Ep 5 - Neck Radius - Ben Builds a UNIQUE Crowd Designed Hollow Multi-Scale Guitar in 20 hours!
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- Welcome to Crimson Guitars ruclips.net/user/CrimsonC... and welcome to a unique new Guitar Building Video from Crimson Guitars and the 2020 Build Challenge; in honour of this new decade - and in thanks for exceeding 200,000 subscribers here on RUclips!
To make this a serious challenge Ben asked Instagram what type of instrument he should attempt to build in just 20 hours and 20 minutes; from the body shape to the pick-up configuration, neck construction, and even the number of strings. Our wonderful Instagram followers did not disappoint - because they set one heck of a challenge!
Ben will be building a totally unique multi-scale fanned fret guitar with a through-neck design a hollow body and custom inlay!
At the end of January 2020, this instrument was raffled off to one of our fabulous customers.
In this episode, Ben works out the fretboard radius, marks, and cuts the fret slots, works on the inlay and the fretboard binding.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:24 16:17:18 Fretboard cured, off with the clamps, on to the router
2:25 Next, radius the fretboard, and measure and mark frets
11:30 Cutting the frets, placing the inlay
17:47 Binding the fretboard
22:26 14:11:42 Done for today and on to the next episode
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I love how these builds always start with a calm confident and articulate ben then as time goes on he slowly begins his decent into a disheveled, broken man seconds away from exploding.
Jordan Fipps so true!!!
It's the coffee.
@@billkaroly YES! MORE COFFEE!
I am a carpenter/woodworker/guitar repairer, but your skill is bloody amazing, second to none...I'm loving this, brilliant!
Watched every episode so far Ben, looking stunning, the inclusion of the bog oak, for me adds a lot of appeal. Wish I could spend what your truly custom guitars are worth. Thank you again for some truly entertaining content. Keep up the good work, and Happy New Year.
I am amazed watching Ben build guitars. He can eyeball something and end up spot on. What comes out of your head is Brilliant. I can measure ten times and still manage to mess it up. I wish I had your ability to work with wood.
It has taken me 20 years and a lot of mistakes to get to this stage, you are just me a little earlier in the journey.. and that is not to say I don't mess up on the regular.. sadly, I still do! Thanks for watching! B
I love the compound radius necks! I had my first custom neck 25years or so ago! Still my favourite guitar!
These videos deserve so much more views, I really wish more people could experience what it's like to watch your creative process in action. It is magnificent 😁
I'm really loving the build so far Ben, can't wait for the next video! :)
Black Country Communion. Holy Cr@p, how it that I'm only hearing about this fine band now?
Thank you for broadening my musical horizons Ben.
These videos are so therapeutic
You've convinced me- this is the first channel I've subscribed to. It's always a pleasure to watch you work (though it's not really work as the rest of us know it- it looks like much more fun) and I'm looking forward with great excitement to more of the same with this and probably with even more excitement to the Star Wars build.
Ian Thomson thank you, and welcome to the insanity
Coincidentally, I found it takes me 20 minutes and 20 seconds to drink a cup of coffee while watching you build guitars. (And 20.20 seconds to look up how to spell "coincidentally")
Love the 'worried not worried' facial expressions! Lol
Ur right Been ! That Bog Oak is looking good for the binding !!
Wholesome. Almost ASMR.
"These are not the droids you are looking for".... I can't wait for your next SW themed guitar! :D
Is there one?? I can't seem to find any...
I love these build videos, you are a great luthier and an amazing artist
The force is strong with this one :-)
I think this is going to be beautiful
Loving this build but now I am also looking forward to the Star Wars guitar.
Funny you mentioned a huge amount of your viewers aren't subscribed because when I clicked on this video I realised I haven't been and I've been watching every video for ages! ❤️
Soooooo. You subscribed then? ;) thank you! B
Love your video content all the way here in the good ol USA keep up the good videos mate
16 hours, 17 minutes, 18 seconds, and 19 cups of coffee to go!
