$50 Vintage Acoustic Guitar...Let's Polish this TURD and Hear It Speak
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- I got this little Harmony Sears & Roebuck parlor sized acoustic guitar at an antique mall in Indiana recently. It had a few issues, including a marked lack of manners, but nothing we can't handle. I'll show you a few of the methods I use to clean and polish vintage guitars and the best method for cutting nut slots. We'll also see how well an Scotch Brite scouring pad works on polishing guitar frets and sanding/buffing guitar finishes.
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Damn 3m explosives cost too much. I took this one to the bathtub first. I still dont have the dust out of the insides. But man in the end this is a good guitar! Mine has no trussrod. Here let me give my md.# 319.12071000 classical tuners with the atom8cspinner.
At 11:43 - I get great results from using Sheila Shine on guitar hardware.
Yes, the 3M stuff is expensive, but it lasts FOREVER. I've had that same bottle for about 7 or 8 years and it's still 1/3 full.
@@GuitarNoize111 That's too bad. I haven't had that issue with this set yet. I used to use DRs back about 10 years ago. I liked them back then.
great tip on filing the nut !!!!! Thanks wow ...sounds very good !!! Good job !!
I honestly like the tone, sounds better than I expected.
He did a great job setting it up.
Sears was the Best catalogue when I was a kid! It had women's lingerie, Guitars and car stuff! Thanks for sharing brother!
My tribute to the Sears catalog: ua-cam.com/video/9xtQlDJpAOk/v-deo.html
We where poor, all we had was Monkey Wards catalogs. LOL
@@Curtislow2 Wards catalog was good wank material too. :P
Jerking off over bra pics. Hey...beggars cant be choosers! ;)
@@triplesevensix291 They always had some very nice, sheer negligees as well.
Nice vid, man! Once when I was guitar tech for Willie Nelson, Willie asked me to fix those pesky little flaking finish chips on his guitar. In my haste to come up with a solution (okay, I was just starting out), I tried an angle grinder with a twisted wire wheel on it. Well, I must say...it did the job admirably and Willie was really pleased with my results. No more flaking finish, and as a side benefit - a real convenient access point for storage. He told me he would put sandwich bags full of guitar picks inside. So.....you never know how your innovations will pay off!
Hahahahah
Truly peaceful playing at the end. Making Monday feel the way it should. Thanks Brother.
Very nice of you to say, Bill. Thanks. The playing went on for about another 10 minutes, so I had to cut it down. :D
5:11 What, no wire brush? amateur.
Damn I thought you were being partial about the sound of these. You weren’t kidding! Sounds amazing😳
The benefits of not being a snob. ;)
My unsuccessful rock and roll career all started with Sears silvertone stuff.
Lots of careers started the same way. Harmony produced more guitars than probably all other makers combined for a number of years in the 40s, 50s and 60s.
The rich kid down the street his father bought him one of the first vox Super beetles. All five of us used to plug into that thing at the same time.
Guitar Ocd My unsuccessful career is still underway with much more money invested, don’t feel bad.
Good luck.
And yer still rockin!!
Brad, 3M makes a really good “Polishing Compound” for your vintage finishes. It’s about a 1/4 of the abrasive ness of rubbing compound. It’s designed for automotive finishes to remove fine swirl marks in the clear coat after using their fine cut compound. It would be perfect for very shallow/fine scratches on a “good” guitar. But, still test first, as it is designed for modern automotive finishes. And, after that, they make a Polishing wax (liquid) designed to reflect the light in any micro fine scratches still left. If both used properly, you will have a high gloss “piano” finish. Note: this assumes your scratches are very minor and you have a fair amount of clear finish to start with. On this guitar, the rubbing compound was a good choice. You could enhance it with these other two 3M products. I was suggesting these products for guitars in much better shape finish wise.
Beautiful playing Brad
Beautiful instrumental
Damn dude, that was some of the SICKEST guitar playing I have seen! Amazing little find and restore. I gotta admit, at the beginning I had low expectations. But you blew me away
You made that thing sound just like Al Dimelio!
LOL!
Al DiMeola
Thanks for the tip on setting up the nut !
Makes it almost impossible to cut too far down.
Great video.. I consider this type of video to be "vintage guitologist"
But is it “authentic” guitologist? I mean, is he “coming after us” with his finding and fixing of these guitars? Is his “buffing” the “real deal”?
@@fossilmatic huh??
@@contrabandjoe7974: Methinks "fossil" is taking the piss out of that awful Gibson "play authentic" video for a guess😉
Learn something new every time I watch your videos.
I had the same guitar, but mine was a Stella.
