It looks like you did a great job on my Martins. They were my players until 6-7 years ago so I knew they hadn’t had time to go completely wonky. Any repairs were done by me about 20+ years ago.
@@GTsuji Yes. I’ve had a ‘72 for many years and I bought a ‘68 and a ‘69 when I saw a great deal. It being my primary acoustic I wanted at least one backup, and I feel like they’ll eventually be recognized for what they are and will be more collectible than they are now.
I totally appreciate the time you take to make these videos, but if you’re into requests, I like to see your common and self made tools. I now use the foam cutting wire for neck removal, so much cleaner, thanks. I work on my own and friends guitars, and they are still fiends. I studied for a year under a master luthier, violins to electric guitars all stringed instruments. I think my #1 daily job was polishing frets….polishing, polishing….. Thanks again for the content.
The fact that you're a drummer matters none. You don't have to like guitars to like watching a craftsman work. I don't build or race cars but I like watching car shows on TV. I don't build houses but I like watching "This Old House". Do you get it yet? The fact that you're a drummer explains your comment perfectly though 🤣🤣🤣 it's OK. I know you don't know any better 😁
One of the things I noticed about tonewood is just how much color influences our perception. Maple is often described as bright and rosewood as dark. Hmm, I wonder why that is....
Classical Guitars, and other guitars whose necks join the body at the 12th fret, put the bridge right around the middle of the lower bout. This means that the largest area of the soundboard can be effectively driven by plucking or picking, and all other things being equal, they will usually be louder than 14 fret/body joint guitars.
There’s a 0.0% chance I would miss one of Ted’s uploads. Riveting, captivating, mesmerizing and satisfying to watch this conjurer of conjugation commit to his incredible craft with diligence and care.
That 016 has a wonderful mellow sound, and for some reason hearing the 00018 right afterward was like nails on a chalkboard. My ears adjusted in short order, but it was a bit of a shock.
I agree completely. That smaller body really seemed to have a better overall pleasing tone to it. The 000 sounded treble rich with some lacking bass... very uneven.
Hey Ted! I can't thank you enough for making these videos. I came into this "guitar repair" community after watching vids of how to fix my guitar and came across another YT guy on here who repairs guitars and he basically butchers every other instrument that comes into his shop. And what was shocking to me was that people were leaving him positive comments and even sending him their instruments! After seeing that, I was afraid of giving my guitars to others to fix. Your channel has changed that and now I see how there are some amazingly skilled people out there! Thank you.
I think you are probably talking about Jerry Rosa (rosastringworks). If so, I know what you mean, however, I think you'll find despite appearances his work is actually very good. He may look a little clumsy, and he does have a habit of ripping the backs off guitars, but in the end he produces instruments that are repaired to the owners' satisfaction and that look and sound really good. He mainly works on mandolins but has a steady stream of guitars through his workshop. He also used to build beautiful guitars and mandolins from scratch but will have to stop due to arthritis in his hands. He is currently building what is likely to be his last ever instrument...a really special mandolin. Jerry has been making a living as a luthier for over 40 years so he must be doing something right! Note: I am neither related to nor employed by Jerry, I'm just someone who watches his videos and really enjoys them!
Ted repairs are always amazing to watch, I also really appreciate his deep knowledge of the history of string instruments and all the little things he always tells about the instrument he repairs at the time!
Glass is cold, kittens are warm, and always check your repairs for contraband. What other channel gives you this much worldly wisdom? Ted, you're a godsend. 😉
Brilliant Ted as usual. The BBC showed the Everly Brothers 83 reunion concert at the Albert Hall on Friday night, so great timing with this👌 Oh and yes, Kitchen roll here in the UK😁
I remember when the Everly came out. The music store where I worked was one of the largest in the South, and our buyer had a habit of purchasing the prototypes from the NAMM whenever he thought they would move well. He got the prototype Everly (Gibson). One thing I remember vividly was that the star inlays were done by cutting circles in the fingerboard, presumably with a Forstner bit, and filling the areas between the pearl and the edge of the circles with pieces of ebony that were cut very precisely to fit in the spaces. It was a really unusual looking inlay.
