There is a subtle poetry in the calm demeanor of a master craftsman talking about his work. The knowledge, the experience, the the wisdom you verse in these videos are a gift for us watching. Thank you for raising the curtain on your work, and allowing us in your workshop.
Yep. There was another channel I followed for a short time but I started noticing how often he damaged the customer's instrument and other things and determined he wasn't nearly as good as I thought. So I had to unsub.
I was surprised by the sound of that Harmony, knowing that it was not a premium guitar, but it had a great "chimey" sound that I liked. Great work as usual, sir!
I worked on a harmony the other day that had survived a fire and a 2 pack a day smoker, when I finally got all the smoke and nicotine cleaned off and the setup finalized it sounded surprisingly well
The new saddle on the arch top looks fantastic! And easing the edges and corners that the player's hand might rub against really makes it look like it simply grew there. You have a good eye for shaping.
You think it looks good.....seriously....it looks great! And, thanks for what you do for us; the time you take to put these videos together, the amazing repairs & tips, the history lessons and all a smiling voice!
I've learnt a lot from watching you. My 12 string guitar now plays perfectly, certainly didn't realise HOW important perfection is when it comes to the height of the string slots in the nut. Regards from England.
The Kalamazoo is a real sweetheart. The X-bracing makes it really special. Vintage Instruments in Philadelphia has an X-braced Kalamazoo in their inventory (it's on hold) and they say it's the only one they've ever seen. They speculated that someone reached into the wrong neck pile back in 1939.
Wow, that saddle looks awesome! Ted, I’m constantly amazed by your attention to detail and high level of craftsmanship. Great job. Also, that Kalamazoo “budget” level guitar is gorgeous. Sounds great too.
That's interesting. I noticed a huge difference too, and I too thought the bone bridge sounded much nicer, but "brighter" would be how I would describe the improvement in tone. Musical adjectives aside, for some weird reason, the aluminum one made the strings sound peaky in the high mids, and the bone replacement rectified that for reasons unknown.
Yes my friend we say “ Aluminium “ we also say Out and not ooout 🤣🤣🤣 🇬🇧 Only fooling around my dear chap Love the channel and have subbed some time ago . Cheers Johnny English.😉
I run a grounding wire from the collar of the output jack to the metal ball end of one of the strings through the sound hole (a little fiddly to do). Then, up at the headstock, I leave one of the string ends long and weave it through the other five strings to complete the circuit and bingo bango the strings are grounded.
beautiful work on that bridge.learning lots.a friend also gave me an old copy of dan erliwines handbook.saving a few old beauties and gigging with them.thanks for all the info you share.
Great work, as always, Ted. I am by the Ebony bridge saddle that you made, it is very beautiful and functional. Thank you your knowledge and expertise with us, time and time again, we are better custodians of our instruments, when we do the things that you instruct us to do.
Danelectro electric guitars had aluminium nuts (inexpertly filed, to say the least, with big wide square bottom slots). This includes some of the Silvertone guitars, the "amp in case" combos that were built by Danelectro. I wonder if Ted has ever worked on any of those.
@@goodun2974 I don't like Danelectros. I dislike Strats, and the only case in which I'd pick up a Strat is if the alternative was a Danelectro. Yeah, on an electric I doubt aluminum would be my saddle material of choice, but I guess I like it on acoustics.
@@IrisGalaxis , I'm more of a Strat and Tele guy, but I think Dano's are way cool. Generally I like weird stuff of any and all categories, and I like the cheese factor of weird guitars and amps. I am a big David Lindley fan, I've heard him play Dano's on a number of occasions. *Not* sounding like a Strat or Gibson thru a Marshall can be both refreshing and advantageous. (Jimmy Page played a Dano for Kashmir, and John Entwistle played a Dano bass for My Generation). The 5 Watt World Channel on TH-cam did a brief history of Danelectro guitars about a month ago.
