@@michaelprivate8115 In the sense that the CBC did it to themselves and removed the Canadian element from coast to coast, then I might agree.On that note, the other Canadian broadcasters are just vessels for American programing.I wonder if Big Bang Theory is on right now?
I have that vibrato and it can be improved by taking it apart and lubing with graphite powder. The spring is a torsion rod and quite simple to dissemble, remove pin.
The Gibson version of the Casino was the ES-330. My father owns one from around 1962 - gifted to him from one of his guitar students. This particular guitar most likely started out as a Gibson ES-330 but "customized" by an employee who liked the name Casino better than ES-330.
This guitar has the Casino fret board inlays, which are slightly different than the es-330. I think it started out as a Casino. The headstock is from an ES-345, not as ES-330. When the headstock broke, it is possible that the whole thing was replaced. It is curious that the orange label is so faded and discolored. I have heavily used orange label Gibsons, but the labels maintain their orange color.
@@radrandall No, it started as a Gibson 330. Look at the headstock. It probably had the fretboard switched. OR like I said, it was a custom one off by someone who worked there for themselves. As for the crown inlay, for a 345, they simply used a 345 headstock overlay.
To see a guitar like the Casino , just amazes me. We as the audience can only surmise that you reach a lot of people. The word gets around that you can do just about any fix to an instrument. Folkways , I thought was tops for years. I think they got too expensive. A different set of business. They don’t teach ! Right out of the gate you have that great gypsy jazz tune that hugs the viewers . Thank you Ted for sharing … you are a truly amazing repair teacher of cool , fine and unique instruments . Merry Christmas to you and family . Alberta Dave 🇨🇦😊🇨🇦
I love Casinos! I have a “coupe” of my own and a customer brought in 2019 USA full size Casino for some lacquer touch up (very nice). As always thanks for sharing!
I have an es330 of that era. Yes my small handed friend loves playing it. I remember swapping humbuckers into these guitars was popular in the 70s and 80s.thankfully now p90 prejudice is at an end now :) Merry Christmas
You can see an artisan at work, one who has encountered so many obstacles he knows how to avoid them even before they occur. I have expertise in other areas that I am reminded of every time I watch your videos, things that only come with immeasurable hours of experience.
Paul McCartney has often said his Casino is his favorite guitar, and in addition to using it on for the famous solo on Taxman, and on Drive My Car and Paperback writer, I think he said he’s used it on every album in the past decade or two.
I bet if you took that whammy bar rig to a machine shop they could bush it back to spec and reinstall the springs without sproinging them. thanks for the cool videos!
I have ‘63 ES-330 that I bought around Y2K. Absolutely luv it. Been toying around w/ doing a refret on it w/ taller frets. I will run the frets to the fingerboard edge to gain more acreage at the nut. A new nut w/ wider spacing will need to be made. This will help playability for me since I have big fingers… Also on the bridge post screws: Mine were loose & wobbley, causing the bridge to lean forward. I replaced them with stainless steel screws & superglued them in place. Along with that; I put another set of height adjusting wheels (orig were missing) against the top as they should be. Bridge is rock-solid now w/o any movement. ThxTed for sharing all your expertise on repairing guitars & your exclnt presentations…
Love the channel, even if I’m not Canadian! Ha Ha! You are a very good luthier! HHs and will be thrilled when you post a new video! Love from the lower 48! Thanxz
I had a 1990s Korean-made Epiphone Sorrento (same body, but single cutaway with a big Florentine swoop) with two P-90s that I absolutely loved. That thin fully hollow body has such a cool tone
Interesting. A friend has a 335 with 345 parallelogram inlays, employee order. Goofy and nice. Stop tail too in 1966 well after trapeze introduced. Great content, the very best thank you
Thanks for the diagram about filing the nibs down too far. Very helpful. And thank you for all your videos. Safe and fantastic holidays for you too. For us all.
Just got done fixing two ukes and a violin. The client brought them in with the most terrifying words, "this used to be my great grandfather's violin". I'm exhausted and couldn't wait to sit down and listen to you. You are so relaxing.
