! Well it is disappointing when a week gets skipped, but i just watch another for the 4th-5th time ;)
@markxl Жыл бұрын
What a lovely sounding little guitar.
@rayclark9643 Жыл бұрын
Playing a left handed guitar right handed is a "noteworthy" achievement Ted!😊
@Blueshirt38 Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah it is. I'm right handed and can barely play a right handed guitar right handed.
@cannedheat2264 Жыл бұрын
@@Blueshirt38 so you play left handed? I’m a lefty and I mostly play right handed. That feeling you have with your dominant hand fretting is hard to explain.
@rayclark9643 Жыл бұрын
@@cannedheat2264 No afraid not...I do a lot of things ambidextrous, but guitar isn't one of them😊
@Blueshirt38 Жыл бұрын
@@cannedheat2264 No I'm right handed, just not very good at guitar.
@PrinceWesterburg Жыл бұрын
Thats in exceptional condition for nearly a century old - amazing!
@jarm7726 Жыл бұрын
What nice saturday morning surprize🎉
@garywhitt98 Жыл бұрын
Woodford fan here. Thanks Ted.
@dwebster50 Жыл бұрын
Your research off manufacture is a very nice addition to your repair. Like no one adds this & quite frankly , that adds very much to the video . Folks this channel is the best ! I just wish you were in Alberta🇨🇦🥰🎼
@RockStarOscarStern634 Жыл бұрын
I love this Acoustic Guitar
@OtherWorldExplorers Жыл бұрын
You know it's pretty amazing. The guitar repairs sre Itself enough to draw me to the channel. But what keeps me around is the historical information you research (assumed). Thank you very much for doing the research. And I'm not sure how much this you know off the top of your head but boy you make it seem like it's lived experience. 😊
@patm5086 Жыл бұрын
Good god that guitar sounds good.
@markvonwisco7369 Жыл бұрын
What a cool little guitar! The pickguard really does fit with the overall aesthetic of the instrument.
@tds3681-d3q Жыл бұрын
Being left handed I appreciate that you "remember" you are working on a left hand guitar 🤣
@danielktdoranie Жыл бұрын
Being left handed is a choice. God hates lefties.
@pascalgalipeau1796 Жыл бұрын
I own one exactly like this one! 😊
@jasoncockwell8077 Жыл бұрын
It's important to remember you're working on a left-handed Guitar! That made me chuckle. Great video of a beautiful Guitar. Fond regards from The Emerald Isle..
@jipes Жыл бұрын
Beautiful sound so much clarity and I love the bass delicate and profound
@JxH Жыл бұрын
8:18 Instinctive visual reaction: 'Hey, you put the dots on the wrong side !!' LOL... ;-) !!!!!!!
@goodun2974 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing myself!
@edwardpetersen4309 Жыл бұрын
I too have found India Ink to be the ideal ebony dye. Folks have brought me their instruments with brown streaks or discolored spots in their ebony (or other wood) fretboards and India Ink does a perfect job of making it uniform. Personally, I like streaked ebony, but to each his own.
@Hemifan4266 Жыл бұрын
As a lefty, I always appreciate Ted working on lefty conversions or actual lefty guitars.
@accelerateddragon11 ай бұрын
Man, I thought I knew something about guitar history. You have excellent narration and research skills. I'm catching up and watching all of videos having recently discovered your channel. Very skillful, no Dunning-Kruger effect, no sensationalism, just great info passed on in a dignified manner. Thank you.
@phil36135 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Ted,This was a nice surprise. That is a sweet little guitar.
@gregorysmith5375 Жыл бұрын
Do anyone else feel like Ted is the "Bob Ross" of guitar repair videos 😊
@misterarthur Жыл бұрын
Only in his soothing temperament. Bob Ross's paintings on the other hand...
@henryvanweeren7233 Жыл бұрын
The fact that this craftsmanship is done in my city almost makes me cry. It's like you should be restoring these treasures in some exotic European city. Thank you so much for your presentations!
