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@bubuguaiguai6 ай бұрын
"Cutaways are flashy and they may provoke impure thoughts leading to juvenile delinquency" 😂😂😂
@jschinker6 ай бұрын
I was literally just coming here to post that.
@joesantamaria58746 ай бұрын
I think Frank Zappa said that on Joe’s Garage.
@honkytonkinson97876 ай бұрын
Walk this way, but just regular walking…
@manysnakes6 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGKoqmNnrqmMgNk
@nicolen.96426 ай бұрын
Loved it!😂
@cripmeister91046 ай бұрын
My French Bulldog loves your show, especially when you *plink*
@Puisheen6 ай бұрын
I use the same angle calculator! Stew Mac 148 is my favorite wire and the perfect choice for that old 125.
@KBorham6 ай бұрын
Another excellent all-around production, and another excellent comment for the algorithm. Your viewer’s comments are as sophisticated as the content, thanks everyone.
@thomaslemonds84936 ай бұрын
Received my sticker. Loved the card too! Thanks Ted!
@beenaplumber83796 ай бұрын
The card's a lovely touch from a guy who already has enough stuff taking up his time. But now it's one of those cards I can't throw away!
@vincentrockel11496 ай бұрын
It's been refinished making it players grade. I'd cut the screws.
@simoncaddick90856 ай бұрын
'Wondering if the replacement pots on the 125 are 250 or 500K?
@tonymurphy26246 ай бұрын
I think the '1111' is in fact JUL for July but worn off at the bottom. ETA: I bet that P90 sounds like chocolate custard.
@scottmulrooney31306 ай бұрын
Exactly
@adammono18396 ай бұрын
Clever deduction!
@beenaplumber83796 ай бұрын
Nice catch! You can see the tip of the J's hook, and the "1"s have no serifs or whatever they're called on top.
@jefferywarburton2116Ай бұрын
yes to both. Not 3/11/66, 3 JUL 66.
@frankcarter64276 ай бұрын
in the wake of nuclear war, beetles will rule the world and all the teles will still be in tune
@RideAcrossTheRiver6 ай бұрын
"George, yer G string's a bit flat, mate ..."
@daverice24266 ай бұрын
Gotta go with what the customer wants but YIKES that brand-new zebra humbucker is like tits on a bull. Of course Ted, being a boss, made it reversible in case the guy comes to his senses and wants to put that sweet old P90 back where it belongs. Always great watching this guy work.
@jvin2486 ай бұрын
Leo Fender did so well with the Telecaster design because he would build a prototype and go up the road to a dance bar that was popular with the displaced Oklahoma farmers. They would play the prototypes all night and tell Leo what they did or did not like. These are farmers who were used to being practical. Modern Corporate Markeing teams would call this "focus groups". More than anything, the bolt on design would have come from those farmer-players who were tired of all other guitars having to wait at a busy local guitar tech's back log to replace frets, repair broken headstocks, and so on. Like buying a tractor part and bolting it on to get back in the field, a bolt on guitar neck would allow a player to self-repair and be back on stage that night. Super important when you've got to make rent with that playing. Contrast that with Les Paul who made a studio guitar for himself (weight is not an issue sitting down) and the Gibson Committee-designed SG with it's oddities conceived by non-players in an office (and carrying over a Mandolin headstock with higher electric guitar tension) only trying to be guitar shaped and cost less to compete with that Fender guy soaking up all their sales. Leo didn't have Guitar Ego involved with the Tele design, he needed something to help sell more of his amps since amps were his real business. Kind of like buying an amp like a box of cereal and getting a free guitar inside.
@qua77716 ай бұрын
Maple necks with no brake angle don't seem to have the breakage issues Gibson has. I'm not a fan of having to disassemble the guitar to adjust the truss rod, or swap pickups. My other complaint would be that fender necks don't always stay in place. You get the usual body crack near the neck. Regardless, I have one because there is only one way to get that sound.
@Miami_Luthier2 ай бұрын
I really want that to be true.
