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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2018
- Building a custom guitar - The Skervesen documentary
The wait is finally over. A lot of you have been wanting to see how Skervesen guitars are build. What the factory looks like. Where it is. If the Skervesen boys really are as cute as everybody says.
Now you can witness yourself how much work, effort and dedication it takes to build a high quality custom guitar.
About one year ago the Noisebird Media team drove to Danzig in Poland for a week of filming and this documentary is the result.
Skervesen guitars
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Guests:
Tomáš Raclavský- Modern Day Babylon
Valentin Hauser - Betraying the martyrs
Music:
Ancient Discoveries - Gavin Luke
Frozen In Time 1 - Magnus Ringblom
Impending Uncertainty - Gavin Luke
Particle Attraction 2 - Gavin Luke
Labefaction - Martin Klem
Colored Spirals 5 - Johannes Bornlöf
Fractions - Gabriel Parker
Hot Pepper Groove 4 - Victor Olsson
Visions - Modern Day Babylon
Coma - Modern Day Babylon
Perseguido Por Un Charango 1 - Martin Carlberg
Bloom - Ikson 
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The video that started my custom guitars addiction hahaha. No one else comes quite as close to perfection as Skervesen imho
Nicely done documentary. Congrats to all the success!!!
Thanks!
Hello Ola ;)
I agree :)
Hi Ola.
Burp Ola
I used to work for the Mayones Custom Shop awhile back. I love that the best quality comes out of Gdansk, and I'm hoping to find a way to contribute my skills to the Skervesen legacy. Loving the name! Zajebiscie! Keep inspiring, guys!
Took me months and months of careful planning, glad i chose Skervesen. Jarek handled my order perfectly and treated me with such respect. The long wait has begun.
Thank you for good words! We hope you will be satisfied with your instrument! :) Cheers!
Great job guys! I’m so happy to be part of the Skervesen family! I’ve played so many guitars during my 25 years of playing but nothing comes close to the two guitars you built for me. I couldn’t make the 5th anniversary gathering but I’ll be at the 10th anniversary one!
That guy working hard on the fret leveling and nut cutting is my fucking spirit animal.
Amazing work at Skervesen. Attention to detail gets my unlimited respect.
The crazy thing is that he leveled the frets for 5 hours on that guitar...Amazing focus!
I purchased a multiscale 6-string swan in 2014, and to date, my Skervesen is the finest instrument I've ever played, or owned. I own 20+ guitars, including 5 Kiesels, and multiple high-end Ibanez, ESP, Jackson, Grestch, and several others. While they are all excellent instruments, none of them have the same impeccable craftsmanship and attention to detail as my Skervesen.
Additionally, I just moved to Belgium 2 weeks ago, and visited Omega music in Mons. I played several Mayones, Ormsby, and Suhr guitars. Once again, great guitars, but still not as good as my Skervesen.
I already have plans to drive to Gdansk and provide Skervesen with some VERY rare wood I obtained in the US (that Skervesen would not have been able to acquire), and I'm incredibly excited to entrust them with my next build: a 6-string multiscale 4AP Soul, with midi/synth capability, made from Camatillo rosewood. This will be my "once in a lifetime" guitar that trumps anything and everything else... and I know Skervesen can build it better than anyone.
I'm looking forward to meeting the gentlemen that build these works of art, shaking hands with them, and seeing the facility in person.
There is NOTHING better on this planet. Skervesen exists to accomodate the most discerning guitarist, that has played/owned everything, and wants the best that money can buy.
Good job guys.
-Matt Loomis
I have never even heard of Skerveson before today....badass is an understatement. GNG also seems to be this level of detail and precision. Give it up for the little EU guys in a dusty shop, blurring the lines between old world craftsmanship and state of the art. I NEED one.
@@bearonguitar they run anywhere from $3000-$5000 depending on options, which is about the same price as a high-end "big name" guitar. The quality/craftsmanship is FAR superior to anything else. My Kiesels come close.... but my Ibanez prestiges feel like cheap Chinese junk by companrison.
The wait is tough.... 9-12 months, but they are good about sending pictures periodically, which is nice.
Be careful of buying used. They are a small shop, but notorious for exceptional quality. Much like Blackmachine, the Chinese are already making fakes. Be SURE what you buy (if used) is authentic. Good luck.
Stop lying
@@MICKSHRED sorry bud. Everything I've said is 100% true, based upon my personal experience.
@@ninefourteener im just being sarcastic, they look wonderful
I've watched this documentary so many times that I've lost count. I've just placed an order for my second Skervesen. Keep up the great work!!!
