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The Reassembler - James May rebuilds old stuff on BBC Four |
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Are there only three?
There are loads of other things he could have a go at rebuilding: washing machine, piano, sewing machine.... |
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![]() The guy needs soldering lessons, looking at the state of that I'm surprised it worked!
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I'm slightly disappointed he didn't use an original Fender Stratocaster
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I'm slightly disappointed he didn't use an original Fender Stratocaster
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The other amusing thing about the Trimphone, was that certain birds could mimic the "ring."
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As an electronic engineer/TV engineer and hobbyist for over 50 years, I agree. His soldering skills fall somewhere between 'rough as a bear's arse' and 'clumsy novice' class, but it was good enough in this case. I've re-wired a number of guitars and Fender electric pianos over the years and the factory soldering has always been plumber-class
![]() Still, he did a proper job overall with the guitar. |
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This series reminds me a little of the "The Secret Life of Machines" from the 80s/90s which was more entertaining and had a more eccentric presenter!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_...fe_of_Machines I like the idea though and May is a good presenter. Glad to see him still doing stuff for the Beeb. Edit: just noticed the Secret Life of Machines is on Youtube! |
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I fear it's best to keep him and his screwdriver away from any guitar of value.
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I'm slightly disappointed he didn't use an original Fender Stratocaster
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This series reminds me a little of the "The Secret Life of Machines" from the 80s/90s which was more entertaining and had a more eccentric presenter!
"The Secret Life of .................. " series ( there were several of them) with Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod was absolutely brilliant! Tim Hunkin was the "eccentric" presenter and drew all the cartoons for the series. Rex Garrod was his co-presenter and technician, who later appeared in a few of the series of Robot Wars with his robot Cassius. |
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Why does he suddenly look about 75?
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Why does he suddenly look about 75?
![]() Give him a shave and tidy up the hair and he'll be back to mid 50s
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This series reminds me a little of the "The Secret Life of Machines" from the 80s/90s which was more entertaining and had a more eccentric presenter!
"The Secret Life of .................. " series ( there were several of them) with Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod was absolutely brilliant! Tim Hunkin was the "eccentric" presenter and drew all the cartoons for the series. Rex Garrod was his co-presenter and technician, who later appeared in a few of the series of Robot Wars with his robot Cassius. |
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I quite liked it but 30 minutes just isn't enough time to do the subject matter justice, particularly in the case of the lawn mower. It should have been at least an hour or, preferably, one series for each reassembled item (but I guess that would be too costly for the Beeb and also the low attention span viewers (ie most of them) wouldn't be able to handle it).
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This series reminds me a little of the "The Secret Life of Machines" from the 80s/90s which was more entertaining and had a more eccentric presenter!
"The Secret Life of .................. " series ( there were several of them) with Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod was absolutely brilliant! Tim Hunkin was the "eccentric" presenter and drew all the cartoons for the series. Rex Garrod was his co-presenter and technician, who later appeared in a few of the series of Robot Wars with his robot Cassius. They're all on YouTube as well: https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...fe+of+machines Not only did each episode go into detail on the subject matter but they were never boring and all had a nice bit of humour thrown in for good measure. If only more series were made with with the same degree of intelligence that also managed to fully engage the viewer. |
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I quite liked it but 30 minutes just isn't enough time to do the subject matter justice. It should have been at least an hour or, preferably, one series for each reassembled item (but I guess that would be too costly for the Beeb and also the low attention span viewers (ie most of them) wouldn't be able to handle it).
Most of the programmes are actually an hour. I wonder if the production company made it 30 minutes to sell off to other broadcasters, especially if the beeb weren't interested. |
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I loved it. It was, to me, a boring subject (all 3 episodes) which no one in their right mind would waste 30 minutes watching. Yet 30 minutes passed in seconds and as said before May is just brilliant at presenting this type of subject.
I hope we get some more. |
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MY 11 yr old watched this completely transfixed. I think he would happily watch James May talking about paint drying. He is a very underrated presenter.
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...s+may+brit+lab (namely Things You Need To Know and Head Squeeze). |
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I thought they were delightful programmes. Reminded me of fixing things in the shed with my engineer uncle as a kid. Particularly pleasant were the quiet times where nobody was talking. There wasn't the need to fill every passing second with noise. It passed the smartphone test - didn't look at it once during any of the episodes.
More please. |
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Yes, I agree. That Japanese guitar he had was real shite, shite fittings, too.
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Presumably the programme's budget didn't extend to getting an expensive guitar just in case they couldn't put it back together again.
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Fender Strats arnt exactly expensive they start at £400 a used one can be had for £200 so I suspect budget was not the issue. Probably more to do with avoiding accusations of giving free publicity to Fender.
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Could the Japanese one be easier to disassemble or reassemble?
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Could the Japanese one be easier to disassemble or reassemble?
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Usually like anything May does, but this had me reaching for the remote after 5 mins.
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