This is all you ACTUALLY need for guitar building and modding (tools list 2020 update)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- You don't need a big fancy workshop with big expensive tools to build your dream guitar. Don't let your circumstances define what you are capable of! You can get into guitar building and modding with just basic hand tools that most DIYers already have! Heres what I use (sort of in order of appearance):
Keter Folding Work Table:
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Notched straight edge (bundled with some other crappy guitar tools):
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or make one yourself from a meter long straight edge:
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Leveling beam (the Aluminum T Bar I use, although mine is 24 inches, not 25 cm):
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New 4th gen Baroque Fret File (square shape with flat file):
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best masking tape for fretwork:
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Fret Rocker:
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Black and Decker Rotary tool:
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or at Harbor Freight:
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Dremel flex shaft kit:
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cloth polishing wheels for rotary tool:
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or at Harbor Freight:
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brown polishing compound (I’ve only used the harbor freight stuff):
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Drill/Driver (this is the combo I use, it’s overkill, but awesome):
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cheap alternatives:
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harbor freight:
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extra long drill bits:
1/8”
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1/4”
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better deal at Harbor freight:
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Orbit sander: (it used to be around $50, not sure why it’s so high now)
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harbor freight orbit sander:
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Duragold sanding discs:
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sanding pads (for sanding uneven surfaces):
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Soldering iron:
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Solder (60/40 rosin core):
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Soldering tip tinner:
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Soldering iron tip cleaner:
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Wire stripper/cutter:
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hookup wire:
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Copper shielding tape:
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Deoxit D5:
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Router:
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harbor freight trim router:
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Angle grinder:
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harbor freight (cheaper):
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sanding flap disk (for angle grinder):
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harbor freight:
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Dan, has anyone told you - “you are a legend?” Well, in my most Aussie accent, you are “a bloody legend mate!!”
I’ve been living in a tiny apartment with only hand tools and my truck’s tailgate as a work bench. It’s very easy to lose motivation working like this. Thank you for that very motivational intro
Yep me too! But my wife is happy in our home with my workbench and shed!😡😡
@@kirkscobey3031 Dude...i think your wife is cheating on you with the workbench :(
Not sure how old you are, but just keep working and eventually it will pay off.
That's nothing, I've had to use skid marks on my underwear as sand paper. It works pretty good too, just doesn't smell too pleasant afterwords.
i work in the furnace room but had to tape the doors and furnace filter to avoid spreading dust
Dan, the message in this video is powerful and timeless. “Your circumstances do not define what you are capable of.” Thank you for sharing this. I live in a cramped townhouse with my wife and 4 kids. No work space, but I DO have a covered front porch. Been dreaming of building a Les Paul from scratch. Not only did you give me the knowledge that I don’t have to wait to build it, but you gave me something even more important, hope. Well done, sir.
leaving a like just for that motivational speech in the intro
I'm learning tons from you brother. As christian myself. This's what I've been looking for. You make me think maybe there's possibility of building a guitar without big workshops and expensive equipments.
Thank you brother.
When gluing wood together you should also put a clamp on the seam at each end, if the wood is planed/jointed properly they'll be perfectly level with each other.
I built my first guitar with a jigsaw, trim router, and orbital sander from Harbor Frieght. The rest was DIY Dan style tools. This channel is the reason I had the confidence to start building. And I fell in love with wiring hacks!!
Anyone not in the USA watching this who, like me, just goot to the glue part, you can buy Alcolin glue from amazon/ebay - it's essentially the same glue as Titebond, made by Franklin, the same people, and works really well. Love the channel, Dan.
I'd add a hand plane as well for rough thicknessing too. A good sharp one will leave a finish that requires no sanding too. Bonus!
We all need to hear this from time to time. There's a wide range of guitar channels on RUclips and they all have different angles. Texas Toast make guitars for a living and so I would wager they value quick, efficient, reliable and repeatable results. If us home gamers measure ourselves against them we'll never be satisfied.
I bought a Wen rotary tool from Home Depot 5 years ago for $20 with flex extension. still works great
Dan literally is keeping the fire lit in my heart on becoming a guitar builder which is my dream job. Please dont stop these videos Dan.
