Fender Acoustic Guitars Are Lame

A fairly common problem with acoustic guitars of this type.
The bridge is an essential component of the guitar that holds the strings in place and transfers their vibrations to the soundboard. Over time, the bridge can become loose or damaged, affecting the guitar's playability and tone. In this video, I show the repair process, which involves removing the bridge, cleaning and prepping the guitar top, cleaning the bridge and installing it on its palce.
In the second part, I show the process of fret leveling. It is a crucial part of guitar maintenance, as it ensures that the frets are level and even, allowing for accurate intonation and a smooth playing experience. Over time, the frets can become uneven due to wear and tear or changes in temperature and humidity

[@dimitrissiopis8347]

I love the sound design of your videos. It's like guitar workshop ASMR. Good job!

[@FastRedPonyCar]

That fret sanding block is RUTHLESS though 😬

[@fordsrestorations970]

I find that there is so much crap in the world nowadays that I don't watch anything except for music and work videos such as this , you are a special person to have this gift , wonderful job on this Acoustic !

[@alabamacoastie6924]

I could watch your videos all day. I get the ASMR vibe. Plus, I love your artistic fingernails!

[@sculptureshard377]

Learn so much from your videos. They are a joy to watch and easy to observe and understand. Thank you and please continue to make them.

[@jerrdog5568]

You are a true craftsman. Your attention to detail is 2nd to none. I don't know how you have the balls to place a chisel on a finished surface and scrap glue like that. Well done! I wish you all the success you deserve.

[@zb9141]

You'll be surprised once you find out what type of balls were involved in the process of this repair ;-)

[@jerrdog5568]

@@zb9141 if you are implying she is a female. I'm aware. Balls = guts

[@AnimalJohn85]

Fabulous work and such skills! Its a pleasure to watch someone who takes pride and care in their job. Nicely done as ever :)

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Thank you :)

[@ProjectTUBE]

the sound of the luthier's work is very good it calms me down a lot

[@Dontloseyourlight100]

Your talent and meticulous passion for the fretboard is stunning! Thx for the post.

[@davidlacroix6769]

Just found your channel. Nice work. I love your fine attention to detail.

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Thank you :)

[@Last_one_before_I_go]

Nice work. Thorough and very consistent.

[@danielsauriol]

I really do enjoy the calm and peacefulness of your shop and videos.... Reallo soothing. MInd you, I sometimes find myself holding my breath in more delicate parts of your super workmanship. Thanks a lot for sharing your work and experience..............Peace and Courage to all Ukrainians. -dan

[@xoxb2]

The fretboard looked really gorgeous at the end. If you have time, it might be fun to show us around your workshop, with all the interesting tools on the wall. Stay safe over there, and 👋

[@ScriciRockz]

I really don't know how i got here....but this video helps me alot with what i want to do with my guitar.... excelent work you did!👍

[@ousley421]

You are better than most in the USA

[@justindysonuk]

Another nice video, appreciate your commentary in the subtitles. Peeling that glue with the chisel looks very satisfying!

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Thank you! This is my favorite part of the job :)

[@briangoldberg4439]

i really like seeing this stuff. i grew up running around guitar shops with my dad, so this kind of brings me back

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Thank you, those are great memories!

[@JoseGomez-lw2qk]

i love your work because you dont spend the time talkig you teach.very good job tanya .

[@user-yr9pw2iy1m]

Здравствуйте, на самом деле интересно увидеть все, от стачивания порожков до полной реставрации гитары и при возможности с пояснением самого процесса и причиной появления проблемы) . Спасибо за видео, с нетерпением жду следующее.

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Дякую, обов’язково будуть подібні відео:)

[@user-yr9pw2iy1m]

@@TanyaShpachuk Спасибо

[@user-cc6wb2fx1b]

Хороша робота. Приємно бачити гітару після ремонту та догляду 👌

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Дякую :)

[@billherbert4961]

I fixed a friends guitar with a lifting bridge a while ago, but luthery is just my hobby. Cheap guitar, bridge was factory glued onto polyurethane top coat, hence the lift. I used similar methods and this video verifies I did it the right way. Still, my repair left a 1mm gap surrounding the bridge showing the repair work because I don't have your exacting skills. Again, cheap guitar and also a free repair. Ugly but functional and the bridge is now anchored. I'm pleased with how I clamped it without long reach clamps: a top block and bottom block sandwiching the bridge and the soundboard with screws through the bridge pin holes, then wedges fixing the wings of the bridge till the glue squeezed out.

[@artsound6674]

Отличная работа, для всего есть свой профессиональный инструмент, рабочее место в чистоте и порядке. Работа сделана аккуратно, чувствуется рука педанта. Класс! С большим удовольствием посмотрел бы как работаете с кленовой накладкой грифа и перелакировкой, если делаете, конечно.

[@runningfree4606]

I have learned so much with your videos...

