that is a Fender Telecaster "Contemporary" made in Japan 1985, I bought mine in 1986, fantastic guitar, the Floyd sistem was made for Fender by Kalher (or Shaller after almost 40 years I forgot it but I think is a Kahler) I changed the pick ups with Seymour Duncan which I prefered in those days. Fantastic guitar.
Since most of us don't speak Japanese (I'd assume), it would be really cool if you didn't just hold your cans of magic potions into the camera but actually told us what it is, you're using. This way your videos would actually have some educational value besides people admiring you for your great work. Like, what did you use to get that mess off the headstock without ruining the original finish and decal, and how did you achieve dissolving the red paint off the back plate without dissolving the plastics?
Every time I see one of your projects, I ask myself the same question: how can someone treat a guitar like that? It just boggles my mind! Thank God you have the patience to save them! Congrats.
Well, back in the days, when guitars were just guitars, not sacred items, people liked to give their instruments a litte personal touch. In those days the concept of guitars becoming collectors items didn't exist. Only now we are going nuts over old beat-up guitars thinking they must be better than todays guitars, just because they are old and have seen the world. So guitarists seem to believe only a real vintage guitar makes you a real guitar player, like it's the last and final stage of your journey to real guitar greatness. And so they're all dreaming of their "first real vintage". Especially among youtube guitarists this seems to be the case, as thousands of videos titled "my first vintage guitar" prove...
And I wonder, where does he get so many guitars in bad condition? I think he ruins them first, and then makes the video. It's like all those puppy rescue videos, which are fake, they first dirty the animal and then makes the video.
@@d.r.971 That's quite possible. Wouldn't be the first time. Maybe he's just got an add in the papers looking for old beat up guitars. After all, successful youtubers need to keep the show running by constantly pumping out new stuff. So they go to great lengths to come up with new content, as ridiculous as it might get at times.
My friend, you are victorious once again on all fronts. Your patience and skills are out of this world. Big thumbs up, also on your playing and shredding skills. To all the haters out there, this is a genuine restoration, so better think twice before crashing you poison !
The upside of that super thick poly finish! 😂 I had a US tele 10 years ago and put it down on some exposed metal portion of my stand and put a tiny chip in the finish near the strap button….many many layers to that finish came off and there was more below it. All that paint would probably bond better to nitro and you’d have to redo I’m sure.
Your restoration work is amongst the finest that I have seen, you really make awesome use of a rotary tool, a lot of times it would be easier to buy a new neck or get a different body but you do it the correct way and fix it which is quite entertaining. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 awesome work from the USA, I am a guitar builder and player myself.
Simple. When you have a restoration channel, you eff up guitars, and make money by "restoring' them. Notice one thing its lacking? Wear from playing. Its all "relic'ing' to make it look in rough shape. But its hard to fake being played for years. Its very common now.
Yep. All done by the channel owner. I don’t care because I still find the ‘restoration’ satisfying, but it’s certainly done by him. The damage just doesn’t make any sense otherwise. Nevertheless I still enjoy the channel.
Maybe it gave the original owner inspiration. The more my guitar looks like the genre I'm playing, the more I find the groove for it. Maybe it was only intended to be an art piece. I own a guitar that someone turned into a Black Parade tribute, but it's currently unplayable. EVH's frankenstrat ain't too far off from this. Would your opinion change had the owner been famous? My point being, one person's trash is another person's treasure.
Thanks for bringing an instrument back. The previous owners had their reasons for painting as they did, but I can not see doing anything even close to a musical instrument. Designed and created as a work of art in my opinion. But that is just me and again the previous owners had their reasons and rights to do whatever.
nice job on the cleaning , couldve made it look newer by adding drops of high gloss black paint on the damage chipped off paint and open screwholes and after having it dry thoroughly sand it out flat and polish i mightve sanded the top untill flat and repainted it black as theres a lot of damage from the rough sanding some screwholes and high spots in the wood itself from i think moisture the plate holding the neck on can be made black again by sanding the coating off rust it put a rust converter over that and then polish the black oxide layer
looks as if they painted right over the polyurethane or lacquer whichever it is. Prob polyurethane. That helped keep the black on there at least. Surprised you don't use an electric sander tho.
