Thank goodness for a Ted video in these days of madness. I can relax for a few minutes now.
@IrisGalaxisАй бұрын
What happened?
@dabanjoАй бұрын
@@IrisGalaxisRichard Simmons passed away 😢
@pamartinАй бұрын
Silly luthiure...thought he was teaching guitar repair when he winds up a therapist 😅 Yeah, you and me both (and I'm sure many others) came here for information, got some and more, and found a touch stone for a reality check. Sorry for the pressure, Ted, but we have come to look up to you for sensibility. And you just wanted to fix guitars🎸 Heavy weighs the crown... Keep on!
@goodun2974Ай бұрын
@@dabanjo, Kinky Friedman also passed ---- he was far more interesting than Richard Simmons but got far less press.
@kbjerkeАй бұрын
@@goodun2974 Also, Dr. Ruth.
@boydbcАй бұрын
I will never be sick of polishing, polishing, polishing.
@random-guitarАй бұрын
@@boydbc , I know, right?
@joelonsdale23 күн бұрын
That's because you're not the one doing it!
@JxHАй бұрын
2:40 Thank you for using the word "plethora"; it means a lot to me.
@themasterofmachines6789Ай бұрын
Would you say I have a plethora of piñatas?
@tetedur377Ай бұрын
Yeah, I remember when "cornucopia" was the word of the day. It's just awkward. Like, who put that word in there, anyway?
@jazzbox1Ай бұрын
I also love hearing Mike Tyson said the word Plethora !
@JxHАй бұрын
@@tetedur377 Our host, Ted, is a gentleman and a scholar. His command of the Queen's English is legendary. For him, a word like 'plethora' is merely in the 2nd tier, within very easy reach.
@RideAcrossTheRiver23 күн бұрын
To paraphrase Benny Hill, Ted's vocabulary is quite -prelavent- -prelyavent- such a lot of it about.
@tommylitchfield3450Ай бұрын
Please carry on with Polishing, polishing, polishing. We all need the added stability in our lives. We fear change.
@tetedur377Ай бұрын
It's very zen. Much like wax on;wax off.
@goodun2974Ай бұрын
It isn't change we fear so much; we fear rust more, because rust never sleeps! Truthfully, we should fear oxygen because oxygen tries so hard to combine with *everything*, usually changing it for the worse!
@goodun2974Ай бұрын
Filing..... filing.... filing..... 😉
@dalgguitarsАй бұрын
"I am immediately, and intensely fond of this guitar." Easy to do with a Tele! Rock on.
@goodun2974Ай бұрын
Tab Benoit's main guitar, pretty much his only guitar, is a battered Tele Thinline. That guitar got its relicing the old-fashioned way: by earning it! Tab is a high-energy player and gets a great tone from it.
@markhammer060Ай бұрын
we also like you for not making sponsored content
@timooehling925829 күн бұрын
100% but I think I want one of those stewmac fret leveling devices
@noahMrkzАй бұрын
For those looking, 1.3mm hex wrenches are often found in Traxxis RC car tool kits. Can get a set of them with 5-7 different sizes for sub $20 USD
@dannoall8427Ай бұрын
Great info. A T-4 torx type driver is a close 1.27 mm as well. I find a small set of torx drivers very handy to have around.
@goodun2974Ай бұрын
@@dannoall8427, subbing a Torx for a hex (Allen) wrench will only be safe if the screws are easy to turn and not half-frozen or corroded; otherwise you end up with a badly stripped, chewed up screw that's hard to remove. Newbies and mechanically unskilled DIY guitar owners should proceed with caution, or better yet, buy the right tool. In my working career as an audio equipment repair tech, the type of badly stripped-out screw heads I'd encounter most frequently was invariably small hex-head screws.
@rickmccl71Ай бұрын
@@dannoall8427 Very useful. I like a small multi-bit Torx® screwdriver, many useful sizes and so much easier to use than an Allen wrench.
@RobModsАй бұрын
You'll get a 1.25mm in a cheap mini metric set from the big box hardware in my part of the world. That's what I use.
@stu-jАй бұрын
Rip Joel...amazing guitar restoration luthier and will be missed by many!
@zaraak323iАй бұрын
That Tele is a peach! Btw, I do a tiny little repair work on the side, mostly for friends, and I"ve learned a great deal from your videos. I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for everything I've learned from you. I really do appreciate it.
