orders for glass guitars can be made on my website www.morningstarglassguitars.com/ along with updated information about my guitars and other relevant content.
An idea for you. Multi-colored led lighting that can flash on tempo or with sound. If you ask me, it would have amazing potential through the neck as well. The necks that you sell with lighting just seems next generation to me.
imagine the top plate being a one way mirror with the mirror backing plate. if you put lights in there you get the infinity mirror effect. that would be pretty sick
Looks pretty durable, but the possibility of the neck snapping in half seems pretty real. Either way, this is one of the coolest guitar builds I have ever seen!
This giutar is proof wood dont mean shit its all hardware and electronics.the kind of wood is a mith that guitar companys and guitar enthusiasts push on the industry and public to wash peoples brains to go out and buy a price inflated name brand guitar.If gibson or fender released a glass guitar dumb people would be saying what clean tones
Beautiful instrument; I’ve worked with glass a bit and I never would have imagined it as a material for any musical instrument, especially a guitar. Your workmanship is astonishing and the finished guitar is truly a work of art.
Hands down, one of the best overall "how-to" vids. Editing is great, with informative and interesting narrative. Creator is a skilled craftsman and expertly and safely executes the oprations required ending up with a remarkable quitar, made from glass. Thank you for keepng the "RUclips" video bar high with the standard you set here.
To address comments regarding durability and the like I'd like to say the following. there's not that much force/tension applied by the strings. 100 to 150 pounds spread out over the length of the guitar. The force is trying to push the neck and body together more than trying to lift it up and away. grab your guitar and lift the strings out of the nut slots. easy right? now go grab a beer bottle and try to break it in half with your own hands. really get some leverage on it. chances are it didn't break. worth noting the pressure inside a champagne bottle is around 80-100psi. they don't explode spontaneously. if you drop one it makes a mess but it's not like a bomb going off. furthermore large aquariums, 90 gallons of water(1000lbs) encased by 1/4 inch thick sheets of glass. they withstand all that pressure. My necks are over 3/4" thick. they're strong. Glass isn't as weak as people think. Many people keep commenting about it so I needed to state my case. I'll address their durability in a later video, on my website and other places as needed.
@@johncaccioppo1142 Graduated college with a bachelor's in biology. then worked as a lab tech doing cell culture and working with viral vectors. was laid off a few years ago and struggled to find another job in my field. job hopped a fair amount to make ends meet. worked in a window repair shop for a few months. learned some basic glass working skills, read trade magazines and product catalogues when things were slow. After that I just googled stuff. tried stuff out and learned through trial and error
@@MorningstarGlassGuitars Awesome journey! Thanks for sharing. BTW I have to agree with some of these comments about safety. I think there is a safer way to do everything and sometimes it restricts our progress but it's certainly worth the effort in the long run. I work in a coal plant and silicosis is a very real concern for me. Stay safe!
@@johncaccioppo1142 sure thing however I've looked into the health hazards of glass dust that I get exposed to extensively. glass after being melted down contains amorphous silica. amorphous silica doesn't cause silicosis. crystalline silica on the other hand is common fairly common in other things. If it makes you feel any better I had to buy a respirator anyway because i can't find any N95 masks.
@Godis Mytower I dunno. I can't bring myself to break a finished one on purpose. I mean I know they're strong enough to withstand normal playing and bumping into things. getting a number on how much pressure would break it would depend on where the pressure is applied and if it's concentrated or spread out. it's hard to test something like that but i've done my own stress testing that goes beyond normal playing. so if it's cared for properly my guitars and necks are fine.
My dad was a glazer for over 50 years and if he was still alive, he'd enjoy this video. It sounds great and looks amazing. You got patience that's for sure. Very impressive
I think that Pyrex is the best Toneglass there is. Lead glass or crystal glass sounds a bit "glassy". As far as "Toneglass" goes I go with Pyrex...😂😂😂😂
One small suggestion: You can use some metal tubes to shape the wires inside the guitar, allowing you to create some neatly organized designs. Chromed tubes would look amazing. Amazing work! Amazing sound! Congratulations!
The fretboard jig was the most serendipitous thing I’ve ever experienced. I originally intended to use a Diamond router bit but was unsuccessful. The angle grinder mounted on the same jig was my last ditch effort to radius the fretboard. Still can’t believe it worked and I use the original jig to this day.
Great post/ project but almost more importantly - excellent instructional vid. ! quick, concise and thoroughly interesting build with no filler (OK the giraffe) and no ego or dead air. We've all seen those lucite guitars but they had wood necks etc. In a word- inspirational.
also, when putting epoxy on the side as a finish you can see them on the upper body and neck of the guitar. and if I am not mistaken he also said schaller somewhere (albeit I tried finding it, but won't watch it all the way through again to state where. I tried) in there which I would imagine to be the strap locks he used.
I can't even imagine how many chipped and/or shattered necks and bodies you went through before you figured out what worked and what didn't in the build process....a stunning product.
