Ep 2 - Begin building the neck - How to Build a P-style Bass Guitar
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- Опубликовано: 15 авг 2024
- Welcome to Crimson Guitars and welcome to Ben's workshop where he is finally building a P-style Bass Guitar. This video is 2 of 5 and here Ben is building the neck using flamed Sycamore and an unusual choice of Burl Oak for the fretboard.
This will be a straightforward Bass guitar build, but let's see how Ben puts his spin on things...
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:17 Materials and preparation for the Neck
1:57 Masking tape and superglue trick
3:02 Routing for the carbon fibre and truss rods
5:05 Cutting out the neck on bandsaw
6:24 Masking tape trick...again...
7:18 Triton Workcentre router to refine the neck shape
9:02 Using the Tuners to plot the depth of the headstock
9:14 Removing the excess with the bandsaw
9:28 Sanding with the Triton Oscillating Spindle Belt Sander
10:03 Gluing in the Carbon fibre stiffening rods
11:01 Neck ready to have fretboard cut out and glued
12:15 The number of clamps needed = x + 1...
13:39 Cutting away the excess with the bandsaw
14:08 Routing the fretboard flush to the neck
15:57 Radius the fretboard with a hand plane
16:16 Then sand smooth with a radius block
17:46 Bass notched straight edge and radius gauges to check the radius and flatness
18:21 Conclusion
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I like that you haven't stopped teaching the basics after so many videos. Stan Lee said that every comic book is somebody's first comic book, and that applies to guitar building videos too.
I like this a lot! I'm.planning on alternating crazy, ambitious builds, with more tutorial focused ones for a while and will see how that plans out.. 24 hour twin neck coming next! B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars sir can you please tell me how much length jave the bass neck and at the end of the neck means that the strings were going on the small piece what is the name of that thing
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars The more builds and tutorials the better! I am attempting to teach myself to build basses with no prior teaching other than high school shop class. Being a musician, working on and looking at instruments has helped me but I am watching as many builds as possible to learn the order of operations and general rules or tricks used by Luthiers. In the previous video where you built the body, you mentioned avoiding hand tools to help simplify the process. Could you explain this a little more? I was actually thinking of doing my first build with as many hand tools, and simple small electric tools, as possible as I thought this would slow the process down and allow me to really think about how each step has a purpose and avoid mistakes. Budget also heavily plays into it as I have access to almost no large tools (router, planer etc) and have slowly accumulated smaller tools. I hope to be able to complete a build despite an extremely meagre shop setup. I figured the gradual nature of doing most of the work by hand would be more gratifying and educational for myself. In your opinion, am I making a mistake being under this impression and is it realistic to think I can make a bass with very limited tools? Thanks for any words or suggestions. Really enjoyed watching this bass come together.
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Well I've been following you since the beginning, and I can't find this series you speak of. 24 hour double neck build? Lovely ;p
There's never too much:
1. Clamps
2. Files
3. Chisels
4. Coffee
5. Basses
🤘
6. Masking Tape and Super Glue
Extraordinary talent as well
Graphite rods
Crimson guitar videos
And carbon fiber rods apparently :)
Like? Where is the "Love" button?
Such a satisfying video. Thank you.
Lol yea, I'd let the wood on the fret board speak for itself. Maybe just some nice side markings.
It would be cool to make it fretless, that really does bring out the fretboard wood
Is it possible to add binding in coloured glass or good quality perspex ?
@@graham6229 I dare say anything is possible. Better question would be how hard would doing a perspex binding be?
@@rogerj412 Thanks, I meant only for the neck. Going round bends on the body would be interesting 😊😊😊
Yeah, just some blue abalone spots. That fretboard is just too beautiful for inlays
some men dream of escaping work to sit on a beach. I dream of leaving the Information Technology world to become a Luthier. SO MANY TOOLS!!! damn. Buying as I go, learning as I watch and do. thanks for sharing the expertise, Sir!
CHALLENGE: I always notice A LOT of waste during builds. Build a guitar solely from the waste of other builds. Love the vids, great work as always! :)
The waste gets used to build handles for their tools!
Was thinking this also, a frankenstien build from joined off cuts for the body and fret board
Give him a break. Waste is absolutely minimal . Come on boys and girls, lighten up.
