This has been an amazing series. I’ve searched and searched for months ….. to find the information you have taught me with 3 wonderful videos. Thank you SO much.
Hi, Brian. A special thanks for these videos. I built the mahogany version over the past 9 months and probably watched each video at least 15 times to guide me through it and to get tips and tricks. Greetings from South Africa.
I would check out the bands "the audition", and "A Static Lullaby" if you like that kind of thing. They are both a little more hardcore, with static being screamo, but they both have one or two acoustic songs like that. Some others I would recommend: A day to remember (had me @ hello) From first to last (Emily) The format.
I enjoyed this series quite a bit! I've been looking into getting more tools for building an electric guitar but your videos are persuading me to go further.
Hey man. Thanks for the videos! I'm in the middle of my first guitar build and your vids are awesome. I got a DVD with the kit a few years ago (pre-covid) but it has since broke. Stew mac said they don't have any vids online for the build but the guy told me to watch your videos when I inquired about online vids. lol. Cheers from Nova Scotia.
Really enjoyed that! I am pretty handy with woodwork and I just recently started playing guitar. Ive been kicking around the idea of building my own guitar too. This is very helpful.
Its gorgeous, and sounds beautiful. Im jealous of the guitar and proud of you, all at the same time, haha. Hey, that's how a guitar should look, Brother.
The diagonal lines work because of Ptolemy's theorem. A caliper might be more convenient and faster to use, but it might also introduce some errors due to the mechanical and human factors
Great work! I'm also a hobby builder and your idea to mount a temporary bridge to determine intonation first was a great idea! I hope you don't mind if I borrow it on a future build! This is something that causes me anxiety early on in the building process because I need to know where to locate my X brace so that it will fully support the bridge and prevent any belly from forming.
Very nice to look at, and very nice to hear too ! You did a great job, thanks for sharing. I would also enjoy to know more about the finishing of this guitar, it would probably be a whole topic for another video !
Thank you! Yes, the finishing is a topic I deliberately skipped over because I think there are wiser people than I who you would be better served to watch. That’s an area I would still like to improve in myself.
Made one for a guy in 2004- not herringbone all the way around the body , bur gee it sounds goods a few years later. I would definitely ( and will) make a Stewmac guitar again.. Terry rom Oz.
Thanks Simon! I was looking forward to seeing what you thought of it. Yours is very nice too! I’ve got some really interesting videos planned for the future. Can’t wait to show you.
My favorite part of this video was the demo at the end... Great performance, great song... Stew Mac advertises these kits as something the buyer doesn't need a lot of tools for, but watching videos like yours, it appears you need to buy half their catalog of tools to do the job right. Also, the wood they ship you is unfinished right?
Great work! Can you give a bit more info on the finishing? Since you don't include in the video...Did you use any other material except the aerosol cans?
Nice work ..I'll throw a little criticism your way .. when doing luthier work , always think ahead and plan on future repairs.. your small lineup pins on the neck are ok but didn't need to be that big . In fact just simple wire brads that barely prelude will do the trick.. However if you remember that you've put some tall ones in if you ever have to remove the fretboard ,say to fix the truss rod or replace the fretboard if you forget to trim your fingernails (wink) , then you'll be ok .. However, those big pins in the bridge, those will probably be a pain later on .. and bridges do have a habit of pulling up in the back . And to fix them you havento remove the whole bridge to scape all tje glue off before regluing .. So , my tip is--- to drill the string pin holes , or at least the high and low ones .. either clamp it in place or ,.like I do , stick a micro dot of glue to hold it temporarily. And drill and reem the holes (but not deep just enough to check your alignment later ) then remove the bridge. I don't recommend the latter unless you are confident you can remove the bridge without marring the top. But it works great. In fact you can remove it. Glue it up , use the pins to realign it and let it set until the glue tacks up , remove the pins and clamp . You'll still het plenty of squeeze out if your timing is good. But the simplest method is to put rhe bridge in place, outline it with tape. And use the tape for realignment to the spot . Let the glue tack up and clamp . The last option is to buy or make a bridge clamp drill pin holes and run the bolts with wingnuts through the pinholes . But this method works better when repairing and regluing the bridge .. The problem isnwith those big pins there its dang tough to run a palette knife underneath the bridge , that is , if you can the bridge loose enough to start with . You can but its tough to do without getting a lot of tearout on the wood ... just a hint for you other new luthiers ... Lineup pinsnwork great.. but need to be very small and shallow.. and work better on hardwood.. . Like i said I likes your build and I'm not dissing anything.. just trying to help . And you gave me angood idea of what those StewMac guitar kits consist of . I think it migjt be worth the cost because all the woods are there and ready to start , and they are quality woods . So unless you have all the woods on hand already It's a great deal. Guitar sounds great. Thanks for posting .