I wish I lived closer to Ted... I have a bass that needs a headstock repair. The value of the bass in a monetary value isn't high but the value and meaning of the bass is 1 million + because my dad got it for me almost 20 years ago and he passed away 2 years ago... I've been trying to absorb as much knowledge to attempt the repair myself . Knowledge is high confidence is low haha
Aside from my admiration of your repair skills, I love the history I learn from your videos. I keep fantasizing about finding one of these amazing instruments at an an antique mall!
Hello, Greetings from Colorado,USA. I am in the Auction bizz, I have seen a lot of really really bad repair hacks, especially on bridges, the worst was lag bolts, have seen wood screws, nails, cotter pins, roofing tar, and of course, bailing wire. I almost cried when I saw an Old Martin that had a large hole cut in the back to get to the bridge plate, and then patched with duck tape. Watching you do proper repair is refreshing, Thank You.
Alright, this is the second or third video I've watched, and boy howdy am I impressed. I'm just a player, currently learning even the basics of routine setup and maintenance, and I've finally found someone on this medium, doing this kind of thing, that I know I can trust. Thank you Ted, for being the perfect blend of matter of fact, humorous, and informed. You obviously know your craft and the guitar industry and its history. That's important. Sometimes the stories behind these instruments are more interesting than the guitars themselves (that Les Paul dreadnaught monstrosity). Keep telling them!
Wow You, sir, are the best. No, no... You are..... The best.... If in my dreams I ever end up with a high end guitar (never) you're my man... Top fella and no mistake
"Twelfth Fret" is the name of the shop in Portland, Oregon, where Robert Steineger built the Everly Brothers guitars you spoke of. I was a music rep for a now defunct company named Matao, selling run of the mill Aria guitars. I walked into the "Twelfth Fret" around 1989. There, in a small office hanging on the wall, were a pair of guitars in the process of being made. These were as was explained to me being made for the Everly Brothers. I still love going in there. Yes, I was impressed My brother and I owned the Epiohone version some years earlier. They were unique with a very compressed sound.
A trick I use to remove mylar glued to wood pinball playfields is invert a can of compressed air to get freeze spray out of it. This will delaminate the mylar immediately. Then I just remove the glue and the painted surface is left undamaged.
Thanks Ted, I really appreciate the work you do. I can't decipher much of the popular discussion and hype around " tone" and "tonewood", yet you summarized it perfectly in a few sentences . You keep putting these videos out and I'll keep watching them.
Thanks for the comments about "warm" sounds and such. I've always struggled with grasping these things, to me they are just different and I can spend time pondering how the waveforms are different and such but very seldom "feelings" gets attached to them for me.
about using strong light to look for gaps in cracks, mark on the "folkways music" channel (pretty much the vintage gibson acoustic whisperer) shows a simple trick where you just rub some naphtha on the outside, then look with your mirror to see if it seeps through to the inside. that tells you right away whether a crack is just "in the finish" or is actually separated wood that needs to be glued (unlike water, naphtha evaporates away quickly without swelling the wood and also it leaves nothing behind)
I’m glad to seen an O16NY on the channel. They are one of my favorites. A great finger style guitar with a surprisingly load voice emanating from such a small body. And just so it doesn’t feel overlooked I don’t have anything against OOOs either. Thanks for a great episode.
In the UK it's 'kitchen towel' 'kitchen roll' 'paper towel'. I find small pieces of damp bath sponge good for glue clean up and these can be rinsed out and reused.
So great - and so much fun drinking up Ted’s encyclopedic knowledge of all things stringed and also knocking out some great finger style to top it all off. You crushed it on this one Ted!!
Never understand why people hijack the comments section of someone else's video for attention. Hope you get that thumbs up you seem so desperate for mate.
Kitchen paper: comes on a roll. Paper towels: the clue is in the plural: they come in a stack. Sometimes they're soft like a disposable napkin, sometimes they're hard like a piece of cardboard. Kinda like the shiny toilet paper thing. Yes, soLder.
Great as usual. I always enjoy the history lesson you give us on these instruments. There's so much more to look into than occurs to me. I love the sound tests you give at the end. It's always fascinating to hear the differences in the instruments. I really like the sound of the parlor guitar. I'm going to have to find one to play. Thank you for posting.
Regarding having shellac on the go... I found out I'd mixed rather more than I really needed to complete my piano rehabilitation, so now I have about 8oz of a 2lb cut of garnet, looking for something that needs to be made beautiful. Fortunately, I also have some excess walnut hanging around, so I'm thinking that my mandolin is going to be given a far nicer stand than such a cheap instrument really merits. I do credit Ted for my being willing to jump into mixing my own shellac and even taking on the project in the first place.
