What is this crusty white stuff all over the soundboard?

[@PaulA-ig4us]

Happy to be a part of one of your videos Ted! I think I speak for everyone when I say we can't wait to see you rewind the next one! - Paul from Pickup Pickups!

[@GregorydavidMck]

Nice job. Well done.

[@michaelrice500]

Good job, mate!

[@alnicospeaker]

Great work, I've often seen these with original coils wound closer to 10k Ohms

[@J.C...]

Hey Ted. Your Hangar 9 iron is still available new. It's actually for making RC airplanes, hence the 'Hangar 9' name. It's to shrink the covering material over the bodies and wings.

[@stephenbridges2791]

I was going to tell him it was for Monokote, but; you beat me to it. I've got one I've had, for 30+ years.

[@planespeaking]

There's loads of used ones on eBay etc.

[@stephenbridges2791]

@@dwc7325 Myself. Started out on C/L Cox .049.

[@MichaelLloyd]

I just typed the almost the same thing. Actually it was typed when I looked at the next post and it was this one.

[@phil36135]

I have had mine for 30 years or more, we always called them monocote irons

[@mnemonik61]

Measurement conversion humor is _precisely_ why I subscribed to this channel.

[@imagiro1]

Reminds me of a flat earther once calling kilometers "metric miles".

[@dhis888]

@@imagiro1 now thats funny !

[@wbfaulk]

For anyone else who was curious, "methyl hydrate" seems to be the Canadian industrial term for methanol.

[@mnemonik61]

For anyone who needs some in the US, Lowe's has it listed as a "KeroKlean kerosene fuel treatment" at ~$9 for an 8 oz. bottle. Home Depot doesn't sell it in the US, apparently. Which is weird, because as a kid in the 70s / 80s, I remember hardware stores always had "wood alcohol" in stock. 🤔

[@paulmoir4452]

@@mnemonik61 It's one of those weird reversals: methanol is available at any hardware store paint department up here, but (denatured) ethanol is almost impossible to find. Corn vs trees I guess. It's a problem for boat spirit stoves since they don't run right on methanol.

[@wbfaulk]

@@mnemonik61 It's also available as the fuel additive "Heet" (the yellow bottle, not red). It's 99.9985% methanol. Like $3 for 12oz at pretty much any auto parts store.

[@bigtoelittlefinger6133]

Lol

[@wbfaulk]

@@mnemonik61 Also available as "Heet" (not "Iso-Heet") for a little less.

[@doakwolf]

That was the best "well hey there gang" so far. So much energy. Love it.

[@mikesonneson2824]

That guitar sounds really good though the internet.

[@MikeRay1978]

Ted is chipper today. Spring is coming.

[@beenaplumber8379]

I think he's like me - old Harmony guitars bring that out. 🙂

[@richardatwood3623]

Lol

[@jamesh2859]

I don’t know if you’re the best that ever lived, but I’m still waiting to see someone do it better. Don’t ever change.

[@tripencrypt]

21:05 So glad Werner could stop by.

[@Geeman002]

That Harmony looks and sounds great. Always a pleasure watching you save an old guitar.

[@beenaplumber8379]

I get happy vibes when he works on old Harmonys. They are so worth the work. The first electric I bought when I was 15 was a Harmony-built Silvertone. (It's their Bobkat model.) I still love it and play it. I would love one of those old Sovereigns! It sounded beautiful when he finished it, and I love that jumbo sound.

[@williampolfus6975]

Years ago I bought a bunch of dead DeArmond gold foil pickup coils on eBay, probably saved by an old employee when they tested them, or from customer returns. I was able to repair about 25 of them, and found the problem was where the inside coil wire attached to the pickup base. They tried at least three different attachment methods over the years, and I had some of each. I had to use eye magnifiers to see the short piece of wire coming out of the inside of the coil, and I only had one chance to try and get a good solder connection to the base, but I was able to save some of them without a rewind.