Thanks so much for the amazing videos! It seems that you glue the bridge before finishing, which makes sense to me, but the instructions have us finishing the guitar first and then stripping the finish where the bridge and fretboard overhang go. Did masking the bridge while finishing work well? Also, how about the area under the fretboard on the body of the guitar? I would also be interest to hear about what is involved with installing the guide pins on the bridge... So many questions! Thanks again, Brian!!
Wow, it looks great! It was awesome to hear you singing and playing at the end. Do you happen to have a list of tools you'd recommend prior to starting a build like this?
Thanks! As far as tools, I would highly recommend the three cherries chisels, StewMacs Saddlematic and their Binding Machine. If you watch part one and two I mentioned several tools that I felt were particularly useful.
Sounds great! Worth the journey. Now you are going to have to explore adding a pickup. I added an acoustic emg pickup to my stewmac. The only challenge was drilling the hole in the end block for the jack. It has to be straight or else the jack will be crooked. For my next guitar, I will drill the hole for the jack before I close the body.
A couple of things .. Cutting those bridge pin slots do 2 things .. 1. They change the brake angle of the strings. This really does affect the sound .. moreso the volume and sustain... 2. After a time when the angle changes .. and it will , then you'll have to sand the saddle lower to drop the action. And you'll probably do this 2 times before you actually have to reset the neck.... when you do this , those bridge pin slots ar going to have to be there in order to have any break angle... so might as well have done during the build ..It only takes minutes.. and you dont have to have solid pins .. you just turn your slotted pins around .. Lastly .. hope you don't take this wrong .. but... you really do need to learn how to hold you pick properly.. I know it feels funny at first ... but If you don't practice it until it becomes natural you will never be able to advance in your playing... because this is so critical .. Not saying this to be mean .... Just trying stop your bad habit before you have it burned in for years and will be harder to brake.. Hey . You took the time to master some chords .. a proper pick hold is a whole lot easier to learn than learning only just one single chord .... Guitar looks great ..
Nice job! Something you can be very proud of. I think my goal for next year is to build a Stew Mac OM28 Pre War model. Would you say this is doable for someone with limited previous woodworking experience? Considering trying to see if a local luthier would be willing to mentor me through the process.
Dangit. Now I see how much I need to build one of these and do appreciate your expertise in addressing areas of most concern--somewhat differently than the guide book. Was specifically looking for info on the bolt-on neck types-because they are easy to tweak if ever necessary. Intonation is one of the things that bugs me on my main rig now. Low E frets far too sharp-- I tune it down just a bit to compensate.
Still a good value if you don’t mind investing the time it takes because it is time intensive. If you enjoy the job, you can make a guitar for 1000 that plays like that 2600.00 Martin.
Very hard to say. I have a considerable amount of money in tools but you don’t buy them all at once and you use many of them for other things. I would say if you aren’t into building, but the Martin because you’ll spend that much on tools and the value of your time.
Enjoyed the series and the guitar sounds nice. I've only recently started playing again and picked up a used Breedlove dreadnought, which has fantastic sound and sustain for days. EVENTUALLY, I'd love to build my own. You said you chose the bolt on in case you ever needed to remove the neck. Is that the only reason? Curious of the bolt on vs. dove tail neck pros / cons. Also, do you know if StewMac has pinless bridges available? As I said, being a new convert to Breedlove, a pinless bridge guitar, I may never go back to a pinned bridge! Thanks, and really just an awesome job!
