Among other things, your channel is also about growing. This video adds to the picture of your growth as someone who makes things. I'm glad you posted it.
I had to pause at 3:33 to comment. Seeing the issues with your first guitar so far has encouraged me immensely. I built my first one about a year ago with my dad and I knew immediately that I had to make a second one because I had to fix all of the mistakes from my first one, but the mistakes were just so obvious in hindsight and so bad, that I've been putting off doing it. Last week, my dad notified me unsolicited that a cherry tree he had cut down is done drying and we were going to make guitar two out of it the next time I have a few days to go work on it, then you put out this video and further motivated me. My first one, I built neck-through, and didn't realize how much extra depth I needed in order to have the right angle to set the bridge without having a two foot action, so the bridge ended up being sunk halfway into the guitar. I had also originally intended it to be fretless, but I decided after it was built that I wanted frets for chord intonation accuracy, but I measured and cut the frets before sinking the bridge into the body which adjusted the scale length significantly enough that I can't intonate it (I can't even get close approximations of intonation). This video has inspired me to think up solutions to my first guitar's issues, though, and motivated me to build the second one, and I'm not even a quarter of the way through it. For that I owe you an immense and resounding thank you.
Hey Tim, A stained glass artist I know once told me "If you want to learn how to do this, you have to be willing to break some glass". I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks man! Dave in the Adirondacks
This video shows the progress you've made in so many different ways, an inspiration to show those to "stick with it". Longevity is the key, you've just prove it.
It's not the destination, man... It's about the JOURNEY. Seeing your model 0001 and to hear how cherished it is at the library is a testament to how valued your craftsmanship is to your community.
Man I really am glad I stumbled onto your channel,been playing for 40 years and am nowhere as good as I'd like to be.I am a retired homebuilder that has always fooled around with wood working and you are giving me the inspiration to try and do this. I am gonna start slow and try to repair a damaged acustic that I have had for a long time before I try to actually build a guitar,and am looking at your kit . I understand why you did not want to show this but I'm glad you did,it will inspire people like me to try and watch ourselves grow and change.Looking forward to my new journey.and appreciate your humbleness and teaching. Thanks you.
Keep it up! I love that you're using unusual materials and experimenting as you build your guitars. I have a learning disability so I've never been able to read or write at a functional level so I drive my wife crazy but trial and error and experimenting is how I've gotten things done all my life. I've done woodworking and construction and mechanical work and am I'm just starting to work with guitars. It takes an artist to tranform a piece of wood or metal that nobody else wants to mess with into something beautiful and useful. We have always lived on a shoestring budget so we're constantly recycling and upcycling unusual stuff. Don't apologize about your mistakes. Learn from them and go on! Mistakes are evidence that you're being creative and are doing things and trying new things.
You have all reasons to be proud Tim! Been following you since the beginning and I am impressed by your progress: building as well as playing the guitar. I have built and upgraded 10 guitars in the past year, using very basic materials and equipment. You are an inspiration to all of us wannabe luthiers. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the inspiration. I just recently started building CBGs and have learned from every one. I’m curious to see where I’ll be four years from now.
Hey Tim , I look back on my life of 65 years and I can still say that I am still learning! In somethings I have gotten better and others Iam still working on that! Thanks for sharing Regards BobLee
When I was playing music for a living, I always said my last breath would be me getting off stage, saying "Eh, that was ok. Coulda been better," then I'd die. lol
Every build is a learning process. Thanks for sharing yours. Today i have been swearing at my lack of notekeeping. Also more is not more when it comes to the amount of iron in a pickup. Exactly the right amount is more when trying to replicate the first one that turned out right.
You’ve inspired me for quite some time now. And now I’m finally in a place where I’ve gotten sick of waiting and have begun my foray into guitar building. I don’t have very good woodworking chops nor any specialized equipment beyond guitar setup tools. But I’m motivated and I’m creative and gosh darn it, people like me.
ha! have you seen the kits I sell? They are exactly for people like you, to make your first guitar. They come with templates, every part you need and 90 mins of instructional video not available to the public. ruclips.net/video/AzDnHc8FJjQ/видео.html and newperspectivesmusic.com/shop?olsPage=t%2Fdiy-guitar-kits
tim sway oh trust me I plan on picking something up from you in the near future, I’ve got a couple kits arriving today. They’re super basic and I plan on kinda going nuts with them before I dig in with some higher quality bits. If you made through neck kits kinda like carvin/kiesel, I’d buy it in a heartbeat. (I like 34 and 32 inch bass necks, just FYI haha)
Showing and being open your mistakes is very important, others can learn from them! No project is truly a failure either, mistakes are for learning from.
Thanks for posting this. As artists, it’s humbling to look back on things we’ve created in the past. And it’s totally ok to point out what you didn’t like or could have done differently while still being proud of what you’ve accomplished. You wouldn’t be where you are today if you didn’t take those first steps.
Really appreciate it Tim. Hope you're still making your own videos in years from now, you are one of the more laid back and down to earth people when it comes to this stuff and you're always experimenting in ways many luthiers and diy'ers don't often see or do. Keep inspiring and thank you for sharing this video.
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thanks man! I don't feel laid back... I feel like I try to be laid back! lol. Inside I've been tearing myself apart over this guitar and begging with the library to let me just exchange it with a newer one! lol I decided to turn that negative energy in to something hopefully positive in the form of this video. I give it another couple hours before the trolls come marching in and make me regret it! lol
History is about not ignoring the past. I revisit paintings I did 5, 10, 20 years ago, which I hated at the time, and with distance I love them and see there worth. Great video and I like the look of the guitar. The cross grain and mahogany support strips give it a cool vibe. Thanx.
