One of my high school english teachers in the early 90's had a 60's Gibson Dove that he would pull out on Friday afternoons and play tunes for us if we had behaved all week. He also let us have a Guitar club on Friday's at lunch and taught us some allman brothers, stormy monday and other pub classics. Every time I see one of these, I think of him. Thanks Mr. Garrett for inspiring a life-long love of guitar!
That's an inspirational teacher. Teachers like that inspired me into an education degree. Then, students inspired me into a career in data QA and research by their obnoxious behavior.
I don't know if anyone has ever commented on your playing, but I'm SO impressed with how you seem to be able to play in the style of the particular guitar and player on every guitar you work on! You never cease to amaze me!
Oh Ted, if you would only sing while you play--it would take dusky and dulcet to a hitherto never before attained level. Simply, I would wilt into cosmic nothingness….😂
I know you've mentioned before that you fear repetition in your content, but I'd watch you do the same job over and over. I find it soothing, and a nice way to mellow out at the end of the night. Keep up the great work. 👍
Ted, I do enjoy your voice and the amount of humility in that voice. I really enjoy doing my own guitar work and this experience that you share makes it that much more enjoyable. Thanks as always for taking the time to document these repairs and upgrades. You subscribers should be in the millions imho.
Ted your videos could start a college for luthier students and your in depth knowledge of your craftsmanship skills are incredible Canadian people like yourself are the salt of the earth and your voice is a good tone for instructions and your work is excellent!Thank You Ted for your show.
I like to imagine its 1988 and I can hear Vicki Gabereau talking on the radio in the background as you pour life back into all these interesting instruments. 🙂
I believe we come to your channel to hear about love and respect for an abstract. Apple polishing doesn't move you but you are a welcome voice of sanity...speaking of which...polishing, polishing..polishing.
You deserve to be called a Doctor of Guitar, sir. Some institution of repute needs to give you an honorary doctorate. Your knowledge is just beyond the average repair specialist or people who only build. As much as I respect guitar builders, because of you I respect repairmen even more. Seriously. The amount of planning and forethought that has to occur before even proceeding, seems daunting. You make it seem easy of course. If you opened a school I'd come learn from you personally.
I have one of those Yamaha's! Mine had the neck broken off at some point and its been glued and screwd(!) back on so the action is lovely. I paid £125 for it. Its no Taylor but multitracking it with a pair of gypsy jazz guitars sounds really nice.
I have an original '68 DOVE which I ordered from GIBSON...one-owner guitar. Thanks for this inside information, I now know more about my guitar from this video !! My original nylon bridge saddles collapsed over time and were actually so low that the strings were touching the back of the bridge. After some thought, I replaced them with steel saddles which to me sound great, although brighter than the nylon. I have been using D'Addario 10/47 coated bronze strings which are great sounding and are easier on the fingers (as well as the soundboard). Also, I use a drop-in humbucker pickup from DIMARZZIO into an L.R. Baggs direct box/pre-amp and all that into a MARSHALL AD-50 amp. The slip-profile/narrow neck has really spoiled me since thumb-overs and low action make it extremely playable. I always learn something cool from your videos every time !!
I really enjoy your "problem solver" approach to many of the 'unique' issues you are expected to adress. As someone who had an industrial design education that turned into a musical lifestyle, I have been 'practicing' luthier skills on my own instruments since my first Harmony student atchtop. Sometimes there are no "typical" solutions and you need to think up one over in that lonely "place outside the box". You strike me as an extremely capable OTB craftsman. Your videos are always enjoyable and concise.
Having done almost 60 vintage FG neck resets and more than a few refrets, I've found LMII's FW74 wire (.080" wide x .043" high. .020" tang) is an exact match for Yamaha wire. It comes in a coil and the radius is close enough to just cut them off and hammer them in. I've also found the dip between the 6th & 10th frets, and many times the "14th fret hump" between the 12th & 16th frets. I wax the board and glue them in with thin CA (individually), first clamping them with a 14" radius block. Then I can cut them off almost immediately, level, crown with Stew Mac's Original Z-File, and files the fret ends.
You give my spirit animal, Bob Ross a run for the money as far as having a very listenable, soothing voice. The big difference however is that after about 20 minutes with Bob I am out cold. The information, knowledge and techniques that you share are truly wonderful and insightful and keep me wanting more. It makes me want to start making acoustic guitars again! Thank you!!