@@goodun2974 I find playing a Strat or a Dano fun until I plug in a Gibson or something similar and find it way more fun. Now I like weird guitars myself too, I play and own some pretty weird ones myself (the cheese factor matters definitely). But there are weird guitars and weird guitars...all have a thing of their own. Like I like Les Pauls and don't like Strats, I also don't like Danos but do like...for example, Harmonys and stuff. My main electric player currently is a Jolana Galaxis...pretty weird stuff, from the wiring to the finish to the hardware to the woods to the neck profile...but I like it very much. (if you're wondering why it's not a Gibson, I'm financially low at the time but I have played quite a few Gibbies...and Fenders) I do like Teles though. That bridge pickup is sweet.
@@IrisGalaxis, some Harmony, Kay and Airline guitars have yummy Dearmond pickups. I have a late 90s MIM James Burton Tele with paisley-like finish and a laminated basswood body; a very good guitar.
through the intertubes the sound difference between the aluminum saddle and the bone saddle unplugged was dramatic! the aluminum was much crisper and brighter. i couldn't tell any volume difference on this end, but that's my usual knock on metal saddles or even pins on an acoustic, that they make the sound brighter but quieter from the increased mass slowing down the top. (if string grounding is actually necessary i guess one could install a "platemate" type thing on the bridgeplate and ground that) if anybody cares about actually using a P-90 style acoustic pickup with bronze strings, a trick i found is to unscrew the B polepiece screw entirely, just remove it and stash it somewhere safe. raise up the G screw and drop the hi E screw and it takes the pickup from sounding awful with its way loud B string (like that one did) to sounding sort of OK. that kalamazoo was super cool! if it eventually needs frets _and_ has too much upbow, would a compression refret be a viable path to fix both problems?
Ok. 2 minutes notice. Now on to the vid 😁 Edit: all done. Yes that was a lot of fun. And thank you for the fine little nugget played on the Gibson as the outro. Beautiful, and what a fine hand.
I think if you look closely, you’ll see that Harmony is solid wood pressed into shape, not plywood. Harmony only used plywood during their final few years in the 1970s. Some models even had carved tops. Thank you for sharing these awesome videos!
Ted, I just picked up 4, 12 oz bottles of Ronsonal lighter fluid at Tractor Supply Co! Seems they clearance them with their other winter inventory in February down here! Don't know if y'all have them up there in frozen millimeter land! LOL! $2 US a bottle seemed like a deal to me! Stay Warm, Stay Safe!
To my ear, and high quality headphones, the aluminum bridge saddle sounded brighter, almost tinty if that’s a word. I preferred the bone saddle. By the way, my first “real” guitar was a Yamaha FG 160 (not the “E” model) made in Taiwan in 1972. I still have it and love it. The bridge you made for the Harmony looks fantastic.
@@TheRockinDonkey Oh the fret wire one has it place. Definitely not appropriate for this guitar...but for some cheapo crappo it'd be quite useful to be able to set the intonation like that. I've got a guitar with impossible intonation...definitely not good or expensive enough to have a custom bridge made. That thing would do just fine.
Love that new bridge top on the arch top guitar. Very elegant. The proposed replacement bridge with the slots is interesting. Tim Sway had a recent video fixing up a 70’s Russian guitar with the same type of bridge, first time I’d ever seen such a thing.
That Kalamazoo is super nice. I have only ever seen photos from outside, it’s nice to see one on the inside. I heard people claim, that replacing the frets with some, with a wider tang, could correct the upbow. The idea being that you “stretch” the fretboard into a backbow, putting pressure on the neck. Although hammering wide tanged frets, into a narrow slot, sounds like asking for trouble to me, I was wondering if anybody else heard about this, or even tried it?
If that last guitar you played was the Kalamazoo it sounded wonderful . You never cease to amaze me with the work you do . Dave seems like a hack when you watch yours and his videos side by side .
