Not too long ago I started learning to play the guitar. And of course, ever since I also started contemplating to build my own guitar. So far I was pretty overwhelmed by how much specialty tools are needed for the different tasks. But since I also managed to open a Capri Sun from the top once, you finally gave me the confidence to also start planning my first guitar build. Thanks for that. Great video as always. PS: The guitar looks awesome.
I totally understand. I put it off for a long time, too. But if you can open a Capri Sun, you are already on the right track! Good luck with it, and thanks for watching!
“Building a guitar can potentially require a truckload of specialized tools. But I wanted to see how minimal I could be.” I wish that a completely outfitted wood shop was as minimal as I could be.
Just because they have those tools doesn’t mean you need them, he was talking about the fret cutters and those types of luthier tools. Everything else could be substituted for something else
@@dt2419 exactly! luthier tools can be expensive and if you´re not a full time luthier, you would want to get around that and use what you got or make it
hribc78 exactly, I have a bandsaw, radial arm saw, circular saw, jigsaw, router and a lot of other things but said other things aren’t important for the build. Out of those you could get away with a jigsaw, circular saw and a router.
@@dt2419 You can make fret cutters. It's literally just an end cutteing pliers that's had the jaws flattened. Certain tools are indeed specific to luthiery that you can't find in big box stores. Single cut files is a good example (for filing down fret edges and leveling the frets), triangle files with rounded edges to avoid damaging the fret board. But you can build from basic hand tools, it just takes longer. Gauged nut and bridge files (specific to the string size you choose)
This is honestly astounding. As an avid guitar player I would have never dreamed of making my own. The layering on the base is so good. The brass is excellent. The finish looks great. The dark string tuners look phenomenal. I would buy this for sure.
Great video. Just a little tip, make (or buy) the frets radius a little smaller than the fretboard's. The fret moving laterally helps in locking it into the wood. You can also put a little bit of glue to fill any gap beneath them
jeez, this is an inspiration. I recently gifted my lil bro my personal electric guitar which I bought for like 100 bucks, but now I wanna make a new one for myself and possibly in the future - another gift for him, because he inspires me as well, after he received my guitar, he constantly trains and talks about it, but sadly I get to visit him really rarely, because he lives miles away
Initially, I was apprehensive about Shaun joining Four Eyes, as I'm a big fan of your work Chris, and the structure of your voice overs as well. It took me the whole of one video to jump right on board, and now I love videos featuring both you and Shaun. The combination of your humour is just gold. Great move.
what a flashback you just took me through. as a soon to be graduating senior in 1980, I decided to "just wing that mother" and hand build a flying V design (slightly offset upper to lower end longer) with a strat style neck. I literally had no idea what I was getting into, nor knowledge as to how it would turn out. I used mahogany body and maple based neck. The guitar turned our great and I played it for years until I eventually gave it to the eldest child of my parents neighbors. about the only thing I did differently was that I preset the wiring channels within the layered body, thus producing a clean front and rear with just the wood to show. Great memories, and great video......
Love that you didn't glue on the neck, I've seen others do that, and increasing a hole size I use a stepped bit so it stays centered. I always keep a stepped bit with me, it's very useful.
I've always wanted Warmoth to make a video like this.. this is spectacularly advanced.. as a new-ish woodworker and guitar player and hope-to-be-one-day shot at luthierism, this was great to watch. Loved how you embraced the cracks for the face.. I REALLY love the grain running up the fretboard.. i was equally anxious and hypnotized while you were hand sawing those fret slots.. i cant imagine putting all that work in and realizing once i played it that the pitch is off for one fret.... playing that thing the first time must have been the most satisfying playing experience ever.. excellent job
Really appreciate it, Shane! I have been putting off making my own neck and fretboard for a long time now, so I figured I might as well just go for it. I am super happy with how it came out, and it was a great learning experience. And yes, playing it for the first time was really fun! Good luck with your woodworking journey!