I loved this one. Maybe it was the way you shared the background and information of each model with reverence. Thanks again for sharing. Im glad to hear you’re recovering from whatever that was that had you down.
Ted, you're a treasure, for sure. Always compelling viewing and your historical and technical insights are always appreciated. The neck width on that smaller Martin looks like a 2x4 compared to others. I've never played anything wider than 1 3/4". I'll bet that one's really interesting to play.
Very interesting information and thoughts on the Martins. My luthier mate built himself a OOO-28 style. Lovely balance, his personal favourite. He restored a 1931 OM 18, not well looked after, banjo style tuners. Back off for crack repairs on top and serious horror polyurethane finish removed from top. It played pretty well, though don't care for the thin high frets of that time. It deserved some serious health care. The original case was still there with the P&O stickers from the 1930s when the owner came to Australia. I love your low key approach and the Epi sounded just right for waking up Little Susie.
I look forward to your feeds each Sunday morning here, I do some work on guitars myself but nothing even remotely close to the jobs you take on. Thanks for sharing all this great content.
I love your channel, I have been playing guitar & piano for over 40yrs, I started getting interested in trying to build guitars 4yrs ago I did a ton of research & bought books I built 4 tenor ukes first the last 2 came out really nice. I decided to build 2 parlor sized guitars for my sons I spoke to Martin, Gibson & Taylor Even P.R.S. All of them told me the same thing regarding string size. I was told Do not use strings heavier than 10-47, Due to the body size shape & bridge position. The body is only 18.25” long 24.9” scale 12th fret to body so my bridge is set about 5.25” away from the back edge of the sound hold so putting heavy even 10-52 would put Way too much stain on the body possibly causing it to collapse. Thank you for all you do I have learned a Ton of info from your channel👍👍🙏🎸🎹🎼👨🏻🦯👨🏻🦯
At about the 15:43 mark a ghostly Ted face starts speaking to us from the back surface of the 000. That's our Ted, always a bit philosophical and now, on the rare occasion it seems, a bit ethereal. Fine workmanship on display as always regardless though.
I’ve spent spent the last several days visiting my brother and family. About a two years ago, I’d bought my nephew an Epiphone SG. He as a toddler sister, so you know what that means. Fortunately that headstock break was clean and the headstock wanted to hold in place even without glue. I am currently at the “scraping the super glue with a razor blade with tape as a stop gauge. Later today we’ll be running to Auto Zone for some polishing compound. If not for these videos, I’d never have considered attempting this!
Hey there Ted, another great video with brilliant information, thanks. Yeah we still call it kitchen paper or kitchen towel, divided by a common language!🤣
i have a Gibson j 185 ..spruce top maple back and sides. i did not know the history. it was at long and mcquade and i liked the way it sounded. i got it new. i still love it.
I was lucky enough to see the born again Everlys at the Hammersmith Odeon when they had Pete Wingfield and Albert Lee in the band (late '80s I guess) and it was a magical night with song after song after song, all instantly recognisable and infinitely catchy.
Thanks for that Hal. I was going to post the same. I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one using the "proper" pronunciation of leeeeverage. Now I know there's at least you, me and Ted. 😁
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This channel captures both the dewy eyed romance and the jaded weariness of earning a living by working on guitars. Love it.
It looks like you did a great job on my Martins. They were my players until 6-7 years ago so I knew they hadn’t had time to go completely wonky. Any repairs were done by me about 20+ years ago.
You done good taking care of 'em all these years. Well, if you didn't then they somehow came out okay just 'cause of luck.
That single 0 sounds actually exquisite.........much joy sir!
I have three of the 0-16ny models just like yours. A vastly underrated guitar for fingerpicking; yours sounds loud and warm just like mine do. Enjoy!
@@philotomybaar I agree 100%. And you have 3???
@@GTsuji Yes. I’ve had a ‘72 for many years and I bought a ‘68 and a ‘69 when I saw a great deal. It being my primary acoustic I wanted at least one backup, and I feel like they’ll eventually be recognized for what they are and will be more collectible than they are now.
As a lifetime resident of the UK I can confirm we have two types of tissue paper namely "bog roll" and "kitchen roll".
Polishing…polishing……….polishing…..