In the 60s I got a shock from my Watkins Circuit4 (which had earthed strings), plugged into a non-earthed amp, when I picked up a microphone plugged into an earthed PA amp. My elbow flexed up, the mic touched the strings, there was a flash and a bang and two strings melted
"Put a bird on it" That quote makes we Portland OR folks pay attention! Especially we Portlandia Wannabes with Ovation Syndrome and aluminum bridges...Respectful Snark, Thank You for wisdom and comic relief.
I had to slot behind the saddle on my Yamaha many years ago due to break angle. These Yamahas have an under rated sound to me. Love learning as I'm enjoying a video. Thanks.
One thing you may not have considered is that the grounded aluminum bridge on the acoustic-electric Yamaha could be helpful, at least in the customer's perception, in suppressing 60-cycle hum in some situations he plays in that maybe are not so evident in your shop. I have a P90-equipped electric that gets a little noisier sometimes in places with deficient wiring and/or flourescent or neon lights. TVs and computer monitors can also be a source of extraneous EMI that is read as signal by single-coil pickups, which are effective radio receivers. An adequate continuous ground can help moderate the effect. You get the picture, I'm sure.
Alright, I can't not comment on this one. As a fan (and one time employee) of the Baltimore baseball team, I was amazed to learn of this guitar. That logo isn't far off from certain iterations used over the years. Then there's the Harmony, a model somewhat close to one I've had for years ( H1222). These things have a really distinctive sound to my ears. An in your face brutishness that can be tamed into prettiness by the fingers and/or choice of chord/notes. Very present. Mine has survived several weird cracks in the side and the top coming unglued along that area (cats... I love 'em, but) yet it still sounds amazing despite gorilla level repair technique. I've even fixed the few little fret issues it had and now it plays great all the way up. Bought it for $50 at Buzzo Music in the 80's, gigged with it with a DeArmond pickup glued on (yep), recently repaired the damage and replaced the tuners. Original pickguard, though it was broken in half and repaired in a slightly less simian manner. Really a great guitar, and from a distance it looks great too!
Lack of humidity is not a problem where I live. Brisbane Australia. Winter gets a little dry but not much to worry about. Excessive humidity in summer is wild.
Thing #1 would be to check ohms between the strings and the ground on the output jack. The issue with ground faults is the possible separation of guitar/amp ground and PA ground which shows up on the case of a microphone.
That faux “tiger strip” was interesting on the Harmony! If one knew what he was doing, you could make the stripping much smaller and looking good, from a distance. Your work on the saddle was fantastic! It was way better than the original. Nice setups! Love from NW Colorado. Thanxz
That bridge you made for the Harmony didn't look just OK. It looked AMAZING.
Came here to say this. Another work of art from Ted.
Much better than stock.
@@ronmarkell4436 it's too good for the guitar.
@@neilbarnwell it sounds real nice however.
My thoughts exactly. More master craftsman work that is truly amazing.
The bridge on that Harmony was real purdy
"I think that looks okay."
WHADYAMEAN IT LOOKS OKAY, IT LOOKS FUCKING AMAZING!
That is word for word what I said
There is a subtle poetry in the calm demeanor of a master craftsman talking about his work. The knowledge, the experience, the the wisdom you verse in these videos are a gift for us watching. Thank you for raising the curtain on your work, and allowing us in your workshop.
And with a Perfect "put a bird on it" joke...
That’s beautifully said. But if you keep on, you’ll have to change your online moniker.
@@garywhitt98 you are too kind😁
Yep, well said. And fully agree
Very well said.
"They put a bird on it". Nothing brightens up a good craft as much as putting a bird on it.
PRS knows that best.
Portlandia represent!!!
@@IrisGalaxis if only they were affordable...
Easily the most entertaining luthier to follow
Yep. There was another channel I followed for a short time but I started noticing how often he damaged the customer's instrument and other things and determined he wasn't nearly as good as I thought. So I had to unsub.
@@JC-11111 Did he likes Roses?
