I don't know why I still get surprised, but every single time Ben explains his plans for a build I always think "nah that's not gonna work, that's gonna look cheap". And guess what, every single time I've been proven wrong. Damn Ben, you crazy crazy man
love your work. I don't even play an instrument, but do appreciate beautiful things, mad skills, and knowledge. I am always trying and sometimes actually learning anything on any subject. it is good to see someone doing things " old school" for real
Thank you for your support, I feel much the same way about life and RUclips in general, I watch many people making things that I will never have the time to try but always try to take something away from the process, learning new stuff rocks! B
When I caught on that you were going to hollow out the guitar half I got incredibly happy. I don't know why but the idea of a les paul esque design being a semi-hollow just tickled me the right way
The confidence at 4:20 is exactly how confident I am drilling even a cheap bit of wood with a forstner bit xD There's always that heir of "this could go literally sideways in seconds...".
I wish you would do LOTS more of these types of builds and make more series of videos like this. I love the creative process and the logistics of how to achieve what you design. I also really love the tension when you are doing something crazy that could go wrong at any minute. You should star in the next Bride of Frankenstein movie as Victor Frankenstein, the mad scientist, so I can hear you say, "She's Alive!!!" You would be perfect for that role. Too bad I'm not a casting agent.
I really hope I win this guitar!!! It looks amazing so far! I bought a fret levelling and dressing kit from you guys and I cannot wait for it to arrive!!! Finally I will be able to set up my guitars completely, not just action, truss rod, intonation etc! Also just wanted to say thank you for making kits. It helps someone like me who knows what to do (roughly) but doesn't know what tools to use. You guys are awesome
It's so nice to see Skurge working again after that Asgard meltdown. I see you're busy working on your new enchanted doubled-bladed ax, which will allow you to cut through the very fabric of reality, travel between realms, and control fire and ice. It is a work of pure bliss!
I’m really enjoying this series. I like that you are taking some risks and not 100% sure of what to do. Good job so far! Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
I can hardly wait for the next episode. It's so interesting to watch you at work. And it's fantastic what will come out in the end. You're great, keep up the good work and best regards from Germany.
Tuning in from New Orleans, La. I just wanted to say that this build series is absolutely amazing and I'm thoroughly enjoying watching you work. Your personality is amazing and infectious and I'm laughing along with you. You've definitely got a new fan!
I'm a big cyberpunk fan, so this is extra exciting for me. I was half expecting you to use a forster bit for the bulk of the holes and just drill all of those out before switching out for the detail work.
"check out vintage tool shop".. so i did and i've search far and wide on the massive interwebs without success for good tools with a fair pricetag and this site opened up a whole new world of possibilities for me, thank you Ben!
My pleasure, I truly love old tools and www.vintagetoolshop.com serves to feed that addiction but, as of today, there are also over 4000 individual vintage and modern used tools listed for sale on the site. I'm glad you think the prices are fair, all too often people really take the piss with older tools, I price each one up personally still, it is pretty much the last job other than owner I still have.. thanks for your support! B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I agree with you 100%, people overlook older tools unfortunately but i think vintage tools are like a good old whiskey, they only gets better with age :)
I had an idea for a series you guy could run, a "Ben Builds a ...." Where each set of videos is Ben building a different custom guitar e.g. "Ben Builds a Bass" :Ben Builds an Acoustic Guitar" etc. Would be a cool series
Ben, over the course of these videos so far, you keep saying how much you're enjoying yourself. To you I say this: Do what you love, and love what you do, and you'll never work another day in your life!
This episode reminds me of when I was about 14or15,My father taught me boring locksets,with a bit and brace. I asked "Why can't I use electric tools, he said "you need to know how and why first!"Thanks Brother!
I would add a small notch in the top of the body to place a pick that way you can go from picking to finger-style without having to hold your pick or if you have small hands without putting the pick down.
A jig would be handy for something like this but would only work with that outline of guitar body. I'd suggest tungsten shot bags. Yes, you can buy hex punches and even hex drills but a sacrificial insert would make that carving easier and less worrisome.
As a novice I would have band-sawn it in half lengthways and routed out each half. Then made up the loss of thickness with a perspex plate for fancy illumination.
