"See, nothing but those tone producing screws." Hey, at least they were different lengths: Long, for the Bassus Maximus, and short, for the Treble Angelicus...obviously. Ted, and his videos are as good as UA-cam gets...and quite a bit more, actually.
That was true for me when I started watching. Now I own 3 electric guitars, 4 amps, about 30 pedals and I'm going on 2 yrs and 4 months of learning to play/becoming a guitar player. 👌 I've always wanted to learn to play. I just finally decided to do it after watching wayyyy too many guitar channels for about 6 months lol 🤣
I really like the sound of that. Quite breathy and open. The tip on grain direction in a narrow space was a real cognitive nugget. Worth the price of admission.
The history intro is always interesting, a great tribute to such an amazing instrument! I get more attached each to my Martin. Had a classical when I graduated high school. Thanks Ted! 🎶🎶🎶
I have a Jose Ramirez Guitar (Model 4E) that I purchased in 2000. As it ages its sound is remarkable even though it is not the professional model. I will never part with it until death do us part. Now that I have "reached" 82, my hearing is as electrically enhanced as any Guitars you have worked on and I still get goosebumps to play it when it is perfectly in tune.
just two more things: 1) i feel relief when you post your videos and 2) i managed to restore an antique wood thingy in my parents' home using a technique i've learned from you, so thanks for that too. my guitars are doing fine for the time being, but i almost... no, nevermind.
After purchasing a telecaster truss nut tool from stew mac, I realized there is another option at almost no cost. When you purchase a gallon of paint at the hardware store, you sometimes are given a small tool to open the paint can. It is like a flathead screwdriver that is bent very close to the tip. No need to loosen or remove the neck for truss rod adjustments.
Your channel is fascinating and pleasingly meditative. I have been playing guitar for 45 years, but know woefully little about how they are constructed and maintained. Thanks to you, that is changing. Your array of skills is astounding and your ability to clearly explain it all is admirable. Thank you for providing valuable education and great entertainment!
Pickguard holes not lining up is something I experienced recently. Last week I swapped in a loaded pickguard that came from a Mexican Strat onto my Squier Affinity Strat, foolish me was too excited to play it to even think about checking if the holes lined up before soldering in all the wires. Exactly zero holes lined up, had to plug and redrill all of them with the still connected pickguard flopping around in the way all that time. Came out looking cleaner than it originally did, and the new pickups and electronics are an order of magnitude better than the old ones.
In the movie, A Hard Day's Night" Beatles" George" is seen using a Ramirez" acoustic guitar On the song and I love her" Elite guitar, for an elite Guitarist.
Man I loved that Tele having a p-90 in the neck position! Every time I see one with a humbucker there I think dang a p-90 would compliment a standard Tele bridge pickup. Also I like the saddles that have threads on the bottom instead of the top. That way the screw doesn’t need to be so tall.
Some of us actually like the Tele neck pickup. Not all Tele neck pickups are created equal too, you can get bad and good ones, but when they are good they can be heavenly.
@@The_Fat_Turtle oh I like them too. But those are the norm. I like the different stuff too. Plus I’m a sucker for p-90’s. Neil Young and Mike Ness both have my favorite guitar tone, and they both use p-90 Les Pauls to get it. I actually have a Squier baritone Tele. I’ve been thinking about putting a standard Tele neck on it and setting it up just to have a dual p-90 Tele.
Check out fiery blues-rocker Tab Benoit; he plays a well- worn 1970's Telecaster Thinline with factory-fitted Wide-Range Humbuckers (designed by Seth Lover); its's been his main, virtually his one and only performing/ recording guitar for decades. Those PU's are sonically closer to P-90's than they are to PAF's, without the noise. Here are a couple of videos, a slow one (Darkness) ua-cam.com/video/SqRH8c6WKhg/v-deo.html and a heavier one (Medicine) ua-cam.com/video/Xff-mC8KK0c/v-deo.html . Also check out his "manual" tremolo technique; I bet he wears out the volume control pot and replaces them every year, like clockwork! We've seen him play a number of times (he's a particular favorite of my wife's).
Man, that acoustic is something. It almost feels like there's certain harmonics ringing out clearer than others causing slightly whistly windy noises? Very strange.