@@Wizardofgosz I believe I know what you're saying. And that'd be him. 👍
@@JC-11111 yup
@@JC-11111 who was he?
I was surprised by the sound of that Harmony, knowing that it was not a premium guitar, but it had a great "chimey" sound that I liked. Great work as usual, sir!
Same here! It sounded really good
Yep, I love the way he says, It looks ok, when it was freaking perfect.
I worked on a harmony the other day that had survived a fire and a 2 pack a day smoker, when I finally got all the smoke and nicotine cleaned off and the setup finalized it sounded surprisingly well
Me, too. It’s hard to believe the owner bought it as a wall hanger.
The new saddle on the arch top looks fantastic! And easing the edges and corners that the player's hand might rub against really makes it look like it simply grew there. You have a good eye for shaping.
Hello, HOORAY! What a fine day, for the Eton Rifles....
Hello Nigel.
You think it looks good.....seriously....it looks great! And, thanks for what you do for us; the time you take to put these videos together, the amazing repairs & tips, the history lessons and all a smiling voice!
Started to an interesting Yamaha. These repairs/setup videos are always great!
That Harmony has a very articulate, bright sweetness to it. Very classy job with the new bridge, too.
That new Harmony bridge is beautiful. And it sounds fantastic.
I've learnt a lot from watching you. My 12 string guitar now plays perfectly, certainly didn't realise HOW important perfection is when it comes to the height of the string slots in the nut. Regards from England.
The Kalamazoo is a real sweetheart. The X-bracing makes it really special. Vintage Instruments in Philadelphia has an X-braced Kalamazoo in their inventory (it's on hold) and they say it's the only one they've ever seen. They speculated that someone reached into the wrong neck pile back in 1939.
I live about a mile from there. What an amazing place.
@@catbutler1343 I can only imagine. I have to get by with the website. I'd probably faint if I ever set foot in there.
I always look forward to your videos thank you for sharing you skills, wit and humor with us.
Nothing better than waking up on Sunday morning, making coffee and watching my favorite you tuber. Thank you.
Wow, that saddle looks awesome! Ted, I’m constantly amazed by your attention to detail and high level of craftsmanship. Great job.
Also, that Kalamazoo “budget” level guitar is gorgeous. Sounds great too.
yes, I love your videos in the morning, at lunch or in evening. Thank you.
That Yamaha definitely sounded brighter to the point of being brittle to my ears with the aluminium (Nigel) bridge. Another great video thanks.
That's interesting. I noticed a huge difference too, and I too thought the bone bridge sounded much nicer, but "brighter" would be how I would describe the improvement in tone. Musical adjectives aside, for some weird reason, the aluminum one made the strings sound peaky in the high mids, and the bone replacement rectified that for reasons unknown.
Loved the playing demos in this video!!
adam savage said you inspired him to ue thin crazy glue in his last video
@Andres Fargo th-cam.com/video/jfUL73pRYq4/w-d-xo.html
As per usual, just hit the like button then watch the video. Love your work sir. From a fan from "downunder".
Yes my friend we say “ Aluminium “ we also say Out and not ooout 🤣🤣🤣 🇬🇧
Only fooling around my dear chap
Love the channel and have subbed some time ago .
Cheers Johnny English.😉
@@redcuillin
Ok mate 👍🏻 i stand corrected but we get the same results after all it’s only spelling my friend.
Absolutely great videos; I could watch them all day!
As always, thank you for your videos!
That Kalamazoo sure sounds sweet.
And it looks beautiful. Hard to believe it was ever considered just a budget guitar.
@@bruwin And then people say "budget guitars today are much better than before"
Your work is so good. Thank you for sharing.
A real pleasure watching this craftsman do his thing. Exemplary work sir.
The bridge work that you did on the Harmony is amazing! Thanks! 🌞😎✌️🎸
Really really love your videos. I've learned so much since I started watching. Thank you.
This Harmony rings like a bell. Nice job
The finish on the harmony is beautiful, regardless👌
I’m starting to feel that St. Peter will greet me with “Hey there gang!” I love Ted’s videos.
