Bro I watched one video and realized this man and his mistakes are more important to me than watching someone who is perfect in their craft ( or act as if ) but you got me I'm starting in my living room God Bless my Wife I don't know much about you but I'm happy to be here thank you
I started in my room with VERY basic woodworking tools, and a bench. Coming up on about 2 years later soon, and I've got clientele, and sold a few. Good times.
@@imywt I'm glad to hear that. I got started, then realized hey, Ive actually been doing this a bit longer than I thought Amazing how much we didn't know until we took one apart. Yes brother good times. I'm teaching her how to do this , like my first floor job I fired my friend and took her on she actually could hang. I'll be in your comment section tc
Most guitars are made of woods that vibrate the clearest, easiest, and most consistently without needing much extra work. For example Poplar is a tonewood, but it's a sickly green with non-symmetric rings so no one uses it because it needs a solid paint to make it usable. Pine is a tonewood, but so porous that the amount of filler to make a typical flat, glass-like finish stick would deaden the vibrations. Builders like oily tonewoods because they don't need a finish, but those tend to be heavy so they are only on stuff like fingerboards. Not to mention the trees need to be wide or else you need to use multiple blocks glued together. Maple is an all-purpose wood but needs a finish and grows to be gigantic, but also is so dense that it makes everything really bright. Osage orange would probably be amazing for guitars, it's what Middle Ages bows were made of; nearly indestructible and the sound of loosing an arrow can be heard from quite a ways away. The problem is that it's a thin tree (so need laminates which deadens the vibration), it's expensive, it's relatively rare, and it's strength will eat your tools, AND it's covered in thorns that will shred your tools just to get the bark off.
@@truog2003brasilia Thank you so much! This Guitar plays and sounds the best so far. I will probably make another one of these with some refinements in the near future. I will most likely hollow out the horns and put the soundhole closer to the player position. That and I want to maybe do some more extravagant stuff with the small details.
A lot of the golden age guitar bodies were maple, mahogany, and ash that were fossilized under the great lakes for a few hundred years and then sold for pennies to turn the lake into a rich summer home and vacation area.
@@OverNightLuthier was a worker problem in the 1700's, the lumber yard burned down, and the logs were tossed in the lake to stop them from fueling the fire.
@stebrosonic7465 thank you much! Just wait till #5 is done! Just have to glue the bridge and cut the headstock shape and #5 is complete! It's a design I'm not sure will work but if it does...could be a game changer.
@ontherhodes8088 Yes indeed! This is my 4th one, my first build is a bit longer at over an hour, but I think it's a fun video because it's literally my first experience ever woodworking lol, the second build has probably the funniest issue I ran into. Maybe you could check those out while I'm building #5! ;) btw #5 is gonna be a DOOZY! LOL
Hi from Russia. It's very good video, thank you. This june I made a guitar looks like Kiesel Zeus of free wood (neck - larch, body - birch plywood and pine). Now I want to try with premium woods. Next try would be like work on mistakes.
@@theantongavrbro what local woods do you have in your area? I've never heard of larch, I'll have to look that one up. And thank you!!! Wait till you see guitar #5 that I just finished yesterday. I hope it sounds good, very experimental.
That is really a nice looking guitar I might talk to you someday about maybe a build for me I love that style on your guitar that I have small hands and I need a real Ibanez type of neck, I was also thinking about one of those painted black with one set somewhere of active emgs add a kill switch I absolutely need a very slim neck anyways keep up the good work man that's an awesome guitar
@@OverNightLuthier there’s one guitar I’ve always wanted to see which is just a mashup between a Les Paul and a Telecaster, a telecaster body, es components, and a Les Paul neck, that would be awesome to see, but I hope I get to see some of your future creations
@featherless656 I will eventually make an electric guitar, they are much easier to make, im sure, since it doesn't need any internal structure besides body cavitation for the electronics. I'm sure my dad would love the guitar you're describing, maybe if I end up making an electric, I'll consider this. Although I would need a telecaster template.