This is why your channel is one of my favorites, Dan. I have a small apartment and minimal tools. There are some channels with $250k worth of equipment and tools which is super discouraging.
I have made input jacks from kitchen sink parts, and have used parts not made for basses, but I need SOME direction.
I love your unpretentious videos about building guitars/basses, I call it punkguitarbuilding :) You show that anything is possible. Like it!! Keep up the good work! Greetings from Sweden
I love how you are supporting people so they can have a 'can do' attitude too. That's the Kingdom! Well done.
Already made one comment but there's a few more things I wanted to say. I encourage anyone who's looking for some of the tools you're talking about to try to find them on craigslist or flea markets or like you said garage sales. That big craftsman router you have I picked that up for $20 on craigslist I started talking to the person and next thing I know he is giving me a lot more stuff. He said he liked my attitude and that I seem like a nice person. When I finally left his house an hour later I had a whole trunk full of different tools. A lot of them I really did not need and I already had them. But a good friend of mine told me before if somebody is offering you something free you never turn them down. He even said if it's crappy things take it throw it away and when they have some good stuff they will remember you. And so far that's had seen to work for me.
That's like all the jigsaws I have in my garage. I have a very good one that I had purchased 20 years ago from Sears and then I have three or four more that don't have all the features but they all work and they were all given to me.
There is a few things that you show that Amazon has that I will more than likely buy but not until Monday when it's prime day. Last time on some of the things I purchased I saved 15 to 20% off the regular price. I've been holding off pulling the trigger on the Dremel attachment but after seeing you use it for different things I'm just going to pick one up now. Since you know about guns I have been wanting one of these dremel attachments to help me polish gun parts. Also there is a bracket that you can buy that you can hang the power tool on that and it keeps that part out of your way. One of my dremels I had purchased had came with that.
I am so impressed in what you can do out of your motorhome. I remember seeing some of your videos from your workshop.
I look forward to watching more a good videos but I think I'm done for tonight since it's 4:00 in the morning and I'm just finishing up watching this video. I went ahead and saved it so I can go back and look at all the links you put up and also for the links for the tools at Amazon. I have no problem helping someone out since I will be buying this stuff anyway might as well be able to help someone who gives out free advice and instruction on different projects.
I have built two so far on my living room coffee table..of coarse I do my sandind,painting and cutting in my screened porch.....so yeah man dedication is all you really need .,Dan you gave me the confidence to start.
I was raised less fortunate than some and im absolutely great with that..I absolutely grew up with no positive roll models at all..if i wanted something i had to do work and make money to buy it...and i found myself learning how to polish alot of turds in my life but after i accomplished my goal..i was a proud turd owner..But it was my turd ive bout very few new things in my life anything and most things ive gotten in my life was used or if something expensive broke or tore up i learned how to fix it and keep it going,,another proud accomplishment...i have made some pretty cool things in my life with old worn tools or even some hand made tools to get me thru..when stimulous came out i treated myself with a P.R.S SE Standard 24 ..wow i know its low end for P.R.S but its mine,, and guess what..i play it thru a homemade 2x8 amp i made from used electronics and built the cabinet and it sounds awesome,,,500 dollar guitar thru a 50 dollar amp...AND I LOVE IT. built my first guitar from a cheap strat kit from ebay this year actually took me up until last month to finish because i only get paid once a month and it was either be patient and eat or buy sand paper so i could finish sand the body...and thanks to you Dan my friend i used Rit Dye to dye the body like you did when you built the super start you did that Max shredded on and i couldnt be happier with the way it turned out..thanks for all you do to inspire me to keep motivated ...God Bless you and your family...Thanks Dan
I've actually grown to appreciate growing up less fortunate than some. I've learned so much having to make due with what I had. You also do have a sense of pride when you make a kit or polish a turd.
You are absolutely unbelievable. I probably own every tool known to man ever in my garage. I've been blessed enough to have a very large garage and over the years been able to sell it with tools. With all that stuff I have I should not even come close to what you are doing out of your motorhome. I am very impressed with your work.
