I’m a carpenter who’s been in my own for 5 years. You pretty much nailed the way they do us in the states. Enough money for a higher tax bracket, but not enough to afford the insurance you can’t qualify for a discount on. It’s pretty neat. 😂
I share what you are going through , I have severe C.O.P.D. and a terrible everyday cough , and i wish to God I had never started smoking cigarettes . A lesson to all who smoke , give up now . I hope you recover soon , i so enjoy watching you repair guitars .
Well done, Ted. Friends complain to me (I'm not a pro luthier or anything) about the cost of a} repairs and b) handmade guitars. This is insane. Most guitar repair people are not living the highlife and all but the most famous makers are on minimum wage or close if they cost their time properly.
Agreed. Expertise whether formally trained or not, costs money. The day to day expenses in running the business, costs money. Then as Ted pointed out, paying tax. This all before you get to take a living wage out of your earnings. And I'm no raving rightwinger either.
Repairing just costs a lot of time. And it's hard to ask too much before people don't want it anymore. I did some repairs for people but it's just not worth it unless you're really good and really dedicated. And to then also film these episodes weekly...hats off to Ted.
I have seen both luthiers that charged too much and not enough. The lowest one I used to give 2X what the bill was and the highest I wouldn't ever go to. How does anyone fixing guitars think that $300-$400 an hour is sane? I mean what did they do - find the cure for cancer? No! They made a new nut for a guitar.
@@channelsixtysix066 The way I see it, you're not paying for the 2 hours it took the guy to fix your guitar, you're paying for the 10 years it took for that guy to get good enough to fix your guitar in 2 hours
I put the surgical tubing in as the bridge was super unstable with the factory springs. Neck was fine so I left it alone. Looking forward to playing it. Feel better soon and thanks for doing the work.
We’ve got the same thing here mate in England it’s called tax on account , they basically want all your money off you before you’ve earned it ,love the videos by the way keep up the good work you are a great craftsmen they can never take that of you !
You can only pay a tax on gains that are actually realized. some financial gains can't be estimated accurately, few can. that's called speculation. the markets use it but your tax authority should not be able to. you can't pay what you haven't earned, that's called an IOU ;-)
Just want to say that I've been watching for a long time; and I really appreciate all that you do, and the fact that you take the extra time in addition to your actual work to make, edit, and upload all of this awesome content! I, also, am an independent luthier in CT, USA, and I got the virus for my first time at the beginning of this month; followed up with a bout of dehydration.. all in kept me down about 15 days.. oof! You have my sympathies, and I'm glad that you're on the mend. Again; thanks for all the great content.. and I'd be lying if i didn't say that I've picked up a trick or two from your content. Thank you! That SG is just the perfect color.
As an independent guitar repair-tech for 40+ years, I appreciate and sympathize with Tom's 'tale of woe'. Please, Tom - keep sharing All your experiences - not just your repair expertise!
Those push on connectors are great for on/off voltages and digital signals but they are absolutely terrible for analogue signals and they oxcidise over time. I've had amps come to me that sound dead, a quick temporary fix is to reseat the connectors a few times once they're soaked in switch cleaner or, way better still, cut them off and hard wire it and the amp sounds like new, full of guts and sparkle again!
My girl and I run a small business in Ontario and the way the government treats people struggling to get ahead up here is criminal. Glad you're able to manage the BS, Ted. Many cant.
The parasites, and rich elite always come out on top. For some reason Western governments don't want a middle class, or upwardly mobile class anymore....The rich have lawyers, and tax professionals to get them off, and the parasites....are basically parasites, and think they are entitled because of something that happened 150 years ago, or whatever....Don't get me started on all the additional parasites Western governments like to bring in every year called "refugees". It's time to get realistic, and call out this BS. The working man is struggling, they don't assimilate foreign refugees properly anymore for political reasons, and we are running out of room. Period and end of report.
Mine is 2018. I swapped the pickups to Craig Vineham minis, bridge and posts to Faber locking and it is a really nice guitar. Will upgrade the electronics too.
