You Won't Believe This 1968 Tele Restoration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ม.ค. 2023
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As the former owner's wife, thank you for this video. The guitar was really hard to part with as it was a really big part of my husband's life and history, but knowing it has a new home where it can be played and enjoyed for many years to come makes parting with it that much easier. I loved the vintage look it had, but the fixes and new coat of paint (blue is my fav colour btw) brought it back to life where it can now be part of your story and can be part of new memories. Hearing you play it brought tears to my eyes. I'm sure Andy it smiling down seeing you enjoy it as much as he did. Don't shelve it, play on!! Thanks again!!!
Love you! Thank you so much!
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They did a terrific job - the guitar is beautiful now - your hubby would have been thrilled. Now in the hands of SG it will be played and wow, what a sound.
I've never actually had a comment on a TH-cam video comment cause me to tear up until now. What a great perspective.
Awsome❤
Thank you for restoring my cousins guitar, AG would be very proud. A lovely sound. His energy lives on. Pete UK.
As someone that is now old enough to see my guitars become vintage I must say that is a beautiful tele (I am older than that tele). Loved your ending jam!
didnt u say the same shit about a guitar on tyler larsons channel
@@flanman2084 Yes, the benefits of being old, although there are many drawbacks as well.
What a cool guy
im 22 and im kinda addicted i play since 8 years old and have allmost 30 guitars i sold and traded guitars in my time and some i really miss 😅 i gifted my old transformers when i was 12 years old i regretted also some would worth 3000 dollars. i wanna say to the people if you trade guitars and other cool stuff be sure if you really want to get rid off
@@acdclexu6296 Some very good advice! I have heard those same words from players I know.
Samurai, as a professional tech, the thing you “should” do to your guitar is whatever makes you happy. If you’re happy with it then that’s what’s important
As much as I love lake placid blue it still feels like a shame to have 60 years of aging in the wood hidden, i loved how you literally could see the hand print left by the first owner around the bridge
I think its fine when its for an end user. It now has another 50 years to take on its own new patina
Yeah personally I would've left the finish as it was because it had so much character. But I don't blame him for wanting to get it re-finished
That's just our opinion. With that said, I agree. I don't like relics but I really like naturally worn ones especially on natural wood. With what he did, I might as well just buy a new guitar.
He uck't right up!🤦♂️ I can't believe it, tbh..!
I would’ve left the finish too or at the most had a clear coat of nitro put over it.
I liked the color with which it came to you, but your obvious joy at every piece of the restoration means you did exactly what the guitar needed. Enjoy, good sir!
Oh man. I would have done the opposite with the finishing.
Kept it like it was but clean up the body and seal it as a tribute to the previous owner.
It looked pretty darn neat all worn down like that.
Ditto
Whenever I see that primer coat go on a restoration, my heart breaks.
I agree….refinishing is such a fail 😢
I hate to admit it but when I saw the Tele refinished I cried a little inside. Then I remembered the covid project pedulla Mvp guitar I refinished and now I don't know how I feel about what I did to a vintage guitar. Otherwise it's beautiful and your playing as always is quite nice too. Keep it up Sammi!!
I would've gone for a translucent red to see the wood grain- either way, looks brilliant.
Amazing video as always x
Yes, seeing the grain is what I like too!!!
I was really hoping that Samurai was going to let the grain be the star. Even a blue fade or stain, would have given him the same stylistic feel. But I’m also glad he gave the guitar a great home.
I would have gotten a translucent white and kept the black pickguard look
@@SirSneakerPimp I actually asked the guys about this, and I don't remember the details as to why it wasn't feasible but I think it required staining the wood or something in which case the nitro lake placid blue finish wasn't going to work.
Props for the de-relic job, looks great
I love when an old instrument is given new life and this one really sings in your hands! Beautiful guitar!
I appreciate that you used every position of the pickup selector switch in your demo! I was waiting to hear that bridge, but I agree with highlighting that beautiful neck sound!
Can't believe you didn't keep the natural wood, I thought it looked killer like that. Still a beautiful guitar though, and sounds great.
same.
...but at least that guitar found a good home & will be played for years to come! Most of our wives are going to put our treasure hoard in the dumpster when we slip this mortal coil. 🎸🗑️
Some amazing camera work in this video.