Thanks for a great video. One suggestion: since guitar nuts are usually made of bone or plastic, they eventually wear out (the slots get lower) and need to be replaced. Using CA glue means it will be hard to get the nut out without taking some wood with it. A tight fit (looks like you achieved that), a small dab of wood glue, and string tension will be enough to hold the nut in place. When it's time to replace the nut you'll be glad you used wood glue.
wood glue can actually be a bad idea for glueing in a nut depending on the strength of the glue. In most cases just a minimal dab of CA glue is enough to keep the nut from sliding and when replacing it it's just a matter of carefully lifting it with screwdriver to break it free. I've never had the nut pocket break on me while doing it that way
@RyanPullin I think this is it, when i removed the nut on my fender american there didnt seem to be anything but some kind of thin residue on the one side of the nut, facing the bridge, like it was a sticker almost, or a line of thin glue/shellac but nothing on the bottom or other side of the nut or cavity to indicate any sort of adhesive.
Nice Shaun! A very stylish instrument and your passion for woodworking AND music is common to many of us... Also enjoy you and your PAL, Chris's creativity for design - "keep on, keepin' on"
Wow! This is a really impressive build! Great Job I’ve been thinking of tackling a project like this but my access to tools is fairly limited Thanks so much for including a list of the basic tools a person would need to go forward with this type of build. Can’t wait to see what’s next! Appreciate it
I’ll never build a guitar, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching the process! This is the most beautiful guitar I’ve seen yet! The cold brass epoxy looks incredible in contrast to the wood on the body!
A great tip for anyone pondering to take such adventure is to try and do progressively more complex repairs on affordable guitars. For the last 2 years or so, I've already gutted and soldered whole new electronics for one of my electrics, done many setups from my own guitars to friends' and some I've bought and resold, installed guitar nuts and, more recently and fairly more interesting, glued a neck scarf joint back together and replaced a classical guitar wooden bridge whose original cheap composite one had unglued itself. This sort of small jobs really give you a feel how everything comes together and the big difference small details make on the whole instrument. Some day, I hope, I'll have the experience to properly try and build my own guitar.
As a final note, affordable guitars offer a great template because you can easily get your hands on them, they're not such a valuable or rare item that it would cause too big of a loss if the repair turns out flawed or straight up breaks the instrument even more, plus many of these would otherwise be thrown away or sit around unused, and some hours put into it will also give it a new life, even if it's not luthier-grade work.
Spending between free and $40 I've gained a nice collection of repairs and rebuilt instruments from ukulele 8 strings and Setar to BEAD bass etc.. Love my 93 G310B and my other Samick built instrument
I've seen a whole lot of guitars on RUclips - but damn this one looks really amazing. I love the contrast of the dark body and that gorgeous bright neck
Party on Shaun, Party on Chris!! Excellent!! This ties into my comment on Shaun's channel. You guys are gonna kill it together. Glad to be here with you guys!!! Dirty Jersey out!!!
Love some of the tips I’m gonna be stealing from this, questions: Did you ground the electronics to the bridge? What pickups are these? (Brand and series) Could you play some clean chords to hear the True Tone of the combined parts and wood? Lastly, how did that sawdust in the CA under the frets work out? Because getting a complete bond without gaps or weaknesses is crucial to sustain and tone.
Great work. Your video editing, camera location, and explanation of the various tasks at hand were easy to follow along with. Building tools to help you get through this build was another great thing to see, versus buying “one use specific tools” that I’m sure start to beat up the wallet!
Good video. Learned the basics of setup a while back and started doing some work. Last one I did the owner told me he was not easily impressed but when he played that guitar after I set it up he was waaaay impressed. I'm no magician, I just learned from great vids like this. Keep em comin and thanks a million.
I know that it was an experiment, but I think that if you wanna build your own guitar without having lots of specialized tools, I think that a guitar kit would be the best choice. Still, if you do have the tools, time and patience, building it from scratch is a very nice experience. Good job man! I love this guitar.
Came back to comment on this video after listening to the podcast. Sad y'all haven't had more views, as this is a great build. I just took a class at Crimson Guitars (they've got a pretty solid channel too all about guitar making) and it's super consistent with everything I learned there. Specific kudos on the neck and fret goodness!