@ckelly51412 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed reading this comment.👍
@walterw26 ай бұрын
little tip for anybody wanting to adjust the rod on a vintage tele: _don't_ loosen the strings and _don't_ take the neck off! the whole point of the body-mounted neck pickup was that you could just take the pickguard off and reveal a channel between the neck pickup and the truss rod nut; adjust that with a right-angle screwdriver and you're done. in a way those old tele pickguards were really just giant truss rod covers! (same with the original single coil P-bass)
@volume86 ай бұрын
just woke up from a 2 1/2 hour nap and ted was waiting for me. what a great day.
@TheOdditee6 ай бұрын
Sunday naps are the best.
@ronfleecs36666 ай бұрын
Same here...Great feeling 😂
@markv.59626 ай бұрын
ill be taking mine soon@@ronfleecs3666
@davidheller85406 ай бұрын
Team nap
@vladi74416 ай бұрын
3 1/2 h nap on the couch here with Monk running in the background, and then this. Just superb stuff!
@Riverdeepnwide6 ай бұрын
1966 ... Mike Bloomfield, Roy Buchanan, Danny Gatton. Steve Cropper, Robbie Robertson, ... wait, I've gotta go crank up the stereo
@joesantamaria58746 ай бұрын
Clapton in The Yardbirds.
@ColeWheeler4Lyfe6 ай бұрын
Good call on the R. R.
@Riverdeepnwide6 ай бұрын
Ooo Beck's Esquire too! And, years ago read of Roger Mayer saying that Jimi's white Strat didn't show up on the session for Purple Haze and they borrowed a Tele from a friend of Noel Redding. There's a whole book about tracking that Tele down, "The Grail Guitar" by Chris Adams.
@dunxy6 ай бұрын
Roy 😍
@GibsonDE6 ай бұрын
The reference to „Clearance Clarance“ cracked me up. Top video as usual. Thanks.
@Miami_Luthier2 ай бұрын
Agreed! I had to stop the stream I was laughing so hard!
@robertbull68956 ай бұрын
My favourite time of the week. Thanks Ted!
@sweettoof90026 ай бұрын
Telecasters are still the best electric guitar ever designed. Leo hit a home run first try.
@honkytonkinson97876 ай бұрын
So many home runs!
@DJBuglip6 ай бұрын
Its not my favorite style, but I think you can make a strong argument anyway. Such a versatile beastie.
@daviswall33196 ай бұрын
My favorite electric!
@7171jay6 ай бұрын
@sweet Actually Leo's first attempt lacked a truss rod and was a big failure but that was corrected fairly early on, many of the first Fender guitars had to be replaced due to the necks not staying true. Once that bump in the road was fixed it did take a bit of time for large numbers of players to realize that a solid body guitar was a cool thing. Not exactly hitting it out of the park on the first swing but clearly a gigantic win in the long game.
@reffyfikserting6 ай бұрын
He did not really hit the home run. He made the first truly usable solid body guitar and the guitarists decided this was it and didn't want anything better even as countless people, most notabley Leo himself on numerous occasions, tried to offer it to them. It's like if we'd all still be driving model T Fords thinking anybody who created something better just ruined it. And so people can't even make a guitar usable without a thousand guitar nutters crying out in rage. The guitar world is truly bonkers, and no other instrument world an even come close to it in terms of superstition and lunacy.
@ghfdt3686 ай бұрын
While I don't like that zebra pickup replacement I have to say its really nice to see guitars that come on your channel that are clearly players guitars that have wear and tear and clearly loved and used to make music since they are played so much and worn. While I understand people want vintage instruments want to be kept pristine to retain the value, The whole point of these things was to be played, hard and rough and for many many years so its always great to see a old workhorse come into your shop for some work.
@manysnakes6 ай бұрын
Sad how notable this is, especially with vintage Gibsons.
@qua77716 ай бұрын
I was.thinking that original P-90 must be worth a fortune. A black, or nickel humbucker would look better in that guitar than zebra.
@CellZealot6 ай бұрын
@@manysnakes I play my '55 ES-125 every day...but am kind of happy about the fact that whoever owned it before me apparently left it in a closet for decades. The fretboard is in beautiful shape still with what appear to be original frets with moderate wear. The finish is quite good and wasn't beat up and abused over the years. Lucky me...