Has now become a meme for me anytime I start cleaning something. Always brings a smile.
Likewise! 😂
I totally appreciate the time you take to make these videos, but if you’re into requests, I like to see your common and self made tools.
I now use the foam cutting wire for neck removal, so much cleaner, thanks.
I work on my own and friends guitars, and they are still fiends. I studied for a year under a master luthier, violins to electric guitars all stringed instruments.
I think my #1 daily job was polishing frets….polishing, polishing….. Thanks again for the content.
Polishing .....polishing .....polishing.....don't you just love it !
I would love to see the tools too,,,please ???
Love this channel! and I'm a drummer!
Twoodfrd welcomes all brother....
You can drum on a guitar
You, sir, evidently have good taste! 😉
Me too.
The fact that you're a drummer matters none. You don't have to like guitars to like watching a craftsman work. I don't build or race cars but I like watching car shows on TV. I don't build houses but I like watching "This Old House".
Do you get it yet? The fact that you're a drummer explains your comment perfectly though 🤣🤣🤣 it's OK. I know you don't know any better 😁
My blood pressure drops significantly just by hearing the title melody
any luthier making WuTang quotes would get my guitars if I had my choice.... nice work and attention to detail as usual, Ted!
Protect ya neck, man! :D
So unexpected, loved it!
"Our language for talking about sound is very imprecise."
Very true, although acknowledged by few.
One of the things I noticed about tonewood is just how much color influences our perception. Maple is often described as bright and rosewood as dark. Hmm, I wonder why that is....
Classical Guitars, and other guitars whose necks join the body at the 12th fret, put the bridge right around the middle of the lower bout. This means that the largest area of the soundboard can be effectively driven by plucking or picking, and all other things being equal, they will usually be louder than 14 fret/body joint guitars.
There’s a 0.0% chance I would miss one of Ted’s uploads. Riveting, captivating, mesmerizing and satisfying to watch this conjurer of conjugation commit to his incredible craft with diligence and care.
Every week, I look forward to "Polishing.....Polishing......Polishing...."
Hi Ted! Thank you for being you! I really appreciate your approach to awesomeness.
- Zac, an aspiring Luthier in Florida
That 016 has a wonderful mellow sound, and for some reason hearing the 00018 right afterward was like nails on a chalkboard. My ears adjusted in short order, but it was a bit of a shock.
The 016 really sang, it just has a real charm to it.
I felt that, also. To me, the 016 was much "friendlier".
I agree completely. That smaller body really seemed to have a better overall pleasing tone to it. The 000 sounded treble rich with some lacking bass... very uneven.
we call it kitchen roll, usually brought home in the boot of our cars from the supermarket!, great video, thank you :)
Unless it comes in single sheets by the sink in a public loo; then it's paper towel.
Hey Ted! I can't thank you enough for making these videos. I came into this "guitar repair" community after watching vids of how to fix my guitar and came across another YT guy on here who repairs guitars and he basically butchers every other instrument that comes into his shop. And what was shocking to me was that people were leaving him positive comments and even sending him their instruments! After seeing that, I was afraid of giving my guitars to others to fix. Your channel has changed that and now I see how there are some amazingly skilled people out there! Thank you.
Name names, I wanna see this other channel
Do you remember the name of the repair channel you were talking about? I'm in the mood to laugh at some confidently incompetent TH-camrs today.
@@The_Fat_Turtle @I Review Chairs it was an older gentleman. I'm sure you can easily find him on here since he's prolific and makes a ton of videos.
I think you are probably talking about Jerry Rosa (rosastringworks). If so, I know what you mean, however, I think you'll find despite appearances his work is actually very good. He may look a little clumsy, and he does have a habit of ripping the backs off guitars, but in the end he produces instruments that are repaired to the owners' satisfaction and that look and sound really good. He mainly works on mandolins but has a steady stream of guitars through his workshop. He also used to build beautiful guitars and mandolins from scratch but will have to stop due to arthritis in his hands. He is currently building what is likely to be his last ever instrument...a really special mandolin. Jerry has been making a living as a luthier for over 40 years so he must be doing something right!
Note: I am neither related to nor employed by Jerry, I'm just someone who watches his videos and really enjoys them!
That must be Jerry Rosa.. I have no clue why people would let him touch their instruments, if they have watched his videos...
