Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

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Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

Post by PJazzmaster » Thu Nov 03, 2016 8:27 am

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Post by marqueemoon » Thu Nov 03, 2016 9:05 am

I just watched that. Dan is a genius.

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Post by jbiscuti » Thu Nov 03, 2016 9:30 am

WOW that was great! I wasn't crazy about the finish / color in the end but given the condition of the guitar before, I'd be quite happy with it!

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Re: Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

Post by HNB » Thu Nov 03, 2016 9:33 am

Cool watch. :)
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Re: Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

Post by joeld » Thu Nov 03, 2016 1:12 pm

I really enjoyed watching that!

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Re: Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

Post by mgeek » Fri Nov 04, 2016 3:40 am

He did a really good job of what he was asked to do- but I reckon some of those weirdo, clearly 'done in the fifties by some bar band' mods should be left alone. It's not like it was floyded up by some bonehead in the 80s...


I bet that would have looked super cool- imagining it with the ancient sawn off Bigsby and some rhinestone initials etc on it etc. Other guitarist playing a Paul Bigsby guitar with a mandolin growing out of the upper horn. ;)

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Re: Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

Post by AwesomeWelles » Fri Nov 04, 2016 9:37 am

Excellent work, good watch!

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Re: Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

Post by Tree's » Sat Nov 05, 2016 12:20 am

Can't believe they had to have that camera cover flown in!

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Re: Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

Post by danp3man » Sat Nov 05, 2016 5:03 am

I love watching Dan work- he's a real genius and craftsman in restoration work on electric and acoustic guitars. I wish I had his workshop and the lifetime collection of tools he has at StewMac, but his experience is key to what he does. It would be cool to have access to the wood/lumber he has at his disposal as well- thanks for sharing! :w00t:

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Re: Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

Post by The Dead Ranch Hands » Sat Nov 05, 2016 5:46 am

Impressive work, but it almost seemed like vandalism to me. A 50's Tele modified to use a Bigbsy seems pretty classic to me. It's like he erased the history from the guitar.

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Re: Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

Post by Hyphen Nation » Sat Nov 05, 2016 9:39 pm

mgeek wrote:He did a really good job of what he was asked to do- but I reckon some of those weirdo, clearly 'done in the fifties by some bar band' mods should be left alone. It's not like it was floyded up by some bonehead in the 80s...
Agreed. He did amazing work, but I kinda love unique. If that thing had survived 40-50 years with a bigsby mod, not sure I'd want to just patch over that.

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Re: Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

Post by danp3man » Wed Nov 23, 2016 4:45 am

Hyphen Nation wrote:
mgeek wrote:He did a really good job of what he was asked to do- but I reckon some of those weirdo, clearly 'done in the fifties by some bar band' mods should be left alone. It's not like it was floyded up by some bonehead in the 80s...
Agreed. He did amazing work, but I kinda love unique. If that thing had survived 40-50 years with a bigsby mod, not sure I'd want to just patch over that.

Also agree- but he does what the customer wants, right or wrong, and it gives a chance to share his skills and techniques to novices like me! I would have left it as is myself- would Willie Nelson ever have Martin totally restore his acoustic? Sacrilege! :P

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Re: Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

Post by holty » Sat Dec 03, 2016 3:24 pm

That's a great video. Dan does some really great work

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Re: Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:29 am

I think I'm in the minority here. I LOVED the patch, but I hated the relicing. He did a good job with the relicing, but to me, if you've got a guitar that old with that much history into it and are breathing all new life into it, leave it look fresh again and put your own wear on it :-) That was a really good watch though.
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Re: Patching a hole in a 1953 Telecaster

Post by MechaBulletBill » Sun Dec 04, 2016 3:14 am

Shadoweclipse13 wrote:I think I'm in the minority here. I LOVED the patch, but I hated the relicing. He did a good job with the relicing, but to me, if you've got a guitar that old with that much history into it and are breathing all new life into it, leave it look fresh again and put your own wear on it :-) That was a really good watch though.
Yeah, the bigsby hack was ugly and a proper restoration is the ideal, including a clean new finish.

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