Rescuing This $20 Stella Guitar from 1963

[@Julian-bq9qv]

Enjoyed this a lot. My late wife had an old Stella she used to play, back in the 60s; wish I still had it just for the sentimental value. Thanks for the memories.

[@freelancerider100]

I have a 63 Stella harmony... used to ride it like a stick horse as a kid! 40yrs ago.... I built new bridge for it out of cherry, as all the originals broke out the screw hole. Added new bone nut and saddle, a whole bunch of work to the fret board!! To get the string height and intonation perfect, and its absolutely my favorite!

[@greggsteven1028]

Had one just like it when I was a kid.

[@jimsnorgleson]

I have a 1948 and I really like the sound.

[@clumbus894]

Man this is awesome. 16 year old here looking to learn how to play the guitar. I had some money saved up but kept stalling because guitars are so damn expensive. Then I was in an antique shop around here and they had one of these things for $80, went back to buy it the next day. Honestly I was half expecting it to sound terrible but it actually sounds pretty good. Super fun to play, can't wait for the day I actually know what I'm doing lol.

[@freelancerider100]

The machine heads are built as a left and right unit to protect the head from cracking out the single tuners will likely crack the wood.

[@eddielee5238]

My Stella has the same stain color , or is it paint ? Probably not quite as old as it has the star above the name stella ...And now maybe instead of a wall hanger I am thinking about doing a rebuild , thank you for sharing !

[@Doowopsid]

Great video! Enjoyed it and learned a lot! Thanks

[@mikekloepfer7424]

Awesome. My first guitar was a '68 Stella. Good memories. :)

[@jamesbracken4618]

This is the guitar I learned to play on. My dad brought it home in 1967 and my mom bought a Mel Bay chord book. Between that and my friends showing me some stuff I learned to play, I gave the guitar away to a friends little brother. I still play today . GOD BLESS YOU! GOD BLESS AMERICA!! GLORY BE TO GOD!!! IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY!!!!!!!

[@captainandthelady]

OMG I had one of those back in the day.

[@alext8828]

Had one in the sixties. Wish I still had it. Many wonderful old guitars out there. They're gold, I tell ya. None of this rock-n-roll with the tight pants and the long hair. Why I oughta...

[@padrejuan7763]

!!! Greetings from Montréal, Québec, Canada !!! Really enjoyed the video and loved the sound of the guitar, so Bluesy from the 20-30's....I often say that it is not the price of the guitar that counts if not its sound and what pleasure you get out of it !!! Cheers !!!

[@georgerism]

I have a stella guitar I bought on ebay......robert johnson,doc watson and willie nelson once played these

[@rlchick5774]

Dang wanted to see the tuner restored.

[@cmmbsnyder55]

Shane, my wife's friend had a similar guitar sitting in the garage for years. She gifted it to me. It's called a, Kay Guitar. I changed the tuning pegs, cleaned it up a bunch and installed piezoelectric pickups in it. It's a nice guitar to jam on but it's not of the highest quality.

[@AlanThomas-hp3fn]

Had a Stella 12 string wore it out. Didn't know about new frets neck straightjng etc. Got so bad it was unplayable. Wish i had one in good shape.

[@drvogel1]

I have an old Stella guitar. I don’t remember where I got it. It has a shamrock sticker on the pick guard.

[@GrimSunshine]

I recently acquired one of these. Which strings is it you used? Great video!

[@FreeAIMoney]

This was a great video and learned something new about those tuners! Love to see more like this with working on guitars.

[@rogerrainville1937]

I've got a 20.00 Stella also! Same bench !! Where did you get that long magnet to hand tools??

[@ShaneSpeal]

Harbor Freight

[@tommyornduff9518]

Uncle Tom from Jonesboro TN I have one just like it my wife got it good will for about 3 BUCS I'm going to restore

[@toddjoseph1tj]

That sounds sweet. Can't understand why new instruments do not have the sound of the olds. Why change a good thing?

[@danmetrovich883]

I want to make a what’s the deal with Speal video! What do I do?

[@ShaneSpeal]

Use your phone to record a 10 second clip and send it to [e-mail] THANK YOU!

[@danmetrovich883]

Cool! Just sent it out!😎

[@patwelch8187]

Too bad you didn't just play the thing right so we could hear the tone...