All the best for the holiday season! I loved the "hey good lookin we'll be back to pick you up later" reference. Nice blast from the past. Your asides I find very entertaining. Thanks much for all you do!
I had that issue with my 81 Tokai LP copy. I had to do another leveling as the neck doesn't flex the same with the truss adjustment as it does under string tension. So I made a leveling tool the length of the fretboard with 2 aluminum bar stocks. The wide end down to adhere the sandpaper down with two sided thin clear scotch tape. Like the kind you use to wrap presents. Then I jb welded the other piece thin side down the length of the other one down the middle. Looks like an upside down T from the ends. The middle support is a little thicker. THe thin side is so it can fit under the strings. THe strings do have to be lifted out of the slots of the nut and saddles and set next to the groove then tuned. I then surface the sanding side on a 3'x4' Starrett surface plate. It's flat to .000050. Or 50/million. Totally over kill unless you are going for super low action. It works perfectly. I draw a grid and level it on the plate before I level any guitar frets. It fits between and under the strings and does a few strings width at a time. I go length ways and vertical stretching the strings a little being careful to maintain the radius. It's a feel thing and marker on the top of frets helps keep the radius. I can then pull the strings for polishing. I have found for Fender Strat and Tele bolt on necks this is not needed as the harder Maple flexes less and more in sink with the truss and strings. But it is a fast easy method so I just use it on all my guitars. It does ruin the strings so I use the old strings then replace when done. I choose to use flat stock because it can be easily leveled. Stock that is machined to a radius can move with the weather. Even with aluminum braced, it can take a few seconds to get it perfectly flat or a few minutes depending on the weather differences from the last time I used it. Again it is over kill but I like to have the ability to go low action if I ever sell to someone that likes it low. Like beginners for example. Especially on hard to play acoustics with bigger gauge strings. I have small hands and need lower action on my Taylor to even be able to play it. I use 11's on it and it is almost as easy as my electrics with 9's. I could not even play it when I got it. Now it's a dream.
I’m not a big commenter, but I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy your work and I learn something new every time I watch your videos. I hope you enjoy the holidays and I look forward to your videos in the new year. Regard, Mark
I had a Epiphone Casino in the early 70's. My cousin bought it new, took about 3 months of lessons and it hid in the back of a closet for many years. I started taking lessons and it was gifted to me one Christmas. The tremolo sucked! Ended up trading it and some cash for a well used ES-345! Merry Christmas!
"Even with out the serial number, we know it's an official Gibson because it's got the proper headstock break." BEST LINE EVER!!!! Happy Holidays, see you next year!
Thank you Ted for all of your content. Learning new things about how guitars work that I never new before. Have a safe and happy holiday. Looking forward to what you come up with next year. -Cheers
When I wax pot pickups, I have figured out a long time ago that the wax has to get sufficiently fluid in temperature and stay that way to really penetrate and do it's job. So I tape off any areas of the pickup I don't want wax on, or to run out once done, and do submerge the pickup as soon as they will sink in (let them do it all by themselves) so that the pickups and wax reach the right temperature closer to the same time, and use the wax pot (no jar) on top of a vibrating plate (a bonus) so that the wax penetrates much easier. Temp control is important though, and low and slow works best; once it flows just right ~145F, then keep the temp there and steady. That way you can watch the bubbles come out and when that subsides turn off the heat let it cool down, but don't take the pickups out until the temp is at ~120F to prevent too much wax run-out. You can't get any more thorough penetration, and I have yet to overheat a pickup and cause damage, as the wax melts much sooner as any plastics in the bobbins or any lacquer on the wire, and by heating them up together, rather than shocking cold pickups with hot wax, you greatly reduce the chances of rapid expansion, leading to lacquer cracking and electrical shorts... Sure, there is more cleanup when done, but paraffin wax is not too hard to get off when still hot. So I let them cool thoroughly first, and then use a heat gun and and scratch free shop towel (the blue paper towel like ones) to soak up any larger unwanted deposits, mainly around the screws. For any residuals on the housing, I use another shop towel with vegetable oil (a lipophilic solvent) and a bit of elbow grease, and that does the trick in removing any fine film, or spots previously missed, and follow it with a damp (closer to dry) microfiber cloth to remove any veggie oil. I don't use it on salads... Olive oil is much better for that! Yum! (
All the best for Christmas and the New Year, Ted. I only "discovered" you during this year, and have been binge watching to catch up! Yours is now one of the first sites I check at the weekend for your new vids! Thank you for helping to keep us sane during all this current madness!
