Guitar Repair takes a Left Turn

[@Ukedc259]

When we needed it most he restored Harmony in our lives.

[@ileutur6863]

I still can't get over how good that restored harmony sounded

[@HartelozeKlootzak]

Oh hey there gang

[@BudgetRC_Channel]

Man, after your description of how it sounded, I wasn't expecting to hear what I did. That sounded beautiful.

[@Abravenewfear]

Adam Savage referenced you on one of his one day builds. It was the refurbish of some type of mini piano.

[@Mat_1000]

Yes, exactly here:
ua-cam.com/video/OUHShx43JVU/v-deo.html (It's at the time he references him, but you have to go back a little in the video to see what he's talking about ; ) ).

[@Abravenewfear]

@@Mat_1000 Cool thanks

[@The_Fat_Turtle]

He's done it before as well, in regards to using superglue to strengthen wood. I can't remember which video it was but it was earlier in the year.

[@ianc4901]

Seeing Mr Savage butchering a toy piano and attempting to cobble together something that can make sounds from bits and pieces he has laying around and being happy with the end result even though it looks like it was made by a one armed chimpanzee with a hatchet and sounds like a beer crate half filled with broken springs is so far removed from what Todd does that I'm surprised he thought of Todd while making that video !

[@MarkMcCluney]

@@ianc4901 I think his name is Ted.

[@moonchild4806]

That two tone bridge is gorgeous. I thought it was broken when the video started.

[@bills6093]

Me too. I had to look twice when I saw it from the other angle and it wasn't broken at all.

[@luiscuixara4622]

Ain't it odd that a thing can go from hideous to beautiful that quickly; off-perception to recognition of the true. That shit can be dangerous. . .

[@bigtoelittlefinger6133]

Class

[@MichaelLloyd]

My ear heard 46 and my eye was seeing 48 :) Very enjoyable to watch as always

[@sickb2200]

I like the fact that the customer wanted this old Harmony to be done right even though it doesn't make sense given the dollar value of the guitar. That's called loving your guitar. People do it with cars and such all the time.

[@kevinsnyder4425]

I agree - every guitar has it's own unique personality, even the cheaper ones like Harmony.! I have 2 ,and they are loved and cared for ,just like my more expensive ones !

[@vayabroder729]

The thing is, as he said earlier in the video, this guitar might’ve been an economy model back in the day but the wood that it’s made from is now a luxury. Which is why I try to keep my older instruments. Many of the fingerboards are Brazilian rosewood.

[@paullarnce2167]

Keith Richards toured and recorded the Stones first two albums with Harmony guitars. The first album was recorded with a 6- string/ the second with a 12 string. Yes- these are cheap guitars for their time, but very sought after by guitarists.

[@vayabroder729]

@@paullarnce2167 Pete Townshend I believe, also used them.

[@GianmarioScotti]

The choice of woods for the fretboard, bridge and neck make this an extraordinarily pretty and unique guitar.

[@michaelinglis8516]

I think the date stamp says "S48" not "S46" but you might already know that and accidentally said 46. Or it really is a 46 and it looks like 48. Excellent video btw as always!

[@ursafan40]

Yeah that's an 8

[@swbusby]

The Honduran mohogany on this one is remarkably beautiful.

[@jimhibert]

“Don’t ask for dimensions - get a guitar and figure it out for yourself” - love it!

[@whansandceros]

"Do the work"

[@juffurey]

@@whansandceros or do the research, I contacted Fender for the full specs on my 15 year old MIM strat, and they had everything down to the neck finish.

[@micahgoodreau]

yet gives the dimensions for everything else. lol

[@johngardner545]

Your content is not solely for guitar repairs, for me it's therapy, a money can't buy experience. I wish you the best in everything you need.
Cheers from the land Down Under !

[@ponyman56]

Love your, "I'm not going to show every ______ job" thing. Personally I don't set my alarm for the latest vid from you, I simply am pleased with seeing a new one available. Stick to your guns. Great work.

[@telecasterbear]

People need to understand that this is your job. We viewers see entertainment. You are working. Indeed, the casket shop I worked at, shut down for everyone's vacation at the same time.

[@stevesoldwedel]

Did people take a vacation from dying? I'll see myself out ...

[@IrisGalaxis]

Nice Tele.

[@brianpateman2666]

That "weird little modal thing" sounds just lovely! I enjoy listening to these old Harmony guitars - they have their own distinctive sound.

[@kostaskritsilas2681]

Ladder bracing of the top is part of it. So is the all mahogany wood choice. The rest is execution.

[@haliaeetus8221]

Very Jethro Tullish to my ears

[@hydorah]

Great to see you go into so much detail about that bridge routing jig of yours. I'm fixing up a 1972 Aria, clearly inspired by the Gibson Hummingbird. I'm using your bent B string method to intonate the new saddle. just quietly watching your vids has given me loads of lutiery and repair tips and I'm very grateful for that - and for the entertainment

[@feilgrep]

The fact that you happened to have a piece of perfect match sap-/heart wood ebony lying around made me smile. Thanks for another great video!

