How to notch the saddles on your Les Paul

Erick Coleman uses a hammer and X-Acto knife before filing. On this video he also talks with Dan Erlewine about how a 1954 Les Paul went from Bondo Mess to Relic Goldtop, with multiple luthiers contributing to its restoration.
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[@andrewsmith1520]

I love how Dan acts in these videos... He doesn't act like there's a camera recording him. He always seems super laid-back.

[@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888]

He acts like a salesman or a "real estate" agent. You Americans have very little tolerance for honesty.

[@48mastadon]

You guys did a lot of work and it looks amazing. I can't even begin to imagine the cost of all the plugging, shaping, and finishing, let alone the fretboard repair.

[@localcrew]

It's like the story of Grand-Dad's old axe. (A real axe... not a guitar...) The handle has been replaced four times -- and the head twice... but it's Grand-Dad's old axe! Still, I like it. Great repair work.

[@phallystorm]

No Doubt about it. These Guys are Masters. I had bought Dans books in the early 90s to try my hand at guitar repair, and set ups. The wealth of info he conveys is priceless.I always Loved Dan, and the Luthiers, and repair personnel in his universe.Thanks for Dan, and Co.

[@2skyland]

This is an amazing restoration...it's basically a Stew Paul at this point. Or Les Mac.

[@coreymineard]

Great video, and fantastic work on the Les Paul! Looks great.

[@11RATATTACK]

Thank you for these videos. Always my go to when my guitar is in pieces

[@aaronbeltrancabron79]

Just installed a Tone Pro on my 1970 Gibson LPC,(plus new 500k CTS pots)made a world of a difference,my friends in the Band noticed aswell, through my Fender Twin Reverb,I HIGHLY recommend the bridge!!!!

[@KevinBrighton]

I'd love to apprentice with these guys. Mind blown every video

[@todd6138]

Saved me some time figuring out a new bridge thanks

[@eaudexhaust2248]

Fantastic work on the guitar, and very helpful explanation! Thank you! The one thing that’s aesthetically challenging for me personally is the combination of stop tail bridge with humbuckers. Since Gibson introduced the ABR-1 bridge a year or so before introducing PAFs, this pairing, to my knowledge, never came out of the factory on any 50s LP. So why not have it with P-90s/stoptail and be ‘54 accurate, or ABR-1/PAF and be ‘57 accurate? Pigtail makes a great ABR-1 and tailpiece as well.

[@funeralbillii9172]

That's amazing work!!

[@markforde3103]

Really nice work,love to hear it.

[@airbloomamplifiers]

Imagine how much it cost for that much work! Impressive.

[@jamesmalamute7874]

These are the GUYS to follow, and learn from.

[@Pgcmoore]

les paul: the finest idea that gibson and mr paul ever had, my personal favorite, and for any blues or jazz player, unmatched

[@gregdolecki8530]

Super helpful video for making slots in the new StewMac metal saddles. I made the mistake of using Graphtech saddles when my originals were worn in my 83 Les Paul. Those non-OEM type, non-metallic saddles really killed the sustain. OEM style saddles from StewMac are the only way to go.

[@Yahoomediaclub]

Great team

[@mitcharney1]

The top E intonation setting looked like the saddle had been adjusted back about as far as it could go. I wonder if the bridge could initially have been set a little farther back!

[@Bundyman1]

Money is no option; these are the ONLY two guys I want working on my guitars!

[@ramencurry6672]

They should be millionaires. They’re the best

[@antonix_81]

hi, which saddles did you use on that les paul? i would like to put the same for my sg junior on my tonepros, i have some problems of spacing on the strings... do i find those saddles on stewmac? thanks

[@Symbiotespider5]

guys should do a video on replacing the pearl blocks on the fret board. removing the old and putting in the new.

[@RickMichaelis63]

Gorgeous gold top

[@kingsford73]

Nice to see luthiers pushing the boat out for that old gibson, lots of them early ones were molested to try and get a workable lespaul ( when gibson stopped making them) the need must have been so bad to do that in the first place, outstanding work as ever :)

[@wamgoc3637]

john kingsford the original trapeze tailpiece ones were an engineering fail. the production Les Paul was not taken seriously from an engineering standpoint and Les himself was playing DIY guitars that just looked like the production ones. Really to this day the LP has never been fully right. Jimmy D Aquisto told me this in 1981 when I went to NYC for the first time in my life. I was selling retrofit computer control for paper tape NC machines and taking classical guitar lessons...those were good days. I digress..

