I wager that was played with a slide, I instantly noticed that shim stack under the nut. My dad and I pulled the frets out of a Peavy predator back in the 90's, it was a friends guitar so I couldn't keep it.
You should check out Wristwatch Revival if you just like soothing videos of people repairing things and don't have to stick to a particular type of repair. One of my favorite channels for the same reason.
I respectfully disagree. Ross's thing was to teach people how to have fun ruining canvases and smearing paint. He would not sell his paintings. He knew they were crap. The point was simply to relax and enjoy.
@@ncc74656m I've seen that channel and I like it! I'm much more interested in guitars (mostly basses). I'd never be brave enough to attempt any of the things this guy does though, and I'm so thankful that I have my own awesome guitar repair man locally.
As a Korean Canadian, I can say that those QC marks have Chinese characters. So final assembly and the body might be Korean (I know a bunch of the 1990's Hamers were made in Korea and I had an Korean made acoustic from that era). But the neck came from China (kinda doubtful as IIRC Chinese build quality was not great in the 90s) or more likely Taiwan. ETA: As a fellow Hamiltonian, Mohawk shuttering their music program "is a humiliating kick in the crotch" for our fair city.
@@davedavidson9996 I don't think so since Japan was the more expensive labour market in the 80s and 90s. If anything, it would have been the opposite. Yeah the days before CNC reduced body and neck milling times to minutes. I'm pretty sure Fender used to order parts from LaSiDo (Godin and Seagull's parent co.) and do assembly in CA when the Canadian dollar and Canadian wood prices made it feasible and profitable. IIRC, right now Asian guitar factories do everything in house except hardware and electronics. But I describe a lot of that stuff (Chibson and Aliexpress) as "guitar shaped objects".
the 木地 part didn't make sense to me as it's not a Chinese word, 木 meaning wood, 地 meaning floor or earth, but apparently (after some googling) it's a Japanese word meaning wood or bare wood.
The sound you get out of it is very cool. I think the process of filling in the frets was really informative! Specifically, how you filled them but also the importance of having the visible lines to enable playing in tune.
Seeing that nut makes me think a previous owner probably dedicated this guitar to slide. Which, interestingly enough, offers some similar playing opportunities to playing fretless. As long as you are not using "playing behind the slide" techniques, a high nut is great. The Joyo is cool and cheap but a Fernandes sustainer system would free up a lot more musical options. I pulled the frets on a bass I had once that had a rosewood fretboard. Instead of cutting veneer strips to fill the slots left behind after removing frets I found they naturally filled with rosewood dust while sanding, which seems to be noticeably lighter color than the board itself - almost orange. So I just put a little super glue on top and left it at that. Far less noticeable than the light wood veneer, but an effect I liked. Your approach does make it much easier to repair tear out damage I suppose.
As I remember it, the big selling point of these guitars was that it was a solid wood body for around £150. Most sub £200 guitars at the time had plywood bodies.
In Canada, that was the selling point of the budget guitars from Godin and Peavey. You got a well built domestically produced guitar made from solid woods. There were obvious cost cutting measures but it took a long time to "out grow" those instruments.
@@ileutur6863 I think you need to play a few more guitars to get a sense of the difference. Plywood kills the sustain and leaves the tone flat and devoid of life. If you can't tell the difference, then it doesn't matter for you, but the difference is there, and there's no pickup that can bring plywood to life, though EMG made pickups to emulate some of that character.
Ive worked on a few of these Yamaha Pacifica's and they really do punch above their price point, the only issue ive really come across with them is the plastic jack plate breaking,very easy to swap out for a metal one though. Great work on this one!
I played one of these (maple neck) alongside a Mexican Strat back in ‘96; I bought the Pacifica. It’s been modded and painted over and over again since then. I love it, it’s my Frankenstein monster.
