Lord Dudley.... Soldered it on with solder. 9:00 This is one of the many reasons you are so dear to my heart, Ted! 😂 Nice playing - loved the phaser on the Ibanez.
Thanks for including more playing, Ted. You made the 12-string sound great. Oh, let us know where we can pick up a box set of "The Return to Silvertone"; can't wait to find out who Ms. Winthrope chooses!
Whenever I really need to watch something soothing, relaxing, and deeply satisfying, I end up back on Ted’s channel. I’ve learned so much, but it’s the ‘contact high’ of watching a master perform tasks I’d never dream of attempting that is the most valuable.
I'm not normally much into chorus, touch-wah or flanging, but that 12 string sounded so nice, even without effects, that it practically begged for a touch of processing ---- and then you kicked on your effects pedal! 🙂
Shimming a bolt on neck is interesting. I have a Yamaha Bass that had a bad neck angle which I was able to fix with just a little sanding. Years later, I determined that my Strat had a bad neck angle, and after doing some research on UA-cam, decided to shim it. Initially I started with a StewMac thickness shim, but found that was way too thick. I started using thinner and thinner materials. Ultimately, I put two or three layers of 1/2 inch wide Blue Painters tape on the bridge side of the neck pocket. That was all it took. Everything else was way too extreme, and messed up other aspects of the neck angle. To this day, it still amazes me how little tape it took to correctly shim the neck angle. If you've got a bolt on neck, it costs almost nothing but a little time to see if this type of fix will work. 😎
I've never owned a 12 string, but can't you just solder the string wraps of the unwound strings to increase string tuning stability? I *always* do that to every one of my new unwound steel strings, it just makes too much sense to avoid it.
I could hear that "crack" when the bridge went and the sinking feeling that comes after. I've heard it a couple of times on furniture. Always reinforces the motto, if in doubt, chuck it out.
this video is what is getting me through tonight, my brother was hit by a train today and died immediately. rip jesse, I love you buddy. thanks for the content ted.
so much work! Take my hat of to you sir. I wouldn't trust anybody here in the uk to pay so much attention to detail. I got the problems with my gretch.
I am delinquent in thanking you for these outstanding videos. I’ve watched several and no fast-forwarding because they are truly fascinating. I’ve been a player for 50 years but never looked closely at my gats until now. Keep it coming!
Ted, keep it up! your ability to explain the difficulty of geometry,marrying up 2 seperate parts that dont match up perfectly add to that things like a floating bridge and sunken tops and way too deep string slots, a minefield of issues! yet your intuitive mind explains these issues, in a way us mere mortals can understand! your woodworking skill exempliary, as is your finishing work as well as your set up steps! a total joy to watch! A MASTER LUTHIER!💜🤟
I realy like your videos! You explain everything very clear and calm way and it's so cool the way you handle very frustrating situations or problems, I think that is one of the most important things to learn. A master of your craft! Cheers!
I just had a colly flower sandwich and what the flip has that to do with this moon landing? You should neffer effer take yerself so serious. When you have grow wise, you will understoop.
"You can't win for losing" means, if there was a competition for being a loser, you're such a loser that you'd lose at that, too. Love your videos, commentary and work. Keep 'em coming!
14:40 it's not a miniseries, it's Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, even though Penelope Winthrop is from Star Trek and Lord Dudley was a contemporary of Shakespeare who fought the Spanish Armada. Love your videos!
"Haven't had a 12 string on the bench for several months now. Missing that special brand of frustration only a 12 string can produce" I literally shot pop out of my nose!!!!! Always entertaining, educational and you never know when he's gonna hit you with a zinger that will make you laugh out loud!!! Your a true craftsman Ted. Thanks
You're the best Ted. I'm coming home to Ontario next month. I really wish I could come look you up and buy you lunch for all the information I've gleaned from you. Sadly, I can't fit it in, but know the thought is there. Yours truly, Top Fret Guitar Repair, Saskatchewan.
this vid has just got to be worthy of extreme comment, so hear goes. your attention to detail is astounding, I'm left almost breathless. I cannot believe that anyone now could pay such time and effort into getting so precise a fit. also the jigs and cauls and other little techniques, you employ just leave me gawping. I have a nice yamachi 70s 12 string that needs work and setup but I'm in London UK, I heard what you said about shipping, so it's a no no. wish I could find a decent luthier in London. anyone out there with a recommendation would be much appreciated. wonderful magnificent vid ty
I acquired a Silvertone archtop acoustic that needs a neck reset. I was looking at the fretboard extension, and wondering why it is a separate piece. I am glad that you showed that on this example.