I would have just slapped it in a Bridgeport mill..... for giggles we have a HAAS VF-4 and just hit the green button while heading over to the fridge for a frosty brew. Even the "hex" can be cut out.
I love the look of carved and not sanded wood, it looks a lot less industrialized, but then again if you are going for more steampunk look then it might not be what you are after.
That guitar would fit right here, it would be inspiring to have such a work of art. Love your videos Ben, keep building, keep being crazy with those ideas, you are truely inspiring to watch. Thanks to you I started working on kit guitars, and now i am gonna try a full build from ‘’nothing’’.
this is probably the slickest shit i have seen in recent years. balls out debauchery, (i know i misspelled it i just dont care) new ideas drive the market wich is why gibson is having trouble. nice to see someone taking a swing at something that might not work at all but doing it nonetheless
No, that is actually the correct way to spell that, at least according to Google. And I'm not all that sure I agree with "new ideas". Yes, it probably will be a spectacular LP and I really like what he's doing, but: It will be an LP.
You should install some Fishman Fluence Humbuckers in it. They would look good with the overall motifs you’re going for and the line you cut out almost matches the line on the pickups.
Ben, enjoy watching the videos. Hand drilling with forstner bit? oh, the cringing I went through, I'm screaming at the screen, Ben, get a mill! at least a good drill press. Metal work sometimes requires making a jig to keep things indexed and secure; maybe make a saddle that prevents movement and vice that. My nerves are shot! thanks, at least I know I'm still alive.
Amazing job, brother! I think for hollowing it out, you possibly could have made a jig for the mitor box, if the grain was right, and didn't give you splitting problems, and with the right kind of blade, and cut downward to get started, right? Not criticising, just critical thinking. Maybe it could help, next time
I love these videos where your not sure what your going to do next Ben It really does show your creative side On a side note have you been watching fast and loud ie the inter webs quote Also do you partake in a bit of Rob Cosman a furniture come tool maker from Canada A fellow RUclipsr like your self Sorry if there are any spelling mistakes in this post I have had a glass of wine
I think I would've got a body without the maple top and planed down the body the thickness of the top. Rout out the cavity, put the hex holes in the top, then glue it on.
That is a lot of work carving out the hollow section. I would have been tempted to resaw the back off, route out the cavity, then glue the back back on.
amazing workshop.. still.. I got a small amount of pleasure when you cant find your drill.. as an dis-organized person.. I spend lots of time looking for that tool I just had in my hand.
Hi Ben finish one in this silver coloured leaf they've got great colours do this guitar in the purple then do the wiring reprisentasion in an opposing colour
I think it would've been much easier to use the ban saw to slice off the top, then go and route out the alder, do the holes in the top and then glue it all back together
Why not lay a piece of card on top of the body section and mark out an inset from the outer edge of the body and then cut that to use as a depth template for the carving?
Could have sliced the back off with the Hegner and hollowed it out or carved the holes first then hollowed it out. It would have been easier to have the work supported for carving. Looks cool though
He Shure went about hollowing the wing out the hard way, a milling machine or a drill press with a traveling table with a vise on it would of been the best way and faster more accurate
Didn't think this would work as the sound holes would be covered by your arm when playing, but thinking about it, it should alter the tone in cool ways with different arm movements. One day I would love play/own a Crimson. Last time I was in GuitarGuitar, Camden, they had just sent off their stock to another branch. Grrr :)
Matthew Whittingham ?? I didn't mention that sound holes let you hear the instrument (which of course they do to varying degrees) but admittedly used the word 'tone' rather loosely. My point was that they alter the character, harmonics or timbre of an instrument depending on size and positioning. I will argue that even picking hand shape and positioning alters the character of a guitar's tone, be it solid or hollow, amplified or not. Obviously the more saturation of the dry signal the less this is apparent, although I believe there is a sweet spot where that 'law' contradicts itself somewhat. So to clarify, I was trying point out that the instrument in question should have a more exiting character, depending on the dynamics of the players style or technique, than that of a solid body, or indeed a semi hollow of the more standard 'f hole' variety due to the positioning of the 'sound holes' vs players arm or technique, albeit rather subtle, but aren't subtleties and nuance what make a great instrument? This one would seem to have that potential in my opinion.
could you have just cut it in half and then glued it back together? Could have just routed it hollow then. A thin saw cut and a good glue the seam would be "almost" invisible. Sure, one piece is a little nicer but you already have layers and seams etc....
