I built a GUITAR out of CONCRETE. How does it SOUND?!
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Learn how to build a Strat-style guitar out of CONCRETE using basic tools and a DIY guitar kit! For this guitar build, I made a silicone mold using the kit body and then cast the concrete in that mold. // New Crafted merch! bit.ly/CraftedM...
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What song are you playing at 16:14 pls
Uh,,, it sounds solid as a rock 😂 prolly should’ve played that song.
Hey my man is a Nashville boy home to country music im in Tennessee my self
I wish you would get a mic really close,,,, and strum a few different guitars unplugged, and then side-by-side it with the concrete guitar,,,, then stick them all in the same amp, nice and clean, and side-by-side it,,, then give a little grit, then a heavy distortion., (try to be using basically the same pickup for the testing,,, like, neck only, or bridge only ,,,, I know pickups are all different too, but if you start unplugged, you might be able to see where the personality of the unplugged sound comes through just the same.
When you drop your guitar and don't break the headstock, you break the floor
You've probably just started a huge discussion about what kind of concrete gives better tone. Thank you.
🤣🤣🤣
And what about the sustain?
Quikrete from 1965-69, before they got bought out. New concrete is very shrill and thin sounding, it doesn’t have the fatness of the vintage concrete.
@@Guitar.Jim_ Sakrete has ALWAYS produced better tone than Quikrete. What most people don't realize, and obviously you are one of them, is that the age of the concrete has absolutely nothing to do with tone, it's all about aggregate size! And 4 layers of sealer? That killed his sustain.
Was I obnoxious enough to make it sound like a real tone wood debate?
Yey
“I built a guitar out of concrete. How does it sound ?”
- It sounds heavy bruh.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😂 👌
Shitttt😂😂
Would kill your shoulder after a while. Definitely not a gig guitar. Then again, it is it's own security system.
There’s that word again, heavy. Has the earths gravitational pull changed?
It was the comentary i was searching for
"I built a GUITAR out of CONCRETE. How does it SOUND?!" sounds heavy bruh
Suitable for heavy music
I imagine him playing variations of songs. For example, Come on, I Lean
It looks HARD, both in appearance and idea.. 🤔
So what kind of music it would be suitable for? Please provide some concrete examples.
@@Kaaosification Hard Rock? Heavy Rock?
really fun to watch, I'm inspired! Thinking I would add some reinforcement to attach the neck to, like a steel plate that ran back into the body. Would be sad to torque the neck only to see it break off. the psi strength of bag concrete is not very good. The epoxy one is indestructible! Thanks for the video.
Compression is ok.
It in tension that it sucks.
Next time make an Abstract Guitar 🎸 maybe Kandinsky style 🙂
I read the title and my immediate answer was heavy.
You hit the nail on the head regarding "tonewoods" - as Jack White proved with his electric 2x4 in "It Might Get Loud", you don't even need a guitar!
Great work on that axe, my friend; however, I have one question: with a body that weighs in at almost 20 lbs., how does it compare to, say, a Les Paul? Personally, I never liked them because they were so heavy - when I'd take it off, I'd feel my left shoulder rise somewhat.
Jack White did not invent the Diddley Bow
I have a Les Paul and an ES-335 among my collection and I play that ES-335 as much as I can live because it is so much lighter than that heavy Les Paul LOL and it actually stays in tune better but Les Paul's are infamous for not staying in tune . Lol but yes I agree, Les Paul's are heavy and after playing that Les Paul it's a treat to play that hollow-body. I have played for 46 years and the old left shoulder wants to play the hollow body the whole set ,every set it seems now a days .
@@Mr.CliffysWorld Les pauls are so heavy, there must be concrete hidden in them somewhere haha!
" I want a guitar that hits hard "
Say no more😂😂
No way. That sounds waaay raspier than wood. I can hear a dif and I am a DRUMMER!
Was it heavy?
It undoubtedly sounds like a Heavy Rock Guitar lol
The Devil lives in the details... But details are noticed by those who have had a drink with Satan
Very cool, yeah I think the biggest factor in how a guitar sounds is definitely the player... Give a Walmart guitar to Slash and he will still sound like Slash lol
how much it weight
It sounds ‘earthy.’ I like it.
Modern weight-relief wen?
