1977 Fender Telecaster - Restoration

[@CrimsonWings89]

As a tech student who took the STEM electric guitar course at my college last year, and someone who has been playing guitar for 25+ years, this video instilled unfashionable amounts of serotonin. Amazing restoration, and I look forward to more of your work! 👍

[@wretchedsaint8847]

Bringing new life to old guitars is much more satisfying than any new guitar build will ever be. Also, the only ones that believe this “devalues” a guitar is spending their time looking and talking about it but not actually playing.

[@ES-qm5hr]

There are definitely things in this video most people would not do. It shows a general lack of understanding of how to treat old instruments. You want to preserve as much originality and patina as possible while still leaving the instrument functional. Making things look as new as possible is not the goal of restoring a vintage instrument, in fact it is quite the opposite. Like the whole removal of the poly finish on the neck, it's horrendous. I don't think it was necessary because I had a 1978 Telecaster with a hump in the maple neck like this, and I didn't want to refinish it, so I just got someone to heat the neck, put it in a jig and straighten it. There is no reason to refinish a guitar and remove all the aging present. You might plain down a rosewood neck because there is no finish to remove, but a maple neck seems wrong. Plus the whole buffing the body up, and taking wire wool to everything. It's over aggressive nature of stuff like that seems like the restorer has no idea what they are doing. It's not even a nitrocellulose finish, so they don't even know the materials they are dealing with. And where there is a nitrocellulose finish on the headstock they overshoot it. Also, there is a reason why there is only a nitrocellulose finish on the headstock and that is to protect the decal because the wrong finish will destroy the decal. Patience a simple wipe down with a dam cloth, or some naphtha is all you really need. It just takes time.

[@kenren110]

@@ES-qm5hr You have several points worth discussing, but this is not a 50's tele. If the owner wants the work done, it's not up to the repairman to judge...especially if they want to make a living. Then again, the Floyd Rose installation on my vintage D'Angelico might not have been my best decision. I shouldn't have tried to do it myself...sigh ;-\

[@Reiceyy]

@@ES-qm5hroh brother we got ourselves a chatterbox we don’t wanna know your whole life story

[@livingabovethe12th]

I used to pick up my guitars from the luthier after a repair and groan about the $500 to $1000 repair bill...until I started watching videos like this. If they are this skilled, worth every penny.

[@Upotrex]

1000 $ repair bill? L m f a o

[@ColeyBBQ]

9:08 that neck finish is incredible

[@cedricBUNKERTON]

now it's good for another 40-50 years playing - great work.

[@TheMitjalovec]

And that is why I always feel a kind of magic when I bring my guitars to Mr. Šinko!

[@bluzking]

A very lucky player that gets that Tele back after your beautiful restoration, amazing work!👍🏼

[@andrewlee7797]

I'm not ashamed to say, I cried a little. Magic!

[@kaisenelectromatix]

Amazing! There are very few other videos that preserve the good parts of aging while restoring the structure, so I was fascinated by this.

[@mattrogers1946]

Like when he refinished the neck? 🤔🙄

[@karlandersen369]

@@mattrogers1946 customer asked him to....

[@mellaguzman]

This is by far one of the best restoration videos I've ever seen. Your craftsmanship is wonderful. Fantastic job, congrats!

[@kevinthomas3341]

That Tele was a bio-hazard!! Great video 🙂

[@TON-guitarworkshop]

Indeed it was! That’s why gloves were necessary!

[@bingoflangeworthy]

Your willingness to have your fingertips right next to your belt sander is impressive.

[@Greenbluesforever-yj3el]

Fantastic job with a lot of work and talent. You are magnific.

[@drewhurst3643]

Underrated channel 👌🏻

[@DiogenesCaulfield]

All the right decisions made and top skill applied and an amazing outcome, well done

[@bluesdriver6354]

Looks like it came out of a swamp. Great restoration job!

[@TuneIn1]

Incredible! Its great to see such a great guitar shown some love!

[@justobserving7045]

Bro you nailed the colour of the fretboard so good.

[@Tony_SZ97]

Amazing work!

[@tomkirk6942]

Wow. That’s one hell of a fine job. Bravo! 👏

[@davechapman7735]

excellent work Sir. great job.. cheers from NZ

[@williamwestmoreland7373]

This a most incredible restoration, great job

[@AlansGuitarShack]

Immaculate work! A real pleasure to watch and learn from

[@mjphoto45]

Well loved guitar. Lots of gigs and some in the rain. Bravo restoration

[@anthonym612]

I'm a vintage 1977 and I damn sure don't clean up that nicely. Great work! 👌

[@tr4xh]

aqui na minha cidade, a guitarra não precisa ser de 77 para ficar assim enferrujada 😂 cidade litorânea. excelente trabalho!! deu vida novamente a garota de madeira.

