Japanese Hollow Body Resurrection!

[@rickanderson1151]

I have this same guitar and it has a trapezoid tailpiece and a wood bridge.

[@AndrewAHayes]

Do you know who manufacured it?

[@WallaceRodriguez-y2d]

THE CURE !

[@pdub4600]

I’ll be in Mesa soon. I’m definitely stopping by the shop

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

That bridge looks like a damn mouse trap lol. Cool vintage vibe on this one, great work!

[@_avia_]

😆

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

The body looks like it had a mouse in there.

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

I think it's missing a tailpiece that was attached around the edge at the bottom end. It should have a trapeze tailpiece and floating bridge. What Dane has there is somekind of improvised nonsense.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

@@GeorgeGeorgeOnly My goodness, I think you’re right. Great eye.

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

​@@TylerJohnstonGuitar Hi Tyler. I'm still watching this video and it's driving me nuts that it's taken him so long to realise that (1) it's a short scale, (2) that bridge is in the wrong position, and he still hasn't accepted that it's not even a proper bridge. He seems to ignore a lot of information, like the fact the whoever fitted that nut didn't understand about zero frets so they were unlikely to understand about much else. Then there's the hole just above strap button where the trapeze fitted and the original floating bridge is missing. So what Dane has there looks like it could be the remains of the trapeze after it was adapted to become a bridge, and the screws that clamp it down go into virtually nothing because it’s a semi acoustic arch top guitar and is meant to have a floating bridge, hence no block of wood underneath - like a normal acoustic guitar. But instead he keeps questioning the neck.

[@RobertVining]

Hell yeah Dane! You figured it out! Ol Dave would be proud.

[@SimpleMan1988]

An old school guitar saved from wood pile and da wall! Love it man.... awesome job

[@vinniesworld459]

that's a funky piece of history there. looks like the last owner just decided to screw the bridge down wherever he could !!

[@gene_takavic57]

All things considered, she cleaned up nice and sounds great. Great video!

[@ian5780]

My dad had one of these. He put a bigsby on it.

[@frankhunt2800]

If you put a smaill brace uder the bridge through the control cavity it would help the bridge. Thanks for the videos its entertaining

[@123pap]

I'm glad you didn't give up well done

[@DeputyVanHalen5150]

I'd probably screw in another pick guard over those holes to make like a cool looking scar-plate. Cool video

[@daveking3494]

It’s definitely the cheapest looking bridge, I have ever seen. It looks more like a coathanger. 😂😂😂

[@deandee8082]

banjo scale... dig it man

[@wharman1]

I learned yesterday that the notches in the F-holes are supposed to be where the bridge saddles should be lined up. This engineering was developed when building violins so they could quickly place the floating bridge in the right place. This idea was adapted later to guitar builds. That bridge is way too far from that first pickup. I will now watch the video to the end to see if you figured this out and I should wait to make comments... Love your channel. (also the distance from the nut to the 12 fret should be the same as the distance from the 12th to the bridge.

[@ZIMMSGUITARS]

Thanks for watching!!

[@ilovejapanesemusic3858]

Your fret guard, that you use while polishing the frets, looks suspiciously like an eraser shield, from high school drafting class. The late '80s, back before CAD😅😂 Thanks so much🤘 I learned a great deal from watching you! This guitar reminds me of my 67 Decca😊

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

I can't believe that whoever fitted that nut didn't understand about the zero fret. Of course, I'm a bit of a fan of zero frets.

[@catzdollz9810]

Where and How can I send you pictures? I own the exact same guitar. Mine is in more complete condition. The Headstock logo is missing but I believe it's a 1960's DECCA.

[@tomford8286]

Wow! Doing things out of order and using the wrong tools? Very informative. What not to do. I do enjoy you and your presentation, and you do get the jib done, for the most part.

[@gregrayner3146]

great video n gret work but look at the top E string n how there is a 2-3 mm gap to the fretboard edge at the 1st few frets n by the time it gets to the last few frets its right on the edge, id prob file sum small slots in that bridge on the back side to make them all line up straight n correctly cause you can see with that style bridge the top e string wants to pull to the outside but besides that nice job

[@richardayala3748]

Keep going Dane! Enjoy the vids👍🤘

[@han36solo]

Awesome job Dane! Cool guitar and would be great for a kid or anyone really, with the short scale.

[@AndrewAHayes]

I think these had those wooden bridges that were held in place with the string tension but they usually have some felt pads on the guitar top to locate it properly the trapeze is just a tailpiece, it looks like it was from the law suit era with the open book headstock, I wish I was in the states I would have really liked to have bought this guitar just for its historical significance. Tip-: for chrome work that is grubby and rusty you can screw a piece of aluminium foil up and dip it in water and scrub the chrome with it, brings all the crud off really easily. Do you have any idea of the manufacturer?