Interesting. I go back and forth on that. Sometimes I look at past work as ladder rungs I don't want to step back on to, other times I can't wait to take the proverbial brush to it. Indeed distance casts a totally different light on one's work.
Really glad you decided to share that with us, mate. 👍 In all honesty, for a first elec build, that was pretty damn good in my books. Still looks fantastic, and definitely has that reclaimed rustic feel about it, and sounds just like it looks, "cool" 👌 Brilliant work, Tim! 👏👏👏
It’s still cool, the great thing about this guitar is the story behind it and the evolution of it. Which is possibly a metaphor for life. Bloody hell, that’s deep for a Sunday evening! Cheers Tim.
I love what my projects have taught me, you should not be embarrassed by your endeavors, look how fondly the librarian thought of it, difficult to engender that feeling in an object. 😉
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thanks man! I think I started making them to find customers (didn't work) and instead found this community. I guess I make them now as reminders to keep it green and keep on trying.
@@timsway Well, you inspired me to make instruments. After watching your Flying V Uke video, I built one for my son. I also built an electric guitar and an electric baritone Uke. I hope to be better one day so I can sell the instruments I make.
That's inspirational, I'm glad you shared it. Knowing where you coming from without being ashamed of what you've done, while keep looking forward, it's really encouraging for any people willing to do anything in life. And it's not a complete fail if you learnt from it, so kudos to you and thanks for what you do here.
Nice-looking guitar for a first build, definitely. Love the use of reclaimed wood. I have been building instruments, as a relaxing hobby, for about 25 years, but I'm in the process of creating a business with my wife, building custom, handmade guitars and basses. So I definitely understand the challenges, the struggles, the lessons learned, and the processes, of all of it. There are custom builders out there who will build you a custom bridge to whatever design specifications and dimensions you require. I happen to be one of those builders. My shop not only has woodworking capabilities but metal machining capabilities. For the last 12 years my professional life has been in manual and CNC machining, programming, process engineering and management, QCv, and eventually running the production and manufacturing engineering of the machine shop, so this is part of what I enjoy and am passionate about. Starting this business was also about my health, and the ability to spend far more time with my family , which was the most important factor. So there are options out there for getting the precise dimensions and design you envision, whatever it is that you're looking for in a custom bridge, or any other component, really, for a custom-built guitar. We also are doing everything we can to Source our materials only from then doors that can ensure that they use sustainable practices, and where possible we look to use reclaimed materials. That's goes for a reclaimed wood, as well as metals, stone, custom fused glass knobs and tuner keys made from salvaged and recycled glass created by one of the few local artists we have somewhat partnered with. It just seems to be more rewarding when we have created an instrument that we really love, and the person receiving the instruments, and who has shared the experience of creating this instrument, really loves, but also an instrument that satisfies something on other levels, that speaks to other pieces of the human experience. Thank you to anyone who took the time to read this all the way through. My apologies for being so long-winded, and for sounding like a kind of annoying commercial for myself and my wife.
Nice to meet you! Sounds like we are on similar paths, although the machining is new to me (I come from a background in music/performing arts). I've made a few bridges and have plans to further develop them and make everything in house. Maybe in another 4 years? Haha! Cheers
@@timsway Tim, hope you're doing well! I haven't been online in a while, so I'll check the recent uploads to your channel this week. My musical performance background began in 1986, when I got my first guitar, a Japanese made Kramer Focus 4000. Maple neck, Rosewood fretboard, and a legit Floyd Rose vibrato, I loved it immediately, and still own it to this day (planning a rebuild on it for later this Summer). My instrument tech "career" started the second day I owned it, when I swapped out the factory pickups for a DiMarzio set. Two weeks later I replaced that set for a set of Seymour Duncan pickups. I've been working on guitars and basses ever since. I kicked around in a couple bands, then joined a talented group of guys, Flyspeck, after starting to play bass about three years later (google: Flyspeck Fox View for parts of an August 1997 show). If you're interested, our instrument building business is Chiron MusicWorks LLC, we finally got up our Facebook page, just short videos, with a website just under (re)construction, which will hopefully be up in a week or two. Looking forward to seeing what you've been creating! Take care
Tim, man. I dug this video and the guitar so much. Thank you for sharing it. The angled wood, you don't do that too often, or at least I haven't seen you do them. I've had an idea in my head for a little bit now. It's something I've not really seen before. I guess you would call it a "Damascus Wood" Body Guitar. Take the same process used to create Damascus Steel, and apply it to woodworking.
cheers! My punk pallet video had an angled layer and I've done that on at least one other bass. I like it, too. I've been thinking of something like the "damascus" too! I'm currently working on a plywood lamination and I was thinking it would be cool to bend them instead of make them straight.
"...but more importantly, I hope you go out and forge your own path and try your own thing and share your own mistakes and grown from them and not listen to the haters and be yourself, otherwise, you know, what's the point?"
nice work.... you are a great inspiration.... i make my own guitars out of repurposed woods too.... guitar amplifyers... ukuleles... banjos.... once you've started you can't stop making stuff....
The criss-cross bars are a good element on that guitar. My first real build was during a forum challenge several years back and I've done others since, but that feeling of getting those first notes out of the guitar is fantastic isn't it.