[@brusselssprouts560]

I cannot get bored watching craftsmen like you.

[@michaelbuccetti6138]

My favorite time of the week - Ted’s video release! I learn so much and it’s so entertaining!!!!! You are very funny and knowledgeable! Thanks. I’m sure it’s a lot of effort to get these videos out each week. We all appreciate it.

[@martin-1965]

Totally agree, I feel the same. a weekly Ted video makes the world a nicer place to live. Oh to be young enough and talented enough with my hands to learn such skills with guitars. I'll settle for the pleasure of watching a master at work and learning a few tricks to employ on my own guitar work for myself and friends. A neck reset? Nope - that is for a true craftsperson.

[@Sammywhat]

The action is high, the saddle is low... Ted's never confused on which way to go. (I'll see myself out)

[@charlesclark3840]

You've come here to give him a hand? And polish frets in to the promised land, so ...

[@romanhed]

With these dad jokes I cannot abide. To seal your mouths, hand me a glue that’s hide.

[@bigtoelittlefinger6133]

Class😂

[@ErickvdK]

A luthier gang, is that a thang...?

[@benmcdaniel]

Burma-Shave

[@lionvillelion]

Respects the No Stairway sign posted in his own shop.

[@guyb7005]

I polished a glass of wine while watching the master polishing polishing polishing a set of frets. Brilliant craftsmanship - didn't expect it to sound so rich!

[@johntilson2535]

One thing Page knew was tone, regardless of 'brand'. I can hear the strains of Stairway ringing out of this one. I'll bet he used it on Tangerine and That's The Way as well.

[@End-Putler4eva]

I was thinking the same thing

[@onesource9527]

My liege, you ARE the King of Sovereign repair tutorials. That Sovereign sounds really good!! I've got two that need similar treatment.

[@jimdent351]

You don't want to know what that crusty white stuff was. Someone really loved that guitar. 🤣

[@DavidBrown-it9ig]

That iron is from a company that makes products for RC airplanes. The iron was used to skin or place a skin on a wooden framed wing and body for an airplane sort of like shrink wrap. They still make these kind of irons so if you want one, go to RC or hobby shop, and ask for one

[@homebroodcelticband9534]

'Say the line, Bart'. You do make me chuckle with your humour. The Sovereign struck me as having a particularly cohesive sound after you'd worked your magic, and that was some really nice playing. Thanks for all your work!

[@danielktdoranie]

You can love your guitar just as long as you don't LOVE your guitar

[@FlipDahlenburg]

Can't tell you how much I got out of this video, I think it's one of your best! Didn't know about the uneven winding of custom pickups! And the gentle crunching of the file was like walking through snow, or like the sound of small surf crashing on the shore! Very satisfying and relaxing!

[@jasongoestoshows]

You've been making an awful lot of Simpsons references lately and I'm here for it.

[@honkabooly]

they are perfectly crumulent references, they embiggen the whole video

[@rusty4726]

I missed it, what do you mean?

[@matthewstephens6848]

Beat me to it. Ted + Simpsons references = 'D'oh!(pe)'

[@LowEndMarauder]

@@rusty4726 "say the line bart say the line" in regards to his "I didn't do it catchphrase" or in Ted's case, "polishing, polishing, polishing"

[@eltieum]

Very good sounding guitar indeed ! Great job, thank you for sharing.

[@melodoubt]

So much to learn here... Thank you.

[@brushstroke3733]

6:36 "That's $6000. That's like half a working man's salary." 😂😂😢

[@Mr.PhatsVarietyVibesShow]

she sounds sweet . I like that stringing it doesn't need those bridge pins..

[@peterjones3100]

Say it.. SAY IT!! 😂😂

[@frankwebster9110]

Polishing,polishing,polishing..

[@rickmccl71]

"-pacion"

[@vayabroder729]

I believe I’ve seen a photo of Pete Townshend from The Who with one at some point in the ‘60’s. Ladder braced guitars were mostly what the early blues artists played because they were more affordable.

