My week doesn’t feel complete until I hear “well hey there gang” ….

"I can only make noise." *proceeds to play something beautiful*

That tapered sanding of the bridge pin is a gem of a tip. I occasionally find myself pushing that pin back in while restringing.

Best way to wrap up a weekend is to spend it watching a great repair on here with Ted

I love that bridge pin hack! I only play cheap acoustics (mainly a bassist), and that's been a recurrent problem. What a simple fix! And yeah, HAPPY CANADA DAY to Ted and all my Canuk friends in the Great White North!

I’ve owned a Seagull for several years. Passed it on to my grandson when he started lessons.

I learn so much watching these videos. 5:30 This opened my eyes, I'd failed to understand* that a vibrating string needs space to vibrate. It's so simple, and I understand better now. Thank you. edit: * I originally typed "grok", but wondered if anyone would understand.

my beloved old art and luthier folk cedar is in similarly tatty shape - sign of a loved instrument

When StewMac decides to open up its Canadian Division, I can see Ted as the next Dan Erlewine on "How To"..

I seem to remember a Dan Erlewine video where the fretboard of a guitar--I want to say it was Albert King's Flying V?--was a few mils short from decades of nut replacements, and Dan had to rebuild the missing portion with superglue and rosewood dust. It was a space perhaps the width of two or three sheets of paper, but apparently it was significant enough to make the intonation wonky.

I'm in the camp of "preloading" the neck (for lack of a better term) with physical relief via selective fret dressing (4th fret to 9th fret, a few thousandths only) and with upper fret fall away.

Excellent advice on sanding the bridge pin. Also, I have curled the ball end into a large "C" so the ball would ride up the slot on the pin. Your solution is smarter. It eliminates the problem without having to teach the customer anything new. Again, bravo. Keep on!

Thanks for your regular posts. I always look forward to them.

So glad you put these videos out,I look forward to watching every week.To be honest this is my favorite channel in You Tube land. Thanks again.

"fairly aggressive strum-er" Godzilla? 😇 I have a Seagull and love it. Thanks Ted.

That rh cutaway Seagull has a beautiful voice and wonderful clarity.

Seagull is to acoustic what Reverend is to electric; they play and sound really good. They're affordable and you can't beat them if you're a working guitarist. My brother has a Seagull from the 1990's and it just keeps on going.

"A flock of Seagulls" drew a genuine out-loud snort of laughter from me.

Love the tip on the bridge pin taper! Thanks Ted

23:48 For some reason I found the removal of glue particularly fascinating, along with your vivid commentary, I was in the zone right there with you; watched a documentary on KZfaq about “impossible roads”, dealt with the illegal harvesting of rosewood through a countries transport infrastructure; always love at the end, we see and hear the instruments in all their splendor.

Hello, been waiting. I needed to do work on my 72 POS Epiphone and your tutorials were the veritable Godsend I needed. She's a good-tempered girl now and I have been giving her a workout. Because of circumstances I needed to bead a couple of ball ends onto string ends, and I rotated my ebony bridge pins 180 degrees to have the unslotted part on the string ends. Works pretty damn well for me.

Wow Ted, is it something I been smoking, or did you just ramp up everything about this video, by like 300%? The history part on the brands, the in-depth pedagogic level on a multitude of foundation topics, e g fret dressing/recrowning, relief/intonation/setup, saddle/pin/nut, and surface touch-ups (and possibly more). It's like a super beginner-friendly and a masterclass at once. And, you made both those beauties friggin sing at the end! The proverbial hat's off, brother! Also - please consider letting the gang in, if there is something more serious going on, than a very early midlife crisis. Although I can offer little more than my prayers, I would more than happy to try to help out.

I love these guitars I use to sell them in Hamilton. A little store where I use to teach guitar when I was off the road.

I just bought a Seagull 12 string after the refretting video, based on your endorsement and my experience selling them two decades ago. Best purchase I've made in years.

Thank you sir for carrying us along for the ride. Hope you have a good week.

When I bought my Goodall RSC1368 back in the late '90's the shop had a Goodall with a cedar top that just sounded incredible. It had a high end color that was heavily. I got the RSC1368 because its construction was more traditional and I was concerned about the strength of that cedar top. It's now 25 year later and the RSC1368 had mellowed in a very pleasing way visually and tonally. I don't regret not getting the cedar top instrument.

thank you for puting me onto Lee valley, ive found alot of tools on that website that you can not find anywhere else, alot of japenese knives and wood working tools.

“Come in… Waves..”! Haha!! Seagull.. wav.. … I’ll see myself out.