@@kitten-whisperer well of course, I went from nickle plated pickups to active EM pickups and the tone changed way more than I thought it would. But yeah, that's why I would love to hear an acoustic body.
Dude that was one of the single coolest things I’ve ever seen in my life. That was truly an impressive feat of skill and ambition. That amount of talent deserves to be supported. I hope your business does well man, you’ve officially added a glass guitar to my wish list ❣️
@PELLEGRINI Joel He's wearing safety glasses, so at least that's not an issue (the cheapest polycarbonate safety glasses block 99.9% of UV). He definitely needs a respirator though
Coming over from Darrell Braun's channel. That is superb craftsmanship on very difficult to work with medium. I guess the great tone-wood debate ends here? ;-) God bless and rock on!
as a luthier and woodworker, there is just so much nope involved with glass, you couldn't pay me enough to take part in any of these steps. no amount of masks, goggles, or air filters could posses me to do this. the work and quality here is impressive, but you may regret this entire concept when you're older if you dont take every possible safety precaution imaginable, and maybe invent a few extras not yet thought-of. you're basically playing with something that wants very badly to detonate into needles and razor blades that the human body cant chemically break down or absorb. every dust particle of glass you inhale, is just there permanently. steel rusts and dissolves, wood digests and decays, glass is forever. my grandma was a glass-worker and she died of silicosis about 3 years back. lady survived having 3 kids without medical care, took an arrow to the leg and doctored it herself and smoked 3 packs of cigarettes since she was 12 and didnt get everything-cancer... but breathing in glass dust was responsible for her last 4 hours of life spent on a respirator. glass is nasty stuff, even if you dont slip and lose a finger, or make a bad stomp and cripple your foot. i'm just saying, you cant be too careful around glass. it's an art medium that constantly wants to kill you. it tends to succeed, and it's insanely patient. every guitar under tension is a Claymore mine with a fuse of 0-2 years and it ticks silently. i'm very familiar with what string tension does to wood and steel over time, even with truss rods and carbon fiber struts, and i've seen guitar necks that were left alone for a few weeks and took a half inch bow. you're basically applying the same force to that neck as if you had it between concrete blocks and was standing on it. if you wouldn't confidently stand on that neck free-floating, then i wouldn't tension that and walk away, and i wouldn't be in the same room with one under tension without goggles.
As an instrument it would be too heavy for my taste. But in a showcase with bullet proof glas? It's a work of art. - And you are right: Glas is one of the last materials I would choose for a guitar. The build process is a nightmare.
@@noexpert1481 i mean...how can it be? you can see through the thing and there's no steel core or anything. Glass is actually very stiff and rigid and hard to bend, it's just that when you do finally bend it, it explodes into knives and needles. so there's that. a glass neck would be stiffer then wood, but when wood bends it just bends, and glass...um, protests more dramatically.
Great attention to every detail... a combination of engineering and artistry. I was impressed with the fact that you even thought of taking on such a tedious project as this in the first place! Ingenious! Sounded amazing too.
The coolest part of all this is that you engineered all this yourself! Congrats on a killer product! New product, glass or mirrored pick guards. Led lit bodies and necks.
WOW just incredible, Darrell sent me here as well. Man you have talent and skill far beyond most glass cutters! I appreciate good instruments but this is a work of ART as well. Thank you. Ima have to save up and buy a strat neck.
I don't think anything scares me as much as using that in in a performance.breaking a masterpiece like that would destroy not only my bank account but my soul as well. beautiful work.
It had a bright, quality sound, to me. I'm no expert, but I know what I like. I am picturing Dickey Betts making it ring and sing. Really nice job, all around. Thanks.
I never thought I’d see something like this. Was just watching a vid earlier on aluminum necks, thought that was the coolest thing, now this. The way the chords sound is really cool. I agree with everyone who’s said wear more protection though, i recommend a gas mask. Once you’re done working with it, you can hook it up to a nice bong & smoke your reefer through it :) totally worth the investment...
I would also suggest when you mix your clear Apoxsee vacuum it do you remove all of the air bubbles and again poly carbonate on the sides would make it very tough if you dropped it and of course lighter
We came here from the Gainesville Sun article to look at your website and watch your video. Fantastic, and I'd say that your prices are very reasonable considering the amount of handwork you're doing!
I’m here for the same reason everyone else is blowing you up today. These are insanely good, and part of me wonders if you could cut the neck with a tile saw with a diamond blade. Already has the option for liquid cooling and you can set the table up specifically for the neck, freeing up your angle grinder for all the other work. Seriously, these are Hawesome.
Absolutely beautiful love the look ,the sound and of course the materials that have been used..all made possible from the hands of a very greatly talented young artist. Well done dude 🥇🎸
Could you make glass frets? Is it possible to make the fretboard glass thicker by the fret height. Than create the frets by removing the glass in between them like relief carving. Maybe even scallop the fretboard. That would be sick the frets should never wear down.
Wow totaly amazed by your skill and presentation. As a lampworker glass blower im totally blown away with your skill and enginering. Very nice work indeed.