@@OverNightLuthier true, I love the guitars you make already though because I’m a big fan of semi-hollow/hollow body guitars, keep up the good work man
@featherless656 I'm a fan of the thin guitars too! Don't see too many made! Can't wait to start the next one, I have a few videos I need to make before then. I wrote and recorded a song with this guitar last night and I will be working on a one take performance using this guitar for the next video.
@ 1:24 there is a better method. If you prop up both halves at the joint maybe a 1/2 inch, you can then use multiple nails on the outer edges of the boards as a stop. Once the edges are nailed, remove the prop. Then just add heavy weight at the center. This will automatically create even pressure at the joint.
I'm also starting to build guitars. (As a hobby) I have wood and hardwares, i will build my own pickups. I just need to buy some tools like pillar drill and router... and stuff like that. I don't know if im gonna film that process! I'm not confident enough to film myself! I saw that you have 50 subs, so i subscribe to help and support you.
@Mohammad_E89 hey man! Definitely film it, now more than ever it's important to create stuff so we can enjoy eachothers work. There is a lot of free editing software these days and it's pretty simple to do basic cuts and learn as you go! Thank you for the support!
Neat. You could of cut some of the lower string side of the neck and added a strip to match your high end side mistake. Them tell ever one I meant to do that. LOL they great.
@clintrichardson1248 yes the intonation is very good from my ear, the string height ended up being a little less than 3 or 4mm with the setup I decided on.
Nice work! I'm actually doing something similar inspired by the acoustasonic line from fender. Just want a handy guitar to sit by the sofa. If I were you I would use some kind of neck reinforcement or even a truss rod, something that ruins a guitar for me is a bad neck and that's the reason I've only used bought necks on my builds, not confident enough on my neck building skills lol. Subscribed so keep those builds coming!
@RudeGolpe yes indeed! I have considered neck reinforcements or even simply some extra vertical bars of different wood but with nylon stringed guitars there's not a ton of force like there would be with steel strings. That being said, I'm not opposed to it, just haven't done it yet. ;) guitar #5 is gonna be a banger btw, I got it all figured out what I want to attempt. Gonna be weird. Lol
@kitty98077 I'm really enjoying making them, been fun experimenting. The next build I'm planning is going to be very unique. Thank you for the support though! I really feel your kindness.
Well you gained a follower. So stoked on the coming videos. This is a crazy idea and I'm here for it. I'm 28 and I've been playing for about 19 years, to celebrate my 20th I want to build a body for a neck I have. Any tips?
@ghosteh6503 my biggest tips arr basic ones. 1. Don't over clamp (pressure-wise) 2. Always make joints like 1mm smaller than what the neck joint should be and shave off a little bit at a time until it fits perfect. And check your neck angle before you commit with the glue. 3. You can go much thinner with bracing than I did, remember I am just learning and I have no idea what dimensions are good for what. Make sure you do you research about scale lengths, if your neck is from a specific guitar make sure and measure where your bridge is supposed to be so your intonation and such isn't all weird.
@jblassio ya lol they are sharp as hell, I am getting better at not stabbing myself, the past 2 guitars I don't think I stabbed myself but maybe once. All the mistakes I made were damaging the guitar instead of my hands. Lol
Very lightweight, pretty easy to cut and relatively dense feeling. Felt similar to cutting rosewood. My particular examples had some tear out unfortunately, not sure if that's normal for the type of wood or not but it was manageable, had to put in extra effort to sand it. Super cheap though, 1/3 or so the price of the ebony I used last. I will most definitely use eucalyptus again for the fretboard. Really helped with neck dive. I used oak and ebony for the neck and fretboard of the prototype I made before this one and because the body is mostly hollow, the neck really feels heavier than the rest of the guitar. The mahogany/eucalyptus combo feels very well balanced and is probably one of my more comfortable guitars I own to play in a more upright position. Ebony looks great but it's heavy, the dust smells like rotten butter shits when you are sanding or sawing it, it's more expensive and harder to work with. Once the couple examples I have get used, I likely will switch over to eucalyptus for the rest of my builds I'm planning.
