This is the only channel that I will put down anything I was doing and watch.
@JiveDadson6 ай бұрын
I could quit any time.
@theshapeexists6 ай бұрын
It's great
@Skoden_lures6 ай бұрын
Yup!!
@Koulator6 ай бұрын
Same here
@fernandoalbuquerque11286 ай бұрын
Me too!
@tjm54926 ай бұрын
Nothing quite like 20+ minutes on a Sunday with Ted, a guitar and The Classics.
@Alchemetica6 ай бұрын
I always look forward to Mondays to watch Ted at work and listen to his comments and quotes. Yes, in my part of the world it is not Sundays but Mondays.
@cameronthomson61416 ай бұрын
Same here, as soon as I get home from work I'm straight on the computer to watch Ted 👍
@fieraci85006 ай бұрын
I saw Leon Redbone perform, back in the late 90's if I recall the era correctly. He was the opening act for Joe Walsh. Leon plus an accompany guitarist. Wonderful show he gave. Music and a side of comedy.
@ronmarkell44366 ай бұрын
When I was 14 years old, this very model guitar was lent to me by a neighbor. I must have put hundreds of hours on it before returning it to her several years later. That would have been about ‘66. I remember that the guitar was a delight on your left hand. Better than anything else at the time. Thank you for bringing back very pleasant memories.
@stopthephilosophicalzombie90175 ай бұрын
What kind of music did you first learn to play?
@ronmarkell44364 ай бұрын
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017Folk music back then. I somehow got several copies of SingOut. Also, Simon and Garfunkel before the movie The Graduate came out. Nobody else seemed to know who Simon and Garfunkel were back then.
@RogueA.I.6 ай бұрын
I saw Leon on SNL when I was a kid and absolutely loved him. A character for sure.
@DE-GEN-ART6 ай бұрын
that Euripides joke was great, truly. thats what makes your content a cut above the rest. oh and your a master craftsman that has alot to do with it too
@DavidRavenMoon6 ай бұрын
Ted is eloquent and illustrious. 😊
@michaelfuller346 ай бұрын
If I had to guess, he reads it in the Greek.
@cliffords23155 ай бұрын
LOL😁
@jefferp6 ай бұрын
We saw Leon Redbone live in a very cozy venue. It was like he was in your living room.
@tcollacott6 ай бұрын
I saw Leon on Saturday night live way back, he was awesome!
@falcongunner336 ай бұрын
The fact that I never hear “like, comment, subscribe” makes me feel all the more obligated to do so
@bobsaturday42735 ай бұрын
I don't do it out of obligation , whether guy asks to remind you or not , if its worth it he gets it
@falcongunner335 ай бұрын
@@bobsaturday4273 thanks for sharing?
@jjdubuyou19766 ай бұрын
I've got a 1956 CF-100e, great little guitar.
@stewsim6 ай бұрын
What a nightmare…!!! I’ve owned 2 CF-100E’s, a ‘57 and a ‘94. Both were fabulous instruments…!!! Glad that I never had to do a neck reset on them…!
@kainagami6 ай бұрын
Just wait, the time will come
@stewsim6 ай бұрын
I’ll likely never get another one. My guitar buying days are pretty much over with…😕
@kainagami6 ай бұрын
@@stewsim oh I see. I'm curious about how your guitars are doing, like when was the last time you did a set up, if the saddle has been lowered and what the action is. It's amazing that a guitar from '57 is still comfortable to play with
@richsackett34236 ай бұрын
Mark Stutman is awesome. Nice shout-out. Looks like the heat probes got glued to the side of the pocket because the angle was the same.
@baronoflivonia.35126 ай бұрын
Around 82 the Late Great Leon Redbone did a Budweiser TV commercial. Great Video, as usual.
@walterhambrick87056 ай бұрын
I appreciate what ever you show us.
@quad10006 ай бұрын
Jackson Browne is pictured playing this model on a number of occasions. But he use many, many acoustics.