What I love is where you remove the strings the way I would always do. It bugs me when people snip them and release the tension from the neck in a violent way.
Nice Tim, thank you for sharing this clip. Your honesty gives many of us the Inspiration to "Have a Go". And I too look forward to seeing and hearing whatever you are creating in four years and I know that it will continue to Inspire me with my projects. Hater's gonna hate, Makers gonna make! Reading a book on the history of the electric guitar and when Leo was showing up at country gigs with his new solid bodied Broadcaster people wouldn't take him seriously and when Les Paul first approached Gibson with his solid bodied guitar they laughed at him and continued to do so for the next ten years. How times have changed. Enjoy your day and don't forget to video it!!
Your "crap" is amazing! I'm really happy you shared this, because it's very inspirational to keep trying to get better at what we're doing. For the quality that you see in that guitar, I think it's awesome. I would love to make something that looks as cool and original and sounds as good... and because you shared this video, maybe I will! Thanks and keep rocking, Tim! 😎🎸
thanks! Hey, did you see the diy guitar kits I made to get people started down this addictive road? It has a neck and ALL the parts plus templates, downloads and 90 mins of instructional video. Here is me using it with only hand tools. links are there: ruclips.net/video/AzDnHc8FJjQ/видео.html
@@timsway Holy crap, that's cool! I haven't seen that yet, but thanks for pointing me that direction! I would have to use hand tools, myself, because I don't have a c.n.c machine so that's a perfect place to start! I have a question about guitar/bass guitar bodies that I'd like your opinion on: Why does it seem (to me anyway) that custom standard 6-string guitars always seem to be modeled after an existing body style (yours are refreshing to see that most are your own design), but, save a few basic bass guitars, most custom bass guitars have a more artistic and styled appearance to the body style. Is it the fact that bass bodies tend to be (ever so slightly) bigger and allow a looser approach in the creation process or am I just losing my mind and this isn't really a thing?
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I love the video. My first guitar had no truss rod, a neck like a bull because i didnt account for the fret board when carving, poorly spaced frets due to accumulated measuring errors and lots of shims in the neck pocket (sides and bottom) cause i used a drill and blunt chisels to carve it by hand. That said, i still play it and love how it sounds
It sounds very cool! Great message we have try and realize it’s okay to make mistakes that’s how we get better at doing anything in life! Keep making cool videos!
I love your approach Tim.. i always do that .. you gotta work with what you've got around .. i got some tools... maybe not the best.. but i'm using them to make some CBG or ukulele and i am planning of making a poor man telecaster .. .
Thanks for sharing. I absolutely love what your doing. I have built some pretty crazy stuff out of whatever I can find. I've got a small wood burning stove I built from scrap pieces of stainless steel it's all bolted together with stripes of fattened out copper pipe as gasket material to seal the joints. The bottom and sides are one piece of stainless from the shell of and old microwave oven. The top front and back are 1/8" from a restaurant work top also stainless. I cut it all with a hack saw. I was chewing up blades trying to cut it with a sawsall and a jig saw but even high quality blades were no match for the stainless. I think a band saw would do better as it's the heat that really does the blades in cutting stainless. The hinges for the door and lock mechanism are sculpted out of 1-1/2" angle iron. It was fun to build and works great but man a lot of work. I'm a carpenter slash what ever needs to be done. So I love to see projects like yours. I get old whatever and rebuild it and I consider it a challenge to fix or repair something with out going out and buying a replacement part. Man I love that laser machine maybe some day. Don't ever second guess yourself your killing it. Have a nice day.
It's nice to be able to look back and see how far you've come and how much you've improved. Keep up the good work. The stripes on this guitar also gives me an idea, one could make a guitar that looks like Eddie Van Halen's Strat, but with strips of different wood rather than paint. It would be awesome.
they're addictive! lol Did you see the diy kits I made to help get people started? They include a neck, templates and literally every screw and piece you'll need plus 90 mins of instructional video. you provide the wood to make the body and assemble. I put a video out a cpl weeks ago about it and you can see the options at newperspectivesmusic.com
Hey Tim...I just found your channel and have been really liking your content! This video really came at a great time for me. I just completed my first body build, but ran into some frustrating but possibly fixable issues...This video reminded me of what I tell everyone else. Art is not meant to be perfect, keep trying, and keep learning. I may have failed this build, but the hours spent were a form of education to help me in the next project. Thank you!
nice! I still kind of plan on making my own pickups and hardware, but I found a local guy who winds them for me with tops I make out of reclaimed, so that's holding me off for now :)
tim sway Sure. But me, 30 or so years ago that was not an option, and the few pickups out there were expensive (at least for me), and never really blew me away. So I started reverse engineering the old ones I could get my hands on, had the correct wire made from a local manufacturer, and started rewinding and repairing my own. When I found the right material, I started making the pickups from scratch. I made some real sh*t sounding stuff at the beginning... 😂. But you learn empirically as you go. It’s been 30 years now, and I’m happy with the results. But still learning; you never stop.
thank you! I don't know if I'd say I'm humble (after all, I'm also the person who posts everything I do on RUclips for the world to see! lol) but I am very self aware and critical of myself - not in a negative way but so I don't become stagnant or complacent in life. When you stop learning and growing is when you're old :)
I built a bunch of basses out of snow skis and other stuff prior, and I did try my hand at building about 15 years prior in someone else's shop, but also basses. Some things translate to guitars and some don't
'I'm not a genius, you've seen my crap'. Well, pretty genius crap sir. It's freaking awesome, from the first 'mistakes' until the recent series of pallet wood guitars. Considering the wood you're working with; you can't polish a turd. But you're proving the opposite👍 Greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱
Cool to see where you came from and the learning process. You can make a guitar from anything. I bet even a Douglasnfir guitar now would be much better.
