1954 Gibson's Dirty Little Trick

[@jerkman3944]

This is the only channel that I will put down anything I was doing and watch.

[@JiveDadson]

I could quit any time.

[@theshapeexists]

It's great

[@Tinkerguitars]

Yup!!

[@Koulator]

Same here

[@fernandoalbuquerque1128]

Me too!

[@FlipDahlenburg]

Leon Redbone was so popular at one time that he appears on an old episode of 'Saturday Night Live', playing 'Shine on Harvest Moon' and one other.

[@williamsporing1500]

Wow…Leon redbone. I saw him at a place in Cincinnati called bogarts in the 70’s. He was sitting on a stool talking between songs, and an audience member threw a piece of paper up on the stage next to him. He said “looks like we have a request”. He picked up the paper, unfolded it and a bunch of white powder, which I assume was coke, fell out all over his leg. “Hmmm….must be some kind of joke”. He was awesome. Great video man! I learn stuff watching you!

[@Alchemetica]

I always look forward to Mondays to watch Ted at work and listen to his comments and quotes. Yes, in my part of the world it is not Sundays but Mondays.

[@cameronthomson6141]

Same here, as soon as I get home from work I'm straight on the computer to watch Ted 👍

[@ronmarkell4436]

When I was 14 years old, this very model guitar was lent to me by a neighbor. I must have put hundreds of hours on it before returning it to her several years later. That would have been about ‘66. I remember that the guitar was a delight on your left hand. Better than anything else at the time. Thank you for bringing back very pleasant memories.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

What kind of music did you first learn to play?

[@ronmarkell4436]

@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017Folk music back then. I somehow got several copies of SingOut. Also, Simon and Garfunkel before the movie The Graduate came out. Nobody else seemed to know who Simon and Garfunkel were back then.

[@pensive_]

The best I have seen so far. Glad there are still some great tradesmen around. Everyone with a piece of sandpaper in hand call themselves a Luthier these days. This guy must have some background.

[@1-eye-willy]

that Euripides joke was great, truly. thats what makes your content a cut above the rest. oh and your a master craftsman that has alot to do with it too

[@DavidRavenMoon]

Ted is eloquent and illustrious. 😊

[@michaelfuller34]

If I had to guess, he reads it in the Greek.

[@cliffords2315]

LOL😁

[@IanHall3939]

If you get any letters of complaint about that joke, I suggest Euripides letters up.

[@tjm5492]

Nothing quite like 20+ minutes on a Sunday with Ted, a guitar and The Classics.

[@fieraci8500]

I saw Leon Redbone perform, back in the late 90's if I recall the era correctly. He was the opening act for Joe Walsh. Leon plus an accompany guitarist. Wonderful show he gave. Music and a side of comedy.

[@giovanni5063]

Another Master Class presentation from a Master on KZbin University.

[@jameslandon9194]

Thank you for another great video. That top over is why I leave the old Gibsons for guys like you! 😊

[@brooklynsoundgarage]

I often sit down to eat while watching these videos, very satisfying

[@RogueA.I.]

I saw Leon on SNL when I was a kid and absolutely loved him. A character for sure.

[@FlipDahlenburg]

Sir, you are the only luthier on video that makes 'meticulous' the same as 'soothing'! Thank you!!

[@baronoflivonia.3512]

Around 82 the Late Great Leon Redbone did a Budweiser TV commercial. Great Video, as usual.

[@jefferp]

We saw Leon Redbone live in a very cozy venue. It was like he was in your living room.

[@tcollacott]

I saw Leon on Saturday night live way back, he was awesome!

[@davidrachubka5300]

My wife and I were Leon Redbone fans and back in the 90s we saw him in concert in San Luis Obispo. To say he was quirky is a slight understatement. At one point he pulled out a revolver and fired off a shot.

[@richsackett3423]

Mark Stutman is awesome. Nice shout-out. Looks like the heat probes got glued to the side of the pocket because the angle was the same.

[@zapa1pnt]

Ted, I always love hearing the dry humor, of your, oh so apropos, comments and quotes. 😁🖖✌

[@the-chillian]

Anyone who remembers the 80s ought to remember Leon Redbone. I wouldn't say he was big then in the commercial sense (although if you saw him in nothing else you might have seen him in a Budweiser commercial) but you almost certainly heard him play at some point. But you never would have found out anything else about him. I haven't thought about him in years. Thanks for the reminder! I just had a great time looking up some old clips of him playing.

[@kylebaker8020]

Your videos are great. Thank you sir. Im an automotive tech in collision repair and my wife works with me . Shes a painter ... It might help you on some of your refinishing if you use 3m or equivalent fine line tape on your really detailed jobs.

[@walterhambrick8705]

I appreciate what ever you show us.

[@chrissmith7400]

Thanks for documenting your work on this channel.

