He’s the Bob Ross of guitar repair......and I mean that as a compliment. I think I’ve watched every video. I’ve learned so much.....and I’m a drummer!

@Rubenwil

3 жыл бұрын

How would anyone take a comparison to Bob Ross as an insult?

@telequacker-9529

3 жыл бұрын

happy little Martins

@davecriss

3 жыл бұрын

Gary - You and me both! Hooked drummers. Love this channel!

@pumpalBo

3 жыл бұрын

LoL, a drummer gathering here ? Add me to the count, hah :) Something very addictive with these videos .. Maybe because he is so confident and knowing his thing .. this shows. Loving this channel!

@G60syncro

3 жыл бұрын

We should start a Facebook group... Drummers who are fans of twoodfrd

Being a guitar repairman myself, I cannot emphasize enough how much does it mean to me to hear "I have to psysch myself up for this" from a master of your level!

@arlenmargolin1650

3 жыл бұрын

The only thing that I worry about is not being a guitar repairman and attempting a neck reset with my carpentry tools fresh out of the truck claw hammer chisels chalk line you know a standard guitar repair tools

@qua7771

Жыл бұрын

​@@arlenmargolin1650 A real pro would use a pneumatic hammer, and oxy-acetylene torch to provide heat.

@stephencampbell2735

Жыл бұрын

​@@qua7771Based guitar repair

@RideAcrossTheRiver

11 ай бұрын

@@qua7771 Thor neck reset

Among all the (rather comedic) levels of shit I'm going through right now, this channel just centres me and chills me out. I can't really express how helpful that's been, I'm not even remotely interested in woodworking or luthiering.

I learn so much in every video👍. As a bonus @ 18:56 that I should "use a bone saw to remove the skull to access the brain". I tried using a potato peeler and it was taking forever.

@seanj3667

2 жыл бұрын

A fret saw won't work.

I have no idea why I'm watching this, most work I've done on my guitars was to solder a loose ground wire, but I've watched almost every video on this channel and it's absolutely mesmerizing... Truly an art. Keep up the good work man!!

@stephencampbell2735

Жыл бұрын

That's more work than I've done on one but since watching like every video on this channel I wanna more haha

I could watch twoody everyday...but I'll take what I can get

@bldallas

3 жыл бұрын

Me, too. I subscribe to 30+ channels for everything from favorite bands, to rig rundowns, to luthier work, etc.; and Ted’s videos are always the most satisfying. Great stuff.

@waybackplayback1347

3 жыл бұрын

@@bldallas Me too. I love watching Ted, he is so careful, skilled, and informative.

@PhilosopherThom

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I do! I'll just rewatch videos I've already seen and sometimes find one I haven't watched yet.

@marka.200

3 жыл бұрын

@@PhilosopherThom same here

Love the way you explain the formula using three different measurement units!!

@JonNewquist

3 жыл бұрын

Don't peek behind the Great Oz's curtain, Toto. LOL

I’m constantly amazed at your wealth of knowledge and experience.

Amazing video. the mathematics alone of the exercise is mind-boggling!

I was so bored on a Saturday! then this happened, thank you

To my ear it seemed a bit brighter with the plate.

@theujexperience3564

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I had my back turned and that turned me right around as in, what just changed!

@britlitemail

3 жыл бұрын

I thought that too, but was wondering if that's attributable more to the difference in angle that he's holding the guitar at relative to the microphone. Especially given the fact that he said he didn't hear much of a change.

@stevehanes1268

3 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@John_Galimore

3 жыл бұрын

I heard that brightness, but it also seemed that the D and G string mids came through better. But, I wear hearing aids.

@dooleyfussle8634

3 жыл бұрын

I thought each string was sounding a little more distinct/ individual when he switched to the plate. Nice sounding guit-box. Must play much better than before.

My new guitar had some sort of glue on the fretboard between the nut & 1st fret when I got it. Thanks to your vids, Ted, I just grabbed a new, sharp razor blade and scraped it clean without a hiccup. Not my first time to scrape a fretboard so I wasn't so apprehensive about doing it and not screwing up. Thanks, Ted! 🙏👍

Thanks for posting this. My elderly Yamaha L5 is undergoing a neck reset at the moment, now I can appreciate the amount of work involved. Cheers

Your videos are an absolute joy to watch. The skill, attention to detail and craftsmanship is beyond measure.

Using the “sealing iron” is genius. Just the right size and much reasonable than anything at specialty luthier supply places. Have placed my order online, for whenever they’re back in stock in Canada! Good video, Ted!

