When I was still working in a garage I noticed cars would come in groups with the same problem. Nice to hear that is common in other trades.
@calinguga4 жыл бұрын
well it's bound to happen from time to time when working with hundreds upon hundreds of clients. sprinkle some confirmation bias to forget the misfits and there you go
@TheRumbles133 жыл бұрын
I thought this too as he said it
@BessieBopOrBach4 жыл бұрын
That little button fix is beautiful and ingenious.
@teekay_13 жыл бұрын
I bought my son a Taylor GA4 several years ago, it's an absolutely a wonderful instrument. The sound is just amazing, easy to play. Even mistakes sound musical.
@JimNichols3 жыл бұрын
Every trade is like that I worked on locomotives and they too had cyclic events, if I had one fuel pump go down I would start watching for the next one if a second fuel pump failed I would order 5 more at the same time. The CFO would freak out and call me (me being the CMO or chief mechanical officer) what the hell? Cyclic failures are a part of every trade I think. Always a pleasure watching your finesse and expertise in action and I want to personally thank you for the time involved in creating this content editing it and uploading it for our pleasure!
@jdod643 жыл бұрын
Thank you for always letting us in your shop and producing great content!
@dubmoth763 жыл бұрын
Such an awesome channel. Wish I'd found it sooner! Love the pace, the clarity and the content. Very happy subscriber.
@mathhhias424 жыл бұрын
dude, just best luthiery channel, period, thanks for all
@16Rossman4 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say I’ve been watching your videos for a few months now and I love them. Amazing work and great content!
@dassouki3 жыл бұрын
My Canuck friend! You’re a genius with your little hacks and ingenious ways to get things working!
@tonyfdesign4 жыл бұрын
Those plugs turned out great!
@kevinredman97114 жыл бұрын
What never ceases to amaze me is your unwavering eloquence when using the English language! Your calm demeanor while speaking leaves me both calm and assured as well as confident you're doing what you should be doing in life! I on the other hand was an adrenaline junkie who could rarely finish a sentence without stuttering or stammering! Kudo's to you for the library of lutherie information you provide and the way you deliver it so well! (Maybe it speaks for Hamilton's school system!)
@stevebicknell24111 ай бұрын
I'm guessing you're being sarcastic...
@kevinredman971111 ай бұрын
@@stevebicknell241 no not at all!
@embalmed4 жыл бұрын
wait, you don't have a nylon washer cutting jig?
@addammadd3 жыл бұрын
This comment is underrated
@Mark_Vdm4 жыл бұрын
I almost thought for a second there, you were about to play "The house of the rising sun" never the less. Great clear sound. Crisp and resonant. Good job.
@tommypetraglia46884 жыл бұрын
Nah, that's a chord riff like King of the Crimson Court Take a listen after the intro kzbin.info/www/bejne/naemnqd-eamoq5I
@pitchforkcustom Жыл бұрын
first few notes were that 👍
@nickafiedguitarstechandrep96174 жыл бұрын
Once again it's great to see the Master at work. Fantastic video
@nocturnalferalguitarist4 жыл бұрын
Watching the video transports me to a calm submersion. 😌 I learn a lot as a side effect.
@jackbarlow41044 жыл бұрын
Me too, I watch these for the same reason, very tranquil.
@robbinsonjustin50474 жыл бұрын
Saviour much impressive. Beautiful work.
@markstaggs73422 жыл бұрын
This Taylor you worked on sounds beautiful ❤️
@danielrohr14334 жыл бұрын
I maintain an inventory of new/old stock Taylors' that go back to yr 2000 that have lived in a humidity and temp controlled environment for their lifetime under tension and not played (often). If it needs it, some do some don't, that 15-20 yr range consistently has been the point where it will need a reset to pull it into factory spec. The 600 series most often.
@petershim59004 жыл бұрын
I don't know if you ever had a problem with the foam tape. In the past I've had it inconveniently unstick and had problems with re-sticking. I take drop or two of white wood glue and smear it on the area of intended adhesion, let dry then apply the foam tape. It works very well. I think the bare wood surface releases maybe a micro amount of the untreated surface just enough to unstick the foam. The white glue makes a shiny surface more appealing to the adhesive on the foam.