[@KAPTKipper]

Hanger 9 irons are still available. They are originally used to attach covering for RC airplanes. So check hobby stores.

[@matthewstephens6848]

I used some Amazon foam cutters and they worked okay. No temp setting. Just on and off for the heat, but the neck popped straight off after 10-15 minutes. I was probably lucky. What's also an annoying coincidence, I needed a saddle slotting jig/tutorial last week (I opted to do it by hand) and this short one by Ted had everything I needed. Just a week too late! Damn you cosmos!

[@philipgorham388]

You can get the heating iron from model shops We use them for the covering film on model aircraft

[@robertbailey1382]

“you don’t want a void if you can avoid it” :-)

[@paulhendershott667]

Wow! Never thought it could or would sound as nice as it did in the end. Sounds fuller than my D-18! Wow!

[@chrishansen-crowley3287]

I love my Harmony Sovereign; it’s the exact same model. I started using it for Nashville tuning when the action got too high to deal with and I couldn’t find anyone local (NYC) that would “waste their time” on a neck reset. Great job Ted! Sounds fantastic.

[@beenaplumber8379]

What a bunch of snobby luthiers to turn away work like that. It must be nice to run a business that's so profitable, in NYC of all places, that you can turn customers away because their guitar isn't cool enough. I would love a Sovereign!

[@dooleyfussle8634]

My X braced Sovreign is my go-to guitar, I reset the neck about 30 years ago and now it's about ready for a second.

[@joelonsdale]

Always a pleasure watching the latest Twoodfrd video!

[@brushstroke3733]

Thank you for bringing us the best content on KZbin. It's informational, inspiring, masterful, and a great break from politics, mindless entertainment, etc.

[@kennethluebberke8216]

Sounds loud! Beautiful!!

[@KenIn_NH]

Always love to see new life breathed into these old instruments. The first few strums is like awakening a coma patient...just amazing to see and hear. 😊

[@johnb4871]

Someone probably already mentioned this, but sealing irons can be bought from a hobby shop that sells model RC planes. e.g. HobbyTown, They are used for attaching mylar film to models.

[@jameshotvedt3896]

Great to see another Harmony H1260 being properly restored, they're such great guitars. i own many of these harmony models dating from 1959 thru 1970, and i have found that the pickguards are in fact, very consistent in their shape. many of these pickguards fell off the guitars because of gluing problems and excessive heat and were lost, so people have attached aftermarket ones, which might possibly be the case with this one . The shadow visible on this guitar shows the old pickguard position on the outside ring of the rosette, which is not how they were positioned at the factory. The originals were lined up on the edge of the second rosette radius, with the pickguard covering the large outside ring, much like a martin and the majority of flat top guitars.

[@johna1160]

Don't want a void if you can avoid it.

[@TheRobman]

i caught that one too

[@duanehill4911]

Tons of respect for the Sovereign - even more for you! What a great sound and look!

[@aserta]

13:50 you can replicate that motion using the winding mechanism from a Singer (old) sewing machine. Specifically, the one with the heard cam pattern. You can get that whole mechanism for not much and adapt it to work for winding wire. Obviously, nowhere near as fast as the CNC one above, but hey, if it works, it works, amairite?

[@billkath]

Hooray!! Perfect timing!❤

[@kjmcwig6882]

Moved up to a Sovereign from a Sears Silvertone in about 1967. I loved that Harmony. Had to sell it a few years later to pay rent! The girl who bought it from me left town, and I never was able to retrieve it. I learned to finger pick on it, but it was a strummer fer sure.

[@stevenseganjr.2874]

Hanger 9 sealing irons are still available. They are for shrinking ironon wing and fuselage coverings on radio control and control line aircraft.