See, personally I'd have routed it out either from the back but more likely from the front and replaced the maple cap.... After I cut the angled hexes in the maple. Totally get why you didn't since it's not really in the spirit of the project.
colin p I was thinking to duplicate the wing section and carve it out of mahogany then carve the hexagonal holes into the maple top and then glue the maple and mahogany pieces together. Would have saved so much time, been way easier and arguably producer a better end result. It would be cheating a bit but I figure way easier and faster!
A bit late to the game here but I must say that I'm totally exhausted watching you do this build and I don't know why . I'm just sitting here with my feet up on a poof, yes a poof (don't judge)
I don't know why I still get surprised, but every single time Ben explains his plans for a build I always think "nah that's not gonna work, that's gonna look cheap". And guess what, every single time I've been proven wrong. Damn Ben, you crazy crazy man
love your work. I don't even play an instrument, but do appreciate beautiful things, mad skills, and knowledge. I am always trying and sometimes actually learning anything on any subject. it is good to see someone doing things " old school" for real
Thank you for your support, I feel much the same way about life and RUclips in general, I watch many people making things that I will never have the time to try but always try to take something away from the process, learning new stuff rocks! B
When I caught on that you were going to hollow out the guitar half I got incredibly happy. I don't know why but the idea of a les paul esque design being a semi-hollow just tickled me the right way
I have a new super power.. tickling people the right way via the internet's! Awesome :) Thanks for watching, I totally loved this build! B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I'm enjoying seeing it all come together in each episode! Love what you guys do.
The confidence at 4:20 is exactly how confident I am drilling even a cheap bit of wood with a forstner bit xD There's always that heir of "this could go literally sideways in seconds...".
a scary process indeed, but I get a good buzz off it when it goes well :)
I wish you would do LOTS more of these types of builds and make more series of videos like this. I love the creative process and the logistics of how to achieve what you design. I also really love the tension when you are doing something crazy that could go wrong at any minute.
You should star in the next Bride of Frankenstein movie as Victor Frankenstein, the mad scientist, so I can hear you say, "She's Alive!!!" You would be perfect for that role. Too bad I'm not a casting agent.
I really hope I win this guitar!!! It looks amazing so far! I bought a fret levelling and dressing kit from you guys and I cannot wait for it to arrive!!! Finally I will be able to set up my guitars completely, not just action, truss rod, intonation etc!
Also just wanted to say thank you for making kits. It helps someone like me who knows what to do (roughly) but doesn't know what tools to use.
You guys are awesome
After you clamped that piece in the vice I thought to myself "Dear Lord don't muck this up".. you crazy S.o.B
I was absolutely thinking the same! B
It's so nice to see Skurge working again after that Asgard meltdown. I see you're busy working on your new enchanted doubled-bladed ax, which will allow you to cut through the very fabric of reality, travel between realms, and control fire and ice. It is a work of pure bliss!
Never underestimate the power of a sharp hand tool.
Really pleased I found this....always great to watch a craftsman at work. Great skill to have
I’m really enjoying this series. I like that you are taking some risks and not 100% sure of what to do. Good job so far! Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
I can hardly wait for the next episode.
It's so interesting to watch you at work.
And it's fantastic what will come out in the end.
You're great, keep up the good work and best regards from Germany.
I recognize some of those bent gouges as being Henry Taylor tools made. Whom I worked for about 10 yrs ago. Great company 👍
That look of glee while cleaning up the cavity... :)
Gonna be an amazing guitar.
Tuning in from New Orleans, La. I just wanted to say that this build series is absolutely amazing and I'm thoroughly enjoying watching you work. Your personality is amazing and infectious and I'm laughing along with you. You've definitely got a new fan!
Thank you, I hope you enjoy the rest of the build too.
I'm a big cyberpunk fan, so this is extra exciting for me. I was half expecting you to use a forster bit for the bulk of the holes and just drill all of those out before switching out for the detail work.
