DIY Headless Guitar: costs, suppliers and specs
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- Suppliers:
www.crimsonguitars.com/ (UK)
shop.sollerguitars.com/ (Slovakia)
guitarsandwoods.com/ (Portugal)
shop.rall-online.net/ (Germany)
www.feinewerkzeuge.de/ (Germany)
tlcguitargoods.com/ (Netherlands)
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0:00 Intro
1:12 Specs
7:45 Building Process
10:30 Prices and suppliers
14:56 Available bridge systems
18:43 Wrapping it up
23:15 Outro jamming
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So excited to hear that you're going to try your hand at being a luthier, wish you success!!
love that ambient crunch sound at the end. sounds like Bea.
Just when I thought the series was over you post another video and honestly make my day 🥺❤️👍
You are so genuine, the rarest kind on RUclips!
This was a gem of a video to find. Very well done!
Turned out super rad! Awesome playing as always.
Hammer Teil, schon fast schade, dass der Bau fertig ist. Hat echt Spaß gemacht, zuzuschauen :D
Mate! The entire series was a blast to watch! I re watched the entire thing again! Keep up the great job and I would love to buy a guitar made you someday❤️
You’ve surely come a long way from that first build and frankly It’s awesome seeing the journey!
Still not the biggest headless fan but this seems lovely and looks like a dream to play
Awesome job! It's really nice to see how well even early projects like this can lead to such good results. I've always wanted to build my own guitars, but never really gave it a shot just yet. Your videos are really inspiring to watch, and I wish you all the best in building your side business!
Amazing job as always man. You're really keep crushing it! It's obvious that you put a lot of work in your videos, so keep the good work up! Wish you the best!
I love this build, you are a massive inspiration. I really want to make guitars one day
it's 2am in my place and I have binge watched all the episodes. Beautiful build 👍
Awesome bro! Was very nice to flollow the construction of this amazing instrument! Great job 🤘🏻
I’m also looking forward to your next builds, and maybe down the road would love to get a custom built guitar from you. Thank you so much for these vids!
Very good attitude and philosophy with your purpose. Looking forward to the tools section, as it looked to me they were all of very quality/fit for purpose.
Amazing work on this build! I would definitely buy a guitar from you! I'm a big fan of the headless design. Great job!
I agree with you regarding building guitars by hand. There is still so much more to learn regarding craftsmanship before turning to a CNC machine. I'm trying to learn luthiery through modding existing guitars and that offers a lot of challenges already. Hopefully by the end of 2021 I will at least have one custom built guitar. In the meantime I'll keep track of your progress, since you're doing such a fine job. Keep up the good work!
Go for it...modding existing guitars is perfect to learn some skills and the results are actually great but psychologically you cant feel a guitar truly yours unless you built it from scratch...have all the details about the build first...and then purchase all the hardware beforehand and your job ll be a lot easier even if you have limited tools or space.If you have patience,measure...10 times cut once and wont get overexcited and rush things, you WILL build an excellent solid body electric guitar that ll be truly yours.Cant put a price on that.
The guitar looks like a strandberg and you look like Plini
Awesome videos for the series. You make me wish to build my own!
Beatiful!
The body shape is more elegant and balanced , also with the bewels.👍🏼
Looks amazing and sound really good. Cheers!
Mate, total respect. Epic.
Your content is pure gold, man! I wish you success in the path you're choosing.
As for the perfection of a machined guitar, yes they're pretty damn nice, but the energy you put in your build is unique, perfection doesn't really matter in this case. Cheers, dude!
The build videos were awesome, but it’s great to hear you speak again! You have a very calm, inviting voice. I can’t imagine what you sound like when you are angry! 😂😂😂 Cheers from the States!
It was an awesome build to watch. I'm starting to really write again (stopped around 2012) and i've only had guitars with typical metalcore EMGs and now that im writing alot more lead driven music i can really hear the muddiness in my tracks. Been looking at either a headless or super strat styled guitar. The Holcomb signature prs has me eye atm. Good luck with everything!
Great you showed alternate bridges!
Looking fantastic, dude!
Could you do a video on how you design guitars? From measurements to using illustrator?
Would be really interesting to see your process
There's no need he did t cut or measure anything he bought the neck with the frets already in it he bought the body to he bought everything he didn't cut or design anything he bought everything and assembled it and that's ok he just shouldn't lie about it.
Awesome work my friend !!!
Super blown away! Amazing job!
WOW!! Awesome work!! I would love to get on of your guitars in the future!!
I am so happy to see and watched your videos
that outro jam is straight fire 😮💨
I love how your build turned out!
At the moment I'm working on an aliexpress build myself.
It is coming along nicely, though it can't compete with your guitar.
What I like is that on the upper horn you left enough wood to have the strap button sticking out instead of at the back: well thought out!