I love the spoon method. I've used it for years and always get lucky I guess. I use a micro fiber rag as well under the spoons. Ans also I like the idea of the surgical tubing for the pick-ups. Ill be using that idea in the future. Cheers. Im so so glad I found your channel. Its awesome, entertaining, and educational!
Ted, I think when people say "take your time, come back when you're ready", just mean for you to not worry about posting videos right away. Hope you are doing well, love your talks and sense of humor.
Oh, by the way, you did an excellent job on that lovely Epiphone SG. I did the same thing, but it took me days, working at a snail's pace as I hadn't done it before, but watching you like hawk really helped. Thanks!
I know the pain of too few threads showing through the wood. Just had a customer bring in an SG and wanted that fancy electronics swapped out for standard (was '61 reissue, but pretty sure they didn't have that thing in '61). Was going g to put in a Switchcraft "drop in replacement for SG" switch that didn't have enough threads. Had to go with a metric import! The difference is 3/16" threads to 5/16" threads. Hope you are feeling better!
Love the Emerson pre-wired pots! I also love that you took the time to shield the cavity and cover plate. I know putting this video together when you feel really awful was no fun. I hope you feel better soon.
I'm going to listen to this again. It was wonderful. Why so many of us watch? We are in somewhat similar places. I feel reinforced and validated in my values. It's a kind of pay you can't spend, I know, but still. I feel many of us as viewers have metaphorical accounts in the same bank. My guitars range from my Grandfather's, my Fathers, and the one he gave me at age 9 for learning three tough numbers. I still play the last in service to a local congregation. Thanks Ted. Sincerely, Sam at 70, playing family heirlooms thanks to Luthiers who care beyond the money.
Thanks for sharing how the sausage is made. This needs to be shared and known to folks thinking of getting in the biz and it's just a great case study in modern economics where no good deed goes unpunished. Keep up the amazing work. Cheers from FL, USA.
I have got one of these , a 2019, I believe...or 18..I can't quite remember.. In any case..thiscwas interesting to watch. I actually put a minihumbucker (Lollar) in the bridge to handle some more gain without the hum...and it's great for bite... But still...it is a bit thin ...and almost overly bright...I'm thinking of going back to the P90 after a year or so with the mini hum.. I would have really liked to hear the new Mojo pickups...they could, in fact, be the answer I seek...🤔
I have watched your entire youtube opus in a week or so. And i am not a luthier, nor do i intend to be. Was a musician, but not for years now. So, that's saying something about your content, not just my mental health. The calm, erudite way you go about things is really refreshing. Level of bullshit that has become standard almost everywhere is exhausting to some of us. Thank you.
Damn, this puts some things in perspective for me. For a couple of years it was my dream to move to a place like Canada to start working as a guitar tech, you know, in a music shop or something, to start off and see where it goes from there. Maybe I'll stick to my 9-5 in my own BS country and leave my guitar tech hobby as just a hobby.
I gots an epi just like this sg. It’s great ! Soft frets but other than that,I love it. I put a Wilkinson bridge on it which really helped intonate it and keeps the strings from jumping out of their slots. It’s already turning green after two years!
Thanks uncle Ted, I’m an apprentice carpenter and I’m having a hard time making it all happen financially sometimes so it’s good to know I’m not the only👍🏻
I'm retired, but I still work part time to suppliment my meagre SS stipend. If I'm lucky, I may make 27 thou a year. My wife figures our taxes. Basically, we owe zero and expect to get nothing back for a refund. I'm a senior citizen and expect to work till the day I drop on the job, which I have already done because of shortness of breath due to a aortic heart valve problem, which I knew nothing about back this last November. I now have a better artificial valve, so I may last 8 or more years. How can poor people stand such times as these, no matter what country one lives in ??
My old man is a boilermaker close to retirement age (65yo in AUS), he shit scared that he can't afford to retire and that he's going to have to keep going till he drops.
