Wonderful job and a unique build to be sure. If by chance you could build a gold guitar that would weigh 35 lbs. it would cost roughly $1,034,600.00. Split between your 674K subscribers each subscriber would only need to donate $1.54. Round up to $2.00 each and you could have gold pick ups, control knobs, and tuners. I'm in!
Watching you over the years has been cool, especially seeing the different ideas and material you create guitars with, but most of all your playing level has increased so much that I feel like someone should give you flowers for that, I know as a 30+ years player that it's hard to hear yourself progressing, but as an outside object listener, you have gained much more skills than previous videos.
Can confirm. My dad has a Gibson Les Paul. When you warm up to play it, it isn’t for the playing, but for your body to support the damn thing! I used to have to lug the thing around for him when he played at a gig. I was just a little guy and with the hard case, it weighed more than a third of my body weight.
I love seeing the creativity that goes into these builds. The most impressive thing to me about all these projects is how you don’t get frustrated, freak out, or give up when things go wrong.
I came from Primitive Technology's latest video straight to this one and was briefly startled to hear Burl's narration instead of only forest sounds 👁️👄👁️
Love your work man - to answer the implied question around 5:10 about how adding two soft metals makes a harder one: it’s the atomic structure that matters. Copper and tin are both ordered lattice structures, which is naturally quite soft. When you add tin to copper, the larger tin atoms replace copper within that lattice and that makes it harder for the copper to flex. If you’re more into visuals, imagine the copper is a bead necklace and the tin is a baseball right in the middle. Coiling it up would be made much more difficult by the baseball. It’s just that same mechanism at the atomic scale.
That was a super fun process to watch. The final product looks very cool, but I must say you are a true madman for following through with this kooky idea.
The density of pure copper is 8.9 g/cc. For comparison, iron is 7.9 g/cc, and pure aluminum is 2.7 g/cc. As soon as I saw the thumbnail, I knew this guitar was going to be a heavy SOB.
That looked like it took some serious determination to build. Subscribed because you will improve, you're humble enough to eat up the imperfections and progress. Keep it up! ❤
Damn, watching you make guitars from increasingly more challenging materials has been awesome. Your creativity and ingenuity for these tough projects is so captivating to watch. Can't wait to see what you make next.
My recommendation is to cast hollow next time. I know it's cheap to sand cast, but being able to make your pieces out of wax, dip them in refractory slurry and cast each piece will make the guitar lighter. Then you can tig weld them together, clean them up and you a more desired result. Maybe you can do a promotional piece with a local foundry, where you promote them and get to use their facilities to make a guitar? Also, fifty-pounds of bronze if pretty expensive and not practical in terms of playing long term. However, beautiful piece none the less.
Na dude that would ruin it things, too fancy; the reason we watch this guy, is cause hes one us. If that guitar didnt weigh 40 pounfs, i wpuld have only been ok with it weighin 90.
@@zatoichimasseur6767 While I get what you're saying and I fully enjoy watching content like this that I can very easily do (as in I don't need a welder, know how to weld, be buddies with a foundry for little to no cost) it would be very interesting to see what someone could do with this concept but in a bit more "sophisticated" way. I love legit DIY shit like this, but seeing a uber professional take on it from time to time is cool too.
Copper is a metal with opposite properties to steel. It work hardens, meaning the more you mess with it, the more difficult it gets. To anneal it, you quench it.
i just started playing guitar 5 months ago but I've been following your channel for a couple years now, I have an entire new appreciation for how insane this is. Metal on a metal guitar is really hilarious, but I can't imagine your thigh would feel great from holding this thing to play it for long
Was that "Slither" from Velvet Revolver at the start of the demo? I swear I could hear Slash and The Conspirators playing that and getting the crowd shouting to it!
That is just freaking cool. With the metal build and weight, I have to imagine the sustain is amazing. I always look forward to your videos and ideas. As a lefty, I keep hoping for one.... Thanks for showing that true innovation and craftsmanship are still alive. Great build!!