When you were turning up the amp and plugging in the guitar at the end, it reminded me of Marty McFly getting ready to play his guitar on Doc Brown's amp in Back to the Future.
That guitar is sick! Love the cold cast brass epoxy with the dark wood! It looks like it would be worth a ton of money! Like 2-5,000 maybe more lol! Long story short! This is the best guitar making video I’ve seen, and by far the best looking turn out as well. Great Job
OK! so great job, but I hope you don’t mind a few pointers for your next build??? 1. radius the nut slot and the underside of the nut to match the fretboard radius (gives a more balanced transfer of tone) 2. Slightly over radius the fret wire so that when you tap down in the middle of the fret it generates an outward/sideways movement at the edges I can give you more pointers if you like, but...
Chris!! Can you please make a SketchUp tutorial?? You have hands down the best plans, skills and animations compared to any other woodworker I have seen. Huge fan of your designs and work you produce! You're going places.
From Leo: Beautiful job on the guitar, and a good job on the presentation. Even when I make my necks, I buy a pre slotted fret board from StewMac. They are only about $15 more than the price of a blank piece of rosewood and they are already slotted and milled to the proper radius. Saves a lot of time and effort.
Impressively done! Especially without spending a truckload at StewMac. If I had your CNC, I'd make a template for those rear string-through ferrules. Getting that just right has to be one of the hardest things on an electric guitar body. Nothing to apologize for with the playing either.
This was so great to watch and he can play the guitar really good also. There are craftsmen and there are artists like these who can make really special things
The guitars are improving. Really cool design, and great playing at the end. I can only shred with bar cords. Punk rock "I don't know what I'm doing" kind of thing. I just stab the Capri Sun right on the side too. You crushed this build.
That was really cool!! I recently watch April Wilkerson and I think Matt Cremona do this in a 5 episode series. I really enjoyed both. Yours was informative yet concise!! The shread at the end was well played!! Cool man!!
Really appreciate it! I understand why making a guitar could be broken up into 5 videos haha! But glad you enjoyed my slimmed down version. And I appreciate the offer on helping with some glasses! Been meaning to get some new ones for a while.
You know, I have been watching both of your videos for quite some time, but I am super lazy with subscriptions; you're just always in my suggested feed, so I didn't give it a second thought. The Capri Sun bit reminded me and I am now subscribed! Kudos on all the work.
Holy dahm! The "furniture" on this guitar is awesome. Very well done and very jealous as I would love to be able to do something like this to make a bass for myself.
Slaaaaaayyyed it... both the vid and the guitar!! I love that you guys know your channel is different and that you promote that. The lil inside jokes make the videos all the better.
Please go into detail about the electronivs next time. It can make or break a guitar depending on wether you use cheap components or a noisy circuit and it would be nice to know what you went with. truss rod isn't used because of temperature changes. It's there to counteract the strings trying to bend the neck in. Also if you can I recommend fish glue or Hyde glue instead of super glue so you can remove part for repair in the years to come
Amazing. Making guitar seems very easy, Just some wood carving and sanding etc but in the end it just 1 mm more or less make huge difference. I thing you do amazing juv with this vintage vibe guitar
Very cool and congrats on the build! As a audio engineer and woodworker your videos are very well put together and not sure if you do all the work yourself (post production and preproduction) or have a team but each of these tasks alone would tie up someone's day so bravo! I don't subscribe to anyone's channels or comment at that but I couldn't help but say something. looking forward to future videos.
ive been building guitars for a while and i abandoned the truss rod in favor of just a steel bar. if done right it just never moves. if you dont get it perfect...well then it's stuck. also, try a trapezoidal neck profile. i use a trapezoidal with one side massively offset about 80 percent, and the make the center line cross over the middle. kinda hard to describe but it actually has a radical twist that fits your hand as you rotate your wrist. you can see this in abassi guitars...which i totally in no way ripped off and got inspiration from and just copied. not all all, but essentially it's that. insanely comfortable
youre the first ive seen who actually build the neck too. most guitar build videos just do the body with some fancy paint and add a store bought neck to it
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"Go easy on me" oh come on man, that sounded great!
sounds on tune but a little bit stifled but may be because of quality of record
lol, I honestly half expecting him to just start ripping out some like Yngwie Malmsteen or something
Love the keychain on the drill bit tip. So simple but effective.