I haven’t looked into pinless bridges. As far as the neck joint, from my understanding, the bolt on neck is much easier to deal with. That’s why I chose mine. The dovetail neck may be slightly more resonant but my bolt on is very full and rich, so I would question how much more benefit you’ll really get with the dovetail joint.
It looks like it worked out, but you definitely should never put any of your limbs in front of your chisel. Chiselling with one hand placed far back on the handle doesn't give you very much control either and it means that you'll put a lot of force into any slips. Thankfully you didn't slip though.
I would probably steer clear of the Martin kits. What I’ve heard about them is they sell the lesser quality materials as kits and keep the good stock for themselves. I don’t know firsthand but that’s what I heard and it makes sense to me. I like StewMac or Blues Creek for kits. I don’t think there’s a big difference between neck joints when it comes to overall tone.
@@BrianGossard thanks for the answer. indeed, their official website has such lines in the product description "Some parts/components are factory seconds." so I will listen to your opinion
Very Nice Video and Very Nice Guitar.... Thank you sir! I have seriously considered taking on such a project. Are you pleased with the Bolt on Neck option? I to believe it would make repairs easier, but do you give up anything?
I personally love the bolt on neck. The guitar sounds fantastic to my ears. Every decision is about compromise but If I’m missing something I don’t hear it. I would highly recommend the bolt on neck especially for a first build.
I have also just completed this, sounds sweet , but I have a feeling , that this guitar is too bright and bassy, What do you feel about your, remedy to balance it ??
Thanks. No, she’s a little young for chisels still. She saw the whole progression though and she knows her parts of the guitar. She may know more about how guitars are made than most adults do soon.
Wow man, very nice. Can I ask (approximately) how many hours you have into this? Whatever it is, it's worth it. But that is useful data to those of us considering following your footsteps.
It’s very hard to say how many hours because filming a project takes me much longer than building without having to worry about whether camera batteries are charged or if the light is good. I would say it took a great many hours though. I spent a year on it. Mind you, some of that time was spent not wanting to go out into the cold and work on it.
You can actually hear the low end resonance of this guitar by playing the audio on woofer speakers... They reflect and accurately produce the deep harmonics of the guitar... by the way, Mr. Gossard: Greetings from Mexico. I see in this videos the quest for making a very good instrument and reflecting your soul into it. If you keep building hand made instruments, i would be honored of playing them if there is the chance one day. I wish you the very best to your guitar building journey and, makes me very happy to think that this guitar will be remembered by you with special love towards it, by being the first acoustic you built. In a certain way it's like a son, since it has one's soul on it, fragments of the spirit.
It seems like there is a lot of extra fretboard material after the last fret. Was this an intentional design choice, or was there a problem with the spacing/size/frets?
No, but thank you for asking. It’s honestly so much work that I wouldn’t be able to do it for a competitive price. The big guitar companies have it down to a science and if you want a great guitar I really don’t think you could go wrong with a Martin or a Taylor or even a Takamine if you’re budget minded.
You could’ve gone much more liberal with scalloping the braces. This would’ve given you a much more resonant guitar equivalent to a pre-war Martin D-18 or D-28.
Great guitar, great job....but in all sincerity, who sings songs like this? Do that sweet guitar some justice. That type of music is just not conducive to anything considered good music that people are interested in listening to. No offense, but it's true. It's like something a 14 year old would be singing about, not a grown man. Cool guitar though.
This has actually become one of my favorite comments. If only 14 year olds listened to this kind of music. The song so chose was released 15 years ago. I wish that kind of music was popular with the kids today. If you’re argument is people over 30 shouldn’t sing songs about relationships, that rules out 90% of music. It’s a good song and I love this comment. God bless you.
Great looking guitar although!! If tuned to standard it would probably sound better and bring more low end out. And be more accessible to my ears. Admire your work though.
Thanks for clarifying. Sorry if I came off a little defensive. It’s hard to capture the real of the guitar in the recording. In person it has a very well balanced low end that I was struggling to bring out in the video. I’ll definitely make sure to play something in standard in my next video.
This has been an amazing series. I’ve searched and searched for months ….. to find the information you have taught me with 3 wonderful videos. Thank you SO much.
Hi, Brian. A special thanks for these videos. I built the mahogany version over the past 9 months and probably watched each video at least 15 times to guide me through it and to get tips and tricks. Greetings from South Africa.