@petedazer33816 ай бұрын
A true craftsman…..great work Ted, thanks for taking us with you!
@chrissmith74006 ай бұрын
Thanks for documenting your work on this channel.
@bldallas6 ай бұрын
Great to see you back at it, Ted. Every Sunday, I look forward to your new video. Thanks.
@jeremymtc6 ай бұрын
Really interesting stuff on the Gibson! Thanks.
@giovanni50636 ай бұрын
Another Master Class presentation from a Master on KZbin University.
@colbynealy9466 ай бұрын
I stumbled across this channel by complete happenstance. But I gotta say, man; I seriously enjoy your content. Your sense of humor is fantastic, your videography is great, your historical knowledge of these instruments is wonderful, and your work is incredible. I tackle repairs and set ups on my own instruments and those of my friends all the time (many of which I am wholly unqualified to be attempting, ask my 55 Les Paul Jr about it), but I am nowhere near the pro you are. Keep up the good work, and for God's sake keep filming it and sharing it!
@audiotechlabs46506 ай бұрын
Multiple projects in the same video is a good way to budget your time on said projects. You have to let things dry, so working 2-3 projects in between each other makes for more icing on the cake! I have to make myself be patient until next week, since I’m not doing the repair or the video production! Thanxz p.s. ……I’m glad the holidays are over so I can get back to what’s really important, me getting to watch you work!
@mightyluv6 ай бұрын
Saw Leon Redbone a couple of times in the 80’s in Seattle; he was so good, so silly, such a great showman.
@the-chillian6 ай бұрын
Anyone who remembers the 80s ought to remember Leon Redbone. I wouldn't say he was big then in the commercial sense (although if you saw him in nothing else you might have seen him in a Budweiser commercial) but you almost certainly heard him play at some point. But you never would have found out anything else about him. I haven't thought about him in years. Thanks for the reminder! I just had a great time looking up some old clips of him playing.
@bobross55806 ай бұрын
Always worth it! Thanks, Ted.
@mouldyguitar6 ай бұрын
Thanks for another great video. I love my '56 CF-100e. Another cool/weird distinguishing feature between the 100 and the 100e is that Gibson actually cut the soundhole of the CF100e closer to the bridge compared to the CF100 to give a bit more room for the P90 at the bottom of the neck.
@joncampbell36416 ай бұрын
Well done a scary job. You’re so calm and confident !
@danielmargolis32106 ай бұрын
I heard Leon Redbone twice, once while he was touring with Tom Waits. Leon was great.
@danielmargolis32106 ай бұрын
Tom was great also. I feel lucky to have seen both of them in concert.
@adam63856 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: Leon Redbone also played Leon the Snowman in the movie Elf
@jameslandon91944 ай бұрын
Thank you for another great video. That top over is why I leave the old Gibsons for guys like you! 😊
@skyout196 ай бұрын
What an insight into the history of guitar building ! 😀🤘
@rmcfee6 ай бұрын
Surgical precision with that scraper!
@ron.v6 ай бұрын
Following your videos illustrating the repair of more than one guitar is like reading a good book with multiple plots.
@cameronwhite99596 ай бұрын
And all along the villain in both plots turns out to have been GIBSON!
@Sundlofmusicalengineering6 ай бұрын
thanks for the videos and great words!
@jawzjamz93636 ай бұрын
Hello, from London!
@donaldholman90706 ай бұрын
nice work…great video…thank you!
@andrewturnbull58976 ай бұрын
Wonderful colour work Ted! Julian Baumgartner, the art conservator, would be proud I’m sure!