Hehe :) thank you
Such an awesome company.
this is the best guitar-documentary to date
Wow. Thank you :)
Hello 👋🏻 from British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦 to all at Skervesen guitars. I fell in love with your guitars instantly ( even though I have yet to play one ! 😄 you can easily see the attention to detail and I have no doubt they sound and play as good as they look so I’m not even worried about that in the slightest bit 😊) The first place / time I saw a Skervesen guitar was on a Distant Dream band video the main guys name is Marcin. He is such a great guitarist and a friendly guy as well. I’ve talked to him in the comments and he told me what the brand was, as I didn’t know. He says they look absolutely beautiful and play even better. In the Distant Dream videos he has a few really incredible guitars that your company has made for him. The next time I saw one was on Ola Englund’s channel and gave a full review and demo of a Swan 6 model that he owns, he really liked it a lot. You know someone’s truly a good person when they own a guitar company themselves and are giving your guitars a review. He has a massive following that listen intently to what he has to say about gear, guitars and tone as his opinion is well respected in the metal guitarists community because he is always honest about what he thinks. Between Distant Dream / Marcin and Ola Englund I know for sure I will definitely be buying a Skervesen electric guitar in the future ( probably a 7 string ) they are obviously extremely high quality with a deep attention to detail in fit / finish and playability and very beautiful as well. A beautiful and fully functional piece of art really ! Extremely nice looking! 😊 Without question the most incredible guitars I’ve ever seen. I simply must own at least one of them in the future no matter what happens. I already own 13 guitars but these are definitely something very special to be treasured and played a lot by the person who owns them. This will be a reward to myself for working hard and playing guitar for 40 years. ( I’m at 38 years playing right now !) It’s a little ways off still but I can’t wait. Really looking forward to having that 1st beautiful Skervesen guitar in my hands 🙌 🎸🙂 🤘🏻
Hello Greetings from 🇬🇧 Witam chlopaki jestem dumny ze takie cudenka robi one sa u Nas Made in Poland!!!
To już nie zwykła praca, tylko sztuka tworzyć takie gitary. Bez wątpienia marzenie wielu gitarzystów na cały świecie. Gratulacje i kolejnych sukcesów w nadchodzących latach!
Watching this during the Covid-19 pandemic. Such a big fan of your work. Greetings from Vancouver BC, Canada. \m/
I´ve never seen so many polish polishing!
No one was polishing
@@iamyila *knock knock*
what a polished knob ;D
@@spiritualcramp8000 wow you guys are SO funny
Inside every tree is a guitar waiting to be released by the luthier's skill. . The hardest thing for the guitar maker, is to not let his work diminish what nature has made. You guys are there.
This is awesome :) thank you for making such a sweet documentary
Thanks for putting this amazing video together, it does really inspire me
13:21 "when it comes to fretwork, we're actually really picky"
i hope that was intentional
I'm afraid only you got that joke, so no.
I hope I never lose the feeling of seeing guitars like these and staring in awe at how beautiful they are.
In love with this documentary. The real masterpiece building process! Congrats to the entire Skervesen team, also great video and, of course, I´m so glad to be part of the Skervesen family.
Thanks!
I already have one Skervesen, but this makes want another one.
this video is amazing... and of course the guitars look absolutely stunning
15:46 is so enjoyable! Cool video, thanks for sharing all the folks at Skervesen!
Absolutely unreal, these guys are the best of the best.
I´m in love with my green 30.3" scale raptor, absolutely the best guitar I've ever held in my hands. Awesome work guys )
Finally a guitar done right, I appreciate seeing all the details that you folks show in this video, soldering the copper shielding really caught my eye, I spent alot of time in the electronics field and I appreciate a good solder job and you guys are masters at your craft. I am left handed and I want one of these guitars so bad, I could taste it.
Insanely beautiful guitars - and they play just like that too.
great documentary, provided some insight in the building process, nice job guys, can't wait until my guitar is finished ^^
beautiful works of art. I hope they play and sound as good as they look. I love the fact that they enjoy their craft and respect their customers.
Fascinating documentary. Great music throughout.
Awesome Video, glad to see you guys made a shop/story video. Definitely want to own at least 4 Skerv's one day
Thank you for that Documentary. Awesome Work and creative Power.
Glad you lik it :)
Excellent documentary. I’ve never played one, but the attention to detail and the designs of these guitars are incredible.
Polish power! Poland is really stepping up the game now for high end custom metal based rock guitars.
