Ah, that soothing voice. It's like the Bob Ross of luthiery

the hands of a surgeon, the intellect of a great master. Superior skill and knowledge. Willingness to teach. Excellent!!

The effort put into making that bridge.

Once again proving yourself the best guitar repairman on KZfaq. It's impossible to overstate the wealth of knowledge you've shared throughout the years. You are truly a master at what you do. Thank you so much, Ted.

Dude's working at 11:30pm. That sucks man. I get it. Duty, ethics and responsibility, taking care of family. You won't read this, but so much respect.

Sounds beautiful and some nice strumming, too.

I'm not one to very frequently comment, but I think it's time again: Gosh Ted, your videos are the literal highlight of youtube for me. Thank you very much for putting 'em out!

Played a 1941 Martin D-45 last week. Just pulled off the wall; it sounded great. Later I asked the clerk about several guitars. He told me that the D-45 was valued at $200k. I think I audibly hiccuped when I heard that.

Making the new bridge was great work, but rebuilding the top to support the new bridge was really beautiful to watch. And as a bonus, we got to see you deploy the world's smallest chisel.

Holy Gibson Batman.. that's BRIGHT!

The new bridge is beautiful. Your clients are lucky to have you.

their baby loves video games and loud music.

Jees Ted, you're bloody brilliant! Inlaying the soundboard below the bridge goes to 11.

Wow, ready to go for a few more decades. Fantastic.

Great videos, beyond excellent work. Definitely some worthwhile content, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience! Going deeper down the rabbit hole is always fun and rewarding.

WOW that Martin sounds HUGE. Great job on this one.

It is a privilege and a pleasure watching you work. It's fun to see what you do, and to watch someone so knowledgeable, with a good sense of humor, AND who spouts interesting titbits of guitar history while working. I'm not a guitar repair person, never will be, but I have had a love of guitars for my entire life (listening to my Mom's Sun Records as a child (Elvis Cash, etc.), and I learn so much about guitars from you; how they are constructed, how they work, why the are put together the way they are: on and on. I just want to say thank you! Keep doing what you're doing, please!

If you could see how many views I've given to your channel Ted since recently discovering it, I'm afraid you'd think I was some sort of stalker!! Absolutely loving your work and narrative Ted!

Fantastic work! Striking a nice balance between practicality and respect for the instrument and its heritage. This two-parter is my personal favorite (so far) from your channel.

Brilliant as usual. Stay safe and we'll see you next week.

Thank you for an in depth on your bridge fabrication!!

Hey, scientist turned machinist here that also happens to play guitar professionally and do setup/tech work (I pay a luthier for luthier work!!!!). The much quicker way to map out that bridge is to measure the IDs of the holes and get a rough average. Zero your calipers out to take an incremental measurement (yeah, ditch the dial calipers a Mitutoyo 6" digital is cheap) and then measure from outside edge to outside edge of each set of neighboring holes. Average those out. Then, take the measurement from one edge of the bridge to the near edge of the closest hole and add the radial measurement average with which you started off. Other than the final addition and averaging two number sets, it removes all math and also will do a good job of finding the original maker's intent via the mean measurements. An even faster way would be a height gauge and a surface plate, of course, but we all have different sets of tools that we keep in our shops based on vocation! In my shop I'd be tempted to use my CMM to reverse engineer it but honestly the rough measurements are going to get you closer to what a luthier intended since you work to a much lower level of precision. That isn't intended as a dig, by the way; I would hope you would say the same about yourself versus a cabinetmaker, and that man would say the same about the guys doing the framing of a building.

I went to the Martin Factory in the summer of 2007. I found ebony bridge pins for my Ventura V6... 3 years ago i picked up my D28 Custom. Those ebony pins went into the d28 within 24 hours. They look so much better than the white ones! Great video TW!

A beautiful new bridge for a beautiful sounding guitar. Thank you for sharing your craft.

Such a beautiful guitar. My dad had one but the neck was too wide for me. 😢 however I found a Martin I could play and love it

Thanks, Ted. The edits really bely the reality of the time and patience you take doing these steps.

This was a great in-depth example of the details required to do a great job on a restore. Thanks Ted!

when you were doing the saddle slot, i was shittin my pants, wouldnt have imagined doin that ON the guitar. Nice jig.

I had no idea through saddles were glued in place. Very interesting. And boy Ted wasn't kidding when he said this guitar was a great example of everything you'd want in a Martin. It sounded phenomenal. Such great work as always.

I really like when you title your videos like this. Makes it really easy when going back in your channel history and following along.

Great work sir!!! Slightly canting the saddle slot to balance out the belly arch is absolutely brilliant! The owner will be thrilled!

Thank You, RESPECT!...For comparison of 50's Martins in my shop, this sounded bright and buzzy on the high E. I am a TWoodfrd GEEK Luthier, and have dedicated a Nakamichi pre-amp with split signal into a Carver amplifier with Advent speakers, and an iPAD running real time FFT, CALIBRATED to each guitar Ted plays (Huge Smile). As a retired Physicist, I understand all the variables between Ted's Canada, the digical interweb and my Ear-Balls, but the tones come through! This guitar seemed to lack the Martin "Punch" and deep sustain in the lower register." (smile).

I agree , he is the Bob Ross of luthiery. Love watching his videos and having my coffee in the morning to wake up to. He is a master at his craft.

Always looking forward to your videos. Thx.