@whitec596 ай бұрын
Love the color of the binding at that age
@sedricksultan81266 ай бұрын
Yes, Leon Redbone was quite unique and definitely worth looking up for anyone who hasn't heard of him, or heard him sing and play. I discovered his "Double Time" album in a Toronto record store back in the 1980s (it came out in 1977), when I was in my 20s. Redbone's family came to North America in the 1960s and lived for a time in Toronto, making his love and mastery of early 20th century American jazz, "Tin Pan Alley", and blues standards all the more remarkable. He was one of those artists who could make every cover his own (there are only a few artists who can do that, Eva Cassidy being one, although a completely different type of performer). His version of Crazy Blues is still one of my favourite songs of all time (along with his My Melancholy Baby and Winin' Boy Blues :). Great channel, thank you.
@tomspafford53686 ай бұрын
Leon Redbone- Shine On Harvest Moon | kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2XNaJZ3i56HhKs
@jfarmer17116 ай бұрын
My freshman year at Vanderbilt in 1975/76. Wondering around the student center with some friends, someone suggested we go kill a few minutes with the concert in the small stage area. It was Leon Redbone, on stage by himself, performing all those great rags, and tinpan alley hits. My buddies & I were fascinated, two of us guitarist, and never exposed to much of that music, we dropped our plans and stayed to the end. We lost a great one when he passed.
@zippitydoodah56935 ай бұрын
outstanding work
@timothy46646 ай бұрын
Ted has the best guitar luthier repair on youtube.
@DHgtr16 ай бұрын
Hi Great video..The amount of knowledge and history you provide facinates me,,,so many luthiers ?? have no idea of those facts Thanks Dave
@aserta3 ай бұрын
From the model making world, there's several options for heated blades. Essentially scalpel holders with heated blades, adjustable and not, depending on which you find. Excellent for removing tamper seals and probably for slicing through the lacquer on something like this, i imagine.
@TomSramekJr6 ай бұрын
One of the very few guitar repair people that references Euripides....!
@hartshut6 ай бұрын
Gibson would have to remove the fingerboard in order to re-top the guitar as you described. Then they could taper the fingerboard to achieve desired action. Basically creating a ramp either inclined or declined. Seems it would be easier in certain cases to remove the fingerboard and make a wedge to put under the entire board change the angle and deal with the cosmetic issues than to remove the neck and have irreparable cosmetic issues. I did it on a Spanish foot guitar.
@thegeekdude676 ай бұрын
8:21 “Vanilla scented cuz I’m fancy!” 😂 I always enjoy your vids, Ted. 😎👊🎸
@TheJamiefbolton6 ай бұрын
Best way to start the week
@WhitingMusic76 ай бұрын
Gosh I wish you were available for my neck reset. Awesome videos man.
@jb7915056 ай бұрын
Thanks for your videos. I've learned so much about woodworking by watching you work. Also, I've learned that I'll never own a set-neck guitar. Only bolt-on necks for me. :^)
@davidclarke63296 ай бұрын
unmissable thank you ted
@Terry3Gs6 ай бұрын
Great video as always !!
@telecasterbear6 ай бұрын
Not a repair for the 'kitchen table' tech. This is serious technique. Well done, dear host.
@rogermascetti65915 ай бұрын
Amazing work
@mitzelnation786 ай бұрын
Wow. Your airbrushing is so beautiful!
@sassulusmagnus6 ай бұрын
Very cool guitar. I remember seeing Leon Redbone at the Riverboat coffee house in old Yorkville in Toronto in the early to mid 70's. Quite the unique experience. You could almost hear the scratches in the old 78's when he sang. Felt like you had traveled back in time. It was as much a history lesson as a musical experience. He stayed in character the whole time.
@davidrachubka53006 ай бұрын
My wife and I were Leon Redbone fans and back in the 90s we saw him in concert in San Luis Obispo. To say he was quirky is a slight understatement. At one point he pulled out a revolver and fired off a shot.
@donkimble3 ай бұрын
One of my dram guitars. I think it’s beautiful, but really it’s for the late great Leon Redbone as you mentioned. Loved him since I was a kid and got a copy of “on the tracks”. If anyone don’t know him I envy their getting to him for the first time. It’s really that special. There’s some great old b&w footage on KZbin to check out.