@darrylday302 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Great idea.
@jipes4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your talent to find solution to modify these guitars and getting the most acceptable cosmetic option while functionnal !
@markk38774 жыл бұрын
Almost made it another Taylor to be brought in! Was thinking about a setup on my wife’s 314CE but this darn COVID stuff is getting in the way. As usual a lovely job!
@muymalo76513 жыл бұрын
For replacement of those little plastic washers I cut a slice of a fischer wall plug. Works as a charm
@darrylday302 жыл бұрын
Perfect! Just what I was looking.
@harrisonandrew3 жыл бұрын
I just love Taylor Guitars. I have a couple, a six and a 12 string. I love the feel and the sound. I rarely plug them in, rather I just use them as acoustic guitars.
@MartyMcFlyV2 жыл бұрын
I do mostly set up videos. That's why I'm hear enjoying your repairs! Stuff I dont/can't do.
@AlexCBrandon15 күн бұрын
This is the most fascinating video I've seen so far of yours. Primarily because in all the StewMac Dan Erlewine vids, not ONE of them has him working on a Taylor. Not that he couldn't of course. Just curious about how someone would tackle the bolt on neck approach and the difference in the electronics.
@AnEvolvingApe4 жыл бұрын
I have a 2003 RCE 414 (the R is for Rosewood). It's traveled a lot. It has the center seam back graft and also has the finger joints for the neck to head stock connection. I also removed the Taylor Expression system and replaced it with a K&K passive pickup. Much better for playing open mics which I did regularly a year ago. I agree that recording acoustic guitar with a nice mic is fine. Instead of filling the holes for the vol/bass/treb knobs with wood plugs like you did (nicely done btw), I just cut the knobs off from the circuit board so they can still be fiddled with but they don't so anything of course. Funny, I lent it to a friend at an open mic and he tried to adjust the control knobs between songs. I let him work on it for a minute on stage before telling him. :^) The finish on the headstock is peeling off. I wonder if anyone else has seen this and what they did to fix it.
@robertrosenfield4054 жыл бұрын
That was totally cool. I've considered what you said about Taylors neck needing reset earlier than a Martin. You didn't mention if the top had lifted up much here in that amount of time. But you can shim that neck if needed, I'd love to see one of those adjustments when you have to do it. And i agree a microphone in front of an acoustic guitar is a high quality sound. Your rerouting of the battery to existing holder was perfect, easy access and plugging the holes was fine. I thought you were going to make a sound port.
@sdgtrlvr69224 жыл бұрын
It’s possible to add the Anthem while preserving the expression system and its controls. Oh, and all the while using the same single battery. Output becomes a stereo setup with one channel handling the expression and one channel handling the anthem. Happy to walk you through the mod
@rivalearth3304 жыл бұрын
Post a video and share the link please
@thebutton79323 жыл бұрын
I can see setups anywhere, dude . . . much rather hear//see you show us stuff you are enthusiastic about or interested in. And yeah , dont do this so much , that you hate it . . . your stuff is good and really useful and educational. I'm not in the US and you show a lot of guitars that I've never even seen , let alone work on them, so thats really interesting, for me and many others, I'm sure. . . and thanks again for your time and efforts.
@mrbenmall4 жыл бұрын
That's the same model I have. Bought it about 20 years ago. I haven't noticed a problem, but I mostly don't play anymore. Anyway, if you read this, I really am enjoying your channel wish you were in Texas.
@mrbenmall4 жыл бұрын
Mine has a Fishman with an EQ
@royevans58464 жыл бұрын
Always like to see how you work another great video thank you
@davehallock36564 жыл бұрын
Always so impressed by your videos and work!
@arctichare81854 жыл бұрын
Taylors are nice but if I was ever to get a new one I would probably go without any sort of pickup.