All I can say is that as high school kids in a garage band in the ‘70s, we were cursed with hand-me-down Silvertone (Kay/Harmony) guitars from the 60s. They were all junk then and still are - we all worked summer jobs and saved every penny to buy Gibsons and Fenders and literally put the Silvertone crap in the dumpster the minute we could afford real instruments. I’m astonished that they have any value now beyond nostalgia but I see them selling for $1500-2000 or more, which is insane.
I have played 1950s and '60s Harmony guitars that were among the best instruments I've ever encountered. I still have dreams about one, a 1967 H78. It was the farthest thing from "junk" I can imagine. Ditto for a Silvertone 1448 amp-in-case model that I did some work on for a buddy of mine. It was a remarkably easy set-up (especially considering it came to me in pieces, in a box), and that pickup is heavenly. I've encountered Chinese-made Epiphones I'd call "junk," but not most Harmony or Danelectro instruments. Kays are a roll of the dice, but I've encountered at least as many good ones as bad ones.
Because their quirks obviously give them a unique sound. Many of these budget crap instruments were actually built out of decent materials and can be made to play decently with some care and effort, but alas, brand names still rule among guitar players
Thank you. Your vids are always a pleasure to watch. I learned so many additional things from you i didn't know, working on my own guitars. And right now they distract me a bit from the sadness we experience in Europe. Weird times... Best wishes and blessings from Bavaria Germany.
Youch - that Silvertone is/was a cantankerous beast. Glad you were able to tame it somewhat. Luthiery at your level requires a rare combination of patience and tenacity. Thanks for the video!
Nice to see the Guarneri poster from the Strad magazine on your workshop wall. My father had a similar one of a Carlo Bergonzi framed to hang in our living room. When he was at the RAM he had an Amati and a Strad on loan at different times.
Great work as always Mr. Ford! You did a work advice and beyond what any other professional would. I’m amazed how you know so much about the history of every guitar you work on, no matter the brand or age!!!! The engineering solutions you come up with are superb, and the attention to every detail is unmatched and simple!!! Sad to listen to this 12 strong sounding so dark, to a point where one can’t even hear the octave strings at all, but… as long as the owner likes it, we are all glad he’s found you the choice to shower it with live above anything! Thank you for sharing your work and humor!
Really like Your enthusiasm, and Your techniques. Went back to another good one ( Things went horribly wrong! 63,797 views Dec 11, 2021 ) and am conviced that You give Your all, Anyone would appreciate that!!! I sure do!
Hey Ted, I just wanted to send a thumbs up and appreciation for these videos. I'm not a technician, but I find your thoughts for care, repairs, and maintenance invaluable as a player and someone that works selling guitars for a living. When are you going to write a book?
This is the 1st time I have heard of P13 pickups, or left-over Gibson parts being used by Harmony! Most of the USA-built Harmony guitars I have seen used DeArmond pickups.
wow...what a gut or neck pocket that is) wrenching one..again! This Silvertone case shows how thin the line can be between dedication to the craft and the masochism of dealing with catalogue cheapos...painfully crafty! The 12 string Ibanez was discontinued for a good reason...we all saw... Oh..and please do let us know what did nurse Penelope choose...maybe the lieutenant had an appealing L0 in tip top shape to serenade her? Thanks again for yet another nail biter Ted!
