I saw Leon Redbone perform, back in the late 90's if I recall the era correctly. He was the opening act for Joe Walsh. Leon plus an accompany guitarist. Wonderful show he gave. Music and a side of comedy.
I always look forward to Mondays to watch Ted at work and listen to his comments and quotes. Yes, in my part of the world it is not Sundays but Mondays.
When I was 14 years old, this very model guitar was lent to me by a neighbor. I must have put hundreds of hours on it before returning it to her several years later. That would have been about ‘66. I remember that the guitar was a delight on your left hand. Better than anything else at the time. Thank you for bringing back very pleasant memories.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017Folk music back then. I somehow got several copies of SingOut. Also, Simon and Garfunkel before the movie The Graduate came out. Nobody else seemed to know who Simon and Garfunkel were back then.
that Euripides joke was great, truly. thats what makes your content a cut above the rest. oh and your a master craftsman that has alot to do with it too
Anyone who remembers the 80s ought to remember Leon Redbone. I wouldn't say he was big then in the commercial sense (although if you saw him in nothing else you might have seen him in a Budweiser commercial) but you almost certainly heard him play at some point. But you never would have found out anything else about him. I haven't thought about him in years. Thanks for the reminder! I just had a great time looking up some old clips of him playing.
My freshman year at Vanderbilt in 1975/76. Wondering around the student center with some friends, someone suggested we go kill a few minutes with the concert in the small stage area. It was Leon Redbone, on stage by himself, performing all those great rags, and tinpan alley hits. My buddies & I were fascinated, two of us guitarist, and never exposed to much of that music, we dropped our plans and stayed to the end. We lost a great one when he passed.
Bonnie Raitt said he was the best singer/ guitar player of out time and I concur. Nobody else is even close. it was as if somebody put Louis Armstrong, Liberace, Hank Williams, and Robert Johnson in a blender. An insane amount of talent in one individual.
@@stewsim oh I see. I'm curious about how your guitars are doing, like when was the last time you did a set up, if the saddle has been lowered and what the action is. It's amazing that a guitar from '57 is still comfortable to play with
Multiple projects in the same video is a good way to budget your time on said projects. You have to let things dry, so working 2-3 projects in between each other makes for more icing on the cake! I have to make myself be patient until next week, since I’m not doing the repair or the video production! Thanxz p.s. ……I’m glad the holidays are over so I can get back to what’s really important, me getting to watch you work!
I know exactly who Leon Redbone was. I saw him, live; back in the late 70's I think it was. He was a very unique and odd sort of individual. I have 3 of his albums that I listen to, frequently.
My wife and I were Leon Redbone fans and back in the 90s we saw him in concert in San Luis Obispo. To say he was quirky is a slight understatement. At one point he pulled out a revolver and fired off a shot.
From the model making world, there's several options for heated blades. Essentially scalpel holders with heated blades, adjustable and not, depending on which you find. Excellent for removing tamper seals and probably for slicing through the lacquer on something like this, i imagine.
I stumbled across this channel by complete happenstance. But I gotta say, man; I seriously enjoy your content. Your sense of humor is fantastic, your videography is great, your historical knowledge of these instruments is wonderful, and your work is incredible. I tackle repairs and set ups on my own instruments and those of my friends all the time (many of which I am wholly unqualified to be attempting, ask my 55 Les Paul Jr about it), but I am nowhere near the pro you are. Keep up the good work, and for God's sake keep filming it and sharing it!
Ditto......I was doing some preliminary excavation to locate a breech in the pipe that feeds fresh water from our near by spring house to the main house......but here I am🥴🎶🍻
Thanks for another great video. I love my '56 CF-100e. Another cool/weird distinguishing feature between the 100 and the 100e is that Gibson actually cut the soundhole of the CF100e closer to the bridge compared to the CF100 to give a bit more room for the P90 at the bottom of the neck.
