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@bubuguaiguai2 ай бұрын
"Cutaways are flashy and they may provoke impure thoughts leading to juvenile delinquency" 😂😂😂
@jschinker2 ай бұрын
I was literally just coming here to post that.
@joesantamaria58742 ай бұрын
I think Frank Zappa said that on Joe’s Garage.
@honkytonkinson97872 ай бұрын
Walk this way, but just regular walking…
@manysnakes2 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGKoqmNnrqmMgNk
@nicolen.96422 ай бұрын
Loved it!😂
@tonymurphy26242 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.
@scottmulrooney31302 ай бұрын
Exactly
@adammono18392 ай бұрын
Clever deduction!
@beenaplumber83792 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.
@jvin2482 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.
@qua77712 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.
@walterw22 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)
@GibsonDE2 ай бұрын
The reference to „Clearance Clarance“ cracked me up. Top video as usual. Thanks.
@volume82 ай бұрын
just woke up from a 2 1/2 hour nap and ted was waiting for me. what a great day.
@TheOdditee2 ай бұрын
Sunday naps are the best.
@ronfleecs36662 ай бұрын
Same here...Great feeling 😂
@markv.59622 ай бұрын
ill be taking mine soon@@ronfleecs3666
@davidheller85402 ай бұрын
Team nap
@vladi74412 ай бұрын
3 1/2 h nap on the couch here with Monk running in the background, and then this. Just superb stuff!
@OzziePete12 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!
@frankcarter64272 ай бұрын
in the wake of nuclear war, beetles will rule the world and all the teles will still be in tune
@RideAcrossTheRiver2 ай бұрын
"George, yer G string's a bit flat, mate ..."
@Riverdeepnwide2 ай бұрын
1966 ... Mike Bloomfield, Roy Buchanan, Danny Gatton. Steve Cropper, Robbie Robertson, ... wait, I've gotta go crank up the stereo
@joesantamaria58742 ай бұрын
Clapton in The Yardbirds.
@ColeWheeler4Lyfe2 ай бұрын
Good call on the R. R.
@Riverdeepnwide2 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.
@dunxy2 ай бұрын
Roy 😍
@robertbull68952 ай бұрын
My favourite time of the week. Thanks Ted!
@mrnosuchuser2 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.
@paulhcan2 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
@GuitarFosterParent2 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!!
@ghfdt3682 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.
@manysnakes2 ай бұрын
Sad how notable this is, especially with vintage Gibsons.
@qua77712 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.
@CellZealot2 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...
@robertkibbler15642 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.
@mikedavis38412 ай бұрын
telecasters are magical.👍
@jeffreycase94972 ай бұрын
Muddy , Roy and James Patrick made it widely known
@sweettoof90022 ай бұрын
Telecasters are still the best electric guitar ever designed. Leo hit a home run first try.
@honkytonkinson97872 ай бұрын
So many home runs!
@DJBuglip2 ай бұрын
Its not my favorite style, but I think you can make a strong argument anyway. Such a versatile beastie.
@daviswall33192 ай бұрын
My favorite electric!
@7171jay2 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.
@reffyfikserting2 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.
@Donorcyclist2 ай бұрын
I love how much that Gibson has been played!
@Dewydidit2 ай бұрын
Buy replacement screws to cut down, toss the original screws into the case for cork sniffers.
@RideAcrossTheRiver2 ай бұрын
But some tonewood was removed from the pocket! Thus reducing the oscillatory sustainiousness of the fitment!
@brianlegg60092 ай бұрын
I've watched every single one of your videos on here and I'm not gong to go through them all again to figure it out but I do believe you've NEVER played the same thing twice at the end. As much as I enjoy watching you work I always look forward even more to the playability test when you're finished. Well done, yet again.
@valentino31912 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. 🙌 💜
@johnford78472 ай бұрын
Your videos are always informative and entertaining, with little tidbits of guitar history. Thank you very much for sharing.
@pauleandersonmusic2 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
@DJBuglip2 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.
@3cardmonty6022 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.
@reefe56572 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking the time for your production of the videos. Bring a smile to my face.
@TheGorillafoot2 ай бұрын
Telecaster's are so versatile.
@jimpage6012 ай бұрын
When I watch next Sunday's video, I'll be wearing my NEW WOODFORD T-SHIRT!
@scottdunbar48982 ай бұрын
Well thanks for finding the source of all of my impure thoughts. Who knew?
@scottmartin3562 ай бұрын
Great stuff about the complexity of even slight changes! I appreciate the depth and clarity of your explanations 😘😘😘
@thomasmcd58622 ай бұрын
Yay! Another Sunday afternoon with Ted!!!
@dalgguitars2 ай бұрын
I absolutely LOVE Telecaster time!
@johnherbold54512 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!!