[@espenfarstad1697]

@@wamgoc3637 Thank your for the cool info!

[@CakeHIre]

anybody know the make / model of the cherry-red(?) guitar on the wall behind them?

[@Melonos]

Good video! What's the difference with using a wrap-around tail piece? Thank you.

[@k9er233]

That pigtail looks like a lot of fun when you need to get at the adjustment screws when setting the intonation.

[@guitarbluz62]

Yes, but it's certainly no fun at all when you have a guitar with a fixed bridge that can't be intonated properly.

[@k9er233]

@@guitarbluz62 Agreed, fixed bridges are my least favorite design.

[@belo1971]

Hello, Do you sometimes find es 335 rattle from the metal part ( stop bar and bridge !) ? Mine does it ...impossible to find it comes from and the luthier says all semi- hollow body guitars have buzzes, ghost notes and rattle due to their structure ! Cannot understand why this Gibson es 335P90 ( 2007 Ltd édition !) does it and not my HAAR and Duesenberg starplayer tv ? Even with a new nut and tonepro bridge..Thanks for your answer...Kind regards from France, Gaëtan

[@omelashomelas]

Magicians.

[@Cordova-kq8pq]

Mister Erlewine, how many inches are there from the nut to a wraparound Bridge? the neck of the guitar has 24 Frets and from the knot to the end of the 24th are 19 and a half inches and I have a single wraparound Bridge that I need to install

[@boyt.5542]

please i need help :( what im gonna do if my guitar strings not even touching the saddles so i cant intonate my guitar please sir i really need to know what do or spare part i need to buy since i dont want to change the whole wrap around bridge :(

[@Jeffsafe]

Erick's da man.

[@telecasterbear]

nice bridge.

[@madgeniusmusic]

I'd have gone back to the P90's as well, but that's an awesome job.

[@uptownphotography]

First, thanks for sending me this video link... I have an issue with a One-Off Benedetto guitar I ordered years ago with the plain G string. First let me say one of the modifications I had added to the Bambino Model was I wanted to have a Tuno-O-Matic style bridge (which is mounted on top of the wood cradle like the stock wood saddle bridge would be). The Plain G String always seems kind of dead like it is not vibrating freely. (Especially noticeable when playing the string open). I did change the string (a few times) to rule that out, and also determined that it is not the nut, because this issue persist even when playing notes up the neck. I figured it must be the saddle causing the issue. Perhaps a burr or some other issue with the saddle itself. What would you recommend I do? Should I trying filing the saddle slot a little to make sure there are no burrs, etc....Or would you recommend another approach. I would need the correct size file should a filing be recommended. Thanks as always. Philip NYC Area

[@stewmac]

Hi Philip! Glad you made it over here! Could be a couple things going on at the saddle there. Just for ease of communication, and to keep everything in once place, could you email us about this issue at [e-mail]? Just include all the details of the problem you've stated here and one of our techs will be able to help you from there.

[@UNIONPACIFIC3606]

So you’re telling me that metal on a abr-1 bridge is soft enough to be able to make the impressions for the notch with an X-Acto ? If that’s the case I’ll go buy one right now because I just bought a replacement and I didn’t know they came with the notches not cut in before hand I didn’t know you had to do it yourself.

[@bryannguyen3805]

How do fix deep groove on saddles?

[@Satchmoeddie]

For what this cost I'd have bought one of the German made copy bodies or made my own & reused the neck. This is beautiful work, but it is like a 57 Strat I got with a large battery & preamp compartment carved in it. I filled it with an Alder plug & repainted it Fiesta Red. I still worry about a bastardized 57 Strat being out there. You'd never know it was fix & refin. You might also mention the lightning bar wrap around Melody Maker bridges were made for a wound G string.

[@Milessongs]

If I could be anything other than what I am (player,singer,writer,bander), it would be a super-awesomely skillful luthier/repair genie like these two guys. Thanks for these videos!

[@Hagstrom4ever]

Good guys

[@kingdom777866]

Ive ordered a new tune o matic bridge for my epi casino, do I have to file the saddles to fit the strings ? I never understood why the saddles have a V cut in them, when the strings are round ?

