Martin with Lower Back Issues.

[@Bran_Flakesx7]

Hi. I'm a Martin with lower back issues and after watching this video I still do but I feel better because I was entertained. Thank you.

[@chrispfeifer7628]

Am I weird or does anyone else find his videos feel like a old comfortable sweater or pair of shoes? There's just something soothing and comfortable in the knowing that everything is going to be ok. Great video. Thank you.

[@MrBullethead63]

100%...when he says “Hey, gang”, my wife and I always say “Hey, Ted!”

[@sydneyevans2637]

No, you're not weird. I feel the same. And even if we were weird it would be okay.

[@waybackplayback1347]

Like a glass of warm milk before bed.😊

[@toddbuttshine4730]

Yeah, that's weird and stupid

[@johnhicks7057]

Great comment. I am not a luthier or a guitar repair person and I find this fascinating. And I literally watch for hours. Thank you so much.

[@RedRose4711]

That is an absolute gem of a result. Well done Sir.

[@lone-wolf-1]

It‘s so soothing and inspirational to watch an absolute experienced master at work! 👌🏼🤗

[@Slime-Man-Extreme]

The amount of knowledge you have about everything guitar related is staggering. Thanks for sharing it.

[@kylevandeusen]

I did NOT expect the back to turn out that good! Great work!

[@MartinKrijgsmanMusic]

I thought this video was about me... A Martin with lower back issues 🤣. Love your videos, craftsmanship and explanations. Thanks for many inspiring hours!

[@gemweems2873]

Not only a lesson in the Luthier trade but a bit of history lesson as a bonus. Another reason for looking forward to your next video. Thank you sir !

[@stewsim]

Yet another professional repair brings another ole gem back into service…!!! And I absolutely love the back stories and history info…!!!

[@user-ge6hf2xs4r]

You're an artist and historian. Great job from a fan in Detroit!

[@Essobee]

That color matching is fantastic. Thanks for turning me on to it. Totally fascinated

[@jackpijjin4088]

It's always the best thing when I watch Ted work, glance away for a second, and can't see the slightest remnant of the damage when I look back again.

[@juansalinasfaber]

thanks for the celophane tape on the blade tip!!!! saved me so much work 🙌

[@patriottothecore6215]

Lovely job as always. I have a 1960’s Martin “New Yorker” which has a lot of similarities and which also didn’t seem to catch on. I have it strung with silk and steel strings. Sounds great. Thanks for all you do for us.

[@robertnewell5057]

You are a lucky guitar player. Back in the 70s, Takamine did a plywood copy and that was wonderful- but the real thing. well, gosh!

[@marmotsongs]

I have a 1963 Martin 0-16NY as well as the Takamine lawsuit copy from the 70s. I love that Martin.

[@mattrogers1946]

@Tom Always wanted to own a "New Yorker".

[@bobwerner6967]

I have one, too. An 0-16NY made in 1968. I purchased it from an old time music store in Pasadena, CA for $225 plus soft shell case in April of that year. I recently had it given a fresh tune-up, frets leveled, polished, dressed, bridge and saddle adjusted, etc by a local luthier who really knows his stuff. Strung up with Martin extra light gauge strings. I could not believe how great it sounds now!

[@chesapeakepencompany1953]

“Dichroic - the property of some crystals and solutions of absorbing one of two plane-polarized components of transmitted light more strongly than the other also: the property of exhibiting different colors by reflected or transmitted light.” Not gonna lie - I had to look that one up! Great story Ted!

[@lumpyguitar5169]

😎🎸👍🏽🥓 THANKS…..yer a peach and a heck of a Luthier.

[@pauldehorn]

Wow, “looks good enough” is so understated as the repair looks 1000 times better than all the other previous repairs on the guitar. And how does one drop a guitar that many times 😂

[@FoulOwl2112]

It takes true commitment

[@joesantamaria5874]

Angry wife……….

[@MrCheesywaffles]

Children, pets, or maybe a substance problem.

[@JohnKorvell]

Trigger wanna be?

[@toddbuttshine4730]

@@MrCheesywaffles speaking from experience druggie?

[@robnic52]

Made my evening. Brilliant repair work especially when you see that ragged great patch in the side (by others).