Sounds an looks awesome man, whishing you the best of luck for your side business!
I loved this series. And I'm glad to see your interested in continuing to build guitars into the future.
I can see you becoming a Patrick Hufschmid type of guy. Building small numbers of extremely high quality instruments.
Gotta say you are very talented! Also would not be surprised if in 1 year you will release a video where you are building your own amp! GREAT JOB
Wood color is awesome. Congratulations !
Interesting video and I think this guitar came out very well!
Good guitar! beautiful tone! Respect!
Ola Strandberg has said in an “interview” with Ola Englund on one of his “coffee with Ola” videos that he doesn’t mind look-a-likes. He’s said that as long as there’s been some kind of alteration, he doesn’t mind if people use his ideas. He also said that he’s done it, but he’s always put his own touch on it, like you have. Beautiful instrument!
Nice. I like everything about the guitar
Really like the body design and your choice of wood
Thank you very much!
Also, don’t forget Sophia Bridges and Tremolos. They’re made in the US and they have amazing quality. They’re also very expensive, but worth mentioning.
Incredible work man! That guitar looks and sounds fantastic. Would love to hear how you made the neck and fretboard accurately by hand, that seems like one of the biggest challenges.
thank you for reminding me. just got off work and definitely need a cold one
There it is!
In my opinion the strandberg Boden is an icon of contemporary guitar design and the fact that it inspired your build should be flattering to Ola. I think it's gorgeous man, very impressive!
Great job dude. Nice to hear that you are going to go to crimson and learn some fret working skills.
I am looking at doing a week long course there just to home some skills
This long ass chilled out video series was just what I needed to lean back and to reevaluate things during these crazy times.
The ultimate synergy between a human and his instrument must be the step of building one for themselves. There must be some force of evolutionary origins behind the satisfaction that we get from physically creating an object end-to-end with our own hands that's meaningful to us and which is a statement of our sense of aesthetics, work, dedication, passion and vision. This is such a cliché thing to say that I almost threw up writing it, but it all clicked for me when I've watched your series with no commentary and no background music. Same goes btw for furniture, housing, gardening, etc... When we buy a manmade object we intuitively try to search for the soul in it that it's creator intended to put in it. So fucking hard to get that magic when everything is mass-produced nowadays which turned our materialism into something empty and bleak.
Keep putting out vids for the people here. You're not out to collect virtue points, you're truly trying to create a bond with people by sharing your point of view and discoveries as if everyone were your trusted buddy already. That honesty radiates and resonates. Much love from Hungary,
Thank you so much for this very heartwarming comment. It's exactly what this building series was supposed to express. You can buy everything for cheap nowadays and we start to forget how things are made, we lose interest in how they function (probably due to the fact so many things that used to be analog and understandable switched to digital chips, so it's "computer stuff" inside that is abstract to most of us). Creating something like this is purely analog (except for the design in this case, but you could draw this by hand too), understandable and tactile. This manual work somehow engages parts of the brain that most of us don't use, the benefit of crafting and thinking in real life 3D has a noticeable effect on general creativity in my opinion. I share knowledge and experience in a way that would have inspired myself some years back to make music, pickup up the guitar and some tools. I'm glad it has a positive effect on other people.
@@MilianMalivukMusic it's gorgeous. Well done!
Sorry for late comment but what a build, it's nice guitar and nice job
Excited for the next one. I love the crimson guitars channel but their builds are excessively long. I know their objective is different but I liked this format more. Yours was nicely cut into digestible parts.
Very clever design. I watched all of the videos and was mesmerized the entire time. Beautifully done. Maybe next time, since it's only a three way switch, you won't need that tall blade. A simple three way toggle like used in an SG might be easier in such a thin body.
Congratulations on the beautiful guitar.
Thank you very much! It is a 5-way blade switch in fact! But you're right, a 3-way toggle (with a push-pull for split) would have been easier to install, although I think it doesn't quite fit the aesthetic of a modern instrument such as this one!
You're a really cool man! Big luck!
wow that is really awesome!
DUDE how exciting to be a luthier!
Great videos! Love it
Sick guitar build, watched it all the way through. Gotta say my favourite part was seeing the neck after the Tung oil. Also you look French now lol.
Love slim guitars. I never go more than 35 - 37 mm. Feels so much better than those common bricks.
Right? Some standards when it comes to guitars have been set over 60 years ago and remained like that until today and no one seems to care about moving on. I see no reason for modern guitars being way over 40mm thick.
YOOOOOO THAT INTRO RIFF IS KILLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR
It's from my song "The Solid Lipstick Drama", available everywhere!