Seagull Guitars are fantastic value for money. A working pal used to really make his sing, but now he has a pedestrian Martin that he bangs on here in Seattle on his gigs.

Love these videos I have tried for at least 25 years to play guitar and let me tell you I just can't do it I've been playing smoke on the water iron man and the intro to stairway the whole time but I can enjoy watching guitars get fixed that much I've got down

Love my seagull "s6 original". It sounds great and it's basically indestructible. Got it from guitar center in the 2000s I think

I'm a big fan of Seagull guitars. When I set out to buy a new acoustic guitar in 2022, I tried just about every sub-1000$ guitar that the local Long & McQuade store had on hand, and nothing came even close to the Seagull S6. The one I initially tried was an S6 Slim with the narrower neck which I did like, but it had a ding in the finish. They had an S6 Original still in its box in the backstore area, we opened it up and it felt and sounded even better than the Slim. A couple years later I am still in love with this guitar which IMO sounds pretty close to a J45 for a fraction of the price.

I bought a Segul S6 folk with the ceder top and no pick guard from cash converters back in high school. It has Been coast to coast in Canada with me and shows the play wear. probably the best $80 buck ive ever spent.

I've been following for a bit and enjoy seeing the crack repairs because, after all, penetration is paramount.

Liking the Korg TM-60 tuner Ted uses ... it has everything ya want and nothing ya dont ...simple but accurate ... love that approach !

Wow, I never knew that Seagull guitars were so well built. Don’t see them much down here (nj), but once again I learned something new. Thanks 🙏

" Seagull, you fly, across the horizon into the early morning sun/ Nobody tells you where you are going, nobody knows where you're from......" Bad Company

Nice work, and great sounding guitars!

After using a crowning file for a few projects, I’m going back to my safe edge flat file for fret crowning; I can see exactly where I am and where I need to remove more or less material to maintain the shape.

I have had bridge pins get pulled out during re-stringing. Next time I will know what to do!

Ah, this still has that new-video smell.

Hi Ted! Big fan from Alberta. Happy Canada day!

I owned either a Seagull or Art & Luthier back in the mid 1990s and I remember it was a lovely instrument but was really neck heavy.

Thanks for the comment about intonation, "...it's playing sharp which means we should move the bridge back to lengthen the strings...". I've had a bear of a time getting the intonation right on my Firefly strat. I eventually gave up on it and was just playing it as-is. The G, B, and high-E were fine but I could not get the low-E, A, and D to intonate. For some reason that comment you made clicked in my brain. 5 minutes later and the guitar I have have been playing for 8 months is now perfectly intonated! Now gonna have to run downstairs and check my Squier Tele cause I'm sure I was having the same issue with it.

I have a Seagull acoustic, Natural Expressions, with extra wide nut (1.8"). That matches my Godin Multiac nylon. And I have a La Patrie classical made by Godin (2" nut). Also the Seagull Merlin 3-string "strummable dulcimer". Love them all. The one thing missing from the Seagull guitar is a pick guard. Not a big issue since I tend to not use a pick a lot but sometimes I like to.

Always awesome work... Thanks!

Is it Sunday *ALREADY?!?* I almost missed a Ted video! Now to settle down with a refreshing beverage and enjoy. Thanks, Ted!!

You say "I've changed my mind, guitars don't need as much relief as people say," but what I hear is "I've gotten so skilled that I can setup with less relief." I think that's time and experience more than absolute truth. I can do a setup on my own guitars, but I'm sure I'd need a bit more relief.

Thank you, Ted.

Amazing bear claw and flame on that Sitka top. I have had this almost identical guitar for years. Excellent, focused sound with tons of overtones and sustain. Love me a Seagull!

I needed this, thanks Ted.

Bought a LYS guitar around 1980...loved it!!

Those both sound great! Seagull really does have some nice guitars, heck pretty much everything Godin makes is good.

I have a 1996 s6 I bought brand new a Mountain Music in Hamilton (which has recently closed, Scott and Craig retired), they were big proponents of Seagull there. Mine was about $300, and has its share of dings now, but has a gorgeous cedar top that has become even better with age. I wouldn't trade that guitar for anything.

That 2nd guitar looks like it belongs to a flamenco player. He really should have added clear pick guards to his soundboard before adding that guitar to his rotation.

nice work ted!

I had a twelve string Lys, gave it to my son, great instruments. I wore out the sound hole edge, on my J-50, finger ⛏️ ing with national steel picks,

Another great episode!