Off cut pieces are an unavoidable part of wood working. Everyone who does it has a bin of them. They always get used in future projects or for other unrelated things. At very worst they might be used for firewood but my offcut bin rarely gets so full I feel the need to do that. Even sawdust is collected and used for certain things sometimes.
I see the neck build now. Thanks. Didn’t realize I was watching part 2 before. Lol
Wow, I haven’t heard anyone mention ‘Araldite’ since that time I was walking my pet dinosaur.
As always Ben, love watching your work.
After watching this I've realized that I've been using the fence attachment on my triton router in the wrong position all this time! Thanks Ben
'ang on, what's going on with the numbering system? The last video was Ep 1 of 4. This one is Ep 2 of 5.
At this rate, it'll never be finished.
lol. you got me! sorry, it got a bit longer than I had originally planned.. isn't that always the case though? VB, B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars looking forward to part 17 of 25 XD
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars that's what she said?
Francisco d'Anconia Oh, oh my... it’s a little longer than I, expected...
uwu?
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars lol... Gold
That would look stunning without any inlays. Or frets. Just some gloss on the board and that's that. My god that'd be amazing!
Thank you so much for doing a bass build! I love watching you make awesome guitars but as a bass player this is pretty dam cool!
Well, my morning suddenly got a lot better!
Now, I'm pretty sure of what he's ACTUALLY saying, but it still surprises me every time to hear him say "Bernhard" in the intro.
Good luck to you in the Guitar Buildoff Challenge with Texas Toast Guitars ! We as the viewers are impatiently waiting to see it go down !!
gold hardware + evo gold + no inlay would look incredible with those woods
Gotta say I miss Ben’s chatter, but I can see why some may prefer this video style. For me, his digressions are enjoyable and instructional and give this channel its unique flavor.
Great to see a Bass build. More please!
It's not a trick Mr Ben.
It's a technique.
Entertainers have tricks that produce rabbits from hats.
Artisans, craftsmen and professionals
rely on solid fundamentals, knowledge and use of tools and execution of technique within an order of operations in order to ACTUALLY produce something from nothing.
You also happen to do it in an entertaining fashion. Thanks for that. I did a small project at the house today and really got my juices flowing. Man do I miss the cabinet shop!
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I really like how Peter Malinoski dowels the neck and fretboard together through the area between the nut and first fret. Once I’m at the point of building from scratch I’d like to experiment with that kind of thing.
When I have a board that already has slots cut in I use teo small dowels, toothpicks really, drilled straight through fret slots at either end.. frets cover the dowels and you get perfect alignment. B
Crimson Custom Guitars great tip! Malinoski’s are... part decorative, part drastic? He’s got some stuff I reckon you guys would dig, and may have seen in the boutique circuit here and there.
The hammering-in of the graphite rods was immensely pleasing!
you can never have too many clamps; and removing them is just like unboxing christmass gifts :)
That neck is going to look nice !!
Yes as the comment down below, nice to see Araldate in use, such a versatile glue; as is superglue to search and penetrate splits and repairs; yes an excellent and informative video Ben... Mark Phillips.......
I love the bass heavy tracks you have in the background, good call.
Nice to see you build a bass guitar
Yes I agree a plain fretboard looks more sophisticated, and edge markers are better for the bassman to see.
Im just starting to learn on luthiery and Im so glad Ive found your channel! Id done a bass before but doing something on my own is another talk. I have someone that helps me now and then but your vids are helping clearing my mind up on some points of the procedure, especially on silly things that I get stuck in. Thanks for this! Really cool
I love inlays, especially block inlays on my basses. But this fretboard is screaming to be naked. Just side markers.
No need for inlays!!! Fret-less would be very cool as well. Great job Ben love to see your work!!! Cheers!
I'm considering a fretless sister instrument using the same fretboard wood.. I have a bit more to play with! B
To inlay or not inlay... Hmmmm... like you will ever make things easy for yourself Ben... of course you will inlay! Great video as always :)
actually I decided to leave them this time.. I am however going to be taking on a timed challenge build early next week.. a twin neck built in 24 working hours should be fun to watch and complex enough to feed my addiction for craziness.. B
I would have made this bass a semi-accoustic with an 8th note for the sound hole and instead of just the one p pickup, I would have added two musicman humbuckers (one by the neck and one by the bridge) and since it'd be semi-hollow body, a piezo pickup.