[@brucefreedman3655]

That guitar has a really nice sound at the end. It came up beautifully… awesome stuff Ted! 👍🏻

[@d-mack7053]

My dad had a Harmony Stella model which I absolutely loved!!! My dad quit playing with it and I took over and I absolutely loved that thing. Well my mom not being the brightest bulb on the tree was mad at the guitar and put it in up in the attic where it went through extremely high temperature and extremely cold temperature and it broke apart........."THANKS MOM"!!!!!!

[@kevinrenfro2254]

I just love your humor! It’s subtle brilliance!

[@tedbear2441]

Scatter wound pickups sound different from 'bank' wound pickups for a good reason. Bank wound pickups have each turn of wire laid neatly against the previous one. This gets the most wire into the space on the bobbin. This way of winding has a side effect which is that every insulated turn lying beside the next turn makes a small capacitance. With many thousands of turns there are many thousands of little capacitances which add up to a comparatively large one. This capacitance interacts with the inductance (and the resistance) of the winding and forms one of the main characteristics of the pickups sound. When a pickup is scatter wound the turns do not sit side by side and that local, and therefore total, capacitance is much lower so the effect of its interaction with the inductance of the pickup will be different and so will be the sound. Here endeth the lesson.

[@philipershler420]

Nice rescue including bridge, action, nut and finish. Great job!

[@phil36135]

Nice repair, and a great sounding guitar. Thanks

[@thehark6247]

Wow, that came out so good, sounded awesome too!

[@BajaBCS]

I’ve restored 6 Harmony’s now with knowledge of watching your video. I don’t think there is a better guitar to learn to work on. If you do things right you can end up with a fantastic guitar. All needed neck resets, I re-braced 3 of them (2 X braced and one V braced).

[@soundssimple1]

Great job and beautiful tone.

[@0whitestone]

That harmony sounds pretty damn good! 🤘🤘

[@satanaz]

what a transformation, the owner must have been happy as heck

[@JP-xn9kr]

Strange wear marks at the waist, mysterious white powder at the sound hole. Maybe the Sovereign was played with a bow (a la Jimmy Page) and the white stuff is resin?

[@ShawnBrockMusic]

Man, those are neat old guitars. I really enjoyed this video!

[@pamartin]

Curious about the actual time on these projects. You edit these skillfully, and thus, your videos are easily viewed, but I fear a lack of appreciation may be made for the actual hands on work being done. I'm not asking for longer, possibly tedious videos, just a note at the end of total time (or estimate) these took. Great as always! Keep on! We'll be here.

[@robbysguitars8223]

Altogether nice. Thank you, my friend.

[@DanHowardMtl]

That's a great sounding acoustic!

[@Drmcclung]

Fwiw irons like yours, used to be readily available from furniture/carpet supply outlets. We used an almost identical iron laying carpet seams back in high school. I've heard them called both seam iron and sealing iron. I do NOT miss the smell of artificial fiber carpets and high temp hot melt seaming strip!

[@that_thing_I_do]

Polishing is proof that Uncle Ted truly loves us. My first guitar was a Harmony . Glory days.

[@guitfidle]

I have that exact 1260 Sovereign mid repair. Almost done. That bridge saddle was a real PIA to get out, it split some of the rosewood bridge..... That's all I have left to fix... and carve out to use a modern saddle. (never done that before, so I'm rather nervous) Nice to know I made a good call touching up the finish on the top with a little darker shellac (mine is substantially darker)

[@noordcop1]

Did you do some 2112 chords at 21:34.....???😃

[@emaneercsadeeni]

Why not use a dremel polishing wheel?

[@emaneercsadeeni]

Let me elaborate. I see some fret jobs finished with a polishing wheel but tried it with no improvement over high grit sandpaper or super fine steel wool. I also see Stewmac selling specialty polishing wheels. Seems like worth trying just to save wear and tear on hands, save time. Appreciate your comments Ted.

[@zacktaylor3441]

That was fun. Thanks very much for the video. Enjoyed watching it

[@nicolen.9642]

Wonderful job on the Sovereign! Will produce pet sounds...😁

[@rb032682]

The acoustic records nicely on your rig. Nice playing on a medley of old hits.