Totally, it works like a charm!
@@shaunboydmadethis I see what you did there
I all my years of woodworking and DIY, I have NEVER seen the keychain trick. Great idea, great build. Thanks for sharing.
yup, totally learned somthing
its like a plumb bob
Not too long ago I started learning to play the guitar. And of course, ever since I also started contemplating to build my own guitar. So far I was pretty overwhelmed by how much specialty tools are needed for the different tasks. But since I also managed to open a Capri Sun from the top once, you finally gave me the confidence to also start planning my first guitar build. Thanks for that. Great video as always.
PS: The guitar looks awesome.
I totally understand. I put it off for a long time, too. But if you can open a Capri Sun, you are already on the right track! Good luck with it, and thanks for watching!
Use 3d printer to make a guitar xD it will be easierand faster
“Building a guitar can potentially require a truckload of specialized tools. But I wanted to see how minimal I could be.”
I wish that a completely outfitted wood shop was as minimal as I could be.
Exactly what I thought :|
Just because they have those tools doesn’t mean you need them, he was talking about the fret cutters and those types of luthier tools. Everything else could be substituted for something else
@@dt2419 exactly! luthier tools can be expensive and if you´re not a full time luthier, you would want to get around that and use what you got or make it
hribc78 exactly, I have a bandsaw, radial arm saw, circular saw, jigsaw, router and a lot of other things but said other things aren’t important for the build. Out of those you could get away with a jigsaw, circular saw and a router.
@@dt2419 You can make fret cutters. It's literally just an end cutteing pliers that's had the jaws flattened.
Certain tools are indeed specific to luthiery that you can't find in big box stores. Single cut files is a good example (for filing down fret edges and leveling the frets), triangle files with rounded edges to avoid damaging the fret board. But you can build from basic hand tools, it just takes longer. Gauged nut and bridge files (specific to the string size you choose)
Shaun, I think this is your best work yet! LOVED this video! The guitar is beautiful.
Thanks man! This was such a challenge, but so fun to see it slowly come together.
It's true, I also loved this electric guitar it must be really cool to have a guitar made by yourself
This is honestly astounding. As an avid guitar player I would have never dreamed of making my own. The layering on the base is so good. The brass is excellent. The finish looks great. The dark string tuners look phenomenal. I would buy this for sure.
Really appreciate that! Super cool to hear people say they would want to play it!
Great video. Just a little tip, make (or buy) the frets radius a little smaller than the fretboard's. The fret moving laterally helps in locking it into the wood. You can also put a little bit of glue to fill any gap beneath them
Really gorgeous. Love the laminating -- choice of woods, depth of layers, all of it.
jeez, this is an inspiration. I recently gifted my lil bro my personal electric guitar which I bought for like 100 bucks, but now I wanna make a new one for myself and possibly in the future - another gift for him, because he inspires me as well, after he received my guitar, he constantly trains and talks about it, but sadly I get to visit him really rarely, because he lives miles away
Initially, I was apprehensive about Shaun joining Four Eyes, as I'm a big fan of your work Chris, and the structure of your voice overs as well.
It took me the whole of one video to jump right on board, and now I love videos featuring both you and Shaun. The combination of your humour is just gold. Great move.
Really appreciate that, Tyler! Glad you are enjoying it, because we are certainly having fun working together.
what a flashback you just took me through. as a soon to be graduating senior in 1980, I decided to "just wing that mother" and hand build a flying V design (slightly offset upper to lower end longer) with a strat style neck. I literally had no idea what I was getting into, nor knowledge as to how it would turn out. I used mahogany body and maple based neck. The guitar turned our great and I played it for years until I eventually gave it to the eldest child of my parents neighbors. about the only thing I did differently was that I preset the wiring channels within the layered body, thus producing a clean front and rear with just the wood to show. Great memories, and great video......