Yes, Leon Redbone was quite unique and definitely worth looking up for anyone who hasn't heard of him, or heard him sing and play. I discovered his "Double Time" album in a Toronto record store back in the 1980s (it came out in 1977), when I was in my 20s. Redbone's family came to North America in the 1960s and lived for a time in Toronto, making his love and mastery of early 20th century American jazz, "Tin Pan Alley", and blues standards all the more remarkable. He was one of those artists who could make every cover his own (there are only a few artists who can do that, Eva Cassidy being one, although a completely different type of performer). His version of Crazy Blues is still one of my favourite songs of all time (along with his My Melancholy Baby and Winin' Boy Blues :). Great channel, thank you.
One of my dram guitars. I think it’s beautiful, but really it’s for the late great Leon Redbone as you mentioned. Loved him since I was a kid and got a copy of “on the tracks”. If anyone don’t know him I envy their getting to him for the first time. It’s really that special. There’s some great old b&w footage on UA-cam to check out.
Very cool guitar. I remember seeing Leon Redbone at the Riverboat coffee house in old Yorkville in Toronto in the early to mid 70's. Quite the unique experience. You could almost hear the scratches in the old 78's when he sang. Felt like you had traveled back in time. It was as much a history lesson as a musical experience. He stayed in character the whole time.
Gibson would have to remove the fingerboard in order to re-top the guitar as you described. Then they could taper the fingerboard to achieve desired action. Basically creating a ramp either inclined or declined. Seems it would be easier in certain cases to remove the fingerboard and make a wedge to put under the entire board change the angle and deal with the cosmetic issues than to remove the neck and have irreparable cosmetic issues. I did it on a Spanish foot guitar.
My dad is a masterful woodworker and actually built an amazing acoustic....all said to say I have enough basic background to be blown away and scared to death of a job like this dayum.
Thanks for your videos. I've learned so much about woodworking by watching you work. Also, I've learned that I'll never own a set-neck guitar. Only bolt-on necks for me. :^)
I've watched many, many of your repairs. I don't think I've ever seen an "Oh merde!" moment as this one. It will be fascinating to see how you bail this out (I never doubt the master, by the way).
I'm a lifelong bassist and sometime guitar player that has a basic knowledge of maintenance that enjoys watching an artisan.I just wanted to say man, you're good!
Ted....I don't know if you'll read this but I really hope you do. I'm a guitarist but not a luthier or a carpenter and I'm generally terrible at DIY. Computers is where my skillset lies. But I bought a new Gibson LP in November and my hanger has blistered the headstock. Not a huge amount, probably about 3mm under the ears. Having been a subscriber to your channel for years, I decided to attempt the fix myself. I drop filled with superglue as you've shown us. I put tape around a razor and levelled the superglue. And then I sanded all the way up from 400 to 12,000 grit. I can tell its not perfect but I'm the only one who can. You taught me that. You gave me the confidence. Thank you!
That went from scary to oh my god very quickly, you really need the utmost confidence in your abilities when you discover issues like that ! Having said that I have a lot of confidence in your ability to put that right again but that's one sneaky trick they played there !
@@maplebones Auto body repairs are easier to fudge ! An antique guitar with reasonable layer of patina is something that you hold close and run your fingers over, you tend to look at cars from a distance which is why body filler is useful on cars. You'd have to be really good to use body filler on a guitar with a finish like that and get away with it.
that was a good example of why my thermo reset proceeding did come around...releasing the instrument to the customer the next day in the majority of the cases.
This is the only channel that I will put down anything I was doing and watch.
I could quit any time.
It's great
Yup!!
Same here
Me too!
Nothing quite like 20+ minutes on a Sunday with Ted, a guitar and The Classics.
I saw Leon Redbone perform, back in the late 90's if I recall the era correctly. He was the opening act for Joe Walsh. Leon plus an accompany guitarist. Wonderful show he gave. Music and a side of comedy.
I always look forward to Mondays to watch Ted at work and listen to his comments and quotes. Yes, in my part of the world it is not Sundays but Mondays.
Same here, as soon as I get home from work I'm straight on the computer to watch Ted 👍
We saw Leon Redbone live in a very cozy venue. It was like he was in your living room.