@@anonnona8099 Set fire up it, good do you know anything kid Go ask your primary school science teacher if it’s possible and see what he says You might learn a thing or too
@@CricketEngland > Set fire up it, good do you know anything kid > > Go ask your primary school science teacher if it’s possible and see what he says > > You might learn a thing or too Dear god, WT~ is wrong with you? I tell you what - get hold of a bit of bronze, and with the aid of a can of lighter fluid and a box of matches see if you can make it catch fire. Jeez.
I'm sure you probably didn't do the first body pour at night for its awesome look..... but it looked awesome. Another great build made possible through your rugged determination, patience and dilligence. Thanks for all your effort. A truly beautiful finished piece.
WOW......I am sure glad that I checked this vid. out, how fascinating. I love and play guitar, so as I was scrolling quite quickly I might add, through the images, this beautiful Shiney guitar came into view. I'm am so glad you decided to go with the Polished finish instead of a Matt. Anyways what a Killer creation you've made. Now that's a Guitar for the Ages......literally. Thank you so posting this beauty, So Cool. 🎸🎸🎸♥️
I had an old Veleno guitar. An aluminum guitar made in the 70s. That guy did the body in two hollow halves (machined out) that are screwed together. It was all aluminum. Sold it for way too much money a few years ago.
Have you thought about doing a Kintsugi styled guitar? one that was broken, chipped, and such, but repaired with urushi lacquer with powdered gold/silver/platinum?
As a guitarist who’s been in 3 rock cover bands and 3 church bands, as well as somebody who went to college for 4 years doing welding and automotive tech, your luthier skills as well as playing skills are absolutely lethal dude… I know I sound like every other person when I say I am thoroughly impressed by your work but holy hell dude this was no easy task, this was honestly an insane task to take on.. but major major props to you for persevering and making it happen for us viewers because I know none of us could’ve made it happen like you did, or any of your other builds honestly. Your dedication and work ethic is unmatched and I can’t stop applauding you for it! I saw Burls Art posted a new video and I knew I was in for a treat and you legitimately never disappoint. Never stop doing your thing man, I hope all is well with you :)
You know what would be really meta? Building a guitar out of old guitars. Like, get a couple of junk guitars people are throwing away, sawing them up then using different pieces from each guitar to make a jig-saw puzzle like guitar. 😅
That guitar sounds AWESOME!!! God, I would totally buy one... Seriously, I've been playing for over 30 years and have a (what I believe to be) good ear for sound, and that guitar sounds great. Great Job!!
For the rest of the world: The 20 pounds of copper + 2 pounds of tin translates to 9 kg of copper + 0.9 kg of tin, so about 10 kg for the neck. 30 pounds of copper + 3 pounds of tin used for the body is equivalent to roughly 13.6 kg of copper + 1.36 kg of tin, so about 15 kg for the body. The 60 pounds crucible full of metal for the body weighed about 27 kg. The finished guitar weighs about 40 pounds = about 18 kg.
@tommy_svk > For the rest of the world: The 20 pounds of copper + 2 pounds of tin translates to > 9 kg of copper + 0.9 kg of tin, so about 10 kg for the neck. 30 pounds of copper + > 3 pounds of tin used for the body is equivalent to roughly 13.6 kg of copper + > 1.36 kg of tin, so about 15 kg for the body. The 60 pounds crucible full of metal > for the body weighed about 27 kg. The finished guitar weighs about 40 pounds > = about 18 kg Gold is approx 2.4 x as dense as bronze, so solid gold one would come in at about 96lb/43kg If one could be made from iridium (osmium is a bit toxic), you'd be looking at 110lb/50kg. And about $8M.
Guh!?! Amazing man! Just got to the demo - the tone is so very unique - my opinion is that it's definitely worth creating a sample set of every note having sustain / staccato / mute staccato (with all PUP configurations of course). I would buy a sample set of this guitar for sure.
3 full days to radius the fretboard... I'm still stuck on that one! Whenever I come up with an annoying challenge during a build, I just need to remember you and the patience it requires for you to pour, re-pour, rebuild, cut up... Very cool!