@chipsterb49464 жыл бұрын
Funny I ordered a 314 C(no E) about 15 years ago. Sometimes I think someone at the factory said “Oh, he wants a NICE acoustic guitar.” Sounds really good.
@davidwrobel80894 ай бұрын
Olson guitars are leaps and bounds better
@perihelion77984 жыл бұрын
Very nice, precise work, as always. If it was me, I would convince the owner that another 'sound hole' is needed on that top bout. Then I would cut an oval opening to cover the 3 knob holes, Voila! Yeah, that's me...
@mikecurtin98314 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all of your videos. My '72 Martin D-35 made it about 40 years before it became unplayable from belly bow. Thanks for the reassurance that it's a normal age-related thing and that I didn't do anything to cause it. I'm going to install a new, very slightly larger bridge plate, with a neck reset as a last resort. Thumbs up to crush a troll.
@Iazzaboyce4 жыл бұрын
There is something we can do to prevent our guitars distorting under string tension. It's possible to detune a guitar after playing. I was taught this to 'practise tuning and preserve the playing action'.
@lsjones427 ай бұрын
That used to happen at my shop all the time. Every so many years it would just be alternator week and i would change out tons of alternators. I will say that every year before school starts back is brake week
@Jordan-rb283 жыл бұрын
I like what you said about recording the voice of an acoustic, I've never thought of it that way... When I bought my martin, it had pickups build in even though I didn't want them, but that'll be good info for the future. Thanks!
@Joe-Dirt5793 жыл бұрын
Your videos are so calming lol
@blackbirdpie2174 жыл бұрын
I had a 614CE with extremely high action and after examining it I found it had bellied quite a bit. The case had a humidifier in it and I drew on past experience to take it out of the case and hang it on the wall for a few days and sure enough the belly went flat, action came down. Sometimes too much humidity is the problem.
@cajunqueen51252 жыл бұрын
ha well depending on where you live (eastern Canada), too much humidity is almost always the problem. :)
@JTNMax4 жыл бұрын
I have the expression system in about the same model guitar and using a tip and ring cable (TRS) direct into a sound board makes a world of difference in the older expression version. It is the one thing I like most about it and makes a guitar of this size sound much fuller IMO. But I also have a larger body Taylor and there’s no comparison in bottom end richness, no matter the pickup system.
@TheElrondo3 жыл бұрын
A little hint to the drying super glue bottles, same happened to me. I found out, storing the bottles in the fridge prevents it to dry out. Some glue in my fridge is almost 2 years liquid now.
@AiMR4 жыл бұрын
When you mentioned the 'live folky stuff' I knew you were talking about Simon & Garfunkel Live From New York City. When I first heard this recording last year, as a recording engineer I was absolutely stunned by the quality! I need to figure out what mics those are. They look like AKG 414s.
@raelik7774 жыл бұрын
They were probably C12A tube mics. The C412 and C414's didn't come out until '70 and '71.
@thegee-tahguy48773 жыл бұрын
We have that same phenomenon at my shop.... last week was Ventura LP week. The week before that was Martin D-15 week and we had Ric 12 string and MIM P-bass week not too long ago. Tacoma Chief month should be coming soon.
@deweypug4 жыл бұрын
I understand this guitar already had a pickup system installed so I can see going with another one.(and arguably a better one) That being said I completely agree with our luthier here that a high quality microphone near the sound hole (like they did in the 60's and early 70's) produces a far better sound! It kills me to see people cutting into an acoustic to install an onboard system - every pickup on an acoustic I hear sounds like plastic.
@Llohr3 жыл бұрын
You don't generally see a mic near the sound hole. Way too boomy. Acoustics are usually miked around the twelfth fret. Not putting the mic in front of the sound hole is kind of rule #1.
@deweypug26363 жыл бұрын
@@Llohr perhaps my comment was too vague, I said ‘near the sound hole’, not in front of it, but yes thanks for the clarification.
@ClarenceCochran-ne7du2 ай бұрын
Ted, I use the same small containers of super glue. Every time I buy a bigger quantity, I end up throwing half of it away. So I go to a dollar store and buy a pack of 4 or 5 small tubes and hardly ever have to throw a tube out because it's moisture compromised.