Reservoir Dogs shot from the trunk. 🎬
What you have done is, I think, what most instruments would want if they could have desires. It had been played to the bone, now it gets another lifetime of use. The only thing I hope is that somewhere there's a little evidence of the old paint - in a cavity somewhere so that part of the story isn't lost forever. Imagine 80 years down the line, passed along to a new owner who discovers it originally had a butterscotch finish, now the blue is all worn and the frets are nubs again, gets it sprayed back to that original colour. May it live on forever :)
I personally would've gone with a natural finish to get that sweet wood grain, but I also love full restorations of vintage guitars like these especially with customizations you could've got from the factory. Very beautiful guitar, the color works beautifully with that pickguard.
Likewise. Let the age shine through.
Personally, I like when guitars look new. It’s really a shame that improving the quality and playability of a “vintage” instrument is seen as devaluing the instrument, but it is what it is.
The sentimental value will do, the ups and downs in this guitars life and all the things its been through to be played again after so many years. I like an interesting story in the things I own and if I were him it wouldn't be on my mind to sell it anyway😄😄
The word "stock" is a money word for a good reason!!!
In this case. Where it was played so heavily. It's really cool to see it given life again. However, say, an old D-15 or something obscure like a teisco. You really shouldn't.
@@kevindean1327 And that's why I'd never buy someone's overpriced used junk.
@@kevindean1327 who wants a vintage guitar that wasnt played for years ? if its not played, who knows if its any good
It’s a great video, and the guitar ends up sounding very wonderful in the end. Definitely all very well done. I think it’s heartbreaking that all that history was covered up by the new paint job though. It started off looking absolutely wonderful before the new paint. It’s sad to lose all the history and stories behind all the marks, scratches, dings, etc. ( still a very well done and great sounding video though )
I agree. It looked like an old guitar, and now it looks like a Guitar Center guitar. My preference is that old cars, guitars, furniture, people (!) etc look appropriate to their age. But it sounds great. The 1968 models have a maple fingerboard added to a maple neck, and it makes them sound especially sweet.
Great guitar, great decision, great color, great playing. Happy New Year Sammy!!!! 🤘🎸🤘
i personally do not like the looks of it.. but you know what? it does not matter! its your guitar and if you like it then thats what is important. never let someone tell you otherwhise! i hate when people put those things on display/storage never to be played again. love that you made it yours and you actually make it sing
Everyone saying that they agree that its a right shame that he covered up all that honest wear, but stuff it, it's Sammy's guitar now - he can add his own wear..
→ you don't get vintage guitars.
They are FINITE.
There are only so many.
You dont "own" a vintage guitar like you do a brand new one - you are merely a custodian of it.
It is thus your duty to preserve it as much as possible.
You owe it to future custodians.
Now it looks like any new fender spat off the line at Corona or Mexico...
...frankly, I am thoroughly SHOCKED that Sammy G did this to it !
With his jazzy bluesy, clean style and his Dad's Steam Punk amp building style, I would have been sure he would be one to value the wear and rustic look of it above just about all else ...
I got nothing but love for ya. Sammy - really, you're a chill dude....
😞😖😣😫
...but you uck't this up something ROYAL!!
..there's no getting around it...🙆♂️
Vintage guitars with a personality > collectors vintage guitar
Love the wood before the restoration
White pearl pick guard looks awesome with lake placid blue.
Tortoise-shell would be my choice.
Personally, I would have chosen a finish that preserves more of the vintage character, but I can't deny that the guitar looks and sounds amazing.
Love it! Enjoy it for many years to come. I hope you’ll let us hear with a slide soon. Happy 2023, SammyG and family!
What I love about vintage gear and restoring it like this is that this very thing is something that someone (probably multiple people) used. They picked it up and made sound with it and what they heard excited them enough to keep playing it and learning and getting better. It was a primary vehicle for someone's creative growth. The more you leave the things you can (like rewinding the pickups instead of just replacing them, etc), the more that original thing is still there.
I'm not super spiritual or invested in the concept of "energy" like that, but there is something to objects like this. Maybe it's completely in the subconscious of the current person using it, but regardless it has an effect. It's really special.
I always love to see a vintage that has been much played - envisioning the musical trip it might have taken over the years.
sami! your country sound is coming along so beautifully!
these boys did a beautiful job, I hope it becomes one of your main plays.
may his legacy live on threw your playing :)
Putting the amazing guitar to the side, the editing of the video is great!
Looks and sounds great! And good choice on that color!
That classic Tele tone is absolutely unbeatable. What a beauty!
