“Can you stomach one more neck reset?” Man, I could watch you reset necks all day! I love to see a craftsman ply his trade, these videos are great and if someone complains about the content, that’s that dudes’ problem!

Ted, I hope you know what these videos mean to people. It's wonderful to hear and watch you working your way through problems and finding elegant solutions for them. All through the lockdown and the rest of this really difficult time, you've been a wonderfully calm, capable, authoritative voice and presence for guitarists and amateur (and pro) luthiers to learn from and, honestly, be comforted by. I saw that this was up right after you posted it, and said to my wife, "Ohhh, Ted's got a new video!" She scowled at me, as she always does when I nerd out on things I'm interested in, but your posts have genuinely become a wonderful way to remember that we aren't COMPLETELY fucked just yet. Thank you, sir, for these videos. And I remember hearing you say you make as much $$$ from these as you do for your lutherie work. That is the most beautiful thing in the world. People so badly want to watch you do your work that you can make money on it. More power to you, and many thanks from a fan who eagerly awaits each new installment. When I hear "Hey there, gang," I get happy every time.

Sitting with my Martin on my lap saying: "don't be like THAT Martin".

I really admire Ted cause he knew when to stop and reassess. Then took some clues from the instrument and found an otherwise non-invasive approach to fixing it! Great work and thanks for the video!

Doesn't matter if it's the 30th neck reset you've done. You do great work and it's fun to watch and learn from you!

Musical intro is really nice. Always to hear from you, watch and learn. Thank you Ted 🎶🎶🎶

Not a Luthier. Not even close. I won't even attempt to be one. No desire to. But I absolutely love watching your videos. They send me to bed at night. I've rewatched multiple videos of yours just because it calms my soul. Thanks man. Your service is greater than you know.

They may not be tutorials however, I have learned allot from watching while you openly share your extensive knowledge and experience!!!! Thank you!!!

Today I made a bone nut for my mom's old flamenco guitar, 65 years old. It's the first nut I make and it was thanks to all the times I've seen you do it. Thanks!!!

I love the way that you share the difficulties you run into with repairing various guitars with patience and good attitude! Thanks for sharing with us!

Always enjoy your “explorations”. Listening to you continually assess each issue and action is therapeutic as well as intensely interesting.

I’m going to speak for all of us and say that we can stomach an infinity amount of neck resets from you. You could upload a video of paint drying with narration about paint and we would be like “ughh brilliant”. 😁

This looks a little like the "neck reset" I did on a beater. I clamped it down to a board until I got the neck where I wanted it, stuffed a towel inside to focus the steam on the neck block area and shot steam in until it got good and warm on the outside. Then let it dry out for a week before unclamping. So far, so good.

Very interesting that the joint could be shifted by heat alone. I think I need a couple of those resistance heaters.

Seeing what you do makes me want to get some free broken guitars and just try to make them play again. This job looks so rewarding!

Sounded pretty good to me... Your knowledge and expertise are exemplary. I'll leave it at that; best wishes.

Unrelated to this video, I'd like to thank Ted for his calm and inspiring demeanor. I just bought an inexpensive mandolin to learn on, and thanks to binge-watching these videos, I had the confidence to do my own setup; I got it to where I enjoy playing it, got the intonation set nicely, and then managed to track down a slight buzz to a first fret which had popped up just a little on the treble side. This morning, I knocked up a couple of cauls from scrap wood, with some felt I had laying around to protect the finish, and used clamps either side of the neck to gently press the fret down. So far, it's holding nicely, and if it does pop back up I'll be ready with the paste wax and a little thin superglue. I wouldn't have had the confidence to try this without Ted. So thank you, Ted.

It's interesting that this series from Martin was made. The better option, when you can find them, are the Custom D's. All solid, American made and can be grabbed for around $1000. I got mine for 600 and I preferred it to my Santa Cruz. Fantastic guitar to value ratio.

Luckily you filmed this neck reset, and now anyone that watches you will know the secrets lying in that neck joint! Always sucks being the first person to find something like this, but thank god you can get the word out so other luthiers aren't caught out!