Thank you Ted 👍🎸❤‍🔥

Fantastic. Thanks!

Thank you.

Good job man

The Classical line of Godin is called "La Patrie".

I have a Minstrel (Pre-Seagull) and a 12 and 6 Seagull. I love em.

Thanks Ted

I remember when they started selling these things here in the USA.

that whole process of you removing glue reminds me of brushing my teeth

Thanks! 😎

! glad to see the Ronsonol Bottle is back

Because of my timezone I'm asleep on initial upload but this is my Monday morning "go to" when having my wake up coffee 👍

Happy Canada Day!

Noticed Kim Deal of The Breeders was playing a Seagull S6 dreadnought at Glastonbury this weekend.

I really wish I could get you to work on my Simon & Patrick and my brother's old Alvarez. I've already messed up the S&P by putting in a bridge doctor off-center, and it didn't help anyway. The Alvarez needs a whole new bridge because it uses individual saddles that Alvarez doesn't make anymore, and it has big holes in the sides where my brother took out the electronics it came with. It would be a great candidate for putting in a Hyvibe but I don't have the workshop or tge money to have someone else do it.

love seagulls. have a mosaic from before the epoxy use. my #2 guitar. it would be #1 but its not my preferred for fingerstyle that im really into atm

I bought a Seagull in the late 80's. Sounded great until about mid-1994. That's when the scarf joint at the headstock let go. Then it became wall art after I bashed it against my radiator 7 or 8 times. Will never buy another one.

My first acoustic was a seagull. It got ruined it when I experimented with heavy gage strings and it sheared the soundboard on either side of the hole essentially pulling the neck into the body. 😢

Did we catch a glimpse of James Marshall Woodford for a moment? 😅😅😮😮😂😂

lovely vid mate, funny that i've never liked seagull sound..too "crispy ovation" like if i can describe...but loved my first norman and had tried a red art et lutherie wich was amazing..build by the same company

Surprised they've never done a Kim Deal model

Speaking of soft cedar tops...ever taken a good close look at Monte Montgomery's 1987 Yairi DY62C? You can find a few good pics online. I saw him and that guitar last year in Tulsa, OK. I can't believe it's still holding together after all the miles he's put on it - not to mention the "string rips" he used to employ at the end of the shows from time to time.

I think Seagull has discontinued the one I have. The Coastline Grand parlor guitar. I like it because of the tone is excellent for such a small instrument.

Hi Ted, thank you as usual, for my nice Sunday treat, no funny line today. I've noticed, that when you measure the string height, you do not press the first fret? so in this case 6/64 and 5/64, pressed at the first fret would be 5/64 and 4/64?, just for reference, as an example, if you ever you present one with 4/64 and 3/64, pressed would be 3/64 and 2/64. Cheers.

I realize I need info about the fret wear. If there are such dimples/grooves and if you recrown them, it takes metal off the frets, doesn't it? I know, I'm a bit duh...but I thought they'd need to be replaced when they have grooves like that...🤔 Thanks for any reply!

The fingerboard with the 'seagull' inlay at fret 12, has a separate piece of wood glued to the treble, and bass sides of the fingerboard, as in place of fingerboard bindings. Is it a production thing, like the center of the board is slotted for frets, then the edges get a clean piece to coverup the fret slots?

I still lament about selling my Godin A5 fretless bass😢 It had the nicest neck of any 5 string bass I've ever played. What was I thinking?

Ted says get back to work... it's Sunday!!!

Now the sunday is complete

I have a Seagull with wild cherry back and sides. It's a nice guitar. Question, what do you do if there's a large discrepancy, ( .010 or more) in the neck relief between the low E and the high E?

If you ever go to Warsaw, take lots of video, so you can say, "Polishing. Polishing, Polishing...."

Everyone who looks at a seagull always asks, why does the heel stop short of the back? I recall some luthiers I knew joking that they had a bunch of necks that were juuust a little too short, but used them anyway.

Forgot it was Sunday 'til the twoodfrd notification came over. Yay!

is it waves on the background sound?) nice

Several times I've come close to buying a Seagull but that headstock bugs me too much.

I bought my first simon and Patrick in 86. I still have it. It survived my coke addled friend playing it at a gay bar for a year, gouged to hell :)

8:10 I have an acoustic guitar that has just this problem. Guess what I'll be trying.

Well done grasshopper.......

First Seagull i ever saw was about 1991 at Medley Music just outside Philadelphia.

And I run, I run so far away.

Hey there, gang.

Ted, what's going on with your fingertips? Usually, it seems, they show a bit more wear and tear.