I enjoy your videos mate, so I'll catch you when the tide turns until then you and yours have a great Xmas and New year.. 🌟Respect and stay healthy all.
6:18 "a disturbing cutlet of dried sludge" is a phrase I plan to sprinkle throughout my conversations going forward.
“We known it’s an official Gibson because it has the proper headstock break”. What a gem!!!!
“It’s like a far more complicated, and yet less efficient Bigsby.” He’s got a million of them.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@mightyluv I drill a hole in both sides and pin those crummy Epi vibrolas in place with a couple of grub screws.
That had me laughing out loud
Haha yep i laughed out loud
You should have ur own CBC/ PBS television program. You’re definitely an old world artisan. Thank you,Ted and merry Christmas.
That would be TVO .,,and it would actually be a real homegrown educational program. He'd probably get too much interference though.
So true!
But if it was on CBC no one would ever see it!
@@michaelprivate8115 In the sense that the CBC did it to themselves and removed the Canadian element from coast to coast, then I might agree.On that note, the other Canadian broadcasters are just vessels for American programing.I wonder if Big Bang Theory is on right now?
I concur.
The headstock break joke was comedy gold!
"We know it's an official Gibson because it has the proper headstock break..."
If that isnt the funniest line here....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
So true!! I knew someone had to have posted this!
“hey, good looking, I’ll be back to pick you up later”...now that is a blast from the past...awesomeness as always Mr. Ted!!!!
i lol'd at that mr. microphone reference.
"We know it's an official Gibson because it's got the proper headstock break" 🤣🤣
You beat me to the punch! So true...
@@pepppery Haha...very on target! I have 7 Gibsons [ 5 SGs ], and no headstock disasters yet, but there is still time...
Don't taunt the headstock gods. They'll come to your house and reenact the French Revolution if you're not careful.
@@duckrutt Indeed - 'No One Expects the Inquisition' ...
Solid lol when he said this
There’s a patience in your methodology that I envy.
Ted, I love they way you add the English pronunciation of "soldered" after your own "local" pronunciation...thank you !
Yea, a lot of foreigners have trouble with the English language (you ought to hear the Brits...)
Indeed we Brits do talk a little strangely ! Ted does it every time with a little sigh, humo(u)r and a nice ironic smile !
I love these oddities; one offs, employee builds, transitional period offerings,… The original “prehistorics” are some of my favorite LPs.
I have that vibrato and it can be improved by taking it apart and lubing with graphite powder. The spring is a torsion rod and quite simple to dissemble, remove pin.
Have a great Christmas and New Year Ted. Thanks for the outstanding content. You're the best dude.
Your illustrations are just spot on ;-)
The Gibson version of the Casino was the ES-330. My father owns one from around 1962 - gifted to him from one of his guitar students. This particular guitar most likely started out as a Gibson ES-330 but "customized" by an employee who liked the name Casino better than ES-330.
This guitar has the Casino fret board inlays, which are slightly different than the es-330. I think it started out as a Casino. The headstock is from an ES-345, not as ES-330. When the headstock broke, it is possible that the whole thing was replaced. It is curious that the orange label is so faded and discolored. I have heavily used orange label Gibsons, but the labels maintain their orange color.
@@radrandall No, it started as a Gibson 330. Look at the headstock. It probably had the fretboard switched. OR like I said, it was a custom one off by someone who worked there for themselves. As for the crown inlay, for a 345, they simply used a 345 headstock overlay.
i love the es330..