Monad333 Mine was a Stella. My Dad smoked Raleigh cigs and saved enough coupons to order the guitar from the Raleigh catalogue, like S&H green stamps. He played it for 2 weeks and I got it after he found out I had broke the high E string sneaking it behind his back. The first song I figured out was Johnny Be Good! That's how I started. I was 12. Thanxz
This might be the best instructional video I’ve ever seen on UA-cam. The playing at it’s finish was not only beautiful, but tied the entire thing together in a fashion I’m simply not accustomed to In UA-cam videos. Really impressive. Thank you.
I don't see how that's a Turd! Looks like you fixed up a real nice relic to me!
Yeah man, these are sweet little honeys when set up properly. The fixed bridge ones are even tighter sounding.
Old Harmonys are cool old guitars for the most part. Seen more than a few that weren't in great shape but the ones I have seen that were... definitely worth sorting through a pile of 'em to find "the one"
I thought the same and snagged it immediately
Great find...great fix....great playin'.....
That my friend that was $50:00 well spent and there is something about the tone that I really enjoy!!!
When I was a kid, I saved my babysitting money and bought a $20 Global from, I think, Montgomery Wards. People told me it would fold over on itself. It never did. I was a bit embarrassed to show it to a friend of my parents' who really knew guitars, but he didn't make fun of it at all. In fact, he complimented me on the good care I took of it, and the tone that came out of my little guitar. He offered me $50 for it, but I wouldn't sell. LOL
The feeler gauge tip, for cutting nut grooves was great! Thank you from the UK.
Thanks alot! Grrr, I did what you asked to support your channel. I stood at the corner of 4th and Main at rush hour nude screaming "long live the guitarologist" ...now I need bail money. Thanks for another great video!!!
Without video, didn’t happen. ;)
I was the only kid I knew that had a Stella. After reading these comments, there were a lot of us who had these. Wonder how many guitar careers were launched with this guitar. Thank you Brad for sharing your resurrection of this little jewel. Thanxz
NICE! That end jam was super cool and the guitar sounded great. Nice work! :D
nice find
Eat your heart out Gibson. This guitar is genuinely AUTHENTIC! I got a feeling Mr. Agnesi would just not get why this instrument is as AUTHENTIC as it gets. Nice one Brad.
My brother and I had plastic Sears guitar toys in the early 70's! They actually said Sears on the headstock!
The magic is in you, Brad. Make of it what you will.
Does that mean I also have AIDS? :)
@@TheGuitologist hahaha and a million $$ contract??
I received my grandfather's Silvertone f-hole typr guitar when my dad passed away. My uncle bought it for my Pepaw at Sears in the early 60's. It needed cleaning and some new strings and a setup. It's easy to play, and it's tone is 100 times better than for instance an Ibanez artist hollow body (no electronics), obv. I love this guitar and i play it all the time and it always reminds me of my grandfather. Great video? Takes me back...
Wow, that was so much better than i thought it would be, really nice tone for an old stick
I do enjoy it when you make videos about musical instruments.
I have an old Harmony very similar to yours and absolutely the quality is surprising. Plus it plays and sounds excellent. In fact, I have found quite a few stellar budget guitars at garage sales or even Goodwill over the years, usually for next to nothing, and some of these good fiddles are so awesome that I will never get rid of them. For example, I have an old early 90's Hohner HR SP1 that I play every single day while my low end Martin sits and collects dust. BTW, thanks for putting out a lot of videos this past week, I was having withdrawals and needed some The Guitologist content as the fix.
This is why I subscribed. This kinda video. Awesome. Thank you.
I grew up in southern Indiana, glad to know you can still find stuff like that, thanks for posting,you've made me homesick though !!
They all deserve to be brought back to life...a fine job, Sir!
Sounds really warm and well balanced the bass are amazingly mellow
Some of your best playing, I've heard, on a $50 guitar. Great content!
Damn Brad, I'm impressed with your playing as well as the restoration tips, Bravo!
Wow.....in your able hands that little jewel "rings like a bell" (to quote Chuck Berry).
Thanks Doug. I appreciate that.
Great job! Superb playing and nice sound
It sounds beautiful man I love that little section you did with the high part it sounds great keep up the good work man
Cool project! Great playing at the end! Thanks!
Sounds awesome, really bold clear and full rounded tone, I would love me one of those.
That was fun. Thanks for the tip on cutting the nut slots. That will come in handy for me for sure!
Very informative Brad, that thing sounds sweet!!! pickin grinnin and winnin
Good find, it cleaned up nicely, good playing by the way, that was nice to listen to ......
Great content -- I like the balanced sound you're getting out of that littler guitar!