@jonipaananen9304

3 жыл бұрын

When building balsa RC planes, we call that a covering iron. If you search for that, you might have more places to order from.

@mullinguitars8619

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonipaananen9304 good tip, although I had no trouble tracking one down searching for “sealing iron”. The supplier of model RC aircraft stuff turned out to be someone I’d used before, as the site recognised me.

@dooleyfussle8634

3 жыл бұрын

Back in the day, those irons were used to tack down dry mount tissue on the back of photographs before mounting them on illustration board in order to frame them, hence the name "tacking iron".

Clicked 'like' before I even watched it. Not many channels I do that.

Another 23 minutes of my life well spent. Thanks for sharing.

I've filed the saddle on my 1974 D-28 almost as low as the one in this video and it's obvious that it's due fir a neck reset. I like a medium action but between the 8th and 14th fret it's become noticeably higher. Hard to find someone to trust with this work. You do a great job.

Brilliant. Just brilliant. I love to watch a real craftsman at work.

This is one of the most comprehensive and instructional video on neck resetting I've ever seen. And I have seen paid for 'instructional' videos. Excellent sir! Thank you for your generous allotment of your time and knowledge! I truly appreciate it. This is one of my absolute favourite KZread channels. Hope we can see them for many years to come!

You taught me something in this video about one of my Guild acoustics my family has owned for 47 years. My father gifted me his 1972 Guild D-35. Always read it was Guilds version of the Martin D-18. But you stated the D-18 has back binding, my Guild does not. I was not familiar with the Martin D-16 model My Guild D-35 looks EXACTLY like this D-16. I mean its spitting image. Thanks for this important discovery

Thank you, professor Woodford, for another excellent class on advanced luthiery . It was great. However, sometimes it feels a little like cheating, getting so much information relatively free. In any event, I greatly appreciate the efforts you make to educate us. You do a very fine job.

That is a really stellar fingerboard.

35 pulls - good to know for .040 in of wood removed. I'm just about ready to fit the neck to my first guitar. I tend to get concerned when I have a conception that something should be done "quick" and doesn't go that way. I'll try to be calm (HA!) when I do my pulls after watching your video. Thanks for this.

@twoodfrd

3 жыл бұрын

Go slow. You can always take more off. It's hard to put back.

To my ear Thier is less sustain in the B and High E string. Cleaner sound. Thanks for the video. Learned so much!!

Some guitar shops that have a luthier or technician on their payroll, will do setups themselves on the more valuable instruments that they have in their shops. I did this job for a while and the guitars just sell much easier, if they feel and play better. Martin guitars usually have a relatively high action (2,5 mm - 3,0 mm or even more, e-E on 12th), so it's totally possible that some work has been done when the guitar was still "brand new",...some of the instruments hang there for years and nobody will buy them. However,...If I would have to remove basically the whole saddle to achieve a playable action, I would consider it a faulty guitar, send it back to the distribuierter and just request a new one. Nice job btw.

I neither play nor repair musical instruments, but after a lifetime of precision work, I appreciate the efforts of a master craftsman. I worked part time for Lee Valley for a number of years after retirement, at least until my tool collection was complete.

Awesome as Always !!! Thank You so much for all of your videos and tips tricks and advice !!! It is all truly appreciated !!!!

What a fantastic instructional video, my friend. You are a born teacher. I on the other hand went to teacher's college about an hour from you and moved to Alberta for my first job, only to find out that I am born to be anything but a teacher. You're awesome.

Old saying from my government job. "If it ain't broke, fix it till it is."

@russlorenzini2492

3 жыл бұрын

Or, "If it ain't broke, make it better!"

@nickvancapelleveen3750

3 жыл бұрын

Or what my internet friend with the vidjeos. AvE would say Cant fix it. Fuck it. into the ¨art bin" it goes.

@guitfidle

3 жыл бұрын

Nice!

An exraordinarily elegant exposition of the dangers of neck resets generally and this particular configuration especially. As an amateur, I'll probably never see this in life but there's so much to be learnt about the pitfalls involved. When you don't have much experience, things throw you easily. I restored a 1939 Harmony and ended up cutting the fingerboard at the body joint because I couldn't get a spatula through past the 13th fret, Reason - the neck had lifted so much the top of the dovetail was impinging beneath the fingerboard, but ABOVE the soundboard. I should have tried a razor saw and cut the protruding dovetail top. You do't know what you don't know, etc.

Nice job, watching a guy that knows what he is doing is pleasing, and explaining the process in detail along the way.

"The patient today..." Ha! That was awesome, Ted! Thank you for another great video!