@beenaplumber8379Ай бұрын
Wait till your friends start watching and learn it for themselves 😛
@zaraak323iАй бұрын
😁
@CharleyHollandАй бұрын
American Standard Fenders: well received. American Standard toilets: receive well.
@random-guitarАй бұрын
I’ve just subscribed. I’ve been binge-watching through several videos. This is very quality content. I also very much enjoy the narration of the “hows and whys” that go into the various repairs.
@jamesleaver1391Ай бұрын
All the little tips, like sanding the underside of the nut using the radius of the board... this is what I'm here for. Seems so obvious once you see it done. Great work, as always.
@FrequencySummoner28 күн бұрын
I'm a bit surprised that the bottom of the nut slot would be radiused. I guess it's possible with CNC, but why?
@grene1955Ай бұрын
Never stop with the Polishing, Polishing, Polishing!
@random-guitar28 күн бұрын
For sure. For Ted, I’m sure it gets monotonous to say. But, for us it is a soothing and relaxing refrain - like a part to a song.
@relyt6308Ай бұрын
I have to talk about the extra long clip of you playing the guitar, thank you for your beautiful playing
@justinshultz120Ай бұрын
Rest easy, Joel 💙 you will be missed. And as always, thank you Ted for the awesome content 🙏🏼
@stevenkarnisky411Ай бұрын
"Polishing, polishing, polishing" is a mantra, eliciting the "relaxation response".
@random-guitarАй бұрын
@@stevenkarnisky411 , exactly.
@moonboogien8908Ай бұрын
Whew, I was kind of scared at first when you said the strat was worked on by someone else but the client didn't like it.... I had a strat with the same exact year and specs leave my bench a week ago. But, I seriously doubt he could have sent it out to Canada from the states in a week.... or could he?😮 Then I saw the nut and my worries abated. Not my work💀
@twintech100Ай бұрын
Wow! That Thin line Tele looks mighty fine!
@danielmargolis3210Ай бұрын
I bought one of those Fret Kissers about a minute before StewMac lowered all of their prices drastically. Timing is everything.
@lewisgeyer1440Ай бұрын
Great photography and commentary, your efforts are informative and appreciated. Thank you and sorry for your loss.
@yobentley7274Ай бұрын
love the polishing, polishing, polishing...keep it up please.
@goodun2974Ай бұрын
When he was leveling the nut he should have said "filing.... filing.... filing....."
@DrustIVАй бұрын
My thinline is the same colour, flat wound strings, neck pickup, straight into amp = heaven.
@AndrewAHayesАй бұрын
I got to use one of those early '80s Stratocaster Elite models for a few weeks, I liked it, I thought it was the future but they never advanced on them and stopped selling them after a couple of years. You could get some nice tones out of those electronics, it was basically an EQ pedal on the guitar.
@beenaplumber8379Ай бұрын
Was that the one with the push-button on/off pickup switches? I remember they did that for a short time in the early 80s. I was a teenager. I thought it was cool.
@jimhudson556Ай бұрын
I have watched several other repair folks and none are as interesting and educating as yours. Thank you
@mikemph7779Ай бұрын
Recently bought a 2014 American standard telecaster, really love it. I’ll probably still have it when I die.
@garethsnaim8174Ай бұрын
This is more interesting than the euro final and I am in the UK. lol.
@Lensman864Ай бұрын
ANYTHING is more interesting than damned football!
@myoldmateАй бұрын
Me too. Watching Ted perform his magic v grown-up children kicking a bag of wind around. No contest.
@IngelaWeeksАй бұрын
I was all set to watch the live broadcast of a concert at the Hotel de Ville but was overruled... Wish I had known then that this was up!
@user-yh7un3sz7v29 күн бұрын
Recently come across your channel and for anyone interested in repairing guitars back to life sympathetically its a godsend. Hopefully you realise thejoy you're bringing to all us frustrated luthier's showingcare and attention can sirt out any problems.
@208414Ай бұрын
That thin line tele is a real looker.
@paulauksztulewicz4803Ай бұрын
Thank you Sir. Sorry your buddy has left the building way too soon. Sending good thoughts from hot Southern California.
@nicolen.9642Ай бұрын
RIP Joel. 😢 Luthier, be blessed!🕊
@sisyphushappybandАй бұрын
"Looking keen and playing mean" is great. Next merch idea!