When I was 14 years old, this very model guitar was lent to me by a neighbor. I must have put hundreds of hours on it before returning it to her several years later. That would have been about ‘66. I remember that the guitar was a delight on your left hand. Better than anything else at the time. Thank you for bringing back very pleasant memories.
What kind of music did you first learn to play?
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017Folk music back then. I somehow got several copies of SingOut. Also, Simon and Garfunkel before the movie The Graduate came out. Nobody else seemed to know who Simon and Garfunkel were back then.
I saw Leon on SNL when I was a kid and absolutely loved him. A character for sure.
I saw Leon on Saturday night live way back, he was awesome!
Saw Leon Redbone a couple of times in the 80’s in Seattle; he was so good, so silly, such a great showman.
that Euripides joke was great, truly. thats what makes your content a cut above the rest. oh and your a master craftsman that has alot to do with it too
Ted is eloquent and illustrious. 😊
If I had to guess, he reads it in the Greek.
LOL😁
Anyone who remembers the 80s ought to remember Leon Redbone. I wouldn't say he was big then in the commercial sense (although if you saw him in nothing else you might have seen him in a Budweiser commercial) but you almost certainly heard him play at some point. But you never would have found out anything else about him.
I haven't thought about him in years. Thanks for the reminder! I just had a great time looking up some old clips of him playing.
The fact that I never hear “like, comment, subscribe” makes me feel all the more obligated to do so
I don't do it out of obligation , whether guy asks to remind you or not , if its worth it he gets it
@@bobsaturday4273 thanks for sharing?
Around 82 the Late Great Leon Redbone did a Budweiser TV commercial. Great Video, as usual.
I heard Leon Redbone twice, once while he was touring with Tom Waits. Leon was great.
Tom was great also. I feel lucky to have seen both of them in concert.
My freshman year at Vanderbilt in 1975/76. Wondering around the student center with some friends, someone suggested we go kill a few minutes with the concert in the small stage area. It was Leon Redbone, on stage by himself, performing all those great rags, and tinpan alley hits. My buddies & I were fascinated, two of us guitarist, and never exposed to much of that music, we dropped our plans and stayed to the end.
We lost a great one when he passed.
Bob Dylan was a huge fan of Leon Redbone back in the days. There will be no one like him ever again.
Been to many music concerts. No one entertained me as much as Leon did (NYC's Beacon Theatre c.1980). What a showman!!!
Bonnie Raitt said he was the best singer/ guitar player of out time and I concur. Nobody else is even close. it was as if somebody put Louis Armstrong, Liberace, Hank Williams, and Robert Johnson in a blender. An insane amount of talent in one individual.
Mark Stutman is awesome. Nice shout-out. Looks like the heat probes got glued to the side of the pocket because the angle was the same.
Jackson Browne is pictured playing this model on a number of occasions. But he use many, many acoustics.
What a nightmare…!!!
I’ve owned 2 CF-100E’s, a ‘57 and a ‘94.
Both were fabulous instruments…!!!
Glad that I never had to do a neck reset on them…!
Just wait, the time will come
I’ll likely never get another one.
My guitar buying days are pretty much over with…😕
@@stewsim oh I see. I'm curious about how your guitars are doing, like when was the last time you did a set up, if the saddle has been lowered and what the action is. It's amazing that a guitar from '57 is still comfortable to play with
Another Master Class presentation from a Master on UA-cam University.
I've got a 1956 CF-100e, great little guitar.
Fun Fact: Leon Redbone also played Leon the Snowman in the movie Elf
Multiple projects in the same video is a good way to budget your time on said projects. You have to let things dry, so working 2-3 projects in between each other makes for more icing on the cake! I have to make myself be patient until next week, since I’m not doing the repair or the video production! Thanxz p.s. ……I’m glad the holidays are over so I can get back to what’s really important, me getting to watch you work!
I know exactly who Leon Redbone was. I saw him, live; back in the late 70's I think it was. He was a very unique and odd sort of individual. I have 3 of his albums that I listen to, frequently.
Surgical precision with that scraper!
My wife and I were Leon Redbone fans and back in the 90s we saw him in concert in San Luis Obispo. To say he was quirky is a slight understatement. At one point he pulled out a revolver and fired off a shot.