Another great work of art. Gotta say, the final weigh-in makes me feel a lot better about the bass I built with a solid ash body that "only" weighs 14 lbs. It's not nearly as shiny as this though. Thanks for sharing!
As this area heads into the 100+ degrees season, maybe your next challenging build should be to make a guitar out of ice. Great build and video! I bet that guitar sustains for days.
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Will build a gold one next if anybody’s willing to front the cost
Wonderful job and a unique build to be sure. If by chance you could build a gold guitar that would weigh 35 lbs. it would cost roughly $1,034,600.00. Split between your 674K subscribers each subscriber would only need to donate $1.54. Round up to $2.00 each and you could have gold pick ups, control knobs, and tuners. I'm in!
The tungsten guitar instead
uranium guitar
It would have to be a gold top/veneer only. Gold is way too soft.
A Les Paul actual Gold top
Up next: hand forged damascus steel guitar
Jokes aside this is the most insane thing you've done so far and it's super impressive.
_"This guitar will cut"_
It will keel.
I was thinking that
PEDAL steel guitar. ;)
Someone call Alec Steele!
Beautiful build. Also, sucha great tone. Much better sounding than I expected. Thanks
Watching you over the years has been cool, especially seeing the different ideas and material you create guitars with, but most of all your playing level has increased so much that I feel like someone should give you flowers for that, I know as a 30+ years player that it's hard to hear yourself progressing, but as an outside object listener, you have gained much more skills than previous videos.
I think it's ready to gig. The perfect guitar for your roadie to throw to you mid concert 💀
I once threw a guitar at a drummer. The guitar body broke in half. This one would have lived for the encore.
Some crackhead would probably snatch it mid-air.-
@@Les537 But the drummer wouldn't survive if you threw this guitar at them lol
Lmao
yeah and if you don't catch it your going to get fucked up because it weighs so much. the sucker might put a dent in the stage!
I'm pretty sure this guitar is still lighter than the average les Paul. Great video!
I had a BC Rich Warlock that weighed something like 18 lbs.
So it ways les?
(Sorry)
lols my Les Paul is 9lb at most . This thing weighs 4xLes Paul
Great stuff, I'd love to play it. Thanks, good work.
Can confirm. My dad has a Gibson Les Paul. When you warm up to play it, it isn’t for the playing, but for your body to support the damn thing! I used to have to lug the thing around for him when he played at a gig. I was just a little guy and with the hard case, it weighed more than a third of my body weight.
Should've called it the Bronzecaster
Man, I want this one
I love seeing the creativity that goes into these builds. The most impressive thing to me about all these projects is how you don’t get frustrated, freak out, or give up when things go wrong.
damn that guitar is metal as hell
heavy metal, at that
Boooo
none more metal, literally.
He says he doesn't play metal. No matter what you play on this, you're playing metal!!!
@@FinEddyXX😂 I rarely like the original comment and a "diss" reply.
Perfect humor. 👌
"But I like shiny things" - my thoughts exactly
the response on that guitar is INSANE, crank the volume through a good tube amp and pickups... oh boy... unreal the tone
Man! i love that you played a little metal riff on it!
*Slither by Velvet Revolver minus one chord at the end of each repetition
Moved on from the caveman days of creating a guitar out of stuff found in the forest. Burl is evolving.
Collab with John Plant (a.k.a. "Primitive Technology" guy) when?
He’s officially entered the Bronze Age. I look forward to his upcoming Iron Age.
I came from Primitive Technology's latest video straight to this one and was briefly startled to hear Burl's narration instead of only forest sounds
👁️👄👁️
That episode is my favorite of his!!
Yes. He's in the bronze age now
Love your work man - to answer the implied question around 5:10 about how adding two soft metals makes a harder one: it’s the atomic structure that matters. Copper and tin are both ordered lattice structures, which is naturally quite soft. When you add tin to copper, the larger tin atoms replace copper within that lattice and that makes it harder for the copper to flex.
If you’re more into visuals, imagine the copper is a bead necklace and the tin is a baseball right in the middle. Coiling it up would be made much more difficult by the baseball. It’s just that same mechanism at the atomic scale.