"check out vintage tool shop".. so i did and i've search far and wide on the massive interwebs without success for good tools with a fair pricetag and this site opened up a whole new world of possibilities for me, thank you Ben!
My pleasure, I truly love old tools and www.vintagetoolshop.com serves to feed that addiction but, as of today, there are also over 4000 individual vintage and modern used tools listed for sale on the site. I'm glad you think the prices are fair, all too often people really take the piss with older tools, I price each one up personally still, it is pretty much the last job other than owner I still have.. thanks for your support! B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I agree with you 100%, people overlook older tools unfortunately but i think vintage tools are like a good old whiskey, they only gets better with age :)
I had an idea for a series you guy could run, a "Ben Builds a ...." Where each set of videos is Ben building a different custom guitar e.g. "Ben Builds a Bass" :Ben Builds an Acoustic Guitar" etc. Would be a cool series
Ben, over the course of these videos so far, you keep saying how much you're enjoying yourself. To you I say this: Do what you love, and love what you do, and you'll never work another day in your life!
Love watching the videos. The way you go through your thought process is educational to say the least. Thanks for putting it out.
Why didn't you drill the holes and carve out the hex shapes before you cut the body?
This episode reminds me of when I was about 14or15,My father taught me boring locksets,with a bit and brace. I asked "Why can't I use electric tools, he said "you need to know how and why first!"Thanks Brother!
Im currently watching at 4 in the morning. Gotta love being in the US. 💀💀
Shit- you better!!
I would add a small notch in the top of the body to place a pick that way you can go from picking to finger-style without having to hold your pick or if you have small hands without putting the pick down.
So glad that there’s a fair share of head scratching from both professional and amateur alike ;) keep up the great work!
A jig would be handy for something like this but would only work with that outline of guitar body. I'd suggest tungsten shot bags. Yes, you can buy hex punches and even hex drills but a sacrificial insert would make that carving easier and less worrisome.
looks so cool, cant wait to see what the finished guitar will look like
royalty free "shut up and dance" background music
You, sir, are an Artisan! I love your channel!
I bet that workshop smells awesome.
As a novice I would have band-sawn it in half lengthways and routed out each half. Then made up the loss of thickness with a perspex plate for fancy illumination.
I would have just slapped it in a Bridgeport mill..... for giggles we have a HAAS VF-4 and just hit the green button while heading over to the fridge for a frosty brew. Even the "hex" can be cut out.
I love the look of carved and not sanded wood, it looks a lot less industrialized, but then again if you are going for more steampunk look then it might not be what you are after.
That guitar would fit right here, it would be inspiring to have such a work of art. Love your videos Ben, keep building, keep being crazy with those ideas, you are truely inspiring to watch. Thanks to you I started working on kit guitars, and now i am gonna try a full build from ‘’nothing’’.
Thank you. Good luck with your build. Keep us posted on your progress.
Crimson Custom Guitars thanks, i will. I will start as soon as i get my hands on a router to route the cavities. Itll be interesting i think
you are my new hero! Bravo, incredible craftsmanship and very entertaining.
Awesome guitars, master woodworking and dude reminds me of Taliesin Jaffe... I love it!!!
Finally got round to ordering a Luthiers kit to keep my basses in fine fettle! Keep up the good work Ben & team, awesome channel.
this is probably the slickest shit i have seen in recent years. balls out debauchery, (i know i misspelled it i just dont care) new ideas drive the market wich is why gibson is having trouble. nice to see someone taking a swing at something that might not work at all but doing it nonetheless
No, that is actually the correct way to spell that, at least according to Google.
And I'm not all that sure I agree with "new ideas". Yes, it probably will be a spectacular LP and I really like what he's doing, but: It will be an LP.
Lookin cooler every time I see it!☺
You should install some Fishman Fluence Humbuckers in it. They would look good with the overall motifs you’re going for and the line you cut out almost matches the line on the pickups.
Have you seen the guitar the has the insides of a clock carved on it. . Great idea. Gears, and mechanics ingraved
Watching that drill bit made me so nervous, lol.
Ben, enjoy watching the videos. Hand drilling with forstner bit? oh, the cringing I went through, I'm screaming at the screen, Ben, get a mill! at least a good drill press.