@@OverNightLuthier thank you so much for the detailed information. I want to try it for solid electric guitar build. Even the color looks like Rosewood,, Pao Ferro. But never heard of it someone using it as solid electric guitar fretboard.
@dingadettachhangteofficial5091 the wood to my human eye looks a bit grayish brown, looks really nice. Adds a bit of unique flavor to the visuals, close to rosewood visually but just a bit different enough to do a double take.
I wish I would have bought more when it was on sale but I didn't know if I would like it so I only bought a couple but they were on sale for 3 dollars for the blanks. Now they are back to 6 dollars each I think.
I built a strat body out of an Australian hardwood called Seligna it’s bloody heavy but sounds wicked in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing. Loved the video it’s so refreshing to see real people giving it a go.
@DaskaiserreichNet78 Thank you much! The prototype I built a few weeks back is a fun one too! My newest build #5, I'm going to be editing that footage today actually. The guitar is SUPER unique, I don't think anyone has built a guitar like it internally.
@mattstobbsskinn6775 Basically, I think there is some deeper math to it to get "perfect" intonation, for instance, those guitars with fan frets, which gives the bass strings a bit longer scale.
@blueghoulgames904 Welcome to the channel! I'm actually just finishing up my newest guitar idea. #5 will have a super unique internal structure. I'm excited to see how it sounds, considering it will be thinner than most electric guitars.
@blueghoulgames904 It could have been even louder if I had braced it less and hollowed out the horns. I don't understand why acoustic guitars are still so big. It's got to be closed minded builders that think there is only one acceptable way to build things. No doubt a bigger guitar will sound bigger but unless you are playing open air at a small 4 person party, there is no need to have a gigantic guitar. If you are recording or playing live with it, you have to cut the bass frequency guaranteed. I even had to cut the bass frequencies a considerable amount with this guitar in the little live performance video I made recently with this guitar. I just feel all the gigantic size is unnecessary when most of the time, you will be playing for yourself. I'm hoping my new design works as intended cause it might help squeeze even more volume out of a thin acoustic.
@@OverNightLuthier I definitely think it's a mix of tradition and a lack of innovation. Before they made the dreadnought style guitars the acoustic guitar was more of a background instrument for big bands and stuff like that due to it being quieter, the dreadnoughts and OOs were able to be much louder at those venues and it could also be kind of its own solo instrument now. But nowadays most people seem to Mic up their acoustic guitar anyways or they are playing in a small room as a songwriting tool so you don't need that big size and big noise anymore. The last time I can think of someone trying what you are is fender with their Acoustasonic style guitars, but they tried making it as an electric that's more like an acoustic, which made it underwhelming for an electric and acoustic at the same time.
@sara-wy4wy yes indeed! That's the plan! I live the guitar and play it more than my others I have now. Have you seen the newest video featuring this guitar? It's a one take song with the guitar mic'd and a drum track. I'll post the link if you're interested.
@mattier3030 I'm not following any guides or anything, lol just free balling and seeing what works and what doesn't. I started the #5 build last night and it's going to be VERY non-traditional build wise.
Interesting! Definitely not afraid to “experiment!”😂 I have a pallet laying around in my garage right now. I think I may have been motivated to make an electric guitar or bass body out of it! The side pieces may even be suitable for a neck (or two) but that may be too ambitious! I need to get a planer but I got a router which is something it appears you could really use!😂
@lleonetzvi I'm considering actually doing something like that but I don't know how my builds will last in the long term yet. I will be giving one or two of my builds to my dad in about a month an he will be taking them into a very harsh environment. If they last out there, I might consider shipping them out in some way. Lol I'm not good enough yet to compete with factory built guitars craftmanship but my guitars have had great sound and playability compared to the factory guitars I have. Anyway, I'm considering it. :)
Gosh it's all looking more like joke high on crack than a luthiery. Holy shit, i watch whole video cause i just want to see how bad it would turn out. Acoustic and classic guitars has their shapes and bracers like they are not just for fun, it's a fucking science, and you try to make an electric guitar with nylon strings, with every woodworking mistake wich can happen and with no fucking idea what are you actually doing. guitar 1\10 skills 4\10 feelings that i'm not totally crap at luthiery 10\10, thank you!