Thank You. I truly enjoyed this and found it very interesting.
This is the proper level of attention to detail that results in a quality built instrument That head stock with the aluminum insert looks amazing, as do all of the finishes-good time watching, thanks for sharing your craft.
I really never can get enough of your workshop!!
You need a 24/7 live stream :D
Great job lads, truly inspiring!
There just isn't enough videos like this on youtube! Great watch guys thanks !
Trójmiasto ma chyba dobry klimat na tworzenie gitar. Super dokument jestem pod wrażeniem
Dzięki :)
Beautiful and Killer work!! Congrats to all the success!
Thank you for making great Guitars which so much love and dedication plus being such an artists in making instruments ...one day I wish I will have one Skervesen...
This is actually what i need!
You guys are amazing
Thank you! :)
Will definitely be purchasing one these guitars someday! Excellent craftsmanship gents!
And now I want one! Really great documentary here!
I waited l for this for a long time. Thanks for sharing this experience
Share this one if you liked it. Would be very helpful :)
Wow awesome shots! The video is so well done! 🔥🖤
Super cool documentary ! 🙌
Thank you for sharing this educational documentary
I'm small timber business about Tonewood, and when i have time i build guitar for myself and friends
Thank again
All the Best for Skervesen Guitars and Crew
Great documentary! Looking forward to receiving my next build.
This is inspiring and wonderful the work you do makes music skervesen.
Nice Video! Really good product, customer thinking approach!!!
These guitars look like a real piece of art.
That action test with the picks is brilliant
This was really interesting, always nice to watch quality craftsmen at work.
Beautiful fine furniture that doubles as an amazing instrument. I'd love to lay my hands on one of these beauties.
Beautiful stuff guys !
Great video and what incredible attention to detail and care 👍
Beautiful guitars and awesome documentary and interesting story how the company started too.
Thanks a lot bro :)
I've got a shoggie 7 on the way that I can't WAIT to get my hands on. Looking forward to getting some videos up of it!
Wow! I wish I could afford one of these. They look amazing!
Excellent. Just excellence
Skervesen, LEF, and Ibanez guitars are my top 3 favorite guitars!!! I've never actually played skervesen, or left guitars but if I had the money to do so, I would definitely be getting one...
Aż zachciało mi się kolejnego
Beautiful guitars from what seems to be a great company. I don't personally play that style of guitar but there is no denying the craftsmanship and beauty of them.
Thank you! :)
Looks like awesome craftsmanship!!!
gorgeous guitars
Cholera nie wiedziałem że jesteście z polski. Nazwa teraz nabiera nowego znaczenie ;)
O takich ludziach jak wy powinno się mówić w naszym kraju. Ktoś kto kocha to co robi i po prostu jest w tym genialny
Tak z innej beczki. Zegarek MK Cafe, plakaty z gołymi babami i wiesz że jesteś w polskiej firmie ;)
Dzięki za komentarz! :)
Surely you guys sre one of the best out there
Skervesen has an excellent standard of finish, I liked all the models but the Raptor 6 is wonderful. I hope someday I'll have one of these guitars.
Excelent job guys, congratulations.
Thanks! :)
Damn guys...killer doc and some mad skills and gorgeous woodwork. Give it up for Noisebird, they knocked it outta the park telling your story.
Thank you so much for your words of encouragement! It means a lot to us! :)
Seriously....this looked as good or better than most of the stuff on Nat Geo or Discovery.
I'm planning to start guitar brand soon. This video showed how they've gone through so clearly. That helped me to be more confindent about myself instead of keep doubting.
I want to try one someday.
Have you started your guitar building process, if so how hard is it and how time consuming is it
@@JordanMottram ehh, I was writting about ' it is not easy to start a guitar making company' but then realized you were asking about guitar making itself.
So you are basically asking about building a guitar for yourself. Am I right?
@@SpeedisH94 yes sorry I mean just the guitar not a company
@@JordanMottram I would say, time will cost just as much as your effort and devotion.
It's hard to make long story short for me, so I will just note each step I go through when make guitars. Then things that consumes time will follow.
Hope my answer could give you some insights.
First you need plan. Not about calender or time table plan, but the design of the guitar. This better be fixed at this stage by every 0.x mm.
Any changes on plan made in later stage of bulding will cause some sort of trouble. Mostly you have to bear the troubles and don't try tosolve it, because you can't.
Then get some well dried wood by yourself.(check the moisture content and overall quality)
Now you cut, route and drill the wood as the plan. Either by hand(hand tools, power tools) or CNC.