I have 66 Guild that was refretted with very tall wire and it plays like a dream. Really brings the old neck to a place where it feels great up and down
I’ll chime in… thank you for your great videos 👍🏻 I love your attention to detail in every step no matter how complicated or „easy“ the task is and no matter how valuable your patient is. No guesswork and no dirty try and error. Fantastic craftsmanship knowledge and entertainment✌🏻
I recently obtained a FG 345. I have approximately $200 USD in it. An amazing guitar for a laminated instrument. I needed a setup on it, took it to J Gravity Strings in St. Louis. He cleaned the fretboard, dressed the frets, adjusted the truss rod and saddle.
This will be interesting. I have a "yammer jammer" FG 340II. I still plays well within the range of my meager skills. I bought a Taylor a few years ago and sometimes I cheat on my Yamaha with it. I keep them in separate rooms and hope that they never discover each other.
I have a 1965 Dove. My adjustable bridge was replaced long ago with a rosewood insert and a bone saddle. Intonation is excellent. The nut width is 1.68”. Unlike the one you just worked on, my pickguard is glued, not screwed in place. Also, many of the older Doves have laminated sides and back. They were originally designed as strumming guitars for singers.
I have been using the Jescar fret wire for years. They have just about any size wire you would want. I love their ENVO gold wire. Harder that regular wire but softer than stainless. Easy to work and withstands punishment much better than standard wire. Dearly enjoy your video's. Keep em coming.
The Gibson Hummingbird's back and side are made of mahogany, whereas the back and side of the Gibson Dove are made of flame maple. The Gibson Dove's scale length is 25.5 inches, whereas the scale length on the Hummingbird is 24.75 inches.6 days ago
Watching this as I finalize the ends of frets I just installed in a bound fretboard. Thanks Ted, this was the first time I used fish glue, a tang nipper (homemade), and a Chinese knockoff Jaws. All of which I learned from watching this channel. Previously I filled slots from the end with CA, cut the tangs with a Dremel and a cutoff wheel, and just pounding with a hammer. This Harmony I'm working on had an even worse fretboard, divots, missing chunks, and substantial amounts of finger grunge. Yummy!! 🤣🤣😋😋
There's magic in that Dove. It sounds like every 60s country hit song with acoustic guitar. If anyone tries to change anything on it besides the strings, cuff them on the ear.
Experience outweighs book learning every time. (Yet, the book learning brought us to the place of: This didn't work right last time, what if I....) Keep on educating us to save us from ourselves! Really appreciate your videos!
I had this exact guitar. Mine was made in 1981. Paid $180 for it. Once you warmed up on it and the top really started to move, it sounded pretty good. Wish I still had it.
My favourite fret wire for acoustic guitars now is StewMac #155 which is .080” wide and .050” high. That’s 2.032mm X 1.27mm. Perfect for me for getting a good grip without pressing hard. Anything 1mm or under I find virtually unplayable on acoustic or electric.
I've been sick all weekend, just found out my work load will increase beginning tomorrow, and for some reason my pedal board is refusing to make noise, requiring a complete reconfigure. But I was able to forget all that and just lose myself in the arcane details of guitar repair being done by a master craftsman, at least for a half hour or so. Thanks!
I like the sound of that Jescar 0.045" fret wire. I also deal with Next Gen and will be asking for it in future. Also, Graph Tech make white, Tusq inserts for Gibson ABR Bridges.
Ted check out Graph Tech for the bridge saddles, they have replacements. I have a 1968 Dove and replaced my saddles with Graph tech saddles as well as a nut replacement and they sound amazing!
I have a 1972 Yamaha FG160 that I’ve owned since I was a kid. The frets need to be replaced as there is significant wear in the “cowboy chord” area, but I’m weighing the cost versus value. Also, it came with very low and thin frets which, when I was learning seemed normal to me, but now are strange feeling. It’s in remarkably good shape, but I don’t play it too often.
I loved the tone of the Dove. I’m one of a very small minority of players who actually prefer the tone of those old Gibson acoustics with the strange bridges like the J45s with the height adjustable saddles and the ABR arrangements like this guitar.
One of my high school english teachers in the early 90's had a 60's Gibson Dove that he would pull out on Friday afternoons and play tunes for us if we had behaved all week. He also let us have a Guitar club on Friday's at lunch and taught us some allman brothers, stormy monday and other pub classics. Every time I see one of these, I think of him. Thanks Mr. Garrett for inspiring a life-long love of guitar!