Ted I'm shocked you didn't recognise the 'detune bar™️' that takes the guitar down half a step for transport and long term storage 😁
Lol.
4:45 Watching the bridge flex when the whammy bar is moved. Yikes! I would want a roller bridge.
To see a guitar like the Casino , just amazes me. We as the audience can only surmise that you reach a lot of people. The word gets around that you can do just about any fix to an instrument. Folkways , I thought was tops for years. I think they got too expensive. A different set of business. They don’t teach ! Right out of the gate you have that great gypsy jazz tune that hugs the viewers . Thank you Ted for sharing … you are a truly amazing repair teacher of cool , fine and unique instruments . Merry Christmas to you and family . Alberta Dave 🇨🇦😊🇨🇦
Production worker elbow nudges a co-worker as the Gibson label is affixed inside says: "This will make 'em be guessing in about 54 years".
I love Casinos! I have a “coupe” of my own and a customer brought in 2019 USA full size Casino for some lacquer touch up (very nice). As always thanks for sharing!
I have an es330 of that era. Yes my small handed friend loves playing it. I remember swapping humbuckers into these guitars was popular in the 70s and 80s.thankfully now p90 prejudice is at an end now :)
Merry Christmas
You can see an artisan at work, one who has encountered so many obstacles he knows how to avoid them even before they occur. I have expertise in other areas that I am reminded of every time I watch your videos, things that only come with immeasurable hours of experience.
Another fun watch! Happy holidays!
Love the Mr. Microphone reference. Love the videos, you are a true craftsman.
Every morning, I learn a lot from your videos, thank you.
Got my T shirt yesterday, good quality so very pleased, thanks.👍
Thanks for a year of edutainment. Merry Christmas.
I got my Tshirt. Now I feel like a real member of the gang. Love your channel. Merry Christmas .
Great job increasing fret width on the
1 9/16 “ narrow nut and neck with binding
Thanks for sharing your process
Paul McCartney has often said his Casino is his favorite guitar, and in addition to using it on for the famous solo on Taxman, and on Drive My Car and Paperback writer, I think he said he’s used it on every album in the past decade or two.
he said his first casino is his favorite casino, his favorite is a bass
When I saw him live in 2017, he was still playing the Casino
I bet if you took that whammy bar rig to a machine shop they could bush it back to spec and reinstall the springs without sproinging them. thanks for the cool videos!
watching your craftsmanship makes me realise you are my hero!!! 😁
Thanks again Ted!! Love to see you back in the new year!!😍
Nice "Mr Microphone" reference! Happy holidays.
Thanks for these wondeful videos! Great to watch througout the year!
I have ‘63 ES-330 that I bought around Y2K. Absolutely luv it. Been toying around w/ doing a refret on it w/ taller frets. I will run the frets to the fingerboard edge to gain more acreage at the nut. A new nut w/ wider spacing will need to be made. This will help playability for me since I have big fingers…
Also on the bridge post screws: Mine were loose & wobbley, causing the bridge to lean forward. I replaced them with stainless steel screws & superglued them in place. Along with that; I put another set of height adjusting wheels (orig were missing) against the top as they should be. Bridge is rock-solid now w/o any movement.
ThxTed for sharing all your expertise on repairing guitars & your exclnt presentations…
Another masterclass from a craftsman. Thank you.
You and Dave are great masters.
wow, new frets..so exciting. Very beautiful old guitar. Thank you
Hey.. Have a great Holiday.. Thank you so much for your great videos!
Thanks for the weekly fix! Greetings from the Netherlands 👌
Love the channel, even if I’m not Canadian! Ha Ha! You are a very good luthier! HHs and will be thrilled when you post a new video! Love from the lower 48! Thanxz
Have a great holiday I really enjoy your show and look forward to 22 cheers
Hi Ted! I've finally got hold of that sticker you sent me in the mail. Thank you so much, definitely one to add to the toolbox. 👍
Seasons greetings to you and yours Ted
I had a 1990s Korean-made Epiphone Sorrento (same body, but single cutaway with a big Florentine swoop) with two P-90s that I absolutely loved. That thin fully hollow body has such a cool tone
Another great vid...