That neck looks sweet, love the inlay
just seriously, those who dislike the vids, can they do this any better? seriously tho..... this guy talks + makes jokes + shows every single detail! what else do you want to see in a vid like this? man keep up the good work!
Maybe they want they more condensed 10 minute video without much in the way of teaching.. I'm happier without them tbh. Thanks for your support! B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars condensed 10 minute videos have not much to tell.... videos such as these where all things are explained and shown and made throughout the video's are 10 times more enjoyable to watch ;) the extra humor/talking/teaching added makes it totally worth watching even if its 45 minutes long! :D
I even would argue that 9-10th fret being paralel makes a more playable guitar. I love this series!
On reflection I believe you are correct, I was saying 12th fret, and have for years, based entirely on a theory I had when I first built a multi-scale guitar and, rather stupidly, I haven't re-evaluated the thoughts since then! B
Can't wait to see this thing completed! It's going to be incredibly cool! Shame I don't have enough money to enter. Best of luck from Sweden!
First time I’ve watched a guitar build, fascinating. Cheers Ben
You should check out all the other builds, I'm hooked 😂🙌
That is so beautiful
I can almost guarantee that some of the unsubscribed viewers are other builders that wish they could build like you. I on the other hand love watching and learning. Great stuff Ben, thank you!
Yea when a channel has 200K subscribers, and vids get tens of thousands of views, Ben ain't talkin' to the two dozen builders who don't want to subscribe (for reasons?). There are some channels I watch more than occasionally, but they release so much chaff I don't want their vids to clutter my feed. So I don't subscribe... ‾\_(ツ)_/‾ CG isn't one of them, though. :-)
Black Country Communion is a great choice for working on the frets Ben 🤘🏼🤘🏼
That guitar neck is one of the nicest I've ever seen. Damn.
Dark binding looks very nice! Rob
That red/orange with black binding looks very holloweeny. LOVE IT!
what a great way to start my day Thanks. I did wonder if the 16:17:18 was planed but figured it was just a sign, this build is going to be mind blowing ! some musicians just cant help but do everything in time and some of us cant even think , without falling prey to the rhyme .
1:04 A very simple way to both store and sort your router cutters is buy a Fisherman's Tackle Box and keep the cutters in that and store the box beside the Router Table on the floor in a place that you won't trip over it...
Just checked your website, there doesn't seem to be an official Crimson guitarist coffee blend on offer, feels like an oversight.
Working on it, this is a serious oversight for which I am deeply sorry! B
...and Crimson coffee cups...(With a pre drawn tally box for each build)...we can start measuring builds in cups....."ah that's a 50 cup build"......I'd buy one...............
I feel like it would be an arabica blend with undertones of padauk, sycamore and camphor wood.
Not that they'd send it to you if you bought any of it. They'll gladly take your money but
don't expect any effort on their part to ensure you receive your order in good time. All emails will go ignored too. And if you forget your password for the website (which I have) the option to reset the password never works, meaning you have no access to your account. You can't even set up a new account as your email address is already in use with another account (the one that's impossible to access). Since I made my order a week ago, I've received no order confirmation and no delivery/dispatch information. Nothing. Zilch. Bloody annoying.
@@lowrising8130 Print the side of the cups with temperature reactive ink so the cup is a simple base colour (white, black, red etc.) when empty, but the pattern of this project's copper inlay appears in a contrasting colour (black or red ink on white, red or white ink on black, white or black ink on red etc.) when the cup is full of hot liquid (coffee, tea, hot chocolate or whatever you prefer)...
Pelado sos una bestia!!!! In spanish... you are a beast!!! That work is awesome... and doing the handmade frets.. non machines... I'm learning a lot from you.. I will build a guitar seems that with something from the les paul that you built with the hexagon holes from a kit... it a really ambicius proyect to make because I haven' t experience but, slowly and patienly its will work. Greeting from El Maiten town , Chubut, Argentina... you are the best...