@@ar2612 That seems to be the way things are going these days. It is not a fun prospect looking for the time we reach the end of our trails, so in the meantime, give it all ya got, there mate, Cheers
I believe the textured covers from that era of Gibson were supposed to be shielding , We used to take a polishing cloth slide it under the knob twist it up to pull knobs
Pipe cleaners work well for removing pesky knobs too. Pipe cleaners also work well for replacing/installing a wiring harness into a 335 type. Wrap them through and around the splines on the pot to pull the pots and jack through. They grip without marring, and they release easily with a firm tug.
I have a 2021 Pelham Special. I swapped all of the hardware for gold. I love it. One thing on mine though was, I put new pickups in it and they BARELY fit. They’re SUPER tight in there. I’m guessing it was because the paint was thicker.
Quick connect wiring sucks. Most people who will go so far as to rewire their guitar either know how to solder or will learn to. The rest wont bother or will get someone else to do it for them. Gibson stopped using these harnesses in 2018 and im glad. I think of it as remnant of the bad Henry Jerrk-owizc times. BTW I bought a 2022 SG special , a cherry P90 one last Christmas and its the best solid body guitar that I ever bought new, in over 40 years of guitar messing.I bought it from Moores guitar in Evansville Indiana..A really great store
I have a Custom Shop version of SG Special ‘63 Lightning Bar Reissue. With tens strings in the normal tuning it intonates perfectly. That bridge is period correct and one of the features of the model. It gets medium C neck to and that made me get it over other SG’s while most models have slim taper neck or they have vibrolas that actually do not work well. Neck carve is perfection and neck is super fast. Feels like a dream in hand. Mine is dark cherry red though. Changed all wiring and after it guitar reached it’s perfection. Needles to say disinfection fluids are mots of the times alcohol based and absolutely ruin the Gibson nitro finish even in smallest amounts especially if applied and left in the case. Best option is to leave it two weeks in clean place.
Great job! I have one of those Pelham SGs. Lovely guitar, but that stock bridge is not great, very hard to get intonated. Got a Faber replacement that works better.
Is there a particular reason why they used metal braided shield around the wires,? Maybe to make it stronger against any vibrations, this is just a guess.
The tax thing is also based on owing more than 2k at the end of the year they will want their pound of flesh quarterly (or sometimes monthly). The biggest issue as well as a sole proprietor is you have to pay into EI but can't claim it. Solution to that is incorporate and then you can not only benefit out of corporate loopholes you also get EI exemption. That said you also should be paying an accountant which balances things out.
Terrific guitarology! We subscriber here. I hope that when you pick up the National again, that you cover what all of those knkbs and switches do. I suppose there is some sort of hidden pickup under the grilll? Thanks again. I hope you got o er the COVID already
An easier way to pull knobs is a $8 plastic auto trim removal tool set. Non marring plastic, with all different pry shapes and sizes. I use the same set for both my car and my guitar...never marred either.
Well done, always enjoy your videos and totally understand about the old tax thing, used to do construction and a self employed contractor, it sucks. Hopefully you are feeling better. Be safe.
Uncle Ted, I know ya ain’t looking at comments much but they do help the algorithm 😁. I’ve had the Charlie Victor One Niner all week myself, lost a couple days early last week, no kiddin, don’t really remember much. I missed five days of work also and I’m planning to punch the ol time clock in the morning, see how that goes. Anyway, I feel for ya man, hope it winds up soon for both of us! I just wanted to say “good luck, and we’re all counting on you”.
I’m a carpenter who’s been in my own for 5 years. You pretty much nailed the way they do us in the states. Enough money for a higher tax bracket, but not enough to afford the insurance you can’t qualify for a discount on. It’s pretty neat. 😂
The lecture at the beginning was quite sobering. Thank you for that, and I am glad you're on the mend.
Are we not gonna talk about how perfectly timed that was at 3:49? LOL!
I thought the same thing lol
Right? lol
I share what you are going through , I have severe C.O.P.D. and a terrible everyday cough , and i wish to God I had never started smoking cigarettes . A lesson to all who smoke , give up now . I hope you recover soon , i so enjoy watching you repair guitars .
Hope you’re okay man.
Good advice
Try vaping
You can also use shoelaces too to get off stubborn knobs. Old friend taught me that who used to be a guitar tech for bands back in the 80s
Just found this video. You earned a new subscriber. Loved watching you work.