The Harmony saddle that you made was beautiful. Absolute perfection.
I run a grounding wire from the collar of the output jack to the metal ball end of one of the strings through the sound hole (a little fiddly to do). Then, up at the headstock, I leave one of the string ends long and weave it through the other five strings to complete the circuit and bingo bango the strings are grounded.
The Bridge saddle you made for the Harmony is just gorgeous!
Bridge piece was very nice!
beautiful work on that bridge.learning lots.a friend also gave me an old copy of dan erliwines handbook.saving a few old beauties and gigging with them.thanks for all the info you share.
Great work, as always, Ted. I am by the Ebony bridge saddle that you made, it is very beautiful and functional. Thank you your knowledge and expertise with us, time and time again, we are better custodians of our instruments, when we do the things that you instruct us to do.
I liked the sound of the aluminum saddle honestly.
Danelectro electric guitars had aluminium nuts (inexpertly filed, to say the least, with big wide square bottom slots). This includes some of the Silvertone guitars, the "amp in case" combos that were built by Danelectro. I wonder if Ted has ever worked on any of those.
@@goodun2974 I don't like Danelectros. I dislike Strats, and the only case in which I'd pick up a Strat is if the alternative was a Danelectro.
Yeah, on an electric I doubt aluminum would be my saddle material of choice, but I guess I like it on acoustics.
@@IrisGalaxis , I'm more of a Strat and Tele guy, but I think Dano's are way cool. Generally I like weird stuff of any and all categories, and I like the cheese factor of weird guitars and amps. I am a big David Lindley fan, I've heard him play Dano's on a number of occasions. *Not* sounding like a Strat or Gibson thru a Marshall can be both refreshing and advantageous. (Jimmy Page played a Dano for Kashmir, and John Entwistle played a Dano bass for My Generation). The 5 Watt World Channel on TH-cam did a brief history of Danelectro guitars about a month ago.
@@goodun2974 I find playing a Strat or a Dano fun until I plug in a Gibson or something similar and find it way more fun. Now I like weird guitars myself too, I play and own some pretty weird ones myself (the cheese factor matters definitely). But there are weird guitars and weird guitars...all have a thing of their own. Like I like Les Pauls and don't like Strats, I also don't like Danos but do like...for example, Harmonys and stuff. My main electric player currently is a Jolana Galaxis...pretty weird stuff, from the wiring to the finish to the hardware to the woods to the neck profile...but I like it very much. (if you're wondering why it's not a Gibson, I'm financially low at the time but I have played quite a few Gibbies...and Fenders)
I do like Teles though. That bridge pickup is sweet.
@@IrisGalaxis, some Harmony, Kay and Airline guitars have yummy Dearmond pickups. I have a late 90s MIM James Burton Tele with paisley-like finish and a laminated basswood body; a very good guitar.
through the intertubes the sound difference between the aluminum saddle and the bone saddle unplugged was dramatic! the aluminum was much crisper and brighter. i couldn't tell any volume difference on this end, but that's my usual knock on metal saddles or even pins on an acoustic, that they make the sound brighter but quieter from the increased mass slowing down the top. (if string grounding is actually necessary i guess one could install a "platemate" type thing on the bridgeplate and ground that)
if anybody cares about actually using a P-90 style acoustic pickup with bronze strings, a trick i found is to unscrew the B polepiece screw entirely, just remove it and stash it somewhere safe.
raise up the G screw and drop the hi E screw and it takes the pickup from sounding awful with its way loud B string (like that one did) to sounding sort of OK.
that kalamazoo was super cool! if it eventually needs frets _and_ has too much upbow, would a compression refret be a viable path to fix both problems?
I'm envious of Your skills and knowledge🧐! GREAT Video (s), really enjoyed the journey! Thanks again ! 🙏
Some are here for the sand paper pull technique and neck resetting. I’m here for the spotted towel!
