Best synopsis of Crossroads ever! I love that movie.

I've got a tuba that needs to be a trumpet, table saw here I come!

I have to say, I'm disappointed we didn't get to hear him test out the drum! Haha

+1 for “protuberance”, +1 for “showing an old black man the meaning of the blues. These are the rhetorical moves I subscribed for. Thank you. 9:20 Hear that sustain?

LOL...the intro is HILARIOUS! Always with a smidge of sarcasm. Good post!!

Evening, if its any consolation, I once fitted 4 alternators on a car onthe same day ! as they didn't work. None worked and I thought it was me, took the 4th one back to the shop waiting for some derogatory remark and it turned out a whole batch was sent out wrongly wired. Great videos. Also it doesn't matter about how you say "out" 🤭 at least we know your Canadian. Regards to you and yours Richard 🇬🇧

The sound with the two pickups out of phase on the "Coodercaster" === GOLDEN! Sounds GREAT!

Next episode, we convert the bass into a banjosaurus

This guy's beyond amazing.

Once again I feel compelled to offer my thanks for the effort of producing these videos. They are a great help and inspiration to me and many others, and I know they take a lot of time.

Hey, great video, when it comes to cutting down drums it's usually best to remove the extra material from the "resonant" side of the shell rather than the "batter" (striking) side. This is to preserve the original bearing edge on the playing side which is arguably the most crucial element in a drum's overall sound and playing feel. There are many variations on the angle and diameter and shape of the edge which all have drastic impacts on the tuning range, the length of sustain, tone, and attack. It's a fascinating subject and one that more drummers should become familiar with before buying their next kit. Basically the bearing edge is equivalent to the bridge saddles on a guitar, while the bottom/resonant edge would be like the nut... kinda

Well, that was a first for me I was thinking he's gonna have fun cutting the drum down, then the skills of this man just shone through! I learnt something new again today, thank you, sir.

That sustain is unreal, wow

The culvert analogy was hilarious. That took some cool hands on the table saw, well done.

As usual, I am amazed at the depth and breadth of the skill and talent. Thanks Ted.

I do a lot of soldering in an electronics environment as part of my job. We don't use 'helping hands' in our workshop. Instead we use small portable drill-press vices. I made my own from softwood just for giggles, but the others use steel vices. The weight helps a lot with stability of the part. Coarse thread on the screw makes them quick to adjust and they can hold anything from a fine tinned copper wire to a large PCB assembly (on edge). The jaws can be replaced with wooden ones or covered in leather to help avoid marking parts. Shrinking heatshrink with a lighter works, but hot air is a better solution. We just use regular heat guns like those you'd use for stripping paint etc (because sometimes we need to shrink large-diameter heavy wall adhesive heatshrink), but a small 'pencil' type would be a good choice for sleeving wiring joins.

Your videos are incredibly therapeutic. Your disposition is comforting. Thank you!

I’ve never received a bad CTS pot. One in a million I’m sure. Holy cow that bass drum is *HUGE* !

"Lucrative and Glamours world of drum repair." Fantastic!

Thanks for showing some of your very neat soldering practices. Much appreciated!

My ear likes the sound of the first filtertron anyway and the Lollar kicks hiney all over the place, (thanks Ry). I like your work and watching you do it ...... thank you.

Love the drum fix. WhAt I like about mostly is it involves a musical instrument fix but not the same guitar stuff. That's why i am great full i found your channel. It has a variety of work being done. 👍

I commented, and it vanished. If ya see a double post, sorry. Just wanna say thanks for the video, it was good entertainment while I was soldering. Nice playing too Ted. I like the slightly overdriven tone with that guitar. Appreciate you taking the time to make this.

It's early in the morning, and then I hear the word "protuberences" ,and my head started spinning ! Never heard that one before ! Nice conversion ! Love your channel !

Endlessly entertaining and enlightening. Cheers to you!