[@allfields]

Among Canadian tradesmen "figure it out" is a sign you're asking too many questions

[@fredschaves]

Ahhh, here we are again. What a treat.

[@dwebster50]

You got to smile , when everyone starts correcting you for what they think is a mistake you make…From the opening music to the end test play , That’s what puts a smile on my face. You don’t see this kind of repair of guitars …anywhere but here.! Further more, I have yet to see a bad video.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💌😊

[@richardalanprow283]

Love the old Harmonys! Nice work!!

[@davidd6334]

"...so that fret 130 looks as good as fret number 1." That's about as good quality life advice as you can get.

[@tonymurphy2624]

It is. A sports coach would call it 'playing to the whistle'.

[@MouldyGuitars]

I found when using very long thin drill bits (2 or 3mm), it helps to slide a brass or ally tube up the drill bit. This helps stop it bending and can also protect nearby body material from the spinning drill bit.

[@GianmarioScotti]

Thanks for this useful advice.

[@jackiet4575]

That guitar sounds as lovely as it looks! That mahogany is beautiful 😍. Someone has taken very special care with it all these years and could not have given it to a better luthier for repairs and changes! Loved this video ❤️❤️

[@eddyj3862]

Fantastic!!!! what a unusual looking but beautiful sounding guitar!!! twoodfrd you are genius!!!!

[@grene1955]

I have to say...I grew up as a carpenters kid, but I didn't know how to use a chisel until I saw your vids. As usual, awesome work!

[@paulmachamer5575]

He will never read this, but thank you for explaining the core elements of what I need to do to fix my classical guitar that has crappy intonation! Will I ever do it? Not sure, but now I know how to build the jig!

[@TheRumbles13]

Cool fretboard and bridge matching!
Harmony are underrated guitars in my opinion

[@ianc4901]

Very unusual having sapwood and heartwood running along the fingerboard like that and also on the bridge, that makes it a pretty unique instrument ! Finding a piece of rosewood in your stash with similar colours so you can make a matching insert for the bridge is astonishing and shows what kind of a craftsman you really are !
It really blew me away to see the matching insert fitted in the bridge, if you didn't know that it had been done you'd never notice it !

[@pjm329]

"Don't ask for dimensions. Get a guitar and figure it out for yourself. Do the work." Best quote I've heard in a while. That is a cool jig though. I love learning about and working on my guitars. But I don't think I would want that to be my job. Thank you for the work that you do and for sharing some of it with us.

[@kindabluejazz]

That reminds me of Chef John when people ask how much salt or sugar or butter he used and his response is "make it to your liking - that's just you cooking". "That's just you luthiering."

[@kennogawa6638]

Those older guitars just sound sweeter.

[@wyattsdad8561]

Always a pleasure watching your vids.
Thank you for sharing your work.

[@danielwgk]

Almost seems like a special build, maybe for the employee themself or for someone in the company. It looks really neat.

[@billknudson7895]

Thanks, Ted, for the detailed explanation of your saddle routing jig. That gives me enough info to “do the work” and make my own.
FYI-I always get a little sentimental whenever you work on a Harmony guitar. A guy in my very first band started building his chops on a Harmony Bobcat played through a Montgomery Ward Airline amp. Great times.

[@adobedoug2564]

Thanks Ted. I really appreciate you playing them for us.

[@petedazer3381]

I really appreciate your insights into things. Your videos are informative and very pleasant to watch. Thanks for the stupendous effort!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

A Half Sapwood Half Heartwood Fretboard & Bridge, that's quite a neat design.

[@demantoid418]

Sweet. I do like that fret board. thanks for showing

[@Joe___R]

Honduran mahogany and even cuban mahogany is still somewhat available today. But are getting quite expensive especially the old growth verity. When you get your hands on some it is obvious why our ancestors loved it so much.

[@MrFlint51]

I have a self-built 12string from 1967. The neck is mahogany with an integral fingerboard. The wood was chosen with a slight back-bow and when strung up it is virtually flat without any reinforcement

[@ravingcyclist624]

Wonderful opening music! Now all that's needed is a Stéphane Grappelli accompaniment.

[@donaldholman9070]

beautiful old guitar. Thank you for the great video.

[@wyattsdad8561]

Man, I love watching these videos. I’m a self employed carpenter but I wish I did this for a living. There’s a big difference between carpentry and luthier work. Even tho we both work with wood. I do finish carpentry as well but this is a different animal.
I typically do my own guitar work and have even done some refinish work on my guitars but good luthier work is something I view with a very deep appreciation.
Thanks for sharing your great work.

[@jipes]

Actually seems to sound very deep and nice. great fix as usual love the way you try to keep the bi-color of the bridge it looks nice

[@mickvictor]

Sounded pretty good to me.

[@beatleme2]

Really nice work as always and playing a strung left-handed guitar right-handed sounding beautiful at the end

[@picksalot1]

I like the simple beauty of the guitar. I saw a video of someone polishing frets with a small buffing pad on a Dremel - Smart. 😎

[@highdesertjustin]

Cocaine and rhinestones is really good. Season 2 was absolutely worth the wait.

[@rmcfee]

Awesome work as always!!