That's an inspirational teacher. Teachers like that inspired me into an education degree.
Then, students inspired me into a career in data QA and research by their obnoxious behavior.
Best luthier-related channel on YT. Thanks Ted.
Agreed! Ted has shown and taught me so much that I am now attempting some of the repairs for myself.
I don't know if anyone has ever commented on your playing, but I'm SO impressed with how you seem to be able to play in the style of the particular guitar and player on every guitar you work on! You never cease to amaze me!
Oh Ted, if you would only sing while you play--it would take dusky and dulcet to a hitherto never before attained level.
Simply, I would wilt into cosmic nothingness….😂
Me too !
Anyone know if Ted recorded the musical intro he uses at the start of his videos?
I know you've mentioned before that you fear repetition in your content, but I'd watch you do the same job over and over. I find it soothing, and a nice way to mellow out at the end of the night. Keep up the great work. 👍
Camr for the batitone voice, stay for the beautiful work, and tips.
ONE EXCELLENT CZcams CHANNEL!
I fix all kinds of broken stuff. I am always impressed with your skills, thank you for being so precise in your method of repair.
When you've just had..ONE OF THOSE DAYS.
My day has turned around
Bipolar :) I'm still working on the Yamaha
My favourite way to end the weekend 😊
Thank you
Always love a good Ted talk, congrats on almost reaching 100k subscribers! Well deserved man!
As I think about it, the REAL Ted talks...
100K reached today!
How had I not thought of that before :)
It is always delightful to hear the word chamfer. It is my favorite word that I have yet to use in my day-to-day conversations.
100% "the misty moments before sleep"...yes, that is the vibe!
He knows his own power, he's dangerous.
Ted, I do enjoy your voice and the amount of humility in that voice. I really enjoy doing my own guitar work and this experience that you share makes it that much more enjoyable. Thanks as always for taking the time to document these repairs and upgrades. You subscribers should be in the millions imho.
Really preaching to the choir on this one. I have one I bought new in 1978. All of the above and then some.....
Ta.
Ted your videos could start a college for luthier students and your in depth knowledge of your craftsmanship skills are incredible Canadian people like yourself are the salt of the earth and your voice is a good tone for instructions and your work is excellent!Thank You Ted for your show.
You are a superb luthier and you have been entertaining me for a couple of years now.
Thank you...
Best gang ever….
I like to imagine its 1988 and I can hear Vicki Gabereau talking on the radio in the background as you pour life back into all these interesting instruments. 🙂
The Tune-O-Matic Acoustic Bridge is even cooler cause it increases the break angle making it super loud.
Congrats on 100k subscribers that enjoys watching a master luthier work.
Even as a musician I never thought I'd get so excited hearing a luthier get excited about fret wire.
Only a few more subs til you get your youtube plaque Ted. Good job! Thanks for another great vid! 👍
Hell, you're right. I normally don't subscribe to channels, but just did here.
That labored sigh is the mark of a true professional, Ted. You have achieved mastery.
I believe we come to your channel to hear about love and respect for an abstract.
Apple polishing doesn't move you but you are a welcome voice of sanity...speaking of which...polishing, polishing..polishing.
You deserve to be called a Doctor of Guitar, sir. Some institution of repute needs to give you an honorary doctorate. Your knowledge is just beyond the average repair specialist or people who only build. As much as I respect guitar builders, because of you I respect repairmen even more. Seriously. The amount of planning and forethought that has to occur before even proceeding, seems daunting. You make it seem easy of course. If you opened a school I'd come learn from you personally.
I have one of those Yamaha's! Mine had the neck broken off at some point and its been glued and screwd(!) back on so the action is lovely. I paid £125 for it. Its no Taylor but multitracking it with a pair of gypsy jazz guitars sounds really nice.
Love the sound of those old Gibsons! Love your channel, and congrats on 100K subscribers, which it looks like you’ll hit in the next few days!
Very close to 100k a big congratulations,😀 very well deserved.
This is wonderful all around; I really appreciate the way you explain your reasoning and methods. As always, thanks!
Please welcome to the stage: "Remnant of Tang" . .