[@robertgriffin7569]

Awesome job, looks great. ✌️❤️😁

[@buzzedcoffee]

Those frets look great at the end - awesome video!!!

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Thank you 🫶

[@CA10Z]

Chisels are scary at times. I try to pay attention and take my time.

[@Papeoapeoaoe]

Este es un canal increíble, te aseguro vas a crecer muy rápido, amor desde México

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Gracias :)

[@peterstephen1562]

Hey that's clever with the card scraper to check the nut slots !

[@gregmarquis1886]

I love watching your videos.

[@Mike-Olds-1]

Excellent work 🎉

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Thank you :)

[@benmyths]

your videos are therapeutic

[@bluesman354]

Patience, knowledge,skill, determination .

[@rickcurtis2983]

Beautiful work!!

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Thank you :)

[@billkath]

Great job, Tanya ❤

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Thank you 😊

[@MrDIKIY]

Здравствуйте, случайно наткнулся на ваш канал, отличное видео от мастера, продолжайте в том же духе)

[@leer.2137]

U could enter that Fender acoustic in a Beauty contest now

[@boozok1013]

Cool work !

[@sylvaind9086]

Wow! Those frets ate MIRRORS!🤯👍🏻

[@BillySoundFarm]

I just posted a benchtop video on Tuesday. I'd love to hear what you think. ... Also, that trick where you used the fret rocker to check the nut slot height... I'm stealing that.

[@kitmoore9969]

I don't understand what's happening. AFAIK the tops of the frets should be lower than the bottom of the fret slot, but then ...

[@kennethhacker3014]

Good job. Thank you

[@mirkojovanovic3216]

another great job.

[@rutikuiwa7133]

Exellent job

[@empereurpalpmapine]

Good job 🖤

[@matthewatkinson7558]

Cold bridge removal. Very cool

[@eiuscommodi575]

You're amazing, girl! Keep Going!

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Thank you!

[@eiuscommodi575]

@@TanyaShpachuk waiting more videos from you!

[@GuitarNTabs]

Perfect!

[@neilramsay8448]

Is that a Fender CD-60? A repair job like that here would cost nearly as much as a new one probably. But great video and work!

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

I'm trying to understand what im watching, is this a repair shop? Do you have customers that drop off broken guitars and you fix em? You obviously have talent, just need some more infos.🤔

[@zapa1pnt]

@ 1:00 : HELP, someone call for help. Tanya is trapped inside the guitar!!!!! 🤣😁✌🖖

[@TanyaShpachuk]

ahaha :)

[@orionwarren4244]

You got some CRAZY nails there, girl!😃

[@algio3041]

You’re amazing!!! What are you spraying on the back of the bridge before you glue it, is it just water, what does it do?

[@hackerguitar]

Nice clean work. How difficult was it to scribe through the chippy polyester finish around the bridge edge? You did a great job of preparing the surface.

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Thank you :) Not too hard if you know what you're doing :)

[@kerninger]

Awesome videos, very relaxing :-) Can I send my electric guitar to you so that she can get your full service?

[@FracassadoGamer]

What sandpaper do you use to finish the frets? I'm always following the videos directly from Brazil, incredible work congratulations

[@Black-xx2ft]

Your videos are beautiful and your work is even better, congrats! Hope you're safe in Ukraine ♡

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Thank you!

[@stringpicker5468]

Absolute crap factory work here. Did this same job on a friend's 15 yo Ibanez a few months back. I didn't have to do much to the bridge, it was near enough off, but half an inch of polyurehtane with the bridge glued on top. Really hard stuff to clean off. You have a bit more gear and a surer hand than me, but mine worked.

[@moisesrivera49]

Excelentes videos Tanya!!! Sigue asi☺👍

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Thank you :)

[@bloodgout]

I keep forgetting to say you do really fine work. Glad i found this channel. Oh and Slava Ukraini

[@Aeidotronics]

Good job. Fender logos on 3x3 headstock will never look right to me 😄

[@tedmich]

1:00 👋

[@anthonygaikoski986]

Love her attention to detail. What made you get started doing this?

[@peterstephen1562]

Yes this shoddy manufacture bridge fitting is rife in the industry. Yes it is a time consuming skilled job to remove soundboard lacquer to the full extent of the bridge. Yes a precise and complete fit of the bridge base is critical to a long lasting fit. Guitarists thank their stars that the are patient luthier to fix shortcuts.

[@user-jb8xr1wy8h]

Потрясающая работа ты супер

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Дякую

[@biggie9817]

Hello , have been watching a few of your fantastic videos and have a question for ya.. Which crowning tool are you using and approximately how many necks can this tool be used before it wears out? Thanks...

[@dimitriousbascari4601]

I can't get over the blisters on her nails 😵‍💫

[@robbysguitars8223]

Been playing for 45 years and always got the same impression of Fender acoustics. I think the Strat and Tele are brilliant, but not the acoustics.

[@reginaldbowls7180]

I loved the 60s ones with the bolt on necks!