Excellent explanation. It's the same if you add 4% copper to aluminium, to make Duralumin. The copper makes it harder for the aluminium to flex.
@@1man1guitarletsgocongratulations on using the CORRECT spelling of Aluminium!!
@@philgallagher1 Thanks Phil, it's the pronunciation too!
First time viewer,love the fact that you showed your mistakes, and how you fixed them. You are a real craftsman.
That was a super fun process to watch. The final product looks very cool, but I must say you are a true madman for following through with this kooky idea.
A Telecopper!
Love it.
Now that’s a heavy metal guitar
Amazing, always stoked to see what you come up with.
I will never complain about sanding a radius ever again!!! Great work man
It’s always a nice day when Burls art uploads. Building guitars the unconventional way, but making true pieces of art in the process. Keep it up Burl.
And to Burls comment about not posting often, despite that, we get an epic build video by an epic artist! Loved the fake metal riff to start.
I love the voids, adds character and shows it was cast, looks good!
The density of pure copper is 8.9 g/cc. For comparison, iron is 7.9 g/cc, and pure aluminum is 2.7 g/cc. As soon as I saw the thumbnail, I knew this guitar was going to be a heavy SOB.
Gold 19.3 . Be silly heavey
Are you practicing guitar? “No, I’m working out”. One hell of a build and a lot of hard work.
That looked like it took some serious determination to build. Subscribed because you will improve, you're humble enough to eat up the imperfections and progress. Keep it up! ❤
Damn, watching you make guitars from increasingly more challenging materials has been awesome. Your creativity and ingenuity for these tough projects is so captivating to watch. Can't wait to see what you make next.
My recommendation is to cast hollow next time. I know it's cheap to sand cast, but being able to make your pieces out of wax, dip them in refractory slurry and cast each piece will make the guitar lighter. Then you can tig weld them together, clean them up and you a more desired result. Maybe you can do a promotional piece with a local foundry, where you promote them and get to use their facilities to make a guitar? Also, fifty-pounds of bronze if pretty expensive and not practical in terms of playing long term. However, beautiful piece none the less.
I don't think this guy needs any advice. He's a first-class engineer.
335 anyone????
@@1man1guitarletsgo he's a first class guitarist too. I'm just a lowly sculptor who understands the process of making.
Na dude that would ruin it things, too fancy; the reason we watch this guy, is cause hes one us. If that guitar didnt weigh 40 pounfs, i wpuld have only been ok with it weighin 90.
@@zatoichimasseur6767 While I get what you're saying and I fully enjoy watching content like this that I can very easily do (as in I don't need a welder, know how to weld, be buddies with a foundry for little to no cost) it would be very interesting to see what someone could do with this concept but in a bit more "sophisticated" way. I love legit DIY shit like this, but seeing a uber professional take on it from time to time is cool too.
That's one of the most interesting clean tones I've ever heard
very nice! I also love how making a guitar is actually making a guitar and not just bolting a premade neck on bronze body.
Great work!
Love that riff from “Edge of Desire”. Well played my man!
Copper is a metal with opposite properties to steel. It work hardens, meaning the more you mess with it, the more difficult it gets. To anneal it, you quench it.
Warmest tone I've ever heard. Thick, smooth, brilliant.
I agree for all metal its awarm tone
You post such quality videos that you take all the time you need to make em dude.
the imperfection of air pockets make it so natural and cool, beautifuly made, congrats
Keep up the great work Burl! You inspired my son to build his own guitar in high school wood shop
hope he uses wood. I built a bass in high school woodshop which I still use, decades later.
Bronze has such a nice color to it. Solid choice on polishing it.
i just started playing guitar 5 months ago but I've been following your channel for a couple years now, I have an entire new appreciation for how insane this is. Metal on a metal guitar is really hilarious, but I can't imagine your thigh would feel great from holding this thing to play it for long
Beautiful to watch despite the challenges. Always love your videos.
9:16 and watch the crucible holder flex dangerously when putting that heavy a weight on it. You REALLY need to re-enforce that before casting again.
I love your videos bro! You should make a 7 string one day!