A guitar made of concrete will sound exactly as you imagine: hard rock.
Its pr fucking heavy
@@tancredoroquebolanos189 wtf
Was looking for someone till comment something like this. Haha xD
Hard rock, only because heavy metal would be inappropriate.
Can’t wait to hear how it sounds when it ages in! As we used to say, it takes a concrete guitar 20 years to realize that it’s not a sidewalk.
Underrated comment!
we could call it THE ROCK OF AGES
Hahahahahahahhahahha
Take this upvote and get out.
😂😂😂😂
This guitar: *exists and weighs more than a mountain*
Les paul's: Finally a worthy opponent
When your strat makes a les paul look like a 5 pound weight
I would weigh my Les Paul but the only scale I have is a glass one made for humans... so it might be too heavy...
My tele weighs about 4 kg
You guys should try playing a show with a bass
The Log vs. The Brick
Guitarist : Les Pauls are too heavy
Concrete guitar : Hold my strings
No, HOLD *ME.*
😂ever held an epiphones sg those are so much heavier than Gibson sg's
These hold my whatever jokes are expired. No more please.
What if,he makes a concrete Les Paul
It's true that LPs are way too heavy, didn't notice until I switched to an Ibanez RG Prestige. Only had a traditionally weighted Gibson before.
C'mon man, the type of CONCRETE matters, surely! You gotta get raw, vintage concrete, sun-aged to perfection! To get that REAL, VINTAGEY tone!
And the glue, don't forget the epoxy type and genuine pine for the dowels.
And the guitar player must absolutely think about having extravagant sex in a canyon, last weekend, or the music is not cool. One can hear such things.
I built a guitar out of air, and everyone can play it
Underrated comment
I play it all of the time
Thanks man. I always play it after dinner. Though I'd like a refund please as it always smells when I rip a fat riff
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Well played
I AM SOOOO MAD! I wanted to be the first person to make a concrete guitar!!!! Lol 😂. You beat me to it and you did a phenomenal job man!
We should do a Collaboration someday when this whole COVID thing blows over 👍🏻
Get this man to the top
Well, the way has been...paved.
I was thinking about making a wooden one. 🤔
@@lamantetalbert4051 hahaha
Obviously intended for playing hard rock.
nice one
...
Winner!
His steel bodied guitar is for the metal players
@@heartagramskater21 Well played, sir. Very well played.
I can concretely say that this guitar rocks pretty hard. Overall, pretty solid.
Very good
noice
🤣🤣
it sounds like your opinion is pretty much set in stone
Some concrete feedback is always good!
I love how he gives the audience little suggestions as if he expects everyone to try to make a concrete guitar at home.
What?! You're not following along?!
I was considering making one myself within the first minute but then it went on, and on, and on, and im like hell nahhhh
Haha! These alternatives to wood for electric guitars crack me up! Concrete, resin, even various metal are gimmicky and heavy as heck….why?
@@Heartwing37 I'm sure there are a lot of chiropractors out there wishing everybody would start playing these guitars
@@Heartwing37 aluminium guitars have been around since the 70s and they look and sound amazing. Same goes for clear acrylic
Looking forward to hearing how this concrete ages and sounds in 30 or 40 years, I love vintage concrete guitars. Nothing can compete with their tone.
such a solid instrument
They have a really heavy sound
They rock
Concrete actually has a curve to its hardening and curing of something like 50 years. The hardness does increase. so your comment is spot on.
I hear saltwater helps concrete to crystalize and harden even more, or does that apply only to roman concrete that contains volcanic ash?
Concrete: Best for rock music.
Depleted Uranium: Best for heavy metal?
Plutonium: Best for death metal?
i just commented , basicly , the same thing
Cotton: Best for j a z z
no, I think plutonium is just best for death in general lmao
Hotel? Trivago
Thin-wall 3D-printed body full of hydrogen: Best for Light Rock
(Bad joke, but it was still a gas)
Safe to say you’ve CEMENTED yourself as a truly unique guitar craftsman. Thank you for PAVING the way
I think you might have left a few puns on the table.
It's got a nice gritty tone that really cements everything together.
Sam Prudden HA “CEMENTS”😂😂😂
I like what you did there. I think there's a trade mark hiding somewhere in here
rock solid
I see what you did there
This joke gave me a stone cold feeling about humanity
We had Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, now we have *Smooth Concrete*
LMAOOO
This!!! 😂
Concrete Zeppelin?