Well done, Ted. Friends complain to me (I'm not a pro luthier or anything) about the cost of a} repairs and b) handmade guitars. This is insane. Most guitar repair people are not living the highlife and all but the most famous makers are on minimum wage or close if they cost their time properly.
Agreed. Expertise whether formally trained or not, costs money. The day to day expenses in running the business, costs money. Then as Ted pointed out, paying tax. This all before you get to take a living wage out of your earnings. And I'm no raving rightwinger either.
Repairing just costs a lot of time. And it's hard to ask too much before people don't want it anymore. I did some repairs for people but it's just not worth it unless you're really good and really dedicated.
And to then also film these episodes weekly...hats off to Ted.
I have seen both luthiers that charged too much and not enough. The lowest one I used to give 2X what the bill was and the highest I wouldn't ever go to. How does anyone fixing guitars think that $300-$400 an hour is sane? I mean what did they do - find the cure for cancer? No! They made a new nut for a guitar.
@@leiferickson3183 yep 🤣😂😂
@@channelsixtysix066 The way I see it, you're not paying for the 2 hours it took the guy to fix your guitar, you're paying for the 10 years it took for that guy to get good enough to fix your guitar in 2 hours
I put the surgical tubing in as the bridge was super unstable with the factory springs. Neck was fine so I left it alone. Looking forward to playing it. Feel better soon and thanks for doing the work.
Lovely guitar, man. Enjoy!
How do you feel about those new pickups? Do they beat the stock p90s?
@@Les537 I'll let you know. It's still in Ted quarantine.
The quick connects are sweet! Just did a pup swap in about two minutes or less!
We’ve got the same thing here mate in England it’s called tax on account , they basically want all your money off you before you’ve earned it ,love the videos by the way keep up the good work you are a great craftsmen they can never take that of you !
You can only pay a tax on gains that are actually realized. some financial gains can't be estimated accurately, few can. that's called speculation. the markets use it but your tax authority should not be able to. you can't pay what you haven't earned, that's called an IOU ;-)
Just want to say that I've been watching for a long time; and I really appreciate all that you do, and the fact that you take the extra time in addition to your actual work to make, edit, and upload all of this awesome content! I, also, am an independent luthier in CT, USA, and I got the virus for my first time at the beginning of this month; followed up with a bout of dehydration.. all in kept me down about 15 days.. oof! You have my sympathies, and I'm glad that you're on the mend. Again; thanks for all the great content.. and I'd be lying if i didn't say that I've picked up a trick or two from your content. Thank you! That SG is just the perfect color.
Thanks for the video Ted and hope you feel better soon.
Take care 👍
As an independent guitar repair-tech for 40+ years, I appreciate and sympathize with Tom's 'tale of woe'. Please, Tom - keep sharing All your experiences - not just your repair expertise!
I agree with everything you've typed here except that his name's Ted not Tom.
I agree with everything you have typed except the man's name is Ted, not Tom.
Tom is the man. Ted is okay too.
Bravo great work as usual ! Très belle Sg pelham B ! I've a sg Pelham junior from 65 but the color became more green than blue
Sorry you were sick! Wishing you the best in health and life! I love your videos.
That's a beauty, that Pelham Blue. Bet it feels so smooth a sleek you hardly want to play it. But those SGs are made to be played. Cheers.
Love your sense of humor. As a guitarist I have watched your videos so I can do some of my own repairs. Your videos are full of useful information.
He wasn’t being funny…
I’m there with you. I’m earning more than I ever have while simultaneously having less money to live off of than I ever have
Those push on connectors are great for on/off voltages and digital signals but they are absolutely terrible for analogue signals and they oxcidise over time. I've had amps come to me that sound dead, a quick temporary fix is to reseat the connectors a few times once they're soaked in switch cleaner or, way better still, cut them off and hard wire it and the amp sounds like new, full of guts and sparkle again!
My girl and I run a small business in Ontario and the way the government treats people struggling to get ahead up here is criminal. Glad you're able to manage the BS, Ted. Many cant.