@ironrupikАй бұрын
That Tele over the Strat 9 days out of the week.
@rhamp97Ай бұрын
Hi Ted, watch your show regularly. Thanks for doing it. I have this very strat. Same color and guards. Great guitar.
@guycalleddaveАй бұрын
Rip Joel
@Lensman864Ай бұрын
I've long held a theory that the quality of Ted's playing when he demonstrates a guitar is directly related to his opinion of that guitar. He played the Mint-green Tele very well indeed! 😉
@grindtoothmedia120Ай бұрын
This probably sounds strange, but I think there are objects that resonate very well with us as individuals. There are a handful of guitars that I've picked up over the years that just seem to sing in my hands and bring out the best in me, and others that are just an instrument, lifeless and bland. Odds are it's just chemicals in our brain, but there is something interesting in thinking it might be a bit more mystical. Another thing that I experienced this with was a skateboard I had when I was a teenager, like 35 years ago. For some reason, I felt like I could land every trick on that deck. A friend borrowed it for a few minutes, misjudged a concrete curb and sent the skateboard into a busy road, where a passing car snapped the tail off. To this very day, I feel the pain of that loss.
@Lensman864Ай бұрын
@@grindtoothmedia120 I recently bought replicas of my 1970s Alva decks. QED, yes.
@tigdogsbodyАй бұрын
Sir, sorry for your loss.
@michaelinglis567Ай бұрын
As someone who managed inventory and did deliverys for a plumbing supply company i can confirm American Standard is indeed a plumbing parts manufacturer. I never thought id hear someone else make that connection much less a Canadian lol.
@ted9876Ай бұрын
I sit on one daily. Not the guitar though.
@WutipongWongsakuldejАй бұрын
I also sit on one every now and then.
@sstace69Ай бұрын
I stand over one daily 😂
@stevenkarnisky411Ай бұрын
Have to say I recognized the name connection immediately. Reminds me of the i pad and its connection to the feminine product!
@davestahl572Ай бұрын
Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, Ted. Those are a nice pair of Fenders, especially that thin line tele. From it's sound, I can see why you liked it right off. Not much for green guitars, but that one I would take home.
@mrwiggles837Ай бұрын
for the pre-slotted nut, could you not have continued sanding the bottom against the fretboard to get the string height lower? I would think that would take less time than deepening the slots and reshaping the top. though I'm probably missing some reason why that wouldn't work.
@Henni63Ай бұрын
That Tele IS pretty!
@darrinswansonАй бұрын
You're not our stooge, Ted... you don't have to say "polishing, polishing, polishing" if you don't want. It was just a single glimmer of the humor you would sprinkle into your videos that made them shine.
@bengordon2330Ай бұрын
Thank you.
@david25876Ай бұрын
Wera makes very nice tools!
@alexcoronaАй бұрын
Sorry for your loss, RIP.
@wyattsdad8561Ай бұрын
That’s a nice looking Strat. Sounds good too.
@jeffthevideoguy23Ай бұрын
Ha! I'm watching this from an American Standard "love seat."
@stealingtomorrowbandАй бұрын
LOL me 2 haha
@beenaplumber8379Ай бұрын
TMI y'all!😝
@James-xf4pcАй бұрын
You don't want the e string popping oat! 😂
@HayesTechАй бұрын
I completely agree about accepting sponsorships or partnerships. I tell any company, wanting me to review a product, to send it to me with the only promise, on my part, will be to make a video on it. That way I can be completely honest about the item I'm reviewing.
@matthewbartolone7036Ай бұрын
Great Video Ted. Polishing , polishing etc. Is what it is but sanding the nut-slots, simply genius, . Thank You
@jasonsapp792Ай бұрын
Funny have been working on a set up on a Suhr Classic S today... Decked bridge made for a buzzy play... Lil floating now on bridge and polishing, polishing, polishing... Lol
@steveorion6185Ай бұрын
The Telecaster is a Sea Foam green ! nice !!!!
@dannoall8427Ай бұрын
Yeah, Ted just probably just inadvertently sold 50 of them on his approval alone.
@RideAcrossTheRiver23 күн бұрын
@@dannoall8427 The American Original series has been discontinued. Try to find one.
