I’m currently working on making a guitar completely by hand for the first time and I’m just starting to move onto building the neck so the timing for this video was perfect!
Great video! As a woodworker of 40+ years and someone who knows next to nothing about playing a guitar, I have always been fascinated by the woodworking aspect of guitars and would love to try making one! Thank you for sharing the process!
Thanks for the detailed description about what goes into building a fretboard. Really helpful. I already commented on the foureyes channel when your collab was first announced: I really like that the two of you banded together. You both are my most favorite RUclipsrs and I think this is a match made in heaven. Keep up the great work and looking forward to double the amount of puns in the future.
This video was very helpful , I have been a musician and a carpenter my whole life. I have been planning my first guitar build for about a year now. I was planning on having a neck made for the body, but this video answered so many questions.
Super cool trick I learned from Crimson Guitars! Use masking tape and superglue rather than double sided tape! One piece tape to top item, one piece tape to bottom item, super glue together, when done just pull it off, masking tape has less tack to deal with... if only it was an original idea.
One thing most luthiers don't provide in their videos is mistakes. An essential step in mastering your skills. I think I speak for everyone when I say Thank you for showing us what not to do. And glad that your neck turned out nicely. This had me wondering though if you could intentionally add slight dents or non intrusive markers to feel where in the neck you are instead of having to look down to see where you're fretting.
I just finished my first guitar, which was a completely unique design. I didn't have a small enough flush trim bit so I had to chisel the truss rod channel, which took about 6 hours. Definitely recommend getting a jig for a router. I also did a multiscale neck, what I did was create the fretboard on the marzguitar workbench on FreeCAD, and then convert to SVG and print it using inkscape. Then I put painters tape on the fretboard and super glued the paper template onto the taped fretboard and you easily peel it off when done with cutting the slots. It intonates perfectly and feels great, although I could have shaped the neck a little thinner.
Not bored at all! Most of the neck making videos are about using a machine. Only a handful are about hand shaping. I would like to see some discussion about profiles and radius options. Thanks for posting 👍
Hey mate great stuff, you are hands down my favourite RUclipsr and I hope you grow and prosper to the level that you deserve. My personal favourite video is the skateboard make. It's short, simple has great music and got me hooked on you made me watch every other video of yours and I believe I have gone back to it at least 12 times. Have a great one and I look forward to more puns.
I've also built two guitars with pre-made necks that worked well but am thinking about building a neck for my next creation. This video helped. Thanks.
Thanks, very helpful video. When I went on a bass building course, we used a router with a roundover bit to do the lions share of the neck shaping. It left a small ridge along the back of the neck, and the fine tuning was done with one of the round files you used, along with a saw rasp to 'join up' the shaped neck ends. It worked great, and even a woodworking novice like me was able to do it with minimal supervision.
So weird, was watching this thinking "Why does this guy look so familiar", then at the end, Four Eyes! Two quality channels under your belt, nice work.
Nice, thank you. I'm about to embark on building my first through-neck 7 string guitar (I'm not new to woodworking but this is for the fun of it - make my own guitar).
Not boring at all. Nice fret wire bender, good solution to an overpriced problem. Haven't built a complete neck yet but done quite a few repairs and refrets, I found that a set of radiused blocks matching the neck with just space for some wadding felt and some large speed clamps and again wadding on the fretboard will hold the neck still and prevent ''bounce'' if using a hammer. I later converted a vicegrip for fret instalation, the bonous of this was that with practise I had very little leveling to do. I made the vicegrip so that I can change the fret side to suit the radius. So only on acustics do I need a hammer for the 6 frets from the 12th after that I use a clamp and radiused block through the sound hole.
Thinking of building a guitar, I'm good at carpentry but have zero experience with instruments. Thought the neck would be the hardest, and it is more work than the body but pretty straight forward really. I can do this. Thank you. Cheers :)
I watched this video about 6 months ago out of creative curiosity. Fast forward to today and I’m sitting in my garage with a hunk of maple that looks sort of like a guitar neck- feeling a bit intimidated about continuing I decided to come back and watch this video another time for information. Your shop is a lot fancier than mine, I cut my template out by hand😂 it took 2 days to get everything “perfect”.