The parasites, and rich elite always come out on top. For some reason Western governments don't want a middle class, or upwardly mobile class anymore....The rich have lawyers, and tax professionals to get them off, and the parasites....are basically parasites, and think they are entitled because of something that happened 150 years ago, or whatever....Don't get me started on all the additional parasites Western governments like to bring in every year called "refugees". It's time to get realistic, and call out this BS. The working man is struggling, they don't assimilate foreign refugees properly anymore for political reasons, and we are running out of room. Period and end of report.
Get well brother! Thank you for all you do.
Feel better soon, sir! Thanks for sharing your work with us. You are one of the best. Cheers!
Mine is 2018. I swapped the pickups to Craig Vineham minis, bridge and posts to Faber locking and it is a really nice guitar. Will upgrade the electronics too.
I love the spoon method. I've used it for years and always get lucky I guess. I use a micro fiber rag as well under the spoons. Ans also I like the idea of the surgical tubing for the pick-ups. Ill be using that idea in the future. Cheers. Im so so glad I found your channel. Its awesome, entertaining, and educational!
As I watch this video, I'm in isolation, recovering from the same popular virus.
Thank you. I love your channel.
Hope your recovery is swift! Your content is the best. Many thanks and keep it coming
My happiest time of the week ❤️
Ted, I think when people say "take your time, come back when you're ready", just mean for you to not worry about posting videos right away. Hope you are doing well, love your talks and sense of humor.
Oh, by the way, you did an excellent job on that lovely Epiphone SG. I did the same thing, but it took me days, working at a snail's pace as I hadn't done it before, but watching you like hawk really helped. Thanks!
I know the pain of too few threads showing through the wood. Just had a customer bring in an SG and wanted that fancy electronics swapped out for standard (was '61 reissue, but pretty sure they didn't have that thing in '61). Was going g to put in a Switchcraft "drop in replacement for SG" switch that didn't have enough threads. Had to go with a metric import! The difference is 3/16" threads to 5/16" threads. Hope you are feeling better!
The timing on you loosening that e string after "we're buds, aren't we...?" was perfect.
Made me smile. Something very cartoonish about that :)
That made me chuckle too
Love the Emerson pre-wired pots! I also love that you took the time to shield the cavity and cover plate. I know putting this video together when you feel really awful was no fun. I hope you feel better soon.
As a member of The Gang. Feel real better real soon .
I totally understand your working for yourself. Wish you good health and all the best. As always thanks for the knowledge and entertainment.
I'm going to listen to this again. It was wonderful. Why so many of us watch? We are in somewhat similar places. I feel reinforced and validated in my values. It's a kind of pay you can't spend, I know, but still. I feel many of us as viewers have metaphorical accounts in the same bank. My guitars range from my Grandfather's, my Fathers, and the one he gave me at age 9 for learning three tough numbers. I still play the last in service to a local congregation. Thanks Ted. Sincerely, Sam at 70, playing family heirlooms thanks to Luthiers who care beyond the money.
I hope you feel better soon
Glad you are on your fee. I hope you really are feeling good enough to be back on.
Hope you feel in better fettle soon Ted, thanks for another upload.
Thanks for sharing how the sausage is made. This needs to be shared and known to folks thinking of getting in the biz and it's just a great case study in modern economics where no good deed goes unpunished. Keep up the amazing work. Cheers from FL, USA.
Get well soon.
The SG sounds amazing.
Doing honest work and sharing wisdom. We need better working conditions for ALL.
Your open D playing is the best I ever heard. Thanks!
Hi Uncle Ted, I work for Uncle Wally Luthier in Southwest Florida as a guitar Tech.
I enjoy your channel.
Ricky from IBM, Ret
That Pelham blue SG is a beauty. Times are hard for a lot of people right now, take care of yourself Ted.
I am fighting that right now Ted. With two guitars on the work bench.
To get stuck tuning knobs out you can also use the rubber handle of some pliers. Best ones to use are metal with the rubber coating
Those quiet coil P-90s are amazing. I have had them in a bunch of guitars.