It's fun to watch you work. You're your own worst enemy getting sidetracked.
That I am, trying to keep up the suspense while judging the time left and actually teaching and building.. a fun tightrope to dance along indeed. B
Look at the clock less. :)
Looking forward to part 6, nice job on that inlay Ben
thank you, and me too.. I thought 6 would be out tonight? Editing this behemoth is taking much more work than the actual build imo! B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars haha I can only imagine!!
Just a minor tip on fanfret guitars, the angle of the nut (eyeballed in this case) regulates which fret will be the perpendicular one and the way you do it is by aligning the perpendicular fret of each scale and mark from there. It's best to have the 7th be perpendicular (that's an opinion not a fact) since most people spend their playing time around that area. Happy building!
That is what I did, I just messed up the transfer from plan to wood.. this is why I normally plan directly in the piece.. still, turned out alright in the end. B
Thank god you put some black edging, I was starting to get padauk’d out.
Love your low angle plane, want one :).
These aren't the droids your looking for... 14 hours to go. Easy you have got it. Great work keep it up.
These are not the droids I'm looking for lmao ....might have to jump in my delorean and see how this pans out....btw splendid as usual Ben :)
Looking sweet.
Ohhhhh this is fire
2:00 gotoh machine heads, nice 👌🏻
I dunno if these are going up fast enough for suggestions to help, but I have one: Explorers have a tendency to be surprisingly neck-divey for something that appears to have a big damn ballast at the tail end--and that's when they're solid and 14 lbs of guitar. I know putting the strap button on the back of the heel on your center line isn't ideal for playing in the upper register, but it might be necessary for balance. In my experience, it really doesn't get in the way as much as one might fear, either. It also eliminates the need for strap locks for reasonable use.
I absolutely LOVE Black Country Communion! Rumor has it that there will be a fourth album soon...
Bring it the fucj=k on!!! B
I suggest you leave more string length between the bridge and tailpiece on the thicker strings to compensate for the tension variance. Also, that reverse headstock will help.
Nice Seamaster! For most, I feel it's a big on the wrist, but you it fits really nicely.
I have been told I have 'stranglers wrists' for what it's worth. It is a 44mm beast but it is the thickness that gets me with this one it's the Seamaster chrono diver and the chronograph adds a good 4 or 5mm at least. I'm more comfortable around 40mn though I wish I could pull off some smaller vintage watches.. they look like toys on my wrist! B
"Drinkypoo" may be one of the most british things I've heard you say yet lol
Sorry! B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars You should be VERY careful not to seriously irritate your coworkers/employees now that you have that cup or one of them may just fill it with a mix of water an a colourless liquid laxative and make the name literal...
Would love to see you do a 7 string baritone one day 🤙🤘
You are really talented and I love the videos. I think the inlay looks great, but don't you think it should be on the head stock? :) See what I did there.
7 cups of coffee, helps you make a good guitar, but 7 shots of Scotch would make a better video.....I'm just sayin'.......
:)
Who needs fingers anyway? XD
I made a guitar whilst I was drunk once. It came out a bit wonky.
@@y007p3 in my experience it makes for better relicing, but not building
acmullane 😂 will have to try it 😜
Coffee is worthie, but whisky is quicker :D
..or as it was called
ITS SO RED!!!! I love it!
Don’t cut out “not essential” things to do, you know it’ll turn into an issue later on :)
Looks so sick!! Loving it so far
Couldn’t see it but does the body need more support in the middle sections?
for all of us less experienced builders: NEVER skip the fretslot trick ( the "V" at the top). It saves time and makes it easier later...and really...how long does it take?
This.. it makes life easier and safer no matter what level you think you are at in your building. B
14:17 "that's going to be...um...what it is, and it doesn't really have to be anything." Can I nick that and use it as my motto?
Get in !
