REFIT & RESTORE Episode 6: Demo & Debrief (1961 Jazzmaster Restoration)

[@fivewattworld]

I know how much of a guitar nerd I am when I watch your videos Mike. You’re my “guitar nerd-dom” hero!

[@Puisheen]

That's exactly how I feel about your videos! I drink it up!

[@thebreakfastmenu]

That "Pure Imagination" outro was lovely.

[@Puisheen]

Thank you!

[@HarrisArt]

@@Puisheen I listened to that part twice. So great. You could totally just do an instrumental album....

[@UNITEDBYTRUCKS]

Awesome series on this '61 restore! Man, I love offsets. And this channel.

[@Artefracture]

SEASON FINALE. Please do this again. After my weekend shift I'm binging the whole thing.

[@Puisheen]

I've been calling this Season One around the house, so the next time a big project comes my way, Season Two will happen!

[@Luke-yv6uo]

Mike, you truly are the Jazzmaster whisperer in both setting them up and getting beautiful sounds out of them. That guitar sounds wonderful and I’m sure plays incredible. Quit being so good at what you do.. I’m jealous.

[@airbornemoxen]

oh my goooooooosh that ending jam

[@thefungai1]

You can fix em and you can play em. Killer combination!

[@geofflb6537]

Can't work out whether I enjoy more watching you work or hearing you play. Fascinating series all round - thanks very much.

[@mcooke99]

The way to you take every aspect of a guitar's repair so personally reminds me of a repair shop I once had which had the exact same attitude. They had me test a guitar after a setup and while there was a miniscule amount of buzz, I said it was "good enough". The second I said that, the owner of the shop almost snatched the guitar out of my hand saying "Good enough isn't good enough" and wouldn't let me leave till the guitar was playing perfectly for me. Sadly I had to move cities so don't go to that shop anymore, but perfectionists like you and them are the only people who I want working on my guitars.

[@bmdoughe]

Just now getting into your videos, it's been awesome and I feel like I've been missing out. Your videos are probably the best luthier type videos on KZbin.

[@EricMerrow]

damn! that rendition of pure imagination is my favorite I've ever heard! The video was great as always but you took me off guard with that piece!

[@Puisheen]

Eric thank you so much!!!

[@Vondy420]

Oh me, oh my! How spectacular was that?! Pure Imagination- pure joy! Thank you, Mike!

[@gretchman]

Hittin us with some Bill Frisell-esque vibes at the end, you salty dog, you. Love it love it love it.

[@cjbcarr1]

pull over!!! what a lovely cardigan. love you mike!! been an osg forum lurker for years, and you've finally given me the confidence to tinker with my offsets :)

[@musicmann1967]

I have to say, those frets are gorgeous. Wonderful job! Kudos on the whole job. Excellent work!

[@fabianpersch3498]

One of the best KZbin seasons ever.

[@leetaylor7543]

I loved watching this series, it makes me think there’s hope for my 62 Jazzmaster which is not in the best of shape.

[@ryanfulldark2775]

New viewer here! Fellow Trekker! This was a fantastic series! It was basically taking NCC-1701 to space dock after its 5 year mission and giving it a proper refit. As long as it doesn’t end up the way that thing did, (scorching into the atmosphere of Genesis) Kyle should get many years of enjoyment!

[@joshcasper5038]

Absolutely love your channel, Mike! Always puts a smile on my face seeing somebody who cares so much about their profession, and you just seem like a genuinely upbeat and nice guy to boot! We need more people like you out there in the world, man! Keep doing what you’re doing!

[@pascalgalipeau1796]

Again, this serie of videos was wonderful. I own 3 Jazzmaster and did not know about the lock option. Thank you for sharing.

[@thecaveofthedead]

Great to watch the attention to detail. You're raising our expectations of guitar setups to dizzying heights.

[@itchyvinyl]

Love your playing on Demo 3.

[@1972f1972]

Dude Puisheen is amazing!!!!!

[@mcfontaine]

Oh my word Mike … I didn’t know that about the Trem Lock. You truly are the Offset Guru. You should be so very proud of the outstanding work you did on this. I have a feeling Kyle thinks every minute of waiting was worth it.

[@PerpetuallyTiredMusician]

Feed the machine. Great work and more more more of anything offset. Ty

[@xzatious]

What a madman with the E string! Love it.

[@Kenneyty]

Yeah, with the Wonka medley. Good stuff, Mike

[@lucamoqi]

As I told you before, I wish you got ahold of every offset Fender on the planet so that you can continue to make this series. Cheers Mike, you're so cool.