Great video! I especially appreciate that you didn't conceal the mistakes you made during the build. So honest! Seeing how an error happens is much more educational than a sole advice like "be careful to drill with the right angle!"... 😉
Great work! If I may add a couple of things... - I cut my fret slots a bit wider and use CA glue to set the frets in, by doing so the fretboard doesn't tend to warp over time - this obviously doesn't happen on electric guitar necks, but can be a pain in the *** on classical / acoustic guitars where the lower part of the fretboard is not supported by the neck; - maybe your design doesn't require it, but on strat-style guitars having the fretboard extend a little bit beyond the neck allows for an extra fret; - recrowning frets after levelling using a triangular file can be tedious, if you get a recrowning file you can save a lot of time - and they're not too expensive. Thanks for the hint on grinding the cutter to cut fret ends, I hadn't thought about it. ;o)
nice job for first neck. You could use the cnc router to make a template for the guitar neck in the z direction for your thickness profile, and not have those little issues when you're trying to carve it by hand.. Or you could do the entire thing on the cnc as well... aint too bad, once you get it programmed...
I just made my first neck from scratch. I even went with binding. I don't' see the need to guide the radius block, but yours is rather short. Mine is pretty long and I never thought about not being able to keep it straight.
thanx for the explanation on the site(s). i have seen all of the vids on four eyes as well...was rather curious about the situation. & great looking neck you created there! have the guitar build on standby to watch after lunch.
I've seen one guitar builder that uses an Arbor Press that he bought at Harbor Freight to press frets in. It was cheap. About $15 I think. You'll need a fret caul that matches the radius of the frets. And the Arbor Press will have to be adapted for this purpose. The guitar looks good. It needs a wammy bar though. A plastic hammer works too. But, any type of hammer can deform fret wire. Pressing is the preferred method.
Yeah, I definitely considered buying a fret press, or figuring out a way to make my own. But decided to go as simple as possible for this first one. I will certainly consider it for the next, though.
@@shaunboydmadethis Matt at Texas Toast Guitars RUclips channel just did a video last week. It's caled, Making an Awsome Guitar from Scrap Wood Part 3. He shows his fret pressing method. Highline Guitars RUclips is where I saw the Harbor Freight Arbor Press. But, that was a few months ago.
Very good neck! I did read in some places that a headstock which doesn't tilt back very far is apt to fall out of tune. Apparently, this is a major affliction for Gibson guitars, because of their shallow tilts. Supposedly, string retainers or a "string butler" device alleviates this so that the guitar doesn't drift out of tune after every playthrough.
It's Shaun's World, Shaun's World, it's Party Time, Excellent Wroooo, Wroooo. I hope you get da reference. Going over to Chris's to watch the entire build now. Hope all is well Bud, Dirty Jersey out!!!
All good, thanks. Not sure why you didn't get Greg to help with the neck (e.g. shaping of front and back and cutting the grooves for the frets). All the best with your new endeavours with CS. Cheers, David
I actually considered it, and did a lot of research. But I always like to do it the hard way the first time, so I know exactly what is going on. Will be fun to build a Greg Signature Model at some point, though.
Thanks for the video. I've rebuilt and customized a few guitars, and want to get more in to building from scratch. The fact that you highlighted your own mistakes was extremely helpful so that I can avoid the same ones when it comes to my own build. I think I'll need a few more tools before I attempt a neck though.
I have a question. You took the tape off of the truss rod after you put glue on the neck and before putting the fretboard on the neck. (@ 5:27 ) What is stopping the glue from squeezing out into the truss rod cavity when you clamp the fretboard to the neck?
It definitely just minimizes the amount of glue that might get into the truss rod cavity. A tiny bit of glue that might get in there shouldn't really effect how it works.
@@shaunboydmadethis Thanks for answering my question. I know that my question is a basic question, but I have wondered what guitar builders do to protect the truss rod from being glued together.