Love that you didn't glue on the neck, I've seen others do that, and increasing a hole size I use a stepped bit so it stays centered. I always keep a stepped bit with me, it's very useful.
I've always wanted Warmoth to make a video like this.. this is spectacularly advanced.. as a new-ish woodworker and guitar player and hope-to-be-one-day shot at luthierism, this was great to watch. Loved how you embraced the cracks for the face.. I REALLY love the grain running up the fretboard.. i was equally anxious and hypnotized while you were hand sawing those fret slots.. i cant imagine putting all that work in and realizing once i played it that the pitch is off for one fret.... playing that thing the first time must have been the most satisfying playing experience ever.. excellent job
Really appreciate it, Shane! I have been putting off making my own neck and fretboard for a long time now, so I figured I might as well just go for it. I am super happy with how it came out, and it was a great learning experience. And yes, playing it for the first time was really fun! Good luck with your woodworking journey!
The best build I watched so far on RUclips.
Check out Crimson guitar builds
Don Chaffins
Video production wise this is indeed one of the best
you should explore more then this is mediocre at best
Rosa string works
Thanks for a great video. One suggestion: since guitar nuts are usually made of bone or plastic, they eventually wear out (the slots get lower) and need to be replaced. Using CA glue means it will be hard to get the nut out without taking some wood with it. A tight fit (looks like you achieved that), a small dab of wood glue, and string tension will be enough to hold the nut in place. When it's time to replace the nut you'll be glad you used wood glue.
don't even need wood glue
@RyanPullin It's completely viable, and some luthiers even prefer it that way.
wood glue can actually be a bad idea for glueing in a nut depending on the strength of the glue. In most cases just a minimal dab of CA glue is enough to keep the nut from sliding and when replacing it it's just a matter of carefully lifting it with screwdriver to break it free. I've never had the nut pocket break on me while doing it that way
@RyanPullin I think this is it, when i removed the nut on my fender american there didnt seem to be anything but some kind of thin residue on the one side of the nut, facing the bridge, like it was a sticker almost, or a line of thin glue/shellac but nothing on the bottom or other side of the nut or cavity to indicate any sort of adhesive.
Nice Shaun! A very stylish instrument and your passion for woodworking AND music is common to many of us... Also enjoy you and your PAL, Chris's creativity for design - "keep on, keepin' on"
Thanks Mike! Really glad to hear people are enjoying it, this was a fun build!
Wow!
This is a really impressive build!
Great Job
I’ve been thinking of tackling a project like this but my access to tools is fairly limited
Thanks so much for including a list of the basic tools a person would need to go forward with this type of build.
Can’t wait to see what’s next!
Appreciate it
Thanks for the demo, it always bugs the shit out of me when people don’t show the instrument in action.
Karl Harris same
I’ll never build a guitar, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching the process! This is the most beautiful guitar I’ve seen yet! The cold brass epoxy looks incredible in contrast to the wood on the body!
Really appreciate it, Matt! It was a ton of work, but I am stoked with how it came out.
This was such a great project. So rewarding it must have been!! Also. Chris... beard is coming in nicely too!
Thanks! It was super rewarding to plug it in for the first time.
Next challenge: An acoustic guitar.
Definitely on the list! We will see how long it takes to build up the courage for that.
A great tip for anyone pondering to take such adventure is to try and do progressively more complex repairs on affordable guitars. For the last 2 years or so, I've already gutted and soldered whole new electronics for one of my electrics, done many setups from my own guitars to friends' and some I've bought and resold, installed guitar nuts and, more recently and fairly more interesting, glued a neck scarf joint back together and replaced a classical guitar wooden bridge whose original cheap composite one had unglued itself. This sort of small jobs really give you a feel how everything comes together and the big difference small details make on the whole instrument. Some day, I hope, I'll have the experience to properly try and build my own guitar.