[@andrewkoastephens210]

I really appreciate that checker cab taxi cardigan. Also, this has been awesome to follow.

[@obahrey5197]

You are the best Mike! This looks/sounds so good! Your videos make me so happy. Keep making great content.

[@francisgori5631]

Magnificent job Mike, you truly are the guitar tech Sensei (most appreciably with offsets)!

[@MarkRodeSculpture]

Nice playing dude.

[@major_organ]

SO EXCITED to see this come to a close!!! beautiful work! Every time i sit down to watch one of your videos it feels like a friend sharing our joint passion for jazzmasters!

[@Total_DaveB]

What a sound. Witnessing this process has been so awesome. Keep doing the thing Mike. Love it!

[@slysendice]

Another excellent use of the lock button is to keep you in tune if you alternate between standard and drop tunings (my band is about 50-50 between e flat & drop c#). Really helps not having to do a lengthy tuning session every time you want to drop that low string!

[@boco1951]

Great job on that Jazzmaster!

[@dannysiew]

Great job as always, Mike! This was an awesome series. Interesting to see a little rhythm cavity peek-a-boo at 9:47. Guess the guard has shrunken a little!

[@johnathanschaaf8731]

I thoroughly enjoy your videos. I learn a ton about these beautiful instruments from their history to their upkeep - and love the stuff you play during the demos. Thanks so much for sharing your passion.

[@SunsetPunk]

Cut a piece off a rough leather belt and burnish it on the fretboard. It gives it more of that played in shine after some elbow grease. I went as far as around 2000grit a while back and finished with the belt (kinda like strapping a knife) and it’s still like a mirror!

[@noisegenerator]

Man, this turned out so great! What an amazing sounding guitar. This series has been so fun to watch!

[@johngeddes7894]

It’s surprising just how natural those low strings sound when played in the higher registers. Only possible from the careful approach to each step of restoration along the way by a concerned tech!

[@SIXX2772]

Hello Sunshine lol..perfect channel to get my Jazzmaster fix!!

[@ggvbeer4339]

Repairs videos are great .... and we have been waiting patiently .... when are we gonna have the 25 minutes video with Story, specs, sounds about your JAGUAR !!!!!!! duuuuuuude you are killing us ..... c'mon !! please !!! .. stay safe, cheers !

[@ectoplasma5]

Very nice melodic playing !

[@biketopia]

HI Mike, I sand as far as 1000 depending on the wood for fret boards. Brazilian rosewood you can stop at 600, indian rosewoods that's super dark, I go until you start almost polishing it. Then when you polish the frets with the buffer and red rosin... it looks appropriate...

[@Puisheen]

Good to know! Yeah, I suffer from not having a buffing wheel, but sanding to 600 at least seems to be what works for me. I've been reading more and more forum posts about stopping at 320 and I just can't! Thanks for the input!

[@biketopia]

@@Puisheen for Fret Boards, I use a small wheel on a high RPM hand drill.... you can get MOST rosewoods and variants pretty shiny. Some Brazilian rosewood will never polish/burnish due to it's sort of soft nature and waxy/oily structure.

[@conblurgh]

Look at all the stuff you did!

[@Puisheen]

I loved the Microcosm video!

[@greasymonkeyguitars9292]

Great series! Like yourself, I am a huge fan of the Z-File. You do some great work, looking forward to more content!

[@Puisheen]

Hey thanks a lot! Which Z-file do you use? I've heard from a few techs/luthiers that the centered file is their daily driver and I'm thinking of picking up one of those as well

[@greasymonkeyguitars9292]

@@Puisheen I'm actually using the original offset file. I like the ability to slowly work each side and get that oh so sweet thin little line at the top of the frets. I would like to try the centered one also, so maybe I'll get one the next time I do a Stew Mac order. I'm legally blind, so these Z files are what I call adaptive tools. I just did my Wolfgang Special (Miami Blue :) ) and it is amazing now!

[@Puisheen]

@@greasymonkeyguitars9292 Yeah, that makes total sense to me!

[@telecasterbear]

Yes for bone. Yes for equal string spacing.

[@henryhuelskamp]

you did an amazing job

[@katoyelovni]

Amazing work.

[@icedog75]

Really liked this series...makes we wish I could afford a vintage J-Master...

[@burado1974]

This series has been really informative, I just got a classic vibe Jazzmaster last week. Will do some set up work on it. It’s not too bad, the frets need a polish, new vibrato, intonation set and shim etc. looking forward to it. I’m ok with the pick ups for now.

[@markdesouza6044]

Great job! Love your vids!

[@grandudetonesnob7107]

Well done! I definitely would love to get my jazzmaster to you for some proper lovin'!