@BCGworkshop lol thanks for the comment! I actually love the guitar and am recording a new song on it now, sounds really good on the recording. The projection and resonance is about the same as my parlor sized guitar.
@amanthatthinks no lol. It's an acoustic. ;) also it's a build video and a comparison of the free wood prototype I made with old dirty cedar fence compared to wood I bought sound-wise. :)
Heres me playing the guitar with a mic and a drum track. ruclips.net/video/zeosf34-IT8/видео.htmlfeature=shared
Bro I watched one video and realized this man and his mistakes are more important to me than watching someone who is perfect in their craft ( or act as if ) but you got me I'm starting in my living room God Bless my Wife
I don't know much about you but I'm happy to be here thank you
@blueskytotempole that's it man! You can do it too and mistakes can be corrected a lot of times with wood! :) thanks man
I started in my room with VERY basic woodworking tools, and a bench. Coming up on about 2 years later soon, and I've got clientele, and sold a few.
Good times.
@@imywt
I'm glad to hear that. I got started, then realized hey, Ive actually been doing this a bit longer than I thought
Amazing how much we didn't know until we took one apart.
Yes brother good times. I'm teaching her how to do this , like my first floor job I fired my friend and took her on she actually could hang.
I'll be in your comment section tc
Most guitars are made of woods that vibrate the clearest, easiest, and most consistently without needing much extra work.
For example Poplar is a tonewood, but it's a sickly green with non-symmetric rings so no one uses it because it needs a solid paint to make it usable.
Pine is a tonewood, but so porous that the amount of filler to make a typical flat, glass-like finish stick would deaden the vibrations.
Builders like oily tonewoods because they don't need a finish, but those tend to be heavy so they are only on stuff like fingerboards. Not to mention the trees need to be wide or else you need to use multiple blocks glued together.
Maple is an all-purpose wood but needs a finish and grows to be gigantic, but also is so dense that it makes everything really bright.
Osage orange would probably be amazing for guitars, it's what Middle Ages bows were made of; nearly indestructible and the sound of loosing an arrow can be heard from quite a ways away. The problem is that it's a thin tree (so need laminates which deadens the vibration), it's expensive, it's relatively rare, and it's strength will eat your tools, AND it's covered in thorns that will shred your tools just to get the bark off.
@@HunnysPlaylists thank you so much for sharing your knowledge of woods!
"this was a bad idea, but I'm gonna keep going because I already started" great words to live by🙏
@benjamintrevino7249 lol sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
That’s what separates the men from the boys. # Pioneers
@@18JR78 :) thank you!
Most Groovy
@@slinkytreekreeper Thank you! Have you seen my newest build #9? I recommend checking that one, I made it with all my best woods.
Great work 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@truog2003brasilia Thank you so much! This Guitar plays and sounds the best so far. I will probably make another one of these with some refinements in the near future. I will most likely hollow out the horns and put the soundhole closer to the player position. That and I want to maybe do some more extravagant stuff with the small details.
A lot of the golden age guitar bodies were maple, mahogany, and ash that were fossilized under the great lakes for a few hundred years and then sold for pennies to turn the lake into a rich summer home and vacation area.
Really? Kinda like stone guitars in a way lol
@@OverNightLuthier just really dry and light because all the moss sealed the water out.
@@OverNightLuthier was a worker problem in the 1700's, the lumber yard burned down, and the logs were tossed in the lake to stop them from fueling the fire.
its actually a crime how underrated you are
@@kitty98077 lock me up.
@@OverNightLuthier😦
I’ve been building guitars for about a year or so now and I never have seen such a unique combination of woods or design. Great work
@stebrosonic7465 thank you much! Just wait till #5 is done! Just have to glue the bridge and cut the headstock shape and #5 is complete! It's a design I'm not sure will work but if it does...could be a game changer.