I look forward to these every week
As usual, well done, demonstrated and clearly explained. 🤘
Wow that's a nice Kalamazoo! I'd be proud to show that budget catalog guitar to anyone 👍
“They put a bird on it” 😂
Nice video on the guitar set-up. Have a good day.
The Harmony sounds really nice! Great job as usual.
Ok. 2 minutes notice. Now on to the vid 😁
Edit: all done. Yes that was a lot of fun. And thank you for the fine little nugget played on the Gibson as the outro. Beautiful, and what a fine hand.
Beautiful new bridge on the Harmony.
During this depressing lockdown I reach for my laptop and watch your tutorials. Great therapy.
I really enjoy these videos. I doubt if I'll ever attempt any of the work but it's relaxing to watch a master craftsman work
Instructional and enjoyable 👍👍👍
Stunning Kalamazoo sound. I particularly liked the ebony bridge you made. Very cool looking . Cheers from Alberta Dave
Awesome 👍
Great job on that saddle!
That bridge is beautiful!
Really like that bridge top piece.
I think if you look closely, you’ll see that Harmony is solid wood pressed into shape, not plywood. Harmony only used plywood during their final few years in the 1970s. Some models even had carved tops. Thank you for sharing these awesome videos!
Great looking saddle on the Harmony.
Ted, I just picked up 4, 12 oz bottles of Ronsonal lighter fluid at Tractor Supply Co! Seems they clearance them with their other winter inventory in February down here! Don't know if y'all have them up there in frozen millimeter land! LOL!
$2 US a bottle seemed like a deal to me! Stay Warm, Stay Safe!
We do have TSC in Canada. I looked up Ronsonal on their site for comparison sake... $3.99 per bottle is their regular price in Ontario.
@@thegoldendog7991 Cool, I know some of our stores are the same but others not so much. Stay warm, stay safe!
@@rakentrail
You too brother! Thanks!
To my ear, and high quality headphones, the aluminum bridge saddle sounded brighter, almost tinty if that’s a word. I preferred the bone saddle. By the way, my first “real” guitar was a Yamaha FG 160 (not the “E” model) made in Taiwan in 1972. I still have it and love it. The bridge you made for the Harmony looks fantastic.
I look forward to these videos every Saturday:)
Fantastic job routing that saddle and a Portlandia reference to boot.
You and Dave are my TH-cam Guitar Channel heroes.
Love your craftmanship, and your video’s.
Sweet sound from the Kalamazoo. Reminds me a bit of my old 00-18 Martin. Soft yet bright, somehow. Thanks, Ted!
Oh my aloooooominum saddle... Three guitars fixed! With not a single bit of 'soddering' required! :-P
Nice job on that saddle, looks great!
I agree. It's an improvement on the original and way better than that fret-wire monstrosity the owner provided.
@@TheRockinDonkey Oh the fret wire one has it place. Definitely not appropriate for this guitar...but for some cheapo crappo it'd be quite useful to be able to set the intonation like that. I've got a guitar with impossible intonation...definitely not good or expensive enough to have a custom bridge made. That thing would do just fine.
"Poor boy twangs the rhythm out on his Kalamazoo."
It was a long time before I knew what that line meant.
Then I saw a Kalamazoo. Oh... now I get it.
Came for the thumbnail, stayed for.... all of it
Thank you for making videos very informative. 🙏
Love that new bridge top on the arch top guitar. Very elegant. The proposed replacement bridge with the slots is interesting. Tim
Sway had a recent video fixing up a 70’s Russian guitar with the same type of bridge, first time I’d ever seen such a thing.
That Kalamazoo is super nice. I have only ever seen photos from outside, it’s nice to see one on the inside. I heard people claim, that replacing the frets with some, with a wider tang, could correct the upbow. The idea being that you “stretch” the fretboard into a backbow, putting pressure on the neck. Although hammering wide tanged frets, into a narrow slot, sounds like asking for trouble to me, I was wondering if anybody else heard about this, or even tried it?