Stunning work process, you avoided locking in to existing instructions. Bravo!
did not expect to hear this song lol. well done guitar sounds great!
Just surfing and discovered this final video. Didn't realize it was you Brian. Great job. Kevin from CLES
The end montage while you sang and played was awesome! 10/10!
Thanks!
Verry Nice👍👍
The song is kind of terrible but in a strange way I like it
The song kicks ass! Well done
I would check out the bands "the audition", and "A Static Lullaby" if you like that kind of thing. They are both a little more hardcore, with static being screamo, but they both have one or two acoustic songs like that. Some others I would recommend:
A day to remember (had me @ hello)
From first to last (Emily)
The format.
It turned out beautiful. I like your song too!
Great, look forward to hearing it standard tuning.
Wow, that looks great!!
बहुत बढ़िया बनाया, गुरुदेव
Nicely done Sir. Thanks for sharing.
Most excellent, thank you!
I enjoyed this series quite a bit! I've been looking into getting more tools for building an electric guitar but your videos are persuading me to go further.
Hey man. Thanks for the videos! I'm in the middle of my first guitar build and your vids are awesome. I got a DVD with the kit a few years ago (pre-covid) but it has since broke. Stew mac said they don't have any vids online for the build but the guy told me to watch your videos when I inquired about online vids. lol. Cheers from Nova Scotia.
Beautiful looking guitar and it sounds great as well. Congrats.
This was a great video series and your editing was amazing! Very enjoyable to see your journey!
Really enjoyed that! I am pretty handy with woodwork and I just recently started playing guitar. Ive been kicking around the idea of building my own guitar too. This is very helpful.
Congrats! Great job!
SO glad for this video! More than makes up for what's missing in the instructions. THANK YOU! 🤙
Nice job!
I made a guitar from stewmac as well!...An OM auditorium and it’s beautiful
Its gorgeous, and sounds beautiful. Im jealous of the guitar and proud of you, all at the same time, haha. Hey, that's how a guitar should look, Brother.
Jmike, do we know each other?
@@BrianGossard Oh, hey, just saw this message. I don’t think we know each other. I live in Kansas…? My last name is Schmidt…
The diagonal lines work because of Ptolemy's theorem. A caliper might be more convenient and faster to use, but it might also introduce some errors due to the mechanical and human factors
Nice job on the video
I have one myself; the journey of creating it is definitely worthwhile!
I really enjoyed the series! The guitar looks great and sounds great.
Thanks! I appreciate that from a fellow woodworker. Stay tuned, I have something really cool in the works.
Very nice
Awesome series man, thank you! Very helpful to see one of these being built as I've been considering getting one myself.
Great work! I'm also a hobby builder and your idea to mount a temporary bridge to determine intonation first was a great idea! I hope you don't mind if I borrow it on a future build! This is something that causes me anxiety early on in the building process because I need to know where to locate my X brace so that it will fully support the bridge and prevent any belly from forming.
Brian I have a Canadian made seagull s6 original acoustic guitar
Very nice to look at, and very nice to hear too ! You did a great job, thanks for sharing. I would also enjoy to know more about the finishing of this guitar, it would probably be a whole topic for another video !
Thank you! Yes, the finishing is a topic I deliberately skipped over because I think there are wiser people than I who you would be better served to watch. That’s an area I would still like to improve in myself.
Like your song too, thanks
Great job. Sounds good and looks good.
Thank you! I’m happy to have it finished!
Made one for a guy in 2004- not herringbone all the way around the body , bur gee it sounds goods a few years later. I would definitely ( and will) make a Stewmac guitar again.. Terry rom Oz.
Great job! The finish looks great and it sounds close to a martin! You must be proud to complete it. It will only get better with time!
Thanks Simon! I was looking forward to seeing what you thought of it. Yours is very nice too! I’ve got some really interesting videos planned for the future. Can’t wait to show you.
Beautifully done! Both the build and the performance!!! Really fantastic.Thanks for all the great tips.
Thanks so much!
Molto bravo!! Very good sounding guitar.