[@steveinthethumb6441]

Very informative and an excellent repair. My uncle had (I own it now); a ‘47 Martin Ukulele that was given to him in Vietnam during the war. Since that time it was damaged twice. The first time he sent it to Hawaii for repairs, $$$. The second time after a lady slipped on the dance floor; with the Uke breaking her fall; he told me to fix it, since I work with wood. I’m no luthier, but I did get the multiple cracks & three holes replaced. I did sacrifice my wife’s tortoise shell sunglasses frame to add to the missing trim binding. Long story short; it plays and sounds good. 😊

[@pamartin]

Words of praise from me would just repeat the previous comments as to your skill, teaching and overall WOW factor of rejuvenation! Keep the videos coming! You are helping more people than those that comment. Thank you.

[@kevinhill1848]

Thanks Ted, you are a true master. Take care 👍

[@bldallas]

Not lying, I get soooo excited when I see Ted has posted a new video. There are no other youtube channel videos that give me this feeling. Great stuff Ted!

[@gteefxr3094]

"Giddy as a school girl"? Might wanna' take a step back man.

[@Sammywhat]

Don't listen to the naysayers, Bryan, I'm right there with you! I'm emotionally secure enough to admit I actually love Ted. 😁The guy is a master craftsman and an all-around wonderful human being! What's not to love?👍

[@bldallas]

@@gteefxr3094 First, it was supposed to be funny, but, second, I’m confident enough in my masculinity (along with my 6’4” 300# frame that goes with it) to say something silly like that.

[@gteefxr3094]

It was a fuckin' joke Bryan. Wow, you're 6'4"-300lbs; I'm 6'3"-250lbs. We're both a couple of real hulksters.💪

[@bldallas]

@@gteefxr3094 I assumed it was a fucking joke GTee. As was my reply to you.

[@sebastienromain6510]

Thank you so much for all the great work you're showing us!

[@SixSixthSix]

That's alot of Mojo, Just love the different repairs that the guitar has had done over the years. I like it! Great sounding to!

[@peterbryan3081]

You turn your craft into an art! What a wonderful video. What a pleasure to watch you. Thank you, Ted.

[@YUHJKT]

I felt very rewarded with that video. I watched it from start to finish. Beautiful job. This kind of craftsmanship is sorely missed in our present day society so many people consider it very valuable.

[@stevehammond7485]

The knowledge, the skill, the presentation, the art, the artist. The sensitivity to others in the business. I'm so impressed.

[@macmorgan6685]

A close friend of mine received one of these as a Christmas gift back around 1963-64- it was the first Martin I’d ever seen or played in the flesh. It wasn’t until 1969 that I bought a used D-18 advertised on a college bulletin board. Memories are great reminders! !

[@Mandoslicer]

This is a mahogany back. Side. Neck build. Also, the binding is a black binding. My 18 has the same binding and mahogany back and sides as well. All that aside, your approach to this repair is really creative and logical at the same time. Bravo.

[@stonemedicine]

Thank you, Ted. Another brilliant repair and video. 👍🏽👍🏽

[@33stratman]

I enjoy watching you videos, I've done quite a few repairs this way myself and I can definitely say super glue can be your best friend in these situations. Then combined with cleets its a strong repair. If your careful you can block it back to a nice repair at the end of the day.

[@andyt5559]

I just love it, when a new video appears! yes Ted you, have groupies, but we are probably mainly men anywhere from 30 up yo 80! horrible thought! but genuinely it's a thrill to watch you at work, sharing your knowledge, and presenting it in such a way, with humour, but factual information! RESPECT AS ALWAYS! KEEP IT UP! AND THANK YOU!

[@megwatts1903]

Mind-blowing repair, as usual. I expected something much more visible. Nice.

[@terryeaster1]

I love the commentary. And the lessons as I repair all my own stuff... Everything, every car repair, home repair.

[@alexcantelou2469]

Lovely stuff that. A very enjoyable and informative watch. Great to see and then hear the completed fix. Much appreciated!👍

[@waybackplayback1347]

I was just thinking about Julian Bream! He and John Williams fascinated me as a kid. Still listening today.

[@JoaoSergio7]

You are a master Ted, that's a fantastic repair as always. Your videos are always a treat. Quite a lovely sounding guitar on this one, I really enjoyed listening to it. Having watched pratically all your videos I'm inclined to say this guitar is one of the best sounding ones I've heard here

[@MrBullethead63]

Hey, Ted! Sometimes I watch/listen to your videos in my shop, while I work, and laugh when we are working on similar projects! You saved my sanity when I had Covid, and was flat on my back for a month! I watched all of your videos...I figured if I couldn’t be working in MY, shop, I could at least pick up some tips, watching you work in yours! Keep up the good work!