[@deandee8082]

what scale do you think it is? it may be a 24 1/2" scale? see if it intonates, the Japanese generally get this right

[@mikeyID]

Right On Dane 🔥👏🏼🔥👏🏼🔥👏🏼🔥👏🏼🔥

[@andyrichardson9254]

The bridge is missing and that's the trapeze tailpiece and your using it backwards and upside down

[@benspoliticsandnewsbencook9151]

Hey with that Japanese hollow body I would just move the bridge up where it needs to go.

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

Straight away I spotted that the bridge is unseated with the screws pulled out of the holes, and that's aside the possibility it looks home made to me.

[@GeorgeGeorgeOnly]

It should have a trapeze tailpiece and floating bridge.

[@daveking3494]

you are still working with inches, but could it be that the Japanese built that Guitar using the metric system, centimetres etc?

[@FlameFlickers]

It doesn't matter what unit of measurement you use, The point is the distance from the nut to the 12th fret should always be the same as the distance from the 12th fret to the bridge. If it's not, the guitar will never intonate properly.

[@daveking3494]

That is obvious @@FlameFlickers

[@FlameFlickers]

@daveking3494 I agree that it's obvious. You're the one who seemed confused by it though!

[@mikenaber-p9m]

Have you seen the prices on teisco spectrum 5’s now a days - 5,000 dollars or so ouch!

[@MM-rr1kp]

You could have moved to tailpiece back and cover the holes and then used a bridge forward to the correct distance?

[@NelsonRodriguez_]

Good morning peace from California Silver Strand Beach The Volcano Posse 🖋️

[@justadsa]

hey the strings were supposed to go threw the bridge not threw then over the top. went back in the video to double check, thats how they where when you took the strings off. might make the guitar work better. other then that great videos, or could be haunted ha ha ha

[@ricomusap614]

Way to persevere!!!

[@kindalove2k]

Teisco, Fristman, Honey, Kawai...　Japanese bizarre guitar is godd quality.

[@couchoclocknews]

Does that guitar have single coils or P90s? I can’t tell

[@neilssterling5122]

Sounds terrible 😂😂😂😂😂😂... great work, man. God bless you!!!!!

[@esquared232]

Keep going Dane!!!

[@alborrelli-py5bv]

nice job!

[@davidisenberg125]

sanford and son guitar shop !!!!!!

[@icebob8555]

It looks like a stop bar missing the bridge

[@shiznitmufu]

ZZZ. Lost count of how many times I heard the word bridge.All the while,there is no bridge! L.MAO🤣 I would've restrung it without the wrap over and fully secured the mounting plate before I started drilling holes I'm @1:12 ..See how this ends up 🤘🤘 54:13

[@monmixer]

Gotta move the bridge.

[@MatthewFant]

Is it for sale?

[@pheasantplucker6117]

Your ground wire is preventing proper fixing of the bridge plate. Causing resonance.

[@deandee8082]

I always slap a pure tone jack in any restore job, you will always have issues with that jack . . .

[@michaelfessenden8601]

Mine has a floating wood bridge.

[@jamesstandish7716]

I think it is haunted Dane!

[@BootleggerPhil]

At what point did you wake up to yourself? That’s not a bridge, it’s a Japanese attempt at a trapeze. You needed a floating bridge for that guitar.

[@ZIMMSGUITARS]

Yepp

[@BootleggerPhil]

@@ZIMMSGUITARS We all have those days, Man. Love your channel.

[@bentonresh]

you need a 22 fret neck for it maybe?

[@deandee8082]

I think the zero fret is messing with your count, there is no 23 1/2" scale

[@andrewchords9295]

Im interesteds ❤How much for tha guiar

[@alexwilson1241]

I would think that it doesn’t have the original bridge,,,throw that bridge in the trash remove the pots plate and glue some wood underneath were the bridge is and mount another bridge.

[@christiancarman6241]

Watching your video. That's not the bridge. You're using the tailpiece as the bridge. It is missing the bridge.

[@ZIMMSGUITARS]

You are correct

[@christiancarman6241]

@@ZIMMSGUITARS I only know because I have a few old archtops. Different animals. Bridge always aligns with center of f holes supposedly.

[@deandee8082]

dood you fubared your fret count at 56:55 you can see 12 is right over the 12th fret? there was nothing wrong with it, yoi should have tuned it and then intonated it, if it works then its good, 23.5" scale?

[@maxwellmc9734]

Cool video 🐕‍🦺

[@michaelfessenden8601]

Think 🎻

[@goodtimefolkrock]

Likely a Teisco del ray.......flimsy cheaply made catalog guitars from 1968-73 incurably problematic in terms of maintaining proper intonation and tuning stability pick ups were awful too.....Japan's early attemps to compete with USA ......which they later did and continue to do