Although he clearly said he doesn't play or listen to metal I second this suggestion. 👍
Nice job man. Love to see fab guys pushing limits. You have talent
What a wild build, those tuning pegs were a great choice. Gives such an industrial vibe
Was that "Slither" from Velvet Revolver at the start of the demo? I swear I could hear Slash and The Conspirators playing that and getting the crowd shouting to it!
It sure is, I caught that too. Followed by Edge of Desire by John Mayer.
The voids and mirror finish work! I like the effect.
That is just freaking cool. With the metal build and weight, I have to imagine the sustain is amazing. I always look forward to your videos and ideas. As a lefty, I keep hoping for one.... Thanks for showing that true innovation and craftsmanship are still alive. Great build!!
I have so much respect for you radiusing the fretboard. That is insane.
Attractive finish. Deep tones with lots of sustain. Well done.
Dude! The imperfections make that a bad ass piece! Love it!!
Even Pete Townshends is not gonna be able to smash up this one
Or the Clash.
@CricketEngland
> Even Pete Townshends is not gonna be able to smash up this one
Nor Jimi Hendrix (were he still with us) set fire to it.
@@anonnona8099
Set fire up it, good do you know anything kid
Go ask your primary school science teacher if it’s possible and see what he says
You might learn a thing or too
@@CricketEngland
> Set fire up it, good do you know anything kid
>
> Go ask your primary school science teacher if it’s possible and see what he says
>
> You might learn a thing or too
Dear god, WT~ is wrong with you?
I tell you what - get hold of a bit of bronze, and with the aid of a can of lighter fluid and a box of matches see if you can make it catch fire.
Jeez.
@@CricketEngland wow ur so smart
I'm sure you probably didn't do the first body pour at night for its awesome look..... but it looked awesome. Another great build made possible through your rugged determination, patience and dilligence. Thanks for all your effort. A truly beautiful finished piece.
WOW......I am sure glad that I checked this vid. out, how fascinating. I love and play guitar, so as I was scrolling
quite quickly I might add, through the images, this beautiful Shiney guitar came into view. I'm am so glad you decided to go with the Polished finish instead of a Matt. Anyways what a Killer
creation you've made. Now that's a Guitar for the Ages......literally. Thank you so posting this beauty, So Cool. 🎸🎸🎸♥️
It sounds SO pretty! Nicely done.
Your beautiful playing at the end is always the icing on the cake. Love it!
The wait was worth it. Amazing build.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. You have amazing skills and patience
Love how creative you are! Keep it going love the content
Wow, that guitar body literally broke the mold!
Notifications didn't work but you were top of my feed thankfully 😀😀 Great video!!
Nice sound and really beautiful looks, such an amazing color! You must be proud, after so much effort and time!
Your content is EXCELLENT seriously really great job
The Bronzecaster
That is sick
I had an old Veleno guitar. An aluminum guitar made in the 70s. That guy did the body in two hollow halves (machined out) that are screwed together. It was all aluminum. Sold it for way too much money a few years ago.
That design was my first thought when it came to reducing the weight of the guitar
Thank you for sharing your success (and failure) of this project. I, too, like shiny things. Please, stay safe and keep that lightning rod grounded!
Kudos for being an innovator and pushing the limits. Well done! 👏👏👏
Have you thought about doing a Kintsugi styled guitar? one that was broken, chipped, and such, but repaired with urushi lacquer with powdered gold/silver/platinum?
As a guitarist who’s been in 3 rock cover bands and 3 church bands, as well as somebody who went to college for 4 years doing welding and automotive tech, your luthier skills as well as playing skills are absolutely lethal dude… I know I sound like every other person when I say I am thoroughly impressed by your work but holy hell dude this was no easy task, this was honestly an insane task to take on.. but major major props to you for persevering and making it happen for us viewers because I know none of us could’ve made it happen like you did, or any of your other builds honestly. Your dedication and work ethic is unmatched and I can’t stop applauding you for it! I saw Burls Art posted a new video and I knew I was in for a treat and you legitimately never disappoint. Never stop doing your thing man, I hope all is well with you :)
Nice tribute
Great tone and killer looks. Well done!!!