@georgefrench19072 ай бұрын
Great sound from that 125. Thanks for the repair demo.
@HaroldDickert2 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.
@danielmargolis32102 ай бұрын
I saw Jimmy Page play a Telecaster with the Yardbirds. He also played it with a violin bow.
@stimpsonjcat672 ай бұрын
That description of the geometry at about 60% of episode was simply fantastic.
@Tonks1432 ай бұрын
I got my sticker yesterday, thanks for the prompt postage Ted!
@bobross55802 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"!
@procarpenter17882 ай бұрын
The “Telecaster," if you will.
@SHADOWBEAR827632 ай бұрын
I worked on a '62 ES140 last year. Such a sweet sound.
@andrewturnbull58972 ай бұрын
Brilliant craftsmanship as always! Love your work and your presence!
@rnguerra2 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!
@ShannonFerguson2 ай бұрын
Received my sticker! Thanks, Ted!
@philgallagher12 ай бұрын
Ordered mine on Tuesday and it arrived in Liverpool, England on Friday! Excellent customer service! Highly recommended!!
@rodneykroetsch29242 ай бұрын
Recieved my sticker. Top notch boss letter stock 😊
@beenaplumber83792 ай бұрын
My stickers & t-shirts arrived on the same day. 🙂
@new2907672 ай бұрын
Got my sticker in UK about 4 days after ordering, I treated it like a precious jewel haha
@Chirbeef2 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".
@OhanaFilms2 ай бұрын
Finally someone has the courage to speak out against cutaways!
@bobmcdoggish96592 ай бұрын
Thank you for another peaceful Sunday evening.
@frankcarter64272 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.
@ileutur68632 ай бұрын
Disagree. Gibsons sound good and stay in tune if the nut is cut correctly.
@frankcarter64272 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
@wulfman152 ай бұрын
The grain on that body is freakin' amazing looking
@davemason68702 ай бұрын
Yeah. It's a pity it's largely hidden under a layer of paint.
@AndrewAHayes13 күн бұрын
I was in a guitar shop in Doncaster England in the mid '80s and a guy was trying out one of these, during his try-out session he broke into some rock style double stops and triads, the salesman walks up to him and says something like "that guitar was not designed for that style of playing" and the guy said " if everyone had stuck to the rule book we would never have had rock and roll, and if Im buying a guitar I will play whatever I want on it" his language was a little more colourful though, my friend and I were in tears laughing. The guy did buy the guitar and tipped us a wink as he walked out, that guy was John Parr of St Elmo's fire fame!
@beenaplumber83792 ай бұрын
I got my 2 t-shirts and my 5 stickers on Thursday, same day from the supplier and from the man himself! Bonfire was fast. Thanks Ted! (The card was a nice touch. 🙂)
@rogeriocosta10352 ай бұрын
Better option: nem screws and keep the "valuable" ones in a little plastic bad inside the control cavity.
@daverice24262 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.
@shitfer2 ай бұрын
I was waiting for the April Fools punchline that never came when that humbucker was produced. My heart was kicked in the nuts. Thanks for the sticker Ted. The cardboard will make an excellent bookmark.
@Apostrophe652 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.
@goodun29742 ай бұрын
Perfect timing! A bright spot to an otherwise shitty day of things going wrong.....
@wr53472 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.
@0whitestone2 ай бұрын
Just got my sticker in the mail! It's great :) thanks for the card
@davidwood3512 ай бұрын
I always enjoy the historical information. It’s great to know the background.
@MikeGervasi2 ай бұрын
My soul needed this today.
@kbjerke2 ай бұрын
Yay! Sunday is complete, with a Ted video! Thanks, Ted!
@the-chillian2 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.
@howiekeegan88042 ай бұрын
Loving the Gibson which is as old as me! 1953 was a good year for some things! PS thanks Ted for the sticker, which came to the UK quicker than if it had been posted in the UK!
@rayvoorhies71802 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.
@GWBridge2 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...
@beenaplumber83792 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. 🙂
@daviswall33192 ай бұрын
Sure does sound good tho
@jstar10002 ай бұрын
I bought a 1957 ES125 from my brothers 90 year old father in law for $1000, it sat in its original case for many, many years and is in really good shape. I love how it plays and sounds, it totally amazes me how nice it is.
@beenaplumber83792 ай бұрын
Isn't it good, century-old wood... (Ok, 72 years, but that's close enough, and it doesn't scan.) (Edit - ok 67 year-old wood. I can't count.)
@jstar10002 ай бұрын
@@beenaplumber8379 What blows my mind is the overall quality of the build, materials and how well it plays and of course looks with that aged patina.
@kimheaston75742 ай бұрын
I had a Martin second brand acoustic. The guy I was jamming with at the time had a '54 ES 125. I don't think he appreciated what he had because he asked to trade guitars one-for-one. I traded and have had that guitar since the late 70's.