@mrnosuchuser6 ай бұрын
imagine walking up to the plate for your first at-bat in the majors and on the first pitch you nail a grand slam. that's the broadcaster/esquire/nocaster/telecaster. the stuff of legends.
@paulhcan6 ай бұрын
I have often claimed you could use a tele as a cricket bat (UK here) on an afternoon and play it at a gig in the evening
@OzziePete16 ай бұрын
Telecasters are so solid, that when Keith Richards belted a stage intruder with one, he went back to playing after intruder was detained by security, and it was in tune!
@tomgreenall39486 ай бұрын
Swap the switch and volume knob position
@DJBuglip6 ай бұрын
I think Syd's was an Esquire. Just to be pedantic. And third option to the saddle issue: get remanufactured replacement saddles and screws, and put the originals in a bag in the case.
@crunchyfrog5556 ай бұрын
That's not 1111 - it's JUL. July 66?
@tonyp13136 ай бұрын
23 (Telecaster) JUL66 (July 1966) B (1 5/8" Nut)
@Dewydidit6 ай бұрын
Buy replacement screws to cut down, toss the original screws into the case for cork sniffers.
@RideAcrossTheRiver6 ай бұрын
But some tonewood was removed from the pocket! Thus reducing the oscillatory sustainiousness of the fitment!
@scottdunbar48986 ай бұрын
Well thanks for finding the source of all of my impure thoughts. Who knew?
@J.C...6 ай бұрын
That's 3 JUL 66. You can see the curl of the J on the left of the "1's", Making it J U L
@jimpage6016 ай бұрын
When I watch next Sunday's video, I'll be wearing my NEW WOODFORD T-SHIRT!
@rogeriocosta10356 ай бұрын
Better option: nem screws and keep the "valuable" ones in a little plastic bad inside the control cavity.
@fazeka6 ай бұрын
Why cut down the intonation adjustment screws? Just buy shorter replacements, tuck the originals in the case???
@ileutur68636 ай бұрын
They're just screws ffs
@rayvoorhies71806 ай бұрын
I'd like for Ted to discuss his time in bands. I know he said there's no time to play anymore. I can tell that at one time he must have played constantly. He's played several styles on his guitar demos.
@HaroldDickert6 ай бұрын
Hey Ted, nice job on those guitars. And the Arch Top sounds great. I saw Alfie perform with it at the Moonshine on the weekend. It growls just like his singing.
@Apostrophe656 ай бұрын
From the standpoint of original, she's been resprayed so that ship sailed. I'd replace the screws with shorter ones and put the originals away.
@robertkibbler15646 ай бұрын
Always great to have a Ted video to watch.! My 69 tele. (All original) also has pot codes for1966, Fender must have bought a large amount then for stock…. Cheers Ted,Rob from England.
@johnford78476 ай бұрын
Your videos are always informative and entertaining, with little tidbits of guitar history. Thank you very much for sharing.
@SixSixthSix6 ай бұрын
What a nice and dark colored ES125. Surprised to see that the pickguard is still in good shape. About the "Impure thoughts leading to juvenile delinquency" comment 😂, Check out Scott H Biram, he has several of these ES125 and hes a little on the rowdy side 😉.
@pauleandersonmusic6 ай бұрын
My guess on the dip in the tele body is that if they sanded it with an orbital disk sander if and when they stripped off the old finish, they may not have factored in the extra amount taken off in the areas that were routed for the pickups, making those areas lower than the broader parts of the top of the body, which sand away at a slower rate when using any aggressive sanding technique
@Donorcyclist6 ай бұрын
I love how much that Gibson has been played!
@OhanaFilms6 ай бұрын
Finally someone has the courage to speak out against cutaways!
@johnnyd636 ай бұрын
Telecaster is really the only electric guitar you'll ever really need.
@danielmargolis32106 ай бұрын
I saw Jimmy Page play a Telecaster with the Yardbirds. He also played it with a violin bow.
@mikedavis38416 ай бұрын
telecasters are magical.👍
@jeffreycase94976 ай бұрын
Muddy , Roy and James Patrick made it widely known
@johnherbold54516 ай бұрын
I own a '52 ES125 and it's a really cool looking and sounding guitar. It looks exactly like the one you worked on. I bought it nearly 20 years ago for a measly $700.00!!