Looking good, Ben. Though, when you pointed out that Scion you're going to be working on, I couldn't help thinking how stunning that would look with an ivory cream paint job (gloss/satin?) and walnut neck, walnut pickup covers and knobs. Something minimalist.
I swear I will build a minimalist guitar one day soon! B
It would be interesting to do a refretting test. Seeing if opening up the tops of the fret cuts helps deter the chipping of the fret board or not?
Hand planing
the star wars reference made my day :D
Nice Seamaster.
7 cups of coffee in a single day! I always thought you were joking about coffee drinking....
This is going to be cool. Makes me want to buy something for a chance, but what. Also,I think I am remember kiesel saying they have there 9th fret parallel unlike most at 12th in one of there tour videos.
I have a 10 x 8 garage full to the brim with hardwoods all drying for atleast 2-3years. Big long chunks of sapele, oak, some black mahogany, + some exotics etc. Im thinking i can try this build and probably some others just by subbing in most of the woods i have (except oak). I do like the idea of a through neck but im partial to a LP type so maybe save that for furthur down the line
May the wood be with you. XD
"These aren't the droids you're looking for...but it is the RUclips channel you've been waiting for."
10th fret parallel is better. 12th fret is totally arbitrary, mostly for looks. Other builders do 7th or 8th parallel, especially on a 6 string guitar. It makes more difference on a 7/8 string djent guitar with much different scales between the high and low strings. (Loving this build! Thank you so much!!!)
I think you should make a fretboard out of abalone with wood for the inlays and binding
am waiting for part 6 BUT in the meantime I saw the neck of Grace Kelly's eyes. Now that was way beyond the awesome scale.
Thank you, that one did come out much better than I was expecting.. I could not be happier! B
I hope you do a 7 string or at least a guitar with a floyd rose in 2020. A bass too... and something with scalloped frets... or just a 7 string bass with a tromolo and scalloped frets.
how about twist in the fretboard? or should you just be carefull with planing by always going perfecty straight
Cmon dude
Complication demoooooo!!!!
So you haven't even gone 4 hours yet. Why do you keep us waiting like this?
I'm already on the edge of my seat watching this...
Hello i just found your channel makes me miss my guitar. I was robbed and my guitar was stolen. Thanks for making videos you're are awesome.
That padauk sure machines beautifully doesn't it
such a nice wood to work with, I'm having a blast in this series. B
I already said this but Jeff Kiesel who makes a lot of fan frets reckons it's the 9th fret that should be parallel as when you go with the 12th fret it makes the chords at the top, the cowboy chords too much of a stretch. I don't have an opinion worth considering.
Excellent stuff Ben! I know it sounds quite simple but I'm hoping that you can give a little advice regarding using bearing guided routers with respect to "tear-out", it frustrates the hell out of me, I notice hat you have a straight fluted simple cutter and don't seem to have any bother. I'm getting quite afraid of doing it now and will stop before any tight curves/corners and finish those bits with an oscillating sander, I've even invested in one of those fancy spiral cutters (Whiteside) at great expense, I'm using it in a router table and quite an industrial 1/2 router but have still had tear-out with it...Grrr...Could you give some advice, router speed etc anything that could help please!!!
I was completely thrown by the “day one” comment lol loving the videos coming out every couple of days! I’m worried for your media guys, must be working 24/7, but we really do appreciate it
This one is pushing them to their limits of sanity but I think they will be ok.. a raise is in order I think.. B
Crimson Custom Guitars absolutely, nothing they don’t deserve though I’m sure! Love watching you liberate the guitars from those blocks of wood, please keep feeding my addiction hahaha
Crimson Custom Guitars Also, don’t give them a raise, keep spending the money on pretty wood to make into awesome guitars
16? 17? 18?
Hmmm, seems the countdown has begun to count up.
Pretty pretty sawdust
Stuff got everywhere, I'll be finding padauk dust in my studio for years to come! B
An idea for a 2020 Challenge part 2:
Build a guitar in 2020 minutes (33 and a half hours ish) and the students decide what you build
Still curious about that headstock. I seem to recall that you deliberately planed a twist into it (down at the treble side?). Care to tell or will all be revealed "in the fullness of time"?