I wished my Dad could have seen this. He played for 70 years. I have never heard anyone better. He played professionally and owened some great guitars. He sold his D28 from the early 40's for 10 grand. I would love to see you build a Bass Guitar. 🎸That is what I play. I played for years with my Dad. The last thing I ever did with my Dad was to play and sing, the night before he passed away. It's a sweet memory.
I would love to see you make a "f" style mandolin of glass. Alot of people are making guitars and bases online. No one to my knowledge has made a ukulele, mandolin, or violin of glass online. I've seen a lot guitar makes online, but nothing as cool as your work. Peace and be safe.
My man, I cut mirror professionally, and can appreciate entirely, the amount of DANGER, care and skill that is required for this job. AMAZING!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing and Wowwwwwwww. I am beyond impressed. Had i not seen you do it, I wouldn't believe it to be possible
Your voice sounds amzingly like the guy who makes the "Your Daily Dose Of Internet" videos. And by the way the sound of the glass guitar is worth all the hard work.
Great work! Thanks for this video! Invest in the best respirator you can find. Silicosis is an horrible way to go. Again, thanks for this video and keep up the great work.
I appreciate your concern and have looked in to the health risks. silica in manufactured glass has an amorphous structure. so It's not much of a health risk like the crystalline silica used in glass prior to manufacture. According to OSHA and the NIOSH amorphous glass dust doesn't pose a health risk or lead to silicosis. I think i'd be dead by now if it did! I use the mask because it does irritate the sinuses a bit.
Young man you are truly impressive. Might I suggest you finish the neck with a torch? Instead of all that sanding, you could also take the pieces to a glass craft furnace and have them temper and put a finish on all the pieces before you assemble them. Lots of luck. I think I’ll keep an eye on you for a while to see how you blossom.
You should add some additional coating to the BACK to protect the mirror coating from its own back side. Belt-buckles and other sharp objects that rub against the back of the guitar during normal usage will cut lines into the mirror.
@@MorningstarGlassGuitars wood id pretty difficult, it likes to change shape whenever you put a cut in it, it's a plant , so all those fibers work together for structure, i , personally paint cars, so all i know about glass is it's not the easiest thing to work with, hey , maybe i'm wrong , i don't really know, but something as precise as a guitar neck has to be "ON",which is why they use truss rods and graphite reinforcement, and i would think if you make 1 mistake with glass , it's over, it's impressive none the less
This is incredible!! How long was this build? The guitar sounds awesome and I’m just dumbfounded that you made it out of glass. I think the price is spot on, and I hope you find success, I would love to watch more builds. Twelve pounds is a behemoth though...and I bitch about Les Pauls.
I still had a day job when I made this one. I think it took a month and a half but I decided to just take my time. I’ve punched a couple out in half that time while working full time. Lots of coffee helped but my back hurt like hell for a few weeks. I know it’s still a heavy weight but after reading about some 1970s les Paul’s weighing over 13 pounds. 12.9 pounds is a total win for me. A really wide padded strap really helps. I might record myself making some bolt on strat necks and another glass guitar I’m thinking about adding to my product line. That and an in depth comparison between the tonal difference between glass and wood. The sustain is so good with glass
@@MorningstarGlassGuitars When I bought my Strat last week, I told the guys in the shop that I hadn't played in 44 years & wanted to start over. One thing they told me was, temperature & humidity changes would cause it to change shape & if I anticipated any changes (before a show, say), I should place the Strat in roughly the same conditions several hours before use. I remembered punk rockers I knew 20 years ago who played in backyards in Canaryville, S Chicago who put their guitars on the back porch, or in rooms w/the window open, so they'd change & not need re-tuning every 10 minutes. But a glass guitar wouldn't be sensitive to these indoor/outdoor climate changes, & I can see how they'd sustain like mad, not being made of flexible, porous material like wood. Am I getting that right? I know I'm a noob, having a Strat for only seven days, but musician pals have taught me a lot that I wouldn't have learned on a $20 acoustic in 1973-76. I saw your glass neck on the Darrell Braun video & thought, "You watch, he's gonna make a glass guitar. How can you not, it'd be cool in galactic proportions." And it is. You have something no one else has.
Dude so sick.. would love to see a glass guitar with reflections in the body.. like infinite reflections bouncing off eachother.. and then maybe installing a uv light to change colors.. food for thought.. but kick ass work man, good job
I may have missed it but the mirror silvering needs some sort of protection against pants rivets. it has a tough finish but it will eventually wear through.
Seems that if you could book some time on an industrial waterjet cutting table you could reduce much of the hand snipping & grinding of glass with parts cut to within 0.005" or better including holes. A table w/ 5 axis cutting head might open up other possibilities to reduce labor time.
orders for glass guitars can be made on my website www.morningstarglassguitars.com/ along with updated information about my guitars and other relevant content.
You are a special and rare kind! The young generation NEEDS a few more like you! 👍
An idea for you. Multi-colored led lighting that can flash on tempo or with sound. If you ask me, it would have amazing potential through the neck as well. The necks that you sell with lighting just seems next generation to me.