@philgallagher16 ай бұрын
I'm not sure where Ted finds all the time he needs. Do they have more than 24 hours in a day in Canada?!? On top of all the work he gets through, I ordered a sticker on Tuesday and it arrived in Liverpool, England on FRIDAY! Don't you ever stop, Ted???
@theariesexperiment46426 ай бұрын
The strat and the tele were specifically designed to simply switch the neck out after frets are done. I heard that Fender almost implemented a core charge system where you send your neck in and pay half price for your new neck. It wasn't ever implemented via Leo's departure..It truly is the tank of guitars. And probably the most recorded model,.....with Les Paul's coming in a close second.
@wulfman156 ай бұрын
The grain on that body is freakin' amazing looking
@davemason68706 ай бұрын
Yeah. It's a pity it's largely hidden under a layer of paint.
@FairlyUnknown6 ай бұрын
14:30 or the option I would choose: get shorter replacement screws and then bag up the originals and store them in the case or the control cavity.
@ChrisCanMakeStuff6 ай бұрын
I know you've mentioned this before, but I do smirk at the lengths people go to keeping these Tele's "original" (i.e. the grub screws) when Leo made them to be working guitars where everything was supposed to be replaceable!
@ShannonFerguson6 ай бұрын
Received my sticker! Thanks, Ted!
@philgallagher16 ай бұрын
Ordered mine on Tuesday and it arrived in Liverpool, England on Friday! Excellent customer service! Highly recommended!!
@rodneykroetsch29246 ай бұрын
Recieved my sticker. Top notch boss letter stock 😊
@beenaplumber83796 ай бұрын
My stickers & t-shirts arrived on the same day. 🙂
@new2907676 ай бұрын
Got my sticker in UK about 4 days after ordering, I treated it like a precious jewel haha
@graham62296 ай бұрын
Interest comment regarding the “bend” in the body. Love your artistic drawing skills 🇦🇺🇦🇺
@santi-og3hx6 ай бұрын
If you get a job where you put scalloped frets on a modern solid body electric guitar it would be cool to have an episode on that
@goodun29746 ай бұрын
Perfect timing! A bright spot to an otherwise shitty day of things going wrong.....
@stewsim6 ай бұрын
Kinda unlikely that the body warped me thinks…🧐 Probably wasn’t prepped well for the refinish…? Got my sticker, along with a nice note…thanks Ted…!!!
@GuitarFosterParent6 ай бұрын
Great stuff! Your love and care for these great old guitars really comes through in your work and presentation. I especially appreciated your explanation of neck geometry and shimming. Thanks!!
@J.C...6 ай бұрын
I'd cut down aftermarket screws and keep those originals.
@ileutur68636 ай бұрын
They're just screws. Come on.
@wr53476 ай бұрын
I have a Mario Matin tele that looks almost exactly like this one, with a Brazilian rosewood veneer and blonde finish. Saddles are traditional brass though, and the pickguard is single ply.
@GWBridge6 ай бұрын
Not sure I like the zebra look on this guitar, but kudos to the owner for doing what he wants with it. Used cream and black zebra humbuckers on a matte burgundy Grote 335 and they look great. I have both the classic and new style stickers on my guitar room door! Polishing, polishing...
@beenaplumber83796 ай бұрын
I don't like the look at all, but 1) it's not my guitar, and 2) it sounds bright and lively. So, good call. 🙂
@daviswall33196 ай бұрын
Sure does sound good tho
@thomasmcd58626 ай бұрын
Yay! Another Sunday afternoon with Ted!!!
@dalgguitars6 ай бұрын
I absolutely LOVE Telecaster time!
@xdoctorblindx6 ай бұрын
Great playing in this video, Ted!
@dunxy6 ай бұрын
Dang that '66 is beautiful ❤❤❤ I am a Teleianado, i have 3 but this is still not enough! I need one with p90's and a Thinline, at least!
@the-chillian6 ай бұрын
I don't know if you read the comment section, but just so you know, I received my sticker on Wednesday, in California. I appreciate the extra effort of individually signing each card, which must have been at least bothersome.