Isnt it great how far instruments have come? I mean truly amazing seeing all the ways the old guitar building process had cut corners and now despite a shady nut here and there the cheap $100-$150 guitars are great jackson js22 for example my cheapest guitar bought for only $150 that thing is rock solid and put together right it definitely keeps up with my prs's what a great time to have a love for guitars ❤
I remember the first time I heard a 12 string electric. It was like putting on stereo headphones. The sound seemed to open up onto a larger space, a new landscape of fundamentals and overtones. Can't remember the tune or the player, but I remember getting chills and asking everyone I knew what had made that unique sound.
I read that some think this is rocket science.... in rocket science a/b always equals x always.... this is more dark magic where there is no a because it is missing and division actually doesn't exist in this realm of magic. Your sorcery is amazing and I agree that the pick guard is one ugly addition with out the gentle massage that you wanted to apply to allow the hidous monster to actually follow the curves of the banding. Amazing work as usual sir!
Anyone who says guitar luthiery ain’t rocket science, has never seen Ted work... I’m consistently amazed and in awe !!!
It's not rocket science it's guitar science
It’s not rocket surgery...
A good luthier is worth every penny they charge you.
@@fortj3 My mother was lutheran.
”If it ain't dealing with rocket fuel, it ain't rocket science.”
-maybe me, march 2022
Lovely work. I particularly liked the BBC min drama in the intermission, I was transported.
One of the best things in life is being in demand for what we do and do well.
Lord Dudley.... Soldered it on with solder. 9:00 This is one of the many reasons you are so dear to my heart, Ted! 😂 Nice playing - loved the phaser on the Ibanez.
What he said was "Soddered it on with solder". So strange for an Englishman to hear!
Best luthier tutorial on UA-cam. Love your videos.
Thanks for including more playing, Ted. You made the 12-string sound great. Oh, let us know where we can pick up a box set of "The Return to Silvertone"; can't wait to find out who Ms. Winthrope chooses!
No blue cheese in your guitar repairs! Shouts from Sooke B.C.Canada. Enjoying your processes and associated humor!
Whenever I really need to watch something soothing, relaxing, and deeply satisfying, I end up back on Ted’s channel. I’ve learned so much, but it’s the ‘contact high’ of watching a master perform tasks I’d never dream of attempting that is the most valuable.
Amazing. Simply incredible. And, ALWAYS very educational. Thanks! Greatly appreciate all you do on your channel.
I'm not normally much into chorus, touch-wah or flanging, but that 12 string sounded so nice, even without effects, that it practically begged for a touch of processing ---- and then you kicked on your effects pedal! 🙂
AND open tuning!
Wow! One rather tricky job, and the other was a series of lotteries. Ted you make it look easy. Two thumbs up.
Shimming a bolt on neck is interesting. I have a Yamaha Bass that had a bad neck angle which I was able to fix with just a little sanding. Years later, I determined that my Strat had a bad neck angle, and after doing some research on UA-cam, decided to shim it. Initially I started with a StewMac thickness shim, but found that was way too thick. I started using thinner and thinner materials. Ultimately, I put two or three layers of 1/2 inch wide Blue Painters tape on the bridge side of the neck pocket. That was all it took. Everything else was way too extreme, and messed up other aspects of the neck angle. To this day, it still amazes me how little tape it took to correctly shim the neck angle. If you've got a bolt on neck, it costs almost nothing but a little time to see if this type of fix will work. 😎
The twelve string Ibanez sounded great.
Ted, every time I read your 'Thanks for watching!' end title, I can't help but thinking: Thank you for making 'em!
"That special brand of frustration that a twelve string brings..." Classic 😆
Lol I own two vintage twelve strings and every guitar player I talk to says that’s two too many 😂
I've never owned a 12 string, but can't you just solder the string wraps of the unwound strings to increase string tuning stability? I *always* do that to every one of my new unwound steel strings, it just makes too much sense to avoid it.
Please don't leave us hanging -continue the Silvertone miniseries!
Right? Will the Kaiser spoil the wedding? Will the kitchen boy confess his love for the 2nd chambermaid?
Sounds too good for BBC drama!
@@iskandertime747 ...and who stole the Colonel's mustache wax?
Please sir, may I have some more?