Amazing work you are so talented
I think the most impressive part is, not a single cut on your hands..
juste double cut on the guitar :-)
Hahaha
Those gloves a slice abd stab proof
Emmanuel Bergère Oooooooo hhaah
But, he does have cuts on his hands, how else did he make the guitar without cutting it
You would've made a lot of money back in the 70s or 80s with a mirror body guitar. All the rockstars would have done coke off of them
the coke of recent rockstars is instagram likes... fuck this world, seriously
@gnutscha Seems like an upgrade to me
gnutscha it’s a safer alternative
@sillybillybadboy at least one who gets it
😀😀
imagine the top plate being a one way mirror with the mirror backing plate. if you put lights in there you get the infinity mirror effect. that would be pretty sick
Someone needs to build this
@@phatyoshi6733 The guy from this video for sure
Oh yeah. I’d love to see that.
It's been done! Check out the Infinity Mirror Guitar by Burls Art!
burls art did this exactly
I have two main thoughts...
1. What about colored glass?
2. I can't help but wonder about a fretless bass like this.
I had been thinking of trying to use a glass fretboard for a fretless bass… May have to give it a go.
@@MOZOGuitars Hmm... I think that would be difficult as glass is a very rigid material so it will probably buzz a lot.
The cool thing about glass (and acrylic guitars), they become any color of light that hits it.
B A S S
@@sylasviper715lots of feedback I bet
Looks pretty durable, but the possibility of the neck snapping in half seems pretty real. Either way, this is one of the coolest guitar builds I have ever seen!
Everyone would have to wear safety glasses and shoes if they smashed this guitar on stage.
@@WizardofGOP 🤣🤣🤣🤣
What instrument do you play?
6-string bathroom medicine cabinet.
LMAO - Sorry that really tickled me for some reason!
lol.
6 necked electric door guitar
lol
🤣🤣 that's funny!!
Guitarists: Does wood actually affect the tone?
Alex: Does it really matter now?
Yes sure it does. His tone sounded muddy and very bright.
@@volfgankamei5348 I thought it sounded pretty clear
This giutar is proof wood dont mean shit its all hardware and electronics.the kind of wood is a mith that guitar companys and guitar enthusiasts push on the industry and public to wash peoples brains to go out and buy a price inflated name brand guitar.If gibson or fender released a glass guitar dumb people would be saying what clean tones
@@fredvalencia2205 it doesn't 'prove' anything regarding sound quality, for reasons given in previous comments.
@@sambeasley444 hehe *clear*
Have you thought of including led lights, and making an "infinity mirror" guitar body?
Bruh
Beautiful instrument; I’ve worked with glass a bit and I never would have imagined it as a material for any musical instrument, especially a guitar. Your workmanship is astonishing and the finished guitar is truly a work of art.
Hands down, one of the best overall "how-to" vids. Editing is great, with informative and interesting narrative. Creator is a skilled craftsman and expertly and safely executes the oprations required ending up with a remarkable quitar, made from glass. Thank you for keepng the "RUclips" video bar high with the standard you set here.
To address comments regarding durability and the like I'd like to say the following. there's not that much force/tension applied by the strings. 100 to 150 pounds spread out over the length of the guitar. The force is trying to push the neck and body together more than trying to lift it up and away. grab your guitar and lift the strings out of the nut slots. easy right? now go grab a beer bottle and try to break it in half with your own hands. really get some leverage on it. chances are it didn't break. worth noting the pressure inside a champagne bottle is around 80-100psi. they don't explode spontaneously. if you drop one it makes a mess but it's not like a bomb going off. furthermore large aquariums, 90 gallons of water(1000lbs) encased by 1/4 inch thick sheets of glass. they withstand all that pressure. My necks are over 3/4" thick. they're strong. Glass isn't as weak as people think. Many people keep commenting about it so I needed to state my case. I'll address their durability in a later video, on my website and other places as needed.
It's an impressive craft you have learned, how did you get into this?
@@johncaccioppo1142 Graduated college with a bachelor's in biology. then worked as a lab tech doing cell culture and working with viral vectors. was laid off a few years ago and struggled to find another job in my field. job hopped a fair amount to make ends meet. worked in a window repair shop for a few months. learned some basic glass working skills, read trade magazines and product catalogues when things were slow. After that I just googled stuff. tried stuff out and learned through trial and error
@@MorningstarGlassGuitars Awesome journey! Thanks for sharing.
BTW I have to agree with some of these comments about safety. I think there is a safer way to do everything and sometimes it restricts our progress but it's certainly worth the effort in the long run. I work in a coal plant and silicosis is a very real concern for me. Stay safe!
@@johncaccioppo1142 sure thing however I've looked into the health hazards of glass dust that I get exposed to extensively. glass after being melted down contains amorphous silica. amorphous silica doesn't cause silicosis. crystalline silica on the other hand is common fairly common in other things. If it makes you feel any better I had to buy a respirator anyway because i can't find any N95 masks.