[@beytone]

Love the sound! Great job once again, lucky owner!

[@JoshuaC923]

What a beautiful guitar, great work

[@timearll266]

My Saturday night by the radio. Thank you!

[@drummerhammar]

Fantastic once again. great skills!

[@thebutton7932]

thank you for the detailed explanations, much appreciated

[@danielzubov]

Excellent work man! Thanks!!!

[@johndrippert3289]

Really like the sound on the bass end of the scale with this one.

[@wombatspatulafreek]

i like the two color fingerboard... it DOES sound "bluesy"... nicely done!

[@kostaskritsilas2681]

Thanks for the part about first and second part of the year. I have been having this debate with people for a long time.
I have a later H165 (1958). Guitar materials are the same, but it bottom bout on mine is flatter on the end, and it has the “Steel Reinforced Neck”.
As cheap as these guitars were new, they have some interesting material choices, like the once piece sound boards and backs (not book-matched like today’s guitars, or other guitars of the same era).

[@timothy4664]

I always look forward to late Saturday afternoons.

[@marctamtonthat]

I'm fond of your videos. Very interesting and also it seems that being a craftsman lifts spirit. Very good philosophy in life from my point of you. Thanks for everything.

[@sergejk]

Wood wizard, thanks for teaching us! Keep up the great work!

[@abloke8834]

Thank God for that. I've just got in from work and a new video pops up. Cheers

[@xcalibre222]

WOW, Made 2 years before I was born and seems to be holding up a lot better then I am. :) Thanks for the Vids!

[@oqsy]

Always the best videos! 👍

[@ianrose5505]

Thank you really great information as always

[@yazidbakar1485]

Great sound after you repair..love this lerthanded guitar because i'm a lefty too..

[@g.gorrell2088]

How in the heck? You kinda' sound like John Redbourn on that lefty!
These are the best documentaries on You-Tube.

[@nicolen.9642]

It's a beauty 🎶🎶🎶

[@jamesdahl6949]

As always, an unbelievable job that leaves me in awe!
Don't know if I spelled that right but you're pretty amazing and I love watching your videos! I think you're much better than you really realize!

[@Aux1Dub]

I thought that podcast was abandoned, so glad there’s new episodes!

[@jadeowenhamblyn4405]

Just going to put this out there: who is giving a Woodford video a thumbs down? It makes no sense.

[@chriscutress1702]

i used to use Honduran Mahogany to build bookcases and furniture in high school almost 50 years ago. A beautiful wood to work with and I still have one bookcase and two pieces of furniture I built out of that wood. All finished with 'Deft' which I understand was responsible for the loss of a few brain cells along the way. Who knew ???

[@shane1472]

Love your videos

[@stephendixon8575]

Well, don’t care what anyone says, I reckon that’s $800 CAD well spent if you end up with a guitar with as much charm as that sounding so lovely 🙌

[@briansimpson8116]

Another fine lesson

[@D.Guitar]

Great Video. I love how You just have odd scraps of woods that can pretty much cover most jobs

[@Obscurity202]

Would love to hear more about the g string intonation trick in a future video! Thanks!

[@hrxy1]

outstanding vid outstanding explanation, ty

[@aaronriedel1985]

that is a great sounding guitar!

[@joemusic80]

Another Great video!!!! Thanks a lot

[@lucasdeaver9192]

Thank you for catering to the left hand community.

[@mikewithrow2271]

Sometimes I get a really good dose of why did I even do that... Coming from the memories of all the various Harmony and Silvertone guitars I've passed over or just wasn't educated enough on their history. Had some pretty nice Kay's before I probably should have kept and just played when the mood hit.

[@CapmLew]

Solid vid. Thank you!

[@chefkdowg]

Guitar sounds great

[@rududuu]

dude. watch your titles! i was in suspense all the time waiting for something to go wrong :D nice work!

[@kenthephotoguy]

I look forward all week for your broadcast.

[@peterjames2580]

Thanks so much! I got and old Harmony on the bench that has been beaten to an inch of its life 😁

[@kylevandeusen]

Another great episode! ☺

[@billbones1000]

Thank you sir

[@JackdeDuCoeur]

I think I wanna play mine now. Nice work

[@MakarovFox]

nice to see the conversion i am left user in a lot of thing and is nice t osee a proper way to convert

[@dooleyfussle8634]

Ah, yeah. Got that Harmony jingle jangle! You have the best recording microphone (at least it sounds that way on my tiny tab speakers!).

[@andsalomoni]

I like a lot these essential guitars, without rosettes and bindings.

[@lugster3634]

I have the same pen, Tom. Good show!

[@alexbostelle287]

It sounds good...crisp

[@michaelmcclain5091]

Have a harmony with a similar fretboard. It's used as a barbeque guitar. Traded a bucket of used horseshoes for it. Had to fix some cracks and reset the neck.

[@hoponthebusgus1446]

I use yellow food coloring and a que-tip to mimic aged binding. works pretty well.

[@stufromoz8164]

wow great work

[@danielsaturnino5715]

Thanks for the video!

[@timadams9119]

...6:47 -
"Had a boo-boo"
It's 1957 again !
I love this guy.