@volkerlohweg3106 ай бұрын
Hello from Germany
@fulci67346 ай бұрын
Thank you Ted 👍👍👍🎸❤🔥
@RylanStorm5 ай бұрын
Ted....I don't know if you'll read this but I really hope you do. I'm a guitarist but not a luthier or a carpenter and I'm generally terrible at DIY. Computers is where my skillset lies. But I bought a new Gibson LP in November and my hanger has blistered the headstock. Not a huge amount, probably about 3mm under the ears. Having been a subscriber to your channel for years, I decided to attempt the fix myself. I drop filled with superglue as you've shown us. I put tape around a razor and levelled the superglue. And then I sanded all the way up from 400 to 12,000 grit. I can tell its not perfect but I'm the only one who can. You taught me that. You gave me the confidence. Thank you!
@beytone6 ай бұрын
❤❤❤ Thanks Ted
@markcassidy42326 ай бұрын
Your a remarkable Luther! Keep up the great work.
@stephenbridges27916 ай бұрын
I know exactly who Leon Redbone was. I saw him, live; back in the late 70's I think it was. He was a very unique and odd sort of individual. I have 3 of his albums that I listen to, frequently.
@johnford78476 ай бұрын
Every job is an adventure! Glad it's your adventure, not mine. Interesting video. Thanks for sharing.
@alexbostelle2876 ай бұрын
Ditto......I was doing some preliminary excavation to locate a breech in the pipe that feeds fresh water from our near by spring house to the main house......but here I am🥴🎶🍻
@jrmintz16 ай бұрын
Fascinating stuff!
@ianc49016 ай бұрын
That went from scary to oh my god very quickly, you really need the utmost confidence in your abilities when you discover issues like that ! Having said that I have a lot of confidence in your ability to put that right again but that's one sneaky trick they played there !
@maplebones6 ай бұрын
That's what auto body repair mechanics deal with every day. Where there's a will there's a way.
@ianc49016 ай бұрын
@@maplebones Auto body repairs are easier to fudge ! An antique guitar with reasonable layer of patina is something that you hold close and run your fingers over, you tend to look at cars from a distance which is why body filler is useful on cars. You'd have to be really good to use body filler on a guitar with a finish like that and get away with it.
@pauldetimofeev83055 ай бұрын
Impressive work on the 330
@mushroomsamba826 ай бұрын
Some serious guitar-chaeology here
@frankcarter64276 ай бұрын
greetings from storm Isha battered Sheffield
@ASDPOWER5 ай бұрын
Awesome channel!!!!!
@oatechaosincycles6 ай бұрын
J Mascis plays this, the electric one. He has a couple.
@JohnKorvell6 ай бұрын
I've watched many, many of your repairs. I don't think I've ever seen an "Oh merde!" moment as this one. It will be fascinating to see how you bail this out (I never doubt the master, by the way).
@kevmac12306 ай бұрын
I'm a lifelong bassist and sometime guitar player that has a basic knowledge of maintenance that enjoys watching an artisan.I just wanted to say man, you're good!
@jimpage6016 ай бұрын
I have a 2016 CF-100e and it's a keeper. Comfortable to play and sounds great.
@kbjerke6 ай бұрын
Like, like, *LIKE!* Thanks, Ted!
@kbjerke6 ай бұрын
Love Leon Redbone's music!!!
@aagevaksdal6 ай бұрын
Bob Dylan was a huge fan of Leon Redbone back in the days. There will be no one like him ever again.
@JohnKorvell6 ай бұрын
Been to many music concerts. No one entertained me as much as Leon did (NYC's Beacon Theatre c.1980). What a showman!!!
@maplebones6 ай бұрын
Bonnie Raitt said he was the best singer/ guitar player of out time and I concur. Nobody else is even close. it was as if somebody put Louis Armstrong, Liberace, Hank Williams, and Robert Johnson in a blender. An insane amount of talent in one individual.