I could hear that "crack" when the bridge went and the sinking feeling that comes after. I've heard it a couple of times on furniture. Always reinforces the motto, if in doubt, chuck it out.
A sufficiently reinforced motto will never crack under pressure.......🤔😁
“Run Away, run…..while you still have patience. I love these old Harmony’s but damn!
The line of the pickguard verus the body curve at the neck...blech!
Great job I’m a Woodworker I make duck and goose calls by hand with wood only every day 24 seven 365 days a year watching you is very educational
this video is what is getting me through tonight, my brother was hit by a train today and died immediately. rip jesse, I love you buddy. thanks for the content ted.
I am very sorry for your loss.
I had to laugh out loud at the return to Silverstone blurb 😂😂😂 well played sir, well played.
so much work! Take my hat of to you sir. I wouldn't trust anybody here in the uk to pay so much attention to detail. I got the problems with my gretch.
Your idea of putting in a soundpost was a legit good idea. An archtop wound benefit vocally as well se giving the top rigidity.😊
I've lost track of how many of your videos I've watched. I don't even remember how or when I found your channel. But I'm always grateful I did!
Great work as usual.
That Silverton sounds like a broom with strings....
I thought it sounded rather... wooden! But your description is Spot-On! 🤣👍
I am endlessly amazed by the technical nuance at Ted's command.
"that special brand of frustration of a 12-string" amen brother! :D
I am delinquent in thanking you for these outstanding videos. I’ve watched several and no fast-forwarding because they are truly fascinating. I’ve been a player for 50 years but never looked closely at my gats until now. Keep it coming!
Ted, keep it up! your ability to explain the difficulty of geometry,marrying up 2 seperate parts that dont match up perfectly add to that things like a floating bridge and sunken tops and way too deep string slots, a minefield of issues! yet your intuitive mind explains these issues, in a way us mere mortals can understand! your woodworking skill exempliary, as is your finishing work as well as your set up steps! a total joy to watch! A MASTER LUTHIER!💜🤟
You Sir, have a sense of humour that is dear to my heart!
Yeeyikes those Silvertone p/ups sound like they're waterlogged haha very entertaining and as always, educational. Thanks Mr Woodford
I never thought about all the extra work involved in setting up a 12-string - bit of an eye-opener!
I owned 2 different Silvertone guitars as a teenager. Purchased from Sears catalog if I recall correctly :- ]
I just simply watched in wonderment and shook my head. Very much amazing work.
I realy like your videos! You explain everything very clear and calm way and it's so cool the way you handle very frustrating situations or problems, I think that is one of the most important things to learn. A master of your craft! Cheers!
😀 I bet the clients are super duper happy with all the fixes and tweaks.
Guys got skill!
I haven’t been this early since I had a pumpkin spice latte in June.
🥇
Thats what she said…..
Got some sugar in your tank.. jake
I just had a colly flower sandwich and what the flip has that to do with this moon landing? You should neffer effer take yerself so serious. When you have grow wise, you will understoop.
"You can't win for losing" means, if there was a competition for being a loser, you're such a loser that you'd lose at that, too. Love your videos, commentary and work. Keep 'em coming!
No tellin
14:40 it's not a miniseries, it's Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, even though Penelope Winthrop is from Star Trek and Lord Dudley was a contemporary of Shakespeare who fought the Spanish Armada. Love your videos!
That silvertone fought every step of the way lol. Great job and professionalism all in all tho! Love the channel!
"Haven't had a 12 string on the bench for several months now. Missing that special brand of frustration only a 12 string can produce" I literally shot pop out of my nose!!!!! Always entertaining, educational and you never know when he's gonna hit you with a zinger that will make you laugh out loud!!! Your a true craftsman Ted. Thanks
The Universe has decreed that Ted's next 12-string will be an *archtop* 12-string!
You're the best Ted. I'm coming home to Ontario next month. I really wish I could come look you up and buy you lunch for all the information I've gleaned from you. Sadly, I can't fit it in, but know the thought is there. Yours truly, Top Fret Guitar Repair, Saskatchewan.
this vid has just got to be worthy of extreme comment, so hear goes.
your attention to detail is astounding, I'm left almost breathless. I cannot believe that anyone now could pay such time and effort into getting so precise a fit.
also the jigs and cauls and other little techniques, you employ just leave me gawping.
