I cleaned a guitar that had very strong paint.

[@blb2388]

What was done to that guitar in the name of so-called avant garde “creativity” was an absolute travesty. Your restoration was beautiful!

[@denislavorbetsov]

i think its fake...

[@fatroberto3012]

Creativity my foot. Someone stole it and then painted it so it wouldn't be recognized!

[@svenjansen2134]

@denislavorbetsov You are fake.

[@denislavorbetsov]

@@svenjansen2134 no I'm not!

[@daleonov]

I didn't expect the original finish to be preserved. Well done!

[@deandee8082]

that's a very nice guitar, collectible, one of the rarer MIJ contemporary Telecasters from Fender.. I'd be interested for sure

[@greed00000000]

若気の至りギターが浄化されて、見てるこちらもスッキリです

[@まこっちゃん-z8j]

ヘッドのﾞFender”が浮かび上がってくる様なんかは感動的ですね！

[@MrPaoloena]

that is a Fender Telecaster "Contemporary" made in Japan 1985, I bought mine in 1986, fantastic guitar, the Floyd sistem was made for Fender by Kalher (or Shaller after almost 40 years I forgot it but I think is a Kahler) I changed the pick ups with Seymour Duncan which I prefered in those days. Fantastic guitar.

[@InGrindWeCrust2010]

Thanks for sharing. It sure looks like a Kahler. I was wondering.

[@MEGAMIGA]

Wasn't it the Free Flyte System, said to be quite a calamity?

[@ernieflanaganstingraybassm1463]

Kahler

[@toneman501]

That's a very interesting guitar... I love tele's and strats... Best of both worlds..

[@larryburwell8550]

you rescued a totally trashed guitar!! absolutely remarkable job to say the least

[@pvdguitars2951]

My friend, you are victorious once again on all fronts. Your patience and skills are out of this world. Big thumbs up, also on your playing and shredding skills. To all the haters out there, this is a genuine restoration, so better think twice before crashing you poison !

[@ericgiova1663]

Every time I see one of your projects, I ask myself the same question: how can someone treat a guitar like that? It just boggles my mind! Thank God you have the patience to save them! Congrats.

[@Patbwoy]

Well, back in the days, when guitars were just guitars, not sacred items, people liked to give their instruments a litte personal touch. In those days the concept of guitars becoming collectors items didn't exist. Only now we are going nuts over old beat-up guitars thinking they must be better than todays guitars, just because they are old and have seen the world. So guitarists seem to believe only a real vintage guitar makes you a real guitar player, like it's the last and final stage of your journey to real guitar greatness. And so they're all dreaming of their "first real vintage". Especially among youtube guitarists this seems to be the case, as thousands of videos titled "my first vintage guitar" prove...

[@d.r.971]

And I wonder, where does he get so many guitars in bad condition? I think he ruins them first, and then makes the video. It's like all those puppy rescue videos, which are fake, they first dirty the animal and then makes the video.

[@Patbwoy]

@@d.r.971 That's quite possible. Wouldn't be the first time. Maybe he's just got an add in the papers looking for old beat up guitars. After all, successful youtubers need to keep the show running by constantly pumping out new stuff. So they go to great lengths to come up with new content, as ridiculous as it might get at times.

[@ericgiova1663]

Ha, ha, ha, just what I thought !@@d.r.971

[@Eric_In_SF]

It’s staged.

[@itoaxs]

今回もすごく勉強になりました。８色のクレヨンでこんなに多様な表現ができて、しかもピンク色がポイントだったなんて目から鱗でした。本当にありがとうございました。

[@felipecasanueva5064]

I cannot believe you were able to rescue it!

[@rockeroller]

Back to being a pretty guitar, & you saved the original finish.

[@MEGAMIGA]

That was quite a lot of work! Well done!

[@jthonn]

Who would paint over such a beautiful finish to start with? I thought for sure you were going to have to re-paint. Crazy, just crazy, Nice work

[@ericmills9839]

The upside of that super thick poly finish! 😂 I had a US tele 10 years ago and put it down on some exposed metal portion of my stand and put a tiny chip in the finish near the strap button….many many layers to that finish came off and there was more below it. All that paint would probably bond better to nitro and you’d have to redo I’m sure.