Hi Ted! Big fan of your contents here, I'm an Italian musician, former guitar player but I've spent many years learning the oud and turkish music in particular, i also own some fretless guitars made there. Was great to see you going fretless and mentioning that specific style of playing, just wanted to share my 2 cents about fretless conversion: for turkish style playing both with plectrum and ebow is of great importance to achieve an extremely low string action. Basically the strings on turkish fretless guitar have close to zero action at the nut and very low and regular action throughout the neck. A well set-up Turkish oud usually has an action not above 2.5mm at the neck joint which corresponds to the 7th fret, guitars are no different. You may encounter some string buzzing here and there but that's generally accepted as part of the sound, the right amount of string buzz actually compensate a bit for the natural lack of sustain that fretless instruments may have. Great job!
cool jamming out the pinstriping. I have a Pacifica in the loft I was going to practice upgrading but so far I have just looked at it. Maybe this vid is the inspiration I need. But I think I'll skip the fretless.
That client who missed out on this project has got to be regretting it. If Woodford WANTS to do work on your guitar, you have him do that work. I like the detailed explanation on the fret pulling process. You’ve done it before, but I never get sick of watching it while you spoon feed us the explanation of the process. And for this job, the removal of the frets is especially important. I have played fretless electric bass for the past 15 years or so. We don’t see fretless guitars often, and after this, I hope to see more.
I can remember an email conversation with you about fretless 6strings from about 2 years ago, when you said you would get a reasonable priced 6string and defret it. It's been a long wait but the result is well worth the wait!!! Thanks for this one Ted
This was one of your best videos, so cool seeing you build something purely for your enjoyment, I’d like to see it more often and just watch you experiment with guitars, now I gotta do a fretless guitar and pinstripe one, both looked like fun.
You broke the biggest rule in pinstriping!!!! All lines must join! Haha iv been incorporating it into my custom paint jobs for over 15 years and still find myself wiping off a whole piece if I'm not happy with one line. Good video as always, keep it up.
very cool mod. That is the first fretless I have seen with "markers" on the fretboard. I agree it will make playing much easier and more accurate. As for E-bow, The 1997 album Disciplined Breakdown from Collective Soul, Ross Childress played some very emotional fills and solo with the little vibrator. Love this content, Mr. Bob Ross of the luthiers
Bloody hell!...Learning something new every video and now I want one of those fretless guitar shaped objects too! un freakin believably amazing contraption. Thank you Sir !
my 1st electric guitar was (still is, i'll never get rid of it) my 1991 Yamaha Pacifica HSS. the white plastics have 'tanned' nicely, and the wood has a natural finish sunburst. it's a gorgeous guitar and was (to me) a steal back in the day for around $150. Watchin you work on your made me appreciate mine. AND I'M TOTALLY GOING TO FRETLESS SOME OTHER GUITAR THAT WAS AMAZING. I just missed you in Chicago; I was there but had a packed schedule. If the conference had gone to Sunday (like I thought it did and I had planned for...) I could have attended all day. Oh well.
I wager that was played with a slide, I instantly noticed that shim stack under the nut. My dad and I pulled the frets out of a Peavy predator back in the 90's, it was a friends guitar so I couldn't keep it.
You're already the Bob Ross of guitar repair my guy. Thank you for entertaining me and teaching me arcane knowledge that I'm unlikely to ever use.
You should check out Wristwatch Revival if you just like soothing videos of people repairing things and don't have to stick to a particular type of repair. One of my favorite channels for the same reason.
I respectfully disagree. Ross's thing was to teach people how to have fun ruining canvases and smearing paint. He would not sell his paintings. He knew they were crap. The point was simply to relax and enjoy.
@@ncc74656m I've seen that channel and I like it! I'm much more interested in guitars (mostly basses). I'd never be brave enough to attempt any of the things this guy does though, and I'm so thankful that I have my own awesome guitar repair man locally.
@@ncc74656mGood call I love his videos.
@@JiveDadson"ruining canvases and smearing paint." 😂 That's a bit harsh don't you think? 😂
"Sometimes we do things just for the experience."
Best Ted quote ever!
Always love a new Twoodfrd video!
As a Korean Canadian, I can say that those QC marks have Chinese characters. So final assembly and the body might be Korean (I know a bunch of the 1990's Hamers were made in Korea and I had an Korean made acoustic from that era). But the neck came from China (kinda doubtful as IIRC Chinese build quality was not great in the 90s) or more likely Taiwan.