I really look forward, to your video's popping up on my feed Ted. Always informative, love your thought processes, and strangely soothing too. Polishing, polishing, polishing. That's your next T-shirt😀
You should twist the leads together on fender pick ups like that with the two separate, non shielded leads. It cancels out any noise picked up along the length of the leads (noise picked up on the hot lead ends up out of phase with the noise picked up on the ground side).
Ted, since Philips screws and screwdrivers were *designed to cam out from too much torque or insufficient downward pressure*, and the intonation-adjusting screwheads of the Tele bridge are already pointing downwards, you'd be better off avoiding chewed screws by using a sufficiently long screwdriver so that the handle of the driver protrudes past the body of the guitar, minimalizing the offset-angle mismatch between screw and driver.
It's good to see that you used a full contact shim in the neck pocket not a little piece of cardboard or plastic like most repairmen. Full neck to body contact is important.
It's wild! When you were playing, it was as if there was reverb added, because the top just rang every kittle vibration out so loudly. I don't think I've ever heard that before. Interesting.
Your talent and entertaining commentary keep me watching every video you do. I just ordered a t shirt can't wait to get it I do my own work on my 20+ guitars and learn so much from your channel, thank you.
Great work Ted! I love bound bodies on Teles, also. Don’t really need another guitar, but now I have the itch to find a nice bound body and start building one.
What a great episode Ted! You never cease to amaze me with your extensive and vast amounts of both knowledge and skill. I always enjoy your playing as well, you're just an all around great guy. 🍻 Cheers brother
I don't know how you don't have 500,000+ subscribers. Hope you get there. I'd trust you with my acoustic more than any luthier I'm acquainted with. Infinite amount of knowledge and skill.
You can get an ashtray bridge with the sides ground off, I put one on my Tele and I absolutely love playing my tele now. I used to enjoy it but now I love it. Way more comfortable to play now. I got it on Amazon. It came with nice brass compensated saddles.
For installing vintage style tele neck pups, I made a plug with two guide holes that drops into the pickguard. Two taps with a punch and perfect every time
Watching a master is very calming. Watching a master who is very intelligent and has interesting anecdotes, adds great entertainment to the the calming experience. I love this channel.
love your videos, I don't even work on guitars but for some reason I watch this more than anything on UA-cam. I do play guitar and i might try and set my on stuff up some day with all the knowledge you share with everyone
I spent a chunk of my day working on a Squire Jaguar bass I picked up to do some improvements to. The fretboard and frets were NASTY dirty. While I was polishing the frets, I found myself saying out loud "polishing... polishing..." I also referred to one of your old videos on how to rebuild the nut slots with sanding dust and super glue. It's not as good as a Ted job, but it did the trick!
As usual, these videos are interesting and informative. Another early 60s custom tele player is the great Ann Arbor/Detroit based Scott Morgan- Rationals, Sonic's Rendezvous Band. Hydromatics etc.
Good work, as usual. As brilliant as Leo Fender was, I wish he had thought of making truss rod adjustments and neck pickup height adjustments possible without taking parts off first. I have several vintage-spec Fenders made like that one. They're beautiful guitars, but I dread setting them up.
Steve Marriot played a very battered sunburst bound Telecaster with a custom made pick up at the neck to great effect and Clapton had one with a Stratocaster neck on it. You can see him playing it in the footage from the Blind Faith concert in Hyde Park. Really lovely looking with the binding and the sunburst.
I see you are using the esteemed and traditional "invisible pick" technique on the Ramirez. Colour me impressed. Great video! I missed the jaunty theme tune though..
Your multimeter can measure the resistance between your hands (internal body resistance), making that measurement part of your overall measurement which introduces error.
I *love* Telecasters, and Andy Summers is one of my favourite guitarists, too! His is pretty cool of course, but my favourite has always been the 'Deluxe' with two wide-range humbuckers and the 'big' Strat headstock, which I'd always liked a lot more than the smaller version 😊
Dang, that pickguard operation got some flashbacks going! Had to projects involving pickguard customisations both of which I've resorted to some cheap but fairly good quality eBay repros. The OCD prevented me to plug and redrill holes on my prized Squier (yes, of all things), so I ended up getting one of those with no holes and having to come with a very complicated operation to transfer and drill them to match. Not fun times!