This and your aluminum build are still my 2 fav builds in RUclips
I bet a bronzed sheet on a wood guitar would lo stellar!
You know what would be really meta? Building a guitar out of old guitars.
Like, get a couple of junk guitars people are throwing away, sawing them up then using different pieces from each guitar to make a jig-saw puzzle like guitar. 😅
Has a beautiful, rich and dense sound. Good job!
That guitar sounds AWESOME!!! God, I would totally buy one... Seriously, I've been playing for over 30 years and have a (what I believe to be) good ear for sound, and that guitar sounds great. Great Job!!
Show this video to the tone wood guys
For the rest of the world: The 20 pounds of copper + 2 pounds of tin translates to 9 kg of copper + 0.9 kg of tin, so about 10 kg for the neck. 30 pounds of copper + 3 pounds of tin used for the body is equivalent to roughly 13.6 kg of copper + 1.36 kg of tin, so about 15 kg for the body. The 60 pounds crucible full of metal for the body weighed about 27 kg. The finished guitar weighs about 40 pounds = about 18 kg.
Thank you! I have no idea what a lb is, is it like 500g? Ahaha
@@cassermck yeah, 454g
@tommy_svk
> For the rest of the world: The 20 pounds of copper + 2 pounds of tin translates to
> 9 kg of copper + 0.9 kg of tin, so about 10 kg for the neck. 30 pounds of copper +
> 3 pounds of tin used for the body is equivalent to roughly 13.6 kg of copper +
> 1.36 kg of tin, so about 15 kg for the body. The 60 pounds crucible full of metal
> for the body weighed about 27 kg. The finished guitar weighs about 40 pounds
> = about 18 kg
Gold is approx 2.4 x as dense as bronze, so solid gold one would come in at about 96lb/43kg
If one could be made from iridium (osmium is a bit toxic), you'd be looking at 110lb/50kg. And about $8M.
Sounds amazing! Nice work once again.
Guh!?! Amazing man!
Just got to the demo - the tone is so very unique - my opinion is that it's definitely worth creating a sample set of every note having sustain / staccato / mute staccato (with all PUP configurations of course).
I would buy a sample set of this guitar for sure.
how many houses did you rob to strip the wire?
love the metalic quality of your guitar!
3 full days to radius the fretboard...
I'm still stuck on that one!
Whenever I come up with an annoying challenge during a build, I just need to remember you and the patience it requires for you to pour, re-pour, rebuild, cut up...
Very cool!
Beautiful sound. The sustain is unreal!
You can go have a bite and you'd still be hearing that
Your playing is always a treat.
EDGE OF DESIRE>>>>
Great build and awesome video as always!!
Absolutely stunning~!!! No heavy metal band can be complete without this guitar. :) Congratulations :)
Brilliant attempts. Practice makes perfect. Very enjoyable to watch
I was surprised by the tone. Well Done! Ric
Dude the tone is actually soooo good!
Amazing stuff, thanks gor the distortion demo!!!
Edge of Desire! Super great turnout! Nice sounding guitar.
Very tenacious and talented - well done on a great project :)
I absolutely love these builds man, great stuff as always
Another awesome build! Always enjoy your videos🔥
All that's missing is the flamethrower attachment. What an impressive project! Good lord. Well done!
Now that’s a heavy metal guitar 🎸
Awesome work! Love it!
Very nice warm sound! And it is beautiful!
That’s so cool. Thank you for the detailed process.
Great effort. Looks awesome. Love the vid.
Another great work of art. Gotta say, the final weigh-in makes me feel a lot better about the bass I built with a solid ash body that "only" weighs 14 lbs. It's not nearly as shiny as this though. Thanks for sharing!
The neck cavity imperfection is one of the coolest parts of this guitar!
As this area heads into the 100+ degrees season, maybe your next challenging build should be to make a guitar out of ice.
Great build and video! I bet that guitar sustains for days.
You have an amazing God given talent Mr. Burl. Really enjoy your videos.🎶🎸👍