@stevefranks98734 жыл бұрын
Love the Taylor strum sound.
@claudecat2 жыл бұрын
It's clear that you don't care for acoustic pickups in general, and I'm with you there. But you do need something on stage and miking an acoustic in an electric setting can be a challenge. Best solution I ever had personally was when someone installed a pair of mics inside my main acoustic (an old-ish Kent!), along with one of those gigantic soundhole pickups of the era with pole pieces you could adjust. He put a switch in so I could go back and forth and even mix the two. It was cool because I could go full on overdriven on the soundhole, then to the mics for the faux-acoustic sound, which really wasn't bad.
@TheTrashologist4 жыл бұрын
You leave them and explain their speed holes obviously
@NoUploadJustComment4 жыл бұрын
Makes the guitar play real fast...
@theccarbiter4 жыл бұрын
I should put some speed holes in my guitar
@AnEvolvingApe4 жыл бұрын
*they're
@larrydering15982 жыл бұрын
My 2006 Taylor 814ce had the ES1 system from Taylor. I hated it. They replaced it under warranty for distorted tone but it still had horrible b string loudness and metallic tone. I replaced it with the JJB soundboard 3 piezo system, similar to K&K and it sounds awesome. Using a baggs DI or Fishman Aura Spectrum pedal it's all I could ever want in tone. I left the knobs alone but modded the battery box for my output jack.
@Goomer4 жыл бұрын
Bob Johnson and Tom Scott are responsible for Paul Simon, Dylan, Leonard Cohen's great acoustic sound.
@rifosi4 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed your lathe technique. Thanks for sharing.
@jamesrenner5086 Жыл бұрын
Well thought mods, mate! Nice work 👏
@geamax13 жыл бұрын
I did the same for my gf's 814E Taylor. On the battery thing I used the same thing it has just cutted the cable and joint them with the lr baggs plugg. I was trying to mcgiver the taylor contro knobs with the lr baggs decided not to. And just left them covering the holes
@juandejesusmendez14124 жыл бұрын
Thanks for share your skill and luthier knowledge, I didnt read all comments But please can you tell me when buy the new preamp System that you installed. Thanks God bless you
@lawrencecoffeyjr13004 жыл бұрын
You are a brave sole. Great job...
@hanovergreen40913 жыл бұрын
Dude. No lie. If it were me, that head would have cracked off, accelerated to the speed of light, never to be seen again. Ted is a Master.
@rodrod50004 жыл бұрын
That was great information. The action on my 16 year old Taylor is creeping up enough that I've noticed it. I haven't measured it and was wondering for a while if what I thought was happening was actually happening. Another useful data point for me for this particular issue. Don't know that I will do anything yet, but appreciated information just the same.
@darrylday302 жыл бұрын
My local Taylor repair tech mentioned that the bolt on neck is very easy (inexpensive) to shim if you don’t want to lower the saddle.
@bucketofguts2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your hard work.
@lcguitars23934 жыл бұрын
I am going though Martin Month in my shop, all with worn out frets from 1971-2017.
@henryhunter50264 жыл бұрын
Nice tidy to cover the old control holes, I might try something similar on an old Les Paul Junior which I unwisely drilled a couple of holes in years ago. I own a couple of Taylor guitars, one with a finger jointed headstock and the other with a scarf joint, both seem very secure but I actually prefer the appearance of the finger joint although I understand that they stopped using it because customers disliked it. My oldest Taylor is 18 years old and the action is still nice and low with plenty of height left on the bridge saddle. Resetting the neck on Taylor guitars should be a lot easier than on acoustics with glued in necks, I believe that Taylor can supply special shims for the job.
@tomg88882 жыл бұрын
Henry, yes, a neck reset on a Taylor takes about 20 minutes. Only Taylor silver techs and above have access to the proper shims. Also, according to a gold tech I know, messing with the saddle to change the action is a no-no.
