I can't wait to pick er' up and play it. You are the Wizard ! THANK YOU.

I swear man, you must have the patience of a saint

2:41 - $50 says its BONDO. I know guys who use it to “fix” EVERYTHING. Cars, boats, interior walls, skateboard decks, gun racks...you name it. It’s basically just moldable Duct Tape.

We need a 10 hour long guitar repair ASMR video.

A man who knows how to build things is a man who knows how to repair things.

FYI: You can find a cheap spectrophotometer on Ebay for around $30, You can buy a super high quality used spectrophotometer that is ordinarily very expensive for around 30 bucks as well. These devices are exactly what body shops and printing companies use to perfectly match the exact color, then you can have the exact match paint overnighted to you. I used to work in the printing industry and hardly anyone realizes that these types of tools exist. I have learned so much for your channel, and I am glad to give something small back.

Man I wish there were more repair people with your skill set around. You take pride in your work and show respect for each instrument. I hope you're teaching the next gen.

Always interested in arch top content.

looks like b5 blue it's a plymouth car color when I need a match I go to an auto body supply store they will take a picture of your color and computer match it and put it in a spray can

I love your attention to detail. This stuff is what luthiering is all about!

I love it when people like you show the rest of us that it is possible to repair and restore old guitars, let 'em be cheapos. Every guitar needs to be played, they are too precious to get reduced to a wallhanger.

I like the sound your repair/the customers guitar puts out

That thing sounds haunting - in a good way. It's got the weirdest resonance. It's beautiful!

Your talent makes people happy that means no matter how tough the job you are making impossible dreams come true and that’s good! Thanks for sharing your professionalism with USA

I have had success color matching by having my local auto paint supply mix up a water based duplicate. A clear topcoat is required. I am amazed at the accuracy they achieve.

I have found that the nail polish store has almost every color of guitar touch-up paint will ever need and as a bonus 99% of nail polish is nitrocellulose lacquer. But as usual your work is spectacular and I appreciate you sharing.

The colour reminds me of my old Malibu 1972 blue with little bit of metallic.

They make a flexible extension for going around corners. 1/4" is the size I have. Works like a charm. Get one for those tight jobs. Or use a long extension thru the hole for the pick up jack and a ball headed Allen to turn the furniture bolt. Also, for wood saturation, you can get a product called Git Rot from any boating store. I got mine from West Marine here on LI, NY. It's a 2 part epoxy that the wood will soak up like a sponge. Get it and keep it on the shelf. It has many uses.

Wonderful. You really breathed life back into that.

Your woodwork is phenomenal. Thank you for doing such in depth repair videos. You are a patience repairer. Thumbs up and thank you sir.

Wonderful fix I love thes cheapo guitars they sometimes have a great character

"NOT REPAIR FRIENDLY"...Man, that could/should be etched into this old warhorse's headstock [ I'm now also seriously considering this as my own tombstone etching - "He simply wasn't repair friendly". ]. Your ability to "hold your tongue" while critiquing the previous repair person's work is exemplary...truly. As always, every dang guitar leaves your shop sighing in ecstatic relief, singing better than before, and most likely checking herself out in every available mirror - "Uuumm, lookin' good, gorgeous gal...lookin' real good". Thanks again...keep posting, please.

Love hearing your narration, the wisdom and the passion.

YOU WILL BE AMAZED HOW WELL A AUTOPAINT PPG PAINT SHOP WILL MATCH THAT BLUE PAINT CHECKEM OUT .

WOW ...it sounded great!!! You did the world a favour! the guitar could get past on for years and many will cherish it!

Classy to avoid disparaging previous repairer.

Awesome repair, thanks for sharing!

In addition to the great work that you consistently perform I respect that you chose not to disparage the work that was previously done on this guitar. There is an individual on KZfaq who spends more time being critical of the instruments and the manufacturers than he does working, while the quality of his work is usually below expectations. I really appreciate that you spend your time (and ours) concentrating on problem solving instead of idle criticism.

I've learned so much about Canadian artists through your channel. Some Canadian brands and luthiers too!

Excellent work... and advise to the wannabes'... you are indeed a master! Cheers!

My heart fell into my stomach looking at that neck before the work began... and it's not even my guitar.

I'm rewatching these videos. I love the sound of that thing. Nice playing past Ted. Excellent! 😎

As a pro mechanic, and hobbiest wood worker, I'm always amazed at the tools that luthiers DON'T have! Fer instance, a 1/4" drive hex bit, flex socket set... would've taken you about 2 minutes to demount/remount the neck. Lol Nice work nonetheless! 👏

So enjoyable watching a master craftsman going about his work. I so admire your patience. I wish I had a little. I do try.

You have my sympathies with those bolts! Another fine video!

For bolts like that, I go through the endpin hole! I love your work and appreciate your channel.

Great video as always, keep up the great job

My hat's off to you Ted. Fixing others half baked mistakes takes resolve and solid marbles.

And you wonder why people from all over North America want you to work on their instruments.

Well spoken and detailed. Keep them coming...

You do awesome work my friend 👍

That color is so beautiful

Great job, thanks for posting.

The tone from that thing is amazing, great looking too.

Great work once again.

Great workmanship. Patients and perseverance is the way to go to achieve good end results. Love seeing your very informative videos. Going to attempt a neck reset on an old guitar. Don't know what company made it but it is called Prestige... not the company from out West. This one was around quite a few years before they got started. Thanks for sharing your marvelous talent.

Masterful work

Sounds like a great guitar . Great work again

You are a genius. I have an old Harmony that you could probably make play again. Maybe someday when I am back in the TO area. Nice work!