Great Scott!! Thx man. A wooden bridge? Man I would love to see that! My acoustic has one so I don'😧 understand why I hadn't thought about it. The body is just pure fun (headstock or wtwer). But the bridge and the electronics and pickups and fretboard. Scares me that stuff. And u know intonation on a wooden bridge? Drill holes a lil deeper? Or put a lil nut in front of the stringhole. Actually wrap steelthread on the string. If the hole is drilled to deep. Or maybe not. Cheap trix is my middle name.
archtops, violins, cellos, etc., all have wood bridges. You can intonate them by filing. If you start with a 1/4" piece of wood, filing the slot towards the back of the wood makes the string longer and angling it towards the front makes it shorter.
Idea time! Wooden barbecue sticks can be used to form the bridge. Glue them together. Drill holes. Paint it. Fasten it to the body with glue and a couple of screws. Cheap sticks!
That is and was an awesome guitar! You made it and made it work. That's all that really matters. Bonus that it sounds good, and looks beautiful. Great job and thanks for sharing!
I fix amps on my channel. I revisited something I fixed 7 or 8 years before and re-did it the right way... admitting having learned how do do things better.
yea man, it's a big part of the journey. A little nerve-wracking to put it out in the public like this video, but I figured most viewers would totally relate and the ones that don't yet, will :)
Don't hesitate, Tim!! Think, of course, but do exactly what you're doing: Post content that's interesting to *you*, and just include a brief explanation.....like you just did!! I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed this video for what it is (was), which made perfect sense with a little simple narration! BTW, personally, I like this body style approach much better than your most recent 'pointy horn' bodies......but that's just my personal opinion. I like predominantly flowing lines, with maybe some sort of 'abrupt' little accent component....kinda like Rickenbacker and some Yamaha and ESP models, with maybe a Gibson SG tossed in for good measure. ....and I'm rambling at 2 AM! LMAO The point: Good video! Please don't second-guess yourself. Your videos are always fun, and usually somehow educational!! :-)
cheers! I like the body shape too (it is the original "frontman" design I still make and is included in my kits) but the shape has morphed a little. I find the proportions off just slightly on this but I may use it to go back and round out my newer version of the design a little better.
"Be yourself, otherwise, what's the point." Well said :)
Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.
Very well said
Among other things, your channel is also about growing. This video adds to the picture of your growth as someone who makes things. I'm glad you posted it.
Same. I'm nust doimg my first one now and this is encouraging!
I had to pause at 3:33 to comment. Seeing the issues with your first guitar so far has encouraged me immensely. I built my first one about a year ago with my dad and I knew immediately that I had to make a second one because I had to fix all of the mistakes from my first one, but the mistakes were just so obvious in hindsight and so bad, that I've been putting off doing it. Last week, my dad notified me unsolicited that a cherry tree he had cut down is done drying and we were going to make guitar two out of it the next time I have a few days to go work on it, then you put out this video and further motivated me.
My first one, I built neck-through, and didn't realize how much extra depth I needed in order to have the right angle to set the bridge without having a two foot action, so the bridge ended up being sunk halfway into the guitar. I had also originally intended it to be fretless, but I decided after it was built that I wanted frets for chord intonation accuracy, but I measured and cut the frets before sinking the bridge into the body which adjusted the scale length significantly enough that I can't intonate it (I can't even get close approximations of intonation).
This video has inspired me to think up solutions to my first guitar's issues, though, and motivated me to build the second one, and I'm not even a quarter of the way through it. For that I owe you an immense and resounding thank you.
Hey Tim,
A stained glass artist I know once told me "If you want to learn how to do this, you have to be willing to break some glass". I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks man!
Dave in the Adirondacks
haha! Well put!
This video shows the progress you've made in so many different ways, an inspiration to show those to "stick with it". Longevity is the key, you've just prove it.
thanks. I'm glad it translates
It's not the destination, man... It's about the JOURNEY. Seeing your model 0001 and to hear how cherished it is at the library is a testament to how valued your craftsmanship is to your community.
well said. If the first one were perfect why bother making a second?
You have me thinking about my past projects and how far I've come in my woodworking. Thanks. It's been a great moment of reflection.
Man I really am glad I stumbled onto your channel,been playing for 40 years and am nowhere as good as I'd like to be.I am a retired homebuilder that has always fooled around with wood working and you are giving me the inspiration to try and do this. I am gonna start slow and try to repair a damaged acustic that I have had for a long time before I try to actually build a guitar,and am looking at your kit . I understand why you did not want to show this but I'm glad you did,it will inspire people like me to try and watch ourselves grow and change.Looking forward to my new journey.and appreciate your humbleness and teaching. Thanks you.
thanks! Don't be afraid to try things, y'know?
Tim showing your mistakes show that you are willing to show that you are learning . Your newer Guitars are great.
thanks! I'm getting there.
FWIW it sounds great, you gotta start somewhere or you never get where you want to be. You're an inspiration.
Keep it up! I love that you're using unusual materials and experimenting as you build your guitars.