I have really never been handy on making things. The rest of my family my father sister and mother all three of them can do just about anything when it comes to craft projects or building something. I'm just very good at fixing things. There's not much I cannot fix as long as I don't have to build something to fix it.
I'm really been thinking about pulling the trigger and order a kit and build my first guitar. I will probably order that work table that you are using. I don't have an area in my garage to build something so I will just make a new space to dedicate to just having the things I need to build my first guitar.
Look forward to watching more of your videos.
Mate I love your work. And it broke my heart when you said, you're not the expert when it comes to finishes - you might not be the expert, but imo you make the best looking finishes there are on RUclips. Most of them aren't fancy - but they don't need to. They look amazing!
Greetings from Germany
I'd say that you're definitely the underdog among the RUclips luthier community. Despite using budget friendly materials and very basic hand tools, you've been making guitars and basses that smoke the entry level imports of famous guitar brands AND spending the same price tag you'd pay for them off the shelf.
I also see that you've been installing inventive electronic systems (which can be found on high end vintage spec B.C Rich guitars) that blow away even the standard mass produced versions of flagship guitar designs, in spite of your guitar paint jobs looking cheap and amateurish. I'd also like to note that while most guitar brands at the time made modified versions of Fender and Gibson guitar designs (which was fueled by the vintage guitar craze), B.C. Rich introduced their own groundbreaking guitar designs that would eventually be emulated by future boutique guitar brands. Which shows how remarkably ahead of it's time that B.C. Rich was.
To quote Ben from Crimson; "One never has enough clamps"
Ben also recommends a plain for truing your edges, doesn't have to be an expensive one, you just need to keep it sharp and it'll serve you well for truing your sides.
I've also seen someone make a router jig for flatting tops and such. Was like a box that the router could slide up and down but not side to side in, then a bigger box that the small box could slide side to side but not up and down in.
Would also really recommend a squaring box (or whatever it's called) for doing stuff like drilling bridge post or tuning machine holes, you know, ones that really benefit from being true.
Awesome video Dan! I love your content. I just bought a Rockabilly kit from The Fretwire and I cannot wait to get it together. Its one I've wanted for a while and Im so excited! Bought all of my upgrades. New tune-o-matic bridge, new strings, new humbuckers, new locking tuners and new pots. Going for a black to red burst finish.
Your videos helped inspire me to build my own guitars. Keep this great content coming!
Great intro, I needed that message. I’ve got a house/garage to work in but not many great woodworking tools. Love the channel and your builds.
this is the best video for encouraging "newbies" like myself. I just want to add one thing to consider, which is to AVOID saw tables clamp on style fences because they are very hard to get square .
Hi Dan, I do not know your backstory about how you arrived where you are currently are at but your opening comments got me to lean all the way forward in my chair - it was just what I needed to hear. Very inspirational and exactly what I was thinking but I was letting my circumstances cloud my head. That and other people telling me "it's not the right time" or "that is not what you need to focus on..." as if I did not already know that but wow that shite can really get you down!
For what it is worth I started a long time ago with zero dollars and worked for my degree and paid for 100% of everything all the way from then to now that I have but the world has a way of fudging up your path (health, accidents, etc... don't want to be too specific but you get the idea) (my wife works also but i make the large majority of the income)
Because of this stuff that was out of my control I have lost just about everything!!! And it hurts bad, hurts your pride, your ego, etc... But hearing you talk I was reminded that I simply built everything from zero and now I am 1000% more skilled and knowledgeable so shouldn't I be able to build it all again???
Anyway I love these hobbies, they are the best way to keep your sanity keeping you busy on great things - guns, guitars, but also motorcycles, radio control, FPS drones, VR, there is soo much good stuff to do in this world and you don't have to be rich to enjoy these things!
You have a great channel with things that I am very interested in and I really appreciate your attitude and skills. Keep up the great work and thank you!
Really inspiring Dan, I've got an old bed boxspring that I've had sitting around for too long... _time to repurpose it!_
Dan, you're spot on here. I am a hobby builder, out of my garage. I do not have a cnc machine or other fancy tools. Most of what I have is hand held power tools. I do have a BladeRunner X2 by Rockwell. Basically it's a jigsaw upside down on a table. If you had a page on your website that people could upload photos of their work, I'd upload my latest build I just finished. You'd love it.