One of the very few guitar repair people that references Euripides....!
A true craftsman…..great work Ted, thanks for taking us with you!
From the model making world, there's several options for heated blades. Essentially scalpel holders with heated blades, adjustable and not, depending on which you find. Excellent for removing tamper seals and probably for slicing through the lacquer on something like this, i imagine.
Like, like, *LIKE!* Thanks, Ted!
Love the color of the binding at that age
Thanks for documenting your work on this channel.
I stumbled across this channel by complete happenstance. But I gotta say, man; I seriously enjoy your content. Your sense of humor is fantastic, your videography is great, your historical knowledge of these instruments is wonderful, and your work is incredible. I tackle repairs and set ups on my own instruments and those of my friends all the time (many of which I am wholly unqualified to be attempting, ask my 55 Les Paul Jr about it), but I am nowhere near the pro you are. Keep up the good work, and for God's sake keep filming it and sharing it!
Ted has the best guitar luthier repair on youtube.
Thank you for another great video. That top over is why I leave the old Gibsons for guys like you! 😊
I appreciate what ever you show us.
Ditto......I was doing some preliminary excavation to locate a breech in the pipe that feeds fresh water from our near by spring house to the main house......but here I am🥴🎶🍻
Thanks for another great video. I love my '56 CF-100e. Another cool/weird distinguishing feature between the 100 and the 100e is that Gibson actually cut the soundhole of the CF100e closer to the bridge compared to the CF100 to give a bit more room for the P90 at the bottom of the neck.
Yes, Leon Redbone was quite unique and definitely worth looking up for anyone who hasn't heard of him, or heard him sing and play. I discovered his "Double Time" album in a Toronto record store back in the 1980s (it came out in 1977), when I was in my 20s. Redbone's family came to North America in the 1960s and lived for a time in Toronto, making his love and mastery of early 20th century American jazz, "Tin Pan Alley", and blues standards all the more remarkable. He was one of those artists who could make every cover his own (there are only a few artists who can do that, Eva Cassidy being one, although a completely different type of performer). His version of Crazy Blues is still one of my favourite songs of all time (along with his My Melancholy Baby and Winin' Boy Blues :). Great channel, thank you.
Leon Redbone- Shine On Harvest Moon | ua-cam.com/video/u4j7cAV9TNI/v-deo.html
Great to see you back at it, Ted. Every Sunday, I look forward to your new video. Thanks.
Haven’t watched in a year since I got hitched
Sipping and binging tonight fellas
Not a repair for the 'kitchen table' tech. This is serious technique. Well done, dear host.
Love Leon Redbone's music!!!
unmissable thank you ted
One of my dram guitars. I think it’s beautiful, but really it’s for the late great Leon Redbone as you mentioned. Loved him since I was a kid and got a copy of “on the tracks”. If anyone don’t know him I envy their getting to him for the first time. It’s really that special. There’s some great old b&w footage on UA-cam to check out.
J Mascis plays this, the electric one. He has a couple.
Always worth it! Thanks, Ted.
Hello, from London!
Really interesting stuff on the Gibson! Thanks.
8:21 “Vanilla scented cuz I’m fancy!” 😂
I always enjoy your vids, Ted.
😎👊🎸
I saw Leon Redbone at the '82 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tenn. He put on a really good show.
What an insight into the history of guitar building ! 😀🤘
greetings from storm Isha battered Sheffield
I have NEVER heard a guitar repair person ( even a great one ) quote Euripides .
Well done a scary job. You’re so calm and confident !
I have a 2016 CF-100e and it's a keeper. Comfortable to play and sounds great.
thanks for the videos and great words!
Thank you Ted 👍👍👍🎸❤🔥
Following your videos illustrating the repair of more than one guitar is like reading a good book with multiple plots.
And all along the villain in both plots turns out to have been GIBSON!
Wonderful colour work Ted! Julian Baumgartner, the art conservator, would be proud I’m sure!