An amazing transformation! You put in SO much hard work! Keep going... this was a boss level fight trying to rescue the guitar! 💪💪🤘🤘 Turned into a beautiful instrument 👏👏
The way those tremolo springs were screwed in say that the owner wanted "absolutely NO tremolo" 🤣🤣🤣 I know a few of those guitarists and always wonder why they still buy guitars *with* a tremolo.... 🤣🤣🤣🤔
You do a good job of your restorations, well done. May I make a small suggestion? Get yourself an ultra sonic cleaner for those tedious small parts. It will save you much sweat.
You never disappoint, beautiful work, mate. I dislike telecasters usually, but this one is so different that I love it. Even if the headstock looks like a foot.
Wow!! This one seemed like a lot of work but you have turned another guitar into a beautiful looking and sounding instrument back to its former glory! Thanks again and keep it up 👍
I have one of those ( my collection has 169 guitars so far ) I bought it when it came out back in 1986 along with lots of other Japanese-made Fenders/Ibanez/Aria etc... The sheer abuse some people put their guitars through never ceases to amaze me... And, strictly speaking as a professional, I have seen my fair share of it 🙂 This unfortunate Tele looks like someone decided to do a EVH finish on it but then decided to bake it in the oven to make it look like a cake... But thanks to your superior skills it's back in its full glory... Another job well done 👍👍👍
Hi! Greetings from California 🇺🇸. I always enjoy your videos and the work you do. You should consider investing in a paint sprayer system or a powder coating system. Your finishes will come out perfect.
I get it your guitar and you can do anything to it that you want. But i don't get it trashing it to this point? Personally , I would have refinished it with a fresh paint job to refinish it. But thank you for restoration back tits's normal state. Great work and a great deal on patience to back to it's orginal beauty .
Hey man, love your videos. You do such amazing work. I do have one request if possible, if it would be possible to put subtitles in English of what product you’re using during applications. I have a general idea typically what you’re using but I’d like to know. For example, if you were using paint thinner, maybe put the products and “paint thinner” Really appreciate your videos, I get excited when anyone comes out. Much love from Texas.
What I'd like to know is.... did the owner actually waste $ paying you to clean that? Wow. Boggles my mind. People don't know how to take care of what they own or else.. they just don't give a ... so how does the owner (maybe it's a new owner) not know how to just take the strings off (using thick gloves first) and spray it all down with Lysol (uh, do that first) then just clean it up with some kind of liquid cleaner and then use their mind and put new strings on and adjust to their liking? Or perhaps it's one YOU bought at some pawn shop for cheap and you're going to revitalize it. I hope that's the case! haha
19:00 NOOOO! not lemon oil. Hope you didn't put that on the fretboard wood. It will degrade the wood over time. Forget about making the wood darker. Just sand it with 3000 grit or buff it and leave it alone!
El trémolo fue cambiado, original trajo un hard tail común, se nota el calado hecho por un carnicero, le tiraron el balde de pintura sintética encima para disimular que rajaron el cuerpo, si pelabas la pintura original también te hubieras dado cuenta que el cuerpo está despegado en 3 partes, tanto abajo como arriba.
Whammy Parts on Reverb has the parts you need for the string lock and tremolo bar... They also carry replacement fine tuners and some trem parts for these... Love the guitar... I have 3 Contemporary Strats with that tremolo
I love the videos on this channel because the author shows me, in them, what I never had: patience and calmness for detailed work. I would have thrown this thing away at first glance! For example, how long did the work done and shown on ultra-fast camera last (11:42)? Fifty years?
That took some major solvent action and the end result, as always, is worth it to see what magic you work each time! Where do you get these guitars from? Do you find them on the Internet or do people bring them to you? I'm fond of Telecasters, so this especially was a joy to see for me. それはいくつかの主要な溶媒作用を取り、いつものように、最終結果はあなたが毎回働いている魔法を見る価値があります！これらのギターはどこから入手しますか？インターネットでそれらを見つけますか、それとも人々はあなたに持ってきますか？私はテレキャスターが好きなので、これは特に私にとって見るのが喜びでした。
Extraordinario rehabilitación y mantenimiento,lo que me resulta antipático es en la prueba de sonido, ya que el guitarrista es muy sofisticado y como dicen en México muy cremoso, felicidades.......