@jamesunderhill1603 Жыл бұрын
WOOHOO! Birthday treat, thanks Ted. 👌
@seanj3667 Жыл бұрын
I've been watching Ted here for a couple years, and have gotten the guts to try some of my own small repairs. My biggest fix so far has been fixing a broken headstock for my nephews SG which has held up for over a year. Today, I bought a huge challenge... a 1983 Rickenbacker 4003 for $750. It is as bad as you thing. No pickups, bridge, tuners, nut. No idea whether tone or volume pots are good but they do turn and are intact. One truss rod missing the other needs to be replaced. Some of the binding on the neck is missing. The finish is a mess. I'm excited to try to get this poor fella playing again.
@boldlygo3469 Жыл бұрын
Every time I watch a guitar channel of any kind, I think about buying a guitar. But I already have enough things collecting dust. Nevertheless, I love guitars and guitar players. Thanks for another informative and entertaining video.
@Iam_Dunn Жыл бұрын
What a little beauty! ❤ from James Bay! :)
@frankwebster9110 Жыл бұрын
Definitely worth the share. Thanks !
@American_Jeeper Жыл бұрын
Watching you work, Ted, is an absolute joy. I can honestly say that, unlike another luthier in Tennessee whom I watch just for the sake of seeing his next "hold my beer" moment, I've never once cringed or wondered "what the hell is he thinking", when I watch your videos. Everything you do is methodical and well-thought out. Even though I'm in Idaho, I really wish I could send you my 2018 Les Paul Tribute for a proper setup, because you've set a bar to which no luthier can come close.
@nickmcconnell1291 Жыл бұрын
Wow that guitar would be perfect to play the score from the original movie Romeo and Juliet! It sounds like the stringed instruments from that time period.
@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG Жыл бұрын
Everytime you mention a parlor guitar, my mind subconciously drifts to that room in the Beverley Hillbillies' mansion... ("I'm out bah the Cee-ment Pond, Granny!")
@tasteapiana11 ай бұрын
The sound out of that at the end is awesome. Imagine if Randy Rhodes had lived and had that sound to do anything beyond yet in the vein of Diary of a madman... yes! I love it when little guitars punch above their weight with a compressed attack, makes a performance seem huge.
@charlesstafford3457 Жыл бұрын
Ted… u do amazing work! What a talent u are sir! I wish I had access to your skill. Best wishes to you, see ya next time!!!
@localcrew Жыл бұрын
That herringbone pattern was LIT!
@telecasterbear Жыл бұрын
Diggin the Blue Jays shirt.
@allancopland1768 Жыл бұрын
Lovely. I WANT one.
@briansimpson8116 Жыл бұрын
That pickguard is the Mike Tyson of pickguards. Beautiful guitar.
@mattt023 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, as always- really cool to have an in-depth look at these
@red58impala Жыл бұрын
I'm really digging that pickguard. Thanks for the video.
@robnic52 Жыл бұрын
Great design and a beautiful, balanced tone. The bass is surprisingly deep and rich. Great workmanship and content as always. Thanks for sharing Ted. 👍
@mushroomsamba82 Жыл бұрын
Love the old off-brand guitars
@damnperrys1 Жыл бұрын
WOWOWOW! Gorgeous!
@kevinhill1848 Жыл бұрын
Ted, you have made a good weekend into a fabulous weekend. Thank you for taking the time to post. Keep safe 👍
@FODTony Жыл бұрын
love it!
@corporalrich Жыл бұрын
Brilliant work!
@JohnSmith-gu6ii Жыл бұрын
Beautiful guitar when i saw "regal" though, i thought Buick made guitars Jk. flawless work as always. 😊
@ErickvdK Жыл бұрын
Yay! Ted time again!😊
@jadeowenhamblyn4405 Жыл бұрын
I really liked what you played at the end!
