Some decades ago, I found myself restoring a lovely collection of very old wooden field and studio cameras (the ones with leather bellows and brass-barreled lenses), when an octogenarian clock-maker who was working nearby said to me: "Son, I can see you have a way of putting things right..." This quiet comment, coming from an elderly, tweed suited gentleman, has brought me comfort down the years, especially when things were getting rough. Well, Ted, I just want to pass that compliment along: You truly have a way of putting things right..
@masteronone20793 жыл бұрын
After 30+ years of a repetitive job that wrecked the tendons in my hands I've only got three reasonably functional fingers working on my fretting hand. Four strings are plenty for me to manage, discovering the baritone uke has been a real life saver, made making music enjoyable again.
@ibvonbulow2 жыл бұрын
You continue to amaze, not only with your generosity to improve the instrument, but your ability to play irregardless if it's 4, 5, 6, 7 or 12 (maybe more) strings. You always seem to be able to squeeze something out.
@MarkMcCluney4 жыл бұрын
That's a nice wee instrument and it sounds lovely after a bit of TLC. Thanks for treating the cheapies with respect, I appreciate that.
@MaximilianBocek4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, good point. It's one of the reasons I like Mr. Woodford. The reward is discovering that this cheaply made instrument, a 60-year survivor with what is now well seasoned wood, has something to say. It sounds surprisingly good.
@swbusby4 жыл бұрын
The most valuable part of the Uke in the end is the bone inlay fret markers.
@MaximilianBocek4 жыл бұрын
Ha!
@ALTDOK6674 жыл бұрын
Okay, Sparky.
@jetphone19744 жыл бұрын
Man, the love you gave this thing. I am further impressed by your generosity of spirit and unclouded approach to fixing all things broken.
@neilfletcher38684 жыл бұрын
Ha ha, I just knew you’d have to go back and fix the fretboard markers, after watching a whole load of your other videos... Great job..!!
@markk38774 жыл бұрын
Neil Fletcher : me too - I had a similar feeling once when working on a vintage generator....was carefully cleaning the cover where the 90year old decal was and poof - just like a Ted said....it was gone!
@RonDylewski4 жыл бұрын
Yes! He couldn't let that go!
@rustyaxelrod4 жыл бұрын
It sounded much nicer than I expected.
@taotuhao59694 жыл бұрын
Same Here. Although, I have recently had a couple of Kay guitars from that era and they were surprisingly well made.
@danytoob4 жыл бұрын
Two days later...still sounds nicer than I woulda thunk!
@ahf54714 жыл бұрын
The most important man in Canada.
@danielweinbaum4 жыл бұрын
RIGHT BEHIND BOBBY ORR !!!
@JosePineda-jn8jk4 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna diy some small clamps with wing nuts and long bolts with the heads cut off, I figure those little knobs on the end are cork so I’ll start with that to make lite pads for the wood I’m gonna use behind them. Thank you for all these videos, very entertaining and man the customers must love the transparency
@gordonkennygordon4 жыл бұрын
I love this one. The baritone uke is a lovely instrument. I've had mine since the mid 70s and it is in need of some TLC, which is, in fact, why I started watching your channel! Thank, Guru Ted!
@stevenstainbrook10644 жыл бұрын
Wow, that thing has a wonderful tone, never heard a uke sound like that, it's really nice.
@henryhunter50264 жыл бұрын
A nice job once again. I love the way that you treat all of the instruments you repair with equal care and skill irrespective of their original price category. That old ukulele sounds pretty good and well justified all the fine work that you put into it. I particularly liked the upmarket bone position dots, they put the uke in a class way above its humble status.
@ricklavash69654 жыл бұрын
What a lovely tone, I was not expecting that at all!
@robertrosenfield4054 жыл бұрын
Very entertaining watching you work. No stress for you!
@KenIn_NH4 жыл бұрын
Nicely done as always. I really appreciate and enjoy watching someone take the time and care to breath new life into old things. A lot to be said for that mentality. THANK YOU!
@mikecurtin98314 жыл бұрын
It sounds better than I would have expected. It's amazing how much difference fine details like the position dots make. Thanks very much for adding to my bag of tricks. Thumbs up to crush a troll.
@matthewjamestaylor4 жыл бұрын
Amazing! For an instrument made from imitation plywood, it sounded great. I was worried that when you got done cleaning it you would find it wasn't a Uke at all, and was actually a French horn (made from imitation plywood). All kidding aside, it sounded amazing. Great work and great video. Cheers.
@altruisticphilanthropic46474 жыл бұрын
Another keen & boss video, with yet another TedSpeak quote, for my now burgeoning, multi-volume collected quotes book, "That's fun, when that happens." Please stay safe, Ted...we truly need your expertise, your videos, and your wit, more than ever.