[@ProCoRat]

Channel Creator: "We are all looking for who did this!" *wears hot dog suit*

[@janlis001]

I can't understand why anyone could do this to a beautyful Fender guitar!!!!...Great job, dude!!!!

[@ckmoore101]

Simple. When you have a restoration channel, you eff up guitars, and make money by "restoring' them. Notice one thing its lacking? Wear from playing. Its all "relic'ing' to make it look in rough shape. But its hard to fake being played for years. Its very common now.

[@jaynbob42]

Yep. All done by the channel owner. I don’t care because I still find the ‘restoration’ satisfying, but it’s certainly done by him. The damage just doesn’t make any sense otherwise. Nevertheless I still enjoy the channel.

[@briand7381]

OMG. Great restoration! This one was pretty wild! I am glad you kept the original paint. :)

[@stevemonnot8218]

Your patience as always is amazing. I think I would have just used a palm sander on that body paint! Great work!

[@alanjacob8542]

You're very patient my friend...great job.

[@TruthSurge]

Looks like a nice guitar at the end.

[@stuart8663]

Brilliant! A big hello from an Aussie.

[@antoine2333]

Hi Friend, this MIJ Fender Telly was such in terrible condition ! Fortunately, amazing restoration ! Thank you for this nice video...

[@Scott-kh4pw]

My favorite guitar so far! Thanks

[@dannycollier1715]

Wow!! This one seemed like a lot of work but you have turned another guitar into a beautiful looking and sounding instrument back to its former glory! Thanks again and keep it up 👍

[@PipeCat1965]

Definitely one of the best sounding guitars you have reconditioned so far. Clever work.

[@InGrindWeCrust2010]

Right? It sounds fantastic.

[@tr4xh]

desfazer as coisas bestas que eles fazem é quase impossível, vc é muito bom e esforçado 🤘🏻🔥 vida longa ao rock

[@shawnataylor7998]

Beautiful job!

[@roberttourville5219]

So beautiful ❤️ outstanding work !!!!!! You are amazing!!!!❤

[@twilightpacificpeace]

Beautiful work on the restoration! As always I love your demos at the end.. phenomenal playing and great taste. Always fun trying to spot the riffs!

[@davidratliff807]

Your restoration work is amongst the finest that I have seen, you really make awesome use of a rotary tool, a lot of times it would be easier to buy a new neck or get a different body but you do it the correct way and fix it which is quite entertaining. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 awesome work from the USA, I am a guitar builder and player myself.

[@likeagoodneighborstayove-om9lu]

your videos made me get into guitar maintenance so my babies never look like this :( keep up the great work friend!

[@mixentrik]

An amazing transformation! You put in SO much hard work! Keep going... this was a boss level fight trying to rescue the guitar! 💪💪🤘🤘 Turned into a beautiful instrument 👏👏

[@AllanGildea]

Congratulations, so good to see something treated with care and respect and returned to purpose and beauty.

[@alvaroame884]

nice restoration 👌🖤

[@philipthomas8440]

Just when i think you can't outdo yourself, you outdo yourself! Excellent job! Wow!👍👍👍🎸

[@probrynner]

Amazing job! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tommyspill1980]

Another beautiful restoration! Keep up the good work! 😊👍🏻

[@icantintyou]

this looks amazing!

[@holyfreak86]

Love these videos man! Greetiings from Argentina!

[@Metalcop5150]

あの雑なトレモロルートを黒く塗るべきだった！ （笑）あなたのビデオを本当に楽しんでいます。ありがとう

[@psykoelvis]

You are a WIZARD !! FABULOUS RESTORATION !!!

[@InGrindWeCrust2010]

Looks great. Sounds great. Great job.

[@1234drums]

That design is just soooo unique, love it ❤❤❤❤

[@DavidAubry-fu7de]

Thx for this new video ! Happy New Year !

[@rodolfolopezduran2320]

Amazing how the fretboard is clean

[@Davysprocket213]

This is even more impressive than your usual restorations; very well done, indeed.

[@The_Walrus_Was_Paul_1984]

Amazing work as usual.

[@CiroVGM]

Outstanding videos as always. You are one of the best. Hugs from Argentina.