Great video! Just started my second guitar and I am still trying to decide if I will build the neck this time or buy one. Its definitely a lot of work and threes plenty of room for mistakes but i think the satisfaction of saying I build the neck and body would be worth it. You video is perfect since it reveals a few mistakes that gives a heads up for the rest of us. All in all looks like you did a good job. I am interested in how well it plays. Thanks for the great video!
For sure, building the entire guitar gave me a much more satisfying feeling when it was finished compared to when I just built the body and purchased the neck. It is one of those things you just have to go for, and figure out everything by actually doing it. Glad I could show you some of the issues I ran into, though. You can see the entire guitar build and a short clip of it playing here: ruclips.net/video/UTrX9tELnwM/видео.html
AWESOME VIDEO... But, i did dang near cry when i saw you using that steel head hammer on the frets... thanks a million for the video. If you built another neck from scratch, would you deal with the truss rod access hole differently... before you glued down the fret-board?? Very curious.
back again a year or so later, i've made a few guitars now, i rewatch this video occasionally..anyways worth price of admission, when cutting nut slots, calculate your outter strings how many mm in from the edges of the neck, i like 3mm.... okay measure that distance... divide by 5, that’s your nut slot positions to slot. I meant but slots. I originally put fret slots lol
Thanks for all the great tips. I'm at the same point you were. I've done several builds with purchased necks and now it's time to make one myself. This video helps a lot!👍😎🎸🎶
One question: can we hear the guitar? Great work....my dream is to become skilled enough to build my own guitar. I hope it brings you many hours of happiness.
Yeah, I did a full build video that is posted on the Foureyes Furniture channel, and I play it at the end. Here is the link: ruclips.net/video/UTrX9tELnwM/видео.html
Great video Shaun! Thanks for doing this. Im wondering if you could share with us what thickness was the wood you started out with for the neck and the fretboard.
Perfectly great video, but what exactly does "by hand" mean? He used tons of proper power tools. Is anything that's not a CNC now considered "by hand"?
i just made my first body out of a slab of solid walnut i had laying around. what kind of carving rasp was that you were using? also, i'm getting ready to investigate further, but i thought maple necks included the fretboard in the piece the neck is made of. this was just the instruction i was searching for. i have a woodworking business and do all kinds of stuff, but i've played guitar for 40 years and luthierie (is that a word?) is where all roads seem to be leading. great job by the way. came out really, really nice. i have a piece of ambrosia maple i can get 5 necks out of. have a guy with a CNC willing to churn them out but i'm the kind of person that HAS to be able to do it by hand before i feel i have the right to get a robot to do it. that's just me. anyway, again, great job man.
I have been posting on the Foureyes Furniture channel for awhile now, you can check out new stuff there! Maybe at some point I will get something new going here, just need to find the time.
Seems to me drilling your truss rod access hole would be better before installing truss rod and gluing fretboard down. Does anyone agree? I haven’t started building a neck yet . Just trying to figure out the best way to do it
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I’m currently working on making a guitar completely by hand for the first time and I’m just starting to move onto building the neck so the timing for this video was perfect!
That is awesome! Good luck with it!
Instablaster.
So, have you finished it? 😁
I was wondering if you ever finished as well?
I’m in the process of the same thing!
Fantastic work, can't imagine how your neck work will only get better from here and this was awesome work.
Thanks Dave! Looking forward to making the next one.
Great video! As a woodworker of 40+ years and someone who knows next to nothing about playing a guitar, I have always been fascinated by the woodworking aspect of guitars and would love to try making one! Thank you for sharing the process!
Thanks for the detailed description about what goes into building a fretboard. Really helpful. I already commented on the foureyes channel when your collab was first announced: I really like that the two of you banded together. You both are my most favorite RUclipsrs and I think this is a match made in heaven. Keep up the great work and looking forward to double the amount of puns in the future.
Really appreciate it, Garret! We are having fun working together so far!
This video was very helpful , I have been a musician and a carpenter my whole life. I have been planning my first guitar build for about a year now. I was planning on having a neck made for the body, but this video answered so many questions.
My God! This video is the best! Modifying and making tools out of other normal and reasonably priced ones.