Refer yourself to Erotic Cakes
Primal Concrete Sledge
"Holy crap, I have to do this!"
"19 pounds"
"Nevermind!"
Les Palsy has nothing on this.
Me (a Brit): Wow that's so cheap!
Then you can’t handle rock for rock n roll
@@602gaming - you smartass. I love you. Lmao
My Agile Scepter 9 weighs 11 lbs. 😖
The funny thing with electric guitars is that magnetic pickups read the oscillation of strings and nothing more. Ok, technically a pickup is mounted on the body, so it is oscillation of strings relative to the body. But strings are light and flexible, whereas wood is heavy and rigid. The principles of momentum conservation dictate that the oscillation will distribute itself so as to favour the motion of something light and flexible. Long story short, the body barely oscillates compared to the strings, even if it is balsa wood. So, the wood barely contributes to the signal. And denser material will make its tone contribution even smaller.
Absolutely right. There was another video on YT where a guy made a guitar where he could swap out the bodies really easily. So he made about 6 bodies ranging from mahogany to pine, to part of a modern door that is veneer over cardboard. He captured the waveforms for a chord played on each, and they were still exactly the same. Tonewood is a complete myth. The tone comes from the pickups and the players technique.
@@EricTViking its also worth mentioning that the tone is probably most effected by amps and speakers as well
@@utterdisaster603 definitely most affected by the amp / speakers 👍 Easy to forget that 😂
@@utterdisaster603 and the player. The wood has nothing to do with any of it in the grand scheme of things. I've noticed a pattern. The very best guitarists never gave a shit about wood or whatever. They found what was available to them and made the best of it. Heck ain't talking bout love came from a "defective" body.
There should, however, be a noticeable increase in sustain, as the kinetic energy from the string oscillations doesn't transfer to the body, so less energy is dissipated into the guitar body.
"This process is a huge mess and I definitely recommend doing it outside if possible."
Bro thanks for the tip there, I'll definitely make sure to seal the concrete on my next homemade concrete guitar outside instead of indoors.
F@ck i did it indoors! I guess i’ll just do it outside next time. Hope my mom doesn’t get too mad when she see that i sealed my concrete guitar on her carpet in the Living room
Yeah, I don't understand why so many you tubers, think its necessary to tell people to do things that are universal truths... things that if someone does not already innately know, then they have zero business doing anything that requires sharp edges, or power tools. "Be sure to cut this safely." No shit sherlock, thanks for stretching 3 mins of actual helpful information, out to 35 mins, due to disclaimers for morons.
Don't get me wrong, I love that these people give us this info, and take time to document their projects, its just that it makes no sense why they feel the need to provide, way, way too much "instruction". Thats why Jimmy Diresta kinda broke the mold with his then, very unique, style of zero instruction, and sped up video, with no annoying music. We had no idea what were were missing, and the You Tube fabrication project community exploded with similar style videos (thanks Jimmy!).
Its true. Buy it's very "rock n roll" to go against the establishment and do it indoors lol.
@@ckmoore101 Liability. If he doesn't, some sleazebag could sue for slightly less than it would cost to defend, typically about ten thousand bucks. It's called "shake-down lawsuits" and it happens all the time. It makes ABSOLUTE sense to include it, because it's self-defense. Every time you see something like "DO NOT PUT THIS IN YOUR HAIR" on glue it's because someone actually DID exactly that... then sued.
@@ckmoore101 congratulations on missing the entire point of the comment
"you know Paul, when we asked you to bring a heavier sound to the band....I think this isn't what we meant"
Lol
Imagine a heated disagreement tho...
underrated comment
Step one: craft the guitar
Step 2: carry it
Step 3: craft a new back
There was an empty box in one of the shots that said "bionic back brace". That's the secret sauce.
Fred Flintstone called, said he wants his Jimi Hendrocks guitar returned to him. Immediately!
Has Eric Clapstone put in his custom order yet?
In bedrock
Well played Sir.
