particularly i only had problems with 3 bolts necks that have been pulled out of the body a lot of times, making the screw holes bigger and the neck moving because of it, but a redrew fixed the problem. Happy holidays to all!
That fret job was so clean.
your fret work is so nice!
Very nice I love the tele
Damn, love that esquire. Sad its refinished.
This is a great channel. And i dont even repair guitars, but i know great work and content when i see it. Im proud to say im canadian when i watch this mans work
I never tire of watching your videos. Your attention to detail is amazing!
I believe you finished off the video with a few seconds of Mudflap Wilson’s “My Baby Cain’t Leave Me Cause She Already Been Gone So Long”. Heartrending and played with real soul. Thank you Ted!
Happy Holidays and thank you for helping all of us get thru this insane year!
Amazing work. This is therapeutic to watch
Masterful. This was a joy to behold.
"3" is the code for Telecaster...Not the date. Great video.
That refretted board is beautiful.
beautiful instruments.
Hy, great & fine job! I had a 1979 standard Stratocaster but the radius neck in the 80’ (CBS production) stato I think was too small and find them difficult to set up with a fine action! The most difficult refret I’ ve done was into a Gibson E175, I’ ve looked her for two days before decide to work on the frets!!! Many thanks for you videos & work specification! GREAT!❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful work! Thank you so much for sharing it with us and letting us into your shop.
Paul McCartney used a Esquire on Taxman and Good Morning Good Morning and on the title track of Sgt. Pepper.
Always so completely satisfied watching your videos. The workmanship is amazing. Your a blessing to alot of people.
So i finally figured it out, you're the steve1989 of guitar repair!
Difficulty no tray
Excellent video and top job as always
Such a great show, thanks.
Yeah, the finish on late 70's Fenders is soooo thick. I recently did a refin for someone on a 79 Strat. Just the sealer coat alone was at least half a mm thick, no exaggeration.
Amazing work
Youve got some good ideas!!! What never ceases to amaze me though, is you pros dont use a stewmac (or other brand) straight edge/fret rocker set when you press in frets. After my second fret job i was tired of cursing and screwing up the leveling process so i eliminated it. I press in the first fret then the third, then the second checking the level with rockers. I go up the neck this way, and the frets are level and usually need NO grinding sanding recrowning or cursing. Just trim and finish the ends annd go to the gig. I use thin supre glue. If i did more fretting i wouldnt do it any other way. Charge by the job, finish the job in 1/8 the time and raise you profit margin, and improve your chances of getting into heaven. Also, your kids and neighbors wont hear those naughty words.
Excellently detailed lesson. Thank you.
Happy new year and thanks again for sharing. 🐒
That's a good refret job you do. Very nice.
standard tele never went "three bolt", neither did the p-bass. the micro-tilt adjusment was a premium feature, not for the bread-&-butter instruments.
I have what believe is a ‘71 tele. Have always been frustrated with the tiny frets but afraid to have it re-fretted. You give me hope that it can be done! (I’m in BC or I’d drop it by!)
Enjoyed the video , thank you for sharing
Thanks for your efforts with these videos; they are super informative and interesting. I neither play or work on instruments but I am woodworker and tinkerer. I greatly admire your skills, attention to detail, and your ability to communicate (educate). I find your methods translate into projects I do work on.....Thanks again
Thanks for your time for making this video.