Super cool trick I learned from Crimson Guitars! Use masking tape and superglue rather than double sided tape! One piece tape to top item, one piece tape to bottom item, super glue together, when done just pull it off, masking tape has less tack to deal with... if only it was an original idea.
One thing most luthiers don't provide in their videos is mistakes. An essential step in mastering your skills. I think I speak for everyone when I say Thank you for showing us what not to do. And glad that your neck turned out nicely.
This had me wondering though if you could intentionally add slight dents or non intrusive markers to feel where in the neck you are instead of having to look down to see where you're fretting.
I just finished my first guitar, which was a completely unique design. I didn't have a small enough flush trim bit so I had to chisel the truss rod channel, which took about 6 hours. Definitely recommend getting a jig for a router. I also did a multiscale neck, what I did was create the fretboard on the marzguitar workbench on FreeCAD, and then convert to SVG and print it using inkscape. Then I put painters tape on the fretboard and super glued the paper template onto the taped fretboard and you easily peel it off when done with cutting the slots. It intonates perfectly and feels great, although I could have shaped the neck a little thinner.
Fret end cutters! Clever trick to make your own. What a ton of work - kudos on the build!
Thanks Devin! It was a ton of work, but super rewarding once it was finished.
Well I love both channels so whatever works for them, makes them stronger and keep on producing great videos gets my vote
Thanks David! That is exactly what we are hoping to be able to do.
Awesome as always hope the collaboration works well for you. Is amazing material for those of us on the other side. Most appreciated!! Bless
Really appreciate it! We are really enjoying working together so far.
Not bored at all! Most of the neck making videos are about using a machine. Only a handful are about hand shaping. I would like to see some discussion about profiles and radius options. Thanks for posting 👍
Awesome to hear! Thanks for watching!
You are a natural at this SKILL...
we'll watch you build anything on any channel. Don't stop now!
Really appreciate it! I am going to keep them coming as long as I can!
Hey mate great stuff, you are hands down my favourite RUclipsr and I hope you grow and prosper to the level that you deserve. My personal favourite video is the skateboard make. It's short, simple has great music and got me hooked on you made me watch every other video of yours and I believe I have gone back to it at least 12 times. Have a great one and I look forward to more puns.
Really appreciate it! Glad you enjoy what I am doing, and thanks for all of the support!
I've also built two guitars with pre-made necks that worked well but am thinking about building a neck for my next creation. This video helped. Thanks.
Thanks, very helpful video. When I went on a bass building course, we used a router with a roundover bit to do the lions share of the neck shaping. It left a small ridge along the back of the neck, and the fine tuning was done with one of the round files you used, along with a saw rasp to 'join up' the shaped neck ends. It worked great, and even a woodworking novice like me was able to do it with minimal supervision.
Nice! Might have to try that at some point. Thanks for watching!
So weird, was watching this thinking "Why does this guy look so familiar", then at the end, Four Eyes! Two quality channels under your belt, nice work.
Nice, thank you. I'm about to embark on building my first through-neck 7 string guitar (I'm not new to woodworking but this is for the fun of it - make my own guitar).
Your brother has the same neck as you, I think you must be highly strung, don't fret too much.
Not boring at all. Nice fret wire bender, good solution to an overpriced problem. Haven't built a complete neck yet but done quite a few repairs and refrets, I found that a set of radiused blocks matching the neck with just space for some wadding felt and some large speed clamps and again wadding on the fretboard will hold the neck still and prevent ''bounce'' if using a hammer. I later converted a vicegrip for fret instalation, the bonous of this was that with practise I had very little leveling to do. I made the vicegrip so that I can change the fret side to suit the radius. So only on acustics do I need a hammer for the 6 frets from the 12th after that I use a clamp and radiused block through the sound hole.
Thank you Shaun for your help on the making of the guitar neck,I want to try my hand at it.
I’m building an electric ukulele and this was very helpful now I know how to make the fret slots
Thinking of building a guitar, I'm good at carpentry but have zero experience with instruments. Thought the neck would be the hardest, and it is more work than the body but pretty straight forward really. I can do this. Thank you. Cheers :)
Your first attempt, you did a fine job. I hope my first attempt comes out that good.