Great working skills.
Love the build and the videos! Great to watch while stuck inside. Can't wait to see the end product!
Yeah, no inlays. That fretboard is gorgeous.
Gold and Diamond inlays!!!
6:11 for a split second i hoped you named your router Routy McRoutyface
The masking tape trick is great, but a little redundant when gluing sandpaper to a radius block I found. Just glue the sandpaper to the taped block and you're golden.
That fretboard excites me GREATLY
This is lovely! And fun. But remember this is a P Bass. Which means simplicity and beauty,,, That wood is so beautiful with minimum ornament!
Even better than the body vid.
Do one with LEDs!
Do a videos on preamps and machining hardware!
I’m in love! Thank you, sir!
ive left this comment before , but not sure if you saw it , but just for "funsies" a cool challenge might be to see how well you can "eyeball" , where fret slots should be cut , and frets installed. maybe on a bolt on neck. just to see who can get the closest to correct
That would be very fun.. no one would be even close, I am sure.. we use too many jigs these days tbh. B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars oh im sure it would be a healthy mix of "holy crap that note is right," and "cringe" lol
Good video. I took a break from your videos for a month or two, and i like the streamlined flow. I like the way you’re using music now. The old songs were starting to drive me nuts
Oh! I’ve got another one!
There are no videos (that ive seen) about how to put a fancy top (or “facings”) on a body WITH a forearm contour (like a jazz bass)
Another video idea!... a 3D NS style body!
I hear it’s really hard to do it well because any imperfections are multiplied in finishing.
Just ideas for you.
Thank you again, so much!
I know carvin (now kiesel) showed one of their guitars being made where they actually bend the maple top to fit the contour. You can probably still find it if you look there. A lot of people just have a weird line where they contour through the top, but I always thought that looked a little weird.
Loving the build so far, and I love p basses so win win. Definitely no fret markers, that fret it stunning on its own.
I believe it's the first time I've seen you build a Bass! Well done Brother,
I wonder what else I've Not seen you build? Be Well Ben, Be Well All!
12:37 That's a lot of clamps.
20 seconds later: okay, now THAT's a lot of clamps!
Clamps are like guitar cables. You never have enough.
You do make it look easy.......
Inlays=YES.
this fretboard is amazing...the whole building is amazing... I can't wait to hear the sound of this creature
Inlays from the offcuts of the neck
the wood choises for this bass are astonishing 😍
I wish it was somehow cost-efficient for manufacturers to utilize more exotic and abnormal woods for fretboards. Maple, rosewood, and ebony are great, but there are so many beautiful woods that could be used..
You are the MASTER bro.. I taught me shit i overlooked..lol. Thanks bro, and i am subscribing today!!!!! By the way, i made specific zigs for about everything i do: thank God for routers man..lol
You can never have too many clamps I always say. Nicely done. I love the way the fretboard looks.
If inlay, something subtle, yet appropriately stylish, like ebony and copper piping, but one small dot in the upper right corner of each typically marked fret.
Thank you, very nice.
Finally a real instrument well done. 😎
i love the masking tape super glue technique but ive never seen it used for making a neck, it totally makes sense and if i ever decide i dont want to buy my necks i will remember that
A subtle 12th fret inlay would look great
This is going to be an insanely cool bass
Minimal Inlay, a small something at the 12th, perhaps. Side dots are necessary, of course.
Appreciate the return to the tutorial style. I enjoy the challenge builds, but as an aspiring builder, both are beneficial.
You can look smug Ben, it's already gorgeous.
I'd love to see sorta minimalist wood inlays, it's not a p bass if it isn't simple! Very excited to see what comes next!
I'm loving this build, you finally decided to make a bass! Also your craftsmanship is amazing as always. By the way I'm actually building a bass too right now (a P/J with a soapbar) and it's the most satisfying thing I've ever done. If only my country wasn't on lockdown I'd have a finished neck by now :’(
Unrelated note here but I just ordered my first guitar kit with some tools from your shop. I can't wait to start building my own guitar, thank you!