Metal work sometimes requires making a jig to keep things indexed and secure; maybe make a saddle that prevents movement and vice that. My nerves are shot! thanks, at least I know I'm still alive.
Damn, started marathoning this series thinking it was uploaded like a year ago and finished. Now I need to wait for the next upload lol.
A forstner bit in a cordless drill into end grain? Good luck... The force you'll need for that is insane.
Yeah.. there really are better tools for the job! B
This series of videos is fuckin awesome man! Absolutely loving it and the guitar looks like it’s gonna be amazing in the end.
15:36 totally reminded me of Nick Frost. Accent obviously but just the way he says pride and his mannerism at that moment also.
Amazing job, brother! I think for hollowing it out, you possibly could have made a jig for the mitor box, if the grain was right, and didn't give you splitting problems, and with the right kind of blade, and cut downward to get started, right? Not criticising, just critical thinking. Maybe it could help, next time
17:20 I had wondered if that was a surgical scalpel...and sure enough, I was correct.
Surgical precision is required, so the tool fits!
10:16 sounds exactly like macklemore thrift shop intro 😂😂
I love this shit! Wish this series would be 100 episodes.
I love these videos where your not sure what your going to do next Ben
It really does show your creative side
On a side note have you been watching fast and loud ie the inter webs quote
Also do you partake in a bit of Rob Cosman a furniture come tool maker from Canada
A fellow RUclipsr like your self
Sorry if there are any spelling mistakes in this post I have had a glass of wine
The sound of you using the chisel in fast foward kinda sounds like the Predator click noise he makes!! Ohh and thats gonna be a badass looking 🎸!!!!
I think I would've got a body without the maple top and planed down the body the thickness of the top. Rout out the cavity, put the hex holes in the top, then glue it on.
you should've just make a spacer piece to support it from the inside that fits perfectly. worth it if you wanna make 15 sound holes
thats an impressive gravy pourer thing you made
That is a lot of work carving out the hollow section. I would have been tempted to resaw the back off, route out the cavity, then glue the back back on.
amazing workshop.. still.. I got a small amount of pleasure when you cant find your drill.. as an dis-organized person.. I spend lots of time looking for that tool I just had in my hand.
The noise of the sped up chisel work sounds a bit like a dolphin.
Russell Cramer You made me laugh every time he chiselled, tnx!
luuk hutje you're welcome :)
I hadn't made the dolphin connection before, but I do always like the sound. I suspect I'll be hearing it next time...
Russell Cramer I was thinking that the chisel sped up sounded more like a woodpecker on helium.
I was thinking of a chipmunk. I don't even know what sound a chipmunk makes.
I love this idea so much!
Just use a hexagonal drill.
Square ones are available but hexagonal ones?
ruclips.net/video/7Qw_KGHwuZ4/видео.html
Interesting but silly. Better to just drill a circular hole and then deploy the sharpest jack-knife you can find...
John Elrick why not the fret saw he used to cut the section off ?
spinning any shape makes a cicle
Hi Ben finish one in this silver coloured leaf they've got great colours do this guitar in the purple then do the wiring reprisentasion in an opposing colour
The more you carve on it the more the sound of you carving on it changes !
Mortising press + jig could have hollowed that thing out easier than Forstners I think. Kinda surprised you don't have one.
I think it would've been much easier to use the ban saw to slice off the top, then go and route out the alder, do the holes in the top and then glue it all back together
You might try a Cloning Pin router with a wood stock template that matches the contour if the piece?
Interesting build. You are very entertaining my man..
This is genius))) electroacoustic guitar )) look is awesome)
6:38 Bane transformation complete. Everyone suddenly cares who he is.
Why not lay a piece of card on top of the body section and mark out an inset from the outer edge of the body and then cut that to use as a depth template for the carving?
To right about a 3D printer, seen plenty of things printed that you can make in a fraction of the time with some wood and hand tools.
I hollowed out a guitar the same way.. Its messy but it works.
He looks like bane in that mask
That was terrifying!
He's insane. My hero
Could have sliced the back off with the Hegner and hollowed it out or carved the holes first then hollowed it out. It would have been easier to have the work supported for carving. Looks cool though
Stephen Gent no chance of fitting under a scroll saw
Ben, Ben, Ben. Riflers mate...
awesome build ! didn't know bain made guitars lol.