Very cool guitar. I remember seeing Leon Redbone at the Riverboat coffee house in old Yorkville in Toronto in the early to mid 70's. Quite the unique experience. You could almost hear the scratches in the old 78's when he sang. Felt like you had traveled back in time. It was as much a history lesson as a musical experience. He stayed in character the whole time.
❤❤❤ Thanks Ted
Some serious guitar-chaeology here
Best way to start the week
👍 right at the probes stuck part because I knew Ted would have a solution and lesson for this humble viewer. Many 👍👍👍 for you Obi Wan
Hello from Germany
nice work…great video…thank you!
outstanding work
When Leon Redbone passed away I was surprised to learn he was a Toronto boy of Turkish descent. I never heard who he really was when he was alive.
I hope my spotty Internet connection holds up under these über windy conditions
Great video as always !!
I like the multi problem/task multi parters. it's real life!
Gibson would have to remove the fingerboard in order to re-top the guitar as you described. Then they could taper the fingerboard to achieve desired action. Basically creating a ramp either inclined or declined. Seems it would be easier in certain cases to remove the fingerboard and make a wedge to put under the entire board change the angle and deal with the cosmetic issues than to remove the neck and have irreparable cosmetic issues. I did it on a Spanish foot guitar.
Amazing work
Fascinating stuff!
"It's scented 'cause I'm fancy"😅
Also check out Mose Scarlett a contemporary of Leon Redbone, a friend and some say the "original" who died on the same day as Leon. Canadian eh.
Euripides these trousers you mend these trousers.
I just KNEW there'd be a quip about a scented candle!
My dad is a masterful woodworker and actually built an amazing acoustic....all said to say I have enough basic background to be blown away and scared to death of a job like this dayum.
Hi Great video..The amount of knowledge and history you provide facinates me,,,so many luthiers ?? have no idea of those facts Thanks Dave
J Mascis also plays these guitars
Never disappoints.
Leon Redbone lived right near where I grew up. He was always in character. Kind of like Ninja from Die Antwoord but way less felonious.
That is amazing!
Love the content!
The Irony of starting my very first guitar repair and Twoford popung up with a new video is not losylt on me. Lol
Gosh I wish you were available for my neck reset. Awesome videos man.
Thanks for your videos. I've learned so much about woodworking by watching you work. Also, I've learned that I'll never own a set-neck guitar. Only bolt-on necks for me. :^)
I've watched many, many of your repairs. I don't think I've ever seen an "Oh merde!" moment as this one. It will be fascinating to see how you bail this out (I never doubt the master, by the way).
Impressive work on the 330
I'm a lifelong bassist and sometime guitar player that has a basic knowledge of maintenance that enjoys watching an artisan.I just wanted to say man, you're good!
Ted....I don't know if you'll read this but I really hope you do.
I'm a guitarist but not a luthier or a carpenter and I'm generally terrible at DIY. Computers is where my skillset lies.
But I bought a new Gibson LP in November and my hanger has blistered the headstock. Not a huge amount, probably about 3mm under the ears. Having been a subscriber to your channel for years, I decided to attempt the fix myself.
I drop filled with superglue as you've shown us. I put tape around a razor and levelled the superglue. And then I sanded all the way up from 400 to 12,000 grit. I can tell its not perfect but I'm the only one who can.
You taught me that. You gave me the confidence. Thank you!
Very interesting & knowledgeable guy
That went from scary to oh my god very quickly, you really need the utmost confidence in your abilities when you discover issues like that !
Having said that I have a lot of confidence in your ability to put that right again but that's one sneaky trick they played there !
That's what auto body repair mechanics deal with every day. Where there's a will there's a way.
@@maplebones Auto body repairs are easier to fudge !
An antique guitar with reasonable layer of patina is something that you hold close and run your fingers over, you tend to look at cars from a distance which is why body filler is useful on cars. You'd have to be really good to use body filler on a guitar with a finish like that and get away with it.
that was a good example of why my thermo reset proceeding did come around...releasing the instrument to the customer the next day in the majority of the cases.
I'm 90% sure the stuff at 20:44 is just Cheeto dust.
Thanks! 🙂😎
Awesome channel!!!!!
Wow. Your airbrushing is so beautiful!
Thank you.