@jeromestevenfaigin6059 Жыл бұрын
My Uncle told me that Fender bought Harmony because of the Regal name for the dobro. So they rename the Harmony Sovereign to the Regal Sovereign since the 1970s. I have the Harmony Sovereign of 1963 and I have a OM style Regal which I was looking to fixing it. It needs bracing due to the lack of bracing where it counts. Also, I'm working on a FG-180 red label Yamaha, Which has nothing to do with the Regal except I got those guitars at the same time as a low bidder and got them from a low bid on Ebay around 2002. They both have excellent tone and I'm looking forward to getting them done. Do some recordings with the 2 of them and resale them. Since I have my Uncle's instruments when he passed away in 2017 and other high end acoustic guitars I'm happy with them and I'm quiet content with what I have at home. I would like to sell a Martin D-15CE. All mahogany, no binding dreadnought cut away, (one of a kind) guitar with a wonderful tone, but not a loud guitar and my Uncle's is a dreadnought D28 and it's tone and volume is excellent except after watching several of your shows, I'm positive the neck and bridge is getting to the place where a reset will happen someday. His Luthier (at the time) did shave the bridge down, so if it changes more then I'll deal with that later. Right now the Martin is wonderful and sounds great and I have 2 other guitars that I own that are even better. When it comes to acoustic steel string guitars I'm set. Maybe that's why my wife said build electric guitars. Cheers!
@tweezy513 Жыл бұрын
Cool pickguard
@stevenedwards4470 Жыл бұрын
Could the neck have been rebound? Or is it maybe the lights. The neck binding looks so clean.
@MsRmaclaren Жыл бұрын
You know, as an ambidextrous(my left has more dexterity) musician (I've been playing stringed instruments for over 60 years), I have never wanted a left conversion. I've always thought since my left has the most dexterity it was natural to use it to run the strings and my sorta useless right was more gifted at strumming, running a bow, tapping or finger picking. I've asked countless musicians why, as a right hander wouldn't you want to use that one to find the notes and chords? All I get are shrugs and I dunno. Maybe your viewers can weigh in with opinions?
@petestack Жыл бұрын
As a natural right-hander who plays guitar, bass and uke left-handed because he's missing one left-hand finger, playing the 'wrong way' round seems so logical to me now the 'right way' just feels weird. *But* I do play mostly with my fingers and think the normal use of the dominant hand as rhythm hand on stringed instruments probably stems from the use of a tool (e.g. plectrum or bow) to sound the strings, on which note I can play with a plectrum but don't feel comfortable with fancy flat-picking and find even the thought of a bow in my non-dominant hand quite disconcerting!
@keestoft250 Жыл бұрын
Even as a left handed kid 40 years ago it seemed alien to even hold a guitar right handed, so I went down the road less traveled of finding playable lefties! My dominant hand seemed to have a more direct line to my creative brain, especially playing rhythm. The dominant hand is the steering wheel whilst the fretboard hand is all the foot pedals maybe 🤔
@Sammywhat Жыл бұрын
Hey Ted, I noticed a disproportionate amount of your repairs are of left-handed guitars. Are they all from the same client? There aren't that many of us out there! Great share! Thank you kindly!!
@In_MT Жыл бұрын
Regaltastic
@davidfowler5971 Жыл бұрын
It may be my imagination but the sound seems extremely "live" and responsive, presumably in part due to it's light weight. A truly lovely piece.
@Benbenbenbenbenbenbenbenben Жыл бұрын
My goodness that sound...
@pierheadjump Жыл бұрын
⚓️ Thanks Ted 🌈
@p_mouse8676 Жыл бұрын
Ironic that they don't do these fancy shaped pickguards anymore, since the vast majority is done by CNC machines these days. Meaning you can give it almost any fancy shape you want :)
@hokehinson5987 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Your right...regalist.
@billdyke9745 Жыл бұрын
Shame that lefty didn't learn to play like Elizabeth Cotton, he has a fine collection. Hey, Ted manages to do it on left handed guitars... 👍
@milt7348 Жыл бұрын
Stay safe and we'll see you next week.
@Jakfilm Жыл бұрын
Regalicious.
@kingsettle9145 Жыл бұрын
astounding
@myopicautisticmetal9035 Жыл бұрын
As I have mentioned in the past, I have one of those old Regal parlor guitars that belonged to my grandpa, the headstock is broken off at the slots and someone tried to putty and screw it together. Shame.
@outerbanks854 Жыл бұрын
I have a Victoria that looks a bit like this...
@mellowvids9637 Жыл бұрын
Lovely !
@amandahugankiss4110 Жыл бұрын
Well hey there, Ted.
@mccypr Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😎
@bradstock Жыл бұрын
Bravo, entertainment!
@soundguyjimmy11 ай бұрын
Hopefully I can get my Sunday dose of Ted
@costasarantidis4499 Жыл бұрын
Go Jays! Thanks Ted, you're doing a good thing!