Post it in my Facebook or tag me on Instagram! I’d love to see it!
I hit like at the 1st sentence. All the skills that I've learned, I learned how to be competent by hand before switching to power tools. It just happened that way, but I'm glad it did.
I never would have thought to use OSB for a neck. Brilliant!! 😎😎
That shredded wheat top is pretty cool too. Keep up the great work
Thanks Lee!
Great video! I've built a couple kits and modded existing guitars. But I always thought I needed more tools to build from scratch. After watching, I realized I pretty much have everything already, and then some. I've got a jigsaw, dremel, drill press, router and electric planer! There's a buttload of pallets in my basement, too. Thanks for the inspiration!
Yeah you’ve got more than I do!
My boy dan, today i built my first body, just got a rasp file and went to town. You gave me the courage to do this
I think i might need to look into that dremel flexible extension, also really dig the new merch designs!
Excellent video - I really appreciate your down to business approach to building cool stuff :) The only thing I'd echo louder is that the soldering iron is not a place to cheap out. I see so many people complain about having a hard time soldering, being unable to solder to pots, etc - that leads to crackly sound and intermittent connections. Spend a little money (like $50) on a temp control soldering iron, 80W at least and set the temp to 650->700. For $25 you can get a straight 80W iron which is good also, but I like having a fixed place to hold the iron. You can , of course, make your own holder for a hot iron. Laying it on the table is just asking for trouble. I realize I'm a bit finicky since I soldered my first board/wires in, ahem, 1975, and have worked in electronics of assorted bent literally ever since. but seriously, don't get the $10 K-Mart specials.
Darn it Dan! This is what I needed to actually start making my guitars- A VIDEO THAT GIVES YOU THE COURAGE TO ACTUALLY MAKE YOUR OWN GUITARS! YOU my friend are a God Send! I really look up to professional Luther William Gelvin. He stated that you need certain equipment to achieve a professional looking guitar. Your video proves you don't need to break the bank ☆☆☆☆☆ seriously man- thx you thx you thx you! Love and respect to Mrs Guns❤❤❤❤❤
I've been wanting to build my own bass for a very long time. This vid was the kick in the butt I needed. It showed me that even on the small means I have I CAN do this. It may take a few months to collect the tools I need, as a disabled vet my money only goes so far. Thank you.
Also, you might have friends or family with tools you can borrow!
That Bass neck is phenomenal. I'm really digging and would love to do one for a kit guitar.
After not woodworking since my teens (I apprenticed under a cabinet maker), I have decided to build guitars. I've been playing, teaching and selling all things guitar for over 20 years. One thing I personally really wanted to do this was a Triton Workcentre. I owned one years ago and it was awesome. I managed to find a few of them with the saw table and the router table, so now I'm all set. They're awesome for a home workshop.
Thanks for another great video. Very inspiring.
I build my dream guitar this summer with a minimum of power tool (as documented on my channel). I just learned from great RUclips videos like this. If I can do it anyone can.
Thanks 👍🏼
I echo what many others say that you have a great attitude. There are too many people telling us "you can't." You tell us "you can."
I built the bass in my profile picture in the kitchen of an apartment I shared with three other musicians in 1987. I did not make the neck, but I did cut the body from a two-piece alder blank. There are some minor mistakes with using a jigsaw, and a hand-held router. I think the reason it turned out so well was because I had no idea what I was doing. The two-piece body blank gave me my centreline. All I really did was cut out and rout the body, and then added all the other parts. It's what we did in the 80s (Thank you, EVH).
The only area I say spend more with, other than the sanding, is the soldering iron. Hakko all the way.
What if I'm the one telling myself that I need all the fancy tools??