I have a learning disability so I've never been able to read or write at a functional level so I drive my wife crazy but trial and error and experimenting is how I've gotten things done all my life. I've done woodworking and construction and mechanical work and am I'm just starting to work with guitars. It takes an artist to tranform a piece of wood or metal that nobody else wants to mess with into something beautiful and useful. We have always lived on a shoestring budget so we're constantly recycling and upcycling unusual stuff. Don't apologize about your mistakes. Learn from them and go on! Mistakes are evidence that you're being creative and are doing things and trying new things.
My kind of people :)
You have all reasons to be proud Tim! Been following you since the beginning and I am impressed by your progress: building as well as playing the guitar. I have built and upgraded 10 guitars in the past year, using very basic materials and equipment. You are an inspiration to all of us wannabe luthiers. Keep up the good work.
hey, thanks man! you too.
Thanks for the inspiration. I just recently started building CBGs and have learned from every one. I’m curious to see where I’ll be four years from now.
cool! the internet is so awesome for learning. glad to be a part of it
Hey Tim , I look back on my life of 65 years and I can still say that I am still learning! In somethings I have gotten better and others Iam still working on that! Thanks for sharing Regards BobLee
When I was playing music for a living, I always said my last breath would be me getting off stage, saying "Eh, that was ok. Coulda been better," then I'd die. lol
Every build is a learning process. Thanks for sharing yours.
Today i have been swearing at my lack of notekeeping. Also more is not more when it comes to the amount of iron in a pickup. Exactly the right amount is more when trying to replicate the first one that turned out right.
You’ve inspired me for quite some time now. And now I’m finally in a place where I’ve gotten sick of waiting and have begun my foray into guitar building. I don’t have very good woodworking chops nor any specialized equipment beyond guitar setup tools. But I’m motivated and I’m creative and gosh darn it, people like me.
ha! have you seen the kits I sell? They are exactly for people like you, to make your first guitar. They come with templates, every part you need and 90 mins of instructional video not available to the public. ruclips.net/video/AzDnHc8FJjQ/видео.html and newperspectivesmusic.com/shop?olsPage=t%2Fdiy-guitar-kits
tim sway oh trust me I plan on picking something up from you in the near future, I’ve got a couple kits arriving today. They’re super basic and I plan on kinda going nuts with them before I dig in with some higher quality bits. If you made through neck kits kinda like carvin/kiesel, I’d buy it in a heartbeat. (I like 34 and 32 inch bass necks, just FYI haha)
I can't wait to see what you can do in 4 years... And I'll enjoy seeing you take the steps to get there!
cheers! I have a couple ambitious plans in the works... fingers crossed!
Showing and being open your mistakes is very important, others can learn from them! No project is truly a failure either, mistakes are for learning from.
Thanks for posting this. As artists, it’s humbling to look back on things we’ve created in the past. And it’s totally ok to point out what you didn’t like or could have done differently while still being proud of what you’ve accomplished. You wouldn’t be where you are today if you didn’t take those first steps.
mate we are traveling this road with you,Tim!
pack a lunch!
You weren't going to share this, but I think it turned out to be one of your most important videos.
wow. thanks!
Great progress Tim from then to now, your work is an inspiration and informative to this new to guitar building hack.
Here's to making mistakes and hopefully learning from them. And Dave Brubeck. Thanks for sharing!
Really appreciate it Tim.
Hope you're still making your own videos in years from now, you are one of the more laid back and down to earth people when it comes to this stuff and you're always experimenting in ways many luthiers and diy'ers don't often see or do.
Keep inspiring and thank you for sharing this video.
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thanks man! I don't feel laid back... I feel like I try to be laid back! lol. Inside I've been tearing myself apart over this guitar and begging with the library to let me just exchange it with a newer one! lol I decided to turn that negative energy in to something hopefully positive in the form of this video. I give it another couple hours before the trolls come marching in and make me regret it! lol
History is about not ignoring the past. I revisit paintings I did 5, 10, 20 years ago, which I hated at the time, and with distance I love them and see there worth. Great video and I like the look of the guitar. The cross grain and mahogany support strips give it a cool vibe. Thanx.
Interesting. I go back and forth on that. Sometimes I look at past work as ladder rungs I don't want to step back on to, other times I can't wait to take the proverbial brush to it. Indeed distance casts a totally different light on one's work.
Really glad you decided to share that with us, mate. 👍
In all honesty, for a first elec build, that was pretty damn good in my books.
Still looks fantastic, and definitely has that reclaimed rustic feel about it,
and sounds just like it looks, "cool" 👌
Brilliant work, Tim! 👏👏👏
like I said at the top "It works." That's the first step :)
It’s still cool, the great thing about this guitar is the story behind it and the evolution of it. Which is possibly a metaphor for life.
Bloody hell, that’s deep for a Sunday evening! Cheers Tim.
I love what my projects have taught me, you should not be embarrassed by your endeavors, look how fondly the librarian thought of it, difficult to engender that feeling in an object. 😉
History and forward movement is good. Thank you for the video.
You've got great ingenuity, and vision. Please, include all of your learning processes. You do inspire. Thank you
Nice to see your progress. It gives us all perspective about if we keep making, we get better
yea man, sometimes it's uphill, but if you enjoy it, it's a fun uphill battle :)
Really enjoy seeing the whole reclaimed series but this one is the best. Creativity at its best
my prototype hollow body strat is pine and worked out good it rings pretty well with no sound holes.
So glad you shared !
Your work is very inspirational. Please don't stop making videos.
Please find out my video
hopely can inspire you
“FROM BAD BAD GUITAR TO BE NICE GUITAR ( MY STRATOCASTER REPARATION)”
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thanks man! I think I started making them to find customers (didn't work) and instead found this community. I guess I make them now as reminders to keep it green and keep on trying.