I think your assumption that the "Ramirez" was built in Valencia is spot on. The back and sides on it look like nogal which was to go-to on cheaper guitars back then. Somewhere around the 50's or 60's the go-to got switched to mahogany over there.
Hey, I watch ALL your videos. I’m not a luthier. Just a player who does wood working. I saved up for a long time and got my dream guitar. Gibson custom Les Paul 1960 vos. It came in poor condition, lots of issues, one thing I noticed was where the binding meets the mahogany there is a ridge. Almost as if the binding channel was cut to deep. This one was bad so I sent it back. I just got a new one. It’s beautiful, probably the nicest top I’ve ever seen in person. On the top of the neck, there is a slight ridge where the binding meets the neck, slight, and on the B string I can turn the kluson tuner a little less than a quarter turn before the it tensions the string, like a weird spot where you can turn back and forth and nothing happen. Last is, the action was high. Lots of relief in neck so I tightened it a smidge and lowered the bridge. The action is better but I have a little buzz. My question is, what are your first impression of these issues? All things that can be fixed? Or send it back for the second time?
Great as always. History of the Ramirez and Segovia et al….but I guess there wasn’t enough in the players budget to have Ted cutout a little semicircle in the replacement pickguard for the master control cover plate.
My cheap amazon baritone has a spring buzz on the b string. I applied relief of 2 1/8 turns later and still buzzing. Press down on 3rd fret and there is still no gaps in any string. The bridge seem way high and the nut seems too low. The break angle on the b string is shallow.
The simplest solution would have been to add more tone screws. I would have added some bedazzles for good measure and a racing stripe that makes the guitar look like it’s moving when standing still.
"See, nothing but those tone producing screws." Hey, at least they were different lengths: Long, for the Bassus Maximus, and short, for the Treble Angelicus...obviously. Ted, and his videos are as good as UA-cam gets...and quite a bit more, actually.
😂
Ted is a Master Luthier that makes me want to watch him even when I don't own or play a stringed instrument.
That was true for me when I started watching. Now I own 3 electric guitars, 4 amps, about 30 pedals and I'm going on 2 yrs and 4 months of learning to play/becoming a guitar player. 👌
I've always wanted to learn to play. I just finally decided to do it after watching wayyyy too many guitar channels for about 6 months lol 🤣
Calming
Ted is the best! :)
I feel the same way watching the Lockpicking Lawyer.
I really like the sound of that. Quite breathy and open.
The tip on grain direction in a narrow space was a real cognitive nugget. Worth the price of admission.
Its really has a nice classy Spanis sound to it very nice.
This classical project seemed more like a rescue than a repair. Thanks as always for sharing your work with us.
The history intro is always interesting, a great tribute to such an amazing instrument! I get more attached each to my Martin. Had a classical when I graduated high school.
Thanks Ted! 🎶🎶🎶
8:29 I love, how "this side up" points downwards :)
Here for my Saturday night treat
I would really like you to do a video on chisel maintenance.
I have a Jose Ramirez Guitar (Model 4E) that I purchased in 2000. As it ages its sound is remarkable even though it is not the professional model. I will never part with it until death do us part. Now that I have "reached" 82, my hearing is as electrically enhanced as any Guitars you have worked on and I still get goosebumps to play it when it is perfectly in tune.
just two more things: 1) i feel relief when you post your videos and 2) i managed to restore an antique wood thingy in my parents' home using a technique i've learned from you, so thanks for that too. my guitars are doing fine for the time being, but i almost... no, nevermind.
After purchasing a telecaster truss nut tool from stew mac, I realized there is another option at almost no cost. When you purchase a gallon of paint at the hardware store, you sometimes are given a small tool to open the paint can. It is like a flathead screwdriver that is bent very close to the tip. No need to loosen or remove the neck for truss rod adjustments.
There must be SOME reason everyone isn’t doing it this way. Perhaps it mucks up the truss nut?
I just came across this.. I have played guitar.. 50 years.. Your observation is to be revered.. Thank you...
Your channel is fascinating and pleasingly meditative. I have been playing guitar for 45 years, but know woefully little about how they are constructed and maintained. Thanks to you, that is changing. Your array of skills is astounding and your ability to clearly explain it all is admirable. Thank you for providing valuable education and great entertainment!
4:07 My Parents went to Spain, & all they brought me was this Guitar. From doing some research, the Label probably used to say that.