Ted repairs are always amazing to watch, I also really appreciate his deep knowledge of the history of string instruments and all the little things he always tells about the instrument he repairs at the time!
Glass is cold, kittens are warm, and always check your repairs for contraband.
What other channel gives you this much worldly wisdom? Ted, you're a godsend.
😉
Brilliant Ted as usual. The BBC showed the Everly Brothers 83 reunion concert at the Albert Hall on Friday night, so great timing with this👌
Oh and yes, Kitchen roll here in the UK😁
Ted prayers will go up and hope your better soon! In Jesus Christ of Nazareth name amen Hallelujah thanks
The Everly brothers and Porter Wagoner, all loved those ridiculously huge double pick guards. Definitely not my bag.
I remember when the Everly came out. The music store where I worked was one of the largest in the South, and our buyer had a habit of purchasing the prototypes from the NAMM whenever he thought they would move well. He got the prototype Everly (Gibson). One thing I remember vividly was that the star inlays were done by cutting circles in the fingerboard, presumably with a Forstner bit, and filling the areas between the pearl and the edge of the circles with pieces of ebony that were cut very precisely to fit in the spaces. It was a really unusual looking inlay.
I wish I lived closer to Ted... I have a bass that needs a headstock repair. The value of the bass in a monetary value isn't high but the value and meaning of the bass is 1 million + because my dad got it for me almost 20 years ago and he passed away 2 years ago...
I've been trying to absorb as much knowledge to attempt the repair myself . Knowledge is high confidence is low haha
This is a warm episode. Thanks!
This channel is therapy for free
Gosh love me that intro!
Aside from my admiration of your repair skills, I love the history I learn from your videos. I keep fantasizing about finding one of these amazing instruments at an an antique mall!
I watch your channels because it teaches me about working on guitars I have scoured TH-cam and can find nobody as good as you I mean that 100%
Hello, Greetings from Colorado,USA. I am in the Auction bizz, I have seen a lot of really really bad repair hacks, especially on bridges, the worst was lag bolts, have seen wood screws, nails, cotter pins, roofing tar, and of course, bailing wire. I almost cried when I saw an Old Martin that had a large hole cut in the back to get to the bridge plate, and then patched with duck tape. Watching you do proper repair is refreshing, Thank You.
What they said.... Kitchen ROLL over here bud!! 😁. Always look forward to you next Vid! The knowledge, the subtle little gags, the calming voice....
Thanks for playing them for us Ted.
I must say on the Everly bros guitar I like the stars but, the pick guard does not appeal.
And... can you imagine how much stiffer the top would be with all of the plastic stuck to it?
Alright, this is the second or third video I've watched, and boy howdy am I impressed. I'm just a player, currently learning even the basics of routine setup and maintenance, and I've finally found someone on this medium, doing this kind of thing, that I know I can trust. Thank you Ted, for being the perfect blend of matter of fact, humorous, and informed. You obviously know your craft and the guitar industry and its history. That's important. Sometimes the stories behind these instruments are more interesting than the guitars themselves (that Les Paul dreadnaught monstrosity). Keep telling them!
At 12:25 when you were playing the Everly Epi, I half expected to hear you start singing "Wake up little Susie, wake up!" :-)
Wow
You, sir, are the best.
No, no... You are..... The best.... If in my dreams I ever end up with a high end guitar (never) you're my man... Top fella and no mistake
I was not expecting a Wu-Tang quote, but I like it!
I thought same
1000 points awarded for insane WuTang reference.
Very interesting history of these instruments and also of the period too. Thank you very much for taking the time......
10:14 twoo-tang clan aint nothin' to... :) ,you really are the ultimate 'method man':) for guitar restoration and repair.
I am a year late, but I noticed you played the Everlys on the EPI! There is a lot to learn, and I am learning some of it from you!
Thanks for another great video....
Those Martins are gorgeous
Love the "Rawhide" spiel !
"Twelfth Fret" is the name of the shop in Portland, Oregon, where Robert Steineger built the Everly Brothers guitars you spoke of.
I was a music rep for a now defunct company named Matao, selling run of the mill Aria guitars. I walked into the "Twelfth Fret" around 1989. There, in a small office hanging on the wall, were a pair of guitars in the process of being made. These were as was explained to me being made for the Everly Brothers. I still love going in there.