@joeguammusic4 жыл бұрын
Love you’re videos, you’re such a pro at your craft. Hey, in the past, I’ve re-wired battery and endpin jack leads into the little Taylor assembly. Could I ask the strategy of reaming out the plastic assembly instead of integrating into it? Is that just a personal preference or is there a technical reason?
@joeguammusic4 жыл бұрын
BTW, that is one of the cleanest methods I’ve seen to cover up the 3 Taylor knob holes, great job.
@lachrimaestro4 жыл бұрын
It didn't come to me with the original jack, so I just fit the Baggs in there.
@bajojohn4 жыл бұрын
That looks like a JST connector on the battery cable. You can get a crimp tool and connector kit for pretty cheap and it will open a lot of wiring potential.
@aixpert2914 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing with us.
@charltonwang4 жыл бұрын
I have the exact same issue with the hot stuff bottles. These days I either open the bottle completely or I dispense a small portion of glue and then use small disposable pipettes to apply the glue.
@dooleyfussle86344 жыл бұрын
I pour my CA into a drilled hole on a piece of plywood and dip various small instruments (toothpicks, bamboo skewers, an old ground down palette knife, etc.) to apply the glue. I have never been able to control CA like Ted does using the tip of the bottle to apply.
@1-eye-willy8 ай бұрын
ted you make this shit look too much fun
@30smsuperstrat Жыл бұрын
I chuckle when I hear complaints about Taylor's pickup system. I just heard a comparison with the anthem, Taylor es2, and a Fishman matrix. The ES2 was still the closest thing to the microphone of all three. Yes, the microphone is the best.
@terryjohinke5182 жыл бұрын
I really like L R Baggs systems and you did a great job Ted. However , I own a Taylor and like their system. Maybe it's the pick that makes it sound " thin" I don't know. My Taylor has the expression system and set correctly sounds great.
@calsurflance55982 жыл бұрын
You made an excellent point! If you don’t like the tone, before you spend $500 on a new pickup, change your pick. Well played!🎸 Pun intended👌
@dancassidy7471 Жыл бұрын
By the way the pick ups are adjustable shhh seems to be a top secret of the ES 2 systems
@tallperson94224 жыл бұрын
Always great to watch you work. I only wish you were on the west coast instead of Ontario.
@donaldholman90704 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Wonderful video, great editing. Yay!
@KBorham Жыл бұрын
Bonus footage of lathe work! Always a learning experence here...
@kylemoran43434 жыл бұрын
I bet that mini-lathe comes in pretty handy sometimes. It seems powerful enough to be very useful in the shop.
@stanrogers56134 жыл бұрын
It's a Taig. You can also set it up for metalwork (or similar work in plastics/waxes) - just add the cross slide/carriage, compound if you want, toolpost, etc. The power is up to you - it doesn't come with a motor (1/4 horsepower is pretty much the go-to). And it can do some light milling as well. It's not super-cheap, but it's really versatile, and fills in a lot of those "I really wish I had a..." moments. (You can do more or less the same thing with Sherline's version of the LEGO Machine Shop, though it's slightly bigger. And it was never sold at Lee Valley - I'm going to assume that Ted could have gotten a better deal on the Taig than you can.)
@CarsInDimension4 жыл бұрын
Bob Smith Industries sells a number of CyanoAcrylate adhesives in varying viscosities, including a very fast curing water thin super glue.
@davidstanley9726 Жыл бұрын
I did a similar mod to use the battery box instead of the battery bag. I just used the box as is. Not sure why you felt like you needed to use the battery clip that came with the Baggs. Wiring into the existing box has been perfect.
@protruuls54111 ай бұрын
Im planning to do the same. How do you do that? Also can you explain your process? Did u cut the wires for the es2, did you remove the knobs? Did u also have to drill the whole bigger at the back to fit the LR Baggs? Im wanna be able to this myself but i just wanna make sure i do it right
@geamax13 жыл бұрын
Hey T. Maybe you wont get a chance to answer this. Did you remove the expressions 1 from the Taylor and if you did, did you remove the magnetic pickup from under the fingerboar extension? Also I use LR baggs on all my acoustics and I tend to hide the control block further so that lip doesnt show and gives me a chance to put a feedback buster if needed on stage.