As a final note, affordable guitars offer a great template because you can easily get your hands on them, they're not such a valuable or rare item that it would cause too big of a loss if the repair turns out flawed or straight up breaks the instrument even more, plus many of these would otherwise be thrown away or sit around unused, and some hours put into it will also give it a new life, even if it's not luthier-grade work.
Spending between free and $40 I've gained a nice collection of repairs and rebuilt instruments from ukulele 8 strings and Setar to BEAD bass etc..
Love my 93 G310B and my other Samick built instrument
Shaun Boyd it is pretty easy, but u need to use only hand tools :)
I really like the absents of the fretboard inlays. It looks really clean.
This is a fantastic build, Shaun. Again your attention to detail is top shelf, my friend
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching Felix! Really appreciate it!
I've seen a whole lot of guitars on RUclips - but damn this one looks really amazing. I love the contrast of the dark body and that gorgeous bright neck
Party on Shaun, Party on Chris!! Excellent!! This ties into my comment on Shaun's channel. You guys are gonna kill it together. Glad to be here with you guys!!! Dirty Jersey out!!!
Haha, excellent! Thanks again, man!
@3:47 HAHAHA! Love the collaborations you two are doing. Been a subscriber of both for years, and its fun to see you work together.
Awesome to hear, Brad! We are certainly enjoying working together, so glad to hear others are digging it, as well. Thanks!
That's one of the best looking guitars I've ever seen.
Your guitar is absolutely beautiful. Great work and crafmanship.
Love some of the tips I’m gonna be stealing from this, questions:
Did you ground the electronics to the bridge?
What pickups are these? (Brand and series)
Could you play some clean chords to hear the True Tone of the combined parts and wood?
Lastly, how did that sawdust in the CA under the frets work out? Because getting a complete bond without gaps or weaknesses is crucial to sustain and tone.
Great work. Your video editing, camera location, and explanation of the various tasks at hand were easy to follow along with. Building tools to help you get through this build was another great thing to see, versus buying “one use specific tools” that I’m sure start to beat up the wallet!
Good video. Learned the basics of setup a while back and started doing some work. Last one I did the owner told me he was not easily impressed but when he played that guitar after I set it up he was waaaay impressed. I'm no magician, I just learned from great vids like this. Keep em comin and thanks a million.
Beautiful man. Thank you for sharing. Was an enjoyable watch. Best Regards and Best Wishes for 2022!
Great job!!! I'm making my very first guitar and your video helps me a lot!!! Regards from Argentina!
I know that it was an experiment, but I think that if you wanna build your own guitar without having lots of specialized tools, I think that a guitar kit would be the best choice. Still, if you do have the tools, time and patience, building it from scratch is a very nice experience. Good job man! I love this guitar.
Came back to comment on this video after listening to the podcast. Sad y'all haven't had more views, as this is a great build. I just took a class at Crimson Guitars (they've got a pretty solid channel too all about guitar making) and it's super consistent with everything I learned there. Specific kudos on the neck and fret goodness!
Thanks Eugene! Really appreciate it. Crimson has been such a great resource during all of my guitar builds, I love their channel.
When you were turning up the amp and plugging in the guitar at the end, it reminded me of Marty McFly getting ready to play his guitar on Doc Brown's amp in Back to the Future.
I just want to say you have improved heaps, your creativity is showing.
your guitars are top level ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Nice channel bro
That guitar is sick! Love the cold cast brass epoxy with the dark wood! It looks like it would be worth a ton of money! Like 2-5,000 maybe more lol! Long story short! This is the best guitar making video I’ve seen, and by far the best looking turn out as well. Great Job
Dang, really appreciate that, Nathan! I am stoked with how it turned out, so glad to hear other people dig it, too.
OK! so great job, but I hope you don’t mind a few pointers for your next build???
1. radius the nut slot and the underside of the nut to match the fretboard radius (gives a more balanced transfer of tone)
2. Slightly over radius the fret wire so that when you tap down in the middle of the fret it generates an outward/sideways movement at the edges
I can give you more pointers if you like, but...
I am speechless !! Wow !! What a GEM !!! Congrats !! NICE JOB !!!
