I've always heard that the best woodworker isn't one that doesn't make mistakes but one that can hide them. You owned that last mistake like a boss. Well done
@@DUY1337GUITAR absolutely gorgeous Guitar! I haven’t built one from scratch like that, but I have built a few from kits, and bare necks and bodies! I have someone on my channel. And a few that I customized. ☮️💜
I think I've made every mistake you made in this video at one stage, it's really cool you left those in to show what can and does happen on the way to such an excellent result. Very inspiring build.
Fantastic work, thank you for showing your mistakes and their repairs. I tried building guitars about ten years ago, but didn't have the knowledge or skills back then to complete one. Seeing you use a router as a rough planer was inspiring, I may give it another shot in the near future. Thanks
Awesome build, enjoyed every minute !! The raging/boiling effect was very relatable lol Had no idea we could modify regular humbuckers to multiscale DIY. Keep up the great content bro - SUBSCRIBED
Really nice guitar build it looks great! It really helps to first sand or plane most of the material before you rout, specially the end grain the router really wants to grab end grain! What I do is sand almost to the line leaving less that a business card's thickness of material for the router to clean up, its less work for the router and the sanding smooths the surface making it less likely for the router to grab it. Also try not to start your pass on end grain, start from a side that has already been routed and ease your way into the cut. We all had stuff like this happen hope this helps!
I think all of us diy luthiers have had the router jump on us like that, though that was more intense than anything I've experienced. That thing had air time. Glad to see you made the most of it though, it's a wicked axe. Stay safe. 😅
I learned afterwards that the Infinity Tools bit is known to seriously throw if it ever grabs, so starting on end grain was just asking for it to happen.
haha, I went through exactly the same process on my second build - I had a massive tearout on the headstock which basically shredded it and I had to make a new neck, and then got extremely nervous about using the router for a long time afterwards. I ended up solving my fear issue by buying a set of 3 different length bearing bits, and I no longer take full-depth cuts all the way through the body/neck. Instead, I put the template on the bottom, and start with a short, stubby bit, take about 10mm depth, then switch to a slightly longer bit, go up to 25mm depth, and then finally go to the full-length bit and remove the remainder. A lot less chance of tearout when removing less material, and one the first two cuts, the remaining material above the cut also helps to reduce tearout as it supports the wood fibers that are being removed below it.
i saw a post in a luthier forum of one of your current builds. I hope you have a video for that one when it's done! Excellent work! (Love the "seeing red" visuals for comedic effect.)
As someone who does a lot of laminating for furniture, hear are a couple of tips to help you glue better. Instead of a flat paddle to spread your glue, try either a foam paint roller or a silk screen ink roller. It will make a more uniform layer of glue (thin and even with complete coverage). Also, use cauls instead of the two center clamps. Cauls are easily made, you want the board you use to be taller than wide, as it works better for distributing the clamping force. Flatten one edge, then the arc built up through multiple layers of tape, like a pyramid) will give more even pressure across the full gluing surface. A great video that shows the process is: ruclips.net/video/KdeUBuCOBBQ/видео.htmlsi=f4HFT6nFMx7caQRy You can skip to about 3 minutes in, if making the cauls is all you want to see.
Yoooo you've came a long way man, I forgot I was still subscribed from like 13 years ago on your dye job videos. I followed at the time because I was doing the same thing.
Thats a great video and a great walkthrough of your process, thanks for sharing it. Out of curiosity, would you he able to tell me where you got the router skid and frame? I cant see anything on the website of the brandname on it. It looks really good amd smooth.
My lovely-o-meter just spontaneously combusted. Outstanding work. Out of interest, why did you use 7 grounding wires all joined together instead of one grounding wire attached to a long strip of shielding tape that runs across the back of all 7 bridge elements?
I am gonna say yeah mistakes happens but when u are good at hiding it and the abalone where the neck pickup was where u drilled thru the body looks like it was a purpose designe to be there
Amazing work! I really enjoyed watching the build process and the creative way to overcome the mistakes. I was wondering what that kind of strap lock is called. I've looked around, but couldn't find anything similar.
Thank you! These strap locks are the "flush mount" Dunlop Straplok. They have the same button mechanism as their standard Straplok, so make sure to review the product image carefully.
I like it; it was nice that I could brush it on in the living room and not deal with any solvent smells. May try spraying it this year though. I did about 12 coats. There's a Crystalac Facebook group dedicated to instrument finishing. A lot of help can be found there.