[@stewmac]

The short answer is yes, you should fine tune the string grooves on your tune-o-matic bridge saddles using gauged nut slotting files. As you mentioned, there are some tune-o-matic bridge saddles that come with a V-shape pre-cut into them. These are intended to be starter grooves, and already have a pre-determined string spread. We recommend taking a look at the following article, Trade Secrets! Issue 109: Are you supposed to slot Tune-o-matic bridge saddles? www.stewmac.com/How-To/Online_Resources/Hardware_Installation/Are_you_supposed_to_slot_Tune-o-matic_bridge_saddles.html

[@hoptop77]

why did they fie the notches in?

[@profile_01]

Are notches absolutely necessary on the saddles?

[@Babesyann]

Hi Dan and Erick what is the reason why the saddle is on a slant angled? would the intonation will change if it's straight angle?

[@TheTapMusic]

Yup, basically gives you a head start on intonation if you've got adjustable saddles. It would be harder and require a bigger bridge if it wasn't angled.

[@johnmiller9219]

i dont use the files. I hammer the strings with a flat steel punch. That makes the grooves deep enough not to need files. I do this on all the strings, then i put a new set of strings

[@rolandlemus203]

Where can I get a good file to do this notch setting? I can imagine if that is done wrong, strings would break faster? Any info or insight on this will be much appreciated. Thanks!

[@sirswift23]

+Roland Lemus Uuummmmm..... I'm gonna take a stab in the dark here and say,,,,, stewart macdonald?

[@stevelewis2297]

I have a Gibson es135. When the luthier popped the nut out, it was glued in so strongly that some wood in the nut cavity area where the nut sits ripped out. The luthier filed the area down to smoothen it all out. But now both sides near the E strings are lower than the middle. The middle has a hump. It appears the nut cavity area will have to have a nut made twice the height as a normal nut. I didn't trust the luthier to go any further. So my question is this: How will a good luthier have to build the nut cavity back up? Put in a mix of wood powder and glue and then file the area level for the new nut? Thanks..

[@jymebale5545]

+Steve Lewis I would only use wood for that, I've have not been a luthier all my life, only 15 years but I've made so very many mistakes building and I would use wood, I would not have taken the nut off as the other luthier did either.

[@c.p.1589]

Steve Lewis That was not a Lutheir that did that to your 135. Ironically, there are a ton of people out there who watch some KZbin vids, buy some tools off Stewmac and then think they know what they are doing. Most of them couldn't sharpen a chisel to save their lives. I've seen a ton of guitars butchered by these people. In fact some of them proudly display their ' mods' on their own channel.

[@MilitantOldLady]

What if the saddles don’t match the neck radius?

[@Musikministeren]

can i lock a guitar wraparound bridge in place....???

[@foghornnosehorn8383]

Michael Petersen The one in the video is. It's a Tone Pros locking bridge, you can see the set screws and they say it's locked in place.

[@ArturBrzozowski444]

They did what to this guitar? I'm shocked These guys are amazing

[@eltigre8978]

MojoAxe makes a replacement bridge for a 54 tailpiece bridge that keeps the look of the original but is compensated for today's lighter strings, plus it's intonated by having an almost invisible ridge which is essentially like having the saddles in the right place to begin with. Most people that buy a 54 Les Paul(reissue, replica, etc.)want to keep that old school look. i.ebayimg.com/images/g/l00AAOSwuDFcZ19r/s-l640.jpg www.mojoaxe.com/

[@RayThiessen]

Only 4 months worth? You must have a very nice home :-)

[@rjake61]

I wonder what shipping cost…

[@T00DEEPBLUE]

I find it funny that the guitar clearly has a 3 piece maple top and yet all vintage corksniffers who'd drool over a guitar like this think 3 piece tops are absolute sacrilege and kill the tone. I bet those guys are feeling pretty stupid right about now.

[@DanielAraujoNazar]

After filing my saddles, I get the feeling that they're more prone to corrosion. What can I do to prevent it?

[@reginaldbowls7180]

anneal

[@jimmypinch]

Don't use a not slot file on a tune-o-matic, the string will sit too low and catch on the saddle adjustment screw and you will have to buy a new saddle. The clearance is too small for nut files. They don't mention this which is annoying.

