He’s the Bob Ross of guitar repair......and I mean that as a compliment. I think I’ve watched every video. I’ve learned so much.....and I’m a drummer!

I could watch twoody everyday...but I'll take what I can get

I learn so much in every video👍. As a bonus @ 18:56 that I should "use a bone saw to remove the skull to access the brain". I tried using a potato peeler and it was taking forever.

Being a guitar repairman myself, I cannot emphasize enough how much does it mean to me to hear "I have to psysch myself up for this" from a master of your level!

Among all the (rather comedic) levels of shit I'm going through right now, this channel just centres me and chills me out. I can't really express how helpful that's been, I'm not even remotely interested in woodworking or luthiering.

To my ear it seemed a bit brighter with the plate.

I have no idea why I'm watching this, most work I've done on my guitars was to solder a loose ground wire, but I've watched almost every video on this channel and it's absolutely mesmerizing... Truly an art. Keep up the good work man!!

I was so bored on a Saturday! then this happened, thank you

Clicked 'like' before I even watched it. Not many channels I do that.

Old saying from my government job. "If it ain't broke, fix it till it is."

Amazing video. the mathematics alone of the exercise is mind-boggling!

I’m constantly amazed at your wealth of knowledge and experience.

Love the way you explain the formula using three different measurement units!!

18:55 "we use a bone saw to cut off the scull, to access the brain". What in the world are you watching?

Thanks for posting this. My elderly Yamaha L5 is undergoing a neck reset at the moment, now I can appreciate the amount of work involved. Cheers

Excellent work, your videos are always a pleasure to view.

Your videos are an absolute joy to watch. The skill, attention to detail and craftsmanship is beyond measure.

Awesome work!

My new guitar had some sort of glue on the fretboard between the nut & 1st fret when I got it. Thanks to your vids, Ted, I just grabbed a new, sharp razor blade and scraped it clean without a hiccup. Not my first time to scrape a fretboard so I wasn't so apprehensive about doing it and not screwing up. Thanks, Ted! 🙏👍

Awesome as Always !!! Thank You so much for all of your videos and tips tricks and advice !!! It is all truly appreciated !!!!

Another 23 minutes of my life well spent. Thanks for sharing.

You're a genius sir, your vids both give me knowledge and make me anxious of my babies lol . Thankyou

Best neck reset video I have ever watched. Thanks for sharing

That is a really stellar fingerboard.

Love that Lee Valley Tools catalog. Made my Saturday afternoon to see a new video. Cheers from Northern Utah.

Wonderful work, excellent narrative and most enjoyable to watch. Thank you

More great stuff, Ted. I really, really enjoy your videos; but I’ve also learned so much from watching them. Along the way, I’ve assembled a pretty good sized kit of luthier tools and done some really nice set up jobs, as well as minor repairs, using the knowledge gained from your videos. Great stuff and very satisfying. Thanks again!

What a fantastic video, thank you for taking the time to do this!!!

Brilliant. Just brilliant. I love to watch a real craftsman at work.

I always learn from watching your vids. Thank you

Great job again

I have been watching several of your videos and you sir do some very nice work. Meticulous and detailed. Very impressed.

Love the diagram you made ,ted. Martin did some goofy stuff to their builds sometimes, and this was one !! Love your math formula you used also ! Excellent neck reset ! Thanks Ted !

It is really fun listening while converting all the measurements into millimeters. You are a master.

Such clean work

Beautiful work :)

Great work Tom, it's pretty obvious that you love what you do, you care for every single instrument as if it was your own! Keep up the good work!!

Thank you very much for all your videos

Thank you so much. Love your playing...

Nice job, watching a guy that knows what he is doing is pleasing, and explaining the process in detail along the way.

Nice work. Loved this tutorial.

Well done! Nice relaxed right hand on the strumming! Martin player for 50+ years!!

Can't thank you enough for being so thorough and patient. And exacting. And knowledgeable. And caring. And loveable. Yes. Loveable! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Love watching you work. “Don’t you agree?” 😁

Using the “sealing iron” is genius. Just the right size and much reasonable than anything at specialty luthier supply places. Have placed my order online, for whenever they’re back in stock in Canada! Good video, Ted!

This is one of the most comprehensive and instructional video on neck resetting I've ever seen. And I have seen paid for 'instructional' videos. Excellent sir! Thank you for your generous allotment of your time and knowledge! I truly appreciate it. This is one of my absolute favourite KZfaq channels. Hope we can see them for many years to come!

"The patient today..." Ha! That was awesome, Ted! Thank you for another great video!

Great info, always a pleasure, thanks T.

You are an absolute master!

Experience and expertise...can't beat 'em. One lucky owner.

This is a really well done guitar video. 10/10

The second play sounded brighter.

Very nice video!

Thank you - another great job.

Very nice job again!

Great as always thank you

Canadians are blessed to have a luthier like you.