There's a video of a guy building a guitar with no power tools, he used that same "rabbet plane" to route out the truss rod cavity!
I'm sure you've answered this question a million times, but I can't find it. Is the ruler you're using to measure the placement of the pickups and bridge on your website, and if so what is is called?
Love the videos as always , Ben you use super glue quite a bit for your bindings and inlays and I am curious ! do you use it on all your builds ? or just for the these types of builds ? also is there a reason that you dont use the accelerator for this process . Thanks for sharing
Hey Darin, I use.it for inlays all the time but wood binding I would normally use wood glue.. this time time was tight. I don't use accelerator all the time, it is nasty stuff to breathe in for starters and if I don't really need it I will avoid it. Thanks for commenting! B
I keep thinking your blowtorch is called "Bernard" :-D
Super glued the binding on...I would have thought wood glue would have been a better choice..
Not really.much in it unless the superglue floods the slots.. and in this case time.is of the essence. Normally I would use wood glue. B
Loving the build and the contrast of the padauk and bog oak is stunning. One question, wasn’t it going to be fanned fret? Oh, the idea of Crimson coffee is that someone suggested is genius 🤙🏻
we are working on a Crimson's Cool Beans Coffee brand as I type, I just want a good solid supply of stuff I like and even more of an excuse to drink it! It is fanned fret, just fairly gentle from Fender to Gibson scale is only about an inch difference. B
Aha, I’ll have to keep checking the shop to order some once all is set to go. Coffee is my fuel of choice too, I reckon you could work with ear plugs and an intravenous drip fitted too 👍🏻 I actually remember now you’ve said it about the subtle fanning of the frets. I’ve only ever seen the extreme stuff similar to Ibanez stuff 🤷♂️
It’s the great pumpkin guitar Charlie Brown
BURN IT!!! 😈
👊😂
Watching this almost a year later, Dec 29, 2020, in Canada. Currently "non essential" anything is, for all intents and purposes, prohibited due to Covid, so at @17:15 cutting out non essential tasks kinda made me chuckle
we're heading towards another lockdown here as well, and the bulk of the country is already closed.. non-essential indeed! I'm loving the fact that I now have a workshop at home and that I can carry on with everything from here while avoiding the world.. good luck with you and yours! B
Seven cups of coffee a third of the way into the build. At that rate, if you didn't pause, pee breaks alone would carry this waaaay over the 20:20 time limit...
Just found an excuse to buy some things to enter this competition, mainly because, after years of watching these videos, I had no idea you guys were local! Just down the road (in Dorset terms anyway) How did I miss that?! Anyway, looking forward to seeing the end result, have a feeling that this one's going to be a belter... :-)
You absolutely should pop in for a tour one day in that case.. let us know when you are passing and we will happily show you around.. B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Amazing, will absolutely hold you to that one day! Might even have saved up for that kit-guitar course I've got my eye on by then too ;-)
Put links to the previous episodes in the series in the description....
Last time i was this early my wife left me
Oh. Padauk wood. I'm hearing Perduke. Interesting wood.
In some parts of the world it's "Padouk". But then again, we Germans call mahogany "Mahagoni" and cocoa "Kakao"
Question for you sir, when you were glueing the binding, why use super glue and not traditional wood glue? any advantages over either of them? cracking work also!
Time.. I would normally use wood glue for wood but wanted speed. B
If I wanted to add a bunch to electronics to my guitar like looping overdrive Etcetera,what pick UPS you think I should use in my esp F50. Also on the fly recording with an sd card would be rad.
Honestly I wouldn't bother, looking especially.. how to do hit the record/stop button with your hands while also playing.. foot pedals are perfect for the jobs why change it up only to reduce functionality? B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars If I do it I will be very careful on how I plan everything out so it is the least evasive as possible.