I'm currently learning how to build my own. Also fixing friends guitars!
imm making my own 8 string so ive been binging all the diy builds i can muster
And now I'm binging Shaun content!
A perfect video for those who want to learn, Good Job, keep it up
I watched this video about 6 months ago out of creative curiosity. Fast forward to today and I’m sitting in my garage with a hunk of maple that looks sort of like a guitar neck- feeling a bit intimidated about continuing I decided to come back and watch this video another time for information.
Your shop is a lot fancier than mine, I cut my template out by hand😂 it took 2 days to get everything “perfect”.
Awesome, good luck with it!
I've just made my first neck...ftom plywood (don't ask!) Encountered many of the same issues, but yours looks great👍
Awesome! A plywood neck could be pretty cool.
Recently thinking about a side hustle/ new career. Engineer by trade. Musician by heart. EXCELLENT intro vid!
Dude I am doing the exact same thing! Great video.
Great video! I especially appreciate that you didn't conceal the mistakes you made during the build. So honest! Seeing how an error happens is much more educational than a sole advice like "be careful to drill with the right angle!"... 😉
Really appreciate it!
Good build. Heading over to see the full build now. I'm already subscribed to both.
Right on, thanks for checking out both videos!
Finally an explanation of the "Foureyes made this" channels.
Great build Shaun. Looking forward to seeing what you and Chris do together.
I know, I have been wanting to get a video out for weeks to explain a bit more, but have just been so busy. Thanks for watching!
Great work! If I may add a couple of things...
- I cut my fret slots a bit wider and use CA glue to set the frets in, by doing so the fretboard doesn't tend to warp over time - this obviously doesn't happen on electric guitar necks, but can be a pain in the *** on classical / acoustic guitars where the lower part of the fretboard is not supported by the neck;
- maybe your design doesn't require it, but on strat-style guitars having the fretboard extend a little bit beyond the neck allows for an extra fret;
- recrowning frets after levelling using a triangular file can be tedious, if you get a recrowning file you can save a lot of time - and they're not too expensive.
Thanks for the hint on grinding the cutter to cut fret ends, I hadn't thought about it. ;o)
Thanks! All good tips. Looking forward to making more guitars in the future and trying different techniques.
nice job for first neck. You could use the cnc router to make a template for the guitar neck in the z direction for your thickness profile, and not have those little issues when you're trying to carve it by hand.. Or you could do the entire thing on the cnc as well... aint too bad, once you get it programmed...
I love what you both do, it makes sense to collaborate. Have a great weekend.
Really appreciate it, Torin! Thanks for watching.
I just made my first neck from scratch. I even went with binding. I don't' see the need to guide the radius block, but yours is rather short. Mine is pretty long and I never thought about not being able to keep it straight.
This was awesome. The way you explained the process gave me a lot more confidence. 👍🏾
I really love the fusion betwewn you and chris! You truly have an eye for details!
thanx for the explanation on the site(s). i have seen all of the vids on four eyes as well...was rather curious about the situation.
& great looking neck you created there! have the guitar build on standby to watch after lunch.
Really appreciate it, man! Glad you are digging what we are doing. Thanks for watching!
I've seen one guitar builder that uses an Arbor Press that he bought at Harbor Freight to press frets in. It was cheap. About $15 I think. You'll need a fret caul that matches the radius of the frets. And the Arbor Press will have to be adapted for this purpose. The guitar looks good. It needs a wammy bar though.
A plastic hammer works too. But, any type of hammer can deform fret wire. Pressing is the preferred method.
Yeah, I definitely considered buying a fret press, or figuring out a way to make my own. But decided to go as simple as possible for this first one. I will certainly consider it for the next, though.
@@shaunboydmadethis Matt at Texas Toast Guitars RUclips channel just did a video last week. It's caled, Making an Awsome Guitar from Scrap Wood Part 3. He shows his fret pressing method. Highline Guitars RUclips is where I saw the Harbor Freight Arbor Press. But, that was a few months ago.