@robertstanley32532 жыл бұрын
I'm impressed with each and every video I see here.
@iansmith35643 жыл бұрын
Great video. Glad you replaced the fret markers. For your future info though. All ukuleles have fret markers on the 10th fret unlike the 9th for guitars. Keep up the good work.
@steveblease4 жыл бұрын
Kay is like the budget brand of budget brands.
@MaximilianBocek4 жыл бұрын
Great video, as usual. I've come across the crumbly white glue before. I have a Japanese guitar from 1964 , a Maruha, I'm working on with that sort of glue. Great to read that folks know a bit about it.
@Bubbin4 жыл бұрын
The Baritone Uke was my first love. Thank you Tim. Be healthy and safe.
@davefoster61564 жыл бұрын
That’s quite amazing I just am blown away by the cheap old instrument that sounds fantastic . Good job on the body repair.
@Starliner4284 жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure to watch you work. Thanks!
@joesantamaria58744 жыл бұрын
Lovely melody and playing.
@abelincoln954 жыл бұрын
Fret markers were a nice touch! Hope the owner realizes his Uke has been pimped!
@douglasbaker33444 жыл бұрын
always a superb job you always do extra tor the customer its always a pleasure to watch you work godbless
@tjmcarthur53764 жыл бұрын
It's January 2021 by the time I found this one, and a 1960-something Kay soprano Uke arrived. Have you ever encountered a white plastic SCREW-ON fretboard? Yeah, nut, frets and board are all one piece of plastic and the fret markers are chromed screw heads! Odd, but that should make reattaching the neck much simpler. And it has quite similar white glue showing within. Thanks for the vid!
@JoDoDesigns20113 жыл бұрын
Another great job, also enjoyed the playing at the end. 😁
@dazuk19694 жыл бұрын
Sounded good for an ol Uke....never played one myself, but i know they were very popular in the 30s n 40s...on both sides of the pond...nice repair on a Uke they didn't put much care into when it was built..i like seeing that...its not all about the value of an instrument when it comes to fixin them...peace.
@jts33394 жыл бұрын
Someone gave me a Hondo branded nylon string guitar that is constructed very similar to this that I repaired for my 6-year-old grandson. They’re so easy to play and make nice beginner instruments, unlike the catalog store cheese graters that we learned on.
@randybecker73394 жыл бұрын
I've never heard a uke played like that before. Very nice! I was a little worried we were about to be "taken to the islands" as you strummed something from Don Ho, but your choice was very beautiful. Once again, your skills save the day.
@e.miller89432 жыл бұрын
The baritone Uke is tuned D G B E like the four highest strings on a guitar. The standard tuning on soprano, concert and tenor Ukes is G C E A, with a reentrant G( the G is higher than the C.) The baritone sounds much different.
@lpjbird4 жыл бұрын
Another happy customer I’m sure. Enjoyed that...
@brazilgrass4 жыл бұрын
I've made some compensated saddles for soprano ukes. Makes some good difference, IMHO. Cheers and thanks from a south brazilian fan, mister. Stay safe and keep It up.
@jipes4 жыл бұрын
Great fix love the way you did you dot makers ! This Uke sounds really good
@michaelmace9244 жыл бұрын
Awesome!! This video is just in time. Your videos help to lower my stress levels. I only wish that there were more & longer videos, but beggers can't be choosers. 🤷♂️
@thinker86994 жыл бұрын
Nice when the notification bell tells you that another video from twoodfrd has arrived!
@daddyjohn21319504 жыл бұрын
YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT UKE!
@steveblease4 жыл бұрын
That tune was like Nice one Cyril and something from Andy Pandy late 1960s kids tv
@donaldholman90704 жыл бұрын
Funky.. great video ... thank you for sharing
@aliceroloff36414 жыл бұрын
Sounded beautiful
@arcelilotyt98274 жыл бұрын
Thanks to this guy ur uke now look like legit
@robinfawcett79734 жыл бұрын
Sounds great! Great tip about running the brad point bit backwards - Doh! why did I never think of that? Thanks.
@johncrapper3664 жыл бұрын
Ive never heard that tune before but i absolutely love it. It smiled my soul.
@DonAntonioCasanova4 жыл бұрын
This Instrument sounds nice. The thin 4th String on other Ukuleles sounds always weird to me
@jeffking4 жыл бұрын
Isn't the top string of a uke supposed to be 1 octave higher, or is it different for a baritone uke? It looks like that is what came in here (0:10) but not what left here (8:27). I'm not a uke player, so I assume I am wrong...