Yes, I was impressed
My brother and I owned the Epiohone version some years earlier. They were unique with a very compressed sound.
Yes its Kitchen Paper in the UK nothing changes too quickly over here. Another Great Video something to look forward to every week. kind regards.
A trick I use to remove mylar glued to wood pinball playfields is invert a can of compressed air to get freeze spray out of it. This will delaminate the mylar immediately. Then I just remove the glue and the painted surface is left undamaged.
Channels like this one almost make up for some of the trash on TH-cam. This is high end programming. Excellent use of the format. A+ to Ted.
Kitchen Roll in the UK! There’s also a law that says it can only be used in the kitchen 😂 God save the Queen! 🇬🇧
Thanks Ted! Lots of fun watching you working on my Everly Bros Epiphone. I’ll try heavier strings like you suggest. It looks stunning
Thanks Ted, I really appreciate the work you do. I can't decipher much of the popular discussion and hype around " tone" and "tonewood", yet you summarized it perfectly in a few sentences .
You keep putting these videos out and I'll keep watching them.
Love your overwelming knowledge. But WOODEN STRINGS (17,50) is sure new knowledge. THANKS!!
Thanks for the comments about "warm" sounds and such. I've always struggled with grasping these things, to me they are just different and I can spend time pondering how the waveforms are different and such but very seldom "feelings" gets attached to them for me.
I love the history lessons as much as the repair process. 😎
about using strong light to look for gaps in cracks, mark on the "folkways music" channel (pretty much the vintage gibson acoustic whisperer) shows a simple trick where you just rub some naphtha on the outside, then look with your mirror to see if it seeps through to the inside. that tells you right away whether a crack is just "in the finish" or is actually separated wood that needs to be glued
(unlike water, naphtha evaporates away quickly without swelling the wood and also it leaves nothing behind)
I’m glad to seen an O16NY on the channel. They are one of my favorites. A great finger style guitar with a surprisingly load voice emanating from such a small body. And just so it doesn’t feel overlooked I don’t have anything against OOOs either. Thanks for a great episode.
Same here, I love my mid-60's 0-16NY. I'm partial to 12 fret guitars.
Paper towels we call Kitchen Roll here in the south of England at least. They are normally labelled as Kitchen Towels in the supermarkets
In the UK it's 'kitchen towel' 'kitchen roll' 'paper towel'. I find small pieces of damp bath sponge good for glue clean up and these can be rinsed out and reused.
It’s wonderful to watch your work
So great - and so much fun drinking up Ted’s encyclopedic knowledge of all things stringed and also knocking out some great finger style to top it all off. You crushed it on this one Ted!!
1st :) greetings from the UK and keep up the great work!
Never understand why people hijack the comments section of someone else's video for attention. Hope you get that thumbs up you seem so desperate for mate.
Kitchen paper: comes on a roll. Paper towels: the clue is in the plural: they come in a stack. Sometimes they're soft like a disposable napkin, sometimes they're hard like a piece of cardboard.
Kinda like the shiny toilet paper thing.
Yes, soLder.
Both those Martins were very nice. I liked the 0. Parlor size. Beautiful.
"yo!!! You best protect your neck! Don't ever rest it against a desk!¡!!"😂
It's called kitchen towel over here in the UK, but we'll still use it in most other rooms too.
Great as usual. I always enjoy the history lesson you give us on these instruments. There's so much more to look into than occurs to me. I love the sound tests you give at the end. It's always fascinating to hear the differences in the instruments. I really like the sound of the parlor guitar. I'm going to have to find one to play. Thank you for posting.
Did not expect that reference to the Wu-Tang but, man, felt greaaaaat
Heat 'em up, move 'em out... Perfect. Scrying Mirror... You've enter the real of the god-like!
HISTORY TOO!
Regarding having shellac on the go... I found out I'd mixed rather more than I really needed to complete my piano rehabilitation, so now I have about 8oz of a 2lb cut of garnet, looking for something that needs to be made beautiful. Fortunately, I also have some excess walnut hanging around, so I'm thinking that my mandolin is going to be given a far nicer stand than such a cheap instrument really merits. I do credit Ted for my being willing to jump into mixing my own shellac and even taking on the project in the first place.
I loved this one. Maybe it was the way you shared the background and information of each model with reverence. Thanks again for sharing.
Im glad to hear you’re recovering from whatever that was that had you down.