@user-xi9ri2pg8vАй бұрын
Great job on the strat nut
@tymstewartАй бұрын
Thanks for your nice videos. I like hearing and seeing you work and talk about guitars. ❤
@pietbliksemАй бұрын
While you were filing and sanding the nut I kept catching myself trying to blow the dust of the screen.
@goodun2974Ай бұрын
I've done the same; I've even tried to blow the dust off of the screen when I rewatched one of my own KZbin videos! I don't know if that's better or worse than trying to blow off somebody else's dust......( I posted a video about using "scratch brushes" and abrasive erasers for cleaning contacts and terminals, switches and controls, cleaning circuit boards before soldering, and so on; whenever I see somebody struggle to solder a ground wire to the back of a potentiometer, I want to yell at them "why didn't you polish it with an eraser or scratch brush first?").
@mightyluv28 күн бұрын
Hah! I did it too.
@johncorey208026 күн бұрын
never get tired of the polishing hell whats life for if not for a little humor
@FoulOwl2112Ай бұрын
I like the Seafoam Green too!
@PrelliumАй бұрын
Seafoam Green Tele, nice.
@rippinstock24 күн бұрын
I hadn’t realized I missed this one!!! What a treat.
@dude36Ай бұрын
Thanks Ted and company for giving me sanity and community.
@SBanasАй бұрын
You should think about the StewMac deal Ted. Nobody's here gonna call You any names for that, and You really deserve some bonus, for all the hard work You're putting into the guitars and the videos. You're the closest thing to a comfort TV we have 😉
@davidwood351Ай бұрын
I love the finish on that Strat.
@goodun2974Ай бұрын
The neck looks kind of weird however: the fingerboard lacquer looks kind of rough, like an orange peel, frim certain angles, and the wood seems to have fine longitudinal cracks or splits with dirt in them. I prefer the Tele, although ideally I prefer a rosewood fingerboard.
@YouTubeHandlesAreMoronicАй бұрын
It's called Sienna Sunburst, and it looks especially nice with a rosewood board and tortoise guard.
@RideAcrossTheRiver23 күн бұрын
@@goodun2974 That's wood grain you're seeing. Dirt DOES get into wood grain--trees live in dirt.
@Obscurity202Ай бұрын
Thank you Mr Ted
@VinylOcelotАй бұрын
"I don't like the idea of making sponsored content".. You're a real one, Ted. As much as I do like stew mac and other companies products, I'm happy to know we all are able to watch your genuine work unadulterated by sponsored content. .
@mamutcatАй бұрын
Excellent video!
@kbjerkeАй бұрын
That Tele is really sweet.
@KBorhamАй бұрын
I’ve never seen a comment saying some was bored or sick of anything TW does, ever. It’s your rolling discussion a lot of us come for…. and lively vocabulary
@NotAsTraceableАй бұрын
TW, my man, I've had a stressful day and just I sat down in front of my computer, ready to relax and here you have a new video. This and a cold beer. Thanks for making these videos and your excellent work. Best Wishes.
@JxHАй бұрын
Condolences.
@mrclaus859Ай бұрын
Thanks for posting Ted
@jamesmoore9596Ай бұрын
If your frets are a-rockin its time to come a-knockin'!
@monday6524Ай бұрын
I do enjoy these videos!
@elamon51Ай бұрын
Thanks for having all of us over Ted. Until next time my friend. 😂
@jameslandon9194Ай бұрын
You’re quite a classy dude Ted. Thank you for another great video.
@gregoaks4413Ай бұрын
enjoying , enjoying enjoying ! thx Ted !
@ChrisHopkinsBassАй бұрын
21:40 - The Batman theme played by a drunk person :) That tele is gorgeous!
@SatchmoeddieАй бұрын
Sometimes it's a drag when your string slips off the thing, so let's not slip off. - James M. Hendrix.
@Zagura9028 күн бұрын
Hey, thank you for documenting these. Not only are your videos informative, they're interesting. As a guitar player that doesn't get to play as much as I'd like to - I love learning about guitar repair from you. I've used several of your techniques and have repaired several friends guitars/basses. Nothing too crazy. Even when I can't play, I have your videos going on in the background sometimes. Thanks!
@patrickniedermeyer2112Ай бұрын
Shit. I've been missing the Luthalong lately. Joel was a hip dude.
@lesliefranklin1870Ай бұрын
I believe the color on that one guitar is "seafoam green".