[@donepearce]

There's one more job needs doing to that bridge. Shorten those grub screws so they aren't sticking a mile out the back. Close to level with the back of the bridge is ideal.

[@garyeckel8876]

Do deeper grooves give you better tone?

[@MrShadowofthewind]

No, don't buy into those kind of lies, if the string stayes in the groove it's deep enough.

[@jonesybones13]

Based on the title I wish you would have talked about how deep the saddle slot should or should not be? Angle? Any details at all would have been nice. Other than the hammer trick, I learned nothing about the supposed topic of the video.

[@JonnyStein]

The same reason why people restore classic cars. It's not about having a brand new instrument. It's about owning a piece of history.

[@shirleymental4189]

Not a 54 Les Paul anymore though is it. Like saying look at my vintage guitar, it's only had a new body and a new neck/fingerboard.

[@PieAndChips]

Triggers broom

[@onpsxmember]

You either make the guitar playable or you don't. You can place it behind glass and see it as an investment. But to tell truth, lots of old guitars suck in stock. Some tuners don't work as they should, some electronics care about the weather too much. Lots of fantastic LP's are made out of 3 or even 5 pieces. After floods and transport damages some found out that there are bodies made of 3 kinds of wood (not including the top). If some legend added changes to their guitar, it forms character and is maybe worth more. If a professional luthier rebuilds a conversation turned bad, everyone just sees that it isn't like it used to be from the factory. Somewhere out there you'll find one that is proud to have his original strings on his vintage guitar with the bad setup directly from the factory.

[@craig7810]

Wilson just what I thought. 😂😂

[@nicksalvatore5717]

Okay so you want a wall hanger that plays out of tune, has shitty cracked chipped wood and shit tuners and frets or a guitar that you can actually play?

[@chrismariscal8049]

What about an epiphone les Paul so?

[@chrismariscal8049]

Sl*

[@williamwinn948]

How much of this guitar original?

[@MrProwler101477]

They should have converted it back to 54 specs ??? Nice work though guess the owner wanted it this way .

[@jymebale5545]

+Luís Piteira I agree with you but I have never had a guitar I didn't play not even a really old Paul or others and people used to tell me they belonged in a case on my wall, I told them they needed to be played then one can oolge them.

[@jymebale5545]

Yes Sir! Mine are always waiting for me on stands in my front room with the amp near.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

Abe Lincolns axe guitar,, new handle, and a new head blade,, but its Abe Lincolns axe,,, hay i wanted to hear the intonation on that thang,, play the (b9 flat 5th flat 6 no 3rh at the 17th fret and lest hear it stay in tune. :)

[@elephantcup]

I find myself wondering why, when they had the chance, didn't they convert back to stock properly, i.e., with P-90s instead of humbuckers. Spend all of that money to not do it right.

[@fretbuzz59]

+elephantcup I guess the customer prefers humbuckers. It's obviously a player guitar, and it's not original, so might as well put in what the player prefers. Mini humbuckers would have been an option. Same routing as P90s, making it possible to put P90s in, if desired.

[@braderrick]

elephantcup I agree 100%. That type of bridge and humbuckers stick out like a sore thumb. P-90s would have completed that restoration perfectly.

[@nicksalvatore5717]

Because PAF > P90

[@OdinHammersmith]

If it were mine I'd keep the humbuckers and add the stop tail piece and abr-1 bridge. Might as well have the best guitar you can at this point.

[@tommyboyce]

@@OdinHammersmith Totally agree with you

[@phallystorm]

the B, and high E spacing looks too wide

[@denniss8644]

I will never, ever understand this need to "relic" a guitar. If you're going to put that much work into it then be proud of the updates. Just doesn't make sense to make it look old again.

[@c.p.1589]

Dennis S The neck, fretboard and headstock have original wear and lacquer so it wouldn't look cohesive if not aged too.

[@Nazzz65]

I understand a bit of tinted lacquer here and there but sometimes I must admit relic-ing baffles me AND it shows no signs of going away any time soon.

[@CalebWayneMcCready]

Because people want vintage stuff. And with the finishes these days it’s almost impossibly to wear them down.

[@georgelackey622]

If my new guitar got a scratch I wouldn't be happy at all. Why abuse one on purpose?