My favorite part of this video was the demo at the end... Great performance, great song... Stew Mac advertises these kits as something the buyer doesn't need a lot of tools for, but watching videos like yours, it appears you need to buy half their catalog of tools to do the job right. Also, the wood they ship you is unfinished right?
Great work! Can you give a bit more info on the finishing? Since you don't include in the video...Did you use any other material except the aerosol cans?
Nice work ..I'll throw a little criticism your way .. when doing luthier work , always think ahead and plan on future repairs.. your small lineup pins on the neck are ok but didn't need to be that big . In fact just simple wire brads that barely prelude will do the trick.. However if you remember that you've put some tall ones in if you ever have to remove the fretboard ,say to fix the truss rod or replace the fretboard if you forget to trim your fingernails (wink) , then you'll be ok ..
However, those big pins in the bridge, those will probably be a pain later on .. and bridges do have a habit of pulling up in the back . And to fix them you havento remove the whole bridge to scape all tje glue off before regluing .. So , my tip is--- to drill the string pin holes , or at least the high and low ones .. either clamp it in place or
,.like I do , stick a micro dot of glue to hold it temporarily. And drill and reem the holes (but not deep just enough to check your alignment later ) then remove the bridge. I don't recommend the latter unless you are confident you can remove the bridge without marring the top. But it works great. In fact you can remove it. Glue it up , use the pins to realign it and let it set until the glue tacks up , remove the pins and clamp . You'll still het plenty of squeeze out if your timing is good.
But the simplest method is to put rhe bridge in place, outline it with tape. And use the tape for realignment to the spot . Let the glue tack up and clamp .
The last option is to buy or make a bridge clamp drill pin holes and run the bolts with wingnuts through the pinholes . But this method works better when repairing and regluing the bridge ..
The problem isnwith those big pins there its dang tough to run a palette knife underneath the bridge , that is , if you can the bridge loose enough to start with . You can but its tough to do without getting a lot of tearout on the wood ... just a hint for you other new luthiers ...
Lineup pinsnwork great.. but need to be very small and shallow.. and work better on hardwood.. .
Like i said I likes your build and I'm not dissing anything.. just trying to help .
And you gave me angood idea of what those StewMac guitar kits consist of . I think it migjt be worth the cost because all the woods are there and ready to start , and they are quality woods . So unless you have all the woods on hand already It's a great deal. Guitar sounds great.
Thanks for posting .
Excellent video thanks for sharing 😎
Sounds awesome!
Craftsman, good job.
Bringing those emo feels with the scene aesthetic.
Thanks so much for the amazing videos! It seems that you glue the bridge before finishing, which makes sense to me, but the instructions have us finishing the guitar first and then stripping the finish where the bridge and fretboard overhang go.
Did masking the bridge while finishing work well? Also, how about the area under the fretboard on the body of the guitar?
I would also be interest to hear about what is involved with installing the guide pins on the bridge...
So many questions! Thanks again, Brian!!
Could you make a video on your tools used especially the ones you improvised yourself?
That’s a good suggestion. I ought to think about that.
Hi! U used to teach me when I was in kindergarden/first grade at manor w-----
Wow, it looks great! It was awesome to hear you singing and playing at the end.
Do you happen to have a list of tools you'd recommend prior to starting a build like this?
Thanks! As far as tools, I would highly recommend the three cherries chisels, StewMacs Saddlematic and their Binding Machine. If you watch part one and two I mentioned several tools that I felt were particularly useful.
Nice!
Sounds great! Worth the journey. Now you are going to have to explore adding a pickup. I added an acoustic emg pickup to my stewmac. The only challenge was drilling the hole in the end block for the jack. It has to be straight or else the jack will be crooked. For my next guitar, I will drill the hole for the jack before I close the body.
I honestly thought about adding a pickup, but for the amount that I would use it - I think a soundhole pickup will be fine.
A couple of things ..
Cutting those bridge pin slots do 2 things ..
1. They change the brake angle of the strings. This really does affect the sound .. moreso the volume and sustain...
2. After a time when the angle changes .. and it will , then you'll have to sand the saddle lower to drop the action. And you'll probably do this 2 times before you actually have to reset the neck.... when you do this , those bridge pin slots ar going to have to be there in order to have any break angle... so might as well have done during the build ..It only takes minutes.. and you dont have to have solid pins .. you just turn your slotted pins around ..