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I'm in the process of returning previous gen baroque fret files thanks to this vid. didn't know there was a new version out!
just recently I watched some guitar builds on RUclips and got discouraged... Everyone got those big fancy machines... and I have only basic tools. Thank you for encouraging
Great encouragement for creativity. Thanks! I sold adhesive tape for many years, and was always baffled as to why North Americans refer to tape by it's colour. Even high-end cabinetmakers. They usually have a reorder code on the core (good brands anyway), as you can get paper and vinyl/poly in many colours and the spec can change with brand choice. We just call it Professional Vinyl Masking tape, then we can swap brands if needed. Be aware though, if the temp drops to around freezing, it will stop stretching and snap. This can alter the adhesive also and make it messy, much like leaving it in the desert heat! Times to enjoy the playing of guitar, rather than building! Thanks again.
i have a black&decker rotary. old, picked up second hand. was so rusted i had to heat it up massively to separate the little thing that holds the bits. hit it with some wd-40, now it does not rust, does not get stuck, and i have used it for so much around the guitar (including enlarging control cavities to a small extent because pots didn't fit, reshaping pickguards, widening screwholes for a bigger screw, etc). i think it is your number one powertool of guitar modding. the bigger tools are good if you want to shape the guitar, add cavities, etc, or just make a body out of raw planks.
Agreed!
@@GunsandGuitars By the way it was your videos (and some others) that gave me the confidence to get a soldering iron and rotary tool and to just start doing little mods on my guitars. I knew how to swap a pickup before I knew how to set up a guitar, but now I have not been to the luthier for probably two years, and putting together my third guitar. First two were partscasters, this third one also is, but with a raw new body, finishing it together with my girlfriend.
Look on Amazon for Excel sanding sticks. It's six bucks. with a file you can make the tip fit a fret. So you use the tip to shape the fret. You can also use the flat edges. I've tried a bunch of other tools, I like this one the best. You can also buy the replacable sand paper in higher grits so that you can polish them too.
This video inspired me to build a guitar out of scrap wood. I did with sub par tools and no experience. Still a work in progress. It’s a thin line Jazzmaster.
Hey dude, took up guitar not too long ago, more recently found (and subscribed) to your channel, and even more recently got interested in doing a bit of work on my cheap guitars.
Watched your tool recommendation video and bought the Keter work table (through your link). It's just arrived and it's brilliant. Easy to set up and super sturdy.
Thanks for all the help and advice your channel provides. Have a good one
That’s awesome man! The keter table is great, I’ve been thinking about buyin a second one!
Thanks for this Dan, I've got many of these, maybe need a few Christmas gifts for myself!
Ordered the work table thru your link. I'll order the rest of the tools too. Love your videos and hopefully i'll do okay building guitars. Thanks!!
Thanks I just started a guitar brand so this helps
Hi Dan. I've been searching for the Keter Workbench here in England and managed to find and order one... Although they are made by MacAllister Tools here (maybe Keter is their US brand name)... Anyhow, for your British viewers, they are £54 from B&Q Hardware Stores UK.
Hopefully it will fit on the balcony of my flat/apartment. It's my only outdoor space.
Thanks again for the info and inspiration.
I have low vision and wanted to build a guitar kit, but was kind of intimidated and wasn’t sure if I could do it. I lived in an apartment with no tools and had basically no experience with hem.
When lockdown started, I figured I’d give it a shot. I finished the build a couple months afterwards and it turned out pretty good overall! Didn’t have fret tools at the time, so need to go back to it later when I change strings. I’m slowly working on a StewMac ukulele kit now, which has been kinda challenging so far 😜.
Awesome!
I was lucky enough to go into Kmart one day and pick up a full cordless dremel kit for $15.00 on clearance. Same kit I found elsewhere at around $90.00 . I believe that those who work in a shop are a little over proud of their tools.
That headstock is incredible
I was always told to "never use steelwool on an electric guitar, 3M makes a Scotchbrite pad that is equivelent to 0000 steelwool for polishing frets. I live in an apartment and build kit guitars and pedals in a converted 4x4 grow tent and an old Workmate workbench with a 2'x3' plywood work table. The space is tight but it works.
Thank you for this video. I'm an aspiring guitar builder, and I had no idea you had to clean a soldering iron
you're doing God's work here. Thanks for all the info! I'll bookmark this vs wishlisting Amazon stuff because I'm pretty sure that kills affiliate links.
something to use instead of an orbital sander for truing up edges is a hand planer. you can get em on amazon for like thirty bucks if you look
About to start getting into building my own custom basses and this was a God send brother! I was so worried about the price of all the tools and just to know that you don’t need a huge budget is so awesome
Going from electric drill to a drill press with all the velocities made me feel like I'd escaped the caves.