[@thinker8699]

Loved the Beach Boys reference!

[@mauricerogerson5825]

Ted, you are the best. I wish I had something to send to you that is interesting, but my 13 guitar collection doesn't contain anything that might be of interest to others. Bravo, my friend! You are a master.

[@chubbyoo7]

That’s what I learned on, with high action

[@MikeGervasi]

That iron is used for installing carpets. Used on glue tape between seams to hold the 2 pieces of carpet together.

[@guiart4728]

Very bright sound! Beautiful work sir!

[@pauleandersonmusic]

I have an old Harmony acoustic that's ladder braced and I really love the sound. It's great to see you keeping those old Harmonies going. Thanks, Ted!

[@JamesDumas-b1x]

Looks fantastic and sounds great as usual.

[@thomasmcd5862]

Yay! Another Sunday afternoon video with Ted!

[@stevencochrane115]

Nicely done, sir!

[@gordontweston]

I automatically said the line 😂 Greetings from Ireland

[@rb032682]

"Wire enamels" are specially formulated resins that are applied to copper and aluminum wires and cured with heat to provide electrical insulation. They are used in various applications, including motors, transformers, generators, and electrical measuring instruments. ~ Copilot

[@rb032682]

that's a darned thin coating of enamel on that darned thin pickup wire!

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks Ted

[@andyt5559]

FANTASTIC WORK AS ALWAYS TED!❤

[@davidwood351]

That old boy was rode hard and put away wet. It’s in good hands now.

[@bigtoelittlefinger6133]

Ted ur the best hangover cure ever u make me want to look at my getars and look for something to fix 😂

[@SounduSleep]

You get loads of Harmonys. Ive never seen one in the UK

[@guit156]

Applaud you, and for the owner, for the sensible repair on this Harmony. I realize it's not a Martin, and some complain not worth the money to repair, but this obviously ignores the personal attachment we have to our instruments. This is a worthy instrument. I have a 1920's Gibson L-0. Charlie Hoffman and Ron Tracy have serviced it over the years - neck reset, new pyramid bridge, frets. Is it worth the cost? To me it is, as I love it's sound and feel in my hands, and it's family connection. For me, it's mostly used for classical repertoire, which gives a nice little punch to Giuliani and Tarrega. Cheers, and thank you for your videos. Have followed since the beginning. I may not be a luthier, but I greatly appreciate the understanding of my beloved instruments that you provide.

[@robertnewell5057]

If anyone is interested, Hot wire 4" foam cutters are available in the UK from hobby shops, incuding EMA. Guitar sound excellent.

[@jeromestevenfaigin6059]

I have one Sovereign and a Regal shaped as a 00018 Martin and a Yamaha FG-180. The rest of my acoustic guitars are nicer and the 3 guitars I mentioned are my Kick Around Guitars that will be sold at a latter time. When I put better stuff on them. It's less money earn to not use its original parts, but I want to sell equipment that sounds better (to me) than a collection art piece.

[@mitzioden4926]

Great job! It sounds pretty good!

[@ianrose5505]

Thanks as always

[@fishnoggin5319]

i don't think he mentioned it outright but i imagine the white material in question is probably bow rosin. at least that's what i am telling myself.

[@zaraak323i]

My thoughts, too. Was wondering if Jimmy owned this guitar and used a violin bow on it. 😅

[@picksalot1]

Nice job. The guitar looks great and has a nice "silky" tone. I expect the owner will be very happy with the results.

[@danielsimpson6207]

As soon as you started playing it I could hear the Led Zep connection!

[@ROLEPLAYA64]

That's a very pleasing sounding geetar.. A bit enormous for me, but i do like the tone. Excellent job as always!

[@binderfan436]

Such a big before and after. Excellent.

[@petedazer3381]

Hey Ted, really enjoyed this one! I hope your not “eclipsed” by the Harmony of it all!

[@stevenkarnisky411]

Orange shellac! May need some of that.