[@onpsxmember]

I get different colours to get an aged look, and even scratches in an new pickguard. But how would someone get multiple long scratches in the body near the controls? That's no typical movement around the guitar. How would it happen? Especially underneath the knobs. Maybe some polished spot near a volume control and some wear near the toggle switch...There is enough wear on the fretboard. I like the blemishes.

[@postmortemspasm]

Awesome stuff but i bet a new guitar wouldve been cheaper... and youd have two guitars !

[@donepearce]

Still a job to be done there - shorten those bridge grub screws so they don't stick out the back. I hate to see that. Nice job otherwise.

[@MrVanalen]

Not sure I would have cut a swimming pool in this guitar

[@pb12661]

unless I was just out to make a profit (which I'm not), I'll take my 2004 Les Paul classic over this guitar.

[@headknocker8999]

I'd take this modded 54 over my 1994 LP M-III anytime & so would you..

[@foghornnosehorn8383]

JONATHON SEAGULL You'd throw your 2004 LP out the window of a moving tour bus for this '54 LP and you know it!

[@bluefinger49]

I want to guess at least $8,000 worth of work

[@petertheduke1]

if Your Lespaul has Inter-nation problems , Replace the Bridge.... Not remove the Tailpiece and A new Bridge

[@AiMR]

+Duke Duke (TheDuke) Get an Earvana nut.

[@Bluebuthappy182]

I know what you mean they took a fare sized chunk of wood out of the centre of that thing. God knows what it will do to the sound of the thing and even if it does show up now I imagine in the years to come at the very least you'll see it in the finish of the guitar

[@mmediaaudio]

Because a lot of it is still the old wood, it still has the serial and pedigree, and, maybe the most for me, in my opinion, righting a lot of wrongs on that guitar.

[@wamgoc3637]

Jeff Mutschler the Truth is that the original trapeze tailpiece LPs just never were any good stock yet they have the exact same wood as the Burst's the vintage cunts pay a half mil for....so this is the deal. MANY new off the rack guitars.. play and sound much better than any vintage LP but a fat bank balance and a raging hard on are an unstoppable pair.

[@wamgoc3637]

Jeff Mutschler the Truth is that the original trapeze tailpiece LPs just never were any good stock yet they have the exact same wood as the Burst's the vintage cunts pay a half mil for....so this is the deal. MANY new off the rack guitars.. play and sound much better than any vintage LP but a fat bank balance and a raging hard on are an unstoppable pair.

[@Jessica-ob1ib]

Notching saddles never looked so good....

[@BITESIZEJONES]

No file. Tap only. Better tone and sustain. A well set up guitar with a higher action shouldn't run into issues. Only for the guys that have to have that super low action with dental floss strings is when it can become problematic. Inexperienced stay away from pre notched Saddles it's a gamble 50% of the time. Just know a file is not always your friend and how deep you make the slots is crucial. String just needs to stick. If the guitar is played on a regular basis in time each one of those slots will deepen a few hairs more without using a file at all.

[@anyday82]

This was probably a $5k repair job, at which point it would be more economical to buy a new guitar.

[@_rami_745]

anyday82 this is a 50s les paul

[@freedomination2]

It's a Frankenstein now!

[@nicksalvatore5717]

This guitar itself is like $12k

[@Youreallysuckguy]

Sorry but I don't get in which way remove a lot of old wood because there is some bondo, is a good idea.

[@c.p.1589]

There's actually not that much replaced. Really only what's between the pickups. The rest is holes. Still more than I would want if it was mine

[@paulproductions9213]

No one s hiting my Gibson with a hammer.

[@therugburnz]

after you 'fix' this a few more times the body will still have about 30% of its original top. ggoooodd job. LOOK is original though. I know you guys believe what you did was right. The fixer\luthier before you(perhaps an actual owner) thought so to. She may have changed much but your fix changed even more. I'm only making a philosophical argument about originality not good guitarness, playability,sound,tone or client satisfaction. I just happen to now believe that every guitar needs to be played and whatever one does to "get the job done" needs to be seriously contemplated in the WHY WTF OK IC area. PEACE be with you my brothers.