[@mightyluv]

Saw Leon Redbone a couple of times in the 80’s in Seattle; he was so good, so silly, such a great showman.

[@stuartdrakley2106]

OMG Ted, you must have the patience of Job. congratulations on your clear mindedness and perseverance.

[@jimcoppa6946]

Truly a master luthier job well done thank you for this video keep them coming

[@jfarmer1711]

My freshman year at Vanderbilt in 1975/76. Wondering around the student center with some friends, someone suggested we go kill a few minutes with the concert in the small stage area. It was Leon Redbone, on stage by himself, performing all those great rags, and tinpan alley hits. My buddies & I were fascinated, two of us guitarist, and never exposed to much of that music, we dropped our plans and stayed to the end. We lost a great one when he passed.

[@jjdubuyou1976]

I've got a 1956 CF-100e, great little guitar.

[@DHgtr1]

Hi Great video..The amount of knowledge and history you provide facinates me,,,so many luthiers ?? have no idea of those facts Thanks Dave

[@ron.v]

Following your videos illustrating the repair of more than one guitar is like reading a good book with multiple plots.

[@cameronwhite9959]

And all along the villain in both plots turns out to have been GIBSON!

[@audiotechlabs4650]

Multiple projects in the same video is a good way to budget your time on said projects. You have to let things dry, so working 2-3 projects in between each other makes for more icing on the cake! I have to make myself be patient until next week, since I’m not doing the repair or the video production! Thanxz p.s. ……I’m glad the holidays are over so I can get back to what’s really important, me getting to watch you work!

[@colbynealy946]

I stumbled across this channel by complete happenstance. But I gotta say, man; I seriously enjoy your content. Your sense of humor is fantastic, your videography is great, your historical knowledge of these instruments is wonderful, and your work is incredible. I tackle repairs and set ups on my own instruments and those of my friends all the time (many of which I am wholly unqualified to be attempting, ask my 55 Les Paul Jr about it), but I am nowhere near the pro you are. Keep up the good work, and for God's sake keep filming it and sharing it!

[@petedazer3381]

A true craftsman…..great work Ted, thanks for taking us with you!

[@donkimble]

One of my dram guitars. I think it’s beautiful, but really it’s for the late great Leon Redbone as you mentioned. Loved him since I was a kid and got a copy of “on the tracks”. If anyone don’t know him I envy their getting to him for the first time. It’s really that special. There’s some great old b&w footage on KZbin to check out.

[@kevmac1230]

I'm a lifelong bassist and sometime guitar player that has a basic knowledge of maintenance that enjoys watching an artisan.I just wanted to say man, you're good!

[@joncampbell3641]

Well done a scary job. You’re so calm and confident !

[@sedricksultan8126]

Yes, Leon Redbone was quite unique and definitely worth looking up for anyone who hasn't heard of him, or heard him sing and play. I discovered his "Double Time" album in a Toronto record store back in the 1980s (it came out in 1977), when I was in my 20s. Redbone's family came to North America in the 1960s and lived for a time in Toronto, making his love and mastery of early 20th century American jazz, "Tin Pan Alley", and blues standards all the more remarkable. He was one of those artists who could make every cover his own (there are only a few artists who can do that, Eva Cassidy being one, although a completely different type of performer). His version of Crazy Blues is still one of my favourite songs of all time (along with his My Melancholy Baby and Winin' Boy Blues :). Great channel, thank you.

[@tomspafford5368]

Leon Redbone- Shine On Harvest Moon | kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2XNaJZ3i56HhKs

[@jeremymtc]

Really interesting stuff on the Gibson! Thanks.

[@thegeekdude67]

8:21 “Vanilla scented cuz I’m fancy!” 😂 I always enjoy your vids, Ted. 😎👊🎸

[@bldallas]

Great to see you back at it, Ted. Every Sunday, I look forward to your new video. Thanks.

[@mouldyguitar]

Thanks for another great video. I love my '56 CF-100e. Another cool/weird distinguishing feature between the 100 and the 100e is that Gibson actually cut the soundhole of the CF100e closer to the bridge compared to the CF100 to give a bit more room for the P90 at the bottom of the neck.

[@WhitingMusic7]

Gosh I wish you were available for my neck reset. Awesome videos man.

[@bobross5580]

Always worth it! Thanks, Ted.

[@mitzelnation78]

Wow. Your airbrushing is so beautiful!

[@andrewturnbull5897]

Wonderful colour work Ted! Julian Baumgartner, the art conservator, would be proud I’m sure!

[@markcassidy4232]

Your a remarkable Luther! Keep up the great work.

[@jawzjamz9363]

Hello, from London!

