Guitar Repair: Argentinian Classical De-Perforation

[@ignacioarbanil4964]

As an argentinian repair guy I may say that the fingerboard is made of algarrobo, a very hard wood used in instruments and furniture.

[@TheNaKio]

Who knows you rufián?

[@dennisbinkhorst2039]

@@TheNaKio Why so hostile?

[@Gabrov_]

@@dennisbinkhorst2039 he's just saying hi, don't worry

[@staive70ss]

@@TheNaKio Did an Argentinian kill your dog? Jesus!

[@voornaam3191]

Hey guys, relax. Our king married an Argentinian woman. That does not mean the Dutch love dictators and violence. We always know best: dudes, solve your issues. And, you can't always get what you want.

[@fromagefrais]

Your playing is very underated

[@coco_brown]

Hi, friend! San Juan is a province located in the northeast of Argentina, attached to the mountain range and borders Chile For the estimated dates of manufacture, the wood of the fretboard must be carob or red quebracho, They are native woods of the region, very very hard, which were widely used as substitutes, or substitutes, for ebony in the local lutheria, due to their similar characteristics of density and extreme hardness but they are very far from that so characteristic sound and at that time sought. In Argentina there was a great immigration of Europeans, especially from Spain and Italy, fleeing the world wars (I and II), and there were a large number of artisans, from these European countries, who left their legacies, in this and other trades, in these latitudes that are still valid today. The bars are surely made of cedar, which is also a wood that was abundant in the region, and its use is very characteristic. in the manufacture of classical guitars and other string instruments in Argentina. It has aesthetic characteristics similar to that of mahogany or Canadian cedar but its audio is different. Thanks for sharing your videos, they are very good! Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina!

[@TheNaKio]

Who knows you rufián?

[@coco_brown]

@@TheNaKio 😂🤣😂🤣

[@tanet]

@@TheNaKio can someone explains the ref?

[@tanet]

North west bro... And italian's first big wave of immigrants was after italy's unification (ie 1861)

[@TheNaKio]

@@tanet it's from an argentinian webpage called taringa.

[@jimmoray]

You see, this is why this is the best guitar repair channel on KZbin. Watch a craftsman do his thing, get a free lesson about the history of Argentina. As always, nice work!

[@davedawson9365]

It never fails to delight that Ted always pulls just the right tune out of his creative bag of tricks that best suits the instrument. He gets to know the instrument inside and out.

[@Runoratsu]

You brought us your comfort and later, you brought us this song.

[@RAkers-tu1ey]

I had to repair a serious ding in the top of a black lacquer Grand Piano once (someone dropped a hammer on it). What a pain. I had to make the patch, and then use the tip of a dowel to lower the surface of it to match the surface thickness of the wood, and then apply finish and sand, using the tape removal method until the surface was even and the right number of coats to match the "black". One hole, 7 hours, over 3 days.

[@jadedflames]

I don't think people realize just how hard it is to fix a ding in a fine instrument. It's not like a car - you can't fill it with Bondo and just buff.

[@RAkers-tu1ey]

@@jadedflames Not if one wishes to be paid! 😉

[@jadedflames]

@@RAkers-tu1ey Hahaha! True facts!

[@pacotaco333]

wooow as an argentinian I'm impressed how much you know about our history and it made my day normally people doesn't know or care about the southern American countries. So thank you very much i always watch your videos and i love every one of them

[@knedy]

Well he's Canadian and not american so... ;) While being a dig on US education, Canada did also support the british in the falkland war so there's that. Either way I think we can all agree Margaret Thatcher can suck it!

[@coco_brown]

@@knedy My friend, politicians do not always represent the people in their actions ... wars divide peoples and only benefit certain economic interests that are usually always the same large minorities ... peace for all! Blessings!

[@MaximilianBocek]

Dense, dense informational field. Tons of stuff I didn't know!