I have an original '68 DOVE which I ordered from GIBSON...one-owner guitar. Thanks for this inside information, I now know more about my guitar from this video !! My original nylon bridge saddles collapsed over time and were actually so low that the strings were touching the back of the bridge. After some thought, I replaced them with steel saddles which to me sound great, although brighter than the nylon. I have been using D'Addario 10/47 coated bronze strings which are great sounding and are easier on the fingers (as well as the soundboard). Also, I use a drop-in humbucker pickup from DIMARZZIO into an L.R. Baggs direct box/pre-amp and all that into a MARSHALL AD-50 amp. The slip-profile/narrow neck has really spoiled me since thumb-overs and low action make it extremely playable. I always learn something cool from your videos every time !!
I really enjoy your "problem solver" approach to many of the 'unique' issues you are expected to adress. As someone who had an industrial design education that turned into a musical lifestyle, I have been 'practicing' luthier skills on my own instruments since my first Harmony student atchtop. Sometimes there are no "typical" solutions and you need to think up one over in that lonely "place outside the box". You strike me as an extremely capable OTB craftsman. Your videos are always enjoyable and concise.
Love that interjection @25:23. Wow, the difference in sound between the Gibson and Yamaha was considerable.
Wow, that Dove sings!
I just love this :) hope you never stop :)
The ABR Style Acoustic Bridge really sounds amazing.
I just love how you change your playing based on the guitar
Yet another Ted's classic which will hopefully withstand the pass of time to become legend first, and then myth
Having done almost 60 vintage FG neck resets and more than a few refrets, I've found LMII's FW74 wire (.080" wide x .043" high. .020" tang) is an exact match for Yamaha wire. It comes in a coil and the radius is close enough to just cut them off and hammer them in. I've also found the dip between the 6th & 10th frets, and many times the "14th fret hump" between the 12th & 16th frets. I wax the board and glue them in with thin CA (individually), first clamping them with a 14" radius block. Then I can cut them off almost immediately, level, crown with Stew Mac's Original Z-File, and files the fret ends.
Dave you’re doing the lords work!
You give my spirit animal, Bob Ross a run for the money as far as having a very listenable, soothing voice. The big difference however is that after about 20 minutes with Bob I am out cold. The information, knowledge and techniques that you share are truly wonderful and insightful and keep me wanting more. It makes me want to start making acoustic guitars again! Thank you!!
Thanks for dropping a few more explanations into this video! I learn so much from this channel.
Thank you, Ted!~
I have 66 Guild that was refretted with very tall wire and it plays like a dream. Really brings the old neck to a place where it feels great up and down
The accent you put on when sanding the bridge of the Dove took my by surprise. So full of Country. Love your videos!
Gibson has actually started to bring back the nylon saddles, with some Norlin era reissue models. I doubt they will go beyond that though.
Actually some of the Murphy labs guitars do as well, I know the 1964 335 does at least
I’ll chime in… thank you for your great videos 👍🏻 I love your attention to detail in every step no matter how complicated or „easy“ the task is and no matter how valuable your patient is. No guesswork and no dirty try and error. Fantastic craftsmanship knowledge and entertainment✌🏻
Amazing job and amazing sound of the serviced guitar.
I recently obtained a FG 345. I have approximately $200 USD in it. An amazing guitar for a laminated instrument. I needed a setup on it, took it to J Gravity Strings in St. Louis. He cleaned the fretboard, dressed the frets, adjusted the truss rod and saddle.
I don't know whether to love or hate that Dove.
that time just flew by, as it does one when is having such fun. Thanks Ted.
Meticulous work as usual, watching your work is a real treat. Thanks for your effort.
This will be interesting. I have a "yammer jammer" FG 340II. I still plays well within the range of my meager skills. I bought a Taylor a few years ago and sometimes I cheat on my Yamaha with it. I keep them in separate rooms and hope that they never discover each other.
I have a 1965 Dove. My adjustable bridge was replaced long ago with a rosewood insert and a bone saddle. Intonation is excellent. The nut width is 1.68”. Unlike the one you just worked on, my pickguard is glued, not screwed in place. Also, many of the older Doves have laminated sides and back. They were originally designed as strumming guitars for singers.
I wish you were my neighbor! Great teaching!
That bit where you showed the slightly tight fret wire radius was a fantastic shot.
Man that dove still sings great watching you work
I have been using the Jescar fret wire for years. They have just about any size wire you would want. I love their ENVO gold wire. Harder that regular wire but softer than stainless. Easy to work and withstands punishment much better than standard wire. Dearly enjoy your video's. Keep em coming.
My favorite part is hearing them played at the end!