Such a pretty piece of rosewood
Have a lovely holiday period Ted! Looking forward to your new videos.
Thanks for your videos. Merry Christmas from the UK.
Thank You and Merry Christmas Ted! As Always, Respect. Peace, Mark
Thanks for naming my new band….SLUDGE CUTLET!
Merry Christmas Sir Thanks For all the guitar love!
Interesting. A friend has a 335 with 345 parallelogram inlays, employee order. Goofy and nice. Stop tail too in 1966 well after trapeze introduced.
Great content, the very best thank you
great way to start the week, with TWoody!....Merry Christmas, Ted!
Best way to end my Sunday!
Really cool employee guitar. Great work !
Loved this video, would love to have it in my collection......
Love the Mr Microphone reference there in the microphonics section.
Have a good holiday break, thanks for your videos this year.
Man, that thing is COOL
Wow, what a cool, beautiful guitar! 😎 Happy holidays
Merry Christmas Ted, and thanks!
Cool fiddle👍🏻
Merry Christmas 🎁🎄
Thanks for the diagram about filing the nibs down too far. Very helpful. And thank you for all your videos. Safe and fantastic holidays for you too. For us all.
Thanks! Happy Christmas and New Year!🌞😎✌️🎻🎅🏻
Happy Holidays to you, always enjoy your videos. ⛄🎄😁
Logic and experience. Magic.
Love the merch. Got my hat last week.
ES-330, buddy of mine has one. Really nice guitar, sounds amazing, great natural feedback at higher volumes.
Just got done fixing two ukes and a violin. The client brought them in with the most terrifying words, "this used to be my great grandfather's violin". I'm exhausted and couldn't wait to sit down and listen to you. You are so relaxing.
All the best for the holiday season! I loved the "hey good lookin we'll be back to pick you up later" reference. Nice blast from the past. Your asides I find very entertaining. Thanks much for all you do!
"cutlet of dried sludge" might be the most accurate and shudder-inducing phrase I've heard in a long time...
Merry Christmas from me and mine to you and yours !!!!!
Sounded great when you finished!
Best wishes for the Holidays Ted!
Happy holidays, thanks for all the great vids this year!
I had that issue with my 81 Tokai LP copy. I had to do another leveling as the neck doesn't flex the same with the truss adjustment as it does under string tension. So I made a leveling tool the length of the fretboard with 2 aluminum bar stocks. The wide end down to adhere the sandpaper down with two sided thin clear scotch tape. Like the kind you use to wrap presents. Then I jb welded the other piece thin side down the length of the other one down the middle. Looks like an upside down T from the ends. The middle support is a little thicker. THe thin side is so it can fit under the strings. THe strings do have to be lifted out of the slots of the nut and saddles and set next to the groove then tuned. I then surface the sanding side on a 3'x4' Starrett surface plate. It's flat to .000050. Or 50/million. Totally over kill unless you are going for super low action. It works perfectly. I draw a grid and level it on the plate before I level any guitar frets. It fits between and under the strings and does a few strings width at a time. I go length ways and vertical stretching the strings a little being careful to maintain the radius. It's a feel thing and marker on the top of frets helps keep the radius. I can then pull the strings for polishing. I have found for Fender Strat and Tele bolt on necks this is not needed as the harder Maple flexes less and more in sink with the truss and strings. But it is a fast easy method so I just use it on all my guitars. It does ruin the strings so I use the old strings then replace when done. I choose to use flat stock because it can be easily leveled. Stock that is machined to a radius can move with the weather. Even with aluminum braced, it can take a few seconds to get it perfectly flat or a few minutes depending on the weather differences from the last time I used it. Again it is over kill but I like to have the ability to go low action if I ever sell to someone that likes it low. Like beginners for example. Especially on hard to play acoustics with bigger gauge strings. I have small hands and need lower action on my Taylor to even be able to play it. I use 11's on it and it is almost as easy as my electrics with 9's. I could not even play it when I got it. Now it's a dream.