[@TheNaKio]

Who knows you rufián

[@pacotaco333]

@@knedy the war on malvinas (or falkland islands) was in 1982 US also supported the british military, but in the video he is talking about 1976 when the military coup took place 30.000 people were tortured and killed and it ended in 1982 with the end of Malvinas war (or falkland islands war)....malvinas son argentinas

[@maxleadleybrown]

Beuatiful fix, and the potassium permanganate trick is amazing! I am a long time fan of Leonard Cohen, and that rendition of the Sisters of Mercy was lovely!

[@ejuncos]

I'm from Argentina and inmensely enjoyed every aspect of your video, the craftsmanship on the repair of the guitar, your knowledge about Argentinian history, etc. Thank you! In the 60's and 70's it was common for luthiers from Argentina to build high end classical guitars using "jacarandá" (Braziliand rosewood) for the back and the sides.

[@Junniperseven]

And wrap up the session with a little L. Cohen -like a true Canadian!

[@michaelpiotrowicz6100]

And beautifully done too.

[@paulojrg]

Apparently still producing as "Guitarras de Artesanía Vidala" in San Juan.

[@Adam-uh3hy]

Nice to hear a little of the late great Leonard Cohen at the end. Perfectly suited to the sound of that guitar. Thank you for your videos.

[@freesiaboysince]

Good morning (Ohayoo-gozaimasu おはようございます) Mr.Ted. watch in the time is 8:00 am Feb 14 in Japan. you learned and used Japanese very well. "shibari (しばり)" means "tied up" in Japanese. You are great Mr.Ted. I always enjoy to watch your videos and I respect your "shokunin-damashii (職人魂：しょくにんだましい it means 『craftsman spirit』)".

[@nicolasrioscardona]

Muy bien con ese español mi querido amigo. Gracias por el vídeo.

[@TheNaKio]

Quién te conoce rufián

[@lyndamcardle4123]

Looks like 1976 to me too sir...and may I say, your Spanish enunciation is excellent.....and your knowledge of historic luthiers is nonpareil !

[@PaisleyPatchouli]

"Sisters of Mercy"! Nice arrangement. Bravo Ted! Gotta support a fellow Canuck singer/songwriter...

[@MCMLXXVII-]

Thank you for taking your time to teach the history of the instrument in your hands, and the truth, almost extinct in our present day, of a precise passion of work that only through a master others have found art..

[@daviddemar8749]

Ive now watched four of your videos. You sir are a Master in the best possible meaning of that title. As a hobbyist-guitarist who is the caretaker of 7 guitars and who has played and loved guitar based music on and off for more than fifty years ( im sixty one years old and first played a guitar in 1970 at a YMHA summer day camp) i am humbled by your skill and am honored that you have permitted me and many others to watch you lovingly practice your craft. God bless you. 😊🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶🎸❤

[@FLAMINGBABYHEAD]

Okay... See THIS is why, despite your protestations, you are the only person I would want to work on my guitars. You seem to have a greater understanding of the history and methods of guitar making than an average luthier, and of course, I've been able to see your work and work ethic. I wouldn't ship any of my guitars to you, (you're right about that), but I would certainly make a trip to Canada to have you work on them. As far as I'm concerned you're the Julian Baumgartner of guitar repair. I should add that the guitars I own are are priceless to me, and regardless of their value I would gladly pay any price to have them cared for correctly.

[@salnichols94805]

I love the historical analyses in your projects. The skill in restoration is amazing to me, but the history is fascinating. Thx.

[@400_billion_suns]

Always brightens my day when I see a new twoodfrd upload!

[@sammaddison2085]

My ears pricked up hearing Leonard Cohen at the end there, perfect guitar for it. Thanks for the video Ted.

[@gatekeeper65]

Nice work. Your playing at the end is beautiful.

[@arctichare8185]

As usual, more learned from your video. Happy Valentine's Day. (An acquaintance once told me that Leonard Cohen said to him during their meeting in a Montreal café, "The heart is our only organ designed to be broken.")