@CathodeULT Жыл бұрын
As someone that has a collection and specializes in working on left handed guitars I can say I've never forgot that I'm working on a left handed guitar. Now right handed guitars... that's another matter. Ever string and set up a Floyd the wrong way?? Sheeesh!!
@JackdeDuCoeur Жыл бұрын
Nice work
@ssrattus Жыл бұрын
Thanks Ted!
@steveh1273 Жыл бұрын
How did you eliminate the sitar buzz? Was it the nut or saddle?
@davidethridge5748 Жыл бұрын
Here's to the algorithm! Cheers
@jasonhemmerlin6139 Жыл бұрын
Did I sleep thru Saturday? Is it Sunday already? What’s happening, why is Ted posting a new video today? I’m so lost, I’m so confused! Cool little guitar.
@316diag3 ай бұрын
the pickguard had the opposite effect on me. it's a lump or some weird boot... doesn't surprise that it only lasted one model year. oh well, just my 2 cents.
@johnmcneil9164 Жыл бұрын
Most of the time the cheaper fre tboard material on Harmony's (and Regal) is pearwood. Sometimes "roasted" I guess but also the black alcohol dye seems to contribute to the destruction of the structural integrity of the wood.
@Blueshirt38 Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure that it was an alcohol dye. I think the much older method of darkening wood was actually done by oxidizing it with an acid, or some other sort of chemical dying process.
@johnmcneil9164 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. @@Blueshirt38
@patm5086 Жыл бұрын
Hi Ted, have you ever built a guitar? My guitar guy is in port saint lucie, florida,Bob Peterson is his name.
@doctoribanez Жыл бұрын
I was hoping you were going to turn it back into being right handed. Idk why lol
@hotboxpinecone36 Жыл бұрын
Yippie!
@alexbostelle287 Жыл бұрын
Did you consider flipping the pic guard over and putting on the other side? I own a rosewood back and side Wienman guitar ( Philly around the 20s) has the same astounding sustain.
@Les3201 Жыл бұрын
Nice job. Is the guitar x-braced? I know a few of the higher-end Regals were….but I think its pretty rare.
@R.Nashoba Жыл бұрын
Awesome
@kkupsky6321 Жыл бұрын
Best gang ever…
@dalgguitars Жыл бұрын
fun, thanks!
@2009numan Жыл бұрын
strange seeing you play a left handed guitar, right handedly at the end of the video
@sprite_6911 Жыл бұрын
I have not found a single hate comment on here. Love this little community here ❤️
@nickafiedguitarstechandrep9617 Жыл бұрын
Side dot king 😅
@Sam-Ku-West Жыл бұрын
I used to have one just like that. Unfortunately, it was stolen. It was a great guitar.
@peterjames2580 Жыл бұрын
What were the back and sides made from?
@maestromecanico597 Жыл бұрын
I dunno. Right-to-left conversion without moving the pickguard?
@thePonker5 ай бұрын
What strings are on this one ? Is it fair to say its ladder braced?
@scottreynolds4252 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to post on vacation getaway?
@WutipongWongsakuldej Жыл бұрын
May they reach Regalia.
@joelfildes5544 Жыл бұрын
There is a brewery in Manchester uk called Holts,they make THE cheapest beer on the planet,it’s not great either.They had a Lager called Regal…which is Lager backwards…and it tasted like it !
@johnrathbun2943 Жыл бұрын
Can you play Jimmy?😊
@paulmitchell5349 Жыл бұрын
Who makes that knife you use at 7.06 please ?
@davidfrischknecht8261 Жыл бұрын
If it's a left-handed guitar, why doesn't it have a left-handed pickguard? The pickguard is of no use as it exists right now.
@alnicospeaker Жыл бұрын
It started right handed of course! And because you a) don't want to remove the existing original guard, only to reveal raw wood and b) you don't want to weigh down the top of a highly resonant acoustic guitar by adding another large pickguard on the "lefty" side.
@beenaplumber8379 Жыл бұрын
7:03 - How sharp is that knife? It's hard for me to imagine shaping ebony with a knife like that. He must spend hours each day sharpening something or other.