That crossroads bit seriously was perfection lol. And as for the 4 way wiring I really appreciated that you took the time to find a more intuitive order for your customer. I wire my teles with a 4 way switch and most people that use 4 ways do it B, B-N parallel, N, B-N Series which I find really unintuitive. So I always wore them B, B-N Parallel, B-N Series, N. That way all the way down is still the bridge and all the way up is still the neck which is useful for quick changes between the most commonly used positions. But to each his own.

I love your synopsis of Crossroads. lmao good man, cheers Mister!

I always look forward to your feeds, they're excellent really. I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks so either but much appreciated. 🤙

You’re a master at your craft sir. Great video!

the cut out of that kickdrum should be repurposed as a gong drum, basically a huge single head floor tom

Even in non-strung instrument repair, Ted's wit comes shining through; "it's like having a length of culvert up there"...brilliant...I've often felt similarly over many decades...not focused directly on the kick drum size, but more on the kicker himself. // Your posts are always great...thanks for taking the time.

We didn't get much of a listen to the original pickup but what I heard sounded great. Don't mess with things that work. Really enjoy your videos mate.🎸

Top tip from someone who has been soldering since the 1960s: change your soldering iron bit for one with a flat end. Chisel or truncated cone; both are good. They will transfer heat quicker onto flat surfaces like switch terminals and the back of pots. It will allow you to complete the joints quicker and paradoxically, using less total heat transfer, because you are on the joint for less time. A pointy tip is only good for tiny components on small printed circuit boards.

I'm not gonna lie I really want a Coodercaster now! Great job on that drum!

Love the videos. Thanks for what you do.

I particularly like the transformation with that drum! Would love to have that cut-off part to make a bodhran.

Always good. Thanks for sharing your working process.

I LOVE the multi-contact jacks. I started using them a few years ago and I will never use anything else again. Thanks for the great video.

I'm less than a minute in and I have to pause and say thank you. Thank you for just being you and sharing.

That's a shame. The new pickup sounded ace. But yeah customer will just have to buy another one! Wow that drum looks amazing! You should have given us a demo! Great vid as always!

Wow I just love your comments about what you do and totally 💯 enjoy the stuff that you’re able to do not to mention what you run into, totally cool!

🖐🏽😎🎸👍🏽 Absolutely the Best work I've ever seen and with complete understandable explanations. Must different than poor O.C.D. Jerry Rosa. THANK YOU 👏🏽🇺🇸✝️

for anyone cringing at that shortened kick drum, don't worry, it probably sounds even better after shortening it - talking from experience here (: short kicks especially with large diameters from 22 to 26" are much easier to tune and easier to get them to sound right - much less low end messiness, shorter sustain (good for recording) - check out john bonham's drum setup, 26 by 14 inches

I love how you always tell us that a tuning is unfamiliar to you ( or even when you did the lefty! ) as you play a perfect awesome little jam for us

Those pure tone multi-contact jacks are awesome!! I have them in ALL my guitars... they make em in gold plate too....

great job! can't wait to see the next project.

As a drummer who does some guitar tech-ing, I can appreciate you crossing over! There's no tom mounting hardware on there though, that's a virgin drum. The hole you pointed to was the air vent grommet. If you do something like this again, I'd recommend cutting the bearing edge on a router table, it'll keep the drum square and you won't have to worry about the router wobbling. Well done though!

Great sounding bat, amigo! You done major good :)

You are more daring than I thought!

I think you're a heck of a good guitar repairer. And you play pretty good too. Keep doing what you're doing. I love your videos. I'd love to send you a picture of the lapsteel guitar, I built. Dennis, from Frederick Maryland

Man. You are a true master.

Love your synopsis of the movie!!

I have used those TV Jones pickups in several of my builds. The Supertron is basically a Classic Filtertron with blades instead of screws. It gives a slightly brighter tone than the FT Classic. It's a cool variation if that is what you are going for. P.S. I dig your videos and your approach. Thank you. -Frank @ Slamo Custom Guitars.