Working in a guitar store, I’ve discovered that if someone comes in with a vintage Guitar that’s beat to heck, its probably a good one. Pristine examples may give you a beter price, but they won’t sound anywhere close. That tele had a vibe when it was beat up, but nice to see it get some new clothes.
What a beautiful guitar! Came out fantastic, can’t wait to see it on your channel more. :)
Had this been mine, I'd have left the body as is, love all the patina and woodgrain, but it's yours, do what you want!
I actually quite liked the sanded and worn look and probably would just have a protective topcoat added. But if I was going to choose a colour it would be Lake Placid Blue.
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Congrats on your new guitar.
Remember, be nice to others, just don't forget to be nice to yourself.
Your choice of an era correct colo rurned out wonderfully, again, congrats.
Amazing restoration and i am so happy you decided to go that route. That guitar has a brand new life ahead of it instead of being crusty and grimy for the sake of perceived value. Great video!!!!
The smile on your face when you were playing it says it's all. Brilliant :)
Haven't watched your videos for a couple of years but I'm happy that you're still going.
Hey, your money, your guitar your choice....fully support the functional repairs, rewinding the original pickup (as opposed to just swapping it out) re-fret etc. I have nothing against lake placid blue, it's a fine colour, but what I saw originally was an instrument that had been played and loved and worn....you can't fake that, that's patina, not "heavy relic-ing". Those dents, and wear patches, and imperfections, they earned their place through half a century of use.
The end product you had there, beautiful guitar yes, but it looked like one straight off the wall. All the stories that go with half a century of being a played instrument...gone. Totally respect your choice, I just hope you don't look back one day and say oops, what have I done? because you can't un-ring that bell.
What a beautiful instrument this has become - and it sounds wonderful. Congrats to you, SammyG, and I wish you many great years with it.
Looks amazing and sound wonderful! I’m glad it kept its charm and true feel while getting updated :)
I LOVE the finish and love that you gave it a fresh coat and not some kind of relic. LOVE HOW THIS TURNED OUT. ✌️😌🎸
When I get an older instrument I like to keep it looking original if it has this much wear, to remind me of its history. But if it's newer or in better shape I like to keep it looking brand new. And in either case playability is most important and has to be maintained at all costs
Teles rock and your new finish looks awesome.
Beautiful. Nice to see an old instrument get some love. I recently inherited my great-grandmother's 3/4" size acoustic (parlour style, perhaps?). It had a cracked bridge, some missing hardware, and a few cracks along the top, right through the hand-painted flower design. I brought it to a local luthier who replaced the missing hardware, repaired the cracks in the bridge and top, cleaned the frets and fretboard, re-strung it, and while I intend to keep it as an heirloom and showpiece, I did play it a bit. According to older family members, I am likely the first to play some chords on it in almost 80 years.
Thats sooo cool! Congratulations! I love my telecasters! Absolutely loved this video! Cant wait to see more of this guitar. 🤘😎🎸
My friend Kevin and I went to Manny's Music in NYC together in 1966 when we were fifteen for Kevin to buy a Tele. It's a blonde white-guard. Kevin was a professional musician and he gigged on that guitar non-stop until he died in 2008. The guitar is now mine, including the original case and even the ashtray..
During the time he had it, Kevin had it refretted, had the 3-way switch replaced and had the bridge pickup rewound, all the work done by the renowned New Jersey luthier Phil Petillo. That's the condition it's in now. Kevin was a player and the Tele was his primary tool. Keeping it in working order was his priority, not keeping it in some theoretical collector condition, which in 1966 would have been impossible even to imagine.
The guitar needs work now: a new fret job and a rewind or replacement of the bridge pickup. I'll have that work done, because Kevin would have and because it's a musical instrument, not a museum piece. I want to play it and for other people to hear it. That's its purpose.
Players play and collectors collect. There's a place for both categories of people, but there's no reason to keep an unplayable guitar unplayable just because it's old.
The guitar looks and sounds great. I like that blue. What a great way to end the year and start a new one. Congrats!
Excellent guitar, excellent restoration, excellent playing! Awesome!!
absolutely loved this video! keep up the great content.
Lovely, truly great tone! Looks great!!
Wow, that tele looks and sounds awesome, realy cool to see it in its different stages.
I didn’t think I needed another reason to watch this channel, but now I’ll be coming back for this guitar. What a beauty. A true masterpiece. One of a kind. I’m jealous.