[@TON-guitarworkshop]

Yea salt water does a number on instruments!

[@OutOfBoxCollector]

Amazing restoration! I was looking forward to the sound of the guitar... but it wasn't there. :)

[@symonjamesmusic]

Sympathetic to its age, beautiful job mate l!!

[@dysgu_blaidd]

Great idea! Buy a custom shop relic then “restore” it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 No, this was a great video. I’ve learned a lot about restoring a maple neck.

[@cropcircle5693]

The checking and wear on this thing are 10/10!

[@jacobbrown503]

Looks great man

[@jeffersonpaladini2544]

Parabéns, excelente trabalho 👍🏻👍🏻

[@MichaelSorensen-bl3ec]

Outstanding work, I've learned a lot from watching this. May I ask, what is the solution you are using to remove the rust? Seems to work very well.

[@SlavJerry]

I swear to god there will be a people in the comment section saying "NOOOOOO YOU'RE RUINING IT"

[@TON-guitarworkshop]

Indeed, couch experts are always most vocal.

[@mattrogers1946]

@SlavJerry It did take some value off the instrument.

[@James-S3]

@@mattrogers19461977 fender telecasters are know to be worth so much 😂

[@k3llyUK]

@@mattrogers1946that depends on how you value an instrument. Maybe I have more money than sense, but I would place much more value on a perfectly setup playable vintage instrument over a dirty, knackered, unplayable pile of crap.

[@mousetrapper5436]

that Tele should be gone thru lube the nut and tuners go thru the pups and put it back together don't ruin the patina

[@karl-dittersvon-ditterdorf9874]

Just Beautyfull ro keep old things, instruments going.❤

[@RobertJohnson-gk2gj]

There’s a way to get those discoloration’s , on the neck out. On the , bad scratches, I fill them in with some black finger nails polish, then go through the stages of silicone carbon , wet sand paper’s 400gt , 500…. Even up to 800,- 1,000 + , then polished out. Way Cool project & sadification. Some like the full Retro.

[@mariorossi7220]

What splendid job, my best complimets

[@RedLittleBee]

Regarding the bow in the neck: how was the truss rod adjusted while measuring it? Nice job

[@beandog100]

Yeah, I thought the same. Best be sure that neck is dead straight before ripping into it with a radius sanding block.

[@neilwinkelmann8540]

Very nice. To my eye, it ooks a bit like a mix of "too nice" and aged, but a bit of playing and the look and aging will all come together again.

[@simonecelante4174]

Fantastic job

[@MASI_forging]

Great restoration as always 👏👏

[@TON-guitarworkshop]

Thank you!

[@NimaRafiei86]

This was so satisfying to watch! I dabble in some very elementary DIY guitar TLC, but nowhere near the scale and scope of professional luthiers, especially in restoration! It's beautiful! I was kinda hoping you'd play some licks from Pink Floyd's "Run Like Hell" at the end

[@guitarfriend65]

Great Job - nice Guitar 👏

[@rohnleidigh213]

Amazing... Only wish we could hear it being played after seeing all the work that went into it.

[@TerenceSmith-bn7uo]

Wow excellent job you have done there , really enjoyed your video

[@brooklynboy1000]

I guess some people in the comment never take showers either. Great work.

[@mysteriomarvel933]

Now thats the way you restore a guitar..such attention to detail and left no stone unturned. What soldering iron make and model do you use and what temperature do you use it at? Ive dabbled with electric guitar building but suck at electronics and soldering. This is something Id like to try again as a hobby when I retire. Cheers from the Adirondacks of upstate NY.

[@TON-guitarworkshop]

Thanks! It’s a Weller soldering station and the temperature is around 400-450 celsius.

[@Voice-over-animals]

If I ever get the idea to fix up an old battered guitar, all I have to do is watch this and I know to move on 😅😂

[@robinsonrojosolar8528]

Wonderful work Congratulations !!!

[@LeftyPem]

12:43 looks like the switch got swapped sometime after 2010.

[@mikedavis3841]

That old telecaster was played hard and put up wet.looks Good 👍

[@TON-guitarworkshop]

Indeed it was!

[@laprune9191]

Super guitare et très belle restauration le propriétaire doit être très satisfait 👍👌✌

[@TON-guitarworkshop]

Thank you! He was!

[@Chalepastel]

the finish on the fret board was fucking magnificent

[@robinlawson701]

Lovely work.

[@ignaciogranja5791]

Amazing work, congrats!!!

[@SeanDaRyan]

YOU GOTTA PLAY IT!!!

[@NigelWelch-x3h]

Nigel in Canada 🇨🇦 great work

[@MrZardoz777]

That's my kind of restoration: all the mojo still intact, nice!