@@DUY1337GUITAR could you tell please, what kind of cover do you use on a body? As far as I understood first you use some sort of stain. What kind of dye was that? is it just a normal wood paint or is it some other sort of solution? do you blend it with activators or it's just a simple dye. I would really appreciate if you write a name of some dye you used. Could you also tell, what do you apply at 47:10 using spray can? And I also a bit confused. So you applied a finish lacquer with manually with foam and then sanded it slightly to polish after at 52:40, right? And also what's the difference between polishing at this time section? Do you used two different polishes for coarse and fine polishing? Thanks for your answers.
@@1001.1-y I used transtint dyes mixed with denatured alcohol. After dye, I sprayed Mohawk's pre-catalyzed sanding sealer to seal the color. I wiped on Aqua Coat grain filler (several applications) and sprayed sanding sealer again. For clear coat, I brushed on Crystalac's water-based polyurethane. Since this is a water-based finish, I can't wet sand like with lacquer, so I used Super Assilex and Super Bufflex abrasives for dry sanding after a month of curing. For polishing, I used Menzerna 2500 compound, 3800 compound, and Power Lock.
@@DUY1337GUITAR So in total: 1. stain -> 2. dyes -> 3. sanding sealer -> 4. grain filler -> 5. sanding sealer -> 6. polyurethane (pure or water-based) -> 7. dry sanding. Should it really be curing than long? A whole month? Is it viable to apply another type of finish that can reach proper condition for further operations within a couple days? I also would like to ask. For example if I want to leave a body with natural color and tactile feeling what should I use after staining? Is it fine to use tung oil or wood oil? Are they reversible? I mean do I have a risk to have a reaction with hand salt while playing at touch spots? As I heard, Gibson like to use oils as finish and they have those issues while you play 2-3 months and body becomes sticky, greeny with lots of dirt from hands. Are there any ways to prevent it without using gloss / satin solid finishing?
Designing and planning probably 1 month. The actual building spanned probably 3 months with me constantly learning on the go and strategizing. In terms of actual hours, I'm not sure; I should track that next time.
Can you help me out on what to shop for when building one of those 2 axis router jigs? I’ve always wanted to do that but never got around to finding the best place to buy those parts. I’ve seen expensive kits but wasn’t sure if that’s just the lazy way to do it….or the only way
Just have to add…omg that move you made with the pickups to make them angled was nuts! I would never have the balls to try that but you made it look like it was nothin!
@@redfurydubstep In reality, I was nervous taking apart those expensive pickups haha. When I discovered we could convert pickups just by changing the baseplate, that solidified my choice to go for a multiscale build.
I would have gotten one of the kits from woodgrainjunkies and sourced the rails separately if I had a trim router, but I have a larger router so I had to make my own from parts. When you order the rails (amazon and ebay have them), they often come with the bearing blocks and clamps included. Rails on the table: SBR16 rails with SBR16UU bearing blocks. Rails for the router: SFC16 rails with SC16 bearing blocks and SK16 clamps. You can search for their spec sheets to find bolt sizes.
I've always heard that the best woodworker isn't one that doesn't make mistakes but one that can hide them. You owned that last mistake like a boss. Well done
Very suspenseful!! Literally had me at the edge of my seat every time the router powered on. Nice build!
I've started a second build of this 7-string. I'll be better about the router this time 🤣
@@DUY1337GUITAR absolutely gorgeous Guitar! I haven’t built one from scratch like that, but I have built a few from kits, and bare necks and bodies! I have someone on my channel. And a few that I customized. ☮️💜
I think I've made every mistake you made in this video at one stage, it's really cool you left those in to show what can and does happen on the way to such an excellent result. Very inspiring build.
Fantastic work, thank you for showing your mistakes and their repairs. I tried building guitars about ten years ago, but didn't have the knowledge or skills back then to complete one. Seeing you use a router as a rough planer was inspiring, I may give it another shot in the near future. Thanks
I always loved blue to red bursts, ever since I saw Cataclysmichael's Carvin years and years ago. Excellent choice.
I know these moments of struggle with the router, the anger animation made me laugh and reminded me of these moments, great job
great build and great recovery from the mistakes
Awesome build, enjoyed every minute !! The raging/boiling effect was very relatable lol Had no idea we could modify regular humbuckers to multiscale DIY. Keep up the great content bro - SUBSCRIBED
Great job man! looks great!
You have some mad skills my friend. Exceptional work.
Really nice guitar build it looks great! It really helps to first sand or plane most of the material before you rout, specially the end grain the router really wants to grab end grain! What I do is sand almost to the line leaving less that a business card's thickness of material for the router to clean up, its less work for the router and the sanding smooths the surface making it less likely for the router to grab it. Also try not to start your pass on end grain, start from a side that has already been routed and ease your way into the cut. We all had stuff like this happen hope this helps!