Happy Holidays! Got my Woodford T-shirt and baseball cap in the mail. Great quality and look. Appreciate what you do! Take care.
I’m not a big commenter, but I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy your work and I learn something new every time I watch your videos. I hope you enjoy the holidays and I look forward to your videos in the new year. Regard, Mark
Thank you for another cool guitar story! Have a great holidays too! 🎄
Take care! Thanks for the content see you in 2022!
I had a Epiphone Casino in the early 70's. My cousin bought it new, took about 3 months of lessons and it hid in the back of a closet for many years. I started taking lessons and it was gifted to me one Christmas. The tremolo sucked! Ended up trading it and some cash for a well used ES-345! Merry Christmas!
"Even with out the serial number, we know it's an official Gibson because it's got the proper headstock break." BEST LINE EVER!!!!
Happy Holidays, see you next year!
Merry Christmas to you👍🙏🏼♥️
thank you!!!!really enjoyed this!!!happy holidays.
Jay Forman and Simpsons references in the same video. Excellent. Have a swell holiday, Ted!
Thanks a lot for another great vid, Ted! Have a good holidays! Greetings from Poland.
Thank you Ted for all of your content. Learning new things about how guitars work that I never new before. Have a safe and happy holiday. Looking forward to what you come up with next year. -Cheers
Merry Christmas! and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge
Wonderful content Ted. Happy Holidays.
I look forward to your next video, but until then have Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
Twoodfrd completes the weekend again. Thank you! Still waiting on the shirt. Can't wait
When I wax pot pickups, I have figured out a long time ago that the wax has to get sufficiently fluid in temperature and stay that way to really penetrate and do it's job. So I tape off any areas of the pickup I don't want wax on, or to run out once done, and do submerge the pickup as soon as they will sink in (let them do it all by themselves) so that the pickups and wax reach the right temperature closer to the same time, and use the wax pot (no jar) on top of a vibrating plate (a bonus) so that the wax penetrates much easier. Temp control is important though, and low and slow works best; once it flows just right ~145F, then keep the temp there and steady. That way you can watch the bubbles come out and when that subsides turn off the heat let it cool down, but don't take the pickups out until the temp is at ~120F to prevent too much wax run-out. You can't get any more thorough penetration, and I have yet to overheat a pickup and cause damage, as the wax melts much sooner as any plastics in the bobbins or any lacquer on the wire, and by heating them up together, rather than shocking cold pickups with hot wax, you greatly reduce the chances of rapid expansion, leading to lacquer cracking and electrical shorts...
Sure, there is more cleanup when done, but paraffin wax is not too hard to get off when still hot. So I let them cool thoroughly first, and then use a heat gun and and scratch free shop towel (the blue paper towel like ones) to soak up any larger unwanted deposits, mainly around the screws. For any residuals on the housing, I use another shop towel with vegetable oil (a lipophilic solvent) and a bit of elbow grease, and that does the trick in removing any fine film, or spots previously missed, and follow it with a damp (closer to dry) microfiber cloth to remove any veggie oil. I don't use it on salads... Olive oil is much better for that! Yum! (
Great video thank you, and you win the award for the only person West of the Atlantic, who can pronounce "solder" correctly (with an L) 😁
And a happy Xmas to you too! Thank you for the videos and enjoy the holidays 👍
That's a very handsome guitar. I like the way nitro finishes age, with the classic surface cracks, etc.
All the best for Christmas and the New Year, Ted. I only "discovered" you during this year, and have been binge watching to catch up! Yours is now one of the first sites I check at the weekend for your new vids!
Thank you for helping to keep us sane during all this current madness!
I enjoy your videos mate, so I'll catch you when the tide turns until then you and yours have a great Xmas and New year.. 🌟Respect and stay healthy all.
Thank you so much for your videos, I thoroughly enjoy them. Happy Holidays, my friend.
Happy new year and thanks for a lot of inspiring video’s.
Interesting guitar and nice repair!