Get your hardwares such as trussrod, headmachines, bridge unit, pots and knobs and pickguards or whatever, Then test fit those on.
Check everything works fine, and all are as intended.
Go finish it. (final sanding, finish materials, buffing)
Let the finish settle, put on all the hardware, string up + set up the guitar.
play it.
If you stick only to the necessary process and use powertools as much as possible, actual working time is not that long.
8 hours work for 2~3days are more than enough. Experience can make you even faster also.
But when you start to do things as perfectionist, it is like endless.
You can fix your plans to make your guitar maintain it's optimal condition even longer, without breaking.
You can make your plan to a degree that you can run CNC right away, so you can send your wood to CNC shop and let them run the program, but you should already know about guitar designing and machining like a pro to avoid errors.
you can spend more time to get better quality wood, or rarer wood timber. Or you can dry the wood by yourself until it gets under 1% of moisture content.
Matching hardwares are the easiest, just don't fail with your plan.
You can add sandings between each steps above to make things even more smooth if you want.
Also sand between each finish layers for extra care. You can achieve thinner, controlled finish layer or better look, better touch.
If you spray something like laquer, you'd better leave the guitar for a day between each coat. So spraying alone could cost up to 1 month +3months drying.
You can also settle your completed guitar as long as you want. (no more change in sound or structure, )
I thought the wait for my Skerv 7 string couldn't get any worse...................... Then you release this video!!!! :p Amazing work guys, that was really cool to see behind the scenes - Cheers
Same here... can't wait :)
Amazing ... wowo.. will come to Danzica for sure ... lovely place with great guitar company
This makes me want to get a second Skervesen NOW!
Amaizing guitars!!! Bravo.
Thank you :)
Great video -- I am now stoked lol
Love this kind of doc productions
Thanks brother! :)
I love it, your guitar is fantastic! I’ve never heard of them until accidentally watching this ,but I’m going to look at them and who knows H D wiling maybe I’ll will own one someday . Great video ! Good luck and G D Bless you all !
I love my Raptor 6! Looking at getting another build started soon!
Nice work guys!!!!
It’s was beautiful day and a guitar build was started and in the end after a time..........the people beheld.......Beauty. 👌🎸✌️😎
Brawo. Podziwiam Wasz kunszt gitarowy... Dla mnie Jesteście Artystami. Pozdrawiam
i wish i could have one of those amazing guitars !!! Congratulations, good job !!!
I hope you guys are going to stay in the future, I would love to buy one for myself when I graduate and get a job.
I just bought 2 Velociraptor series guitars a 6 String White/Blue, and a 7 string Purple/White, from "The Music Loft of Wilmington NC USA", I am really looking forward to getting them in the next few days, they both look amazing and after watching videos like this one, I am totally stoked, I've never had a guitar of the caliber yours are in my 55 years of life till now, I usually buy sub $1000 guitars and mod them in various ways and set them up meticulously to my playing style and feel, I doubt I will need to do that with the ones coming, Thank You for making these pieces of ART! :)
we hope you will be satisfied, the guys had a special color request for these guitars :)
Once you receive them let us know how you like them
Thanks for kind words
@@SkervesenGuitars2011 I got both guitars in Gator cases and they were Pristine! Both Look and Play the way I Like right out of the box without any adjustments(I usually have to adjust most guitars saddle heights and intonation) other than pickup height, these were already in a very good setup. The 2 tone color is sweet too White/Blue(Dark Teal) Velociraptor 6 and Purple/White Velociraptor 7, I like the pickup sounds in all positions, and the WDM makes it even better, I believe the Acoustic mode makes the pickups run in Parallel, which I really like a lot on super clean with chorus and delay. These guitars are my first foray into customs and part of my heritage, I will pass them down as Heirloom Pieces of Art :)
Thank you for creating these amazing guitars! Take Care and Keep Well to You All!
@@daveweir784 And all the best to you as well ! :)
Great job
Nice video. Seems like some very fine instruments
Amazing!!!
this is inspiring. for the money this seems to be the way to go.
PS> I admire you guys, your passion and precision of your work. I'm sure it's similar works as making piece of art
Amazing craftsmanship ! :)
I loved this video
Just a amazing watch...
Glad you like it! :)
Awesome!
Thanks for the sharing
I listen to Abandoned by Bears. That's how I first hear of Skeversen. Great video!
Impresionante!! Sigan asi!!
Wow if your guitars are anything like your city oh my goodness your city is beautiful