@twoodfrd4 жыл бұрын
Baritone ukes are typically strung like the top four strings on a guitar. Some try and string it with rentrant tuning like the soprano or concert uke, but that's not the usual thing to do.
@JC-111114 жыл бұрын
A baritone Uke? Wow. Didn't know they made those 👍 2nd!
@OtherTheDave4 жыл бұрын
JC Me neither. I kinda want one now. Although, I suppose I should get a regular uke first? 🤣
@DrKlausTrophobie3 жыл бұрын
There is way more then one Ukulele... kzbin.infofeatured But watch out, visiting channels like this might mess up your KZbin suggestions. 😉
@greatnortherntroll68414 жыл бұрын
For what was probably a cheap piece of junk uke, it sounds WAY More lovely than it has a right to! Wow. Nice work, Ted!
@stevedowler23664 жыл бұрын
Nice little tune there, boss on that uke.
@alnicospeaker4 жыл бұрын
Cool! I have a Harmony baritone uke made from mahogany and rosewood fingerboard
@peterjames25804 жыл бұрын
Sounds great!
@danielweinbaum4 жыл бұрын
SUCH A PLEASURE TO WATCH !
@kylemoran43434 жыл бұрын
Great instrument to get very young kids playing, before they move on to guitar ! It sounded good for an "ole-timer", yer playing wasn't to bad either :-)
@nicktrousers4 жыл бұрын
very nice. And a pretty sound it has
@alansauer68534 жыл бұрын
Hi. I watch all of your videos. They are very good. Very informative. I have a question that I've never seen addressed. I don't know if you answer questions,but I would like to explain my problem. I have a knock off Chinese 335 guitar. It's a right hand guitar. I'm a lefty. I made it a lefty, I put in a new nut. I moved the control knobs to the other side. It really looks good. My problem is intonation. It has a tune a matic bridge. There is not enough adjustment to get it intonate properly. I turned a few of the saddles around to try to get more adjustment. Short of removing the bridge and drilling new holes what can I do. Is there a bridge made for my problem. Thanks
@twoodfrd4 жыл бұрын
Some of the roller bridges (Schaller or Golden Age from StuMac) have more travel room for the saddles.
@alansauer68534 жыл бұрын
@@twoodfrd thank you. I will definitely look into this right away
@LJPV7774 жыл бұрын
Surprised to see you're 30 minutes away from me. After COVID runs it's course, I think I may have some work for you haha
@robertshorthill68362 жыл бұрын
I know that Jake Shimabukaro is a ukelele virtuoso, like Avi Avatar is on mandolin, but this cheap, busted baritone is just a toy with strings and frets -- not worth the time to haul it to a half full dumpster. That is why one should never leave his car unlocked while buying a 6 pack at the grocery store. When he gets back to his car, there will be 15 more cheap, busted ukes inside that now he will have to haul to a dumpster.
@JC-111114 жыл бұрын
So when you thin out regular wood glue, you just add water and mix?
@ejtakach4 жыл бұрын
So much care!
@floridamaury14 жыл бұрын
Anyone know what that tool was he was using at 8:06 is? Is that a small chisel or a file?
@twoodfrd4 жыл бұрын
It's actually a bent checkering file (used for making the pattern on gunstock grips). I've ground the tip into a chisel so it works well for cleaning out the bottom of saddle slots.
@floridamaury14 жыл бұрын
Ah, makes sense. I'm going to have to steal that idea, thanks for the reply.
@pschroeter12 жыл бұрын
What was the song at the end? I love the tone of that thing.
@redrock19634 жыл бұрын
How many "fun" things do you need to find before you put it into the round filing cabinet?
@csnelling44 жыл бұрын
Sounds great👍👏👏👏🇬🇧
@mikemaifeld62804 жыл бұрын
If you have to do a neck reset and it is a glue on neck, can it be made into a bolt on neck?
@philipthomas84404 жыл бұрын
Sounds nice!
@stevesstrings52434 жыл бұрын
Great information! I've picked up a couple of cheap baritones in need of repair as "projects." I have been contemplating how best to address bridge replacement given that finding the appropriately sized clamps may be problematic. I see Harbor Freight has some 5" deep throat c-clamps. I think they will fit. I'll probably go with those. Do you have any tips for regluing loose braces in a baritone uke? As you pointed out, the soundhole is small. I have been thinking I may have to take the back off?
@twoodfrd4 жыл бұрын
It's possible to make your own clamps using threaded insert nuts and bolts. Working through the soundhole with bent rods takes a lot of patience, but it's good practice.