I have a nice yamachi 70s 12 string that needs work and setup but I'm in London UK, I heard what you said about shipping, so it's a no no. wish I could find a decent luthier in London. anyone out there with a recommendation would be much appreciated.
wonderful magnificent vid ty
I acquired a Silvertone archtop acoustic that needs a neck reset. I was looking at the fretboard extension, and wondering why it is a separate piece. I am glad that you showed that on this example.
Great work as always.👍👍
God i love this dudes sense of humour "exotic looking eyepatch" 😂
I have heard that snapping sound a few times on the many Fender mandolins the school owns. Third party bridges solved it. As did changing brands.
Ted, your patience is truly remarkable!!
Love the looks of that Silvertone!
I feel as if civil engineers should watch this video to see how the load-line forces acted upon the base of that bridge!
All I can say is that as high school kids in a garage band in the ‘70s, we were cursed with hand-me-down Silvertone (Kay/Harmony) guitars from the 60s. They were all junk then and still are - we all worked summer jobs and saved every penny to buy Gibsons and Fenders and literally put the Silvertone crap in the dumpster the minute we could afford real instruments. I’m astonished that they have any value now beyond nostalgia but I see them selling for $1500-2000 or more, which is insane.
I have played 1950s and '60s Harmony guitars that were among the best instruments I've ever encountered. I still have dreams about one, a 1967 H78. It was the farthest thing from "junk" I can imagine. Ditto for a Silvertone 1448 amp-in-case model that I did some work on for a buddy of mine. It was a remarkably easy set-up (especially considering it came to me in pieces, in a box), and that pickup is heavenly. I've encountered Chinese-made Epiphones I'd call "junk," but not most Harmony or Danelectro instruments. Kays are a roll of the dice, but I've encountered at least as many good ones as bad ones.
Because their quirks obviously give them a unique sound. Many of these budget crap instruments were actually built out of decent materials and can be made to play decently with some care and effort, but alas, brand names still rule among guitar players
I love your playing at the end of each video.
Another Stellar video making the complicated seem plausible. Thank you so much. 😎👍🇺🇸🙏
I've watched every video....now I'll start the process again. Vids are too good man
Penelope should follow her heart!
Incredible work as always
Thank you for sharing your expertise with the world!
Thank you for another great episode 😀
Oh and that pickguard is just.. sheesh
Love those control knobs.Cheaply elegant.
Shaped almost like Reese's Pieces but with less of a taper on the sides, and made of (ugh) white chocolate!
Thank you. Your vids are always a pleasure to watch. I learned so many additional things from you i didn't know, working on my own guitars.
And right now they distract me a bit from the sadness we experience in Europe. Weird times...
Best wishes and blessings from Bavaria Germany.
very elequent versings , a learned man of lutherie impressed to say the least ! thanks Sir
fantastic repair clips, I love your work, keep em coming.
Congrats on resisting the urge to jam "wish you were here" on the 12 string haha. Lovely work as usual.
Youch - that Silvertone is/was a cantankerous beast. Glad you were able to tame it somewhat. Luthiery at your level requires a rare combination of patience and tenacity. Thanks for the video!
Nice to see the Guarneri poster from the Strad magazine on your workshop wall.
My father had a similar one of a Carlo Bergonzi framed to hang in our living room.
When he was at the RAM he had an Amati and a Strad on loan at different times.
Nicely done; the solutions you come up with are always elegant and appropriate.
Just discovered your channel (and subscribed). You are a gem of a human being.
Great work as always Mr. Ford! You did a work advice and beyond what any other professional would. I’m amazed how you know so much about the history of every guitar you work on, no matter the brand or age!!!! The engineering solutions you come up with are superb, and the attention to every detail is unmatched and simple!!! Sad to listen to this 12 strong sounding so dark, to a point where one can’t even hear the octave strings at all, but… as long as the owner likes it, we are all glad he’s found you the choice to shower it with live above anything! Thank you for sharing your work and humor!
