I wait every week for Ted to post his content. He has been my primary teacher and go-to luthier for advice as I taught myself guitar repair over lockdowns. With his expertise (along with a couple other creators,) I have now built almost a dozen guitars, repaired about 20, and serve as a part time guitar repair tech for a number of people in my area (they would send them to Ted but we are not in Canada and he said find someone local.). Thank you Mr Woodford!!!!

Johnny Winter's first instrument was a ukulele. David Lindley's first was a baritone ukulele, when he was age 4, but he was much happier a few years later when he got a banjo, which he used to stuff socks into the back of, and play it in a closet so as to mute the sound and not annoy his mother too much. (Lindley's first guitar was given to him by Ricardo Montalban, his uncle by marriage). Rest In Peace, Mr Dave. We shall miss you.

Nice to hear the shout-out to Ed Feldman and Joe L'Erario! Grew up watching Furniture On The Mend on WHYY! Two Philadelphia legends!

I hadn't thought of the Furniture Guys for decades... made me smile :). Horse Har!

Horse Haar... Loved the Furniture Guys

Oh wow,, The Furniture Guys,, I hadn't thought about them in forever,, they were fun !!

"Long time viewers.." All of us are long-time viewers. Those of us who were here in the beginning recognise that those coming along now will, for the duration of your production, be indistinguishable from those here from the beginning. I've gleaned enough over the hopefully tiny portion of that tenure we've thus far seen to grok that the whole ride is for all of us, and that few recognise that as well as you do. Or, put another way..; polishing, polishing, polishing...

My grandparents moved in the late 1950s early 60s, and when they did, my grandfather realized that there was no music in the house, so he bought my grandmother (a wonderful classically trained folk guitarist) a Harmony bari uke, very similar to this one. They both passed away, and I inherited it. I go through phases of playing it every single day because it is such a beautiful sounding, inspiring instrument.

"I'm looking at you Mr. Hensel" Me: What did I do?? Oh, different Mr. Hensel.

To this day whenever I hear the word cambric my mind shouts out “or dust cover” The furniture guys actually started out on PBS in Philly. Furniture on the mend I think

I loved The Furniture Guys. I think they're still doing furniture but not on TV.

Thanks for the great ongoing content

Hahahah those furniture guys. I remember they found this coffee table and were refinishing it and the were "chroming" it. They had refinished the coffee table and used chrome handlebars frome a bike and rubbed the handlebars with pressure all across the top of the table. I must've been 15 or so. Great memories lol. Thanks for that memory jog!!

Props for not falling into the Jaunty Leprechaun strumming rhythm everyone seems to default to on a uke.

I loved "The Furniture Guys" and when they yelled out "Horse Hair" : - ) Luv your sessions !!

Used to watch the Furniture Guys all the time. The Flo & Eddie of how to shows.

Yes! The furniture guys! I too, spent a significant portion of my adolescence watching them.

That issue was similar to a "pallette cleanser" ..looking forward to next weeks installment...

Hello Mr Woodford. I don't know if you have the time to read your comments, but I wanted to send one if for nothing more than posterity I very much enjoy your videos and find them extremely helpful. I grew up the son of a second-generation luthier in Kitchener He was a lifelong passionate craftsman who built many instruments including 5-string banjos archtop mandolins fiddles and acoustic guitars. I learned a lot from my father, but as you know you never know everything. With his recent passing I have acquired most of his patterns jigs and whatnot. I would still ask him many questions through my own ears of dabbling in this fascinating hobby. Always trying to learn more and expand my knowledge, I'm hoping I can do him justice in trying to somewhat carry on his legacy . I find your videos (above many others) are a wonderful aid in this endeavour. Thank you again for your informative videos and your entertaining presentation of them. Thanks, Dave Doerr.

Segovia used to endorse Augustine strings. THeywere the first quality Nylons I saw back in 1960s Australia. The Black Label endorsement concluded "may the good Lord deliver us from the evil merchants who would sell us bad strings." Indeed.

Wow the sound off that Ukulele!

You talked about tenor ukuleles in this video. I heard Kathy Reid-Naiman play a tenor ukulele on her children’s CD.