[@mrfester42]

What a great narration and video! Concise, well spoken and easy to understand, went together nicely with what's seen in the video and there was nothing that wasn't needed. PLUS, the no loud, brash music to annoy the bejeebers out of you. Too many "How to" video makers don't have a clue how to do it right.

[@DARKSXDYTGaming]

Best guitar repair KZbin I love watching you it’s just satisfying

[@nacho3230]

it's nice to see a guitar made in my hometown being repaired in one of your videos. i loved this one

[@johnpillow481]

Always enjoy and learn from your videos Ted and your playing as well!

[@mr_coffinnails]

Dude... Adam Savage just name dropped you!

[@sandrawest2105]

Beautiful repairs, sound and song. Thank you. Peace 💫

[@homebroodcelticband9534]

Man a new video from TWoodford goes a long way to brighten up a Saturday night in , especially under lockdown. I love a bit of Spanish. Thanks, man

[@rustyhguitar1]

In Australia I know Potassium permanganate as “Condy’s crystals”. Prank uses abound (I’ll be responsible and not list any). Your videos are wonderful. I started watching while my Martin D35 was undergoing a massive restoration and I thought it would be helpful to see the sort of thing that was happening to “my precious”. Thank you.

[@goodun2974]

In my teenage, borderline pyromaniac days I had plenty of fun with potassium permanganate.....💥

[@BuzzcutGtr]

Thanks as always for sharing your knowledge with us, Ted! And nice tune at the end. 👍

[@GerryTully]

Lovely to hear Leonard Cohen’s Sisters Of Mercy played very well. Enjoying your videos, thanks.

[@JoshuaC923]

That guitar sounds good, interesting appointments for a student model. Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@pizzapimp8128]

I don’t play guitar. I don’t own a guitar. But I really enjoy watching a true craftsman. Also really liked the diagram and explanation of matching the finish on a plug. Good stuff. 👍

[@matthewbartolone7036]

Outstanding patch work. Thank you for sharing once again Matt Bartolone

[@lawrencecoffeyjr1300]

Thank's for playing...very nice...

[@rankenfile]

I sure do enjoy your attitude, and to me your work is analogous to a one man racing team. Assuring performance, durability, and aesthetics, within a budget. Nice!

[@mitzelnation78]

I always love the jams at the end! Cheers!

[@JMnyJohns]

Thanks Ted. You always s make the end of the week doubly fun. Cool repair and fascinating history. Plus, the explanation of the repair challenges with the lacquer was straightforward, interesting and helpful. Nice one.

[@garandhero]

The amount of care you put in to the fine detail is quite impressive, you certainly are the man for this type of work and I'm sure people who see your videos and are in your area have no question about where to take their guitars for repair :) thanks for the video

[@thehowlingterror]

I appreciate your explanations and the imperial/metric conversions. Thanks Mr.

[@duanehill4911]

So. Nice work, and pretty good picking! You always surprise me.

[@gnm109]

A very nice video and an excellent repair. Thanks also for the information regarding Argentina which I find very intresting.

[@Ukedc259]

As usual, brilliantly engaging, informative, skillful. All the good things. Hurrah. 👏🏻

[@siemprepasaalgo4586]

Hi from Bueno Aires, i have a 1965 "antigua casa nuñez" classical that had been in the family for +45 years, a few years ago i sent her to a luthier to do some glue work and nut/bridge adjustment, and sounds really beautiful

[@russellmayne7157]

This is such a good channel; the comments are good too. Thanks

[@mikepower4113]

Very nice. Its also nice to get a little guitar history lesson with the repair.

[@dougreed9843]

Ii read the comments very interesting, an exquisite piece of craftsmanship for sure love the history lesson that goes along with this guitar as well.

[@gordonholland3406]

Nice rendition of “Sisters of Mercy” at the end. Thanks for your videos! -Gord

[@danjo7398]

By far my favourite KZbin channel. I just bought the veritas carving scalpel today because I see you use it all the time Thanks for the great videos Ted

[@shamsam4]

Dude, I really liked the bit you played at the end!