Done quite a few of these, some only 3 or 4 years old. They are real pigs, the joint is tight ALL the way out, you need to push from the heel cap otherwise you risk snapping the heel. Way more difficult and risky than a dovetail. Martin's are great for business.....

My Road Series 12 String’s top warped and the entire guitar was replaced under warranty. Lucky for me, the road series was out of production at the time and Martin let me pick out an all solid wood guitar as a replacement. I went for a D-15 six string.👍

I absolutely enjoy watching your video's, you explain things very well. Thanks for posting.

Another interesting exploration of neck reset..... I learn something new every time. THats why we can't get too many of anything you do...

I owned one of these laminate Martins and was never in love with it. It was fine for a budget priced Martin when I played it in the store, but I could never produce a quality tone. What a crazy neck set design. Thanks for yet another very informative video.

Reminds me of my old 1966 " 000-18".... lots of fun...thanks woody

You are one of the best repair people out in the industry, thanks for raising the bar !

Where there's a way, there's a way. I was a telecom field engineer for several years and the mods and unique ways to fix intermittent problems in digital wireline networks/systems should be in a book. Some fixes were just dumb luck. Others, hours upon hours eliminating the usual SNAFUs. I admire yuor tenacity as much as your skills.

Wow that's an interesting insight into how affordable and old affordable Martin might actually be in the long term!

Neat! I have a HD16R Adirondack with a similar neck joint, so this was interesting to learn about. I got mine second hand from a local music shop and it needed a bunch of work. The action was sky high because the neck bolt wasn't installed at the factory. The luthier that fixed it said that it settled in perfectly once he put the bolt in. The binding was coming off on both sides of the waist, but that's fairly minor. To Martin's credit they fixed it all under warranty and it's a great player now.

Another interesting neck reset surprise. At least the next time you know what you're up against and would be able to do the job in half the time...unless it actually had to come all the way off. Always just love watching your work. I learn a lot from your videos and when I am not learning, they help pass the time nicely too. Much thanks.

I'm having a hard time finding someone that knows about doing a neck reset for the often maligned Guild CV-2C which was supposedly originally designed for easy neck resets with it's supposedly innovative neck attachment system . Oh well. It's a guitar that sold for less than $900 bucks after Fender unloaded them to the warehouse resale market. Prior to that they sold for in the $2500 range. It just sits here. Sad to see. Adirondack spruce top cutaway with solid maple back and sides with a ebony fretboard and a beautiful sunburst.You do beautiful work and I've learned a lot from watching. Thank you.

TED I like what you do! Keep it up 👍 thank you.

as articulate and informative a video as is humanly possible .. ! i feel like i am in the visitor's gallery watching a surgeon perform ! masterful work on a guitar of modest quality ! thanks much !

Ted's background knowledge never fails to amaze me. Great content. Mind-soothing, actually.

I just picked one of these up for 850 us. From the year 2000 it's a perfect little guitar to leave around the house and not worry to much about the humidity. From looks of the guitar it spent most of its life in the case with light strings no visable belly. It's not a loud guitar but plays fast and sounds pretty good. I want that solid wood triple O tho... Oh how I would make love to it. Love your videos good sir, thanks for taking the time to put them together. I've learned alot from from watching and listening to you.

I gotta tell ya, I have a 90's Ibeenhad, (Ibanez for the uninitiated) Artwood dreadnaught acoustic, picked it up for a buck fifty, no neck joint collapse, no bellying, buuut cracks galore, loose braces, and after 20 years of jammin', it still hangs with my buddies Martin D35. Yuup. It's my "Trigger" So glad you uploaded today, thanks. Cheers 🍻

I stumbled upon your channel and have found it so fascinating, I think you really know your stuff, and although I would never even think about doing any repair work on my $3,000.00 Martin at least when I take it to my Certified Martin repair guy I will have a better understanding of what he is doing, thank you for your insight!

Fantastic work, on the fly re-evaluation, and outcome.