Best video yet

I've filed the saddle on my 1974 D-28 almost as low as the one in this video and it's obvious that it's due fir a neck reset. I like a medium action but between the 8th and 14th fret it's become noticeably higher. Hard to find someone to trust with this work. You do a great job.

Always fun to watch.

Awesome Job

Thanks for explaining your process and not just doing it. Great video

Such a great video. I'll be doing my first reset soon and this was super helpful for understanding all the steps. Thanks!!

You are an excellent repair person

I get a kind of zen thing watching these.

Nice job! Thanks for sharing.

Great video, loved it. I hope my work is as professional as yours some day. I just finished a 000-28 kit and you answered a question I had while reading Dick Boak's instructions written during the period of this long one way truss rod. He states the initial neck set must be done before the fingerboard is glued on but he didnt say why. I can imagine how happy the workers were when the two way came and they didnt have to mess with this at final setting and neck glue ups. The two way also doesn't require a shim to be added so that's less work too.

That was a tiny chisel, so cute.

Fascinating.

I'm only 10 minutes in & your video is the best & most detailed explanation of a dovetail neck re-set that I've ever seen on YT!!!!!!! Much appreciated & subbed!!!!!!!

"high quality mozarella" ... nice language and in every detail a perfect instruction. Thank you!

Great video

35 pulls - good to know for .040 in of wood removed. I'm just about ready to fit the neck to my first guitar. I tend to get concerned when I have a conception that something should be done "quick" and doesn't go that way. I'll try to be calm (HA!) when I do my pulls after watching your video. Thanks for this.

Quite a treasure trove of luthier information. 🤟

What a fantastic instructional video, my friend. You are a born teacher. I on the other hand went to teacher's college about an hour from you and moved to Alberta for my first job, only to find out that I am born to be anything but a teacher. You're awesome.

It sounds brighter with the 'plate-mate' in

Best catchphrase I’ve heard yet.

Thank you, professor Woodford, for another excellent class on advanced luthiery . It was great. However, sometimes it feels a little like cheating, getting so much information relatively free. In any event, I greatly appreciate the efforts you make to educate us. You do a very fine job.

Great video....

I definitely hear a difference between no plate saver & plate saver. With the plate saver, the guitar sounded brighter. Very nice neck reset Ted. You do fine work & are a good teacher of Lutherie.

the most satisfying luthier to watch on youtube. OMG

Tsd---as a joirneyman nkuthier/repairman, I still have so much respect for the detailed and so true professional work that you do--in front Of a world wide audience, One of my heroes no BS. You set a goal and hard standard for us ti emulate. It is hard work, but at the same time an art. Few of us will work to equal your example. What a gift to give. Thank you.

Saw a video from Martin and the neck dove tail is cut fit and numbered very early. Great video.

Artist, Luthier King. Nice work!!

You taught me something in this video about one of my Guild acoustics my family has owned for 47 years. My father gifted me his 1972 Guild D-35. Always read it was Guilds version of the Martin D-18. But you stated the D-18 has back binding, my Guild does not. I was not familiar with the Martin D-16 model My Guild D-35 looks EXACTLY like this D-16. I mean its spitting image. Thanks for this important discovery

" Look a new twoodfrd video dropped, so it must be time to grab a cup of tea, sit back, and enjoy."

Great video, especially how Ted explains things.

I neither play nor repair musical instruments, but after a lifetime of precision work, I appreciate the efforts of a master craftsman. I worked part time for Lee Valley for a number of years after retirement, at least until my tool collection was complete.

You are the true meaning of a craftsman

pardon my enthusiasm great work as always

Sounds brighter with the plate mate to me. Great vid.

Love a good Martin video! I've got a very early 80s Sigma DR28 that has more saddle than that bad boy. That is crazy.

Very informative! Thank you!

Amazing

thank you so much for your videos!

Some guitar shops that have a luthier or technician on their payroll, will do setups themselves on the more valuable instruments that they have in their shops. I did this job for a while and the guitars just sell much easier, if they feel and play better. Martin guitars usually have a relatively high action (2,5 mm - 3,0 mm or even more, e-E on 12th), so it's totally possible that some work has been done when the guitar was still "brand new",...some of the instruments hang there for years and nobody will buy them. However,...If I would have to remove basically the whole saddle to achieve a playable action, I would consider it a faulty guitar, send it back to the distribuierter and just request a new one. Nice job btw.

I do love a good Martin!

I watch all your videos, thanks Ted. I regret I didn't chose that type of skill teaching...I'm a teacher but English and in France... I own a 000-15M and I don't know who would do a job like you do if I ever needed it (started late so...). Amazing craft. 🎶🎶🎶

Another great video! I also think the bridge saver makes a slightly brighter tone, but either way it’s a nice Martin. I have a Seagull rustic (Canadian!!) and that’s probably the best guitar I will ever own as a cowboy chord strummer...thanks the great info!

man , about the plate, it just gave me the perfect solution for noisy badly insulated piezo pickups or ground loops.