I have those Mojotone Quiet Coil P90's in my Les Paul Special and my Hamer Junior. I love them. :)
$1 CAN in 1993 is worth $1.77 today, inflation adjusted.
Stay healthy, Ted!
So what, who cares, who has anything bought for one Can Can dollar back then? You are talking smurf smurf nonsense.
Sorry to hear you got sick. Love your videos. Cheers.
Glad you are feeling better 👍
Thanks for playing them for us Ted.
I’ve never heard taxation explained so clearly before!
Very true about the holes for routing the wiring. Sometimes just using cloth covered wire is a challenge.
I have got one of these , a 2019, I believe...or 18..I can't quite remember..
In any case..thiscwas interesting to watch. I actually put a minihumbucker (Lollar) in the bridge to handle some more gain without the hum...and it's great for bite...
But still...it is a bit thin ...and almost overly bright...I'm thinking of going back to the P90 after a year or so with the mini hum..
I would have really liked to hear the new Mojo pickups...they could, in fact, be the answer I seek...🤔
Same here in the uk except for the schedules of payments.
I have watched your entire youtube opus in a week or so. And i am not a luthier, nor do i intend to be. Was a musician, but not for years now.
So, that's saying something about your content, not just my mental health.
The calm, erudite way you go about things is really refreshing. Level of bullshit that has become standard almost everywhere is exhausting to some of us.
Thank you.
That Pelham blue really is a gorgeous color.
Wishing you a speedy recovery mate.
Damn, this puts some things in perspective for me. For a couple of years it was my dream to move to a place like Canada to start working as a guitar tech, you know, in a music shop or something, to start off and see where it goes from there. Maybe I'll stick to my 9-5 in my own BS country and leave my guitar tech hobby as just a hobby.
i wish this channel gets to 100k subs soon it might help more than sending fan letters
I feel for ya. I worked for myself before. 2 weeks plastering with a broken hand, because I couldn't afford time off, was no fun
I gots an epi just like this sg. It’s great ! Soft frets but other than that,I love it. I put a Wilkinson bridge on it which really helped intonate it and keeps the strings from jumping out of their slots. It’s already turning green after two years!
Get well Ted. Glad you are back!
I’m glad you’re feeling better!
I have this SG pelham blue guitar, it's definitely a rock machine
Thanks for sharing this knowledge. Always good to see others here 🇨🇦 doing the business.
Thanks uncle Ted, I’m an apprentice carpenter and I’m having a hard time making it all happen financially sometimes so it’s good to know I’m not the only👍🏻
this is one of a couple channels that i find myself eagerly waiting for new videos
I'm retired, but I still work part time to suppliment my meagre SS stipend. If I'm lucky, I may make 27 thou a year. My wife figures our taxes. Basically, we owe zero and expect to get nothing back for a refund. I'm a senior citizen and expect to work till the day I drop on the job, which I have already done because of shortness of breath due to a aortic heart valve problem, which I knew nothing about back this last November. I now have a better artificial valve, so I may last 8 or more years. How can poor people stand such times as these, no matter what country one lives in ??
Sicherheits Staffel stipend?! Are you a nazi?! WTF?! STOP those moron abbrebiations. They SUCK! Never ever write SS again.
My old man is a boilermaker close to retirement age (65yo in AUS), he shit scared that he can't afford to retire and that he's going to have to keep going till he drops.
@@ar2612 That seems to be the way things are going these days. It is not a fun prospect looking for the time we reach the end of our trails, so in the meantime, give it all ya got, there mate, Cheers
Hope you get better soon! Love your channel.
I believe the textured covers from that era of Gibson were supposed to be shielding , We used to take a polishing cloth slide it under the knob twist it up to pull knobs
be well man, thanks for sharing your work with us
Love the sg special, my favorite sg
Please take care of yourself! This channel is invaluable!
I would love to have one of those National Resolectrics but they are beyond my budget.
No success goes unpunished.
😎🎸👍🏽🏆👈🏽 You’re the Boss! Thank you for your great presentations.