Great job, immense patience for the patient.

I’m rewatching this vid because I love watching this stuff. If I remember right martin revamped their mortise and tenon joints. I feel like it came up when I bought my Martin MMV. it came up in a conversation when I had called martin about something having to do with a warranty question.

Thanks Ted. I bought a DM and a D1R back in 1998 or so. They were okay. Now I'm even more glad I didn't keep them. After 20+ years they'd definitely not be worth neck resets. Luckily with this 000M, the heat allowed you to pull the m&t back together!

Thanks your videos are amazing to watch, I learn so much and it's very enjoyable.

A friend asked me to take a look at his rather expensive Martin. Its tone had gone a bit flat - I cleaned it up and restrung it with a set of medium weight Martin strings. It sounded 100% better - I'm glad that the action didn't need any work on it. Apart from a friend's hand made classical guitar it was about the nicest acoustic guitar that I have ever played.

Another great video. Thank you Ted. Always a highlight in my week!

How can a 17 year old guitar already need a neck reset?? I have 3 acoustics, a 1973, a 1972 and a 1948 and none of them have had or yet need a neck reset....

I’ve had a few of these in the 000 variant and really liked them. Great guitar to travel with… Sturdy on an airplane and doesn’t move much with different climates. Great work per usual, Ted.

Now Martin, you are a bad, bad naughty boy!.

Sunday evening when you release a new video (time zone here in Europe, Austria) I generally feel depressed because the weekend ends. But when I see tht there is another one of your wonderful videos I'm reconciled with monday coming.

I get that you are weary of showing us what amounts to the same or similar videos but I for one don't mind at all. More Ted is never boring.

I was at a tour of the Martin factory and I remember seeing a woman installing a bolt on neck and.... yes there was glue installed with the bolt. At the time I didn't understand why they did BOTH but that was what was going on.

Sitting high in the saddle!

"I'm not really an expert" Ya..Right...

Send that saddle as well and provide options for the buyer. My McPherson came with 3 different height saddles so that you can chose your favorite action. Nice work as always

Thanks for another great video. Instructive, as always.

What’s the point of building a bolt on guitar (which is a yay from me) and then gluing the joint? Either or, why both?

Nice job, well worth it judging by the sound.

Awesome video great work. But since Martin made that mess they should have to pay for it. But I'm sure it won't happen. I bought my first Martin D35 in 1975 and another D35 in 2001. I don't think I'd ever buy another Martin. They have gone up so much in price and went down in quality. Sorry, Martin but that is the way I see it.

Nice Video... and a good result in the end... I always learn something from these videaos...

Let's hope the lucky client sees this and forces an appropriate fee on you. Thanks for the video.

You handled that "surprise" in a most elegant manner.

I own a martin MMV. It’s said to be the poor man’s D28. I had an HD28 and the MMV sounded so much like my HD28 that it made me kinda mad. So I sold the HD28. Now I think I should’ve kept it. The MMV has this type of neck joint... But it sounds so good. All solid woods, It even has an ebony fretboard. They were making them with that black composite material for the fretboard but had gone back to using ebony when I bought mine. Shxxt I hope this never happens to it because I love how it sounds.

Just wonderful. Ted, no wonder Adam Savage watches you.

This is why I just brought my 16 year old Martin to the factory to get refurbished. I live about 2 hours away from their facility. Best to let them deal with the drama. They built it, they can fix ix it.

My Martin D35 has a reset plus the first 7 frets were replaced. When the time comes it's a fix or sell situation. I love my Martin, the guitar I play the most.

That was a shame. I would be reluctant to redo the saddle again, but I will bow to your expertise and experience. Comebacks are not profitable. Thanks for sharing. Who knows who you have helped.

🖐🏽😎👍🏽🎼 MANY THANKS.....Enlightening as usual.

Thank you for your honest assessments

I have one of these from 2001 or 2002. Still in good shape. I keep it in the case a lot. I shall keep it tuned down a whole step now so I don't have to deal with this anytime soon.