Pickguard holes not lining up is something I experienced recently. Last week I swapped in a loaded pickguard that came from a Mexican Strat onto my Squier Affinity Strat, foolish me was too excited to play it to even think about checking if the holes lined up before soldering in all the wires. Exactly zero holes lined up, had to plug and redrill all of them with the still connected pickguard flopping around in the way all that time. Came out looking cleaner than it originally did, and the new pickups and electronics are an order of magnitude better than the old ones.
I enjoyed this video more than anything I have seen in several weeks! It is always neat to dive into the historical value of these instruments.
In the movie, A Hard Day's Night" Beatles"
George" is seen using a
Ramirez" acoustic guitar
On the song and I love her"
Elite guitar, for an elite
Guitarist.
Is your last name Ramirez? Haha but yeah George had a great taste in guitars :)
Man I loved that Tele having a p-90 in the neck position! Every time I see one with a humbucker there I think dang a p-90 would compliment a standard Tele bridge pickup. Also I like the saddles that have threads on the bottom instead of the top. That way the screw doesn’t need to be so tall.
Some of us actually like the Tele neck pickup. Not all Tele neck pickups are created equal too, you can get bad and good ones, but when they are good they can be heavenly.
@@The_Fat_Turtle oh I like them too. But those are the norm. I like the different stuff too. Plus I’m a sucker for p-90’s. Neil Young and Mike Ness both have my favorite guitar tone, and they both use p-90 Les Pauls to get it. I actually have a Squier baritone Tele. I’ve been thinking about putting a standard Tele neck on it and setting it up just to have a dual p-90 Tele.
Check out fiery blues-rocker Tab Benoit; he plays a well- worn 1970's Telecaster Thinline with factory-fitted Wide-Range Humbuckers (designed by Seth Lover); its's been his main, virtually his one and only performing/ recording guitar for decades. Those PU's are sonically closer to P-90's than they are to PAF's, without the noise. Here are a couple of videos, a slow one (Darkness) ua-cam.com/video/SqRH8c6WKhg/v-deo.html and a heavier one (Medicine) ua-cam.com/video/Xff-mC8KK0c/v-deo.html . Also check out his "manual" tremolo technique; I bet he wears out the volume control pot and replaces them every year, like clockwork! We've seen him play a number of times (he's a particular favorite of my wife's).
Man, that acoustic is something. It almost feels like there's certain harmonics ringing out clearer than others causing slightly whistly windy noises? Very strange.
I think it's due to the tone screws.
So it wasn't just me! I thought it sounded almost saturated/overdriven; I dig it
The "Ramirez" has built-in reverb! 😎🤘
I really look forward, to your video's popping up on my feed Ted. Always informative, love your thought processes, and strangely soothing too.
Polishing, polishing, polishing. That's your next T-shirt😀
I’d actually buy that one, that’s funny!
8:12 Maybe it's the painkillers talking but that felt good in my soul.
Satisfying
You should twist the leads together on fender pick ups like that with the two separate, non shielded leads. It cancels out any noise picked up along the length of the leads (noise picked up on the hot lead ends up out of phase with the noise picked up on the ground side).
Twist that pair, just like in communications wire. I have never shielded a guitar or bass cavity of mine. Twisting does the trick.
Ted, since Philips screws and screwdrivers were *designed to cam out from too much torque or insufficient downward pressure*, and the intonation-adjusting screwheads of the Tele bridge are already pointing downwards, you'd be better off avoiding chewed screws by using a sufficiently long screwdriver so that the handle of the driver protrudes past the body of the guitar, minimalizing the offset-angle mismatch between screw and driver.
An Unconstrained sounding Classical/Flamenco Hybrid Guitar, very cool.
It's good to see that you used a full contact shim in the neck pocket not a little piece of cardboard or plastic like most repairmen. Full neck to body contact is important.
It's wild! When you were playing, it was as if there was reverb added, because the top just rang every kittle vibration out so loudly. I don't think I've ever heard that before. Interesting.
I like watching these things with subtitles on. Interesting to read about the devalued placenta.
Amazing work, and the depth of knowledge is astounding.
And, p-a-t-I-e-n-t !!
Great video 👍🏿
I really enjoy your videos, the narrative is always great. Polishing, polishing.....polishing.