..,......and what a sound coming from that axe and fender amp !!!
The wood you used to craft the guitar REALLY rocks! That sound is very bass heavy! Just what I like!
This is so dope! The natural wood colors work so well. The detail is awesome!
Sweet video! You should do a follow up video where you take it to a master luthier for critique and also a really good guitar player for critique! 🧡
Absolutely amazing! Beautiful guitar! Brass and walnut....👌
I think this is the first time I've ever seen anyone do a Talman-style build. Many kudos.
You give me a real Vulfpeck vibe. I love your video man! This encouraged me to keep pushing to finish my bass rebuild
I've probably watched almost all guitar build videos on RUclips and this sir is way up there with the great ones. Good work!
Chris!! Can you please make a SketchUp tutorial?? You have hands down the best plans, skills and animations compared to any other woodworker I have seen. Huge fan of your designs and work you produce! You're going places.
From Leo: Beautiful job on the guitar, and a good job on the presentation. Even when I make my necks, I buy a pre slotted fret board from StewMac. They are only about $15 more than the price of a blank piece of rosewood and they are already slotted and milled to the proper radius. Saves a lot of time and effort.
Great work bro. The Guitar is beautiful and unique looking.
Impressively done! Especially without spending a truckload at StewMac. If I had your CNC, I'd make a template for those rear string-through ferrules. Getting that just right has to be one of the hardest things on an electric guitar body. Nothing to apologize for with the playing either.
AHHHHHHH STRUCK A CHORD
Nice build. You earned a sub.
Bonus points for engineering. Purely inspirational.
I thought you were going to play Smoke on the water. Love the touch with the brass/epoxy thing. I might have to try that
The Capri Sun bit was great. The look on Chris's face when he STABS the bottom...
Haha, coming up with those bits might be our favorite part. Glad you enjoyed it!
Everything look smooth in your magic hand.. 👍👍👍
This was so great to watch and he can play the guitar really good also. There are craftsmen and there are artists like these who can make really special things
GREAT Video! Fun to watch, GORGEOUS work on this guitar!!
The guitars are improving. Really cool design, and great playing at the end. I can only shred with bar cords. Punk rock "I don't know what I'm doing" kind of thing. I just stab the Capri Sun right on the side too. You crushed this build.
Thanks Phillip! Punk Rock power chords can do the trick, and so can the Capri Sun side stab.
That was really cool!! I recently watch April Wilkerson and I think Matt Cremona do this in a 5 episode series. I really enjoyed both. Yours was informative yet concise!! The shread at the end was well played!! Cool man!!
Do me a favor and get some better Eyewear!! If interested I can help!! 🤓🤓
Really appreciate it! I understand why making a guitar could be broken up into 5 videos haha! But glad you enjoyed my slimmed down version. And I appreciate the offer on helping with some glasses! Been meaning to get some new ones for a while.
Wow this guitar is awesome! You really went all out! Great job!
Thanks, man! This one really stretched my skills and patience, but it was a really fun build!
Dude. The keychain on the drillbit is genius
Beautiful project, Shaun. The brass epoxy looks great against the walnut.
Thanks Nate! Glad you dig it.
You know, I have been watching both of your videos for quite some time, but I am super lazy with subscriptions; you're just always in my suggested feed, so I didn't give it a second thought. The Capri Sun bit reminded me and I am now subscribed! Kudos on all the work.
Tha caprisun bit gets me every time.
Dude that is a beautiful axe, great craftsmanship, keep up the good work!
Thanks Shawn! Really appreciate it, and I am stoked with how it came out.
This has to be one of the best videos you guys gave made so far! I was laughing out loud with every pun and clever edit.
Really appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed the cheesy humor, too!
I'm on the same journey. I have made 3 guitars, man I wish I had the tools and shop like you do!! I made EVERYthing by hand.
Measured and laid-back - a perfect portrayal of a luthier's craft.
The capri sun thing had me rollin! 😂
Holy crap, yes... I am literally still rolling as I type this. Which is pretty difficult, too.