@waybackplayback1347

3 жыл бұрын

Woodford. Ted Woodford. 🔫OO-18.😂

@michaellupu2080

2 жыл бұрын

@@waybackplayback1347 I corrected the mistake, thank you. I feel embarrassed because I love these videos so much!

Love watching you work. “Don’t you agree?” 😁

Can't thank you enough for being so thorough and patient. And exacting. And knowledgeable. And caring. And loveable. Yes. Loveable! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Love the diagram you made ,ted. Martin did some goofy stuff to their builds sometimes, and this was one !! Love your math formula you used also ! Excellent neck reset ! Thanks Ted !

I'm only 10 minutes in & your video is the best & most detailed explanation of a dovetail neck re-set that I've ever seen on YT!!!!!!! Much appreciated & subbed!!!!!!!

Tsd---as a joirneyman nkuthier/repairman, I still have so much respect for the detailed and so true professional work that you do--in front Of a world wide audience, One of my heroes no BS. You set a goal and hard standard for us ti emulate. It is hard work, but at the same time an art. Few of us will work to equal your example. What a gift to give. Thank you.

I always learn from watching your vids. Thank you

"high quality mozarella" ... nice language and in every detail a perfect instruction. Thank you!

Great video, loved it. I hope my work is as professional as yours some day. I just finished a 000-28 kit and you answered a question I had while reading Dick Boak's instructions written during the period of this long one way truss rod. He states the initial neck set must be done before the fingerboard is glued on but he didnt say why. I can imagine how happy the workers were when the two way came and they didnt have to mess with this at final setting and neck glue ups. The two way also doesn't require a shim to be added so that's less work too.

Well done! Nice relaxed right hand on the strumming! Martin player for 50+ years!!

7/64" is my preferred height at the 12th. Not picking on you, as I realize the customer was complaining about the action/feel of the guitar, but I see a lot of repairmen who want the action at a certain height, probably because most people who play don't even know what their action is to begin with. But action is specific to the player, and I tend to try to get people to play for me before I set up their guitar if I can. Some fellow who, like me, tends to hit the strings really hard at times will need higher action than what most tend to think of. Not that I have anywhere near the experience you have, mind you. Fantastic work, as always!

Don't want to be that guy but... Man Imperial measurement sounds like hard work . Thank someone we changed to Metric in 1970 in Australia . Love your work , always a great watch and very informative.

@lwilton

3 жыл бұрын

Generally it really isn't. The main difference is metric divides by 10 and imperial mostly divides by 2. If you work with computers you can probably do powers and multiples of 2 and 16 in your head without thinking about it. If not, and you use imperial, you still learn to divide or multiply by 2, 4, and 8 just as easily as 10. Edit: I'm not one of those idiots that says metric is bad. Of course it isn't. But having grown up with both systems, they really aren't much different, and there are some areas (like carpentry) where imperial can have some actual advantages. It all depends on what you are doing and familiarity with the system. If you aren't familiar with the imperial system, yea, it is going to look hard, no argument. But if you know imperial and aren't familiar with metric, it can seem hard too. (I know the metric-only people will find that hard to imagine, but it really does happen for some people.)

@johngardner545

3 жыл бұрын

I grew up with the metric system but got to learn imperial measurements during my apprenticeship, their both great an easy to learn an if i can learn them anyone can.

18:55 "we use a bone saw to cut off the scull, to access the brain". What in the world are you watching?

Informative video, thanks. 11:00 - That neck pocket, with the sound bound interconnected, looks like a nightmare to work on. When I first learnt neck resetting (25 years ago now), I was taught by an old European Luthier (so Spanish/Classical constructions). He always said the heel cap (that slab of, generally, rosewood at the base of the heel) was the designed method/way in to the neck joint (for resetting etc). As well as removing some of the back binding. He would doggedly figure a method that worked around that (rather than applying steam into the guitar). He found it a faster and more 'invisible/less intrusive technique. I would love to have seen him scratching his head over this Martin neck joint ;) He'd probably scowl at a heel cap that was decoration ..over being put there as a 'secret door' for the Luthier :)

More great stuff, Ted. I really, really enjoy your videos; but I’ve also learned so much from watching them. Along the way, I’ve assembled a pretty good sized kit of luthier tools and done some really nice set up jobs, as well as minor repairs, using the knowledge gained from your videos. Great stuff and very satisfying. Thanks again!

I have been watching several of your videos and you sir do some very nice work. Meticulous and detailed. Very impressed.

Canadians are blessed to have a luthier like you.

It is really fun listening while converting all the measurements into millimeters. You are a master.

Yes, your videos are theraputic and it is satisfying to se see a master work. Thanks! And don't take my rants too seriously...

