1918 Gibson

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Published 2024-07-21

All Comments (21)
  • One of the most informative and soothing voices in the guitar repair game. Thanks for all this Ted.
  • @kbjerke
    Thank God for a Ted video to relax us in these troubling times!! Thanks, Ted!!
  • @td7426
    Wow! That thing sounds amazing acoustically when you play it.
  • A foot switch for the dremel is a game changer for me. Keeping the mind and two hands focused on the bit and its location.
  • @spaert
    Very nice way to play us out.....great sound and playing.
  • @ianboyle1026
    For ages I have been thinking I was miss-hearing Ted's pronunciation of "solder". Now, finally, I've learned that the "l" is silent in North America. I never knew that. The things you learn on this channel! 😊
  • @johna1160
    Just witnessed an instrumental resurrection. Most impressive, Ted. And who doesn't love a 1918 Gibson through an overdriven humbucker?
  • @phil36135
    Wow I really like that guitar,it looks and sounds fantastic.When you first started playing it I thought it was amplified, The volume and sustain is nothing short of incredible. I have always liked the sweetness and pojection of the older Gibsons.Everyone Ive played from the early 70s 60s and 50s usually blow the old Martins away in my opinion.But thus 1918 is special for sure. Incredible repair on this beauty, it should be good fir another100 + years if taken care of. thanks again for making my Sunday evening so much better.
  • @harpethguitar
    Thanks for sharing! She’s an oldie but a goodie Kalamazoo!!!!!
  • @garywhitt98
    Did any other person over 60 get a middle-school flashback as the fan in the background emulated a 16-mm projector and Ted's sonorous voice mimicked the man who would describe the wilds of the African plains?
  • @frankcoffey
    Sounds better than expected acoustically and with...what are those flatwounds!
  • @magicfungi
    "Fret Tang Nippers" was one of my FAVORITE Swing Bands!!!
  • @martin-1965
    Proof that even a 100 year+ old acoutic guitar can rock and roll when ya turn up the gain and fit a pick up - love it 😎😎
  • What an unbelievably cool guitar and what a great sound coming from that pickup. The owner must be extremely happy with the result. I know I would be. 🧡🧡🧡
  • @tasteapiana
    Acoustically, that is one of the best sounding guitars you've played at the end of any of your videos. Yes, it is a bit boxy but every note you played rings like a bell. I dig it. Good work.
  • @ron.v
    Wow, I never expected that tone. The frets sounded amazing and the tone from the body of the guitar was a cross between a parlor guitar and a J-45. Yet another treasure from the hands of the master.
  • @allfields
    After all these years I'm even more impressed at the hard work and dedication to doing things the right way
  • @goodun2974
    At 13:50, this is a great idea; proof of the old adage that idiots are awed by complexity but a genius appreciates simplicity.