@JamesSpeiser6 ай бұрын
My dad is a masterful woodworker and actually built an amazing acoustic....all said to say I have enough basic background to be blown away and scared to death of a job like this dayum.
@mccypr6 ай бұрын
Thanks! 🙂😎
@spitfirekid16 ай бұрын
Great content again!
@davidlewis20556 ай бұрын
Very interesting & knowledgeable guy
@manonbassguitar6 ай бұрын
Thanks Ted for the therapy session!🤘🏼
@mikeuk41306 ай бұрын
Leon Redbone, what a cool, stylish character, as well as a great singer and guitarist. Check out “the Sheik of Araby”! Thanks for another fascinating video, Ted.
@ScottHz6 ай бұрын
I was so excited to see LR on SNL back in the ‘70’s(?) I loved that somene was playing those old tunes, like “Champaigne Charlie” :)
@maplebones6 ай бұрын
Leon tuned his CF-100 2 tones down. He often would introduced a song as being in ' the People's key of B flat ', but then he would play in what appeared to be the key of C. I thought it was just a joke until one day I tried to play along with him. Indeed, he was in B flat.
@tetedur3776 ай бұрын
I became a fan of his back in the mid-'70s, while I was in the Navy.
@Bargle56 ай бұрын
I saw Leon Redbone at the '82 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tenn. He put on a really good show.
@martybrown60956 ай бұрын
👍 right at the probes stuck part because I knew Ted would have a solution and lesson for this humble viewer. Many 👍👍👍 for you Obi Wan
@DavidRavenMoon6 ай бұрын
After watching all these neck reset videos, and others pointing out that eventually all guitars will need a neck reset, it made me realize that there has to be a better way. Bolt on necks and the Taylor system made the reset easier, but no one is addressing the issues with the body deforming over time. I guess guitars with very stiff sides help? I’ve been building solid bodies for about 40 years. Haven’t made any acoustics yet, but this is giving me some ideas to try first my first acoustic guitar designs.
@ssplintergirl6 ай бұрын
From what I understand (watching Ken Parker videos) there is a trade off for durability of the instrument and resonance of the body that you kind of have to accept. As he says “the stiffness of a material is related to the cube of its thickness” so even very minute reductions in the thickness of the wood have a strong impact on its stiffness/rigidity. Builders walk the line of having the plates freely resonate so that they are musical and responsive but also will live long enough to be played. String tension might not appear to be a lot, but over time it definitely is just a matter of physics. I am not sure if it is possible to change the physical structure of the guitar to get a resonating body without stress, but historically seems like an inevitability.
@maplebones6 ай бұрын
I've been playing 2 Tacoma acoustics hard for 25 years and I've had no issues with the bolt on necks deforming anything. Neck resets are a breeze on these very light guitars. Manufactures of many things have found that making their products easily repairable provides no benefit to their bottom line. In fact Volvo concentrated on durability in the 80's and 90's and then went bankrupt around 2000 because their customers had no reason to buy new cars. Many of their vehicles from that era are still driving daily on the roads today.
@that_thing_I_do6 ай бұрын
Never disappoints.
@maxj-s95756 ай бұрын
J Mascis also plays these guitars
@epah98296 ай бұрын
I like the multi problem/task multi parters. it's real life!
@tomehCanada6 ай бұрын
Also check out Mose Scarlett a contemporary of Leon Redbone, a friend and some say the "original" who died on the same day as Leon. Canadian eh.
@beanie2266 ай бұрын
I have NEVER heard a guitar repair person ( even a great one ) quote Euripides .
@bengordon23306 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@AdamGotheridge6 ай бұрын
That is amazing!
@JoeySchmidt746 ай бұрын
I hope my spotty Internet connection holds up under these über windy conditions
@jefflappin6 ай бұрын
"It's scented 'cause I'm fancy"😅
@RideAcrossTheRiver6 ай бұрын
I just KNEW there'd be a quip about a scented candle!