Yeah that dremel extension is amazing! Great vid as always Dan!
New drinking game this week...Down one whenever Dan says "I Highly Recommend it"...LOL
Teasing Ya Brother Dan.
Headstock on the bass is awesome. Like the evolution from the GGBO 2020 headstock.
You sir, are a legend. God bless you 🤘
Plain old Elmer's white glue will work. I've got furniture I made in high school 50 years ago that still looks great. Our shop teacher showed us by glueing up walnut and cherry woods with elmer's white glue and clamped them just 24 hours. The wood would break near the joint but none of the samples broke on the joints.
I’m curious if you have actually tried this on a neck joint? I’ve seen a lot of neck joints pulled out from string tension and if I recall correctly I think one of them was white elmers glue. Or at least elmers wood glue. Don’t remember which.
I loaded some Elmer's up in a seringe about 20 years ago and made a neck repair on an old acoustic guitar. I used it for several years. After I glued it, I clamped it for several days.
Man, I LOOOOOOVE that headstock.
Unfortunately, with a global pandemic, low options for jobs available (with employers offering well below a fair wage) and money beyond tight (my spare amount of money is essentially $0), my circumstances sadly dictate a lot of my life. It is a nice outlook but not really a "one size fits all" solution.
That all said, this is still very nice information for those that can spare the money to do these kind of projects and it is absolutely necessary that it be made aware that this kind of work can be done for a rather small amount of money and practice. Using your fret dressing tips, I have (after a LONG time investing) learned to do recrown work, saving some of my older guitars.
Someone further down in the comments quote Henry Ford: “whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re probably right.”
Don’t have money for wood? There’s lots of free wood out there
Don’t have tools? Borrow from a friend
Don’t have space? Well I think I answered that in the video
Don’t have money for parts? Start with cheap parts, spread out the cost over time, then sell your builds for profit (or not)...point is, you can overcome your circumstances. I know you have it in you
I agree with the sentiment of the video and love what Dan has been able to do with what he has available to him. The reality of this type of hobby is that you never have everything you need, there's always another tool that would make the job easier. And especially when you're getting started, even the people who have all the tools now didn't start with all of the tools, everybody starts with as little as possible to get the job done.
But I think in advancing into the hobby, it is natural to accumulate more tools and refine the process into something less tedious. In my personal experience, having the tools that I want is the reason I haven't quit yet. Sure, I have more tools than I technically need, but without them I wouldn't be motivated or enjoy the work, so I just wouldn't do it.
I don't know how Dan manages to do what he does. From a purely logistical standpoint, I can understand it. I know what jobs need to be done and I can see how his tools make it happen. But I know that personally I would not want to find a good place to park and unpack all of my tools every single time I wanted to work on a project.
It's tough because I actually do see the RV lifestyle as an otherwise completely valid option for myself (barring financial difficulties), but I know that I would have to give up any woodworking that I would be able to do if I had a dedicated studio. I wouldn't necessarily have to fully give it up because I could hypothetically still do things, but I wouldn't enjoy it so the reasonable option would be to quit.
I totally understand and agree with everything you’re saying. The point of this video is that people can start with less than they think they need (or at least less than other people tell them). But that’s it. It’s just a start.
Another trick I've used is to take a sanding sponge. Don't sand flat, raise an edge of it up so that the edge catches the bottom of the fret. When sanding sponge hits the edge, it should catch it harder than the top, and will round the fret off. DO NOT press hard, you want it to hit the edge and skim over the top. ALso its very important to tape your fretboard, when you do tape over the side as you can round the ends of the frets this way, by doing the same thing on the sides of your frets.
personally i use my notched straightedge all the time lol i got one off ebay for super cheap unlike the stewmac one, and it was machined as well...if you dont just build guitars and you play them, being able to check relief is so useful
this headstock design is becoming iconic! I always wonder (and never tried it) if reverse type Pbass headstock has a better , neutral or worst action on the sound? does it increase the tension for the low strings?