Amazing stuff :O Sounded great, looked super sick aswell! Subbed
@nibel13 thank you much! I recorded a track with it a couple days ago and I will do a one take performance after I have it down better. :)
I love everything about this. This is the first guitar making video that’s made me want to build my own guitar.
@tylermoberly4029 I've been hearing that a lot! Glad to inspire you!
I love your work ❤
@@Hambonebodi Thank you! #6 should be done soon!
Didnt even realize i was watching a small channel until i checked the subs awesome vid
@@Bw40099 Thank you so much!!!!
same dude
I quite enjoyed the build....looking forward to future builds.
@ontherhodes8088 Yes indeed! This is my 4th one, my first build is a bit longer at over an hour, but I think it's a fun video because it's literally my first experience ever woodworking lol, the second build has probably the funniest issue I ran into. Maybe you could check those out while I'm building #5! ;) btw #5 is gonna be a DOOZY! LOL
Just subscribed, this is awesome! Can't wait to see more vids.
@radma22 yes indeed! I have a few concepts I'm planning for the next few guitars. The next one is going to be WILD! ;)
Hey man nice build!! What brand of strings or type do you use? I noticed that they’re nylon but they a metal G string so I’m curious to know
@pedrovazquez9081 i use a combination of an 8 string set from la Bella and the lowest string is a savarez.
Great build!! I was laughing my ass off at "Dropped my fucking chisel.".
@@jesselemasters8676 lol had to re hone the edge... thanks man!!!
Hi from Russia. It's very good video, thank you. This june I made a guitar looks like Kiesel Zeus of free wood (neck - larch, body - birch plywood and pine). Now I want to try with premium woods. Next try would be like work on mistakes.
@@theantongavrbro what local woods do you have in your area? I've never heard of larch, I'll have to look that one up. And thank you!!! Wait till you see guitar #5 that I just finished yesterday. I hope it sounds good, very experimental.
Beautiful! Super nice job! And even on my cheap laptop speakers, I can hear the difference...
@richardthompson7611 ya the original audio sounded better before I added compression but you can definitely still tell. :)
That is really a nice looking guitar I might talk to you someday about maybe a build for me I love that style on your guitar that I have small hands and I need a real Ibanez type of neck, I was also thinking about one of those painted black with one set somewhere of active emgs add a kill switch I absolutely need a very slim neck anyways keep up the good work man that's an awesome guitar
@michaelwestrope4890 thank you man, I haven't messed with electronics yet but perhaps in a future build.
You could install a self resonating speaker like in those "Lava" guitars (just without the screen and all). Great vid btw!
@KurtisCook111 funny you mention that, I have a concept that is similar I plan to try soon. Going to make sure the concept works first though.
Dude, this is awesome, keep it up
@@featherless656 Thank you! I have a few ideas for some guitars that have never been made before! I'll start soon!
@@OverNightLuthier there’s one guitar I’ve always wanted to see which is just a mashup between a Les Paul and a Telecaster, a telecaster body, es components, and a Les Paul neck, that would be awesome to see, but I hope I get to see some of your future creations
@featherless656 I will eventually make an electric guitar, they are much easier to make, im sure, since it doesn't need any internal structure besides body cavitation for the electronics. I'm sure my dad would love the guitar you're describing, maybe if I end up making an electric, I'll consider this. Although I would need a telecaster template.
@@OverNightLuthier true, I love the guitars you make already though because I’m a big fan of semi-hollow/hollow body guitars, keep up the good work man
@featherless656 I'm a fan of the thin guitars too! Don't see too many made! Can't wait to start the next one, I have a few videos I need to make before then. I wrote and recorded a song with this guitar last night and I will be working on a one take performance using this guitar for the next video.
@ 1:24 there is a better method. If you prop up both halves at the joint maybe a 1/2 inch, you can then use multiple nails on the outer edges of the boards as a stop. Once the edges are nailed, remove the prop. Then just add heavy weight at the center. This will automatically create even pressure at the joint.
That's a good idea. I might try that.
I'm also starting to build guitars. (As a hobby) I have wood and hardwares, i will build my own pickups.