[@Alex-h7t5e]

amazing guitar restorations btw

[@優さん-k5b]

大ファンでずっと動画観てますが、今までのギターの中で一番絶望的なギターだなって思った… でも今回もめっちゃ綺麗に仕上げて… 改めてスゴいなって思った‼️👍

[@michaels5629]

These videos are inspiring, I still have my 1985 MIJ E series Strat I got new when I was 12. Much Praise from Pittsburgh PA

[@timothypotter2137]

Good on the new jeans. Good job on the resto.

[@brendonpayne4583]

You never disappoint, beautiful work, mate. I dislike telecasters usually, but this one is so different that I love it. Even if the headstock looks like a foot.

[@DwightStark]

You sound like an Aussie, mate.

[@brendonpayne4583]

Ÿɓ @user-nv1uz8qv4z steady on cobber, no wallabies or koalas where I live. Close though, the other side of the Tasman. 🇳🇿

[@Cosmic-Spanner]

Those trems were the best fender ever made.

[@dralnico]

a Fender Contemporary Telecaster Black, beautiful guitar! I love your works! hug from Argentina!

[@jeromewagschal9485]

I have one of those ( my collection has 169 guitars so far ) I bought it when it came out back in 1986 along with lots of other Japanese-made Fenders/Ibanez/Aria etc... The sheer abuse some people put their guitars through never ceases to amaze me... And, strictly speaking as a professional, I have seen my fair share of it 🙂 This unfortunate Tele looks like someone decided to do a EVH finish on it but then decided to bake it in the oven to make it look like a cake... But thanks to your superior skills it's back in its full glory... Another job well done 👍👍👍

[@jeffb407]

Thought that was a 'System 1 Tremolo' bridge for a 'Boxer' Strat.

[@jeromewagschal9485]

@@jeffb407 Yes, it's a System1 tremolo made by Kahler back then...

[@muddyexport5639]

Thanks for bringing an instrument back. The previous owners had their reasons for painting as they did, but I can not see doing anything even close to a musical instrument. Designed and created as a work of art in my opinion. But that is just me and again the previous owners had their reasons and rights to do whatever.

[@AdamDallas]

Did someone originally paint this to be 'flayed flesh'? What a horrible looking finish. You did such an amazing job as always. I love watching these!

[@conebuccal5243]

このギター、持ち主が自分でザグってロック式トレモロ載せたのかな？ デザインは好みじゃないけど自分好みに非可逆の改造できるのは凄いと思うわ。

[@maanjezus8622]

Excellent work!

[@Felipipon]

Increible trabajo! Felicitaciones 🇨🇱

[@TruthSurge]

looks as if they painted right over the polyurethane or lacquer whichever it is. Prob polyurethane. That helped keep the black on there at least. Surprised you don't use an electric sander tho.

[@mojorocketman]

Looks good. I thought you might have cleaned up the hack job around the tremolo though. Nice work.

[@joejitsumusic]

That poor guitar. Never understand how anybody can do something like that. Great job restoring it

[@xCr00k3Dx]

Maybe it gave the original owner inspiration. The more my guitar looks like the genre I'm playing, the more I find the groove for it. Maybe it was only intended to be an art piece. I own a guitar that someone turned into a Black Parade tribute, but it's currently unplayable. EVH's frankenstrat ain't too far off from this. Would your opinion change had the owner been famous? My point being, one person's trash is another person's treasure.

[@craigdobson9068]

​@@xCr00k3Dxtheir music must be fucking awful then

[@watahyahknow]

nice job on the cleaning , couldve made it look newer by adding drops of high gloss black paint on the damage chipped off paint and open screwholes and after having it dry thoroughly sand it out flat and polish i mightve sanded the top untill flat and repainted it black as theres a lot of damage from the rough sanding some screwholes and high spots in the wood itself from i think moisture the plate holding the neck on can be made black again by sanding the coating off rust it put a rust converter over that and then polish the black oxide layer

[@markgordon4368]

Nice job, things are only new once 😊

[@fillusrahim-xy9ib]

Smart looking guitar 😍

[@TomTobin67]

Hi! Greetings from California 🇺🇸. I always enjoy your videos and the work you do. You should consider investing in a paint sprayer system or a powder coating system. Your finishes will come out perfect.

[@that_thing_I_do]

Why do I think that the presented painting ability matched this guy's guitar skills?