Lastly .. hope you don't take this wrong .. but... you really do need to learn how to hold you pick properly.. I know it feels funny at first ... but If you don't practice it until it becomes natural you will never be able to advance in your playing... because this is so critical .. Not saying this to be mean .... Just trying stop your bad habit before you have it burned in for years and will be harder to brake.. Hey . You took the time to master some chords .. a proper pick hold is a whole lot easier to learn than learning only just one single chord ....
Guitar looks great ..
Can’t believe you’re chiseling toward your hand haha. I used to do that and would cut myself every time the chisel slipped
Nice job! Something you can be very proud of. I think my goal for next year is to build a Stew Mac OM28 Pre War model. Would you say this is doable for someone with limited previous woodworking experience? Considering trying to see if a local luthier would be willing to mentor me through the process.
Dangit. Now I see how much I need to build one of these and do appreciate your expertise in addressing areas of most concern--somewhat differently than the guide book. Was specifically looking for info on the bolt-on neck types-because they are easy to tweak if ever necessary.
Intonation is one of the things that bugs me on my main rig now. Low E frets far too sharp-- I tune it down just a bit to compensate.
You can get the intonation perfect. Other luthiers do it all the time and my guitar is in perfect intonation pretty much to the cent.
GREAT JOB!! I'm thinking about diving in this.. how much have you invested on all them tools though???
I’d put it at 500 for the kit and 500 in tools and other various materials.
Still a good value if you don’t mind investing the time it takes because it is time intensive. If you enjoy the job, you can make a guitar for 1000 that plays like that 2600.00 Martin.
I learned stuff.
This has been a great series and congrats on the new build. How much would you say you had into the guitar for the kit and all the tools/accessories?
Very hard to say. I have a considerable amount of money in tools but you don’t buy them all at once and you use many of them for other things. I would say if you aren’t into building, but the Martin because you’ll spend that much on tools and the value of your time.
Enjoyed the series and the guitar sounds nice. I've only recently started playing again and picked up a used Breedlove dreadnought, which has fantastic sound and sustain for days. EVENTUALLY, I'd love to build my own. You said you chose the bolt on in case you ever needed to remove the neck. Is that the only reason? Curious of the bolt on vs. dove tail neck pros / cons. Also, do you know if StewMac has pinless bridges available? As I said, being a new convert to Breedlove, a pinless bridge guitar, I may never go back to a pinned bridge! Thanks, and really just an awesome job!
I haven’t looked into pinless bridges. As far as the neck joint, from my understanding, the bolt on neck is much easier to deal with. That’s why I chose mine. The dovetail neck may be slightly more resonant but my bolt on is very full and rich, so I would question how much more benefit you’ll really get with the dovetail joint.
It looks like it worked out, but you definitely should never put any of your limbs in front of your chisel. Chiselling with one hand placed far back on the handle doesn't give you very much control either and it means that you'll put a lot of force into any slips. Thankfully you didn't slip though.
Great job! I wonder how big the difference in sound between bolt and dovetail necks. also considering kit from martin. Hello from Russia! :)
I would probably steer clear of the Martin kits. What I’ve heard about them is they sell the lesser quality materials as kits and keep the good stock for themselves. I don’t know firsthand but that’s what I heard and it makes sense to me. I like StewMac or Blues Creek for kits. I don’t think there’s a big difference between neck joints when it comes to overall tone.
@@BrianGossard thanks for the answer. indeed, their official website has such lines in the product description "Some parts/components are factory seconds." so I will listen to your opinion
Very Nice Video and Very Nice Guitar.... Thank you sir! I have seriously considered taking on such a project. Are you pleased with the Bolt on Neck option? I to believe it would make repairs easier, but do you give up anything?
I personally love the bolt on neck. The guitar sounds fantastic to my ears. Every decision is about compromise but If I’m missing something I don’t hear it. I would highly recommend the bolt on neck especially for a first build.
I have also just completed this, sounds sweet , but I have a feeling , that this guitar is too bright and bassy, What do you feel about your, remedy to balance it ??
Nice work how rewarding this must have been. Did your little girl get to help daddy at all on this?