I hear the Rolling Stones are interested. 🤪
Give Ringo stone his drocks
* goes to smash and break guitar at the end of a concert *
* smashes through stage instead *
lmaoooo that’s funny asf
I’m in tears 😂😂
Haha! And the crowd goes wild!
lol
* Tears rotator cuffs and drops guitar on pedal board
That guitar has a solid foundation for creating music
10/10
Do you have concrete evidence? 😆
Nice
you mean concreteating music?
Challenge: make an acoustic one.
lmfao the amount of cursing would be off the charts.
There has been a competition for building and racing concrete canoes. In the Netherlands. Started as a joke among students who learnt about concrete constructions. Many years the challenge has been to get the lightest kayak or canoe possible. Breaking that record grew harder and harder. Ever heard about pre-tension? And carbon fibre in concrete?
Those fanatic canoe builders would have no problem, building an acoustic concrete guitar.
Imagine If the straps broke and that dropped on your foot, yikes.
*through your foot
Through the floor*
@@cjgreen4331 through the basement
@Matt Wretched through the floor of the universe
@@abhim.g5608 through the black hole
Bassist: my bass is so heavy 🙄
Guitarist:
Awesome concretocaster 😂
Hahahahhahahahahahahahhaahaahahahahahhaahaahahahahhahahaahhaahhahahabababababahahahhahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was looking for this comment before entering it myself! Should be pinned!!!
Hahaha
Brutal sound
Luthiers hate him, see how this guitar builder got rid of his neck-dive forever.
And introduced body-dive in the process
Thanks, my spine collapsed, and I'm an inch shorter now.
LMAO
That comment is amazing.
This gives rock n roll a whole new meaning
LMFAOOO
play a sick guitar lick on your concrete 6 string and then roll around on the floor, sounds like a concert i’d go to
Concrete n’ roll
@@sci_pain3409 play sick licks on a guitar made out of tongues 😳
It’s been wood n roll all this time.
As an actual observer of your one wheel crash, I'll let every one know....it was EPIC! Darn near ran it out before going ass over elbows 💪 But you made that road rash look good, Johnny😜
Let me second how bad it can get, i took my brothers one wheel out "off roading" which i thought was a thing to do after mastering the open roads. Road rash is always nasty, but digging rocks out of your arms and thighs suck equally as bad. You know that last little bit of control you feel as the one wheel seemingly veers out of control cause you over compensated your reactions to hitting an unseen mud holes on a dirt road? Yeah that happened 😉
@@shable1436 f
The adiabatic force coupling is what really did him in... Epic
I'm a little confused, how will changing what an electric guitar is made of affect how the amp produces the sound? Wouldn't it make more sense to try and make a concrete acoustic/classical guitar where the sound actually interacts with the body of the instrument? Dope idea tho❗️
You're smarter than about 99% of guitar guys lol
A solid body electric guitar is all pickups, strings, pick, amp. The wood is completely irrelevant.
@@CKT1138 What about the fretboard?
@@dileepmallick I doubt it. The fret is made of metal, and the only element imparting any dampening to the strings is the fret.
@@CKT1138 I can maybe see an argument about how the different woods change the vibration of the strings, but yeah it's pretty funny listening to guitar salesmen try and create all kinds of bullshit buzzwords. I just heard a gibson rep the other day in a video talk about how the satin finishes on their cheaper guitars "make the instrument breathe more". Like even IF that was the case, why would they be "compromising" the tone of their higher end models by not having them all be satin finish? It's all snakeoil.
I'd love to see how you'd have a concrete acoustic guitar. Are you gonna reinforce it? Or make the concrete 2 inches thick? It would probably weigh much more than a solid concrete electric.
I hate it when the strap of my concrete guitar breaks and it falls on my toe.
Panties and legs? Or dirty mind
Hannibal Barkas yes
Oof size large
You should definitely try doing spin with it!!
I HATE when that happens!.....Billy Crystal
unloading for a gig:
bass player: damn dude this guitar is heavy af! whats it made from concrete?
actually it is.
Don’t ever take that guitar for granite. Sorry, I’ll let myself out.
no no, stay
😒 🔫
I think you earned yourself the privilege of staying 👍
Sounds pretty solid
@Jim M I see what you did there. :) Yes yes very good. heehee
Totally switching tracks, though... your little joke brings up an actual language phenomenon! There ARE a decent amount of people today, either being young, or lost something in spelling & phonics, that truly say (or write) "you take it for granite" ... Not kidding. I have seen it, and heard it, dozens of times over the years. Of course, proper english is "you take it for granted" ... as in "at face value" ... not "a type of rock".