43:42 - Aaannd..was never seen again :) Beautiful guitar! Best Regards and Best Wishes!
I like that there’s no annoying music of random genres
I think all of us diy luthiers have had the router jump on us like that, though that was more intense than anything I've experienced. That thing had air time. Glad to see you made the most of it though, it's a wicked axe. Stay safe. 😅
I learned afterwards that the Infinity Tools bit is known to seriously throw if it ever grabs, so starting on end grain was just asking for it to happen.
What a turn around with the hole through the body.
Hey, sweet build man! Was just wondering whether you could share your custom templates, I’m looking to do a very similar build.
haha, I went through exactly the same process on my second build - I had a massive tearout on the headstock which basically shredded it and I had to make a new neck, and then got extremely nervous about using the router for a long time afterwards. I ended up solving my fear issue by buying a set of 3 different length bearing bits, and I no longer take full-depth cuts all the way through the body/neck. Instead, I put the template on the bottom, and start with a short, stubby bit, take about 10mm depth, then switch to a slightly longer bit, go up to 25mm depth, and then finally go to the full-length bit and remove the remainder. A lot less chance of tearout when removing less material, and one the first two cuts, the remaining material above the cut also helps to reduce tearout as it supports the wood fibers that are being removed below it.
yeah I had to do that with a maple neck on my recent build. Maple seems super grabby on large bits
Amazing build for sure 🤘
That's beautiful man
i saw a post in a luthier forum of one of your current builds. I hope you have a video for that one when it's done! Excellent work! (Love the "seeing red" visuals for comedic effect.)
Thanks! The guitar from the post will be the third build video. Hopefully will get both upcoming videos done by end of year.
nice colors!
great build buddy !!!!!!!!
the system planner uff! :3 10/10
Insanely beautiful guitar. I basically just started my first guitar build and now I have to actively keep my hopes down after looking at this thing. 😂
Good luck on your build!
As someone who does a lot of laminating for furniture, hear are a couple of tips to help you glue better. Instead of a flat paddle to spread your glue, try either a foam paint roller or a silk screen ink roller. It will make a more uniform layer of glue (thin and even with complete coverage). Also, use cauls instead of the two center clamps. Cauls are easily made, you want the board you use to be taller than wide, as it works better for distributing the clamping force. Flatten one edge, then the arc built up through multiple layers of tape, like a pyramid) will give more even pressure across the full gluing surface. A great video that shows the process is: ruclips.net/video/KdeUBuCOBBQ/видео.htmlsi=f4HFT6nFMx7caQRy You can skip to about 3 minutes in, if making the cauls is all you want to see.
I've been considering making cauls
❤❤❤ wonderful good job 👏🏽
Yoooo you've came a long way man, I forgot I was still subscribed from like 13 years ago on your dye job videos. I followed at the time because I was doing the same thing.
You're a true MVP 😄. I cringe at my old videos haha
Very nice mate👍🏻
Thats a great video and a great walkthrough of your process, thanks for sharing it.
Out of curiosity, would you he able to tell me where you got the router skid and frame? I cant see anything on the website of the brandname on it. It looks really good amd smooth.
Absolutely incredible. Where are you based? What would a commission cost? Can’t wait for the video of what it sounds like.
Based in Oregon USA. Materials, supplies, and hardware alone added to $1000-$1100.
55:05 I know the fury felt there lol. In the end, adds character, that mistake could be your "calling card"
Gorgeous build! That fret board is amazing. It's so sleek all around, I'm just curious why you didn't use flat headed screws on the back plates?
I love your guitar❤
My lovely-o-meter just spontaneously combusted. Outstanding work. Out of interest, why did you use 7 grounding wires all joined together instead of one grounding wire attached to a long strip of shielding tape that runs across the back of all 7 bridge elements?
Thank you. If you look at 1:00:03, you can see the bridge pieces aren't wall to wall. I didn't want copper visible between the pieces.
@@DUY1337GUITAR Ah! Fair point :-)
What is the name of the shape type of this guitar? I love this cool apocalypse cyberpunk looking shape.
I remember your old videos from long long ago. Did you take those down? Looks great.
yeah, the old videos 10-15 yrs ago are just photo stories, so I dropped them. I'll be making videos regularly again
I am gonna say yeah mistakes happens but when u are good at hiding it and the abalone where the neck pickup was where u drilled thru the body looks like it was a purpose designe to be there
Can I buy that template from you or make me one for purchase please
When you drilled through the body I was gutted for you. Good workaround though 👍
Amazing work! I really enjoyed watching the build process and the creative way to overcome the mistakes. I was wondering what that kind of strap lock is called. I've looked around, but couldn't find anything similar.