@@MilianMalivukMusic Nice! I really love the artwork on your stuff as well! \m/
I'm inspired to build on my own
Tips for leveling frets: Draw a chalk line down the fretboard centerline before cutting slots, set up some guiding blocks to keep everything straight, and just keep sanding with a radius block until the chalk disappears. This makes the fretboard perfectly level, which means the frets are perfectly level right as you hammer them in, and little to no fretwork is required apart from dressing the ends. Takes like 7-8+ hours. This is Eric Schaefer's technique, acoustic guitar builder on youtube. I built a guitar with him in his workshop and can verify it works.
If you route the radius beforehand it would go much faster, but you might want to chalk the entire surface then
If you do a spokewheel truss rod adjustment point at the bottom of the neck, you can make the leftover headstock piece smaller and the string pull straight because you don't have to drill around the truss rod hole.
Good thinking, I had the same idea in fact!
This upper horn looks very ViK to me :) Glad you're happy with the guitar, it looks great !
The build series was awesome, with a kind of ASMR quality to it as well.
I expected the raw materials cost to be higher as well, especially since there are plenty of pickup options that don't run you 400€ for the pair. Factoring in the manual labor is of course a different story if bulding for other people, but when building for yourself like you did I'd almost see that time spent as a benefit instead of a cost.
True, no need for ultra customized pickups! I even heard those pickups from axetec called Iron Gear aren't that bad even, and they come in at around 60£ a pair which sounds too good to be true. I really need to try them out!
And yeah, the path is almost the destination itself in a project like this.
I'd like to bring your attention to NOVA headless Bridge system from Brazil. I have used about 5 of them now (6 to 8 string)
Good prices, good quality
What is the average price per bridge piece? Can't find anythink on their website.
@@velogar3660 message them on Facebook, Andre will send you a price list. A 7 string set costs me around 280 NZD depending on exchange rates
Fantastic work (as I commented in previous videos)! I noticed this is a 5-way switch, but you have 2 pickups, so I am wondering what is your usage of the 5 positions (I am sure there is one): are you splitting the humbuckers with given positions?
I have very little knowledge in guitare electric wiring, so if you could explain that would be great. Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the video! I'll probably have to use one of these websites for a fingerboard as I don't want to completely cheap out on a fretless build and it's next to impossible getting decent fingerboard wood here in Luxembourg, especially without a bandsaw or space for one to make my own, although I'll probably still add polyester to improve the wear resistance since I'm not a huge fan of the look of ebony so I'm ruling ebony out for now. Since it will be a headless bass I'm trying to make some linear tuners myself, I'll see how that works out. Cheers!
Damn boi, it looks so good! When I watch your DIY series, I sometimes wish, I'd be half that skilled... I havent even changed pickups or anything, I should try at least that, since I'm a fan of the whole modding idea. I wish you best of luck with your future builds, I'm excited to see, what you'll build next, you not only have skill, but you seem to have a similar taste in guitars as I have ^^
Also after checking out your music a bit more, I'd like to recommend a band, you might not know about, that you might like, Modern Day Babylon. They do a really nice atmosspheric Dj0nt
This guitar is just another copy of Strandberg for me. It's good that you made it by yourself and for yourself :)
Got some nice bridges form NOVA Guitar Parts the owner Andre Passini the owner quite easy to work with. Made in Brazil. Had super fast shipping to me in Texas!
I love guitar building,
I also made a guitar "les Paul shapes "
The thing is with Strandber guitars, is that the shape is Open sourced by Ola I believe, and that is why you see that ergonomic shape so frequently
It used to be, but not anymore: support.strandbergguitars.com/article/24-building
I think you should try tan bridges! They are very good considering the prices(including the head pieces) with the others and they also reply instantly through their Instagram page!
I would look into creating future bodies with a CAD drawing, on a CNC machine. Save you some time and might be worth sourcing out if you are wanting to build guitars a little faster for customers in the future.
fukc yeah.. its like 10:20 pm but im gonna get that cup of coffee :)
again, I loved the outro music you were playing! You're my idol. The tone was perfect too, what was that?
Neural DSP Archetype Nolly, some crunch sound with a shitload of reverb and delay :D
The upper horn gives the guitar a kiesel vanquish vibe
i wanna learn this art of making guitars
I learned from watching videos online 😇 Especially Crimson Guitars
You did a great job
By the way, please ask the pickup what sign, thank you
Could you do a video on how to carve a neck? I enjoy your content and there are not many videos on this step of the process. Cheers, Grant
Hi Grant, you might want to check out the bass guitar build series by Crimson Guitars, which was my source of tricks to carve the neck. You essentially split the surfaces in half every time and create smaller and smaller flat surfaces until it gets rounder and rounder. This way you can control the symmetry.
Does markline a custom order to make the bridge tuner at the headstock?
I'm trying to build headless tele with b bender so the headless bridge don't really work for me.