[@stevehanes1268]

As a furniture repairperson (French Polishing, etc) , then instrument repair of my own, I advocated the application of a bullet hole sticker for these kinds of dents. Repairs are all too often just as visible as the original scar. Kudos on the inlay structural repair though!

[@buckellard]

I'm always amazed at what you know. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@JC-11111]

Right on time! Thanks, Ted!

[@thewizardmountain]

you sir, are a wood wizard. i don't know whats more magical... this repair... or how gosh darn easy you make it look! well done.

[@activese]

Hi, hope you are well, no funny lines today but some good Spanish ones, thank you for your videos, so pleasant to watch them, cuidate.

[@m.a.c.8366]

thanks for posting this repair, enjoy watching all of your work.

[@NKBobcat]

Great job once again. I loved the little piece you played at the end.

[@mauricedibert2635]

It's a guitar built by a Luthier called José Morales from the province of San Juan Argentina

[@joseluisgonzalezguzman4878]

The woods are Algarrobo back and sides, the fretboard are of the same material. I believe the carving on the headstock is usually glued on. It makes it easy and fast.

[@tommyboy2855]

Love it when you play for a minute when your done, thanks

[@jimbucket2996]

Never thought I'd hear "it's not drank" come out of a Canadian's mouth.

[@tommypetraglia4688]

He kno that purple drank💜🥴

[@FLOODtoFIRE]

Never take the purple juice kids .

[@Fitzfish]

What would the world be like without people like you? I love watching these videos....

[@cherrypickerguitars]

Hey channel owner! Man, I hope you read this note! Just discovered you and subscribed! I watched your Martin D18 gets a bunch of work vid! And I loved it. Your bridge build and documentation of it, was exceptional. I’m an old guy and my hands are to far gone to build, neck reset, even full fret replacements are now to hard on me. But I will still do partial refrets, bridge replacements, set ups etc. Bridges are my FAV! And yours was a beauty! For my own builds I’ve used a Guild style, which adds a couple more difficult surface intersections, but I find the atheistics more appealing. You did a great job on the Martin and even this old dog, at 63, learned a thing or two - especially about not taking certain things for granted re: measurements from the bridge you’re replacing ! AWSOME job - happy new sub. Peace

[@billallen1594]

Late to the party Ted. I’d be very proud of the top repair - a very unforgiving finish to work with. Cheers for the bit of Mr Cohen 👌🏼

[@jonahguitarguy]

Great relating this history. And great work as always.

[@hankgesmag9650]

I enjoy watching your videos, very informative and your solutions to various problems has taught me a lot about guitar making. Well, even though I am not so much an acoustic guy, I wanted to comment on something from a video I just watched where you are asking for a physicist to comment on the way the springs were arranges in a Strat-like guitar, I think there was a different video where you wonder the same thing. Now, the video was about 1 year old, so there was really not any point in commenting there, it would never be seen by you or anyone else. So, I am a physicist and I thought this would be the place to comment instead. Here is how I see it: Your comment about the arrangement is correct, having the center spring straight and the other two angled suits no practical purpose at all, you would be better off with all three springs straight so that all three would pull evenly. The angled arrangement might look cool, but who cares? The springs are on the back and under a cover so why be concerned with the way they look. Your comment is correct, that it serves no purpose to angle two of the springs, on the contrary. Finally, I am an electronics guy and here is a website where you can learn everything there is to know about guitar electronics, www.guitarelectroscience.com it might come in handy from time to time.

[@bobs_ya_runkle]

I Googled "shibari" lol You don't only learn (or at least observe and admire) amazing luthier techniques on this channel.

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Seems there's a well received Dojo in Barrie Ontario. I'd wager most of the worldy navtives are well aware of it (comments won't let me post the link)

[@MrDblStop]

Damn, and now I have it on my Google search history, informing my future advertising viewing... :)

[@bobs_ya_runkle]

@@MrDblStop Might as well take up a new hobby then! :)

[@banjoman44]

That is fantastic. I wish I had seen this when repairing my own guitar.