I’m a bassist and that’s cool
Loving the captions on these new vids - as someone who has zero woodworking experience (though is very interested in changing that), I often don't know what things are called and mishear things and suchlike - really helpful to see it as well. Looking forward to see the end result of this :-)
Thank you Martin, I am hoping to do more videos aimed at demystifying the process.. You'll be building soon I hope! B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars That's the plan, I've 'built' a guitar recently using a pre-cut and routed body and pre-fretted neck, next logical step is to actually build at least one of those things myself. Thanks for all the vids and inspiration :-)
Loving that wood man.... This is going to look wicked!
The burl fretboard. Will it, in your view, require stabilization? I would think to ensure the stability and requisite hardness of the material, used as a fretboard and as the anchoring material for the frets themselves, that some form of stabilization of the burl would be needed, if not, at least advisable.
I've used a lot of materials for fretboards over the years, but never any burl wood of any species. I came close to using a very unique and finely detailed burl Redwood, and recently was nearly convinced to use a stunningly beautiful piece of figured burl Claro Walnut. In t he former case the client changed his mind when he saw several new options and chose a gorgeous piece of figured Cocobolo, with just an edge of the lighter sandy colored sapwood, and in the latter, the client decided that Ziricote was going to fit this build, and that the piece of figured and burl Claro Walnut will make a better book matched top to a more classic design like an early V or a single cut of some kind.
I would not have used either burl piece as a fretboard without stabilization, but maybe your slice is of considerably more hardness and stability than were the pieces I have.
Looking forward to seeing the finished build.
I was prepared to stabilise if needed but at heart it is oak and very hard.. similar to rosewood etc at least and will do well.. has little strength as it doesn't really have a grain tbh, hence the multitude of carbon fibre.. B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I appreciate the response. I wondered what the factor of it being oak would be, given typical physical characteristics of many types of oak. Take care.
That fingerboard is a stunner as is. Maybe just a minimalist bass clef at the 12th?
Excellent video production! Fun to watch this build
wow, four carbon rods !!!
I sure hope this bass is fretless to further feature that beautiful burled oak. I almost feel like frets or inlays would be a disservice to that beauty of a fretboard.
12:30 CLAMP! THAT! STUFF! DOWN! :D
So awesome 🔥
I really love your work! Thanks for sharing it with us and greetings from Germany!
My 5 year old daughter Sophie constantly asks to watch your guitar making videos with me.
Maybe a shoutout to her?
Thanks for the videos.
I hope it become a natural bass, i always like the natural look of wood.
Do line inlays (black) near the fret wires. so that the finger board can still be beautiful :D
Oh, yeah, compound radius.......oh no..., anyway, just a fantastic upload, thanks, man!
Hey Ben. With gluing the sandpaper to the block ......... We only need to put the masking tape on the block. Unless you really want to reuse the paper I guess.
I would like to see some inlays on this. Go for aluminum tube. And make them offset. Bass-side on the lower frets and treble-side on the higher frets. Subtle and classy!
Epico!
That Oak is beautiful!
Brilliant!
No inlays on that gorgeous piece of wood. I’d love to see fretless.
Surprised by the choice of a soft wood for the fingerboard. Anyway, great, great vid, as allways !
use the fretboard off cut to make dot inlays and stain then purple, that way they would blend in a bit and not distract from the grain :)
No inlay. Looks great the way it is! Side markers OK.
My vote is for small inlays, yes!
Simple dark wood inlay at position 12!
It's gonna be beauty!
Greetings from Wisconsin, USA;
Hope you, your family and fellow workers are all well with this pandemic were in. Love it! Just some small black dots instead of inlays would be my preference. However it would be very hard to make that neck look bad without a major boo boo.
Awesome stuff, do we have to wait til next Wednesday for the next episode? Boooooo!
nice video ben.
Loving this series, Ben! I hope it is one of many bass series to come :)
You know what? I hope so too, I am really enjoying the change. B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Hollow body neck through bass next. As cool as this build is, its not really a challenge building a P Bass with templates!
Beautiful fretboard!
Bob would be proud #clampchamp
Bass looks incredible already.! Ben, can I request once the apocalypse is over, that crimson starts selling a fret scale rule for basses. I'm starting a 30'' short scale project which is a pain cos no one seems to sell rules for basses. A 34" / 30" scale rule would go down a treat. Please and thank you ;)
Classic Precision lover here:
Just face and side dots, pretty please?
wow that Freboart looks amazing ! Good job .... i wish i can build my own collection in youre workshop