[@ThePandaonslaught]

Cutting the strings at full tension is so satisfying haha

[@GuitarQuackery]

I can tell from your hand movements and from the way you hold the toold that you've done this many times before.

[@firedragons-band-3137]

Hi !!! what are u spray before putting glue? water? why?! thanks 💪💪💪

[@DKmontez]

Когда снимаете клей под ладами, на видео видно как часть дерева тоже соскребается, при повторном таком действии если снять много дерева у ладов, получатся ямки и придется ровнять накладку, понимаю что лады не часто подвергаются такому действию, но думаю стоит взять стамеску по уже, либо что то поменять. Это мысли в слух) Мб я не прав

[@Azjedi13]

serious head tingles

[@guyincognito1423]

Great work on a guitar that doesn't deserve it.

[@fg4122]

Круто! Було б цікаво знати якими засобами по догляду за гітарою користуєтеся та інструментами яких фірм

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Дякую, в майбутньому зроблю якесь відео на цю тему :)

[@jerseyse410]

Serious question. I have a Fender Acoustic CD-60SCE and a Cordoba Fusion 5 classical acoustic that I both play quite a bit. Would it better to trade up my Fender for something like a Taylor instead given the issues you mentioned or is this something I don't really need to worry about?

[@user-wu8zx7lu9x]

Все отлично, только один вопрос: почему при поклейке бриджа не зафиксировала хотя бы парой пинов? Могло же сдвинутся при затяжке струбцин?

[@KerteszHuba]

Love your videos Tanya! What are you use to fine polish the frets? @12:40

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Hard felt wheels and green dialux compound :)

[@lukemcclelland1172]

Great video. Why the heat gun at 2::45?

[@normansepulveda]

what if the wood above the bridge is broken u.u

[@Barry101er]

Dares to go where other luthiers fear to tread ;)

[@Deadlegs78]

Relax...😊😊

[@lerlo]

Did they glue the bridge on the finish?

[@MrStevehunter33]

Great work. What liquid, or liquids, are you spraying on the fretboard at 12:05 and 13:00? Is it just soapy water or something else? Thanks for your videos

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Thanks it's Dunlop 01 :)

[@MrStevehunter33]

Thanks Tanya

[@user-wz4qs7eg9x]

Привет из ЕАО,мне посчастливилось за тридцать косарей,купить Фендер такой с катавэем,тоже черный как ворон ,я не прохаживаюсь с ним по бродвеям,хотя по пустым карманам хлопал Я с гордостью заявляю всем ,что у меня гитара и баян,что я не курю совсем и много лет совсем не пьян ,не разговариваю матом и не стрельну никого из автомата Верю что в будущем так будет везде ,даже на всей земле!!! Псалом 36:9,10

[@zsuzsu2657]

💛💙👍👍👍

[@MrDmitryEremenko]

Здравствуйте, Татьяна! Очень интересно, какая температура выставлена на фене? 3:00 минута

[@derder510]

8:17 What kind of glue is? thank you

[@replicated]

As soon as the bridge was removed, I camed and started farding.

[@zapa1pnt]

See a doctor (psychiatrist).

[@valerylashinsky]

Захоплююсь вашою роботою!

[@shoostrick]

Татьяна, от чего зависит выбор закатника? Почему не дагер в этот раз?

[@giannibiancocircus]

🎉❤

[@leandrocostalomonaco2699]

👍❤🤟

[@daveg5183]

👍

[@PiErRe6363]

1:00 helloooo

[@user-ex3ik9pn7l]

Чудова робота! А де взяти отакі тоненькі піпетки для клею?

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Дякую, це аліекспрес)

[@user-ex3ik9pn7l]

Як вони правильно називаються?

[@bluesman354]

What glue do you use on the frets?

[@user-dz8ku8oe8h]

Гарна робота

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Дякую :)

[@stalahoy]

I'm really curious about what kind of superglue you are using for the frets that you are able to apply it directing to the fret board and still clean it off? What is that ?

[@powertothebauer296]

Stalahoy she use some kind of oil/and or wax applied to the Fretboard so the superglue can't bond with the wood .

[@stalahoy]

@@powertothebauer296 I am trying to replicate this and not getting the same results. I am using a bees wax based paste wax and I think the one she uses is petroleum based. But what is the fast drying liquid she applies right before using the fine chisel to remove the super glue? That's what I'm really curious about.

[@powertothebauer296]

@@stalahoy Alcohol or Acetone

[@chillpillology]

was the repair more than the guitar value?

[@maxwellbowden9961]

The bridge came off well. I noticed you use no heat?

[@igordolovary4254]

Очень круто, находка. Может быть поделитесь в одном из видео, как учились, у кого, сколько лет занимаетесь

[@TanyaShpachuk]

Дякую, можливо колись

[@BillySoundFarm]

What's the strap for?

[@zapa1pnt]

To hold the guitar firmly, to the work surface.