@18roselover4 жыл бұрын
I have some vln C clamps from condit mfg, that work for gluing bridges on to ukes, or HF in usa
@dooleyfussle86344 жыл бұрын
We used to have a lot of used bari ukes up here in Ontario due to a music program (classroom sets!). Whenever I could I converted them to six stringers for use as travel/ canoeing/ camping guitars. My granddaughter has one.
@JC-111114 жыл бұрын
@@twoodfrd on those clamps in the thumbnail, are they made with the hole centered or offset so that you get a camming action for better adjustment when clamping something?
@twoodfrd4 жыл бұрын
@@dooleyfussle8634 That's a really good idea. The nut width is nice and generous for only 4 strings.
@dooleyfussle86344 жыл бұрын
"Honey, what's that smell?"...
@robertshorthill68362 жыл бұрын
Dooley Fussie. That is the smell of a dog with fleas, as in the way one of these things is tuned -- My Dog Has Fleas.
@lewisgeyer14404 жыл бұрын
Another great video, thanks!!!
@Riverdeepnwide4 жыл бұрын
aka "Old Uke gets new bone"
@erichagler78424 жыл бұрын
i got one of those fancy little toys with similar issue ..... please teach me what i need to know .... lol ...threaded rod wing nuts cork glue ..... i got the glue .... lol...
@18roselover4 жыл бұрын
Guessing the white glue inside could be cascamite a protein based white glue made from milk in the 50/s and 60/s
@scottr9394 жыл бұрын
Was just reading about this and how Borden got involved in making glue, aka Elmer's Glue.
@JC-111114 жыл бұрын
@@scottr939 ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Is that why they have what appears to be the Borden's cow on their label? Edit: wow. First time I've heard of 'Borden Chemical', who made the glue. That's interesting, for sure.
@scottr9394 жыл бұрын
@@JC-11111 'Elmer the Bull' is the image on Elmer's Glue. He is the mate of 'Elsie the Cow'.
@JC-111114 жыл бұрын
@@scottr939 yea I just noticed that but that's why I was immediately able to make the connection because of their similarity. That's crazy that I've never known this until 2 days ago 🤯
@oldtimefolkie4 жыл бұрын
I’m not sure that’s really a Kay product!
@CoenBijpost4 жыл бұрын
Baritone uke, sounds a bit like a contradiction :)
@MichaelStoneham4 жыл бұрын
Stop using the top 4 strings being the DGBE from guitar sets are often a bit loose. This is my experience. So I use the middle 4 strings to give better tension, Lots of people in the ukulele community say this too. Most classical guitar sets have E, A, D wound, and G, B, E being unwound. Most baritone sets have 2 wound strings and are probably also the 4 middle strings from a classical guitar set.
@doak48864 жыл бұрын
Do they all sound that good?
@RonDylewski4 жыл бұрын
So, is there any difference between a baritone uke and a normal one, other than the strings?
@e.miller89432 жыл бұрын
There are four standard sizes of Uke, soprano, concert, tenor and baritone(largest.) The bodies and necks get proportionally larger, but they are all basically the same instrument. There are no rules on size so you have to look at an instrument to be sure it fits you. For example, the width of the neck at the nut could be bigger on a concert than a baritone.
@RonDylewski2 жыл бұрын
@@e.miller8943 Thanks!
@thephotoyak4 жыл бұрын
I would have chucked it in the bin haha
@lyndamcardle41234 жыл бұрын
Maestro ?
@Sungodv4 жыл бұрын
...loved the vid, but it went way too fast. I like the 45 minute ones best, lol
@donaldfisher85564 жыл бұрын
Ted that is really wonder.
@jrmintz14 жыл бұрын
Lucky client!
@scottbarber66944 жыл бұрын
THAT's pretty crude Kay label, for SURE!
@BCBBCL4 жыл бұрын
Baritone Ukulele? You mean Ed Sheeran signature guitar?
@IrisGalaxis4 жыл бұрын
If you destroyed my fretboard markers, I'd not be angry, just a bit sad but fine. But if you added sideboard markers without my knowledge, that'd really piss me off. Ofcourse, bone dot inlays would calm me down a bit. I just hate sideboard markers I guess.
@markgordon43684 жыл бұрын
Back crack 😂😂😂😂
@aixpert2914 жыл бұрын
Hey there! You might not have heard, but a lot of us are locked in our houses for awhile. If you could do a video every day, that would be swell. 😃
@Christian-my4dp4 жыл бұрын
First!
@JC-111114 жыл бұрын
Man u got me by 28 seconds lol i.imgur.com/Syr9G6K.jpg
@CaptainRon19134 жыл бұрын
Wow, you took an otherwise piece of shit Kay, and turned it into a nice Uke