That filter-tron sounds awesome

I'm a drummer who's been watching this channel a while and the thrill i felt when that bass drum popped up on screen cannot be described in words. I feel compelled to inform you that the tiny hole on top of the drum is an air vent, and that you would have a hell of a time trying to use it to mount anything. superb modification though. long bass drums sound like trash, you no doubt improved it in more ways than one.

Worked on a recondition of a very old Rogers kit, sparkle red.. had to try and match and repair where at some point the floor tom and snare had Tama hardware, worked out well but the reality is you can only do so much and such repairs will never truly vanish. Still in the end it was great to see the old kit back with all original parts and sounding great.

Nice Coodercaster. Pickup notwithstanding. Smoof. I like the little knurled selector switch.

I have had pots do that after being heated too long with the iron. Never a cts though. Alpha have been most reliable for me. The ones that can't cope with soldering heat are cheaper stuff like gotoh pots in mij fenders

Yay another great instalment to watch on Sunday morning here in the UK. I no longer read the Sunday papers.

Some days you're the windshield, some days you're the bug... That jack socket is impressive. Finally a simple solution to a problem that I've come across many times over the years.

Another great video. Thank you for sharing.

Crossroads is one of my favorite movies! Ralph’s character wasn’t teaching a black man about the blues. He wanted help from him to learn the blues because he was a classical guitar player who was obsessed with the blues. It wasn’t a high budget movie but it was really good if you enjoy blues and Rock.

First time that I see this Lollar evrsion of the Oahu lap Steel pickup (I'm a huge fan of Ry Cooder). Nice job on the quick drum I'm surprised that a drummer would buy one not knowing what size could give trouble but Hey that gives you a nice opportunity to show your mastercrafting

Great video with a warning ,,,, the drum was truly unexpected !!!!! Great to see a bit if a vranch out !!!

I've cut down drums before and I never cut them all the way through... Always leave a 1/32" to keep the whole thing together so you don't throw the thing off kilter while cutting it. that last bit can be cut with a hand saw and that edge gets cleaned up when cutting the bearing edge chamfer. Also cool to see you do something relevant to us drummers who are fans of twoodfrd!!

Yup, after two days of searching for the error, i always measure the pots before installing them. I ran into the same problem one day. I know that feeling bro :D

Love your description of "The Guitar Kid".

Again, impeccable work on the drum modification, but I couldn't help thinking about the drummer's choice: "Dude, just buy a shorter kick drum." It reminded me of someone coming in and saying, "This ES-175 is way too thick; can you shave a 2 inches off of the the body." To each his own, I guess. Great videos, though-- keep them coming please!

You're description of crossroads had me rolling 😂

I thought Ry Cooder preferred "top loader" Telecasters, not string through body. Hell of an effort! Thanks for this!

Man does that bridge pickup sing! I want one. It's weird, because I've been a Cooder fan for a long time but until watching some videos recently was unaware of the "Coodercaster". Now I know a really small part of his secret!

Damn that Tele is a sexy beast. The mahogany Thinline, stunning. Really reminds me of an old Classic Vibe Thinline that I own.

looking forward to seeing the final product!

How is it not cheaper to buy a correct drum the size he wants? Still, you did a great job!

I have a Tele that came with a filtertron at the neck...I always struggled with it being too dark and overpowering the bridge pickup...I recently dropped a Hi-lotron in and its so nice for a Tele!

The out of phase sounded pretty cool. I must say, like smashing a perfectly good guitar, there should be a law against drum circumcision 😄 A real drummer would have straddled it

I love that guitar!

I've been finding the same problem with CTS pots lately. Dead on arrival or really wonky values coming out of them. I actually had a 500K pot that worked like a fader, loud in the center and would drop off to nothing when turned either direction. Took me totally by surprise. Seems that quality control is waning for CTS. Alpha pots, on the other hand, seem to be pretty much dead on. Finding 1 in 20 that are DOA. I like your videos. Great to see how someone else takes on the interesting jobs.