@Godis Mytower I dunno. I can't bring myself to break a finished one on purpose. I mean I know they're strong enough to withstand normal playing and bumping into things. getting a number on how much pressure would break it would depend on where the pressure is applied and if it's concentrated or spread out. it's hard to test something like that but i've done my own stress testing that goes beyond normal playing. so if it's cared for properly my guitars and necks are fine.
"Sadly, I dropped the guitar immediately after filming."
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"Filming"?
Rhomis Rhemis Yes, filming.
Man you’re a genius with glass. I came here from DBG. Seeing that neck you made. I really hope you keep making videos on your builds.
Same. This is amazing
My dad was a glazer for over 50 years and if he was still alive, he'd enjoy this video. It sounds great and looks amazing. You got patience that's for sure. Very impressive
In addition to your being professional at your field, you're so polite .
Is that vintage glass? It’s tone sounds like 'a 59
All jokes aside, this is amazing work.
I think that Pyrex is the best Toneglass there is. Lead glass or crystal glass sounds a bit "glassy". As far as "Toneglass" goes I go with Pyrex...😂😂😂😂
One small suggestion: You can use some metal tubes to shape the wires inside the guitar, allowing you to create some neatly organized designs. Chromed tubes would look amazing.
Amazing work! Amazing sound! Congratulations!
I was thinking something like that also. Kinda the same idea as wiring conduit.
Good suggestion! Great minds think alike!
- So what do you think about wood tone?
- Hold my glass...
Respect for your commitment, patience and especially perseverance in this very hard to handle choice of material! Outstanding!
You are extremely talented!!!
me: go to bed it’s 11:30 and you gotta get up at 5:30
my brain: mmmm glass guitar for 17 minutes
Try getting atleast 7-8 hours of sleep
6 hrs may not be 7-9 but its still not a little amount
@@Lommertj If I don't get 7.5 I'm absolutely destroyed, need 9 to function properly. wow.
It's 18minutes actually, if you round correctly
Damn you look young but the amount of knowledge you have about guitar crafting and glass is really impressive
Came to take a look after Darrell Braun installed one of your necks. Cool stuff Alex!
Your tool jigs alone is worthy of high praise (of course how you employ them to create a one-of-a-kind instrument is beyond impressive).
The fretboard jig was the most serendipitous thing I’ve ever experienced. I originally intended to use a Diamond router bit but was unsuccessful. The angle grinder mounted on the same jig was my last ditch effort to radius the fretboard. Still can’t believe it worked and I use the original jig to this day.
Great post/ project but almost more importantly - excellent instructional vid. ! quick, concise and thoroughly interesting build with no filler (OK the giraffe) and no ego or dead air.
We've all seen those lucite guitars but they had wood necks etc.
In a word- inspirational.
darrell braun sent me here lol
Darrell is a problem for me too, lol.
same
@@anuvette That Darrell Braun, he's becoming a problem to my wallet! ;-)
#metoo
@@Damaged262 lmfao same i don't need guitars....but i always somehow need one more 🤣😂🎸
Strap locks. For the love of God, put strap locks on this.
I think he did, if you look at the demo at the end he does have a strap!
also, when putting epoxy on the side as a finish you can see them on the upper body and neck of the guitar. and if I am not mistaken he also said schaller somewhere (albeit I tried finding it, but won't watch it all the way through again to state where. I tried) in there which I would imagine to be the strap locks he used.
You can see how smooth that plays when you're bending those notes... Killer job man! Much respect.
And the guitar sounds great 😎
I very much appreciate that you did not waste any time ranting on. Your description is concise and thorough.
I can't even imagine how many chipped and/or shattered necks and bodies you went through before you figured out what worked and what didn't in the build process....a stunning product.
Dang... i'm actually surprised by the sound. I'd love to hear what an acoustic glass body would sound like!
it would sound like a xylophone
Its almost like pickups, amp and speakers play a huge majority role in the tone of a guitar.
@@kitten-whisperer well of course, I went from nickle plated pickups to active EM pickups and the tone changed way more than I thought it would. But yeah, that's why I would love to hear an acoustic body.
I bet it would have a real glassy tone.
@@AchillesWrath1 Booo! 😉
Dude that was one of the single coolest things I’ve ever seen in my life. That was truly an impressive feat of skill and ambition. That amount of talent deserves to be supported.
I hope your business does well man, you’ve officially added a glass guitar to my wish list ❣️
Agreed
Dude i was in art glass work stained and blasted
You need more than that mask .. silicosiys is no joke
Love your work
Be safe
Ouu yeah... That got my uncle. Take good care, guy.
@PELLEGRINI Joel He's wearing safety glasses, so at least that's not an issue (the cheapest polycarbonate safety glasses block 99.9% of UV). He definitely needs a respirator though
My neck hurts from this video, please don't ever do portrait video again.. choose one and stick to it.. otherwise awesome guitar dude!
My husban and I think you are one of the best guitar maker, your building is sober and humble.
One thing I think is really cool about this guitar is that you can see the palm of players left hand, looking through the fretboard and neck.