I just need to buy some tools like pillar drill and router... and stuff like that.
I don't know if im gonna film that process! I'm not confident enough to film myself!
I saw that you have 50 subs, so i subscribe to help and support you.
@Mohammad_E89 hey man! Definitely film it, now more than ever it's important to create stuff so we can enjoy eachothers work. There is a lot of free editing software these days and it's pretty simple to do basic cuts and learn as you go! Thank you for the support!
what an interesting videon this man can do the most impossible things
@nada_na184 Thank you so much! I have another brand new idea and I'm pretty sure nobody have ever done it. Coming soon!
Neat. You could of cut some of the lower string side of the neck and added a strip to match your high end side mistake. Them tell ever one I meant to do that. LOL they great.
@Junkboy888 lol happy mistake!
I would like to see string height and intonation. Just curious. I liked the video
@clintrichardson1248 yes the intonation is very good from my ear, the string height ended up being a little less than 3 or 4mm with the setup I decided on.
@@clintrichardson1248 you can hear the guitar in my newest video. A full song in one take.
Nice work! I'm actually doing something similar inspired by the acoustasonic line from fender. Just want a handy guitar to sit by the sofa. If I were you I would use some kind of neck reinforcement or even a truss rod, something that ruins a guitar for me is a bad neck and that's the reason I've only used bought necks on my builds, not confident enough on my neck building skills lol. Subscribed so keep those builds coming!
@RudeGolpe yes indeed! I have considered neck reinforcements or even simply some extra vertical bars of different wood but with nylon stringed guitars there's not a ton of force like there would be with steel strings. That being said, I'm not opposed to it, just haven't done it yet. ;) guitar #5 is gonna be a banger btw, I got it all figured out what I want to attempt. Gonna be weird. Lol
and also only started making guitars 3 weeks ago making such high quality guitars and content is honestly making me angry how you have 28 subscribers
@kitty98077 I'm really enjoying making them, been fun experimenting. The next build I'm planning is going to be very unique. Thank you for the support though! I really feel your kindness.
Well you gained a follower. So stoked on the coming videos. This is a crazy idea and I'm here for it. I'm 28 and I've been playing for about 19 years, to celebrate my 20th I want to build a body for a neck I have. Any tips?
@ghosteh6503 my biggest tips arr basic ones.
1. Don't over clamp (pressure-wise)
2. Always make joints like 1mm smaller than what the neck joint should be and shave off a little bit at a time until it fits perfect. And check your neck angle before you commit with the glue.
3. You can go much thinner with bracing than I did, remember I am just learning and I have no idea what dimensions are good for what.
Make sure you do you research about scale lengths, if your neck is from a specific guitar make sure and measure where your bridge is supposed to be so your intonation and such isn't all weird.
Dude buy a router and have your wife hide your chisels. Lol I enjoyed your video. Unique build, love it!
Lol I do have a router but I will keep trying my hand with the chiz.
@@OverNightLuthier ok my man, it’s all in fun!
@jblassio all of my fingers have had thier fair share of the chiz too...lol
@@OverNightLuthier yeah, I remember my high school woodshop teacher teach us about the dangers of a chisel impalement. ☠️
@jblassio ya lol they are sharp as hell, I am getting better at not stabbing myself, the past 2 guitars I don't think I stabbed myself but maybe once. All the mistakes I made were damaging the guitar instead of my hands. Lol
You need a finger planer
@@jimalcott760 i have one now. :)
YOu are Me LOL.
"That went bad let's never do that again. Actually, lets do that again."
@@TheVirakahScale lol history repeats itself.
@@OverNightLuthier Does it ever. lol
Eucalyptus wood for fretboard? How good is it? Am curious
Very lightweight, pretty easy to cut and relatively dense feeling. Felt similar to cutting rosewood. My particular examples had some tear out unfortunately, not sure if that's normal for the type of wood or not but it was manageable, had to put in extra effort to sand it. Super cheap though, 1/3 or so the price of the ebony I used last.