Great channel. I am original owner ‘77 HD28 and the original frets have no indents anywhere. Sad, tells me I need to play more 🥳🤟 Cheers from SoCal.

I definitely hear a difference between no plate saver & plate saver. With the plate saver, the guitar sounded brighter. Very nice neck reset Ted. You do fine work & are a good teacher of Lutherie.

You are the true meaning of a craftsman

Love that Lee Valley Tools catalog. Made my Saturday afternoon to see a new video. Cheers from Northern Utah.

What a fine job. So well ordered, confident and competent. I explained the enormity, risk and complexity of the task to my Girlfriend so she could understand how well you had done. That truss rod jiggery pokery was a definite bonus complication I did not anticipate!

@DarkRumAgain

3 жыл бұрын

Is she still your girlfriend?

@hydorah

3 жыл бұрын

@@DarkRumAgain Haha!

I had a Washburn acoustic with a head stock crack well I watched you deal with this kind of repair....I just did what you did to fix it.....and what you know I fixed it just wanna say......thanx

I get a kind of zen thing watching these.

I know this is a nit picky comment, but Martin has been using truss rods since the 30’s. Just non adjustable truss rods. It always bugs me when people say a guitar doesn’t have a truss rod, just because they can’t stick a wrench in there and change the neck relief. I like your videos btw!

I just bought a Martin Special 16 in August 2020 and this was a very interesting video. The Special 16 as far as I know is basically a very slightly modified D16e. It's made in Nazareth, PA its got a glossed sitka spruce top and having looked into it the only difference I can see is that my Special has Satin Rosewood back and sides where the D16 has glossed back and sides. I guess what I'm saying is its nice to see how the 16's age now that I have one. I feel like the 16's are a little underappreciated. Of course I'm biased now but they are great guitars. I couldnt afford a D45, D35, D28, D18...But I couldnt be more pleased with my Special 16 Rosewood Dreadnought. Ive played an Ibanez Artwood for 5 years and it was a great first guitar. So happy to have stepped into the Martin world!

Thank you for giving some measurements in mm. Watching it in Europe, I sometimes have a problem understanding if "action of 1/1000inch" is good or not. Thanks for all of your knowledge you give for free 😉 I've learned a lot from you!

Wonderful work, excellent narrative and most enjoyable to watch. Thank you

Thanks for explaining the whole trussrod under the soundboard situation. I believe the truss rod is so far back to allow its pressure to work on the infamous "neck joint bump", which is a common defect on acoustic guitars.

At 5:15 - the “neck reset formula.” I KNEW there had to be a geometric way to calculate how much to remove from the heel - this was exactly what I was looking for!

Quite a treasure trove of luthier information. 🤟

The metal bridgeplate saver is a tone killer, you want the ball ends resting on the maple bridgeplate for the bright maple to ring through the spruce mahogany or rosewood b&s.

Best neck reset video I have ever watched. Thanks for sharing

The second play sounded brighter.

@trajtemberg

3 жыл бұрын

Chimy!

@lpjbird

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah not good.

@WujekDobrelody

3 жыл бұрын

In the first sample guitar is set almost perpendicularly to tha camera with soundhole aiming into cams mic. This set up always boosts low tones. In the second sample guitar it is closer to 45 degrees, so this recording has to sound brighter- it is hard to tell how much plate had changed...

@vyrus24

3 жыл бұрын

He most likely put on new strings.

The Coverite (other brands exist also) sealing iron is available at most hobby shops and is used to shrink coverings for model aircraft. Coverite is a brand of covering material.

@JohnKorvell

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and MUCH less expensive than if you buy the same device at a photo shop (used for "dry mounting" photos onto paper board for framing).

@TheRobman

3 жыл бұрын

Here's the iron and a heat gun together for $33 on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0006OBN2O/

@TheRobman

3 жыл бұрын

Or get the iron on its own for $23 on eBay: www.ebay.com/itm/174351480882

You're a genius sir, your vids both give me knowledge and make me anxious of my babies lol . Thankyou

It sounds brighter with the 'plate-mate' in

This is a really well done guitar video. 10/10

Great video, especially how Ted explains things.

Great work Tom, it's pretty obvious that you love what you do, you care for every single instrument as if it was your own! Keep up the good work!!

I watch all your videos, thanks Ted. I regret I didn't chose that type of skill teaching...I'm a teacher but English and in France... I own a 000-15M and I don't know who would do a job like you do if I ever needed it (started late so...). Amazing craft. 🎶🎶🎶

the most satisfying luthier to watch on youtube. OMG

Experience and expertise...can't beat 'em. One lucky owner.