Your talent and entertaining commentary keep me watching every video you do. I just ordered a t shirt can't wait to get it I do my own work on my 20+ guitars and learn so much from your channel, thank you.
Great work Ted! I love bound bodies on Teles, also. Don’t really need another guitar, but now I have the itch to find a nice bound body and start building one.
I have never seen bridge beats. Thank you for showing us those. I like the piece you played on the classical guitar. It was fun.
What a great episode Ted!
You never cease to amaze me with your extensive and vast amounts of both knowledge and skill. I always enjoy your playing as well, you're just an all around great guy.
🍻 Cheers brother
Love the sound of the acoustic!
Thank you, Ted. Your site is at the top of my favorites. I look forward to every video.
“Mahoganeshque” is my new favorite word.
Great stuff as always, Ted. I love the history you provide, and your versatility as a guitarist always astounds me.
Thanks for sharing your amazing amount to talent in your field. I could watch your videos all day. Very relaxing
The final look on the Tele is gorgeous!
I bet Ted is happy when a customer just wants the strings changed.
I don't know how you don't have 500,000+ subscribers. Hope you get there. I'd trust you with my acoustic more than any luthier I'm acquainted with. Infinite amount of knowledge and skill.
You can get an ashtray bridge with the sides ground off, I put one on my Tele and I absolutely love playing my tele now. I used to enjoy it but now I love it. Way more comfortable to play now. I got it on Amazon. It came with nice brass compensated saddles.
Nice custom! Neck pickup is dandy with good tone. Bridge too. Nice setup!
I love this show. Calm direct information without bs. Awesome!
Another great job! Thanks for the videos.
For installing vintage style tele neck pups, I made a plug with two guide holes that drops into the pickguard. Two taps with a punch and perfect every time
I discovered your UA-cam channel recently and find your work outstanding.
Very professional and entertaining.
I like how you made those set jigs for positioning of the new pickup and the filing for the string barrels.
Watching a master is very calming. Watching a master who is very intelligent and has interesting anecdotes, adds great entertainment to the the calming experience. I love this channel.
love your videos, I don't even work on guitars but for some reason I watch this more than anything on UA-cam. I do play guitar and i might try and set my on stuff up some day with all the knowledge you share with everyone
I spent a chunk of my day working on a Squire Jaguar bass I picked up to do some improvements to. The fretboard and frets were NASTY dirty. While I was polishing the frets, I found myself saying out loud "polishing... polishing..." I also referred to one of your old videos on how to rebuild the nut slots with sanding dust and super glue. It's not as good as a Ted job, but it did the trick!
Damn I love how sharp your chisels always are
As usual, these videos are interesting and informative. Another early 60s custom tele player is the great Ann Arbor/Detroit based Scott Morgan- Rationals, Sonic's Rendezvous Band. Hydromatics etc.
Good work, as usual. As brilliant as Leo Fender was, I wish he had thought of making truss rod adjustments and neck pickup height adjustments possible without taking parts off first. I have several vintage-spec Fenders made like that one. They're beautiful guitars, but I dread setting them up.
I miss the polka dot towel rest!
Great stuff as usual Ted. Regarding the"crappy amp", the best $ 99. (US) I ever spent was on an Orange brand 5 watt. Excellent work on both guitars.
repairing a similar guitar the same way could not believe this came up. subbed. thanks a lot.
Nice guitar playing there on that first one Ted. cool guitars. nice work as always.
A great explanation and educational listen. Thank you.
Wow! You made that Tele look infinitely better!
Every guitar you play at the end of your videos sound very happy, happy that they’ve got a new lease on life. Bravissimo, Ted!
excellent work as always dude, and greetings from the UK :-)
Steve Marriot played a very battered sunburst bound Telecaster with a custom made pick up at the neck to great effect and Clapton had one with a Stratocaster neck on it. You can see him playing it in the footage from the Blind Faith concert in Hyde Park. Really lovely looking with the binding and the sunburst.
Love to watch your content
It’s my Sunday morning thing
Thanks
Oh god I love a sharp chisel. So pleasing
Love watching all of your videos, you have some very good knowledge & skill Keep me coming
I see you are using the esteemed and traditional "invisible pick" technique on the Ramirez. Colour me impressed. Great video! I missed the jaunty theme tune though..