Thanks. No, she’s a little young for chisels still. She saw the whole progression though and she knows her parts of the guitar. She may know more about how guitars are made than most adults do soon.
wow - voice sounds just like Mike Connell (The Connells)
Wow man, very nice. Can I ask (approximately) how many hours you have into this? Whatever it is, it's worth it. But that is useful data to those of us considering following your footsteps.
It’s very hard to say how many hours because filming a project takes me much longer than building without having to worry about whether camera batteries are charged or if the light is good. I would say it took a great many hours though. I spent a year on it. Mind you, some of that time was spent not wanting to go out into the cold and work on it.
You can actually hear the low end resonance of this guitar by playing the audio on woofer speakers... They reflect and accurately produce the deep harmonics of the guitar...
by the way, Mr. Gossard: Greetings from Mexico. I see in this videos the quest for making a very good instrument and reflecting your soul into it. If you keep building hand made instruments, i would be honored of playing them if there is the chance one day. I wish you the very best to your guitar building journey and, makes me very happy to think that this guitar will be remembered by you with special love towards it, by being the first acoustic you built. In a certain way it's like a son, since it has one's soul on it, fragments of the spirit.
a question if I want to make a guitar in my own way they make it for me like how much do they charge for that work if anyone knows please tell me
I do wish I had the patience---and patience!!!
It seems like there is a lot of extra fretboard material after the last fret. Was this an intentional design choice, or was there a problem with the spacing/size/frets?
That’s how they’re typically done from what I have seen.
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Back and sides are solid wood in stewmac guitar kit?
Yes
Depends which one you get.
What gauge strings are on it?
Do you commission guitars?
No, but thank you for asking. It’s honestly so much work that I wouldn’t be able to do it for a competitive price. The big guitar companies have it down to a science and if you want a great guitar I really don’t think you could go wrong with a Martin or a Taylor or even a Takamine if you’re budget minded.
Hey, another way to get the neck shape you want is radius blocks, but what you did works too
. Stewmac has sets of radius blocks under sanding
Lol, no one uses radius blocks to shape guitar necks.
@@juliachild9377 Lol yea sorry I made this comment before I had really worked on guitars
Was it worth it???
Oh my goodness, yes! I fall in love every time I pick it up and play.
@@BrianGossard congrats
Hiii I’m trying to learn Guitar but I. Ain’t going well .-. -Rida
Keep at it. Everyone is bad at it for the first few months.
You could’ve gone much more liberal with scalloping the braces. This would’ve given you a much more resonant guitar equivalent to a pre-war Martin D-18 or D-28.
to clarify when you say liberal: do you mean taking away more wood?
so many questions.....
Ask.
Just an FYI you’re using your chisels backwards
Huh? What are you talking about? Chisels can be used bevel up or bevel down.
The scratch builders find this obscene ,just saying .
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Great guitar, great job....but in all sincerity, who sings songs like this? Do that sweet guitar some justice. That type of music is just not conducive to anything considered good music that people are interested in listening to. No offense, but it's true. It's like something a 14 year old would be singing about, not a grown man. Cool guitar though.
This has actually become one of my favorite comments. If only 14 year olds listened to this kind of music. The song so chose was released 15 years ago. I wish that kind of music was popular with the kids today. If you’re argument is people over 30 shouldn’t sing songs about relationships, that rules out 90% of music. It’s a good song and I love this comment. God bless you.
Don't be sore.
Skip the singing
Needs to be in standard tuning. Can't assess it well in that tuning. Actually doesn't sound to good.
Disagree.
But thanks for watching.
Great looking guitar although!! If tuned to standard it would probably sound better and bring more low end out. And be more accessible to my ears. Admire your work though.
Thanks for clarifying. Sorry if I came off a little defensive. It’s hard to capture the real of the guitar in the recording. In person it has a very well balanced low end that I was struggling to bring out in the video. I’ll definitely make sure to play something in standard in my next video.
@@jeffbeliew438 huh? Stop acting silly.
Just the guitar- your vocals are distracting
Still don't know how it sounds because your singing.
Go watch the Glarry review. I play it in that one.
Don't be dense.
The song😂🤣