Excellent advice on the nut filing, very cool. The guitar sounds nice too. Cheers!
Brad, that nut cutting trick is a time saver!! Thank you for that tip!!
Loved the playing at the end.
I watch this over and over! Super job..........
thanks for what you do Brad
Thanks for watching.
The tone is unbelieveable!!!!!
Wow, what a great tone out of that guitar. Nice job man. It sounds great.
Nice playing at te end Brad, guitar looks awesome
This should be called, "From Turd To Shred". Nicely done man! That lesson about nut height and grooves was great.
Sweet playing! Great video.
Love it, always good to see you keep these old axes sharp
Beautiful playing, Brad!
Love these kinds of videos!
Got the same one free on the side of the road. Loved it.
I have 5 of these sitting in my shop waiting to become that one. 3 student models and 2 standards. I was going to turn them into a table but now I'm thinking of going ahead and restoring them as far as I can go with them. Thanks!
I still have my Kay G-101 (fixed bridge), It has dings and scratches and a slightly bent D tuning key, but it still sings. It was always near at hand at the end of the couch and now it hangs within arms reach of my gaming chair. My grandfather gave it to me in either 69 or 70 when i was 6 or 7 years old, so it has seen some miles. Thanks for the cleaning tips....it needs it.
That sounds marvelous. Great playing too!!
Thanks dude.
SWEET! Good work, good video and some great sound at the end. Always something good to learn and think about. Thanks, man.
That sounds spectacular. I was not expecting that.
I just picked up a 1960's Sears/Roebuck Silvertone 319.1209000 s1209 for $20 at a thrift store! I'm so excited to string it up. Thanks for the video!
Rescued another one...good job!. I learned about the 3m buffing compounds from Dan Erlewines guitar hospital tapes back in the stone age (80's). 😀👍
beautiful ending
Brad, your playing is great
fantastic transformation!
Nice one Brad. Lovely noodling at the end too.
Wow that piece at the end sir was perfect.
Thanks man. I was just making shit up, as usual. :)
My very first guitar! Looks to be the same exact model except mine was more of a reddish sunburst. Got it in June 1972 for my 9th birthday!
Nice save, lovely sound lovely playing
Bet it would record nice , very distinctive mid range bark...also open tuned to G or D. Love the distinctive sound of the less expensive acoustics..
Amazing sound ,and very nice playing !
Beautiful playing, great feel.
Nothing better than seeing an old closet relic given a new life!
Don't forget, JJ Cale had a whole career on his modified Harmony. BTW, loved your playing!
Did my first (and second) neck reset on a 12 string Sears and Roebuck. Learned a lot and got it right the second time.
That one sounds great!
Beautifully played and recorded Brad. Amazing tone, it's the beginners guitar I would have loved. Mine was horribly cheap plywood. Bridge was miles out of position, (some frets too). I screwed a brass strip to the front edge of the bridge to help intonate it. Filed the brass down lower to improve the action. Still a total dog to play, struggled with that for about eighteen months, dragged it into school in London 1970 and played it during breaktimes, country blues tunes learned from.a Stephan Grossman LP and tab book. Made a lot of musical friends still in touch with most.
Never thought of a scourer pad to brighten up the frets, cheers for that tip bro. Sounds nice now you have waved your magic wand over it.
This video is Aces. Always great content on this channel!
Well done Brad, just the right kind of resto on a guitar that's done a million miles & it looks all the better for it & sounds really nice too😊
Wow, that is one of the better sounding guitars I believe I have ever heard, Beautiful tone, Wow !!!!
Great job resurrecting l that old guitar sounds really good really interesting content I love hearing your playing. You’re a very good guitarist as well as an excellent technician.
Beautiful playing... nice way to start my day.
Top job Brad and as usual nice playing
Nice work! Both during and after setup.
Love the sound of that guitar.
Very nice guitar work at the end.
Your playing at the end was excellent. Had to click back for a few replays. I loved the sound of that guitar.
Thanks, Tom. Yeah, you can get lost in the natural reverb. The tailpiece I think is what does it. It transfers the sympathetic vibrations of strings over to other strings and makes harmonics ring out, simulating a spring reverb effect.
Brad, you made that thing sing!
I'm glad you made this video. the sovereign model is one that is special
I love those vintage parlor guitar's, I got a stella harmony from a thrift store that i put nylon strings on and it sounds great
Still have my Silvertone electric from 1969. "I'll never, never sell my guitar,because Lordy that would be a sin" - Alvin Lee.
Sounds surprisingly good in the hands of a true artist.
Man that sounds sweet !!! And great tip on nut slot height