ETA: As a fellow Hamiltonian, Mohawk shuttering their music program "is a humiliating kick in the crotch" for our fair city.
I'm curious did Korean guitar companies ever get part from Japan back in the 80s and assemble them?
@@davedavidson9996 I don't think so since Japan was the more expensive labour market in the 80s and 90s. If anything, it would have been the opposite. Yeah the days before CNC reduced body and neck milling times to minutes.
I'm pretty sure Fender used to order parts from LaSiDo (Godin and Seagull's parent co.) and do assembly in CA when the Canadian dollar and Canadian wood prices made it feasible and profitable. IIRC, right now Asian guitar factories do everything in house except hardware and electronics. But I describe a lot of that stuff (Chibson and Aliexpress) as "guitar shaped objects".
+1 for the Police quote.
says 木地 合格 kinda just means it's up to the standards.
the 木地 part didn't make sense to me as it's not a Chinese word, 木 meaning wood, 地 meaning floor or earth, but apparently (after some googling) it's a Japanese word meaning wood or bare wood.
The sound you get out of it is very cool. I think the process of filling in the frets was really informative! Specifically, how you filled them but also the importance of having the visible lines to enable playing in tune.
THE BEST CONTENT YET. Seriously, been watching your channel for awhile, clearly doing your own projects gives you juice. More please.
No frets, no polishing! 😂
Seeing that nut makes me think a previous owner probably dedicated this guitar to slide. Which, interestingly enough, offers some similar playing opportunities to playing fretless. As long as you are not using "playing behind the slide" techniques, a high nut is great. The Joyo is cool and cheap but a Fernandes sustainer system would free up a lot more musical options. I pulled the frets on a bass I had once that had a rosewood fretboard. Instead of cutting veneer strips to fill the slots left behind after removing frets I found they naturally filled with rosewood dust while sanding, which seems to be noticeably lighter color than the board itself - almost orange. So I just put a little super glue on top and left it at that. Far less noticeable than the light wood veneer, but an effect I liked. Your approach does make it much easier to repair tear out damage I suppose.
"She's a beaut, Clark!"
Great video as always. I missed the classic polishing-polishing bit though :)
Guthrie Govan plays fretless guitar at times. Truly amazing.
He’a an extraordinarily talented player, so he can make it work. For us mere mortals, a fretless guitar is… _less than ideal._
„That mid-nineties coffee table vibe“ 🤣😂🤣
As I remember it, the big selling point of these guitars was that it was a solid wood body for around £150. Most sub £200 guitars at the time had plywood bodies.
In Canada, that was the selling point of the budget guitars from Godin and Peavey. You got a well built domestically produced guitar made from solid woods. There were obvious cost cutting measures but it took a long time to "out grow" those instruments.
Yeah the ad showing the comparison between a yamaha and squier plywood body 😂
That's such a weird selling point. I'd rather have better pickups or hardware than "good wood"
@@ileutur6863 this is from "back in the day" where really poor guitars with plywood bodies were marketed at beginners
@@ileutur6863 I think you need to play a few more guitars to get a sense of the difference. Plywood kills the sustain and leaves the tone flat and devoid of life. If you can't tell the difference, then it doesn't matter for you, but the difference is there, and there's no pickup that can bring plywood to life, though EMG made pickups to emulate some of that character.
Ive worked on a few of these Yamaha Pacifica's and they really do punch above their price point, the only issue ive really come across with them is the plastic jack plate breaking,very easy to swap out for a metal one though. Great work on this one!
I played one of these (maple neck) alongside a Mexican Strat back in ‘96; I bought the Pacifica. It’s been modded and painted over and over again since then. I love it, it’s my Frankenstein monster.
I think lots of Yamaha guitars punch above their price points.
I have an early 80s Yamaha acoustic guitar that I wouldn't trade for anything.