Which begs the question. Your joke. You. Were you using "granite" ironically as part of a play on sounds... or are you one of those people who *actually* think the phrase is "take it for granite" ?
I warned you this was way off track. LOL
Although making the form smaller would have been cheaper, it would have produced a thinner form with more give, which would lead to deformation when the heavy concrete mix is poured in.
“I built a guitar out of concrete, how does that sound?” Sounds heavy
Hah, nice dude
He has to be very djentle
Alternate title: I built a Les paul that looks like a strat
Hehe
exactly what I was thinking. hahaha
waited for this comment
I dunno man, everyone says LPs are so heavy but I think they haven't played Teles. I have both a Tele and LP, and the Tele is by far heavier.
@@AimingWanderously Les Pauls are usually above 10 pounds and teles weigh in at about 8. Of course some vary which might be the case for your guitars
"how does it sound?" " heavy."
That joke was bad af but made me laugh, nice
Heavy Concrete plays Heavy Metal 😂
@@j.pabloquinche3283 Same here
I heard it's good for Hard Rock.
prob great for... HEAVY metal? no? Turned out cool and sounds nice too!
Best part is, when you pass on, you've got your tombstone ready-made
That took a dark turn
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@MentalMickey999 lol😂😂😂
THAT is a great idea !!!
That's actually badass
that was one concrete performance,
think this achievement will be set in stone.
Nice.
Cementing his own legacy.
@@unherolike ah-
this is actually how les paul’s are made.
I was looking for this comment.
The prehistoric ones were.
Hahaha ....So true. lol ! :)
They just paint it and put a ton of lacquer so you cant tell
Best Comment right here
I know I shouldn't be astonished because this channel is literally called Crafted Workshop, but the craftmanship is amazing. This is the first video I've come across from this channel and it's abundantly clear that you've been doing this for a long time because you thought of every detail and the finished product is awesome. You've gained a new subscriber.
Unfortunately, only Hulk can play this guitar for a whole gig.
Gig it one day and you'll have backpain for one week 😂😂
Pretty sure Petrucci could do it without breaking a sweat. Herman Li, on the other hand, would break his knee on it.
Hold my milk...
Hulk thrash!
This concrete guitar sounds like my ’70s Gibson Les Paul; it only weighs lighter..
We now have "concrete" evidence that wood doesn't really affect your tone.(For electric guitars).
....just....just don't
With electric guitars!!!!!!
Tone-crete
Blasphemy
@@kennethguitarfiend4493 Yes, with electric guitars only.
The only thing that really effects the sound of electric guitars, as you mentioned, are the pickups and various electronic set ups. The way to test how a concrete guitar sounds vs wood it would need to be made into an acoustic guitar.
or use piezoelectric pickups because then your using the mechanical vibration (tone) of the instrument
I've been telling people this for years but they would rather believe myths like string gage too.
Agreed, but you will have some claim that they can hear big differences not only in the type of body wood but also the neck and fretboard of an electric guitar. I say nonsense.
I wonder if you could make a wire frame to spread the concrete onto so that you could actually make the shape of an acoustic guitar with concrete. I think that’s how a lot of concrete structures with complex shapes are made.
*affects
Netflix : Are you still watching?
Someone's daughter : 4:24
Yo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You deserve an award
Oh god the dread, I hope Netflix will be long dead when my daughters are old enough for that
@@LeeFromAsia Don't worry, netflix almost certainly won't exist, so I'm sure everybody will just stop having sex.
@@brendenbaughman662 lol, I'd rather have another term being tossed around that I'm oblivious to than "Netflix and chill" that I know the connotation of.
Just when you thought a les Paul was heavy as hell.
When you buy a cheap strat kit and make it heavier so people think you have a 60s les paul
He's starting a new band- 'The Hunchbacks'
Ok let's see a concrete LP now
A good buddy of mine has owned several Travis Bean guitars over the years, and had to switch to something else when the weight of the neck caused wrist problems. Those weigh about 13 lbs. Obviously having the weight in the body rather than the neck will change the balance, and you have to believe this is still going to be a backbreaker of an instrument.