[@pamartin]

For such a revered company, Gibson sure seems to utilize a lot of "scetch" production fixes. Make no mistake, I get off on a J45 and ooh and aahh over P90s and PAF humbuckers, but still, some of their construction is sketchy... And, yeah, I've got a wall-hanger early '30's "catalog Gibson " that just speaks to the musician in me. I keep watching these videos and about the time I think I just might try a neck reset... another video showing yet another Gibson anomaly. Alas, cursed to love what we hate 😭 Keep the videos coming! We love 'em!

[@jb791505]

Thanks for your videos. I've learned so much about woodworking by watching you work. Also, I've learned that I'll never own a set-neck guitar. Only bolt-on necks for me. :^)

[@falcongunner33]

The fact that I never hear “like, comment, subscribe” makes me feel all the more obligated to do so

[@bobsaturday4273]

I don't do it out of obligation , whether guy asks to remind you or not , if its worth it he gets it

[@falcongunner33]

@@bobsaturday4273 thanks for sharing?

[@Terry3Gs]

Great video as always !!

[@Sundlofmusicalengineering]

thanks for the videos and great words!

[@stewsim]

What a nightmare…!!! I’ve owned 2 CF-100E’s, a ‘57 and a ‘94. Both were fabulous instruments…!!! Glad that I never had to do a neck reset on them…!

[@kainagami]

Just wait, the time will come

[@stewsim]

I’ll likely never get another one. My guitar buying days are pretty much over with…😕

[@kainagami]

@@stewsim oh I see. I'm curious about how your guitars are doing, like when was the last time you did a set up, if the saddle has been lowered and what the action is. It's amazing that a guitar from '57 is still comfortable to play with

[@johnford7847]

Every job is an adventure! Glad it's your adventure, not mine. Interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

[@ian-c.01]

That went from scary to oh my god very quickly, you really need the utmost confidence in your abilities when you discover issues like that ! Having said that I have a lot of confidence in your ability to put that right again but that's one sneaky trick they played there !

[@maplebones]

That's what auto body repair mechanics deal with every day. Where there's a will there's a way.

[@ian-c.01]

@@maplebones Auto body repairs are easier to fudge ! An antique guitar with reasonable layer of patina is something that you hold close and run your fingers over, you tend to look at cars from a distance which is why body filler is useful on cars. You'd have to be really good to use body filler on a guitar with a finish like that and get away with it.

[@nickster5286]

Love the content! The Irony of starting my very first guitar repair and Twoford popung up with a new video is not losylt on me. Lol

[@whitec59]

Love the color of the binding at that age

[@sassulusmagnus]

Very cool guitar. I remember seeing Leon Redbone at the Riverboat coffee house in old Yorkville in Toronto in the early to mid 70's. Quite the unique experience. You could almost hear the scratches in the old 78's when he sang. Felt like you had traveled back in time. It was as much a history lesson as a musical experience. He stayed in character the whole time.

[@telecasterbear]

Not a repair for the 'kitchen table' tech. This is serious technique. Well done, dear host.

[@martybrown6095]

👍 right at the probes stuck part because I knew Ted would have a solution and lesson for this humble viewer. Many 👍👍👍 for you Obi Wan

[@quad1000]

Jackson Browne is pictured playing this model on a number of occasions. But he use many, many acoustics.

[@timothy4664]

Ted has the best guitar luthier repair on youtube.

[@donaldholman9070]

nice work…great video…thank you!

[@Bargle5]

I saw Leon Redbone at the '82 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tenn. He put on a really good show.

[@danielmargolis3210]

I heard Leon Redbone twice, once while he was touring with Tom Waits. Leon was great.

[@danielmargolis3210]

Tom was great also. I feel lucky to have seen both of them in concert.

[@jan9]

Leon Redbone is something else, i find him refreshing :)

[@rmcfee]

Surgical precision with that scraper!

[@davidclarke6329]

unmissable thank you ted

[@fulci6734]

Thank you Ted 👍👍👍🎸❤‍🔥

[@skyout19]

What an insight into the history of guitar building ! 😀🤘

[@JohnKorvell]

I've watched many, many of your repairs. I don't think I've ever seen an "Oh merde!" moment as this one. It will be fascinating to see how you bail this out (I never doubt the master, by the way).

[@JamesSpeiser]

My dad is a masterful woodworker and actually built an amazing acoustic....all said to say I have enough basic background to be blown away and scared to death of a job like this dayum.

[@TheJamiefbolton]

Best way to start the week

[@shaunfogarty5744]

Very pretty guitar!

[@beytone]

❤❤❤ Thanks Ted

[@alexbostelle287]

Ditto......I was doing some preliminary excavation to locate a breech in the pipe that feeds fresh water from our near by spring house to the main house......but here I am🥴🎶🍻

[@rogermascetti6591]

Amazing work

[@stephenbridges2791]

I know exactly who Leon Redbone was. I saw him, live; back in the late 70's I think it was. He was a very unique and odd sort of individual. I have 3 of his albums that I listen to, frequently.