[@westfield90]

Your skills, knowledge and experience is amazing

[@gjh0001]

Thanks for the historical bridge comparisons, and for a chuckle!

[@TommySG1]

This really came out nicely and much nicer than that other repair was done I might add as well. Really enjoy your channel not to mention that you give some excellent ideas in making repairs to any woods, not just guitars. Thanks.

[@Sammywhat]

In This Episode - When Your Repairs Are Better Than The Previous Repairs! Great work, sir!!

[@markvonwisco7369]

You did an amazing job on this repair, it's barely noticeable.

[@henkaverink2562]

Modesty, ethics and amazing workmanship

[@lyndamcardle4123]

It's fascinating how you arrive at the best modus operandi in terms of glue and which tone woods to employ in your repair.

[@RyoCanCan]

Man I can't thank you enough for these videos. I've had an interest in instrument building and renovation for years and these videos give me little tips in places where my woodworking skills alone aren't enough. Also, I love the way you narrate these.

[@zoflo728]

You sir, are a wealth of knowledge and talent. Your parents should be proud.

[@dooleyfussle8634]

This one brought back memories of my years hanging out at folk venues in Colorado in the sixties- several of the local folkies had these guitars, it must have been a "thang"? Nice job on the repair, we could all only wish...

[@jamesrichardson771]

Wow💥 nice Job !! - Your Skills are showing' even tho you try to be a very subdued, and modest artist !!! Your are quit' a Amazing Man Sir.. and I'm not easily impressed, being a artist, pinstriper', sign painter, motorcycle, and car mechanic, and Guitar. player for 55 years. Hats off to you Sir 💥

[@davidscotbrown3241]

Had a '67 Martin 00C several years ago. An oddball, yes, but it was a really fun little guitar to play! Thanks for the memories.

[@mikemorrisonmusic]

Your work is absolutely top notch, Ted!

[@ted9876]

That back patch was perfect. Great work.

[@MrGixxer1300r]

Awesome content Ted. I really can't believe how well the back of the instrument was blended. It's the kind of thing you wouldn't notice from a couple feet away, or if you didn't know it was repaired.

[@dantheman348]

This one was a treat sir. I feel like these repairs which blur the lines between structural and cosmetic are kind of your forte.

[@TreyStegall]

Beautiful work

[@joeyalbertson2125]

Awesome job !.....I would have laid awake for several nights before I even began this endeavor.

[@Tonedog88]

Every once in a while us guitar playing hacks like to see the real masters at work restoring somebody's previous love. Outstanding video!

[@adrianwarner8686]

As always, this video is a fascinating insight into your skill and knowledge. Thank you.

[@TheWaterMarbler]

The word "luxurious" in connection with sticking your arm inside a guitar gave me a good chuckle.

[@peterhall2520]

No, you are not weird that you were lucky to find a father Christmas fix-it guy. It is all true one must stay focused and cosy to enjoy the true delight of these videos.

[@KristopherCraig]

Excellent work and it sounds wonderful too

[@philipershler420]

Thank you ever so much for the history lesson. The information is fascinating.

[@patm5086]

Nice work and nice tone . Amazing how nylon can sound good

[@batautomat]

That last descending melody line is definitely “with the Flintstones” LOL

[@ccaissie113]

I took care of my friend's '67 00-18C and really loved it....made me more interestedin classicals and now i own a 400s Andorra by Ibanez...a line of recital guitars designed and produced under Ryoji Matsuoka...a beauty. I'm refinishing a '71 Ramirez 1a. I don't understand your reference to Spanish style construction...The neck design in a Spanish is NOT like a Martin. I had a 64 D-18 and have a '66 0-16NY. Love your video.

[@gavinhammond1778]

I knew nothing about guitars before watching you, genuinely surprised about internal bracing for instance, and even I've heard of Trigger. I shall never presume to tell you your job. Thanks for the content.

[@alext8828]

You've landed on a very informative channel. I don't think there's anything Ted doesn't know about guitars and all things related. You will get an education without the pain.

[@casualobserver3702]

Excellent repair in my eyes.

[@CharliesMaidenCovers]

incredible work

[@stevesstrings5243]

Well done! Always interesting and informative!