I liked the silent begining
Held some drama that way IMHO
I alwsys enjoy your narration
Entertsinment and useful info!
The Ramirez sounded so accurate in its intonation, which I did not expect after your comment. Sounds amazing.
Your multimeter can measure the resistance between your hands (internal body resistance), making that measurement part of your overall measurement which introduces error.
Great work as always. 🙏👏👏👏
I love a double bound Tele with brass compensated saddles. Black with a black three ply pickguard.
Polishing, polishing, polishing.
TLC-62B - Telecaster 1962 Bound mebbe. I had one of these back in he '90s in Candy Apple Red. I miss it.
I *love* Telecasters, and Andy Summers is one of my favourite guitarists, too! His is pretty cool of course, but my favourite has always been the 'Deluxe' with two wide-range humbuckers and the 'big' Strat headstock, which I'd always liked a lot more than the smaller version 😊
Dude you are a wizard. Excellent workmanship!
Polishing, Polishing, Polishing
Always gets me!
Cheers man!
You rock. Your playing is great.
Ty for sharing the thoughts as you work, little details are critical imho
Dang, that pickguard operation got some flashbacks going! Had to projects involving pickguard customisations both of which I've resorted to some cheap but fairly good quality eBay repros. The OCD prevented me to plug and redrill holes on my prized Squier (yes, of all things), so I ended up getting one of those with no holes and having to come with a very complicated operation to transfer and drill them to match. Not fun times!
Gotoh In-Tune saddles are my Go To Tele saddles. They’re close enough and cheap enough for rock n’ roll.
I put the same Gotoh compensated saddles on my Tokai Tele copy .... also replaced tuners with Gotoh ones, much improved.
Thanks Ted, each video empowers me to tear into my own instruments, and I’m learning how to fix my fkups
" Polishing, polishing - -- - - - - - -polishing"
Love that classical guitar y the electric ax(looks like my MIM tele…that ashtray should had been buffed a bit 😂)
I think your assumption that the "Ramirez" was built in Valencia is spot on. The back and sides on it look like nogal which was to go-to on cheaper guitars back then. Somewhere around the 50's or 60's the go-to got switched to mahogany over there.
At lease those Guitars are going to sound amazing. Thomastik makes Classic S Ball End Flatwound Strings which will save the frets from scratches.
Hey, I watch ALL your videos. I’m not a luthier. Just a player who does wood working. I saved up for a long time and got my dream guitar. Gibson custom Les Paul 1960 vos. It came in poor condition, lots of issues, one thing I noticed was where the binding meets the mahogany there is a ridge. Almost as if the binding channel was cut to deep. This one was bad so I sent it back. I just got a new one. It’s beautiful, probably the nicest top I’ve ever seen in person. On the top of the neck, there is a slight ridge where the binding meets the neck, slight, and on the B string I can turn the kluson tuner a little less than a quarter turn before the it tensions the string, like a weird spot where you can turn back and forth and nothing happen.
Last is, the action was high. Lots of relief in neck so I tightened it a smidge and lowered the bridge. The action is better but I have a little buzz.
My question is, what are your first impression of these issues? All things that can be fixed? Or send it back for the second time?
I have these Gotoh InTunes barrels on mine too, they are definitely worth every cent, even though they are like 30 bucks!
Quality work as always Ted
My favorite rotund Canadian type luthier
Great as always. History of the Ramirez and Segovia et al….but I guess there wasn’t enough in the players budget to have Ted cutout a little semicircle in the replacement pickguard for the master control cover plate.
My cheap amazon baritone has a spring buzz on the b string. I applied relief of 2 1/8 turns later and still buzzing. Press down on 3rd fret and there is still no gaps in any string. The bridge seem way high and the nut seems too low. The break angle on the b string is shallow.
The simplest solution would have been to add more tone screws. I would have added some bedazzles for good measure and a racing stripe that makes the guitar look like it’s moving when standing still.
I like the way you roll, sharp dude... 😎
It’s beautiful Jerry, keep it the way it is. You’re the best
That playing you did on that classical is actually pretty good playing. You underrate yourself as a musician
Very nice-as always
Sounds like the first guitar would work in a Ennio Morricone spaghetti western soundtrack.
Built-in tremolo effect!