Hi Ted! Big fan of your contents here, I'm an Italian musician, former guitar player but I've spent many years learning the oud and turkish music in particular, i also own some fretless guitars made there. Was great to see you going fretless and mentioning that specific style of playing, just wanted to share my 2 cents about fretless conversion: for turkish style playing both with plectrum and ebow is of great importance to achieve an extremely low string action. Basically the strings on turkish fretless guitar have close to zero action at the nut and very low and regular action throughout the neck. A well set-up Turkish oud usually has an action not above 2.5mm at the neck joint which corresponds to the 7th fret, guitars are no different. You may encounter some string buzzing here and there but that's generally accepted as part of the sound, the right amount of string buzz actually compensate a bit for the natural lack of sustain that fretless instruments may have. Great job!
The pinstripe put that build over the Top.
cool jamming out the pinstriping. I have a Pacifica in the loft I was going to practice upgrading but so far I have just looked at it. Maybe this vid is the inspiration I need. But I think I'll skip the fretless.
Not the Craw, the CRAW!
Really enjoyed the bagpipe music from outer space at the end.
IT'S PRONOUNCED GIFMEN JUST LIKE GIF
Ron Thal (Bumblefoot) is amazing on his fretless Vigier. Also, I had one of these Pacificas, the best $99US guitar ever.
That client who missed out on this project has got to be regretting it. If Woodford WANTS to do work on your guitar, you have him do that work. I like the detailed explanation on the fret pulling process. You’ve done it before, but I never get sick of watching it while you spoon feed us the explanation of the process. And for this job, the removal of the frets is especially important. I have played fretless electric bass for the past 15 years or so. We don’t see fretless guitars often, and after this, I hope to see more.
Seems like I walked off the set of Kung Fu into an ELO concert.
I can remember an email conversation with you about fretless 6strings from about 2 years ago, when you said you would get a reasonable priced 6string and defret it. It's been a long wait but the result is well worth the wait!!! Thanks for this one Ted
Pin-striping is awesome. Always dug it
I will now go and listen to Station to Station
“Looks like a booger!” - my wife on the morning before laundry. This is why I do most laundry.
Thanks for taking us on your journey! That was very interesting.
The pin striping has that old arcade pin- ball machine art vibe ....very successful
"I don't know about the truss rod"
"Oh no it has a truss rod"
That's fun.
You are for sure the Bob Ross of ‘luthiering’. Great work on this one! 🎸😎👊
I love that "mid 90s coffee table vibe!" I'd like a Tele with that walnut Danish oil look.😊
That E Bow sounds like a Gizmotron!
a piece of Holly wood, Hooray!, ticking off the humor as well as the tasks, nicely done,
This was a lot of fun. A light-hearted video with a definite change of pace. Good stuff.
"I'm doing this one for myself." We know, we can hear the giddiness in your voice...
Great stuff, as always 👏 👍
Love it, especially the clean-ish drunk bagpiper sound 😅
Loce Duncan's designs, would love to play if i ever get the chance. Cool to see you dipping your toes into the fretless mod world!
This was one of your best videos, so cool seeing you build something purely for your enjoyment, I’d like to see it more often and just watch you experiment with guitars, now I gotta do a fretless guitar and pinstripe one, both looked like fun.
The pinstriping turned out great!!
without the frets you get a type of zitar sound when sliding
The graphics that you did on the top of that guitar are perfect! Ole'
I had a Pacifica just like that one. Good guitar. I gave it to my step son who still plays it.
Magical, fantastic work, looks awesome, especially the "frets" 🤩
Looks like oak to me. At first I thought it was a Peavy. So glad you're doing one for yourself!
I have seen videos of Billy Gibbons doing pin striping on a Less Paul, He is very practiced in it .
Nice to see a professional use their craft not only for the monetary aspect but also because they genuinely enjoy their craft.
A perfect example of the e-bow Mick Ronson playing with David Bowie song Heroes on The Freddy Mercury tribute. Good stuff indeed .
Likely a riot to fool with on the bedroom amp. I’ve made fretless bass guitars for people but never a 6 string. Brave move and nicely done Tim!
@twoodfrd... No problem Tim. I’m in Cornwall Ontario if you’re out and about. 🤓
@twoodfrd... I don’t know how to post my email privately here
This episode is just fantastic Ted
You broke the biggest rule in pinstriping!!!! All lines must join!