What was done to that guitar in the name of so-called avant garde “creativity” was an absolute travesty. Your restoration was beautiful!
i think its fake...
Creativity my foot. Someone stole it and then painted it so it wouldn't be recognized!
@denislavorbetsov You are fake.
@@svenjansen2134 no I'm not!
that is a Fender Telecaster "Contemporary" made in Japan 1985, I bought mine in 1986, fantastic guitar, the Floyd sistem was made for Fender by Kalher (or Shaller after almost 40 years I forgot it but I think is a Kahler) I changed the pick ups with Seymour Duncan which I prefered in those days. Fantastic guitar.
Thanks for sharing. It sure looks like a Kahler. I was wondering.
Wasn't it the Free Flyte System, said to be quite a calamity?
Kahler
That's a very interesting guitar...
I love tele's and strats...
Best of both worlds..
I didn't expect the original finish to be preserved. Well done!
Since most of us don't speak Japanese (I'd assume), it would be really cool if you didn't just hold your cans of magic potions into the camera but actually told us what it is, you're using. This way your videos would actually have some educational value besides people admiring you for your great work.
Like, what did you use to get that mess off the headstock without ruining the original finish and decal, and how did you achieve dissolving the red paint off the back plate without dissolving the plastics?
Every time I see one of your projects, I ask myself the same question: how can someone treat a guitar like that? It just boggles my mind! Thank God you have the patience to save them! Congrats.
Well, back in the days, when guitars were just guitars, not sacred items, people liked to give their instruments a litte personal touch. In those days the concept of guitars becoming collectors items didn't exist. Only now we are going nuts over old beat-up guitars thinking they must be better than todays guitars, just because they are old and have seen the world. So guitarists seem to believe only a real vintage guitar makes you a real guitar player, like it's the last and final stage of your journey to real guitar greatness. And so they're all dreaming of their "first real vintage". Especially among youtube guitarists this seems to be the case, as thousands of videos titled "my first vintage guitar" prove...
And I wonder, where does he get so many guitars in bad condition? I think he ruins them first, and then makes the video. It's like all those puppy rescue videos, which are fake, they first dirty the animal and then makes the video.
@@d.r.971 That's quite possible. Wouldn't be the first time. Maybe he's just got an add in the papers looking for old beat up guitars. After all, successful youtubers need to keep the show running by constantly pumping out new stuff. So they go to great lengths to come up with new content, as ridiculous as it might get at times.
Ha, ha, ha, just what I thought !@@d.r.971
It’s staged.
you rescued a totally trashed guitar!! absolutely remarkable job to say the least
若気の至りギターが浄化されて、見てるこちらもスッキリです
今回もすごく勉強になりました。８色のクレヨンでこんなに多様な表現ができて、しかもピンク色がポイントだったなんて目から鱗でした。本当にありがとうございました。
My friend, you are victorious once again on all fronts. Your patience and skills are out of this world. Big thumbs up, also on your playing and shredding skills.
To all the haters out there, this is a genuine restoration, so better think twice before crashing you poison !
ヘッドのﾞFender”が浮かび上がってくる様なんかは感動的ですね！
Who would paint over such a beautiful finish to start with? I thought for sure you were going to have to re-paint. Crazy, just crazy, Nice work
The upside of that super thick poly finish! 😂 I had a US tele 10 years ago and put it down on some exposed metal portion of my stand and put a tiny chip in the finish near the strap button….many many layers to that finish came off and there was more below it. All that paint would probably bond better to nitro and you’d have to redo I’m sure.
Channel Creator: "We are all looking for who did this!" *wears hot dog suit*
Your restoration work is amongst the finest that I have seen, you really make awesome use of a rotary tool, a lot of times it would be easier to buy a new neck or get a different body but you do it the correct way and fix it which is quite entertaining. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 awesome work from the USA, I am a guitar builder and player myself.