Ted, you're a treasure, for sure. Always compelling viewing and your historical and technical insights are always appreciated.
The neck width on that smaller Martin looks like a 2x4 compared to others. I've never played anything wider than 1 3/4". I'll bet that one's really interesting to play.
Ted's channel is a Gem!
Very interesting information and thoughts on the Martins. My luthier mate built himself a OOO-28 style. Lovely balance, his personal favourite. He restored a 1931 OM 18, not well looked after, banjo style tuners. Back off for crack repairs on top and serious horror polyurethane finish removed from top. It played pretty well, though don't care for the thin high frets of that time. It deserved some serious health care. The original case was still there with the P&O stickers from the 1930s when the owner came to Australia. I love your low key approach and the Epi sounded just right for waking up Little Susie.
I found a Hustler magazine hidden inside a guitar I bought once. Great video!
My mate and I had those Epis for an Everly Bros show. Very tight sound!!
Fantastic job again. oh in the UK we call them Kitchen towels or kitchen roll although Kitchen roll might be more regional to me in Northern ireland
I look forward to your feeds each Sunday morning here, I do some work on guitars myself but nothing even remotely close to the jobs you take on. Thanks for sharing all this great content.
Here in the uk, Ted, the paper towel is called Kitchen roll... Thanks for your videos..
I love your channel, I have been playing guitar & piano for over 40yrs, I started getting interested in trying to build guitars 4yrs ago I did a ton of research & bought books I built 4 tenor ukes first the last 2 came out really nice. I decided to build 2 parlor sized guitars for my sons I spoke to Martin, Gibson & Taylor Even P.R.S. All of them told me the same thing regarding string size. I was told Do not use strings heavier than 10-47, Due to the body size shape & bridge position. The body is only 18.25” long 24.9” scale 12th fret to body so my bridge is set about 5.25” away from the back edge of the sound hold so putting heavy even 10-52 would put Way too much stain on the body possibly causing it to collapse. Thank you for all you do I have learned a Ton of info from your channel👍👍🙏🎸🎹🎼👨🏻🦯👨🏻🦯
At about the 15:43 mark a ghostly Ted face starts speaking to us from the back surface of the 000. That's our Ted, always a bit philosophical and now, on the rare occasion it seems, a bit ethereal. Fine workmanship on display as always regardless though.
Wonderful video!
Ya got fans in the Martin factory! Keep it up!
I’ve spent spent the last several days visiting my brother and family. About a two years ago, I’d bought my nephew an Epiphone SG. He as a toddler sister, so you know what that means. Fortunately that headstock break was clean and the headstock wanted to hold in place even without glue. I am currently at the “scraping the super glue with a razor blade with tape as a stop gauge. Later today we’ll be running to Auto Zone for some polishing compound. If not for these videos, I’d never have considered attempting this!
Yep still call it kitchen roll😂 Top video again thanks for keeping the old fellas in use. 👍🥃Respect to you.
WuTang! 😂 outstanding reference.
The best kind of day is when a new twoodfrd vid is uploaded!
It comes on a roll. Kitchen roll.
Hey there Ted, another great video with brilliant information, thanks. Yeah we still call it kitchen paper or kitchen towel, divided by a common language!🤣
"Kitchen roll", my good man.
Nice pickin' there and the Martins sound happy to be fixed up. Cheers.
i have a Gibson j 185 ..spruce top maple back and sides. i did not know the history. it was at long and mcquade and i liked the way it sounded. i got it new. i still love it.
In Germany we call it kitchen roll as well. It might be our fault. Or the fault of the Anglo-Saxons...
Regards,
Etna.
22:36 Yes, kitchen paper or kitchen roll. Makes sense to me because it is kept in the kitchen.
I was lucky enough to see the born again Everlys at the Hammersmith Odeon when they had Pete Wingfield and Albert Lee in the band (late '80s I guess) and it was a magical night with song after song after song, all instantly recognisable and infinitely catchy.
Those Martins sounded great!
It is all about the top. And the bracing.
I love hearing the pronunciation of leverage, when I moved south, no one knew what a lever (leeeever) was :)
Thanks for that Hal. I was going to post the same. I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one using the "proper" pronunciation of leeeeverage. Now I know there's at least you, me and Ted. 😁
Yup...kittens are warm. 🐈
Great info as always
Rawhide! 🤠👢🐎🐴