@jimbucket29964 жыл бұрын
Have you found a source for those nylon bushings? The best thing I've come up with is ordering super cheap chinesium imitation eBay tuners but they never show up timely. Do you have an honest opinion you'd share about talor guitars? I've played a bunch over the years and my opinion went from pretty good to not wanting to throw any money at one. Some aspects are decent but the sound and everything else is nothing special. They have a very high opinion of themselves that rubs me off too.
@JonNewquist4 жыл бұрын
I'm in that boat as well. I had a 614ce for about 6 months. It sounded exactly as bland as the 214, 414, and 914 I tried. They're nothing if nit consistent across their range of full size guitars. I also had a GS Mini and it sounded better to me than my 614. Go figure. I guess for the Taylor purist, if you're touring and baggage claim delays your guitar, you can walk into any box store and get and pick up another that sounds exactly the same.
@jimbucket29964 жыл бұрын
@@JonNewquist I've played old Korean solid tops that sound way better. Something about their finish makes me think it's part baby formula too.
@lachrimaestro4 жыл бұрын
I've never tried sourcing the bushings, any time it's come up I've just pulled one from the parts pile. And... Taylors don't get me excited. They're fine but I don't lust after them. They seem to be really strong on the fundamental with not very much overtone response. Kind of one-dimensional to my ear.
@pallecla4 жыл бұрын
You can buy the nylon washers in bulk at Thomann. There are two sizes. I actually use quite a lot, since they are often missing/damaged on old guitars.
@gregmize013 жыл бұрын
Those clamps are a adorable
@jakemarlow89984 жыл бұрын
I've never heard an ES system that sounded good. But I have heard a bunch of Anthems that were awesome.
@NickleJ4 жыл бұрын
I need the last Harmony video!!!
@ianrose55053 жыл бұрын
Thank you great detail and honest information
@gabrielobrien213 жыл бұрын
Taylors after 2001 use a bolt-on neck. They don’t need a traditional neck reset, they need a simple neck angle adjustment, which takes about an hour. It’s pretty easy for an authorized repair tech. They’re designed to be adjusted rather than filing the saddles down. In fact, if you’re an authorized Taylor repair tech the training tells you there’s rarely a reason to file a Taylor saddle unless it’s out of spec. All other adjustments are made using the neck shims. Taylors aren’t more susceptible to needing resets than anything else, but are far easier to do.
@twoodfrd3 жыл бұрын
No authorized repair techs nearby and those that were, gave it up because they hated dealing with Taylor. Getting shim stock took months and getting paid was even harder.
@gabrielobrien213 жыл бұрын
@@twoodfrd you should become an authorized tech. Getting shims is hard when you aren’t one, yes. I’m an authorized tech and in nearly 20 years I never had trouble getting them - or getting paid for warranty work. I can connect you with the head of Network Service, he’s awesome. They’re literally the easiest company I’ve ever worked with. Ramsay Phillips has moved from Dubai to Ireland to New Zealand in the last 5 years and has no trouble getting anything.
@mrclaus8594 жыл бұрын
I sure enjoy watching you repair guitars. Thanks
@MrUltraworld4 жыл бұрын
I prefer the expression system, it doesn't compress like the Baggs does. Nice work though, love the buttons.
@scottdore1324 жыл бұрын
so machine shops have the same issue where people unrelated bring several of the same thing to be repaired or serviced.... its not just you....
@blackfender1004 жыл бұрын
so do auto repair shops Scott. LOL
@JulianKingman4 жыл бұрын
Check out the nvtone duo, a pickup system that makes a guitar actually sound like a guitar. I'll probably be saving up for one, as I feel like anything else mangles lovely acoustic sound of a taylor.
@stevedowler23664 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, think I'll leave the Expression 2 pickup system in my 914ce ;)
@Deliquescentinsight4 жыл бұрын
Yep, they work OK!
