Hofner on The Repair Shop

[JimN]

I wish I could watch that here in the islands.
Andy

'Tis being attended to...

[bazmusicman]

A lot of what you see on-screen is decided post-production by the editors and producers. For instance, the luthier announced that he was about to refret the Hofner, but none of that process was shown (though it must have been recorded). But the refretting process on the Levin acoustic was shown in some detail. You can see that the Hofner refret will probably have been judged to be dispensable within the context of the whole series.

There was a quick clip where I saw him pulling out an old fret, but that was all.
As you say, it was probably all recorded but was edited out in post production.

Regards,
Baz.

[JimN]

Get it while you can (that means QUICKLY!):

https://youtu.be/HzBDvjUZCyE

[dave robinson]

Excellent Jim, thanks for the link.
I do watch this programme but somehow missed his episode.

[JimN]

Thanks, Dave.

For those of us in the UK, the whole episode is still available in the BBC iPlayer. The extract posted on YouTube is for the benefit of those in "the islands" and elsewhere, who cannot access the iPlayer.

Mind you, it is a nice edit, if I say so myself!

[Uncle Fiesta]

The guitar was plugged into an amplifier which was under the table when he played Apache at the end.

Regards,
Baz.

Yes, my brother pointed that out to me on the phone this morning! He also noticed, as did I but forgot to mention it, that when the luthier said he had finished, he actually hadn't - there was still a knob missing, no pickguard, and the MOP on the inlay was incomplete. But all this had been rectified when we saw the owner playing it at the end.

[abstamaria]

Thank you, Jim. I’m glad to have seen that, thanks to you. It is a heartwarming story. I’ve shared it with my Shadows friends.

Best regards to all. Keep safe.

Andy