I love this channel. Really good to watch. Regars from Poland.
I downloaded this video. It just became my gospel. Thanks, Dan!
2 thumbs up for the Keter Workbenches, I have 2 in my little "Man shed" and work in the backyard.
Okay you just convinced me I’m aloud to buy another one. Been debating it for a while, but now I’m sold. I won’t be the only one with two!
@@GunsandGuitars There is absolutely something to be said for having multiples of this table so that you can set them up longways, shortways or just as two separate workspaces when you need to go from one part of a project to another.
Thanks Dan, I needed to hear this today.
Love this video Dan, BUT. I think what I would love to see, given your facilities and your building idiom... When do we get to see you build a neck on a budget like this? Guitar bodies are easy. but lets say we want to build a handful of cheap guitars, and buying ebay necks just isn't feasible? I built a telecaster for my son out of 2x4s and we hydrodipped the body with his favorite colours, he loves it, and finished it up with some parts from an old broken squier (pickups and neck). But what if I want to build a guitar body AND neck? You didn't go over any neck building stuff, just fretwork.. Or maybe we want to mod an old guitar, and the frets are so worn that fretwork wont save it and we need to do a re-fret, Surely all of this can be done on your patio with a portable work top and budget garage sale tools as well? Consider it a challenge from your fans. I want to see Guns and Guitars build a neck from scratch on a build.
When I figure out how to build a neck for cheaper or easier than buying one I’ll make a video, don’t you worry.
Man! You are my hero! Cheers from Russia!
I found the workbench, bought it, and LOVE it!!
Your review of the bourque file is the reason i bought one and it works great.
Dan, I continue to always learn from you. Thanks for the great video.
I needed to hear that first part today man thanks
Great video! This is a huge help. I think I can do this. OMG i really do. Getting ready to retire and looking at this as a hobby.
Have you ever looked into doing pedal kits? Seems like another cool way to customize your tone on the cheap. One company I believe offers an overdrive kit that gives you extra parts to mod your pedal and puts them on a switch between stock and your modded version so you can hear what it does in real time and their instructions break down each section of the circuit. They're called Anasound I believe
Headstock is sick. Nuff said
Hopefully, you will start doing some RV DIYs, curious about getting one.
Dan, your videos got me hooked. I am getting a Fretwire kit for Christmas and will be building a Thinline telecaster with dual humbuckers. Thanks for the $10 off with your coupon code.
Pretty cool stuff , have an idea for you. I noticed pallets as you were looking for wood , pallet diy stuff has been hot for years . A pallet bass not just using the wood but looks like a mini pallet box as the body . Kind of a joke but kinda not .
I cannot wait to see you build with these tools and scrap wood. I have limited space for tools and builds.
Btw if you want to make a mustang bass you need a 30” notched straight edge too
Thanks so much,I have a vintage style strat neck that I’m in love with but the frets need work so I made the tools I need and picked up the crowning tool from your link wish me luck
This video came at a perfect time I want to get into building guitars and mods. I would like to see a nicer guitar build with only the hand tools you listed soon. Cheers and thanks.
Hey Dan- I found a less expensive version of your folding workbench at Walmart. Its their Hart brand and its $64. I picked one up and its awesome!
Does it have the clamps and everything? I’ll look into it
@@GunsandGuitars Yea it comes with the clamps, its literally the exact same workbench. Looks like they just rebranded it for Walmart.
You ever think about making a sled/rig for using your router to plane the top of the guitar? I've seen guys make router sleds for planing large slabs for tables and what not. Could potentially do the same with the router and you would be certain you removed the same amount of material everywhere vs the guess work of the sander
If I have room for a big router sled I probably have room for an auto planer 🤷♂️
titebond is definitely good glue, and it is what I would recommend if you have the option, but any good quality wood glue should be stronger than the wood. I would stay away from the most bargain basement no-names, but if you can't get titebond reasonably where you live, it's certainly not something I'd get too hung up on.
This is such helpful advice, all his videos are.
I’ve built 6 guitars over the last year just of my kitchen table and outdoor freezer!
Nice!