I can't understand why anyone could do this to a beautyful Fender guitar!!!!...Great job, dude!!!!
Simple. When you have a restoration channel, you eff up guitars, and make money by "restoring' them. Notice one thing its lacking? Wear from playing. Its all "relic'ing' to make it look in rough shape. But its hard to fake being played for years. Its very common now.
Yep. All done by the channel owner. I don’t care because I still find the ‘restoration’ satisfying, but it’s certainly done by him. The damage just doesn’t make any sense otherwise.
Nevertheless I still enjoy the channel.
このギター、持ち主が自分でザグってロック式トレモロ載せたのかな？
デザインは好みじゃないけど自分好みに非可逆の改造できるのは凄いと思うわ。
That poor guitar. Never understand how anybody can do something like that. Great job restoring it
Maybe it gave the original owner inspiration. The more my guitar looks like the genre I'm playing, the more I find the groove for it.
Maybe it was only intended to be an art piece. I own a guitar that someone turned into a Black Parade tribute, but it's currently unplayable.
EVH's frankenstrat ain't too far off from this. Would your opinion change had the owner been famous?
My point being, one person's trash is another person's treasure.
@@xCr00k3Dxtheir music must be fucking awful then
Thanks for bringing an instrument back. The previous owners had their reasons for painting as they did, but I can not see doing anything even close to a musical instrument. Designed and created as a work of art in my opinion. But that is just me and again the previous owners had their reasons and rights to do whatever.
Hi Friend, this MIJ Fender Telly was such in terrible condition ! Fortunately, amazing restoration ! Thank you for this nice video...
nice job on the cleaning , couldve made it look newer by adding drops of high gloss black paint on the damage chipped off paint and open screwholes and after having it dry thoroughly sand it out flat and polish
i mightve sanded the top untill flat and repainted it black as theres a lot of damage from the rough sanding some screwholes and high spots in the wood itself from i think moisture
the plate holding the neck on can be made black again by sanding the coating off rust it put a rust converter over that and then polish the black oxide layer
Would you put the discription in English to say what the liquids are for, paint strippers etc etc?
Congratulations, so good to see something treated with care and respect and returned to purpose and beauty.
ひどいことされた全てのギターを救って欲しい。upandcomingもええ感じ。
大ファンでずっと動画観てますが、今までのギターの中で一番絶望的なギターだなって思った…
でも今回もめっちゃ綺麗に仕上げて…
改めてスゴいなって思った‼️👍
looks as if they painted right over the polyurethane or lacquer whichever it is. Prob polyurethane. That helped keep the black on there at least. Surprised you don't use an electric sander tho.
An amazing transformation! You put in SO much hard work! Keep going... this was a boss level fight trying to rescue the guitar! 💪💪🤘🤘 Turned into a beautiful instrument 👏👏
OMG. Great restoration! This one was pretty wild! I am glad you kept the original paint. :)
I wish this guy could speak English so we could get some answers about these wrecked guitars.
The way those tremolo springs were screwed in say that the owner wanted "absolutely NO tremolo" 🤣🤣🤣
I know a few of those guitarists and always wonder why they still buy guitars *with* a tremolo.... 🤣🤣🤣🤔
Looks good. I thought you might have cleaned up the hack job around the tremolo though. Nice work.
your videos made me get into guitar maintenance so my babies never look like this :( keep up the great work friend!
最初見て悲しくなり、綺麗になっていく中でほっとしていき、ずっと目頭熱くなりました。ありがとうございました。
I cannot believe you were able to rescue it!
You do a good job of your restorations, well done. May I make a small suggestion? Get yourself an ultra sonic cleaner for those tedious small parts. It will save you much sweat.
You never disappoint, beautiful work, mate. I dislike telecasters usually, but this one is so different that I love it. Even if the headstock looks like a foot.
You sound like an Aussie, mate.
Ÿɓ @user-nv1uz8qv4z steady on cobber, no wallabies or koalas where I live. Close though, the other side of the Tasman. 🇳🇿
Your patience as always is amazing. I think I would have just used a palm sander on that body paint! Great work!