@@timsway Well, you inspired me to make instruments. After watching your Flying V Uke video, I built one for my son. I also built an electric guitar and an electric baritone Uke. I hope to be better one day so I can sell the instruments I make.
That's inspirational, I'm glad you shared it. Knowing where you coming from without being ashamed of what you've done, while keep looking forward, it's really encouraging for any people willing to do anything in life. And it's not a complete fail if you learnt from it, so kudos to you and thanks for what you do here.
Nice-looking guitar for a first build, definitely. Love the use of reclaimed wood.
I have been building instruments, as a relaxing hobby, for about 25 years, but I'm in the process of creating a business with my wife, building custom, handmade guitars and basses. So I definitely understand the challenges, the struggles, the lessons learned, and the processes, of all of it.
There are custom builders out there who will build you a custom bridge to whatever design specifications and dimensions you require.
I happen to be one of those builders. My shop not only has woodworking capabilities but metal machining capabilities.
For the last 12 years my professional life has been in manual and CNC machining, programming, process engineering and management, QCv, and eventually running the production and manufacturing engineering of the machine shop, so this is part of what I enjoy and am passionate about. Starting this business was also about my health, and the ability to spend far more time with my family , which was the most important factor.
So there are options out there for getting the precise dimensions and design you envision, whatever it is that you're looking for in a custom bridge, or any other component, really, for a custom-built guitar.
We also are doing everything we can to Source our materials only from then doors that can ensure that they use sustainable practices, and where possible we look to use reclaimed materials. That's goes for a reclaimed wood, as well as metals, stone, custom fused glass knobs and tuner keys made from salvaged and recycled glass created by one of the few local artists we have somewhat partnered with. It just seems to be more rewarding when we have created an instrument that we really love, and the person receiving the instruments, and who has shared the experience of creating this instrument, really loves, but also an instrument that satisfies something on other levels, that speaks to other pieces of the human experience.
Thank you to anyone who took the time to read this all the way through.
My apologies for being so long-winded, and for sounding like a kind of annoying commercial for myself and my wife.
Nice to meet you! Sounds like we are on similar paths, although the machining is new to me (I come from a background in music/performing arts). I've made a few bridges and have plans to further develop them and make everything in house. Maybe in another 4 years? Haha! Cheers
@@timsway Tim, hope you're doing well! I haven't been online in a while, so I'll check the recent uploads to your channel this week. My musical performance background began in 1986, when I got my first guitar, a Japanese made Kramer Focus 4000. Maple neck, Rosewood fretboard, and a legit Floyd Rose vibrato, I loved it immediately, and still own it to this day (planning a rebuild on it for later this Summer). My instrument tech "career" started the second day I owned it, when I swapped out the factory pickups for a DiMarzio set. Two weeks later I replaced that set for a set of Seymour Duncan pickups. I've been working on guitars and basses ever since. I kicked around in a couple bands, then joined a talented group of guys, Flyspeck, after starting to play bass about three years later (google: Flyspeck Fox View for parts of an August 1997 show).
If you're interested, our instrument building business is Chiron MusicWorks LLC, we finally got up our Facebook page, just short videos, with a website just under (re)construction, which will hopefully be up in a week or two.
Looking forward to seeing what you've been creating!
Take care
Thanks. i enjoyed that journey you shared with us. makes me feel better about my own mistakes
You are an amazing guy with a knack for creativity and determination...realizing that any mistakes can be learning opportunities. Great channel!
thanks! at my own ego's expense! lol
Tim, man. I dug this video and the guitar so much. Thank you for sharing it. The angled wood, you don't do that too often, or at least I haven't seen you do them.
I've had an idea in my head for a little bit now. It's something I've not really seen before. I guess you would call it a "Damascus Wood" Body Guitar.
Take the same process used to create Damascus Steel, and apply it to woodworking.
cheers! My punk pallet video had an angled layer and I've done that on at least one other bass. I like it, too. I've been thinking of something like the "damascus" too! I'm currently working on a plywood lamination and I was thinking it would be cool to bend them instead of make them straight.
@@timsway Awesome!
Good work Tim you're an inspiration. I really enjoy your channel. Cheers
thanks amigo!
"...but more importantly, I hope you go out and forge your own path and try your own thing and share your own mistakes and grown from them and not listen to the haters and be yourself, otherwise, you know, what's the point?"
Best one yet. This is the sort of thing I do all the time!
Love your work Tim and your attitude!
thank you!!
nice work.... you are a great inspiration.... i make my own guitars out of repurposed woods too.... guitar amplifyers... ukuleles... banjos.... once you've started you can't stop making stuff....
it is addictive!
Very nice to see. You have come a long way
It still looks good though, the details might have been a little off, but the overall look of it is great. the wood grains and style looks awesome.
The criss-cross bars are a good element on that guitar. My first real build was during a forum challenge several years back and I've done others since, but that feeling of getting those first notes out of the guitar is fantastic isn't it.
oh yea, it's the best!
What I love is where you remove the strings the way I would always do. It bugs me when people snip them and release the tension from the neck in a violent way.
Good point. I do that because I save the old one in case i break a new one when i resting. A habit I learned the hard way at a gig without a spare.
It actually sounds great Tim!
awesome build. loved the take five cover in the end too!
thank you!