8:30 The knob would be connected to a rheostat, but the rheostat would be connected to an electronic circuit (typically using a type of electronic switch called a 'Triac') similar to a light dimmer that will chop-up the AC waveform to reduce the overall power going to a resistive load (such as a heater). May also work with some types of electric motors (i.e. speed control). It cannot be a simple rheostat (variable resistor) because, at 15A for example, the little device would have to dissipate up to the same power as being delivered to the load. It would burn up and melt. Burn you hand. Set fire to your house. Etc. Chopping circuits (e.g. light dimmers, probably this as well) do not generate much heat. Cheers.

Top job again Ted

Thanks Ted, for helping to maintain some sanity in this world.

It's nice looking instrument.

In the US that controller is available from Harbor Freight.

Best video yet

Luckily you didn't have to send in the paratroopers.

Yay! A Woodford upload!

The Furniture Guys! Horse Haaaar!

This is quite beautifully Canadian with talk of warming the oil pans on snowmobiles and "a whole bunch of times". We don't get that sort of thing over here in England. Lovely work sir.

Our son has been waiting patiently for you to do some repair work on a uke! Can't wait to share this with him. Thanks Ted! 👍

Clever title. I like and appreciate the historical background on all the videos.

Ah, Chicago, home of the Ukelele Blues. Blind Lemon Kahanamoku, Leilanei Jefferson-Jones, Fats Wallawananekanaloanunuku. Brings back memories... good times, good times.

At the beginning of the intro monologue the outer strings were wrapped the other way around the pegs vs the end of the monologue. Irrelevant detail. Great video!

Thanks Ted- always learn something from you. You don't go throgh thigs as fast as your southern neighbours.

Reminds me of the Mars probe that got meters and yards mixed up and crashed.

I hope you are feeling all right! For those days when you are not feeling well, we'd all watch a "best of" your post-repair playing if you just feel the need to put something out to satisfy the algorithm.

i´m no a luthier but i love your content and craftsmanship. greetings from Brazil!

The popularity of the Ukulele is experiencing a major resurgence here. Thanks! 😎

That was amazing.

Aside from being in absolute stunning shape, that Harmony Uke has an amazing tone. It is a beauty.

Super cool. My buddy just bought ukes for his 4 sons for Christmas.

It looks cuter if you think of it as a tiny guitar instead of a big ukulele.

Years ago as a gag, I built a solid body flying V uke. It even had a Bigsby style trem. Had to use steel strings so the pre bass pickup would work.

I have a otherwise very well put together Epiphone SG from the 90s with exactly this issue. I still heavily regret not getting the issue fixed back in the day before I put a different pick guard on.

Watching your videos is like Zen meditation; they put one's mind on a different astral plane. Your patience and focused attention to solving seemingly unsolvable problems serves as a role model for minds troubled with today's temporal worries.

I love your videos. I also use Augustine Blacks on my old 1965 Martin 00-16c.

Always interesting!

Loved the furniture guys!

10:01 such a cute instrument. I can see why these get fadded on every once in while tho. :))

Most of what I know about shellac, I learned from a chap on KZfaq, named Ted. Good teacher, knows his stuff and is very good about sharing that knowledge. He's a big part of why I'm feeling confident enough to attempt my current project of designing and building myself a resonator guitar. Oh wait, that's you, Ted!

The way you hid the finish line on the back of that bridge was inspired! Well done!

I always like your post repair jams.. for me this one was extra cool.✌️

I grow up watching Ed and Joe. They are still around on the KZfaq.

I loved that furniture show' Horsehair....

brilliant work

nice, its been a minute since there was anything on the bench besides guitars. Hopefully it helps mix it up for you as well!!

I’m afraid we aren’t able to except the bridges surrender. Is there anything else?

HorseHARR! Loved the furniture guys.

On the 4 string ukulele you did a wonderful job hiding the back of the bridge ! Great job.

You should put "Repaired by" labels in some of these things, like luthiers sometimes do with violins. You could even add a note to tell future humans that the bridge was in the wrong place. =)

My spouse met Joe at the Philli airport and was kind enough to supply an autographed photo of him and Ed. Horse Hairrrrrrrrr!

17:14 Alright we're ready to restring our Baritone Ukulele. We've got some Augustine Black Low Tension Classical Guitar Strings (Clear Nylon/Silver Plated Copper) & we're going to use the middle 4 strings from the set so that we have a bit more punch than most Baritone Ukulele sets.