I recently did a neck reset on a 3 year old Martin. It was one of the more interesting jobs I had to do, because it was basically a new guitar and the fret board projection with no string tension was actually pretty good,...but under tension the top came out very high, which is not a good thing and I doubt that this guitar will survive to celebrate it's 35th birthday. I had to take this into consideration, when I did the neck reset and the action is pretty good now,...not quite sure for how long, but the customer wanted to do it anyways. They still use this white glue btw,...but I got the neck out with pretty minimal collateral damage.

I've no interest in fixing acoustic guitars but I'm addicted to these videos

"wood goes in, guitars go out, thats what ted woodfords youtube chanel is all about" is what ted sings while does his mrning calusthenics

So informative as always thanks. Regarding the truss rod, on my 2002 HD28 it sits further forward, but not nearly as far as this guitar. It seems the 90s the moved it back behind the tone bar as you said, and it's only a 1 way rod. On my newer 2020 OM, it sits even further back, and is now a 2 way truss rod, likely to address the soundboard interference issue, and also to keep nosy people like me from messing with it.

man , about the plate, it just gave me the perfect solution for noisy badly insulated piezo pickups or ground loops.

I've watched a number of your videos and strongly admire your work. However, I think they would be so much better if they were longer and showed more detail. For example, on this video, you didn't show the new angle from the fretboard to the bridge, and more importantly, you didn't show anything you did to "hide" the fallout from the reset where the new heel profile meets the body. To me, that's one of the harder aspects of a neck reset. Showing what a skilled craftsman like you does there would be valuable to us mere mortals!

I loved that formula you used to determine how much of the heel to remove. I hope I be never have to use it. I'll know where to find it though.

" Look a new twoodfrd video dropped, so it must be time to grab a cup of tea, sit back, and enjoy."

@revolutioninthespiri

3 жыл бұрын

Literally enjoying a cup of Earl Grey as I watch this LOL

Ah Ted, you made my day. Actually, to my ears the neck plate made a huge difference - much brighter and more crisp note definition. Then again my ears are crap. Could have been position in the room etc, Don't want to speak for everyone but I suspect a lot of us would love if these were even longer. I've seen them all and I know you don't like to repeat stuff too much but if you had made this multi-part and had gone deeper into each aspect I think it would be well received. That way you could post multiple times a week or just one repair aspect each over a few weeks. Might be a way to free up some time for you. Selfishly I'd just like more. Like many have said there is something captivating and soothing about these vids. You're a natural. Anyway, thanks again.

That was a tiny chisel, so cute.

I've been using the PlateMate for around 6 months. At the installation I started using TiSonix titanium bridge pins. I like the combo sound. My dead Elixers started breathing, lol. I use it on my Martin HD-35.

Thanks, I’m riveted.My ‘77 D28 got refret a couple years ago,new oversized bridge, New saddle and nut, neck reset. Now I can slip paper behind heel and under bridge corners SIGH.

the way you measure small things by measuring down from an inch is blowing my mind

@HimynameizStu

2 жыл бұрын

one fourty thousandths of an inch ect

Lee Valley is wonderful and a national treasure of Canada. No need to make qualifying statements about owning those tools. Anyone who knows what they're doing would be proud of them.

Such a great video. I'll be doing my first reset soon and this was super helpful for understanding all the steps. Thanks!!

@dooleyfussle8634

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, when that happened , I shoulda known we were gonna end up with the trumplupigus.

Great job! I'm amazed at how you make a complicated process sound so easy. And also, I think the metal pin plate made the guitar sound a tad bit brighter than the first video (if it's not because you recorded in a different place)

@JonMadsen70

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Though the word that came to my mind was tighter.

I love to watch neck resets

Thanks for explaining your process and not just doing it. Great video

It was really swell of you to go the extra effort to make that visual aid to show how that neck was set in the pocket. Stuff like that has got to cut in to your working hours. So, Thank you.

Artist, Luthier King. Nice work!!

Saw a video from Martin and the neck dove tail is cut fit and numbered very early. Great video.

Excellent work, your videos are always a pleasure to view.

If that’s the OE saddle, I’m the King of Siam. The Plate Mate takes away everything I love about mahogany and makes it sound almost metallic and zingy.

@jeffscarff1655

3 жыл бұрын

I find it hard to believe that "the guitar came from the factory this way" when it has that Plate Mate in it. And if it did, it would have been installed correctly.

@nicolen.9642

3 жыл бұрын

@@saintnash1 "talking through his hat" haha. I thought the same. 👍