OMG - I was hoping you'd go blue! I was thinking "I haven't seen nearly enough blue telecasters" just as you opened it. Looks great!
Wow, that thing is beautiful! And it sounds incredible.
Congrats on this awesome guitar, I especially love it since I was gifted a Lake Placid Blue Tele for Christmas as well ☺️ (mine's just a Squier Affinity, though 🤣)
I really hope the guitar will be featured in lots of your future videos 😍🥰
Congrats. What a stunning refin on a gorgeous guitar.
lovely guitar and just throwing this out there, wonderful camera work!
I love it! Congratulations on the new (old) guitar!
Awesome to see such a beauty get enjoyed like that! The man who owned it before loved it and now it’ll entertain and sing to more people than he could’ve ever dreamed of.
It's beautiful. I look forward to seeing you play it in many more videos in the future.
Super classy looking and it sounds great! Nice find with a cool story
So sick dude! Happy for you
What a good video, I love all the different camera angles and overall feeling of excitement
Sitting on my porch, catching up on your vids. @6:22 As soon as those first few notes were struck, I screamed out "YESSSS!" so loud my neighbours heard me. What a gem! Congrats, Sammy!
im gonna be honest I think the blue looks amazing. cool guitar!
Me too.
Love this style of video from you.
I loved this video. Some restoration videos should be awesome, but your happiness is shown and that does it.
WOW! Congrats Sami!
no joke dude, right when you opened the case we both exclaimed wow at how beautiful the guitar turned out. Lake placid blue is my favorite fender color hands down. I have a 60s classic vibe strat in the same color 😂
That's a beauty, and sounds fantastic!
I could only hope when i go one of my favorite guitars ends up with someone like you... its just too awesome to imagine somone having one of my guitars redone like this.
Sounds so majestic, I love the sound. Looks dang good too.
So cool. Thank about this for a second. This dude bought the guitar and played it his entire life. Looks like he really enjoyed it which is what guitars are made for.
Gorgeous Refin. 100 percent the right call to give the instrument a new life in this way.
Looks like a brand new guitar! It's ready to make another 50 years of music
looks good. carry it forward!
Beautiful guitar Sammy :) Diggin' your chops also.
That turned out beautiful!!! Nice jam brother!!❤️☮️🎸
Absolutely beautiful, both in looks and tone.
amazing color, butterscotch teles are a dime a dozen so I'm glad you chose something beautiful. happy new guitar day!
What an absolute stunner. Beautiful.
Man that looks AWSOME. what a perfect opportunity to refinish an old guitar guilt free ! I love butterscotch when its done right but you nailed it.
When you said you were going to do a refinish, I was slightly disappointed. It has worn in a gorgeous way.
Then you pulled it out of the case.
Wow! Now that's a beautiful job. I can't wait to see this blue beauty in future videos.
I started the video as “Don’t do a thing to it” and just went “Hell yeah!” Lake Placid Blue is the best.
What a killer sounding guitar- they did a fantastic job getting that beauty up and running. Congrats Sammy G- here’s to many more decades with this tele
Love the colour.
Very nice tele! Love it.
Congrats man!!! Even your fingers look happy playing it!!! 🖐🏻
Wow, the guitar sounds amazing!
Looks and sounds beautiful!
Killer!, sounds amazing! Congrats
I'm in my 50s and have played a ton of guitars that age and older. I've never bought into the vintage thing and I still don't. I absolutely don't buy into the notion that heavy relic is anythign more than an aesthetic finish choice. But it's cool to see you so thrilled by that guitar, and it's even more cool that you know the guitar's story. They did a great job on the restoration. Enjoy!
Stoked for you! People repaint vintage cars all the time and cars are expensive! Happy New year!
Worth the wait!!
Looks great, sounds great - you did the right thing.
In the early 90s i bought a 74ish P bass. The front of the body had very bad scrape marks all over from someone scraping stickers off. The back of the body was butterscotch blonde and beautiful. Light wear on the frets, but the neck was beautiful also, except someone put a Hipshot tuner on it. The pickups didn't work and the wiring was original but rusted and fried. I replaced with new Vintage style pickups, and sanded the top of the body to a nice gloss that lacquer under the ruined butterscotch finish. Got new pots and wires and played it that way for another 25 years. The bass is retired now and on display at my home next to three othe basses that i still play out with....
My wife surprised me with a Players Plus Tele in Lake Placid for Christmas. lol
Love the guitar. Both yours and mine.