[@kellyswoodyard]

You do a good job of your restorations, well done. May I make a small suggestion? Get yourself an ultra sonic cleaner for those tedious small parts. It will save you much sweat.

[@laurencejohnson4106]

Well rescued! 👍👍

[@seigim1107]

最初見て悲しくなり、綺麗になっていく中でほっとしていき、ずっと目頭熱くなりました。ありがとうございました。

[@ixis99]

This all looks put on.

[@ぽんこしさん]

ブリッジのザグリがまさかのDIYで。。。トレモロユニットフェンダーの刻印ありますよね。なんか謎です。 裏パネとかネジ磨いてるところがとっても萌えますよ。新しいのつけたほうが明らかにコスパいいですもん。

[@taku3121]

ひどいことされた全てのギターを救って欲しい。upandcomingもええ感じ。

[@syukoshiomy]

where do you find these beaten up, old guitars to restore? i am very curious to know if i could start doing something similar. great job on this one.

[@mgaeeeee9150]

14:09 What kind of oil is that?

[@kutapok6836]

Seems like in old appearence it could have been good japanese punk guitar) Good work!

[@Sammywhat]

Wow. Speechless!!

[@paulslack4303]

Would you put the discription in English to say what the liquids are for, paint strippers etc etc?

[@quartercirclebk]

They gave this guitar the landlord special 🤢 over the pickups, even?!? Beautiful job bringing it back to life!!!

[@MBA380Aviation]

Very good job. What exactly is this series and what year does it come from? An interesting Telly.

[@pumpkinboy7381]

36:59 what song is this?

[@Mancombseepgood69]

What products did he use to preserve the original finish 13:00

[@blakesmith2101]

This is the only fender telecaster with a tremolo that i have seen

[@jasonsapp792]

Whammy Parts on Reverb has the parts you need for the string lock and tremolo bar... They also carry replacement fine tuners and some trem parts for these... Love the guitar... I have 3 Contemporary Strats with that tremolo

[@JulianFernandez]

well done!

[@pablogerardomartinezalvare3373]

Extraordinario rehabilitación y mantenimiento,lo que me resulta antipático es en la prueba de sonido, ya que el guitarrista es muy sofisticado y como dicen en México muy cremoso, felicidades.......

[@John-zi4ii]

Nice ! 😊

[@ottovonnekpunch1268]

As always, an AWESOME restoration! We gotta know: How many hours invested (average) per restoration? I know these projects happen over a number of days! 🤔🤔🤔

[@eatsunknown]

Hey man, love your videos. You do such amazing work. I do have one request if possible, if it would be possible to put subtitles in English of what product you’re using during applications. I have a general idea typically what you’re using but I’d like to know. For example, if you were using paint thinner, maybe put the products and “paint thinner” Really appreciate your videos, I get excited when anyone comes out. Much love from Texas.

[@EmrahTemiz-gs5ph]

The person who will buy a guitar should be tested and if he cannot pass the test, it should not be sold. What adolescent logic would continue to paint that disgusting paint on a tele body? (go and buy a BC RICH) I congratulate you on your work and patience. Perfect workmanship (that's a relief).

[@Alex-h7t5e]

where tf he finds these guitars

[@jZolla5140]

The secret is out, he's the one putting bad finishes on crap guitars and then makes videos of restoration.

[@tier5958]

Great job

[@DarksideoftheSteve]

That paint must've added about a quarter inch of thickness to the body on its own!

[@seannam7048]

so satisfied

[@antoniochiudelao]

amazing !

[@Dudeitsmeee]

There's crusty then there's flat-out GRUSTY. As us Americans would say "What a basket case!" You have more patience than many.

[@Test-vl1ib]

When I first saw the guitar it looked as though someone with mental illness had painted it. You brought it back to sanity. Great work.

[@MaskedRiderChris]

That took some major solvent action and the end result, as always, is worth it to see what magic you work each time! Where do you get these guitars from? Do you find them on the Internet or do people bring them to you? I'm fond of Telecasters, so this especially was a joy to see for me. それはいくつかの主要な溶媒作用を取り、いつものように、最終結果はあなたが毎回働いている魔法を見る価値があります！これらのギターはどこから入手しますか？インターネットでそれらを見つけますか、それとも人々はあなたに持ってきますか？私はテレキャスターが好きなので、これは特に私にとって見るのが喜びでした。