The Gibson Hummingbird's back and side are made of mahogany, whereas the back and side of the Gibson Dove are made of flame maple. The Gibson Dove's scale length is 25.5 inches, whereas the scale length on the Hummingbird is 24.75 inches.6 days ago
For all the hokey bridge that Dove sounds great.
Great work and great playing! Thanks mr. Ted!
That Gibson sounds really nice.
Watching this as I finalize the ends of frets I just installed in a bound fretboard. Thanks Ted, this was the first time I used fish glue, a tang nipper (homemade), and a Chinese knockoff Jaws. All of which I learned from watching this channel. Previously I filled slots from the end with CA, cut the tangs with a Dremel and a cutoff wheel, and just pounding with a hammer. This Harmony I'm working on had an even worse fretboard, divots, missing chunks, and substantial amounts of finger grunge. Yummy!! 🤣🤣😋😋
There's magic in that Dove. It sounds like every 60s country hit song with acoustic guitar. If anyone tries to change anything on it besides the strings, cuff them on the ear.
Love your videos Ted ! I'm just on the other side of the border in Niagara County, NY.
Excellent thoughts you expressed,re the Yamaha tha thank you, regards Don from Hamilton NZ on my Wife's tablet
I love the maple sound
Ted, that was some very intense thinking at several levels. Awsome work!
Ted taught me about contraception when I use a safe file
Great video. I had a lot of suspicions about rigid neck jigs for set up work. You confirmed most of them.
Experience outweighs book learning every time. (Yet, the book learning brought us to the place of: This didn't work right last time, what if I....) Keep on educating us to save us from ourselves! Really appreciate your videos!
Ted, congrats on the 100K subscribers!
I had this exact guitar. Mine was made in 1981. Paid $180 for it. Once you warmed up on it and the top really started to move, it sounded pretty good. Wish I still had it.
My favourite fret wire for acoustic guitars now is StewMac #155 which is .080” wide and .050” high. That’s 2.032mm X 1.27mm. Perfect for me for getting a good grip without pressing hard. Anything 1mm or under I find virtually unplayable on acoustic or electric.
Salvation for a Sunday!
Ted, are you really saying people don't come for your dulcet dusky tones and looking for guitar tips? Well I never!🤣🤣🤣
A Thumbs Up, as I lay here next to my sleeping wife: I know she suspects something is going on…🤫
Ohhh thank you Teddy!
14:20 that’s exactly what I’m doing! 😂🤣
Nice to see you're back in the saddle, Ted! 😄
Congrats on 100k! Thanks for the videos.
Lots of info, thanks Ted!!!
I've been sick all weekend, just found out my work load will increase beginning tomorrow, and for some reason my pedal board is refusing to make noise, requiring a complete reconfigure. But I was able to forget all that and just lose myself in the arcane details of guitar repair being done by a master craftsman, at least for a half hour or so. Thanks!
Very satisfying to watch 🙂
Thanks for playing them for us Ted.
Damn that Gibson is beautiful.
100 000 subs hit, congrats man!
Hey, congrats on reaching 100,000 subscribers!
Another great video, that gibson dove sounded really good ha. Gratz on 100k man!
Still enjoying the videos. Thanks.
Thanks for the Jescar Fret size tip, fella!! That'll definitely come in handy....
You're the best :)
I like the sound of that Jescar 0.045" fret wire. I also deal with Next Gen and will be asking for it in future. Also, Graph Tech make white, Tusq inserts for Gibson ABR Bridges.
That Dove is gorgeous
Thanks for the evening show.
Ted check out Graph Tech for the bridge saddles, they have replacements. I have a 1968 Dove and replaced my saddles with Graph tech saddles as well as a nut replacement and they sound amazing!
Great video as usual, congrats on the 100k subscribers.
Thank You Mr. Woodford
I have a 1972 Yamaha FG160 that I’ve owned since I was a kid. The frets need to be replaced as there is significant wear in the “cowboy chord” area, but I’m weighing the cost versus value. Also, it came with very low and thin frets which, when I was learning seemed normal to me, but now are strange feeling. It’s in remarkably good shape, but I don’t play it too often.
Congrats on well deserved 100k subs! All the best wishes for the future of your channel!
Congrats on 100k, Ted!
Quite a tune at the end there 🤠
Thank you for your videos.
Ted time!
I loved the tone of the Dove. I’m one of a very small minority of players who actually prefer the tone of those old Gibson acoustics with the strange bridges like the J45s with the height adjustable saddles and the ABR arrangements like this guitar.
100,000 subs! Woo hoo! Congrats!