As a guitarist and a guitar builder in the USA I am so impressed with this video, the extent that you went on the neck is beyond belief. Awesome job I could not have done a better job myself you took what resources you had and put a new fingerboard on, put new frets in leveled and crowned it. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼, it is obvious you do know what you’re doing, your refinish on the guitar is one of the best restorations I’ve ever seen on KZfaq. A wonderful job. Great work!

こんなに綺麗にして貰えて、ギターは絶対喜んでいる

Perfect. You saved and kept it original. This one looked like one of the most damaged you have ever restored. You did a great job. 🎸

音確認で涙がこぼれそうのイントロ引いてる時点で最高すぎる、リペアも素敵、、

最初、素手で触るのが憚れるくらい酷くて驚きましたが、あんなに可哀想な状態になっていたギターがピカピカに蘇ってくれて嬉しくなりました☻

With all the great parts of this restoration I respect, as a pro for over 35yrs I would NEVER suggest to anyone to use CA glue to glue-seat frets. For anyone watching that is new to re-fretting: after thoroughly cleaning your fret slots, and pre-fitting your fret, IF you are going to glue-seat the fret, please use slightly diluted wood glue (Tightbond 2, or LePage, or WeldBond, etc) INSIDE the slot where the tang will fit, and then press or tap them in as per your chosen method, but PLEASE don't use CA glue for seating frets! That's an absolute LAST resort for any fret work or fret repair. I WILL say that a mix of wood powder and CA glue is sometimes good for repairing a fret slot that's very old, damaged, and has become too wide or expanded for fitting the new fret--you can even spray that with accelerator after applying. You can then re-saw or re-file the slot to fit your tang. That typically one the only safe, practical, or viable uses for CA glue when it comes to frets. Even a lifting fret from an older or worn fretboard can be re-seated with diluted WeldBond and clamped. If you do it right they never lift until re-heated and pulled for re-fretting. ~JSV

Wow! Mastery of work. When I read your video title that it mentioned ‘rotting wood’, I thought ‘no way!’ But you were spot on! Can’t believe a guitar can get that trashed. I’m guessing longterm water damage? Well done, great work.

That went from being a boat paddle to a well loved instrument.What a challenge!

こういうリペア動画の最後にさらっと涙がこぼれそうを弾く辺りが粋だなと思います

Amazing work, as always. I love that the rotting areas weren’t hidden under an opaque finish. They’re part of the guitar’s history and so they’re tastefully on display.

97% improvement. I would have replaced the metal pieces that were so pitted and I would have tried to get the rotted wood area to match with wood filler rather using clear filler that showed the dark rotted wood. The rest of the guitar looks really nice.

Best restoration so far--you brought that beautiful guitar back from the dead. I was so anxious that you were going to have to paint the body but the refinish job is amazing! Very talented!

When I saw the condition of that neck, I thought for sure it wasn't worth saving. But you came through with flying colors!! Brilliant work.

In my years as a musician, I have never seen a guitar as destroyed as that Fender Telecaster. It made me sad to see how destroyed it was. I hope her new owner loves her and takes care of her as she deserves.

Fantastic work, my friend! Love that you preserved the rotted portions! Super cool look!

That poor baby! Great video! I have an ES335 style project guitar that someone started stripping the finish from and instead of completing it, sold it to the thrift store. This video showed me a great way to "finish" the job. Thanks!!

Wow!!! Mamma mia che gran lavoro!!! Compliments! an incredible job that brought a beautiful guitar back to life, reduced to unspeakable conditions (but how is it possible to reduce an instrument like this). Standing ovation!!!

最後の演奏もいつも楽しみにしてましたが、涙が流れそうになりました。 R.I.P チバ

A superb restoration Asyl. I also liked that you didn't obliterate the playing surface wood damage.

wow this is your best video I have seen of you restoring a guitar so far amazing. Do you know how the guitar got in to such terrible shape, looks like flood damage. You saved this guitars life after so much neglect

千葉さんへのリスペクトを感じられました。

このビデオを見たのは全くの偶然でした。 単に素晴らしい作品であり、保存状態に欠陥があるにもかかわらず、素晴らしい楽器でもありました。 ピックガードについては、時間を無駄にするつもりはありませんが、新しいものを購入します） 申し訳ありませんが、私は日本語を話せません。Google 翻訳者がこれをしてくれました

Judging by the mark half way up the neck when you removed the finger board, I'd say this guitar way in a flood and then the insects got to it. Great work on this one.