Perhaps clamping/squeezing the frets into the slots would be a better way.....
Clamping the neck to hold it in back bow while fitting the wider tanged frets might help them go in easier, but it's not something I've tried.
If that last guitar you played was the Kalamazoo it sounded wonderful . You never cease to amaze me with the work you do . Dave seems like a hack when you watch yours and his videos side by side .
Loved this one!
The Kalamazoo sounded terrific.
That saddle you made is beautiful!
Great work and information as always thank you
Protect this man at all costs!
Good tips and reminders again.
In the 60s I got a shock from my Watkins Circuit4 (which had earthed strings), plugged into a non-earthed amp, when I picked up a microphone plugged into an earthed PA amp. My elbow flexed up, the mic touched the strings, there was a flash and a bang and two strings melted
"Put a bird on it" That quote makes we Portland OR folks pay attention! Especially we Portlandia Wannabes with Ovation Syndrome and aluminum bridges...Respectful Snark, Thank You for wisdom and comic relief.
I had to slot behind the saddle on my Yamaha many years ago due to break angle. These Yamahas have an under rated sound to me. Love learning as I'm enjoying a video. Thanks.
Oh yeah, what kind of pick and grin time do you take everyday? Your musical repertoire is insane. Some of everything. Very nice!
Very informative and slightly intimidating. Beautiful work.
I have that exact Yamaha in a case. I never looked at the saddle. It's got notoriously high action too. Nice to see it get some love here.
That ebony saddle was really cool!
One thing you may not have considered is that the grounded aluminum bridge on the acoustic-electric Yamaha could be helpful, at least in the customer's perception, in suppressing 60-cycle hum in some situations he plays in that maybe are not so evident in your shop. I have a P90-equipped electric that gets a little noisier sometimes in places with deficient wiring and/or flourescent or neon lights. TVs and computer monitors can also be a source of extraneous EMI that is read as signal by single-coil pickups, which are effective radio receivers. An adequate continuous ground can help moderate the effect. You get the picture, I'm sure.
Alright, I can't not comment on this one. As a fan (and one time employee) of the Baltimore baseball team, I was amazed to learn of this guitar. That logo isn't far off from certain iterations used over the years. Then there's the Harmony, a model somewhat close to one I've had for years ( H1222). These things have a really distinctive sound to my ears. An in your face brutishness that can be tamed into prettiness by the fingers and/or choice of chord/notes. Very present. Mine has survived several weird cracks in the side and the top coming unglued along that area (cats... I love 'em, but) yet it still sounds amazing despite gorilla level repair technique. I've even fixed the few little fret issues it had and now it plays great all the way up. Bought it for $50 at Buzzo Music in the 80's, gigged with it with a DeArmond pickup glued on (yep), recently repaired the damage and replaced the tuners. Original pickguard, though it was broken in half and repaired in a slightly less simian manner. Really a great guitar, and from a distance it looks great too!
The new saddle on the harmony looks heads and tails better than the original. Nice work. Thanks for posting.
very nice job on the archtop bridge saddle
Lack of humidity is not a problem where I live. Brisbane Australia. Winter gets a little dry but not much to worry about. Excessive humidity in summer is wild.
Your awesome! Thanks for the great content, in a world of youtube crap. Your a relieving sigh. Thanks
You're "I think it looks okay" is my "Holy shit I could never do that!"
I know it's going to be a good day when I see you drop a video.
Thing #1 would be to check ohms between the strings and the ground on the output jack. The issue with ground faults is the possible separation of guitar/amp ground and PA ground which shows up on the case of a microphone.
Sweet thanks
That faux “tiger strip” was interesting on the Harmony! If one knew what he was doing, you could make the stripping much smaller and looking good, from a distance. Your work on the saddle was fantastic! It was way better than the original. Nice setups! Love from NW Colorado. Thanxz
the new bridge top for the second guitar is beautiful!