I will most definitely use eucalyptus again for the fretboard. Really helped with neck dive. I used oak and ebony for the neck and fretboard of the prototype I made before this one and because the body is mostly hollow, the neck really feels heavier than the rest of the guitar. The mahogany/eucalyptus combo feels very well balanced and is probably one of my more comfortable guitars I own to play in a more upright position.
Ebony looks great but it's heavy, the dust smells like rotten butter shits when you are sanding or sawing it, it's more expensive and harder to work with. Once the couple examples I have get used, I likely will switch over to eucalyptus for the rest of my builds I'm planning.
@@OverNightLuthier thank you so much for the detailed information. I want to try it for solid electric guitar build. Even the color looks like Rosewood,, Pao Ferro. But never heard of it someone using it as solid electric guitar fretboard.
@dingadettachhangteofficial5091 the wood to my human eye looks a bit grayish brown, looks really nice. Adds a bit of unique flavor to the visuals, close to rosewood visually but just a bit different enough to do a double take.
I wish I would have bought more when it was on sale but I didn't know if I would like it so I only bought a couple but they were on sale for 3 dollars for the blanks. Now they are back to 6 dollars each I think.
I built a strat body out of an Australian hardwood called Seligna it’s bloody heavy but sounds wicked in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing. Loved the video it’s so refreshing to see real people giving it a go.
not gonna lie i MESS WITH the extra strip on the fretboard, it looks neat
@tluteo Yes, it turned out great and I will incorporate this concept into future builds! Coming soon!
Very cool build.
@DaskaiserreichNet78 Thank you much! The prototype I built a few weeks back is a fun one too! My newest build #5, I'm going to be editing that footage today actually. The guitar is SUPER unique, I don't think anyone has built a guitar like it internally.
Do you have to place the bridge (saddle on an electric) an equal distance from the 12th fret to the nut?
@mattstobbsskinn6775 Basically, I think there is some deeper math to it to get "perfect" intonation, for instance, those guitars with fan frets, which gives the bass strings a bit longer scale.
Esa guitarra suena durísimo y no esta amplificada .......que locura
@johandrylopezluzardo Yes, it's very loud in person, about as loud as a well made parlor guitar.
Im all for this
@blueghoulgames904 Welcome to the channel! I'm actually just finishing up my newest guitar idea. #5 will have a super unique internal structure. I'm excited to see how it sounds, considering it will be thinner than most electric guitars.
@@OverNightLuthier I was surprised at how loud this version was considering how thin the body is
@blueghoulgames904 It could have been even louder if I had braced it less and hollowed out the horns. I don't understand why acoustic guitars are still so big. It's got to be closed minded builders that think there is only one acceptable way to build things. No doubt a bigger guitar will sound bigger but unless you are playing open air at a small 4 person party, there is no need to have a gigantic guitar. If you are recording or playing live with it, you have to cut the bass frequency guaranteed. I even had to cut the bass frequencies a considerable amount with this guitar in the little live performance video I made recently with this guitar. I just feel all the gigantic size is unnecessary when most of the time, you will be playing for yourself.
I'm hoping my new design works as intended cause it might help squeeze even more volume out of a thin acoustic.
@blueghoulgames904 here is the video I am referring to ruclips.net/video/zeosf34-IT8/видео.htmlsi=ZUM2iPZGQCgc4uvA
@@OverNightLuthier I definitely think it's a mix of tradition and a lack of innovation. Before they made the dreadnought style guitars the acoustic guitar was more of a background instrument for big bands and stuff like that due to it being quieter, the dreadnoughts and OOs were able to be much louder at those venues and it could also be kind of its own solo instrument now. But nowadays most people seem to Mic up their acoustic guitar anyways or they are playing in a small room as a songwriting tool so you don't need that big size and big noise anymore. The last time I can think of someone trying what you are is fender with their Acoustasonic style guitars, but they tried making it as an electric that's more like an acoustic, which made it underwhelming for an electric and acoustic at the same time.
What's the top wood on the finished guitar? I've worked with it before once and can't remember the name of it...
@@imywt I think it's red cedar or some type of cedar, I bought it on sale at stewmac.com
@@OverNightLuthier Nice, and thanks.