これは、、、いい！！こういうレストア綺麗になるけどデザインくそ、みたいなことあるけどこれはまじで気持ちいい。ロゴもあの落ち着いた感じ選んだの最高！

I love the character you brought out with this one! Awesome natural colour

涙がこぼれそう、最高です。

At least in three moments of this video, I wrote the guitar off & considered it garbage. Especially with wood rot, which I understood as irreversible unless the rotted/rotting wood were removed in a large section. Superb job!

Far out! Awesome restoration work. Sounds great too! Thanks for posting 👍🏻👍🏻

Astonishing work. Congrats for your result. Especially leaving the wood clear for everyone to see its beauty.

Looks like it spent more than 1 year outdoors..

Great job and great video. My only beef is I wish you had shielded the pockets when you had it apart. Other then that it was a impressive restoration.

Absolutely amazing. You just taught me about 50 techniques. This should be a required video for Luthier school. I cannot possibly tell you how much I got from this. And my many, many thanks! Mark

ナチュラルフィニッシュなのが良い…!!!! 埋めた所も渋くてカッコいい♥

うおぉ、過去一でやべー素材じゃないですか？ 塗りつぶしかと思いきや、腐ったところを敢えて見せるのいいなと思いました。 ピックガードでほとんど隠れてしまったのが残念。

What a fantastic job! You are certainly a proper craftsman. Congratulations on this fine restoration.

シャロン弾いてくれたのが泣けました😢

試奏の時の曲がエモ、スクリーモ系ていうのがドツボで拝聴させていただいております。

試奏の最初のフレーズ、涙がこぼれそう！

Since I've been watching you refurbish guitars I believe this one was the worse off damaged one yet but you saved it from being firewood now look how wonderful it is absolutely stunning no not perfect but its awesome

Amazing rescue and restoration!!👍👍👍🎸

I never would have tried to restore that neck!! Fantastic job!!!

I’m always amazed at the skill you have to get these old messed up guitars to a point where they are back to their original glory. Very impressive!! You are a very talented luthier. Plus it’s a great bonus to see the fixed guitar being played at the end 🎸🎸

That is truly a labor of love. Great job! I was thinking about some sort of artistic carving in the bad part of the wood.

Hello Friend, indeed one your best ! This MJT Fender Telecaster is well preserved despite its former condition and has been faithfully restored grace to your fantastic talent ! The fretboard replacement, is a piece of art and finally, this Telly has a trumendous vintage sound ! Well done Man ! Thank you so much for this amazing video, see you next...

Ни один музыкант не доведëт свой инструмент до такого состояния. Старение сделали умышлено.

Amazing work! So beautiful. ANOTHER ONE SAVED!

Couldn't have done it better myself. Now it's time to fix the trousers.

腐食してるとこをレジンで埋めて オシャレにする発想は凄い

Really enjoyed this restoration! It calmed my brain for a bit. Thanks for posting. 🤘

That poly over paint finish was so thick, at first I thought it must have been a veneer.

生まれ変わりましたね、テレキャス、3つのピックアップで色々な音色がでて楽しみ❤

At first I thought you repaired it using rotting wood then I realized it was just an awkward sentence.😊

ボロボロのギターを見て、前の持ち主がどんな人で、どんなプレイスタイルだったかを想像するのが好きです👍

What a beautiful save of a 20yr old '72 Telecaster Custom re-issue....

My first thought was “why would you use rotting wood to repair a rusty guitar”.🤷‍♂️ Love these restorations tho 👍🏻

Thanks! I never knew they had so many screws, but it’s definitely quite the job to do. I used to bondo gas tanks that were beat to heck. I don’t miss sanding and wet sanding by hand! Again thanx for showing me how to do this!❤😮

When the fretboard starting breaking apart my heart broke a little

Wow! You really gave that guitar a second life! Amazing skill, incredible work. I enjoyed watching, thanks for sharing

Fantastic restoration. I love that you kept the old pitted parts, and did not fit new chrome. It has a life story in its scars. Beautiful work.

WOW !!! What a beautiful restoration. You gave an old guitar new life. Bravo.

BRAVO！👏👏👏👏 この動画を国宝級の神社仏閣の修復番組を見るよりジッと食い入るように見ました。 仕上がった時に少しだけ腐ったBodyが残る所が素敵。 私は弾く事は向いてなけどやってみたいと思いました。音を出せる所までは出来ないけどね😏

ずっと見入っちゃいました。

tremendos thanks for you work, you saved this beautiful guitar, i love old telecasters so much, it looks great and amazing. beautiful work.

I could not stop watching. Thanks!