Thanks for posting. I just built my first ever guitar. Built....well took a cheap Strat style guitar kit and attempted to make a coodercaster. Would've helped to have videos like this when I went through it all....

I bet your heart was in your mouth at times when working on that drum 😗 nice job by the way

Beautiful caster

Very nice précis of Crossroads. I laughed and laughed I gotta tell ya

Great tone!🎵

I’d love to see more drum repair!!

Very interesting guitar, very very interesting.

"Crossroads" is one of those movies that you either love or hate, as evinced by the comments below. I've been a Ry Cooder fan for over 40 years and there are definitely better movies for which he has done soundtracks. (BTW, Arlen Roth, no slouch on Tele or bottleneck slide, was Ralph Machio's guitar "coach" for that movie). "Paris Texas" (directed by Wim Wenders) isn't an easy watch but it's a personal favorite (RIP, Harry Dean Stanton). "Southern Comfort" is another that several people have mentioned below. Walter Hills Western "The Long Riders", and "The Border" with Jack Nicholson (featuring the lovely Cooder/Stanton collaboration "The Borderline") are also worth watching. Many of the other movies that Cooder worked on aren't great movies, starting with the Mick Jagger ego-trip "Performance" (BTW, it was Cooder playing slide guitar on the Stone's "Sister Morphine" for those few of you who may not know this), but the soundtracks are often interesting and typically feature long-time Cooder cohorts such as multi-instrumentalist David Lindley, singer/ singwriterJohn Hiatt and drummer Jim Keltner. If I could only keep one Ry Cooder record in my collection it would be a toss up between "Into the Purple Valley" or the live "Showtime" album, although "Paradise and Lunch" and "Get Rhythm" are also worthy contenders. There's tons of good live Ry Cooder concert material to be found on KZfaq.

Great video. I enjoy your work. Learning from a master, via KZfaq U.

let’s gooo that looks so cool

Thanks great video filming and editing!

I didn't see your final install of the Electrosocket, but your quick spin assembly of the new jack all the way to the stop jogged my memory of using them: Drop the jack to just below the lip at the bottom of the Electrosocket bowl then lock in place with the nut behind it. That way the guitar the player just stabs the amp cord in the general vicinity of the jack and the cup will guide the plug home. You probably got it set up that way but it's something viewers might benefit from.

Lol that crossroads synopsis. Haha

The bearing edge of a drum is usually two 45 degree cuts that meet in a peak. E.g. If the drum was 8 ply then maybe 2 ply's on the OD and 6 ply's on the ID like an assymetric roof.

Such a great description of cross roads

That guitar sounds amaze balls

Wow! Drums too!!

"The length of a culvert"! 😀 I've been following a guy's channel for a while who loves to unclog culverts (often by removing beaver dams), and in his latest video he'd been to the Niagara Falls and in one shot points the camera at the skyline in the distance and says, "That's Ontario/Canada over there" 😁

That is a cool guitar!

I enjoyed the change up!

At 9:20, It might be helpful to make up a shielded guitar chord that plugs into your test amplifier on one end but has alligator clips on the other so that you can test used pickups (or even new ones) before you go through the trouble of installing them into the guitar and wiring them into the controls. BTW, a tuning fork held next to the pickup makes for a pleasanter and more accurate test than just tapping on the pickup. An aluminum tuning fork probably wouldn't work but I used to have one that I think was made of chrome plated brass (?) and that transmitted through the pickup just fine. I haven't seen that thing in years, I wonder where it went to..... probably buried in a pile of my missing brain cells somewhere!

I started to buy those exact helping hands. I ended up with a square steel base so I could add magnetic accessories & arms later and locks to lock the clips in place that yours doesn't have. Not a week later, I replaced those plastic arms with steel, magnetic arms. It all came from Kotto/F Stop Labs. There's a more expensive version from QuadHands but going by the arm of theirs that I bought & returned, they're lower quality than the Kotto that's half the price of the QuadHands.