[@rauschguitars]

I find myself using razor blades way more in my workshop since I started watching your videos...

[@lvudric1]

I like to view this repairs. Great job! Sound great, even without nails!

[@wolfgartom]

Dude, this was seriously impressive to watch. Mind blowing, really. I couldn’t believe how good it looked at the end!

[@ronniejarvis2679]

Love the explanations. Fantastic job. Serious attention to detail

[@muymalo7651]

Fua, el Diego. In this case the top surely is made of spruce, the back and sides are made of a wood that here we call algarrobo, it is similar to rosewood but it has that crazy grain direction instead of being straight. The fretboard is made of Nogal criollo (A harder local type of walnut) and the neck is made of Cedro Colorado "red cedar" but it also isnt like the red cedar you can find in north america, it just shares the name. Abut the ornated headstock: There were people that made them in bulk and guitar manufacturers bought them, so it doesnt speaks of the quality of the guitar, you can find one of poor quality with a ornated headstock or a very good one. This brand in particular still exists

[@TheNaKio]

Who knows you rufián

[@brianharbut4054]

That was fascinating! Very delicate work! 👍

[@toneconsultant]

That was a fun repair to watch. I didn’t think to add a patch like that.

[@ianpopp87]

Thanks for the videos man. My dancer girlfriend and I watch them together. She loves your style despite not having much interest in guitars and even less in repair. Thanks for giving me something to learn from, and us something to bond over.

[@jessedax7333]

Love the archtop. Great work!

[@kiddcomet3563]

Hello the best guitar repair in the north 👍👍

[@rodrirm]

As usual nice video, great work and explanation, and nice playing!!! There have been and still are some amazing luthiers in Argentina, from south to north of the country. And of course, there are some very amazing guitars from here too.

[@singingbamman1]

Nicely done and I truly enjoy your playing

[@hectorluisordonez6245]

Greets from Buenos Aires! Congrats and keep up this great work. Best wishes

[@tomkirk6942]

Another great repair/video Ted. Interesting, informative and entertaining as usual. Always dig your playing as well. Cheers from Northern Utah

[@Aikidobear129]

It's absolutely impossible to make a patch perfect or a perfect patch. That said the one and only way is to not dent or scratch your guitar in the first place ;) Good Job!

[@pietbliksem]

Love that StewMac routing jig on your Dremel. Time I got something like that. I'm still using the black plastic thingie that came with the first kit.

[@studiogerk]

Your carving is mesmerizing.

[@gsuderman]

Great work on that patch. Learned a lot today! Thank-you for posting these videos!

[@peterjames2580]

Thanks for sharing a playing it at the end.

[@andrewstpierre4837]

Beautifully done. I learn an awful lot watching your meticulous work. Really enjoy your videos! Thank you!

[@feral91_]

Veo que somos varios argentinos por acá, thanks for talking so nicely about our country and our guitars

[@TheNaKio]

Quien te conoce rufián

[@tanet]

@@TheNaKio i think we got it bro

[@docdoc]

love your choice of song at the end!

[@Rtechmobile]

Subtle Dave Chapelle reference , very nice .

[@jackiet4575]

I love watching your repairs! I always learn something new about guitars and being a guitar geek your videos always inspire me tonkearn more! 🎸❤️🎶

[@jockwebb3435]

Lovely deep resonance.

[@roberttakatsu3926]

Nice work; great hands; master craftsman. I learn every time Thanks for doing this especially during this period of unbelievable historic time. Stay safe Robb

[@nerdtendo2300]

Be nice to your hands. They are masterpieces just like the guitars you work on. Another amazing video today.

[@goodun2974]

I have to wonder if Tom ever asks Mrs Woodford, who might have smaller hands, to reach inside a guitar and place a cleat or a clamp?

[@rodrigodamianandrespuebla8476]

Saludos desde MENDOZA, ARGENTINA...