@frankcarter64276 ай бұрын
the life cycle of the old guitar player. In our youth, we dreamed of flying Vs, firebirds and 59 les Pauls. In our 20s and 30s, we had the income and bought our Gibsons and realised they were rubbish, sounded muddy and wouldn't stay in tune. As we reached middle age, we moved to Strats but then someone lent us a Tele and we put everything else behind us and now worship at it's utter perfection. Twangtastic.
@ileutur68636 ай бұрын
Disagree. Gibsons sound good and stay in tune if the nut is cut correctly.
@frankcarter64276 ай бұрын
@@ileutur6863 what sounds good is subjective obvs, but I've never come across a Gibson that easily tunes and stays there - it's telling that Gibson don't fit and cut their nuts properly in the 1st place when they charge such ludicrous prices for their very ordinary instruments
@chadwilliams85834 ай бұрын
Wow this guy is like a younger Dan Erlewine!!!!! simply amazing!!!
@3cardmonty6026 ай бұрын
The most versatile workhorse guitar one could ever own. It does Jazz, Blues, Rock, and of course Country. At 7lbs, that’s a beauty.
@markdalton66626 ай бұрын
Ted I love your thoughts on the cutaway , I was laughing my ass off .
@valentino31916 ай бұрын
Thanks for mentioning Dangerous Don. He was why I started playing as a kid and have for 40 years now. Don Rich was one in a million. 🙌 💜
@andrewturnbull58976 ай бұрын
Brilliant craftsmanship as always! Love your work and your presence!
@kbjerke6 ай бұрын
Yay! Sunday is complete, with a Ted video! Thanks, Ted!
@scottmartin3566 ай бұрын
Great stuff about the complexity of even slight changes! I appreciate the depth and clarity of your explanations 😘😘😘
@johnwhitaker5456 ай бұрын
The 1 1 1 1 is “July”. Just some of the stamp didn’t get stamped very well
@theharlequin72806 ай бұрын
People fuzzing about screws on 50+ year old instruments is just about the pinnacle of ridiculousness to me.
@bobross55806 ай бұрын
I consider the weekend uploads as a clinic because Ted brings up issues regarding so many things I have never even considered. I always look forward to the knowledge that is shared here! Long live the "Telecaster"!
@procarpenter17886 ай бұрын
The “Telecaster," if you will.
@Chirbeef6 ай бұрын
Love the 'veneer' style boards. A small comment, if I may. They were not bent around the maple for the joint. A matching concave radius was dished out of the fretboard. The entire purpose for moving to the veneer style board had to do with complaints of 'instability' in the slab board necks, and less effective truss rods. Folks in the R&D department felt that a thinner board would help by giving the maple a better chance to resist forces from the thicker boards, and at the same time, making the joint radiused allowed them to move the truss rod anchor higher up in the neck, which allows for more pre-bend and thus a more effective rod. They made the thickness such that the rosewood reveal on the edge of the fretboard was roughly equal to what it was on the slab boards at the end of the neck - comes out to about 0.1".
@vladi74416 ай бұрын
I'm no vintage fanatic, but when you said at 17:50 that the owner wants to swap the pickup i gasped so loud i scared my partner xD
@rnguerra6 ай бұрын
Ted - got my stickers in the mail. Love them, AND you need to make some headstock recapitation merch with the stamp on the card! Love the Gibson Glare!
@Tonks1436 ай бұрын
I got my sticker yesterday, thanks for the prompt postage Ted!
@brokenacoustic6 ай бұрын
And then Leo fixed the things he didnt like about the Tele by Making the Asat. 22:41 lol I watched Airplane two nights ago, still funny
@Riverdeepnwide6 ай бұрын
Yes, I'm still surprised by the ASAT I got about ten years back. Excellent, great deal too!
@brokenacoustic6 ай бұрын
@@Riverdeepnwide Yeah they seem oddly under appreciated, I've got a pretty rare early 90s model, thing feels like it weighs 20 pounds, but man it sounds/looks good.
@wowmanhaha6 ай бұрын
'Clearance Clarence' is part of Ted Woodford bingo! Sunday night is complete in this household...
