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Of course it's full of TV bollocks what do you expect it's on primetime and the BBC, virtually all TV programs now have to be reality in some way or another, it's cheap tv
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It is convoluted but the majority of people watching it will be TV literate enough to understand that and understand that's how these shows work. For example, I like Mock the Week and that is presented as spontaneous wit whereas we know really that it isn't but I don't want to watch 30 minutes of comedians going umm err so I'll accept the artifice so I get the funny.
Indeed. However, I still can't bear it.
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
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It's weird the way some words come to mean the opposite of what they originally meant. In this case "reality".
I like the idea of it - one of my favourite YouTube channels is Ted Woodford - but the when I've seen programmes after being tempted by the promise of seeing a nice old guitar being restored, it's just too cloying and manipulative and shallow.
At the moment I'm looking for:
* Hamer SS2 & T62
* Music Man Luke 1
Please drop me a message.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/155351/bbc-the-repair-shop-restoration-of-a-mid-60s-fender-jazz/p1
You're absolutely right. But I still don't dislike the programme. I don't go out of may way to watch it, but if it just happens to come on... it's comfortable, undemanding viewing.
I used to be able to do a pretty good impression of Simon Bates. Not his voice as such, but I heard that show so many times I could tell any story in the style of "Our Tune".
Far more of the TV audience are social types who are interested in what other people think and do than geeky types (like this forum) who would be solely interested in the technical aspects.
Most TV is just an excuse to have human interest stories and, since reality TV came along, there doesn't have to be much of a premise anymore.
I don't see the Repair Shop as harshly as some of you but one thing I do find weird is that the people care so much about the item being the specific thing their grandpa or whoever used but often a lot of it is replaced with new materials as part of the repair so they're kind of kidding themselves in a way.
I have two Mont Blanc fountain pens from the thirties. They belonged to my Grandfather and Great Uncle, and neither work anymore (they need repairs to the barrels, nibs, plungers etc). Mont Blanc won't touch them, as they are "too old".
My Great Uncle was killed in the war when his house was bombed. His badly burned body was taken (along with others) to the local swimming baths, where my Grandfather identified him by the fountain pen in his suit pocket.
Reckon I could get onto The Repair Shop with that story. But - I am not going to be able to burst into tears nor suck up to Jay Blades on cue. Plus, Mrs 001 hates the show, and would probably divorce me if I appeared on it.
Hmmmmm....
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Oh well, looks like somebody else fixed it. He obviously was an actor. The guy clearly bought the guitar from a pawn shop. Andrew Lloyd webber wrote his back story, more fake news to brighten everyone's day up. I'll tell my gran it's a load of bullocks and she shouldn't be so stupid to watch it.
Now you're onto something though. He could of just found a minty and got the pledge out. That makes more sense to me. I mean who can be arsed to work on hofners anyway in the real world. Even the best don't touch them