@@iplaysdrums I have a Les Paul copy I built back in high school and it is just over 13lbs. I can't imagine a 19# concrete guitar.
It’d be so fitting if you played another brick on the wall with that guitar
🤣
Durh hurh hurh so fucking funny say it again
@@detroitrockcity3389 who pissed in your cereal?
Or Encased in Concrete from Cannibal Corpse
Stone Cold by Demi Lovato!
I understand that silicone is versatile and fun to work with, but for a one-shot casting like this, is there any good reason not to simply use plaster of Paris? It would be MUCH less expensive!
he used the mould for multiple projects
@@ry7hym Yea.... Two projects Epoxy guitar and Concrete guitar, the other guy is right still as two plaster of Paris molds would have been way cheaper than the silicone but silicone would be way easier to work with. I can also see plaster molds being troublesome when coming into contact with say something WET!!!!
if a rock musician gets really mad onstage and tries to smash it, he'll end up leveling the stage instead of destroying this guitar.
Need to make one with springs so it slams into his head.
Not playing Primal Concrete Sledge on this guitar is criminal
I just commented this, not suprised at all that I wasn't the first! 😂👍
Damnit i was going to comment that you beat me to it😂
As a huge dimebag fan I agree 👍😂
i just commented this scrolled down and seen this comment you beat me lmao
i want to see him play Primal Concrete Sledge on this
Live that twisted dream! :D
I own a concrete company, and would be interested if this is for sale. Cheers.
Sorry guitar players only!
@Feeds Ravens because The Quarrymen has already been taken by some of those British moptops
LOL, I'd build you one.
THAT GUITAR IS CLEARLY MADE FOR HARD ROCK MUSIC
For heavy styles and stoner actually)
@@sergeyv4908 did the joke go over your head?
@@jlobiafra I think he was adding to the joke...
@@truefaceofevil indeed
I see what you did their
The whole “tone wood” thing is true and if you think it isn’t, you’re absolutely right
💀
Yeah i don't see a difference but he was playing with effects. I would love to see a better comparison
Completely disagree, I’ve played now more than 30 years and the wood has a big part to play how the guitar sounds and especially feels. I guess for me a slight difference in a sound might be decisive how a track fits in a mix, also not even starting about the feel and the resonance.
Tone wewd
@@turolretar I want that...
The concrete guitar sounds brilliant, and must be almost as heavy as a Les Paul.
Exactly my thought. Haha well done.
Lol
Yeah, because that super extra weight 😂
LOL, came here for this. Not disappointed. My thought was, "so, he made a Gibson Strat..."
Probably twice as heavy!
it actually pleased me to hear you accidentally left the body laying around to cure. 80% of concretes strength is obtained in the first 24-48 hours and the rest comes in over time. so really 10 months is exceedingly good as it give it time to fully cure and dry out.
That's a cool guitar, but I can imagine the "tone stone' madness that you've unleashed on our future. "If you want to play surf music, your aggregate needs a lot of coral or it won't sound right" and the whole sand vs river rock vs gravel debate.
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Too funny... needs more limestone to get that 'island sound', if you're gonna do Jimmy Buffet tunes, like Marguaritaville, etc. :-D
Lol core samples and stress tests, would become a common part of your guitar build.
then you have your midwest math rock with dakota shale formation rocks. gotta make sure to get at least one fossil in the mix too.
@@aunderiskerensky2304 for that classic rock sound
Giving "We Will Rock You" a literal meaning.
Unfortunately, only Hulk can play this guitar for a whole gig.
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😂😂😂
This guy: "Tone wood doesn't really matter."
PRS: "Am I a joke to you?"
Imagine Pete Townsend wants to smash this guitar on stage, lol, oh my back....
@@robertyeung55 he'd smash the stage!
Yes PRS .. you're a joke 🤣
2 people buy PRS guitars.
The occasional really good guitarist.
People that literally cant play guitar.
@@restricttheopennotes I recently joined several guitar owners fb groups and they have tons of them and you are right 😄 they can't play shit
Shielding tape, like a concrete wall wasn't enough.
ehh the plastic is till thin
@@fernank017
The pickguard has it's own shielding.
Concrete is weak when free like this
Shielding tape is for groundibg the electronics so it doesn't buzz
@@FirstLast-vv6lv yeah, it’s not a reinforced concrete (though he’d need some tiny rebar in most of this.)