@jstar10002 ай бұрын
@@kimheaston7574 Yeah back then those guitars were worth $100 to $200 mainly because they made so many and were always pretty cheap.
@cripmeister91042 ай бұрын
My French Bulldog loves your show, especially when you *plink*
@dunxy2 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!
@johnnyd632 ай бұрын
Telecaster is really the only electric guitar you'll ever really need.
@petedazer33812 ай бұрын
My favorite Fender!
@thehark62472 ай бұрын
the tele class was great!!!!!
@GilgaFrank2 ай бұрын
Keep on polishing, polishing, polishing
@fulci67342 ай бұрын
Late but still here Thank you Ted
@franklinslamo2 ай бұрын
Wolfe makes some great pickups.
@dlstanf22 ай бұрын
Fender jammin', gotta love it!
@amateurism12 ай бұрын
Ohhhh A telecaster with a shallow neck pocket is heaven for me, I can't metal on the guitar without the strings above the bridge.
@telecasterbear2 ай бұрын
The removal of the telecaster pick guard exposes the ability to adjust the truss rod nut. Stewmac makes a truss rod wrench for that.Or you can use the paint can opening tool you get at the hardware store. Adjustments can be made with strings at tension.
@KBorham2 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.
@Puisheen2 ай бұрын
I use the same angle calculator! Stew Mac 148 is my favorite wire and the perfect choice for that old 125.
@tfunk18299 күн бұрын
There is just something great about 60s rosewood board teles.
@peterbayliss14842 ай бұрын
Nice Airplane reference at 22.42 🤣🤣🤣
@chadwilliams85837 күн бұрын
Wow this guy is like a younger Dan Erlewine!!!!! simply amazing!!!
@graham62292 ай бұрын
Interest comment regarding the “bend” in the body. Love your artistic drawing skills 🇦🇺🇦🇺
@garywhitt982 ай бұрын
I love how Ted seems to let the guitar tell him what to play on it. He always puts the guitar in the best light.
@davidsigglekow13492 ай бұрын
Your trigonometry skills are absolutely brilliant
@ChrisCanMakeStuff2 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!
@philgallagher12 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???
@stewsim2 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…!!!
@CellZealot2 ай бұрын
Thanks Ted! I have a '55 ES-125 in mostly gorgeous shape that I am hesitantly considering a refret on and possibly a neck reset to address a slightly elevated tongue at the neck joint. They are exceptionally nice guitars if they are in good shape. I wouldn't replace that P90 and love the tone of mine. I changed out the tuners, which were period but may or may not have been original as they had been replaced before. They still functioned but were in rough shape. I put on Kluson Supreme 19-1 drop in replacements to avoid any alterations to the headstock. I also put a Tune-O-Matic bridge on it so I could intonate it properly with various string sets and conditions and to help account for the slightly high action needed to avoid buzzing up above the twelfth fret. 70 year old guitars need some love and attention but are well worth the trouble. They have a vibe you can't get from newer guitars that have many of the design flaws and issues solved by modern techniques but just don't have that mojo.
@markdalton66622 ай бұрын
Ted I love your thoughts on the cutaway , I was laughing my ass off .
@bitfenix902 ай бұрын
Gorgeous... and I have enjoyed your pal's Theme Song HOW TO video, too. Thanks so much.
@nonsuch6 күн бұрын
Nice! I'm sure the owner is happy. I love a rosewood fingerboard Tele. It's not as "spanky" as a maple, making the guitar a bit less of a one trick pony. But If you're a true Tele fan, at least one of each is really the way to go in the standard pickup config. I have a 3rd with rosewood and stacked humbuckers for another flavor. Mine are all 90's/2000's MIMs so, it's affordable to have a few at under $500 each.
@pamartin2 ай бұрын
"Enough clearance, Clarence "😂😂😂
@theariesexperiment46422 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.
@aintgottime2bleed782 ай бұрын
Big fan of Wolfetone pickups. It was nice to see one on the channel.
@m.f.33472 ай бұрын
I've always wanted an ES-125. Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel used to play one as his main gigging guitar
@shaolinshoppe2 ай бұрын
Mmm yes le funny meme album man
@leonarddaneman8102 ай бұрын
So sassifying . . . having a beverage and watching you work!
@hanovergreen40912 ай бұрын
Thank You Sir! Best Regards and Best Wishes!
@margaretanncarno40142 ай бұрын
Perfect way to end the weekend
@stevenkarnisky4112 ай бұрын
If I didn't have impure thoughts I would be thoughtless. Thanks for the warning, Ted.
@desolatemetro2 ай бұрын
The AC/DC comment had me dying! 😂😂
@guitarsofold1002 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!