Great video. I'll be using it during my build.
This is excellent, sir. Thanks for the additional detail video and fantastic job on the entire guitar build.
Really appreciate it! So much goes into making one of these, I figured it was deserving of two videos.
Well done. And thanks!! I'm plucking up courage to make a neck so your video helped!!
Very good neck! I did read in some places that a headstock which doesn't tilt back very far is apt to fall out of tune. Apparently, this is a major affliction for Gibson guitars, because of their shallow tilts.
Supposedly, string retainers or a "string butler" device alleviates this so that the guitar doesn't drift out of tune after every playthrough.
It's Shaun's World, Shaun's World, it's Party Time, Excellent Wroooo, Wroooo. I hope you get da reference. Going over to Chris's to watch the entire build now. Hope all is well Bud, Dirty Jersey out!!!
Haha, of course! My favorite movie of all time. Glad you dig it, man! Thanks for watching!
@@shaunboydmadethis Word to Bigbird 👍👍👍
ahhhh the dad joke at the begining sold me
thanks for the excellent vid, exstremely well presented look forward to the next one
Ha Ha!!! Cool opening! Nice job. Would you consider making a semi-finished neck with "custom" head-that' I'd finish?
Beautiful work! I really want to try this but I don't have any special equipment.
Building guitar four.
Just now to the “I sure gotta lot to learn” stage.
All good, thanks. Not sure why you didn't get Greg to help with the neck (e.g. shaping of front and back and cutting the grooves for the frets). All the best with your new endeavours with CS. Cheers, David
I actually considered it, and did a lot of research. But I always like to do it the hard way the first time, so I know exactly what is going on. Will be fun to build a Greg Signature Model at some point, though.
Thanks for the video. I've rebuilt and customized a few guitars, and want to get more in to building from scratch. The fact that you highlighted your own mistakes was extremely helpful so that I can avoid the same ones when it comes to my own build. I think I'll need a few more tools before I attempt a neck though.
Right on, thanks for watching! I'm sure with experience rebuilding/customizing, you will have a solid foundation for building your own from scratch.
Great video, lots of detail I didn't think of yet.
I have a question. You took the tape off of the truss rod after you put glue on the neck and before putting the fretboard on the neck. (@ 5:27 ) What is stopping the glue from squeezing out into the truss rod cavity when you clamp the fretboard to the neck?
It definitely just minimizes the amount of glue that might get into the truss rod cavity. A tiny bit of glue that might get in there shouldn't really effect how it works.
@@shaunboydmadethis Thanks for answering my question. I know that my question is a basic question, but I have wondered what guitar builders do to protect the truss rod from being glued together.
Great to see things on your channel.
Thanks! Glad I could finally get something posted.
thank you for inspiration. your videos like a drugs for me. I go to my shed and making stuff after them.
That is awesome to hear! I'm glad I can provide some inspiration. Thanks for watching!
Nicely done! The first one is always the hardest 👍
Definitely! Thanks for watching!
Excellent video, very detailed. I’m building my first electric guitar right now and this video was a huge help. Thanks a lot
Great video! Just started my second guitar and I am still trying to decide if I will build the neck this time or buy one. Its definitely a lot of work and threes plenty of room for mistakes but i think the satisfaction of saying I build the neck and body would be worth it. You video is perfect since it reveals a few mistakes that gives a heads up for the rest of us. All in all looks like you did a good job. I am interested in how well it plays. Thanks for the great video!
For sure, building the entire guitar gave me a much more satisfying feeling when it was finished compared to when I just built the body and purchased the neck. It is one of those things you just have to go for, and figure out everything by actually doing it. Glad I could show you some of the issues I ran into, though. You can see the entire guitar build and a short clip of it playing here: ruclips.net/video/UTrX9tELnwM/видео.html
The half pencil trick for the nut was ace 👍
Very technical build, I am impressed, good job!
Really appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
What an amazing video, thanks man!