[@gdrugg2006]

therugburnz the customer wanted it and they did a great job

[@fretbuzz59]

+therugburnz I get your pt, but I also understand the POV that replacing one large chunk is "cleaner" than a butcher block approach. I'm sure they had to remove a bunch of wood in order to remove the Bondo. And if you look closely at 2:05, you can see that it already had a large rectangular piece of maple in the center, which was either from the factory, or part of the later work.

[@nicksalvatore5717]

I’d rather do this and make a flawed design better than spend an extra $50k for a 1957 or 1960 les paul

[@TruthSurge]

So, that guitar is owned by Bill Gates or Zuckerberg? I mean, how many thousands did that remake cost??

[@larschristiansen7164]

My thoughts exactly! It must be a really good guitar!. But if you route out all the “old magic wood” (not trying to start a flame war here) will that not affect/ruin/alter/de-vintage the sound? I get that it was ruined to begin with but still. I’m not trying to be a smart ass here, just simply wondering.

[@TruthSurge]

Lars Christiansen Yep, it will alter it a little. Just how much? I don't know. I plan to remove a LOT of wood from the back of my guitar to lighten it. It's like a boat anchor now. So, that'll likely alter the tone a little bit but man, my back and shoulder will not care. hahahhaa

[@elobiretv]

+Lars Christiansen The wood wont effect the sound at all, that's not how the pickups work.

[@TruthSurge]

elobiretv HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

[@elobiretv]

TruthSurge nice reply, faglord.

[@cgavin1]

This is a bit like painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa. Mercifully you only painted it on the glass. :)

[@ax_el_alvarez]

+cgavin1 Those old bridges are a piece of crap. Obviously it depends on the owner, for collectors is almost killing the guitar, but for a working musician I guess he preferred the intonation problem solved.

[@yoheff988]

"That's what GIBSON does" a very good reason not to do it period

[@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888]

And also that is not a 1954 Les Paul. That is a modern guitar that looks ever so slightly like an earlyish Les Paul. Can we all just stop telling lies about this stuff?

[@ronnie5129]

GREAT VIDEO, THANKS, BUY I AM A TRUE BELIEVER THAT ALL GUITARS SHOULD HAVE A ROLLER BRIDGE AND ROLLER NOT, THIS WILL KEEP PROBABLY MOST GUITARS IN TUNE.. BECAUSE THERE IS NO BINDING UP OF THE STRINGS, THIS IS JUST MY OWN RESULTS OF HAVING THESE ON MY LES PAUL, STRAT, tele, AND OTHER MODELS OF GUITARS, THANK YOU, COUSIN FIGEL,

[@zepp3lin]

With all that labour cost, might as well I get a new guitar.

[@tokyosan1]

all that work and he wanted the humbuckers again?....

[@victorrene3852]

The customer would have probably saved money just on buying a new guitar instead

[@OleDiz]

The craftsmanship is amazing, but the customer should be ashamed. Putting humbuckers in a vintage Deluxe is short-sighted, at best. Putting humbuckers in a an original '54 is criminal. Unjustifiable. If you don't want 90s or minis, sell the guitar and buy a Standard. Why is this such a hard concept? There is a finite number of these antiques left - leave them alone!

[@christianc9409]

OleDiz it’s their Guitar, and as stupid as it is, they can do whatever they want with it

[@c.p.1589]

It was that way when he bought it.

[@tomschauman4960]

I just don’t understand why you go to such great lengths to repair/restore such an iconic guitar…then screw all your hard work with a razor blade…if you wanted a worn looking axe…why didn’t you just leave it alone?? You say what a nice relic job…no, someone ruined a beautiful instrument.

[@jaikwillis]

Holy crap that swimming pool route is a travesty, that’s massive massive overkill, if you’re replacing that much wood replace the guitar , some messy routes hidden under the pickups aren’t worth cutting the face off. Once that finish settles in the seams of this hack job will be visible a mile away

Either stop with the relic nonsense or put the old boys in a museum and buy new guitars. This relic stuff is for morons

[@espenfarstad1697]

Why do you care? Do what you want with your guitars.

[@Stratocastering]

They fucked up the guitar!!! Just buy another one!

[@batmandeltaforce]

Waste of time

[@wonderwalls3565]

wow so cutting and adding new wood to an old guitar is the way to fix it? I wonder whats the value of that guitar now.