Haha iv been incorporating it into my custom paint jobs for over 15 years and still find myself wiping off a whole piece if I'm not happy with one line.
Good video as always, keep it up.
Scary looking electronics!
Fun project; thank you, Sir.
This is one of your most interesting vids... and most entertaining!
You sounded just like Bob Ross even before you started the pin striping!!! Ya bro!!!!
I particularly enjoyed this one. It's fun to see you entertaining your whimsical side!
Thank you Ted 👍🎥🎬🎸❤🔥
Love it! Some things completely different!
Cool video. Now I'm trying to decide which of my guitars I'm going to pinstripe. 😂
I've done Fretless conversions on Basses, but never on a guitar. Dadgum it Ted, now I've got to try it too. LOL.
very cool mod. That is the first fretless I have seen with "markers" on the fretboard. I agree it will make playing much easier and more accurate. As for E-bow, The 1997 album Disciplined Breakdown from Collective Soul, Ross Childress played some very emotional fills and solo with the little vibrator. Love this content, Mr. Bob Ross of the luthiers
Bloody hell!...Learning something new every video and now I want one of those fretless guitar shaped objects too! un freakin believably amazing contraption. Thank you Sir !
Awesome! Great result. Happy to see you work on something for yourself too!
Did not expect this sort of thing but hugely interesting. Its good to see you doing something "just because"
Great as always. Next, add a Frampton Voice Box. 😊
YES!!! That sound with the flanger was amazing! I would get LOST goofing around with that setup. Your pinstripe work was great too.
my 1st electric guitar was (still is, i'll never get rid of it) my 1991 Yamaha Pacifica HSS. the white plastics have 'tanned' nicely, and the wood has a natural finish sunburst. it's a gorgeous guitar and was (to me) a steal back in the day for around $150. Watchin you work on your made me appreciate mine.
AND I'M TOTALLY GOING TO FRETLESS SOME OTHER GUITAR THAT WAS AMAZING.
I just missed you in Chicago; I was there but had a packed schedule. If the conference had gone to Sunday (like I thought it did and I had planned for...) I could have attended all day. Oh well.
Wow! Thats neat.
If a set bag pipes and a violin had a baby thats the sound of the music it would make.
I have an older Pacifica which I love. I like it better than my 1988 62 reissue Strat.
Wonderful mod, loving the holly inlays.
What an amazing instrument now!
Totally enjoyable in all aspects. Humor, talent, results.
Was starting to worry.
Go ted! Nice to see some personal projects on the go, great fun and absolutely how I'd spend a spare day too
Nice work! I have been playing with a similar idea, utilizing a sustainer pickup of some sort. I love the way you inserted the veneer "frets".
What a cool project! Glad to see you actually making something for yourself for once, you certainly deserve it!
It's nice to see you just having fun, and not stressing about hidden problems. Thanks very much!
Fretless and an e-bow, that's a cool idea.
Nice piece of ash, Ted.
Lol'd at your "hooray" for holly wood.
Sounds GREAT, all buzzy and such
Since a Friend sayd to me " A good Pacifica is the Backbone of many Studios "
beautiful guitar
As always, a total treat. Thanks!
You are so darn good!
Thanks for demoing one of the EBow knock offs. Pretty cool for half the price.
of course ted can pinstripe... what a guy!!
I'm just a couple minutes in on this video but please do not desecrate that beautiful Yamaha Pacifica. That thing is gorgeous.
Thank You !
Very cool! Great job! And hey man your pinstriping actually looks pretty good!!!
That's pretty damn good for freehand work.
Far out maaan! :D
I've wanted an eBow for a long long time, decades, its just every time I have money I forget - probably for the best XD
What a satisfying video to watch, thanks for sharing!
I owned the exact coffee table..another amazing job thanks for taking us along 👍.
Bought one today. Good quality.
Amazing as always!
Thanks! Happy holidays! 🤶🎅🏻🙂😎
Very inspiring!!! I have an old guitar I may just try that on.. lol
One can see the potential in the possibilities of soundscaping with that set up. Very cool and very nice work, as always. Thanks.