Coming over from Darrell Braun's channel. That is superb craftsmanship on very difficult to work with medium. I guess the great tone-wood debate ends here? ;-) God bless and rock on!
Pretty great. However, you should really use an enclosed respirator and goggles when sanding.
YES! I work with glass every day and my lungs are junked
I agree sir, need to protect yourself
as a luthier and woodworker, there is just so much nope involved with glass, you couldn't pay me enough to take part in any of these steps. no amount of masks, goggles, or air filters could posses me to do this. the work and quality here is impressive, but you may regret this entire concept when you're older if you dont take every possible safety precaution imaginable, and maybe invent a few extras not yet thought-of. you're basically playing with something that wants very badly to detonate into needles and razor blades that the human body cant chemically break down or absorb. every dust particle of glass you inhale, is just there permanently. steel rusts and dissolves, wood digests and decays, glass is forever. my grandma was a glass-worker and she died of silicosis about 3 years back. lady survived having 3 kids without medical care, took an arrow to the leg and doctored it herself and smoked 3 packs of cigarettes since she was 12 and didnt get everything-cancer... but breathing in glass dust was responsible for her last 4 hours of life spent on a respirator. glass is nasty stuff, even if you dont slip and lose a finger, or make a bad stomp and cripple your foot. i'm just saying, you cant be too careful around glass. it's an art medium that constantly wants to kill you. it tends to succeed, and it's insanely patient. every guitar under tension is a Claymore mine with a fuse of 0-2 years and it ticks silently. i'm very familiar with what string tension does to wood and steel over time, even with truss rods and carbon fiber struts, and i've seen guitar necks that were left alone for a few weeks and took a half inch bow. you're basically applying the same force to that neck as if you had it between concrete blocks and was standing on it. if you wouldn't confidently stand on that neck free-floating, then i wouldn't tension that and walk away, and i wouldn't be in the same room with one under tension without goggles.
lol all great points! no pun-intended. I was thinking the same things...and thought, Plexiglass might be a safer and lighter option.. no?
Damn, you might have changed my mind a bit. Maybe I'm not really putting this on my wishlist anymore...
As an instrument it would be too heavy for my taste. But in a showcase with bullet proof glas? It's a work of art. - And you are right: Glas is one of the last materials I would choose for a guitar. The build process is a nightmare.
Yeah the first thing i thought when i saw this was "holy shit people play these glass bombs?! This person must reinforce it some how right?"
@@noexpert1481 i mean...how can it be? you can see through the thing and there's no steel core or anything. Glass is actually very stiff and rigid and hard to bend, it's just that when you do finally bend it, it explodes into knives and needles. so there's that. a glass neck would be stiffer then wood, but when wood bends it just bends, and glass...um, protests more dramatically.
Great attention to every detail... a combination of engineering and artistry. I was impressed with the fact that you even thought of taking on such a tedious project as this in the first place! Ingenious! Sounded amazing too.
Amazing craftsmanship! The finished guitar is absolutely beautiful!
The coolest part of all this is that you engineered all this yourself! Congrats on a killer product!
New product, glass or mirrored pick guards. Led lit bodies and necks.
Mirror pick guards have existed for a number of years.
Really thought the demo was going to be Nothing Else Shatters.
Heart of Glass Blondie.
Do you know the name of the song that he played?
Go to the Mirror, Boy. The Who, Tommy.
How about Through Glass by Stone Sour?
Glass Onion. The Beatles.
WOW just incredible, Darrell sent me here as well. Man you have talent and skill far beyond most glass cutters! I appreciate good instruments but this is a work of ART as well. Thank you. Ima have to save up and buy a strat neck.
What a beautiful creation. Never seen anything like it before. And I'm old.
YOU SIR...... are amazing,, it is incredible the amount of work you do to make these , They are BEAUTIFUL ..
I don't think anything scares me as much as using that in in a performance.breaking a masterpiece like that would destroy not only my bank account but my soul as well. beautiful work.
Clearly an outstanding build..mastery of glass work over the top.
This is extremely cool, I'm looking forward to future builds.
It had a bright, quality sound, to me. I'm no expert, but I know what I like. I am picturing Dickey Betts making it ring and sing. Really nice job, all around. Thanks.
Beautiful craftsmanship! Excellent work my friend.
I never thought I’d see something like this. Was just watching a vid earlier on aluminum necks, thought that was the coolest thing, now this. The way the chords sound is really cool. I agree with everyone who’s said wear more protection though, i recommend a gas mask. Once you’re done working with it, you can hook it up to a nice bong & smoke your reefer through it :) totally worth the investment...
Doesn’t actually sound bad! What an enormous amount of work
Great guitar's bro. I appreciate your job. I came here because I saw on te Darrell Braun Guitar about you. Thanks.
I would also suggest when you mix your clear Apoxsee vacuum it do you remove all of the air bubbles and again poly carbonate on the sides would make it very tough if you dropped it and of course lighter
We came here from the Gainesville Sun article to look at your website and watch your video. Fantastic, and I'd say that your prices are very reasonable considering the amount of handwork you're doing!