Nice Tim, thank you for sharing this clip. Your honesty gives many of us the Inspiration to "Have a Go". And I too look forward to seeing and hearing whatever you are creating in four years and I know that it will continue to Inspire me with my projects. Hater's gonna hate, Makers gonna make! Reading a book on the history of the electric guitar and when Leo was showing up at country gigs with his new solid bodied Broadcaster people wouldn't take him seriously and when Les Paul first approached Gibson with his solid bodied guitar they laughed at him and continued to do so for the next ten years. How times have changed. Enjoy your day and don't forget to video it!!
I love the motivation you have, very inspiring!
Love all your work. Was just thinking about how I can’t wait to own one of your guitars
I can't wait for you to have one! Pick one from newperspectivesmusic.com and email me, I'll give you a killer deal :)
Glad you posted it. I liked it a lot.
Your "crap" is amazing! I'm really happy you shared this, because it's very inspirational to keep trying to get better at what we're doing. For the quality that you see in that guitar, I think it's awesome. I would love to make something that looks as cool and original and sounds as good... and because you shared this video, maybe I will! Thanks and keep rocking, Tim! 😎🎸
thanks! Hey, did you see the diy guitar kits I made to get people started down this addictive road? It has a neck and ALL the parts plus templates, downloads and 90 mins of instructional video. Here is me using it with only hand tools. links are there: ruclips.net/video/AzDnHc8FJjQ/видео.html
@@timsway Holy crap, that's cool! I haven't seen that yet, but thanks for pointing me that direction! I would have to use hand tools, myself, because I don't have a c.n.c machine so that's a perfect place to start! I have a question about guitar/bass guitar bodies that I'd like your opinion on: Why does it seem (to me anyway) that custom standard 6-string guitars always seem to be modeled after an existing body style (yours are refreshing to see that most are your own design), but, save a few basic bass guitars, most custom bass guitars have a more artistic and styled appearance to the body style. Is it the fact that bass bodies tend to be (ever so slightly) bigger and allow a looser approach in the creation process or am I just losing my mind and this isn't really a thing?
Thanks for sharing Tim.
Please find out my video
hopely can inspire you
“FROM BAD BAD GUITAR TO BE NICE GUITAR ( MY STRATOCASTER REPARATION)”
ruclips.net/video/IwQ_EqSKeuc/видео.html
thanks for watching
Tim, this is a really good video. It’s perfectly valid, and valuable. I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for sharing this on your channel.
thanks man!
Thanks for sharing Tim your giving me the motivation to finish the first I started two years ago.
I love the video. My first guitar had no truss rod, a neck like a bull because i didnt account for the fret board when carving, poorly spaced frets due to accumulated measuring errors and lots of shims in the neck pocket (sides and bottom) cause i used a drill and blunt chisels to carve it by hand. That said, i still play it and love how it sounds
The story is always more important than perfection. :)
I like the attitude as much as the guitars...totally cool, imo.
Totally enjoy your videos and designs Tim. You do some amazing works!
Loved the video! Was great seeing the beginning. Great seeing the problem solving and the growth.
thank you!
Thanks for sharing this. Inspiring stuff!
thanks! I hope my point translated. I felt a little tongue tied trying to explain it.
Beautiful work
It sounds very cool! Great message we have try and realize it’s okay to make mistakes that’s how we get better at doing anything in life! Keep making cool videos!
Thanks for sharing Tim! Great video!
I love your approach Tim.. i always do that .. you gotta work with what you've got around .. i got some tools... maybe not the best.. but i'm using them to make some CBG or ukulele and i am planning of making a poor man telecaster .. .
Thanks for sharing. I absolutely love what your doing. I have built some pretty crazy stuff out of whatever I can find. I've got a small wood burning stove I built from scrap pieces of stainless steel it's all bolted together with stripes of fattened out copper pipe as gasket material to seal the joints. The bottom and sides are one piece of stainless from the shell of and old microwave oven. The top front and back are 1/8" from a restaurant work top also stainless. I cut it all with a hack saw. I was chewing up blades trying to cut it with a sawsall and a jig saw but even high quality blades were no match for the stainless. I think a band saw would do better as it's the heat that really does the blades in cutting stainless. The hinges for the door and lock mechanism are sculpted out of 1-1/2" angle iron. It was fun to build and works great but man a lot of work. I'm a carpenter slash what ever needs to be done. So I love to see projects like yours. I get old whatever and rebuild it and I consider it a challenge to fix or repair something with out going out and buying a replacement part. Man I love that laser machine maybe some day. Don't ever second guess yourself your killing it. Have a nice day.
woah. sounds cool!
Guitar might not be perfect but it looks and sounds great 👍🏽 sweet axe
It's nice to be able to look back and see how far you've come and how much you've improved. Keep up the good work. The stripes on this guitar also gives me an idea, one could make a guitar that looks like Eddie Van Halen's Strat, but with strips of different wood rather than paint. It would be awesome.
i was definitely thinking about that guitar while I made this.
You'll always teach far more by sharing your mistakes than your triumphs. Also 4:30 made me laugh out loud :-)
Haha! Yea, that was my biggest concern of the whole build! Haha
Very cool. I need to make guitars.
they're addictive! lol Did you see the diy kits I made to help get people started? They include a neck, templates and literally every screw and piece you'll need plus 90 mins of instructional video. you provide the wood to make the body and assemble. I put a video out a cpl weeks ago about it and you can see the options at newperspectivesmusic.com
Just started watching your channel. I have one too. Love music and you make some cool stuff.
thumbs up to the Take Five too!