Haha! Those little bits are probably our favorite thing to come up with. Glad to hear we aren't the only ones that thought it was funny.
Me: feeling like a master luthier when I change my strings
This guy:
This is by far the most beautiful guitar I have ever seen, I want it so bad. Can I buy it?
Depends. Have 2 grand?
It's based on an Ibanez talman. You can pick one up relatively cheap when they come up.
Great job! Like the talman body shape too!
Sweet build and awesome amp at the end 👍🏼
Beautiful guitar I love the natural wood finish.
Big fan of yours and love what you make.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing job, amazing video!
Thank you, really appreciate it!
I'm not a wood crafter but I think the precision is amazing!
Great vid, man! Loved it. Great work on the guitar and I was dying to hear what you were gonna play. Nice man!!!
Holy dahm! The "furniture" on this guitar is awesome. Very well done and very jealous as I would love to be able to do something like this to make a bass for myself.
Slaaaaaayyyed it... both the vid and the guitar!! I love that you guys know your channel is different and that you promote that. The lil inside jokes make the videos all the better.
Really appreciate it, Dakota! We are having a lot of fun mixing our styles and seeing where it goes, so glad to hear you are enjoying it!
Please go into detail about the electronivs next time. It can make or break a guitar depending on wether you use cheap components or a noisy circuit and it would be nice to know what you went with.
truss rod isn't used because of temperature changes. It's there to counteract the strings trying to bend the neck in.
Also if you can I recommend fish glue or Hyde glue instead of super glue so you can remove part for repair in the years to come
Amazing. Making guitar seems very easy, Just some wood carving and sanding etc but in the end it just 1 mm more or less make huge difference. I thing you do amazing juv with this vintage vibe guitar
Loved the layering of the wood. Slick looking guitar. Trying to find the courage to build my own as well. 😨
Beautiful result. Sounds and looks fantastic!
absolutely phenominal work, man! you inspire me to try my hand at it! wish me luck!
I dig THE maple stripe....Very COOL 👍
Congrats! That is one of the most beautiful guitars I've ever seen. Amazing taste.
Beautiful project. Talman is my favorite guitar shape too, hope i get to do a project like this someday.
Thank you! Go for it!
awesome build, Shaun. and i really like that cameo appearances as always.
Really appreciate it! Chris always seems to pop up somehow!
Reminds me a little of a billy gibbons style guitar with the natural wood finish. Very nice.
Beautiful guitar man. Great project!
Awesome build. Is a bucket list item to build
Thank you! Definitely something to have on the list.
Excellent work sir.
Beautiful finish on it.
Sounds great.
You’ll have to make a Snare and bass drum.
Fairly easy job for a man of your calibre.
Very cool and congrats on the build! As a audio engineer and woodworker your videos are very well put together and not sure if you do all the work yourself (post production and preproduction) or have a team but each of these tasks alone would tie up someone's day so bravo! I don't subscribe to anyone's channels or comment at that but I couldn't help but say something. looking forward to future videos.
flying V is my favorite ...it sits so perfect when playing.
ive been building guitars for a while and i abandoned the truss rod in favor of just a steel bar. if done right it just never moves. if you dont get it perfect...well then it's stuck. also, try a trapezoidal neck profile. i use a trapezoidal with one side massively offset about 80 percent, and the make the center line cross over the middle. kinda hard to describe but it actually has a radical twist that fits your hand as you rotate your wrist. you can see this in abassi guitars...which i totally in no way ripped off and got inspiration from and just copied. not all all, but essentially it's that. insanely comfortable
Definitely some cool things to try in the future! Thanks for the suggestions.
Such a relaxing video bro... Its like a movie... Congrats
Dang! That was the most involved guitar build video I've seen on RUclips
youre the first ive seen who actually build the neck too. most guitar build videos just do the body with some fancy paint and add a store bought neck to it
A great tool for shaping the neck is a shinto rasp. Popular with luthiers.
Yeah, I have seen a lot of people using those! Might have to try one on the next build.
No joke. This is a gorgeous guitar. Awesome job man.