Thank you! These strap locks are the "flush mount" Dunlop Straplok. They have the same button mechanism as their standard Straplok, so make sure to review the product image carefully.
perfect
What’s your thoughts on crystalac bitetone? How many coats did you do?
I like it; it was nice that I could brush it on in the living room and not deal with any solvent smells. May try spraying it this year though. I did about 12 coats. There's a Crystalac Facebook group dedicated to instrument finishing. A lot of help can be found there.
@@DUY1337GUITAR thanks , I will have to check it out.
35:33 how is this tool called? Insane thing for making hidden frets. Also would really appreciate more information about the tool on 34:55
Fret tang nipper and fretwire bender
@@DUY1337GUITAR thanks a lot mate :) Good luck
@@DUY1337GUITAR could you tell please, what kind of cover do you use on a body? As far as I understood first you use some sort of stain. What kind of dye was that? is it just a normal wood paint or is it some other sort of solution? do you blend it with activators or it's just a simple dye. I would really appreciate if you write a name of some dye you used.
Could you also tell, what do you apply at 47:10 using spray can?
And I also a bit confused. So you applied a finish lacquer with manually with foam and then sanded it slightly to polish after at 52:40, right?
And also what's the difference between polishing at this time section? Do you used two different polishes for coarse and fine polishing?
Thanks for your answers.
@@1001.1-y I used transtint dyes mixed with denatured alcohol. After dye, I sprayed Mohawk's pre-catalyzed sanding sealer to seal the color. I wiped on Aqua Coat grain filler (several applications) and sprayed sanding sealer again. For clear coat, I brushed on Crystalac's water-based polyurethane. Since this is a water-based finish, I can't wet sand like with lacquer, so I used Super Assilex and Super Bufflex abrasives for dry sanding after a month of curing. For polishing, I used Menzerna 2500 compound, 3800 compound, and Power Lock.
@@DUY1337GUITAR So in total:
1. stain -> 2. dyes -> 3. sanding sealer -> 4. grain filler -> 5. sanding sealer -> 6. polyurethane (pure or water-based) -> 7. dry sanding.
Should it really be curing than long? A whole month? Is it viable to apply another type of finish that can reach proper condition for further operations within a couple days?
I also would like to ask. For example if I want to leave a body with natural color and tactile feeling what should I use after staining? Is it fine to use tung oil or wood oil? Are they reversible? I mean do I have a risk to have a reaction with hand salt while playing at touch spots? As I heard, Gibson like to use oils as finish and they have those issues while you play 2-3 months and body becomes sticky, greeny with lots of dirt from hands. Are there any ways to prevent it without using gloss / satin solid finishing?
Wow❤
How many days did you build the guitar?
Idk how many days, but the project spanned about 4 months if including designing and curing time.
Sweet guitar. How long did this take to build?
Designing and planning probably 1 month. The actual building spanned probably 3 months with me constantly learning on the go and strategizing. In terms of actual hours, I'm not sure; I should track that next time.
Can you help me out on what to shop for when building one of those 2 axis router jigs? I’ve always wanted to do that but never got around to finding the best place to buy those parts. I’ve seen expensive kits but wasn’t sure if that’s just the lazy way to do it….or the only way
Just have to add…omg that move you made with the pickups to make them angled was nuts! I would never have the balls to try that but you made it look like it was nothin!
@@redfurydubstep In reality, I was nervous taking apart those expensive pickups haha. When I discovered we could convert pickups just by changing the baseplate, that solidified my choice to go for a multiscale build.
I would have gotten one of the kits from woodgrainjunkies and sourced the rails separately if I had a trim router, but I have a larger router so I had to make my own from parts. When you order the rails (amazon and ebay have them), they often come with the bearing blocks and clamps included.
Rails on the table: SBR16 rails with SBR16UU bearing blocks.
Rails for the router: SFC16 rails with SC16 bearing blocks and SK16 clamps.
You can search for their spec sheets to find bolt sizes.
Where do i find multiscale guitar/bass plans ?
Not many plans out there, but electricherald site has a template for the multiscale boden 6
@@DUY1337GUITAR Thanks
Good to remind ourselves that our tools are fucking deadly every now and again, aint it?
grain pattern on front looks like paisley
Beautiful job! But where's the sound check???
Some time next month. Friend owns it now, so we're planning to record after his tour.
hole drilled through the body...uh ya ! it's not a defect it's a feature...way to microsoft
Помойму очень много клея
Shit dude.... are you new? LMAO
Are you building or repairing?😮