Some of those metallic style paints can be matched with nail varnish. There's an enormous range of colours and finish types. Just right for 'dabbing in'.

Nice work! I have to say I really like the custom colours and Art Deco tail piece on this guitar. I’m sure Ginger loves it.

Great video just subbed your channel and thanks for sharing your knowledge.

I build F5's and man I dig your show!

Lovely color selection.

Thank you so much for the video!!!

Amazing, that thing sounds mint!

Nicely done

Great job 👍👏👏

I like a bolt-on neck. You're absolutely right about that one being a pain. There has to be a clever workaround for that problem. It's still better than playing with a set neck. (IMHO)

Looks very similar to the Kiesel pearl blue color but I’m sure in person it’s just slightly different. I’m want to get into repairs like this but man after watching there is a lot I don’t know haha. I did paint at a custom shop for years and a lot of neck work with fret dressing, setup work, as well as oil finishing guitars. This is inspirational for sure

That’s really really amazing☺️

Pretty killer sounding guitar. Nice job saving it

Metal flake Blue. At a guess it's translucent blue over silver "did that to a lampshade once". Love the color

great work

OK, before I watch the rest of this. I agree with the neck needen to be raised. I would take the neck off, glue on some extra wood material, and then shape it to fit the curved top all the while raising it to get the desired string height. I hope that's what you are going to do as well...Let's watch and learn...continue...Oh, yeah, taking from the heal to change the angle. Great stuff..adding the shims fills the space. Awesome...my way was much harder. Thanks, this was a great demonstration.

Omg that thing sounds killer!!

Love those old guitars

"a 1/4"-20 furniture-style bolt" Funny because I was installing stainless steel 1/4"-20 machine screws (with those lovely robertson 3 heads) at a friend/client's house today, for a tabletop I built him.

The lady should have brought that guitar to you in the first place huh? People do some crazy things. Great video thanks for sharing.

That guitar is stylin' !!

Man I bet she was thrilled after getting this guitar back from you!

pretty cool sound, Old Kay arch top why not❤️😎☮️

Very nice job.

Amazing how much that tail-piece looks like a Guild.

An automotive paint shop could match that color pretty close. It may not have been in the budget but it wouldn't be too expensive to mix up just a little bit.

Excellent! Thanks !!

DEFINITELY needed to lighten that color up ALLOT MORE . SO GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO! The one area you need some work is definitely the painting or all the finishing work, because if you put the time and care into the finishing work that you put into all the repair, fret ,bridge, just all your wood and other work, you would bye 100% the best out there

Badass Job!

I think that color is radio blue~ awesome work too!

Amazing !

Great Job! I wonder if the top was off to do the bolt on neck modification previously

good save, and some fine pickin

Nice one Mr.

Your fellow Canuck, Luthier John Carruthers, welded a screw driver tip onto a long extension to reach the neck block for those Kung Fu neck resets. He goes right thru the hole for the end pin in the tail block. I've used it in his shop chucked into a screw gun. love your vids...

Great idea on the spruce shims. I have an older kay on the bench (for far too long). Previous neck reset done with gorilla glue, off angle to the body and action way to high. I ended up cutting it off and I have futzed with trying to carve a replacement support under the fingerboard extension but have not been able to do a good job. The shim idea maybe the way to go. As big a PITA as yours was, I would kill to have a pickup hole to work with as I plan to convert it to a bolt on neck. A favor to a friend is turning into a taxing situation for our relationship. Taking way to long. :) Thanks for the great video

GOOD JOB!

Another amazing video. Thanks for the demo playing at the end too. And there are 2 'Dislikes' (at this time)??? What's to dislike? Blue guitars... maybe? Ugh.

It would be so, so, so freaking cool to see the authentic reactions of these customers once they received their previously destroyed guitar brought back to them in sometimes a "better than new" state. Thanks for the upload, man! You are amazing! Later... (just subscribed)

Another great job. You know that many Luthiers get a steel rod welded up with an allan key on the end and do the screw removal and tightening from the tail piece end pin hole? It is one LONG tool! Frank Ford has something I think ion his photoessays.

I'd even take a drive to ratchet that thing back in when taking it apart took half an hour. You really got patience.

Amazing job! That thing was a mess

love it

Great craftsman! As somebody said below, use 1/4" ratchet w/ extensions for the hex head (allen screws). Why do people give a thumbs down??? Patience of a saint! If that was my guitar, i would have smashed it in a million pieces!

Use a 1\4 inch drive ratchet for the Allen head bolts there is all different size extensions for length . I'm an automotive mechanic and nothing is user-friendly especially on the new cars lol

Nice job,!

That blue, what a colour man

THATS SOME SHODDY WORK , THERE I SAID IT, I HAVE AN OLD KAY , AND I LOVE IT

I have seen the removal of the neck bolts by going through the end block at the butt end of the instrument. A very long extension or several ganged together stuck through that hole that the end pin goes in and a Allen socket added as the extension gets in the body. I’m sure there was a custom tool at Kay to do this at manufacture.

that's nice, a P90..cool. Razor Tribute TSB-91 Dog Ear Electric Guitar Pickup. I have had a few of these and they do have crappy necks. I have an Ibanez J 200 copy that needs just a bit of work to be a great acoustic. It stays in tune well but at some time it didn't because some one got the neck where they wanted to and then shot hot glue down in the truss rod hole at the head stock. I assume to keep it from moving. now the action is stuck a bit to high. the bridge has a hair line crack in it. It is beautiful with an abalone in lay.

Nice job! This thing needs a rear access panel. ;)