Someone needs a bandsaw for christmas!
And a shirt! :)
@danweaver1517 lol I've been looking at some. The ones I can afford are very small. It would really help, though. The jigsaw is very imprecise.
@danweaver1517 well I might get a couple shirts for christmas.
Why not start with the braces cut in half then micro adjust .
@@mattier3030 as in make each one a different thickness?
Body like nylon of ibanez sound like acoustic or classical
@sara-wy4wy yes indeed! That's the plan! I live the guitar and play it more than my others I have now. Have you seen the newest video featuring this guitar? It's a one take song with the guitar mic'd and a drum track. I'll post the link if you're interested.
@@sara-wy4wy ruclips.net/video/zeosf34-IT8/видео.htmlsi=_K3q2FUn94e2SYid
You forgot 1 very important step in the neck building process. You forgot to install the Truss Rod
@@JoesExpressLLC truss rods are not essential on nylon stringed guitars. But I am considering using one for a future build. :)
Yeah i was gonna ask but so many things
@mattier3030 I'm not following any guides or anything, lol just free balling and seeing what works and what doesn't. I started the #5 build last night and it's going to be VERY non-traditional build wise.
Interesting! Definitely not afraid to “experiment!”😂 I have a pallet laying around in my garage right now. I think I may have been motivated to make an electric guitar or bass body out of it! The side pieces may even be suitable for a neck (or two) but that may be too ambitious! I need to get a planer but I got a router which is something it appears you could really use!😂
@63stratoman lol I actually have 3 routers. I used them on the last 2 builds #5 and #6
how it feels to chew 5 gum
@@lossie8086 inhale deeply and feel the burn.
23:46 hmm... we saw that ))
@@FoiMal123 lol I'm glad someone witnessed it!
@@OverNightLuthier You got it chief :)
@@FoiMal123 keep an eye out for new Sexualrefs on the newest video!
@@OverNightLuthier You gotta build a Strapocaster next
@@FoiMal123 lol what's that?
i build with random crap wood i pull out of demolitions and neighbors garbage and you wouldnt even be able to tell a difference
@@1-eye-willy ya man, wood is wood, even the "crap" wood is good in certain applications.
can I have it
@@Shougaijam-f5l I might end up having to sell some or do giveaways in the future if I keep building...lol
make me a guitar 😭plzzz
@lleonetzvi I'm considering actually doing something like that but I don't know how my builds will last in the long term yet. I will be giving one or two of my builds to my dad in about a month an he will be taking them into a very harsh environment. If they last out there, I might consider shipping them out in some way. Lol
I'm not good enough yet to compete with factory built guitars craftmanship but my guitars have had great sound and playability compared to the factory guitars I have.
Anyway, I'm considering it. :)
Where’s the truss rod?
@ab_cubing none needed on a nylon but I might put one in future builds.
Gosh it's all looking more like joke high on crack than a luthiery. Holy shit, i watch whole video cause i just want to see how bad it would turn out.
Acoustic and classic guitars has their shapes and bracers like they are not just for fun, it's a fucking science, and you try to make an electric guitar with nylon strings, with every woodworking mistake wich can happen and with no fucking idea what are you actually doing.
guitar 1\10
skills 4\10
feelings that i'm not totally crap at luthiery 10\10, thank you!
@BCGworkshop lol thanks for the comment! I actually love the guitar and am recording a new song on it now, sounds really good on the recording. The projection and resonance is about the same as my parlor sized guitar.
You seriously made a 30 minutes video about woods for electric guitar ? 😂😂😂😂
@amanthatthinks no lol. It's an acoustic. ;) also it's a build video and a comparison of the free wood prototype I made with old dirty cedar fence compared to wood I bought sound-wise. :)
No it's not bruh....
It's just a hollow body. Put some pickups and electric guitar strings and correct your mistake.
To bad someone's, parents can't fix their mistake.
@@wjombat waaw are you sure you're not a mistake?
@@iAmDislikingEveryShort are you sure that is a comeback.