Also I think your body design would look alot cooler than Strandbergs if you took the two horns that are splayed outwards and bring them inwards like a regular guitar. I've said your bolt on joint is awesome already but it seriously beats Strandberg's bolt on joint!
it looks and sounds great! You can really see the little refinements as you go on. How do you like the Silos? i've put a set in my Ibanez Satriani, just need to wire it up!
Absolutely in love with that set, I could put it in any guitar probably haha. It's amazing how much different it sounds in this than in my Markline. Proof of how much the guitar's acoustic properties matter.
Hey there! Great build! I was wondering where you got the Tung Oil from?
Hi, were you ever considered infinite radius neck/frets, which means flat like on nylon string classical guitars? Also not tapering the neck, width of each frets are constantly the same?
The Strandberg body shape is under a Creative Commons license, so I'm sure they're OK with this. Note the Endure neck is pantented.
These video’s are so inspiring! I do have a question... i think I figured pretty much everything out but, what screws (and size) did you use for direct mounting the pickups? Did you need to drill the holes slightly larger or?
I had some lying around that I shortened. I don't exactly recall if I drilled out the diameter of the screw or half a mm less. Either way, I would advise to invest in threaded inserts as this is a more elegant and durable solution.
Thanka for addressing costs. It wasn't long ago I was a Master student, so I understand the issues with money, time, priorities, space, etc.
I was excited to hear that you will speak about the tools. Although I don't have the space, I would like to know what the 'basic' gear needed is.
Also, great playing at the end.
Out of curiosity, what are you writibg you thesis on? (I work at a University to help students with their theses)
I have no subject yet 😂 But it's in comparative literature
You've already beaten 95% of companies with that awesome bolt-on joint design of yours lol
Doing it with your hands is way more valueble than a CNC machine... it has your personal energy on it. To me that's why it came out that good.
nice
Amazing work!!! What did you apply the danish oil with on the body? Was it a scotchbrite style pad?
Yes for the first coat I rubbed it in with a scotchbrite style pad, then only a towel or some heavy duty wipes will do the following coats
Looks and sounds lovely! You mentioned its almost a baritone, but what tuning is this?
Someone please for the love of god explain how a single volume pot and a 5 way selector switch works? Also love your videos man, sick guitar!
A tone knob plus capacitor would just be an addition to this circuit, no wizardry here!
Awesome build! I don't know HOW I missed this when you were doing it!
One question on materials that you didn't cover: where did you source the brass for the headpiece and the ferules that the strings go through behind the nut?
Thanks!
Thanks! I found that piece of brass for the headpiece in a local hobby store by accident. I would have preferred a thicker piece so that the string balls would disappear entirely. The tubing is from my dad's toolbox!
@@MilianMalivukMusic Awesome! I'd actually started a similar build a little while back, but got off track with it after cutting out the body. You're video inspired me to finish it up!
Really looved the build, and pretty useful info too, but I must ask, if you would recommed the silos, bc it seems you don’t like them that much and they are quite expensive lol, great vid as always!
Oh no dude, don't get me wrong, I LOVE these pickups. But since Jason from Legendary Pickups is offering me to try things out I couldn't say no!
@@MilianMalivukMusic makes total sense, cheers! 🤘🏼
This guitar, with true temperament frets would sell like hot cakes. I myself would love one with a darker natural finish and silver or gold hardware with a black tailpiece and nut. Beautiful guitar!
I don't think true temperament would sell like hot cakes because it is unbelievably expensive and complicated!
@@MilianMalivukMusic you mean to tune? It's pretty simple you just need a tuner that gives you the cent measurements. Apart from that it's just about getting the fingerboards from TT. They have a custom shop and make necks to order. You should really look into it. It's obviously the future imo.
@@TahaNasser True temperament is not better than equal temperament, it's just different. We're used to hearing music in equal temperament for decades and the slight imperfection is what makes it musical I think.
You might want to take a look at axetec for switches and pot meters etc. Bought some parts recently from there and it all feels well made and was considerably cheaper!
Yes axetec was my go-to for the first and second build, however when I ordered parts for this, I just got the stuff from suppliers I would order anyway to save the hefty shipping costs that axetec charge. Their stuff is good though!
@@MilianMalivukMusic true their shipping costs are a bit discouraging!
Any chance we could get a link for the bridge maker, Markline or Mockline guitars? Or am I spelling that wrong?
Markline Guitars, but he's not selling them officially as far as I know.
incredibly beautiful guitar, one question, what are your thoughts on the Silos, they sounded great in your demo, is there any reason you want to replace them with the Legendary, cheers
It's hard to say how they compare, I never heard both brands in the same guitar. These Silos were in my Markline headless which sounded completely different with the exact same pickup set. I have no intention of changing the pickups in this guitar though! I started using Legendary after this build.