Pipe cleaners work well for removing pesky knobs too. Pipe cleaners also work well for replacing/installing a wiring harness into a 335 type. Wrap them through and around the splines on the pot to pull the pots and jack through. They grip without marring, and they release easily with a firm tug.
I hear you sir.. vote accordingly. The upgrades to the Gibson SG Special looked amazing. Love that stealthily intonated bridge
I have a 2021 Pelham Special. I swapped all of the hardware for gold. I love it. One thing on mine though was, I put new pickups in it and they BARELY fit. They’re SUPER tight in there. I’m guessing it was because the paint was thicker.
Quick connect wiring sucks. Most people who will go so far as to rewire their guitar either know how to solder or will learn to. The rest wont bother or will get someone else to do it for them. Gibson stopped using these harnesses in 2018 and im glad. I think of it as remnant of the bad Henry Jerrk-owizc times. BTW I bought a 2022 SG special , a cherry P90 one last Christmas and its the best solid body guitar that I ever bought new, in over 40 years of guitar messing.I bought it from Moores guitar in Evansville Indiana..A really great store
I have a Custom Shop version of SG Special ‘63 Lightning Bar Reissue. With tens strings in the normal tuning it intonates perfectly. That bridge is period correct and one of the features of the model. It gets medium C neck to and that made me get it over other SG’s while most models have slim taper neck or they have vibrolas that actually do not work well. Neck carve is perfection and neck is super fast. Feels like a dream in hand. Mine is dark cherry red though. Changed all wiring and after it guitar reached it’s perfection. Needles to say disinfection fluids are mots of the times alcohol based and absolutely ruin the Gibson nitro finish even in smallest amounts especially if applied and left in the case. Best option is to leave it two weeks in clean place.
Great job! I have one of those Pelham SGs. Lovely guitar, but that stock bridge is not great, very hard to get intonated. Got a Faber replacement that works better.
Is there a particular reason why they used metal braided shield around the wires,? Maybe to make it stronger against any vibrations, this is just a guess.
The tax thing is also based on owing more than 2k at the end of the year they will want their pound of flesh quarterly (or sometimes monthly). The biggest issue as well as a sole proprietor is you have to pay into EI but can't claim it. Solution to that is incorporate and then you can not only benefit out of corporate loopholes you also get EI exemption. That said you also should be paying an accountant which balances things out.
Terrific guitarology! We subscriber here. I hope that when you pick up the National again, that you cover what all of those knkbs and switches do. I suppose there is some sort of hidden pickup under the grilll? Thanks again. I hope you got o er the COVID already
An easier way to pull knobs is a $8 plastic auto trim removal tool set. Non marring plastic, with all different pry shapes and sizes. I use the same set for both my car and my guitar...never marred either.
I just use the towel trick, slide a Lil under and wrap around and pull up. No hard surfaces.
@@shawnawesome7770 I do the same with a microfiber cloth. Always works and no risk of damage
👍 Hope you feel better soon, my wife works in fast food and has caught COVID twice from other employees, even with both injections.
Well done, always enjoy your videos and totally understand about the old tax thing, used to do construction and a self employed contractor, it sucks.
Hopefully you are feeling better. Be safe.
Learning to live from Ted better than I ever did from my parents
Uncle Ted, I know ya ain’t looking at comments much but they do help the algorithm 😁. I’ve had the Charlie Victor One Niner all week myself, lost a couple days early last week, no kiddin, don’t really remember much. I missed five days of work also and I’m planning to punch the ol time clock in the morning, see how that goes. Anyway, I feel for ya man, hope it winds up soon for both of us! I just wanted to say “good luck, and we’re all counting on you”.
Telegram spammer ^. Piss off
Thank you, get well soon!
I’m glad you’re on the mend, I just tested positive for it and I feel like hell. Feel better soon.
Hope you feel better soon. Take care of yourself.
I'm glad you're feeling a little better.
Pokety marks. All these technical terms remind me how much I have to learn.
The Black Crowes - She Talks to Angels I believe is in Open D if you need a quick song to demo.
You play better than I could in open d! Thanks for another great video
That special is a beauty...