WOW Your a true pro, and the patiences ..... like putting the puzzle all back together again!! Great Video

Amazing work, you took it from garbage to being an actual instrument again. One that would be worth reaching for.

Amazing restoration! Another great one 👍 ❤

OK final rubbing compound with a buffing wheel ---got that last part !

シャロンはクリスマスソング。涙がこぼれそう。

Makes ya think why would someone goof up the look of such a beautiful instrument !?,stay blessed my friend ! 😊

救いましたね❗️復活の感動を頂きました❣️🌏ギターも人生も捨てたものじゃない…と教えて頂きました❣️またも〈ギターテレサ〉でしたね❣️🌏

素晴らしい動画！

Beautiful work!! You did an amazing job on that guitar! I was surprised to see you reconstruct the neck, whereas most people would just throw the old one away and get a new one. But you really did a great job on it.

レリックやエイジング加工に価値が生まれる中で綺麗に復活させる。 こういう事にもっと価値が生まれたら人生楽しいだろうなって思います。 羽生で経営なさっているのにも驚きました！ 動画楽しみにしてます！ 今後も頑張ってください！

Well, it LOOKS fantastic....

it's such a miracle when a beautiful instrument is revived this way, well done ! 👍👍👍

ボロボロのギターを綺麗に素敵にしてくれてありがとう そのテレキャスに変わって御礼をいいます 最後になんとも言えない音が出たときは、泣きそうになりました もう、いいオヤジなんですけどね

So... here's a conversation I had last night... My wife: hey, it's time for bed (said with a wink and a knowing smile) Me: Sure thing! I'll be up in a minute. Just been watching a bit of KZfaq, guitar resto stuff lols My wife: Don't be long then (wink) 45 minutes later.... Me: wow, what a lovely restoration of a Telecaster. I could watch this guy for hours on end. Another original saved. What a guy. Me: I don't think my wife will be awake and waiting for me... oops ;)

So nice to see not only an unbelievably good restoration, but also a legitimate one that isn't faked. Great great work!

This was relaxing and enjoyable to watch, great job!

Thanks for posting this very extensive restoration video. The shots and editing are very entertaining! However, i suspect a future restoration with also be requited, as it does not appear that all of the microorganisms causing the wood rot were removed. Some of them dont need air to reproduce, so they wood under the repairs may continue to rot. Also i would worry that the epoxy to wood bond at the neck may fail under long term neck and string tension, but thats totally a guess. Maybe replacing some of wood would be better structurally. But the epoxied rot looks so cool! Thanks for posting this highly interesting vid!

Excellent job... thank you for sharing your craft.

I actually spent the first third of this video trying to figure out why he would use rotting wood to repair a guitar. Great work btw.

Some instruments are so badly contructed, that even with a ton of repairs, they need to be thrown away in the trash to be honest. Then you have neglected diamonds in the ruff, gems like what you have. That absolutely need TLC to bring them back to life. Good job man!

Perfect restoration, it turned out to be a real nice relic guitar. Amazing!

Outstanding restoration, thank you for posting this video.

これは神回

Looks like it was underwater for a while. Nice job!!

awesome work. seems like water damage at some point but you fixed this one up nicely.

Obviously water damaged. It would be great to know the history of this guitar. One has to wonder if this guitar is a tsunami survivor.

Magical. So relaxing. I kept thinking: 'How can anyone possibly salvage that guitar?'

It looks great, nice job. I watch a lot of cooking shows because I like to eat and those people never wear gloves, but here I watch a guitar show and I see gloves. Maybe those cooks need to watch.

I understand why you took the stars off, but they were my favourite bit of the guitar.

It almost looks like this guitat had termites and wood rot 😮. Great job

love your work. thanks!

You need magic for this job...

この酷い状態のギターをどの様に修理するのかと楽しみながら観ていました。レジンで修復するというアイディアに驚き。レジンは万能ですね！

Very good work, I hope I will find one too, cause a lot of people are very stupid and it allways make a lot of fun to me repairing old things above all i´m a guitar player. In 2020 I´ve been at the home of my ex-wife to take my vinyl records she took from me years ago to copy some of them. I just wanted to leave the house, she stoped me and said "If you still playing guitar look in the room right of you. There is an old guitar from my brother, take it with you or i throw it on the dump". I went in, opened an universal guitar case and in there was a black american build Fender Stratocaster from 1998 in absolut perfect condition. That has been the best trash I ever found.

I just restored an Ibanez RG series guitar. It wasn't as bad as this Fender but, it was neglected too. You're my motivation, good Sir!

Turned out lookin very nice...Good work