[@DylanGladstoneMusic]

Great repair. These inexpensive 60’s classical guitars can be really nice. I have a 1967 Hagstrom built by Bjarton in Sweden that I paid $100 for a few years ago. The tuners were falling apart, but otherwise it’s in nice shape. The nitrocellulose is beautifully cracked with age, but there are very few dings. A set of Stew Mac restoration tuners and around 4 hours of work and I have my favorite classical guitar. Later I installed some Waverly snakewood strap buttons. It sounds beautiful and is a joy to play. There are a few recordings of it in my channel.

[@archloy]

Thanks for sharing that ! I personally love this type of playing on classical :)

[@herrrmike]

Masterful work, as always.

[@JackdeDuCoeur]

Very nice work

[@Blitterbug]

Fabulous work as always

[@MrCheesywaffles]

"Good enough", That is a spectacular result. Unless you want to go for a full refinish, that's about as good as can be done. Nice sounding guitar, at least through the youtube audio muddling.

[@NoCantsAllowed]

FANTASTIC JOB!

[@daveandrews5485]

I love the brief history lessons almost as much as the repairs. Ted is truely gifTED. Get it! 😂

[@Firefly-dy5zc]

Good quality work! Thank you for sharing!

Wow, I'm surprised by the result. Came out better than I imagined.

[@guitarflyer172]

You’ve got mad skills! Love your videos!

[@johnhageman4061]

That's a beautiful fingerboard.

[@AlecBoyd]

I've watched Mark take off a bridge. He does it dry and with no heat - just a chistle. It's some wild shit to see and make me flinch

[@1969theblack]

Fantastic vid thank you for being so descriptive amazing job on the guitar

[@GahMehGrrrr]

Amazing job as always

[@theayatollahofrockandrollah]

it sounds really nice there in the end

[@michaelinglis567]

Epoxy wood putty like jb weld's "kwikwood" really is great stuff. For guys like me that are less experienced routing out patches of wood then using plugs (on anything other than the most basic shapes) it really is a lifesaver. My first guitar build I bought a cheap "mahogany" rough cut body and it was abysmally bad. Knots that were very resistant to filler etc. But the worst if it was the neck pocket. It was just cut so awfully on the sides especially. But I was able to use the kwikwood to make that neck pocket damn near perfect. The thinner parts of the pocket where there was only a tiny piece of wood on the right side of the pocket was cut completely uneven and the wood was frayed and too short. But I was able to chisel off the weakest spots and rebuilt that spot with the kwikwood then shape it perfectly. And its held up flawlessly without any shrinkage. I used a vinyl sealer then a nitro vintage white then a nitro clear on top and it took to the kwikwood wonderfully. I believe it says it will take stain but that is something I would think to be very hit or miss. I'm sure it does take stain but I imagine it would be hard to get the same saturation as the real wood next to it. Anyways I just thought I'd throw that out there cause if anyone does repairs and hasn't found kwikwood yet they will likely be thrilled once they do. I also use it when I need a tiny bit more material and adding a wood veneer would still be too much. I always try to use wood dowels for screw hole plugs but on occasion the screw holes will be right on the edge of a peice of work so dowling it could split the wood. In those situations kwikwood is a great way to fill the hole without risk of the dowel or surrounding wood swelling from the titebond and splitting the wood. A dowel carefully sized and inserted would surely work but kwikwood is fast, wont stress the wood and can be redrilled. If any ok ne reading this hasn't already tried it I urge you to at least keep it in mind just in case you have a repair come up that kwikwood would make a lot easier.

[@Ron_Padgett]

Another job well done! Great video!

[@Big.E]

Love that you played thanks for watching at the end 😅

[@rustyaxelrod]

“That looks good enough” Me- dang, that looks better than the previous repairs.

[@dannardozza7344]

The title of this video should run for president

[@Owenwatkins-oc6xk]

Beautiful work man!!!!!!

[@wolfgartom]

Wow, this one was amazing!

[@ethan5092]

Perfect timing, my t-shirt just arrived!!

[@jeffreylarson8533]

well done, Sir, and a lot of useful background info, per usual.

[@guitaring1]

Thank you for restoring that guitar! The world is a better place with that vintage Martin once again making music. It sounds great! Unlike the Chibson that took so much work...

[@visualartsbyjr2464]

“It’s good enough” Meanwhile I’m squinting to see where the repair was 😛 Awesome work as usual.

[@thomasbarker642]

Amazing work again Ted

[@shawnrparker]

Poor guitar must have doubled as a bat.love your videos always look forward to the next

[@JeeWeeDonkers]

Awesome work once again!

[@MegaWimberly]

Looks great as usual and that guitar has a strong voice