Thanks Ted! I needed this today..

love the sound of old martins..so rich

Excellence as usual. 👏👏👏👏👏

Fantastic repairs and great tips! Amazing how you shaped that new bridge.

So clever and clean. Love it!

A beautiful job, which you thought through very thoroughly indeed, to great effect!

It's Sunday and Ted is back. Thank you.

Beautiful work Ted. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Ted fantastic!

Bravo Maestro! Always wanted a guitar with that metal sounding strings!

Amazing as always.

Beautiful work man

Just fantastic. Thanks!

Absolutely brilliant!

Excellent work! As per usual.

Beautiful work

Very inspiring Thank You

Sheer brilliance and artistry as ever. I enjoyed "New neighbours I don't want to antagonise YET"! 🤣 A small and inconsequential request, please bring back the bass in your signature tune occasionally!

Estupendo trabajo!!!!! Magnífico... Saludos desde México 🎉

I love the diagrams; simple yet "polished"... I wonder if Ubcle Ted has watched the movie "A Bridge too Far"?

Had my dad lived to see this channel, we certainly would have bonded over this content as he was a repair guy, not at this level but he enjoyed a tinker and a repair job!

So fascinating to watch. Thanks for posting!

Another great episode!!

wonderful sound

On houses with natural cedar shake siding it used to be the thing to treat it every few years with boiled linseed oil. That would also often turn the wood dark, although it depended a lot on the climate and impact of weathering.

Thin CA scares me these days, have had a few accidents with it in the past...that stuff will very quickly get to places you really dont want it lol

As usual, a beautiful, age respectful, renovation of a wonderful old guitar. And it sounds wonderful as well.

Well done that Man, 💯 splendid

My praise for your work and $2.00 will get you a coffee at most convenience stores. But, please, make no mistake, we really appreciate what you do. Too many people, yourself include, don't get the recognition they deserve! Thank you for showing us how! By the by, younger neighbors can be forgiving. Everybody out here: Share This Channel!!! Just saying...

Beautiful work on a special guitar! ❤🎸

Love the PAINT graphics!

Thank you.

Thank you, once again.

I love your videos, Ted. I always learn so much. I'm getting to the point where I can correctly predict what your solutions and methods might be for the individual instruments. (Sometimes! lol)

Incredible job!!!!

It's always a pleasure watching you work on these instruments and listening to you narrate what you are doing, Awesome Stuff indeed.

Nice work, as always. ☮️

Very nice and rich sound..

Tanks for your sharing. My wife and I have a lot of acoustical guitars and I have arthritis and I'm lucky I can resaw and scratch out electric guitars. I inherited my Uncle's 73 D28 Martin and I own a DC15E and never seen one since. Great even tone. Great for recording, the neck is narrow, so we both play more with the 2-ply backs and sides on Taylor's 200 series. I love the tone on that guitar is the best tone ever best width too! I love the auditorium size. It fits what I used to do.

Man, that Martin sings like the bird it was named after...well, maybe not the bird but you get what I mean! 🐦 😁👍

The luckiest people in this video are Ted's new neighbors. I would be bringing Ted homemade cookies and bread often.

Brilliant. A master at work. Thanks for posting Ted.

Fantastic!

Beautiful work! You are so knowledgeable! Thank you for sharing!

I always hang around for the outro. 🎶

Wow what a rescue, and what a great sound at the end.

QUESTIONS, Ted : 1. Have you ever tried making a body curved, cork faced rest with a dowel pin hole so you could gently tap the end pin out from the inside ? I did it for years using an old piece of steel barstock. One tap, check for glue, then tap again. Usually came out on the 1st try. 2. I'm back to doing all my repairs by hand as well, but for a time, I reproduced acoustic bridges with a laser scanner and a CNC mill to get within a few mil then sand to spec. Have you ever played around with tech ? Even just to experience the difference ? 3. I completely agree with your linseed statement. I've cleaned so much weeping from fretboards I could linseed my deck. I'm a pure food grade mineral oil guy, I even warm it on a hot plate to expell any moisture contamination. However, have you tried Tungoil? Or any other oil when working on woods outside of ebony and rosewood ? I have a fellow repair buddy that swears by tungoil on old maple necks where the factory coating has been played through. Thanks in advance and love the videos. Us buddies are retired and frequently soak our backteeth in suds watching your videos.👍👍👍

All that and the old D18 still rings like a bell, well done sir !

Thank you Fred 👍👍👍🎸

Really great restoration, as always. I do have a small suggestion for you after watching so many of your videos… consider using a nice microphone to record the playing at the end of your videos. Thanks again.

Man that sounds really good. Nice work man!

great video..and you saved it. Awesome

Jedi master!

Sounds great, was worried about that thin bridge area, nice repair.

You might consider using golf tees instead of machine screws for posiitioning aides on your bridge placement. They are tapered, which means you can put them in fairly tight. The head makes them easy to pull out I use them when caning chair seats.

Nice work

exelent work,bty...you think of details that even the makers at martin didnt think of.... i think its best that way... go full on methodical.. you get a better result that way

=== Bravo! It sounds really good twoofrd. ===

Great job as always !! And yes sounds nice !!

Nice. Including the Irish accent

I highly recommend listening to the playing at the end through good speakers or headphones. The guitar sounds great!

Irish bridges!

Great job as always! Thanks for the Part 2.

Wait till the new neighbors find out they moved next to a celebrity 👍👍🏆🏆

Love your channel!

Nice work!!