I like the smooth look to the guitar.
This was just a step on your path to become a great builder.
Still stepping!! Lol
To me, learning how to fix your own mistakes is easily the biggest part of learning the craft.
for sure. that IS the craft :)
Lotta wisdom here folks...just gotta hear what he's saying!
Hey Tim...I just found your channel and have been really liking your content! This video really came at a great time for me. I just completed my first body build, but ran into some frustrating but possibly fixable issues...This video reminded me of what I tell everyone else. Art is not meant to be perfect, keep trying, and keep learning. I may have failed this build, but the hours spent were a form of education to help me in the next project. Thank you!
you only "fail" if you didn't learn anything.
@@timsway Truth!
I like the journey. I did the same some 30 years ago with guitar pickups. Keep it up!!
nice! I still kind of plan on making my own pickups and hardware, but I found a local guy who winds them for me with tops I make out of reclaimed, so that's holding me off for now :)
tim sway Sure. But me, 30 or so years ago that was not an option, and the few pickups out there were expensive (at least for me), and never really blew me away. So I started reverse engineering the old ones I could get my hands on, had the correct wire made from a local manufacturer, and started rewinding and repairing my own. When I found the right material, I started making the pickups from scratch. I made some real sh*t sounding stuff at the beginning... 😂. But you learn empirically as you go. It’s been 30 years now, and I’m happy with the results. But still learning; you never stop.
I'm glad you shared this. Cuz it's great.
hey, thanks amigo!
love that you still use that old router
still works!
Great message!
Oh man, this was beautiful to watch, so inspiring. You seem like a such a humble dude. Thanks for this. Greetings from Costa Rica
thank you! I don't know if I'd say I'm humble (after all, I'm also the person who posts everything I do on RUclips for the world to see! lol) but I am very self aware and critical of myself - not in a negative way but so I don't become stagnant or complacent in life. When you stop learning and growing is when you're old :)
tim sway never change man. Keep up the good work!
Only four years?
Good job mate
I built a bunch of basses out of snow skis and other stuff prior, and I did try my hand at building about 15 years prior in someone else's shop, but also basses. Some things translate to guitars and some don't
'I'm not a genius, you've seen my crap'. Well, pretty genius crap sir. It's freaking awesome, from the first 'mistakes' until the recent series of pallet wood guitars.
Considering the wood you're working with; you can't polish a turd. But you're proving the opposite👍
Greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱
I'm trying!! :) thank you
Cool to see where you came from and the learning process. You can make a guitar from anything. I bet even a Douglasnfir guitar now would be much better.
indeed, thank you
a really neat old guitar
RJ
probably my favourite guitar maker's video
If you ever feel like going over this guitar again, the crazy-awesome Soviet style slotted fretwire bridge would suit.
Indeed!
Great Scott!! Thx man. A wooden bridge? Man I would love to see that! My acoustic has one so I don'😧 understand why I hadn't thought about it. The body is just pure fun (headstock or wtwer). But the bridge and the electronics and pickups and fretboard. Scares me that stuff. And u know intonation on a wooden bridge? Drill holes a lil deeper? Or put a lil nut in front of the stringhole. Actually wrap steelthread on the string. If the hole is drilled to deep. Or maybe not. Cheap trix is my middle name.
archtops, violins, cellos, etc., all have wood bridges. You can intonate them by filing. If you start with a 1/4" piece of wood, filing the slot towards the back of the wood makes the string longer and angling it towards the front makes it shorter.
Idea time! Wooden barbecue sticks can be used to form the bridge. Glue them together. Drill holes. Paint it. Fasten it to the body with glue and a couple of screws. Cheap sticks!
That is and was an awesome guitar! You made it and made it work. That's all that really matters. Bonus that it sounds good, and looks beautiful. Great job and thanks for sharing!
Love it, and it sounds great. Take 5 was perfect. 😊
Far from perfect! Lol. But thank you
Nice work. Even though you said it's not great. I like it
I fix amps on my channel. I revisited something I fixed 7 or 8 years before and re-did it the right way... admitting having learned how do do things better.
yea man, it's a big part of the journey. A little nerve-wracking to put it out in the public like this video, but I figured most viewers would totally relate and the ones that don't yet, will :)
Thanks! Just keep moving forward. Similar philosophy to my own.
'failure to launch' will never be said abut me. maybe' failure to fly' but at least I tried :)
I've only seen 2 videos and I'm already hooked :)
Dude! I'm just love what your doing man!
Thank you very much
Ive been looking at making some guitar body's and I came across your stuff. I love that it's a passion not a "job". Keep it up man!!
Don't hesitate, Tim!! Think, of course, but do exactly what you're doing: Post content that's interesting to *you*, and just include a brief explanation.....like you just did!! I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed this video for what it is (was), which made perfect sense with a little simple narration! BTW, personally, I like this body style approach much better than your most recent 'pointy horn' bodies......but that's just my personal opinion. I like predominantly flowing lines, with maybe some sort of 'abrupt' little accent component....kinda like Rickenbacker and some Yamaha and ESP models, with maybe a Gibson SG tossed in for good measure.
....and I'm rambling at 2 AM! LMAO The point: Good video! Please don't second-guess yourself. Your videos are always fun, and usually somehow educational!! :-)
cheers! I like the body shape too (it is the original "frontman" design I still make and is included in my kits) but the shape has morphed a little. I find the proportions off just slightly on this but I may use it to go back and round out my newer version of the design a little better.