AWESOME VIDEO... But, i did dang near cry when i saw you using that steel head hammer on the frets... thanks a million for the
video. If you built another neck from scratch, would you deal with the truss rod access hole differently... before you glued down the fret-board?? Very curious.
back again a year or so later, i've made a few guitars now, i rewatch this video occasionally..anyways worth price of admission, when cutting nut slots, calculate your outter strings how many mm in from the edges of the neck, i like 3mm.... okay measure that distance... divide by 5, that’s your nut slot positions to slot.
I meant but slots.
I originally put fret slots lol
Can u do this with just hacksaw and glue and file(or sand paper)?
Awesome vid. That's an awesome first neck. And the sens of humour is great
Really appreciate it! It was a challenge, but a ton of fun.
Almost a year since your last upload. Definitely missing the work, but I hope you’re well!
Thanks for the explanation of the partnership.
For sure! Thanks for watching!
This video was very comprehensive and helpful, thanks!
Thanks for all the great tips. I'm at the same point you were. I've done several builds with purchased necks and now it's time to make one myself. This video helps a lot!👍😎🎸🎶
Awesome to hear! Good luck with it!
@@shaunboydmadethis Thanks!☺
One question: can we hear the guitar?
Great work....my dream is to become skilled enough to build my own guitar. I hope it brings you many hours of happiness.
Yeah, I did a full build video that is posted on the Foureyes Furniture channel, and I play it at the end. Here is the link: ruclips.net/video/UTrX9tELnwM/видео.html
Now I got so many questions answered. Thank you. God bless
Beautiful work, sir!
Thanks, man! This was a fun one.
Recently found ur channel but ya been gone for two years, are ya coming back? You got a lot of great info
Great video Shaun! Thanks for doing this. Im wondering if you could share with us what thickness was the wood you started out with for the neck and the fretboard.
Love the neck!
The guitar looks awesome too!
Really appreciate it, thanks for watching!
You seemed quite insouciant on this build. Good for you!
Instantly liked just because of the intro 😂
Awesome job Shaun! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Thanks again, Fred!
Too much passion. Ill make my own perfect guitar someday. With an exact perfect detail.
Perfectly great video, but what exactly does "by hand" mean? He used tons of proper power tools. Is anything that's not a CNC now considered "by hand"?
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I want to make life size guitar cut out to hang on the wall
can you help me
Nice work!
Although "by hand" is a bit of a stretch given the amount of machinery and dedicated tools involved in the process.
i just made my first body out of a slab of solid walnut i had laying around. what kind of carving rasp was that you were using? also, i'm getting ready to investigate further, but i thought maple necks included the fretboard in the piece the neck is made of. this was just the instruction i was searching for. i have a woodworking business and do all kinds of stuff, but i've played guitar for 40 years and luthierie (is that a word?) is where all roads seem to be leading. great job by the way. came out really, really nice. i have a piece of ambrosia maple i can get 5 necks out of. have a guy with a CNC willing to churn them out but i'm the kind of person that HAS to be able to do it by hand before i feel i have the right to get a robot to do it. that's just me. anyway, again, great job man.
Thanks for sharing your experiences and detailed information. This video is so helpful. 👍
Any plans for a follow-up video of people actually playing the guitars? Thanx.
There is a clip of me playing this one at the end of the full build video here: ruclips.net/video/UTrX9tELnwM/видео.html
nice overview. Thanks
Great job
I miss seeing new content on your channel, Shaun.
I have been posting on the Foureyes Furniture channel for awhile now, you can check out new stuff there! Maybe at some point I will get something new going here, just need to find the time.
what would stop you from carving the neck using a similar technique as the one used for the fingerboard? great job btw!!!
This was brilliant! Most thank yous for your way. You have good way of explaning things. Well apprecieted
Thanks for watching!
Wow Nice Dude!
Great video. That neck turned out nice. A ton of work went into it. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Thanks for watching! It was a ton of work, but really rewarding to finish.
Awesome job!
Am I missed something but you didn't say anything about neck pocket and how to properly set neck into guitar?
Seems to me drilling your truss rod access hole would be better before installing truss rod and gluing fretboard down. Does anyone agree? I haven’t started building a neck yet . Just trying to figure out the best way to do it