Would pair nicely with a glass amp
Sweet, I wish I has a glass Randy Rhodes Concord flying V, or his polka dot flying V with the bow ties etched into the fretboard.
saw the comment, instantly revisited the "Mr.Crowley" live clip, RIP Randy...
I’m here for the same reason everyone else is blowing you up today. These are insanely good, and part of me wonders if you could cut the neck with a tile saw with a diamond blade. Already has the option for liquid cooling and you can set the table up specifically for the neck, freeing up your angle grinder for all the other work.
Seriously, these are Hawesome.
I have 2 angle grinders. Used to have a tile saw but found the larger blade too cumbersome.
Good change with the white control plate, but I think you could find mirror pickguard material and use that.
***You are a true artist and you do amazing work*** And they sound just awesome.
sounds great. so much for the tone wood theories.
Just saw a neck last night on Darrell Braun's channel. Pretty cool.
Absolutely beautiful love the look ,the sound and of course the materials that have been used..all made possible from the hands of a very greatly talented young artist.
Well done dude 🥇🎸
I am a guitarist and a glazier for over 25 years. Never thought to try this.
Could you make glass frets? Is it possible to make the fretboard glass thicker by the fret height. Than create the frets by removing the glass in between them like relief carving. Maybe even scallop the fretboard. That would be sick the frets should never wear down.
I had to seriously had to watch the whole thing. The idea of it making it to completion, and being a pro job, had me on the edge of my seat. o:.
Whelp, that gets you a sub. This is next level, easily one of the most interesting builds I've seen.
That is an absolute work of art. I could never afford one, sadly, but it warrants its price unlike some mass-produced things I could mention
Wow totaly amazed by your skill and presentation. As a lampworker glass blower im totally blown away with your skill and enginering. Very nice work indeed.
I wished my Dad could have seen this. He played for 70 years. I have never heard anyone better. He played professionally and owened some great guitars. He sold his D28 from the early 40's for 10 grand. I would love to see you build a Bass Guitar. 🎸That is what I play. I played for years with my Dad.
The last thing I ever did with my Dad was to play and sing, the night before he passed away. It's a sweet memory.
I would love to see you make a "f" style mandolin of glass. Alot of people are making guitars and bases online. No one to my knowledge has made a ukulele, mandolin, or violin of glass online. I've seen a lot guitar makes online, but nothing as cool as your work. Peace and be safe.
What about a glass banjo
Make a viola out of glass!!!!!
Wood Tone guys be like yes if you listen very closely you can hear that glass
LOL!
Nonsense! What makes the tone of a guitar is the UV glue, everybody knows that!
@@giannapple you're full of it..one who I will not mention...a "legend" said the screws used will have adverse effects on the tone so there.
@@giannapple It's gotta be authentic dry aged uv glue from 1998 though
@@TheEchelon Of course, it’s the Golden Era of glass guitars. Real vintage.
So this is where Darrell Braun got that neck. Nice!
Expert glassworker, more than capable electronic engineer, luthier and guitar player. Man, your skillset is impressive . . . most impressive.
My man, I cut mirror professionally, and can appreciate entirely, the amount of DANGER, care and skill that is required for this job. AMAZING!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing and Wowwwwwwww. I am beyond impressed. Had i not seen you do it, I wouldn't believe it to be possible
Gorgeous!!!
I'm now imagining one of these with the hollow center ringed by quartz-shaped shards so it looks like a slice out of a big geode.
😃
This guitar wouldn’t have lasted 2 minutes in the hands of Kurt Cobain
Pete Townshend: hold my explosives
kurt cobain You swore you didn’t have a gun tho😢
Thomas Lenehan I was just thinking that lol
@kurt cobain
Oh the darkness of that perfectly executed comedic comment. No fat on that joke, none. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
He would have smashed it, thus committing suicide at the same time.
Your voice sounds amzingly like the guy who makes the "Your Daily Dose Of Internet" videos. And by the way the sound of the glass guitar is worth all the hard work.
That's it! Man, that was driving me crazy! Thank you!
I don't think that we've ever seen those two in the same room. I'm starting to get suspicious.
@@Phoenixspin the guy from ddoi is leafy. Literally, he's leafy
DDIO Voice: “This guy makes guitars.... completely out of glass...”
Awesome work. You need a water jet machine to gut that glass. It would speed up production considerably. Also, much less clean-up on the edges.
Damn dude, the amount of work and ingenuity used with your tools is off the charts, nice!
Hey man i heard about you from Darrel Braun, was not disappointed 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Great work! Thanks for this video!
Invest in the best respirator you can find. Silicosis is an horrible way to go.
Again, thanks for this video and keep up the great work.
I appreciate your concern and have looked in to the health risks. silica in manufactured glass has an amorphous structure. so It's not much of a health risk like the crystalline silica used in glass prior to manufacture. According to OSHA and the NIOSH amorphous glass dust doesn't pose a health risk or lead to silicosis. I think i'd be dead by now if it did! I use the mask because it does irritate the sinuses a bit.