Cool uke! I’d like to get a baritone one someday for my big hands. I’ve been binge watching your older videos this weekend and as always they are the perfect combination of relaxing, entertaining, and informative. My heart goes out to you regarding your health problems. I hope they can be resolved as painlessly as possible. Best wishes ❤

That Rocks

The refinish!!! Maestro!

I've seen people take a guitar to the big buffing wheel machine and polish frets like so in no time. The uke sounds lovely.

Honey Honey! get the kids a new Twoodfrd video just dropped!

You can still watch the furniture guys on KZfaq.

I was expecting you to play bridge over the River kwai

Quality stuff and perfect timing on the upload. Doing homework while this on the side is cool

From what I've seen patients is one of the important tools.

I have played and loved the same Harmony bari uke for many decades now, and can at least say that mine intonates very well. That suggests they likely didn't use a jig for bridge placement, or if they did, someone goofed that day. Or perhaps it was a custom job for someone who usually played Hensel guitars.

I love a ukulele - it's the instruemnt you can't play without smiling! Nice job.

Thank you, Professor. Another great class.

That uke sounds really good. Nice work Ted.

good work on the finish, especially enjoyed the bit of playing at the end.

1, I'm still watching this on my lr TV. 2, I have one of those, and the bridge is in the same place.

Beautiful work as always.

Not only did I enjoy that Ted but so did my wife. She plays a variety of 'ukes' Great video as ever. Hope your health issues improve. Take care 👍

I own a Silvertone label version of this very instrument! It’s a lovely instrument so rich and warm I’ve never noticed if mine has the same issue but now I’m wondering will have to check when I get home.

The idea of clamping the bridge down to keep it from warping would never have occurred to me. I suppose a warp would be in reaction to you warming the wood to loosen the glue.

I still have my "Star" brand Japanese made ukulele that I played as a toddler and used until my mom moved me up to a depression era Slingerland made May Bell all mahogany short scale guitar. I just replaced some of the screws in the May Bell not two days ago. The Slingerland May Bell company also made ukes, mandolins and banjoes too. Les Paul had his old May Bell banjo until the day he died. He and his mom are pictured along with the May Bell banjo and several empty cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon or Hamm's beer. The May Bell banjo was one of the few instruments I could afford from the late Les Paul's estate auction.

Another perfect Thanks for posting

16:00 I wonder if there's a chemical treatment (acid?) that could de-oxidize the wood ? Functionally similar to Rust Remover for iron/steel. P.S. Internet indicates that the Furniture Guys are still going. There's a film producer with the same name that died, but doesn't seem to be the Furniture Guy.

Love your content and factoids implemented that relate to the instrument or certain luthier methods and practices.

Nice job on uke. Plays nice, I always enjoy your playing at the end of the video. Thanks!

Praying for a speedy and full recovery of your health Uncle Ted. Thanks for pointing out a use for my goose-neck scraper. I just built a Tenor Uke for my daughter. String order and thickness were surprisingly diverse amongst the different sizes of Ukes. Thank you for another thoughtful and informative video.

That French Curve kinda scraper is my #1 go to tool, I mostly make arch tops.

Beautiful job man....

@10:36 Wow. Thanks for that bit of advice. It explains what happened in one of my first repair attempts that I previously could not explain.

Thanks for showing some love for the ukes. I maintain the ukulele collection at my county library (25+ instruments) and they are fine, respectable music makers. My uke is a Harmony with a plastic fretboard, and it ain't bad!

My very first guitar (1985) was a Harmony H0201 youth guitar that is a baritone uke with the headstock and bridge set up for 6 strings but with the fret markers in the uke positions like this one, never seen another one, cool to see it's cousin. Really enjoy the videos, thanks Ted.

Something about the tone of that Uke sounded like Piero Umiliani - Crepuscolo Sul Mare - which was the classical tune in the Ocean's 12 soundtrack. Lovely stuff, Ted!!

The Furniture guys were great! A few years ago, they made some new episodes.

I Love these videos!!

Awesome work you do

Very good as always. Would you please show how to set up and adjust a Uku? Thanks so much!!