Definitely one of the best sounding guitars you have reconditioned so far. Clever work.
Right? It sounds fantastic.
前オーナーは何を思ってここまで塗りたくったのか……
とても理解できません……😅
毎回綺麗に仕上げていて凄いなと素人ながら思っていますが、今回のギターの復元は特に凄いなと痛感しました👏
Wow!! This one seemed like a lot of work but you have turned another guitar into a beautiful looking and sounding instrument back to its former glory! Thanks again and keep it up 👍
あの雑なトレモロルートを黒く塗るべきだった！ （笑）あなたのビデオを本当に楽しんでいます。ありがとう
Brilliant! A big hello from an Aussie.
Those trems were the best fender ever made.
Just when i think you can't outdo yourself, you outdo yourself! Excellent job! Wow!👍👍👍🎸
Can't understand why the previous owner did all that to such a beautiful guitar but she's saved. Sounds nice, too.
Why do I think that the presented painting ability matched this guy's guitar skills?
That was quite a lot of work! Well done!
This is the only fender telecaster with a tremolo that i have seen
Beautiful work on the restoration! As always I love your demos at the end.. phenomenal playing and great taste. Always fun trying to spot the riffs!
I have one of those ( my collection has 169 guitars so far ) I bought it when it came out back in 1986 along with lots of other Japanese-made Fenders/Ibanez/Aria etc...
The sheer abuse some people put their guitars through never ceases to amaze me...
And, strictly speaking as a professional, I have seen my fair share of it 🙂
This unfortunate Tele looks like someone decided to do a EVH finish on it but then decided to bake it in the oven to make it look like a cake...
But thanks to your superior skills it's back in its full glory...
Another job well done 👍👍👍
Thought that was a 'System 1 Tremolo' bridge for a 'Boxer' Strat.
@@jeffb407 Yes, it's a System1 tremolo made by Kahler back then...
Another beautiful restoration! Keep up the good work! 😊👍🏻
You're very patient my friend...great job.
Hi! Greetings from California 🇺🇸. I always enjoy your videos and the work you do. You should consider investing in a paint sprayer system or a powder coating system. Your finishes will come out perfect.
Back to being a pretty guitar, & you saved the original finish.
They gave this guitar the landlord special 🤢 over the pickups, even?!? Beautiful job bringing it back to life!!!
Did someone originally paint this to be 'flayed flesh'? What a horrible looking finish. You did such an amazing job as always. I love watching these!
You, sir, have just provided me with the name of my new death metal band.
Amazing how the fretboard is clean
That design is just soooo unique, love it ❤❤❤❤
So beautiful ❤️ outstanding work !!!!!! You are amazing!!!!❤
that's a very nice guitar, collectible, one of the rarer MIJ contemporary Telecasters from Fender.. I'd be interested for sure
When I first saw the guitar it looked as though someone with mental illness had painted it. You brought it back to sanity. Great work.
Good on the new jeans. Good job on the resto.
I get it your guitar and you can do anything to it that you want. But i don't get it trashing it to this point? Personally , I would have refinished it with a fresh paint job to refinish it. But thank you for restoration back tits's normal state. Great work and a great deal on patience to back to it's orginal beauty .
Hey man, love your videos. You do such amazing work. I do have one request if possible, if it would be possible to put subtitles in English of what product you’re using during applications. I have a general idea typically what you’re using but I’d like to know. For example, if you were using paint thinner, maybe put the products and “paint thinner”
Really appreciate your videos, I get excited when anyone comes out. Much love from Texas.
These videos are inspiring, I still have my 1985 MIJ E series Strat I got new when I was 12. Much Praise from Pittsburgh PA
My favorite guitar so far! Thanks
Looks like a nice guitar at the end.
Beautiful work but I would have filled the wammy bar area and pick up slots and converted back to a basic telecaster.
Outstanding videos as always. You are one of the best. Hugs from Argentina.
I begin to be concerned by the number of guitars that seem to have 'dripping blood-spatter' as a decorative art adornment!