Young man you are truly impressive. Might I suggest you finish the neck with a torch? Instead of all that sanding, you could also take the pieces to a glass craft furnace and have them temper and put a finish on all the pieces before you assemble them. Lots of luck. I think I’ll keep an eye on you for a while to see how you blossom.
Tom Cryer sanding feels smoother to the hand: not sticky like a lacquered wood neck that kills all the wood feel
kind of patronising
You should add some additional coating to the BACK to protect the mirror coating from its own back side. Belt-buckles and other sharp objects that rub against the back of the guitar during normal usage will cut lines into the mirror.
Try useing granite polishing tools and wet diamond pads. I think you get good results less dust and more user friendly tool options. Awsome guitar
Imagine LED Lights in a glass guitar. That would be dope
dude hell yea
Its still gonna be stronger than the headstock found on Gibson guitars.
DUDE! WTF? i'm having a hard enough time making it out of wood and having everything align, and a neck ?, OMFG, just WOW, WOW
I've never actually made a guitar out of wood before, but I figured glass aint wood so just try stuff out and see what works.
@@MorningstarGlassGuitars wood id pretty difficult, it likes to change shape whenever you put a cut in it, it's a plant , so all those fibers work together for structure, i , personally paint cars, so all i know about glass is it's not the easiest thing to work with, hey , maybe i'm wrong , i don't really know, but something as precise as a guitar neck has to be "ON",which is why they use truss rods and graphite reinforcement, and i would think if you make 1 mistake with glass , it's over, it's impressive none the less
Amazing ! So much for the debate on "which wood makes a better sounding guitar. " Very impressed. Thank you for sharing this build.
You my dear sir, have mad skills. Although I do not play you kept my interest through out the entire video.
Kurt cobain could’ve used a few of these on his tours, would’ve made smashing guitars a lot easier
and billie joe too
A lot more dangerous too
kurt cobain that brought both a smile and sadness to me all at once! Hilarious but damn I miss the legend!
What about The Who? Smashed a few in their days 😉😂
@@vanrosseyon so true David must have learned it all from Kurt during his drummer years with nirvana hahaha
This is incredible!! How long was this build? The guitar sounds awesome and I’m just dumbfounded that you made it out of glass. I think the price is spot on, and I hope you find success, I would love to watch more builds. Twelve pounds is a behemoth though...and I bitch about Les Pauls.
I still had a day job when I made this one. I think it took a month and a half but I decided to just take my time. I’ve punched a couple out in half that time while working full time. Lots of coffee helped but my back hurt like hell for a few weeks. I know it’s still a heavy weight but after reading about some 1970s les Paul’s weighing over 13 pounds. 12.9 pounds is a total win for me. A really wide padded strap really helps. I might record myself making some bolt on strat necks and another glass guitar I’m thinking about adding to my product line. That and an in depth comparison between the tonal difference between glass and wood. The sustain is so good with glass
@@MorningstarGlassGuitars When I bought my Strat last week, I told the guys in the shop that I hadn't played in 44 years & wanted to start over. One thing they told me was, temperature & humidity changes would cause it to change shape & if I anticipated any changes (before a show, say), I should place the Strat in roughly the same conditions several hours before use. I remembered punk rockers I knew 20 years ago who played in backyards in Canaryville, S Chicago who put their guitars on the back porch, or in rooms w/the window open, so they'd change & not need re-tuning every 10 minutes. But a glass guitar wouldn't be sensitive to these indoor/outdoor climate changes, & I can see how they'd sustain like mad, not being made of flexible, porous material like wood. Am I getting that right? I know I'm a noob, having a Strat for only seven days, but musician pals have taught me a lot that I wouldn't have learned on a $20 acoustic in 1973-76. I saw your glass neck on the Darrell Braun video & thought, "You watch, he's gonna make a glass guitar. How can you not, it'd be cool in galactic proportions." And it is. You have something no one else has.
What an epic guitar!! It sounds so good too! I’d love to own it! Amazing job!!
Dude so sick.. would love to see a glass guitar with reflections in the body.. like infinite reflections bouncing off eachother.. and then maybe installing a uv light to change colors.. food for thought.. but kick ass work man, good job
I may have missed it but the mirror silvering needs some sort of protection against pants rivets. it has a tough finish but it will eventually wear through.
now thats the sound of what they call "glassy" tone.
Yeah, a very CLEAR tone.
How are there any dislikes? This videos awesome, I really look forward to watching you make a glass bass, the more thunderous the better lol
Next: building an ENTIRE guitar out of DRAGON BONES!
He needs 10 more levels in his smithing tree before that.
Dragonscale is better for maneuverability, which you generally want for a rock concert.
Seems that if you could book some time on an industrial waterjet cutting table you could reduce much of the hand snipping & grinding of glass with parts cut to within 0.005" or better including holes. A table w/ 5 axis cutting head might open up other possibilities to reduce labor time.