@larrydering15984 жыл бұрын
I hated the pickup in my 2006 814ce Taylor. Installed a K&K and have a serious improvement in tone. I used the same output box from the 814ce and left the control knobs in place, not using them. My neck needs reset to lower the action.
@bigjimbo8204 жыл бұрын
All Parts make a plug and jackplate for Taylor guitars - Part No. AP-4608-003. It's expensive for what it is though.
@thegee-tahguy48774 жыл бұрын
We had 60's ES335 month last month in my shop
@walterw24 жыл бұрын
the endpin jack setup was upside down! was that deliberate on the part of the customer i wonder? i could see where having the strap button part further back might let the guitar hang differently while allowing easier access to the battery box. also it would have been an easy matter to just wire to the existing terminals of that battery box so the customer could just pop it out and throw the battery in as usual instead of wrestling with a separate 9V clip hanging out of the hole
@twoodfrd4 жыл бұрын
The previous pickup and battery was already gone when it came to me.
@walterw24 жыл бұрын
@@twoodfrd doncha love that? "here, i helped you by unscrewing/cutting/ripping out/losing the old stuff myself, that should make the job easier right? you should give me a discount!" if you pull the jack assy the outside of the 9V compartment has two flying leads to connect it to the rest of the guts, unless the guy broke them you should be able to solder right to them and give the customer normal use of the battery box (all respect in the world, this is a fantastic channel and i can't begin to touch your skillset! my repair world is in a big busy music store so i'm up to my neck in new and old taylors doing dumb stuff instead of the cool stuff you get to do)
@walterw24 жыл бұрын
*whoops* watching it again, at 11:06 i see that _all_ the connections are gone, including what would have been a perfectly good set of terminals on the outside of the box, making the job easier for you and better for the customer; didn't catch that before. oh well, nevermind
@fairguinevere6663 жыл бұрын
I find that a 3.5mm jack doesn't always have enough locking force, but those little plastic ones stay put pretty damn well.
@rainrichards8068 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. You are super helpful
@mullinguitars86194 жыл бұрын
Nice job with the Anthem install. If you’re expecting to work on Taylors (yes, they tend to come in batches), you really should buy a neck shim tech kit from Taylor. You need to figure out the meaning of the numbers engraved on the shins and calculate the appropriate swap - I use an excel sheet. If your math is right, you can eliminate the trial error part. Just make sure you have some new saddles, or better yet, offer to make a new bone saddle.
@ericlee69133 жыл бұрын
Real easy job when you have all that around, but I found it took a bit to convince them to give me their shims since im not a shop, just some guy who works on his own instruments.
@davidstanley9726 Жыл бұрын
In my opinion, bone saddles make Taylors sound really brittle with high end overtones. I've never heard a Taylor that sounds better with a bone saddle than the Tusq it came with. I tried a handmade bone saddle on two of my Taylors. Total waste of $100 each. I couldn't get them back off and replaced with the originals fast enough. Bone is great on a muddy Martin or Guild.
@attybong Жыл бұрын
i replaced my 146ce's pickup with an lb6 leaving the es2 system as is, albeit no longer connected to the endpin jack ..
@ThefrenchFranz7 ай бұрын
Wow, I'd never noticed those plastic rings at the tuners on my 514ce. And guess what, there's one missing too!
@theelectrodefunhouse46514 жыл бұрын
Seems to be the case with effects pedals I repair. For 3 weeks I was working on a bunch of Foxx stuff then the next month I received 3 rather obscure Korg pedals from 3 different people. Weird.
@SirDamned Жыл бұрын
12 string December sounds pretty groovy
@grahamblackblackgblack24724 жыл бұрын
love your work...
@moonchild48064 жыл бұрын
Agree with what you say about pickups sounding like pickups. Was listening to some Porcupine Tree live and the acoustic tone on it is just ass.
@lancemillward19123 жыл бұрын
The cutest lathe
@JMnyJohns4 жыл бұрын
Had a 414 and sold it because it sounded too pointy. Realize now that's just how they sound. Thanks.