@beenaplumber83796 ай бұрын
The guitarist in my band had an ASAT in 88 or 89, not long after they were introduced. It was a great guitar with rich tone, but it stunk to high heaven of cigarette smoke. 😛 Another friend just got a reissue last year from Indonesia or the Philippines, can't remember. He loves it, and he's pretty fussy.
@TheGorillafoot6 ай бұрын
Telecaster's are so versatile.
@fernandocelere6 ай бұрын
Would it be possible to put a shim under the bridge to tip it forward or backwards instead of putting it in the neck pocket?
@steby1236 ай бұрын
Leo was quite the guy to invent musical instruments, not being a musician himself !!!!
@sweetzjonny6 ай бұрын
I enjoyed the "fancy walkin" Simpsons reference
@scott7296 ай бұрын
Nicely done
@fulci67346 ай бұрын
Late but still here Thank you Ted
@stoutlager63256 ай бұрын
1960s factory: "we have these screws here so we will use them to save money" 2020s collectors: "the length of those crappy screws must remain unchanged forever!"
@bkefrmr6 ай бұрын
Missed opportunity: Telecastration - just sayin’ I suppose that would be removing the neck pickup?
@GilgaFrank6 ай бұрын
Keep on polishing, polishing, polishing
@guitarsofold1006 ай бұрын
As discussed on many forums the radiused overlay fingerboard was Fender's way of combating neck warp-age the slab boards were returned for warranty due to the board having not been cured This was confirmed many years ago by Tom Walker former Musicman founder...He told me Fender were made use traditional fingerboards due to players and dealers complaints of the maple discoloration... It is more labor intensive to laminate the radiused boards,but it worked to some degree!
@reefe56576 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking the time for your production of the videos. Bring a smile to my face.
@0whitestone6 ай бұрын
Just got my sticker in the mail! It's great :) thanks for the card
@stimpsonjcat676 ай бұрын
That description of the geometry at about 60% of episode was simply fantastic.
@MikeGervasi6 ай бұрын
My soul needed this today.
@bitfenix906 ай бұрын
Gorgeous... and I have enjoyed your pal's Theme Song HOW TO video, too. Thanks so much.
@ftwizard6 ай бұрын
You could have just taken the pickguard off, and used an angled screwdriver to adjust the truss rod. It's how I do mine. I made a couple of tools for the job. One was just a large ground down Allen key.
@williampolfus69756 ай бұрын
Stewmac makes a nice flat bar screwdriver with two different angled ends for Fender trussrod adjustments, for heel adjust necks. I always slot the Tele bodies I build, like this one,, so I only have to remove the pickguard to get to the trussrod nut.
@michaelbarnett37216 ай бұрын
You can use a paint can opener. They work fine. You can get one for free from a paint store (usually). Pull the guard and use the prying end to turn the screw.
@TheyreStillOutThere6 ай бұрын
3 JUL 66 B
@yannamengual27776 ай бұрын
Zebra bucker on this guitar, mmh I would prefer a lime green DiMarzio X2N, for sure. Arrgghh Nice work Ted !
@7171jay6 ай бұрын
@yanna Yeah... should have also replaced the bridge with a Floyd Rose. Second half of the video should have been called The Rape of The 125. Wonder where that P90 and harness are headed to ??? Will the next video be called Building the Fake Les Paul Junior that will fool everyone?
@franklinslamo6 ай бұрын
Wolfe makes some great pickups.
@thomasriley23076 ай бұрын
Just proves the point that there is no problem that a zebra humbucker can’t solve
@IrisGalaxis6 ай бұрын
Tele Time with Ted!
@martin-19656 ай бұрын
And there was Math involved. It hurtz my brain lol - brilliant job by Ted and have yet to come across a guitar that needed a reverse shim. Learn something new all the time with the Lord of Woodford 👍👍
@IrisGalaxis6 ай бұрын
@@martin-1965 Yeah! Didn't even think that could ever happen!
@SHADOWBEAR827636 ай бұрын
I worked on a '62 ES140 last year. Such a sweet sound.
@m.f.33476 ай бұрын
I've always wanted an ES-125. Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel used to play one as his main gigging guitar