I love these videos 🥰

I hear what you mean about not sounding like a Martin. Slightly more Taylor-esque perhaps, but still very nice. Would fit well in a full-band situation.

Always a great watch.

This is now the second time I've seen one of your videos which has neatly convinced me to avoid a given series of guitars. The other one that was silly Takamine.

thanks you as always for sharing your experiences. i would say shims are ok, just glue them to the saddle. i think you can even order bone shims that are like 0.5 mm thick. i do dislike the lose shims that are just dropped in the slot.

I bought one of those lower-end Martins-my first acoustic guitar-because I thought it sounded great for the price. The string height was ridiculously high despite a luthier lowering the saddle as far as it could go. This was when the guitar was new. The bridge eventually started to come up. What a let down.

This dude is the Bob Ross of guitar repair

Thanks! I have a Martin OMCPA1, which also has a bolt-on neck. (Taylor competitor). I've wondered how it comes apart. Martin dropped the bolt-on with the OMCPA1+ and the only other slight change to the Fishman. I've heard rumors these necks were glued as well as bolted, which is very goofy.

Thank you for this, a M series came up for sale by me and I was considering it, but may lean towards a different model now

I love your videos!

A great title for a series of kid’s books.

Ted, I enjoy every one of your videos. You are the Zen Master of guitar fixin'. What was that piece you were playing in the end? Is that an actual song, or were you just doodling?

Very nice demo at the end!

Thank-learned a lot.

I love your videos, your work is amazing

You really need to not worry about showing the same thing multiple times...I'm pretty sure we all love it, and get something new in every iteration.

Thats it, I'm putting a reset button on my next guitar neck. It's the least I can do.

Wow nice save!

love your work!

Seems like higher end guitar manufacturers have been cheaping out the last 20 years and low end brands have improved. The only thing maintaining the value of a Martin these days is the name.

I have a old mexico hpl blk martin. Not overly loud but sounds good plugged in. Ive had that guitar for like 15yrs and its the most playable guitar ive ever owned. Action is low neck is perfect. Just doesn't sound like a j45 lol. It still gets played

Neck resets-always the same, always different.

Interesting stuff! I’ve got a D15m with the neck screw fixing . After watching the video I checked inside my guitar and found, much to my relief, that the neck block was glued firmly to the back of the instrument. I wasn’t surprised that the neck to body joint was glued as well as screwed, I always thought that the screw was there to simplify and speed up assembly time. Seeing the difficulty you were having disassembling the joint makes me wonder exactly how much glue Martin used and what type.

Nice work as usual!

Nicely done. I have an inexpensive SeaGull acoustic that I believe has a bolted and epoxied neck. I bet you wouldn't want to deal with that!

I’ve just purchased a solid wood version of a hummingbird by Sigma. Well when it arrived it was slightly damaged on the back, but I just couldn’t send it back. Why? Because it was the best damned guitar I’d ever played in my life!!!! I took a decent discount for the cosmetic damage on the rear lower bout. Guess what, sigma was once owned by Martin so I’ve kind of got a Gibson ripoff by Martin trained luthiers. Nice job by the way.

It's guitar magic time

The one that I just did, had the heel itself glued as well as the mortice. The "screw" had been turned too tight, which caused the insert in the heel itself to strip [ brass ?? ] The repair was a nightmare .

Did i miss the neck reset and the sand paper pulls? Am I crazy

Your vids are very interesting.

X series can be absolutely beautiful guitars, I have a 12 string that is intonated near perfect and just sounds and plays incredibly

I have an 00-18 that I had found in the garbage in a guild case . The owner was my neighbor and he didn't know how to play guitar , anyway when I first played it , it was a great sounding guitar even though I was not a fan of Martin at the time . Shortly thereafter it developed several cracks 3 on top 1 on back and the neck angle changed drastically . At that point it would be only good for slide . I had a guy that said he could fix it but that was a mistake it has been unplayable for the last 30 years maybe more . I am not wealthy and would love to have this be a usable instrument again . If you can help or suggest help I would be greatly abliged , I am in NJ, USA .