[@TheDeedeeFiles]

Awesome video

[@Eman-e9u9e]

love it! ❤️

[@chickenlickin3820]

Sounds like your learning as you go : )

[@lenbones7940]

When ever the g string bridge ground is shown I picture a salesman at a music store in an attempt to explain the reason why this new jaguar is Leo's crown jewel in hard body eletric guitars... and peppered into the pitch where multiple circuits and words at the time are being used like a strangle switch.. and I always hope the phrase revolutionary new bridge grounding technique is used...

[@AintNobodyAtAll]

I watched this series today and now I am a certified master guitar technician. That's how it works, right?

[@Taallyn]

Great series! I wish you were close enough for me to get my guitar to you to work on. 😁

[@MrLosfuegos]

Oh Mike, how I'd love you to work your magic on my old Jazzmaster!

[@edwoodvine6793]

Hi Mike, are you going to review the Squirr J Mascis Jazzmaster in your offset review series?

[@Puisheen]

Whenever one comes to me

[@Zane_Doe]

I can tell you like nut making because of how good the nut looks to have turned out. Maybe our dads were right when they said "good work was it's own reward"

[@jimharris6389]

Loved this series! The 61's looking and sounding amazing. Wish you could give my '65 Musicmaster II the same attention, and would love to know it's providence. All original bar one tuner as far as I can tell. It was olympic white. 56 years later it's of course nicotine yellow 😅. It's such a tatty mutt! Sadly it's on the other side of the ocean 😄.

[@chrispaine2265]

What are those juicy chords at the 5th fret @12:56?

[@justinlim1256]

Awesome series, awesome work! A bit off-subject, but have you ever considered a review of the Novak JM-Mosrite pickups? I've been tempted to save up for them, but can't find a review/demo anywhere.

[@ronway6222]

I’ve been looking forward to this roadside, Mike! Did not disappoint. Would love for you to build/mod a Jazzmaster for me. How do you feel about the Squire J Mascis as a platform?

[@ronway6222]

Roadside? Thanks auto-correct. I meant episode.

[@Puisheen]

Personally I'd go for the CV over the Mascis for a modding platform

[@Metody89]

Please show us how to set trem lock button :) Great video Mike

[@jujoboha]

I'm missing my Jazzmaster so much, fucking covid!! Hahaha hope we get a video of the 12 neck refret!!

[@aislingayers0451]

"I've said before that I really enjoy the nut-making process."

[@jonbjerke4145]

How do you record and process your guitar sounds? Sounds great!

[@bassplaya4196]

Mike you should do a review on the G&L doheny. It's a offset like the jazzmaster. I've heard nothing but great things.i'm curious to hear your opinion on which one is better out of the two!!

[@daryloya]

Can you go over replacing inlays?

[@michaelbuckner9846]

Super cool rendition of “Pure Imagination”. What is your opinion on the Fender Pure 65 pickups. Would they sound better with 250k pots. I just got an MIJ 60s traditional JM and it makes me want to sell all my other guitars, because it just disappears when I play. Stratocaster, Tele, Casino just feel so crammed neck-wise sitting down. Which is how I play 95% of the time. Also, how much to refret a CIJ Jaguar nowadays? 20 years old and played to hell

[@omaligam]

@puisheen can you PLEAAAAASE set up a squier/fender VI?! Please!!😩

[@lukebenjamin]

this might be a stupid question, but what happens if a string breaks while the trem lock is already engaged? does it just stay in tune?

[@Puisheen]

There's nowhere for the vibrato to go with the lock engaged, but if you have it engaged during normal use you're limiting the range of the thing

[@enema_myanemones598]

How much time irl passed from beginning to end?

[@curtis5979]

MIKE!!! DO U LIKE THE REPLACEMENTS???? I NEED TO KNOW

[@Puisheen]

Indeed I do!

[@curtis5979]

@@Puisheen MAKES SO MUCH SENSE. ur tone is perfect for them

[@simonfowler81]

❤️❤️❤️

[@dragoonphotography5847]

TAXI SWEATER IS LIFE

[@chickenlickin3820]

is the 'merry' amp a clone or something?

[@reneebear3641]

Bands that sound like demo 4 pls????

[@EdgarDizzlewicz92]

I dunno why but this video got me wondering why Neil Young never picked up a Jazzmaster tbh.

[@NintenDub]

Bone,plastic,tusq, real ivory... None of it matters once you fret a string

[@chrisst8922]

I'd want to encourage the owner to take the trouble to post a video of the instrument in action at a gig if possible.

[@stophdoggy6625]

Weeeeeeeerr