[@manonbassguitar]

Thanks Ted for the therapy session!🤘🏼

[@jimpage601]

I have a 2016 CF-100e and it's a keeper. Comfortable to play and sounds great.

[@aagevaksdal]

Bob Dylan was a huge fan of Leon Redbone back in the days. There will be no one like him ever again.

[@JohnKorvell]

Been to many music concerts. No one entertained me as much as Leon did (NYC's Beacon Theatre c.1980). What a showman!!!

[@maplebones]

Bonnie Raitt said he was the best singer/ guitar player of out time and I concur. Nobody else is even close. it was as if somebody put Louis Armstrong, Liberace, Hank Williams, and Robert Johnson in a blender. An insane amount of talent in one individual.

[@aserta]

From the model making world, there's several options for heated blades. Essentially scalpel holders with heated blades, adjustable and not, depending on which you find. Excellent for removing tamper seals and probably for slicing through the lacquer on something like this, i imagine.

[@pauldetimofeev8305]

Impressive work on the 330

[@volkerlohweg310]

Hello from Germany

[@hartshut]

Gibson would have to remove the fingerboard in order to re-top the guitar as you described. Then they could taper the fingerboard to achieve desired action. Basically creating a ramp either inclined or declined. Seems it would be easier in certain cases to remove the fingerboard and make a wedge to put under the entire board change the angle and deal with the cosmetic issues than to remove the neck and have irreparable cosmetic issues. I did it on a Spanish foot guitar.

[@kbjerke]

Like, like, *LIKE!* Thanks, Ted!

[@zippitydoodah5693]

outstanding work

[@snoopstp4189]

Leon Redbone, yes, unique character that defied categorization Walking Stick and Harvest Moon, a couple of his great gems.

[@ASDPOWER]

Awesome channel!!!!!

[@TomSramekJr]

One of the very few guitar repair people that references Euripides....!

[@DavidRavenMoon]

After watching all these neck reset videos, and others pointing out that eventually all guitars will need a neck reset, it made me realize that there has to be a better way. Bolt on necks and the Taylor system made the reset easier, but no one is addressing the issues with the body deforming over time. I guess guitars with very stiff sides help? I’ve been building solid bodies for about 40 years. Haven’t made any acoustics yet, but this is giving me some ideas to try first my first acoustic guitar designs.

[@ssplintergirl]

From what I understand (watching Ken Parker videos) there is a trade off for durability of the instrument and resonance of the body that you kind of have to accept. As he says “the stiffness of a material is related to the cube of its thickness” so even very minute reductions in the thickness of the wood have a strong impact on its stiffness/rigidity. Builders walk the line of having the plates freely resonate so that they are musical and responsive but also will live long enough to be played. String tension might not appear to be a lot, but over time it definitely is just a matter of physics. I am not sure if it is possible to change the physical structure of the guitar to get a resonating body without stress, but historically seems like an inevitability.

[@maplebones]

I've been playing 2 Tacoma acoustics hard for 25 years and I've had no issues with the bolt on necks deforming anything. Neck resets are a breeze on these very light guitars. Manufactures of many things have found that making their products easily repairable provides no benefit to their bottom line. In fact Volvo concentrated on durability in the 80's and 90's and then went bankrupt around 2000 because their customers had no reason to buy new cars. Many of their vehicles from that era are still driving daily on the roads today.

[@guitfidle]

Good lord!! I cannot believe Gibson ever did that! I'm afraid of running in to something like this on the 70s Japanese Yamaha I have.... that's exactly why I haven't started it yet...

[@richardpayne5101]

I put the scalpel blade in a soldering iron…the sort with replaceable tips. The blade tang fits nicely and you can control the blade temperature and also no need to keep heating the blade in a flame :)

[@spitfirekid1]

Great content again!

[@jrmintz1]

Fascinating stuff!

[@RylanStorm]

Ted....I don't know if you'll read this but I really hope you do. I'm a guitarist but not a luthier or a carpenter and I'm generally terrible at DIY. Computers is where my skillset lies. But I bought a new Gibson LP in November and my hanger has blistered the headstock. Not a huge amount, probably about 3mm under the ears. Having been a subscriber to your channel for years, I decided to attempt the fix myself. I drop filled with superglue as you've shown us. I put tape around a razor and levelled the superglue. And then I sanded all the way up from 400 to 12,000 grit. I can tell its not perfect but I'm the only one who can. You taught me that. You gave me the confidence. Thank you!

[@bobsegar1242]

Haven’t watched in a year since I got hitched Sipping and binging tonight fellas

[@adam6385]

Fun Fact: Leon Redbone also played Leon the Snowman in the movie Elf

[@MrTkeddo]

Well hey there gang! This is London Calling 🇬🇧