My first thought when I saw that 12-string was "wow, what a pretty guitar!"
Man your humor is great an your talent matches it 😊
Really like Your enthusiasm, and Your techniques. Went back to another good one ( Things went horribly wrong!
63,797 views Dec 11, 2021 ) and am conviced that You give Your all, Anyone would appreciate that!!! I sure do!
Help, I can't stop.... watching 👀 it's been 2 days. And guitar repairing has become a part of my psyche.
The Harmony sounds fantastic and unique... effort well spent.
Well, ya saved another one from the scrap-pile. And yes, I do rather like those cup-cake knobs! Thank you for another great video.
Love your channel you do beautiful work .
Dude, you're amazing!!! Bravo.
Only a Master Luthier could hold a heavily damaged guitar and say that it's in pretty good condition.
Business must be thriving. Well done, Theodore.
That Ibanez was suhweeeet! Great work as always
I really enjoy your videos. I learn so much. Keep em coming!!
A real passion shared with dexterity. Love it, thanks Ted 🎶🎶🎶
Absolutely Love your work
Love the sound of ebony planing!
Some lovely twangy phasey chorusey sounds from the 12 string
Greatly done, Ted!
Hey Ted, I just wanted to send a thumbs up and appreciation for these videos. I'm not a technician, but I find your thoughts for care, repairs, and maintenance invaluable as a player and someone that works selling guitars for a living. When are you going to write a book?
Those Silvertones and Harmonys are great blues machines. Those old P-13s are magic. 🎶🎵
This is the 1st time I have heard of P13 pickups, or left-over Gibson parts being used by Harmony! Most of the USA-built Harmony guitars I have seen used DeArmond pickups.
Good move with the phaser twelve string combo- an absolute classic
Great job!
You are awesome, master! Thank you for your work!
I'm just getting into this stuff,,, and you are teaching me sooooo much.. YOU ROCK!.... definitely subscribing now. Much love twoodfrd.
wow...what a gut or neck pocket that is) wrenching one..again!
This Silvertone case shows how thin the line can be between dedication to the craft and the masochism of dealing with catalogue cheapos...painfully crafty!
The 12 string Ibanez was discontinued for a good reason...we all saw...
Oh..and please do let us know what did nurse Penelope choose...maybe the lieutenant had an appealing L0 in tip top shape to serenade her?
Thanks again for yet another nail biter Ted!
don't really get why you would spend more on repairs than the guitars worth
@@bradc32 like sensei Ted said : sentimental value...
Awesome video thanks for sharing. The twelve-string is a beautiful guitar. I'd like to have one like that in a six-string. Stay well & safe.
New subscriber here, trying to catch up.
I enjoy all of your shows immensely.
Isnt it great how far instruments have come? I mean truly amazing seeing all the ways the old guitar building process had cut corners and now despite a shady nut here and there the cheap $100-$150 guitars are great jackson js22 for example my cheapest guitar bought for only $150 that thing is rock solid and put together right it definitely keeps up with my prs's what a great time to have a love for guitars ❤
I remember the first time I heard a 12 string electric. It was like putting on stereo headphones. The sound seemed to open up onto a larger space, a new landscape of fundamentals and overtones. Can't remember the tune or the player, but I remember getting chills and asking everyone I knew what had made that unique sound.
Sign of a master
When one can recognize when the right way is the wrong way ( re neck screw temp set up )
I read that some think this is rocket science.... in rocket science a/b always equals x always.... this is more dark magic where there is no a because it is missing and division actually doesn't exist in this realm of magic. Your sorcery is amazing and I agree that the pick guard is one ugly addition with out the gentle massage that you wanted to apply to allow the hidous monster to actually follow the curves of the banding. Amazing work as usual sir!
What a beautiful guitar
A good trick to age scratchplates , soak them in coffee or tea overnight, love your channel and commitment, a true professional.
They both sound great. Amazing work.
I'm currently trying to fix an identical Silvertone with the cutaway side of the neck socket broken off as well as the neck.