"hey man, nice concrete design on that guitar how'd you do it?"
"concrete"
Watch de video
@@alanjagroop1282 Reread the comment.
This man does a better job on this than most concrete company’s do on flatwork
Dude hahahahahah
There is a material called avonite. It's similar to Corian, the sandable countertop material. It's a little more brittle than corian but light passes through it. Either one can be wet sanded and Polished looking similar to glass or marble. One or more of these materials used in combination might be interesting for a guitar..
well, this guitar is kinda a huge middle finger towards the "Tone-wood" people.
Not at all. The neck is wood, and is the live portion of the tank circuit with the strings. Concrete/stone etc is like a short circuit for it's small section, and won't matter much except for it's basic resonant frequency due to size/shape so will be basically neutral.
Won't change in the slightest that a wood body is basically solid but can still have a bit of a frequency absorption profile.
This being 'good' because most (say 85% for reference) of what's needed is in the strings and neck and the body is neutral doesn't change that the same strings and neck could be even better with the correct wood body.
Take two faint notes, high dies out first, then do it again and low dies out first, with the other continuing. You can easily tell these apart, and can be easily accomplished by one wood body slightly favoring the high note and one favoring the low note.
You're not understanding the complexity of sound and what can be going on and the billion to one scale of hearing if you think something this silly 'proves' something.
I personally can barely tell the difference between red and white wine. Does that mean I think there aren't differences in wine, and that someone trained and with an exceptional palette can't tell differences I couldn't begin to notice? Of course not, I'm not that ridiculous.
Of course half every knucklehead want 'everything to be easy for me' so they don't have to think for even 2 seconds.. That makes them completely crap at science and as people of science, nothing more.. You have to do a ridiculous amount of work to even try to prove 'something doesn't exist'. This ain't it.
@@ModelLights it removes one more thing from the tone wood theory bollox tho .....yall gotta be one step ahead and as i can see ...its now the neck that makes the most difference to the tone lol
and your red and white wine analogy lol yeah there are also crazy people in the wine industry to bump up the prices by telling you that one is better than the other so that some people can get the "better one" cus they have more money when all your paying for is a label ....just like clothing........and guitars!! .....why does no one ever see this "in your face" marketing scheme.
@@ModelLights well what about that cardboard strat then, in both neck and body made out of cardboard material. it sounds like a strat and play like a strat acording to fender factory builders. look into the history dude, the "tone wood" is actually come from acoustic guitar. it makes sense for acoustic guitar tone to depends on the type of wood and how long it was dried in the storage. it affecting the sound resonance through the sound hole. for a solid body instrument with a pickup that have the distance of less than few centimeter it just dont make sense. the choice of wood on electric guitar is more for aestetic and the comfort of playing (how much your guitar weight).
cardboard guitar video : ruclips.net/video/7Oo2H-W7d6A/видео.html
edit : fixing typo
@@ModelLights That's a long post for nothing. The point is nobody should care about what wood your electric guitar is. The difference is only noticeable when actively listening. Not worth the money at all
@@jaym8808 👍 Yeah it's all a bunch of bollox as another poster said
Need to hear it without ANY effects, just dry tone.
No you don't. You hear exact what it sounds like around 16:02. There's not nearly enough reverb to change the tone.
electric guitars are designed to have no resonance or tone of their own. this is why modern electric guitars have solid rather than hollow bodies. any resonance produced outside of the pickups causes feedback.
@@kierancallahan7756 that's actually the main reason i got my electric guitar instead of an accoustic one :') i can play at 4am without issue haha just plug it to an audio interface and you good to go :D also i'm not shredding i'm a beginner so i guess that's also why i can play at 4am without being a pain in the ass 🤔
@@kannonfps haha hell yeah jam in your headphones as loud as you want
@@kierancallahan7756 this would be news to the ENTIRE electric guitar industry just saying...In fact I'll just leave this here... ruclips.net/video/7k_A8GhN0L8/видео.html
Nobody:
Artist: IDK man, i more of that concrete tone...
^ the Lou Reed tone quest
A concrete acoustic guitar would definitely have a unique sound
Imagine he dropped the guitar to the floor!
that kind of rock would break down the house
Thhh-
"How does it sound?"
"It sounds heavy."