Nice work, i will buy one of your kit guitars soon 😊
I probably would have cleaned that hole up with sandpaper glued to a dowel in a drill.
Why didnt you use a CNC or laser cutter? Much easier than carving each hexagon!
He Shure went about hollowing the wing out the hard way, a milling machine or a drill press with a traveling table with a vise on it would of been the best way and faster more accurate
Didn't think this would work as the sound holes would be covered by your arm when playing, but thinking about it, it should alter the tone in cool ways with different arm movements. One day I would love play/own a Crimson. Last time I was in GuitarGuitar, Camden, they had just sent off their stock to another branch. Grrr :)
sizzloh sound holes aren’t supposed to let you hear the guitar... it’s just traditional decoration for hollow instruments
Matthew Whittingham ?? I didn't mention that sound holes let you hear the instrument (which of course they do to varying degrees) but admittedly used the word 'tone' rather loosely. My point was that they alter the character, harmonics or timbre of an instrument depending on size and positioning. I will argue that even picking hand shape and positioning alters the character of a guitar's tone, be it solid or hollow, amplified or not. Obviously the more saturation of the dry signal the less this is apparent, although I believe there is a sweet spot where that 'law' contradicts itself somewhat. So to clarify, I was trying point out that the instrument in question should have a more exiting character, depending on the dynamics of the players style or technique, than that of a solid body, or indeed a semi hollow of the more standard 'f hole' variety due to the positioning of the 'sound holes' vs players arm or technique, albeit rather subtle, but aren't subtleties and nuance what make a great instrument? This one would seem to have that potential in my opinion.
could you have just cut it in half and then glued it back together? Could have just routed it hollow then. A thin saw cut and a good glue the seam would be "almost" invisible. Sure, one piece is a little nicer but you already have layers and seams etc....
Id have done the hexagons with a template and a proxon/ dremel tbh
See, personally I'd have routed it out either from the back but more likely from the front and replaced the maple cap.... After I cut the angled hexes in the maple.
Totally get why you didn't since it's not really in the spirit of the project.
You're probably done with this guitar but I'm going to suggest it anyway.... hexagonal fret inlays? :D
In the same pattern as the stepping dots on the Vivian Campbell Kramer NightSwan/Buddy Blaze Shredder.
i figured you would have done the sound holes first then hollowed it out
colin p I was thinking to duplicate the wing section and carve it out of mahogany then carve the hexagonal holes into the maple top and then glue the maple and mahogany pieces together. Would have saved so much time, been way easier and arguably producer a better end result. It would be cheating a bit but I figure way easier and faster!
That what i taught he would have do
Speed holes
Hey Ben I have been wondering or pondering, what would a termite infested piece of wood be like if it was resin injected then turned into a guitar.
It would be awesome, very awesome! B
Crimson Custom Guitars it Should be something you should do and make better like everything you make.
You were smoking it with that drill. How many batteries did you go through?
A bit late to the game here but I must say that I'm totally exhausted watching you do this build and I don't know why . I'm just sitting here with my feet up on a poof, yes a poof (don't judge)
это всё было бы гораздо проще сделать, если бы дека не была уже приклеена к корпусу))
I love watching your videos
Thank you - keep watching. DC
Just curious, why not cut the top off. Used a router, then glue the top back on?
A jewelers saw would have been a good option for cutting the hex holes.
I'm struggling with this one.. I must have considered it, surely? You are right, it would work well. B
My wife text the other day me saying 'that tattoo RUclips man you watch with the posh voice is on Cbeebies, crazy'
was it him ?
yeah it was, he addressed it in the recent WOTB video.
from now on I call Ben "that tattoo RUclips man"
Ok seriously, sombody give me a link, I can't find it.
I would have done the hexagonal holes first as chiseling that thin timber now is gonna be a lot riskier.
could have drilled in radially from edges of guitar body with a 16 mm bit and then plugged holes . MUCH faster way to relieve the weight .
This is like watching someone build a spaceship out of a Big Mac hamburger.
I'd have to use a drill press for that. I'd be afraid to pop out the side
holy shit this is cool!
Great!