[@NigelWelch-x3h]

Nigel in Canada 🇨🇦 a very patient guy

[@RutherfordRyan1]

Really nice job…..great guitar

[@Lawdawg1us1]

Good job! I really enjoyed the process. I was torn between keeping the look of an aged guitar and making it playable again. Let’s face it someone was going to get tetanus playing it. But in the end was really cool guitar that someone will enjoy regardless of value.

[@billdCT97]

great craftsmanship

[@skullstjohn]

Feels like you restored all of the mojo right out of the guitar. Nice job!

[@systematic_hydromatic]

Beautiful.

[@leopoldbluesky]

Superb work!

[@johnng5016]

original owner really abused such a nice guitar. Great restoration job.

[@エクミロ]

Love this VDO😊

[@IndianaLeon64]

Great Job!😇

[@primozpetkovseksek9168]

Bravo moster👏

[@Ee77Aa45]

Thabk for amazing work 🎉

[@TON-guitarworkshop]

Thanks for watching!

[@jonnyguitar]

Please reveal us witch is the rust removing liquid, THX 😊

[@deanallen927]

SUPERB JOB! What solvent did you soak the hardware in??? I've been looking for something like that for decades! Nothing seems to work for me. BTW love the big giant frets!

[@claudionesdebologna2533]

The crl switch is brand new..

[@ejcoppini]

Can you tell what kind of liquid do you use to clean tuners?

[@TON-guitarworkshop]

It’s called ferosan in my country.

[@Sputnick60]

Is it fully a ‘77? There’s no serial number under the logo where should be a number starting with S7 and having the same five digits you’ve mentioned. Could this be an older neck on a ‘77 body. I like the repair job you’ve done and you are doing the right thing making it playable again.

[@edvaldocps]

Amazing work, congrats

[@TheToneWork]

What is the solution you use to dissolve the rust?

[@jeromewagschal9485]

It's a fine guitar restoration video and I've enjoyed every second of it...Great job 👍👍 May I ask what kind of oil (?) you have in that syringe to clean the heads of rusty screws ? Thank you

[@jbrobertson2758]

The oversize side dots are a real trip! Especially at the 12th fret. @ 20:46 you can see the normal size dots at the 15th and 17th frets. What's up with that?

[@Benbenbenbenbenbenbenbenben]

Wow, well done! What rust dissolving agent are you using?

[@TON-guitarworkshop]

It’s called Ferosan.

[@mjphoto45]

My fav guitar

[@trevorwells9708]

What grit sandpaper do you use for sanding the neck? Thanks

[@scottyhughes9179]

nice job!

[@gattillocard8090]

Wow!! Nice job bro! 🙌Beautiful guitar!🔥

[@TON-guitarworkshop]

Indeed it is! The telecaster shape is my favourite among all the electric guitars!

[@ARONHALLAM]

A great job. It's a lot of work I imagine it must have cost close to the value of the guitar to get it done.

[@satanbane]

Wow, beautiful work! However, if I were the customer, I would've requested that all the electronic parts, except the pickups themselves, be replaced. Given how much corrosion was on everything else, there's no way I'd trust the pickup switch, the pots, or the jack to be reliable and stay reliable for many years hence. Even the wires are probably corroded and oxygenated inside the insulation. Keep the old cover plate and knobs, but give the rest a new lease on life! Just MHO.

[@mikemorgan4774]

Man, that thing was left in somebody's flooded basement for 5 or 6 years.

[@chrisharvey5162]

Great meticulous job it’s just that I thought 68 was the last year for lacquer.

[@MyName-nx1jj]

It's poly.

[@mjphoto45]

I would add locking tuners

[@Tim82621]

13:09 ofcourse it is! Its a tele

[@Luke-ot6mk]

Good job!

[@DiogenesCaulfield]

Omg a neck pocket booger of epic proportion

[@AnissaMaharaniHaha-Maran-hu8ct]

awesome dude! 👍👰

[@EbonyPope]

Why are you sanding away the bump? Did you try to adjust the truss rod first to see if it straightens out the neck?

[@tonyjones7731]

I was always led to understand that two or three turns was enough to lock the string in place, especially with Fender vintage style tuners.

[@issamchabaa45]

Time to give it some relicing job to make it cooler, have those tuning pegs look rusty again 😂😂😂

[@MaskedMaman]

Great job 👍

[@mojekh]

Nice job!🥰 Please, doy ou know what happened wit the serial number on headstock? It's always a big question whether to restore it or keep it with all the battle scars and dings.. I have restored 76 and 78 Telecastcollected during the years. However, I kept the damaged paint and lacquer and I don't mind, I love them! 70's Teles are amazing, especially the lighter ones🥰

[@brunoleinad]

Beautiful job!!! What you used to clean the metalic parts?

[@ringbangsoldier]

Hi, what’s your magic rust removal solution? …..hope it’s not a secret! I have a Tele bridge to work on…..not as bad as that one was…..but it does have significant rust and corrosion. Thanks if you care to share!