What I'd like to know is.... did the owner actually waste $ paying you to clean that? Wow. Boggles my mind. People don't know how to take care of what they own or else.. they just don't give a ... so how does the owner (maybe it's a new owner) not know how to just take the strings off (using thick gloves first) and spray it all down with Lysol (uh, do that first) then just clean it up with some kind of liquid cleaner and then use their mind and put new strings on and adjust to their liking? Or perhaps it's one YOU bought at some pawn shop for cheap and you're going to revitalize it. I hope that's the case! haha
a Fender Contemporary Telecaster Black, beautiful guitar! I love your works! hug from Argentina!
That paint must've added about a quarter inch of thickness to the body on its own!
You are a WIZARD !! FABULOUS RESTORATION !!!
Love these videos man! Greetiings from Argentina!
There's crusty then there's flat-out GRUSTY. As us Americans would say "What a basket case!" You have more patience than many.
ブリッジのザグリがまさかのDIYで。。。トレモロユニットフェンダーの刻印ありますよね。なんか謎です。
裏パネとかネジ磨いてるところがとっても萌えますよ。新しいのつけたほうが明らかにコスパいいですもん。
19:00 NOOOO! not lemon oil. Hope you didn't put that on the fretboard wood. It will degrade the wood over time. Forget about making the wood darker. Just sand it with 3000 grit or buff it and leave it alone!
🙄🙄🙄
Whoever painted that has permanently lost their guitar privileges
This is even more impressive than your usual restorations; very well done, indeed.
amazing guitar restorations btw
Seems like in old appearence it could have been good japanese punk guitar) Good work!
El trémolo fue cambiado, original trajo un hard tail común, se nota el calado hecho por un carnicero, le tiraron el balde de pintura sintética encima para disimular que rajaron el cuerpo, si pelabas la pintura original también te hubieras dado cuenta que el cuerpo está despegado en 3 partes, tanto abajo como arriba.
I wouldn't mind adding that Tele to my small collection! Kinda weird but I like it. Nice Job👍
Whammy Parts on Reverb has the parts you need for the string lock and tremolo bar... They also carry replacement fine tuners and some trem parts for these... Love the guitar... I have 3 Contemporary Strats with that tremolo
A total disregard for a guitar there. Glad you could save the patient.
Those frets are dirty but there's hardly any wear on them
Should be a clue right there. Also notice the neck screws are corroded along their entire length. Tell tale sign of artificial aging.
Thx for this new video ! Happy New Year !
nice restoration 👌🖤
you made it normal.
I love the videos on this channel because the author shows me, in them, what I never had: patience and calmness for detailed work. I would have thrown this thing away at first glance! For example, how long did the work done and shown on ultra-fast camera last (11:42)? Fifty years?
That took some major solvent action and the end result, as always, is worth it to see what magic you work each time! Where do you get these guitars from? Do you find them on the Internet or do people bring them to you? I'm fond of Telecasters, so this especially was a joy to see for me.
それはいくつかの主要な溶媒作用を取り、いつものように、最終結果はあなたが毎回働いている魔法を見る価値があります！これらのギターはどこから入手しますか？インターネットでそれらを見つけますか、それとも人々はあなたに持ってきますか？私はテレキャスターが好きなので、これは特に私にとって見るのが喜びでした。
THE FENDER EXTREME SUPER HAPPY FUN TIME FUKKYSAN OVER THE TOP RELIC OPTION!!! 5000.00
Extraordinario rehabilitación y mantenimiento,lo que me resulta antipático es en la prueba de sonido, ya que el guitarrista es muy sofisticado y como dicen en México muy cremoso, felicidades.......
Amazing job!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Looks great. Sounds great. Great job.
Ahh yes, magical paint stripper that only takes off the paint you don’t want.
Great work as always, Can you tell us all of the products in English, please? Thank you!
Beautiful job!
ah. i see a landlord got their hands on this guitar. 🤔
this looks amazing!
Where do you find these guitars? Do people pay/request you to clean their guitars or do you seek them out yourself?
Increible trabajo! Felicitaciones 🇨🇱