A regular bowling ball is 6 pounds to 16 pounds. A 19-pound neck bending slab requires its own stand.
Nah, it requires a professional trainer to write up an exercise/workout routine for the player. He's going to be buffed by the time he can play it for a couple of hours without periodic back and neck massages back stage.
@@Kimoto504 so using it makes you stronger?
@@masterzen4701 Yes. It's exercising your neck and core at the least
@@jakemoresea7415 ok thats one way of becoming super human, cool
*laughs in quint tenors*
Your ‘Cretecaster would have sounded much better if you had used the “tonal” Portland cement and cured it in a high pressure steam chamber
theres the first discussion
There's a video out there that proved the body does not really affect the sound of electrical guitar. Its the choice of pickups and onboard electronics that sets the sound and tone of your instrument. The body is there to just help hold everything together, to provide ergonomics and to look good. If I manage to find that video I will post a link.
Just a tip, if you make another one, you should use some of the concrete patio and slab stains they have available on the market! You can create some really cool patterns with a lot of different colors!
Actually, I think you made the right call with the thickness of silicone around the guitar body. If the walls had been thinner, the weight of the concrete would most likely have deformed the casting. Beautiful work.
Imagine how much heavier that would be if it was a Les Paul 😂😂😂
I think this would be a good solution for SG's neck dive.
Les is more, weight.
I'd like to see a reapeat of the idea with brick and mortar. Especially if you get a few bricks of different natural clay colors... or make your own bricks colored as you like.
"I made a guitar out of concrete, how does it sound?"
Probably like any other electric guitar with those strings and electronics, the body is flare
@@GCKelloch my only question is why did he use copper tape for insular when the whole body is made of concrete? That should do enough shielding.
Exactly
you can look up comparison videos, the type of material really does matter a whole lot. For example, alder, ash and mahogany all give a totally different sound.
@@GCKelloch You're right that individual pieces of the same wood give a different signature. As a bass player I find alder to cut through the mix better than swamp ash, I find it actually has more pronounced mids. I think the fact you made this guitar out of something as solid as concrete came through in the sound even on this video.
Explain semi hollow electric guitars then. Goodluck.
This is concrete proof that wood type has little effect on tone.
Lmfaoo
LOL
Rock solid logic, there.
But Its going to be heavy and fragile
I'll say, it's not quite as cut and dry as that. Nonetheless, Amp and pickups are still the biggest determiner of an electric guitar's sound. Biggest thing with wood is how much you have & it's density impacting frequency response. Less wood, you'll lose low end. Sustain is not affected in the slightest. You can find all of that here on youtube with tests done by luthiers. There's one video with an american luthier and his little boy. He built these mounts so he could effectively switch out bodies on one single with a small central pocket underneath that holds the pickups and electronics. They found exactly what I explained ^. Edit: I can also attest to this, as I own a steinberger. Good bright guitar, but it lacks in lower frequencies, even after switch out the electronics. I've also seen this being a cheap hobbyist who switches out electronics on my project guitars.
Having worked with concrete my whole life. This is by far one of the COOLEST applications for that material. I don't know if the creator will read this or not. But another thing you can try is polishing the concrete body of the guitar. It's using a concrete polishing wheel, it's kind of like a grinding wheel same family. By polishing you would pull out all the aggregates within the concrete to the surface. Still following your procedure of sealing afterwards and etc. ~ as a guitar player, I appreciate the creativity of your materials and making a playable instrument as long as you have some muscles.!
Video: 100% interesting and well done
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First second: "I started this a year ago"
Me: And the concrete didn't set?
BONUS FEATURE: Set it on fire during epic guitar solo finale and it's TOTALLY FINE!
@Freedom of Information pffft Hendrix proved that fire is 100% safe no matter what
Yeah...who needs a fretboard?!🤷🏾♂️
yes yez lifting is a a cake walk in tha park ! ... PRATICE 8 HRS A DAY 4.. 9 HRS THEN PLAYING IT IN THA N PARK OR ON STAGE FOE 4 HRS.. THEN COME BACK 2 THA DRAWING BOARD!!! DING DING DING DING!!!!!!😊
@@ko.ko33 is this what drugs is?
I'm sad no one said, "That's a concrete sound!"
Wow guys, that's one concrete sound!