@sylvaind9086Ай бұрын
Whoa! I want that Tele!🤤
@ElvisStansvikАй бұрын
Nice. Have professionally used Wera for obscure hex sizes too (0.9 mm), in a completely different context (x-ray spectrometers from American company Amptek). They did the job.
@rakentrailАй бұрын
Ted, I've found when the slot is not so tight to hold that pre-made nut that the player just has to have, a tiny dot of clear silicone bottom center will hold the nut in and steady even under those SRV bends but come out easily when it needs to! Just had one in the shop that was slathered in CA glue when it was installed! What fun! LOL! Chiseling, chiseling, chiseling!
@Simulera16 күн бұрын
I have a 2010 American Std Strat in that very finish and an early thinline Tele. This video is weirdly “custom” for my particular guitar situation!
@RobModsАй бұрын
12:00 I often fit tusq and other pre-slotted nut blanks. The trick is actually work the under side. I use an ibanez nut slot file (9 thou wide, 85mm long) and rest it in the slot at one end and the 2nd fret at the other. Then you can gauge by sight, how much to remove from the bottom. If it is a radius like this, then I use a radius gauge and pencil to mark the nut. (Be aware that the radius of the nut channel doesn't always match the fretboard!) Often you will need to remove more from one side than the other. With practise, you can get the slots down so they are only just too high and then only do minimal slot filing, and no reshaping of the top at all.
@slo5283Ай бұрын
i appreciate the recent closer, close-ups
@matthewridgeway925028 күн бұрын
I love a maple fretboard on a Fender. And unusually, a Richlite fretboard on a Gibson is nice too. I wonder what a Fender would be like with Richlite? I love Telecasters over a Stratocaster, but maybe I just have not found one I like. I bought the cheapest Ibanez recently, a Strat style guitar, and I really like that one! Another Strat style guitar I have is a 1970 Guyatone LG-23R with an electronic rhythm machine built in. That guitar plays extremely well and sound mmm ok, but the cheesy rhythm machine just adds the right degree of weird to make it awesome. I have played a Squire over the years and really enjoy it. It belong to my niece, I don't think she knows how great that guitar is! Nuts are very hard to shape, and I am glad for this video. Thank you.
@drothberg325 күн бұрын
I got my first strat in the 1980s. It had a locking nut that operated on a lever. It also had lace sensor pickups, I believe. The finish was white pearly. Strange guitar, but it did work and sound good enough.
@thehowlingterrorАй бұрын
Ta very much for the video.
@pamartinАй бұрын
Even with your tiny bench test amp that Tele sounded reeeeaaalll good. Could almost taste it in all 3 positions!
@gorgiasxxАй бұрын
Yeah that's interesting, the strat sounded quite dull. Could probably use some better pickups.
@RideAcrossTheRiver23 күн бұрын
@@gorgiasxx It needs a Tweed amp.
@ALTDOK667Ай бұрын
RIP Joe, who I didn't know.
@arapheltАй бұрын
Polishing, polishing, polishing is like "No soup for you" from Seinfeld or "How you doin?" from Friends. You'd think it was odd if it they didn't say those lines when they get to that scene in the show. Not everyone gets a catch phrase, but I'm sure everyone who has one also feels like it gets old. But there's a reason we still watch re-runs, because we as the audience love it.
@michaelpilgrim8131Ай бұрын
Thank you, Ted.
@david25876Ай бұрын
American standard toilets are amazing!
@OssianEMillsАй бұрын
They’ll start a Custom Shop, now…
@davidmckean955Ай бұрын
Does extremely difficult free hand radius sanding while saying "this isn't that difficult."
@jamesonpace726Ай бұрын
You are what I'd be if I had known, before my 58th b'day, that guitars could be adjusted after the factory. D'Oh....
@rickbaker4571Ай бұрын
$90 for a "fret kisser" is criminal
@cgavin1Ай бұрын
2008 was my favourite year for the American Standard. The satin finish on the necks and the chunkier frets were fantastic. Edit: The 2008 also had the "delta tone" no-load tone pot on the overwound bridge. It was a great guitar. Just loved mine.
@mightyluv28 күн бұрын
That StewMac fret rocker/leveler tool is ingenious! It’s on my shopping list, I have a few high spots needing attention. Also: I felt a wave of relief when he wiped those pencil marks off of the Strat neck; seeing those there was bugging the hell out of me, I really don’t know why 😑.