Great way of creating a depth stop for drilling, especially if you're doing more than just two holes is also heat shrink tube that's used in electronics. When heated up with a lighter or soldering iron it contracts forming a tight connection with the drill, but is easily removable. Since the drill has the spiral indentations it will go tighter in those and won't slipp. The drill can withstand heat anyway as it has to get hot during drilling and if that happens the heat shrink will only get tighter, rather than when using adhesive tape, where the adhesive will loosen under heat. Also it's easy to remove, cause you can just cut at the drills spiral.
Love the 12-hour guitar tee shirt! It's probably my favorite of your timed builds, definitely among your greatest designs. Recently started building my first guitar: a sort of cigar box instrument but with a home-made box and a few more traditional elements like a set neck and thin, braced top. Thanks for all the inspiration! Also, I suddenly need a baritone guitar.
My own very personal (and probably wrong) opinion is I would have made two cuts to thin the bottom horn: flattening from the bottom but keeping the waist width and reshaping the cutaway to keep the horn pointing more forward, but giving a more curved contour that side. The way Ben did it it looks a little too "sticky-outy" for my taste. The fretwork, however, is next level! Beautiful!
Ben I really salute you, and for those about to rock has to watch your videos, such inspiration and full of knowledge and fun and doing projects for humanity reasons it proofs how sincere kind person you are, god bless you and even my self after these years still learning from you every video thank you my good friend and bless you and your family.
amazing work as always, gets me motivated to hit the work shop myself again. also: your wrist watch choices always impress me, speed master is always a classic . ;)
As always a very nice video Todd! Your neck is looking awesome, nice tips and tricks on the asymmetrical, but I'm not that far on shaping the neck, for now. Peace and Long Life! 🖖
I just recently got a guitar for £30 at a car boot sale as it is a little beat up I thought I'll just give it a good clean up. and with one string missing just thought hey I'll get new strings a tuner and a pick. then when I went in to put on the new strings I noticed that the tremolo block had snapped apart so I can't install the new strings until I get the new block in place. oh and I did use to learn the guitar before moving over to drums then to DJ'ing but hey no harm in getting back in to playing guitar.
hi ben i use a vibrating multool saw to cut bone for guitar nut and saddles they work amazingly for processing the dog bones i use from the local waitrose
I love this Guitar ! but, I thought I heard you say this is the last video and we still haven't heard it play yet ? Don't tell me you are going to give this away and we don't get to hear it ? This may start a riot !!! LOL
My current build is redwood top on sepele, i was able to bend the redwood to an American football shaped curve (not nearly as curved as one but that basic shape with the centerline the thickest part). I agree redwood is insanely soft but that’s what I love about it.
Going forward this will be the intro for video one of every series........ to keep you on your toes. So says the editor, but this is Crimson. Anything could happen!
Say you have a bone or piece of antler. What is the best way to get it into the shape of a nut, that is, with two parallel sides perpendicaular to a flat bottom?
I love the idea of a magnetic truss rod cover, but the idea of putting strong neodymium magnets near pots, wires, pick ups, switches, etc... seems like a really bad idea.
Ben, Awesome work as usual, Could you tell me what make are those drill bits?? I have looked online for bits that look like that but I’m having no luck finding them. Thanks.👍👍🎸🎹🎼👨🏻🦯👨🏻🦯
what kind of distance are you talking about when offsetting the bridge on the bass side? last time I didn't know about this when installing a tune-o-matic and my intonation is way off. but I found several sources saying you need to offset both sides a little, and it's confusing to me. some even say to put the treble side forwards by 1.5mm, but I doubt that. I also have a neck break angle of about 2°.
Stupid (?) question for Ben: What kind of drill bits are you using to drill out the bridge mountings? They seem to have a much squarer end profile that anything I have seen here in the US.
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars wow, thank you for checking, mighty neighbourly you! Also thanks for the two ebony fretboards. International shipping on those was greased lightning fast.
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Simple design, yet so impressive with all its details. I love the finish on the hardware.
You’ve built so many beautiful guitars, but this one takes the cake !! Absolutely stunning instrument, can’t wait to hear you play it.
I love the sound of sped-up chiseling early in the morning. Sounds like victory.
Great way of creating a depth stop for drilling, especially if you're doing more than just two holes is also heat shrink tube that's used in electronics.
When heated up with a lighter or soldering iron it contracts forming a tight connection with the drill, but is easily removable.
Since the drill has the spiral indentations it will go tighter in those and won't slipp.
The drill can withstand heat anyway as it has to get hot during drilling and if that happens the heat shrink will only get tighter, rather than when using adhesive tape, where the adhesive will loosen under heat.
Also it's easy to remove, cause you can just cut at the drills spiral.
Thank you, this is a great trick to share!
Such a wonderful and beautiful guitar! Superb ideas in all details! My big congratulations to this built!
Love the 12-hour guitar tee shirt! It's probably my favorite of your timed builds, definitely among your greatest designs.
Recently started building my first guitar: a sort of cigar box instrument but with a home-made box and a few more traditional elements like a set neck and thin, braced top. Thanks for all the inspiration!
Also, I suddenly need a baritone guitar.
I was taught many years ago to always to place a plane on its side rather than sole down on the bench to avoid damaging the blade edge.
Scrumptious looking guitar that!! I wasn’t however prepared for how this video ended 😆
Neither were we. DC
My own very personal (and probably wrong) opinion is I would have made two cuts to thin the bottom horn: flattening from the bottom but keeping the waist width and reshaping the cutaway to keep the horn pointing more forward, but giving a more curved contour that side. The way Ben did it it looks a little too "sticky-outy" for my taste. The fretwork, however, is next level! Beautiful!
"The best way to cut bone..."
Another bit of knowledge for the budding serial killers among us.
I really want a baritone, this was an excellent experience
Ben I really salute you, and for those about to rock has to watch your videos, such inspiration and full of knowledge and fun and doing projects for humanity reasons it proofs how sincere kind person you are, god bless you and even my self after these years still learning from you every video thank you my good friend and bless you and your family.
Looking amazing so far, I love the hardware.
amazing work as always, gets me motivated to hit the work shop myself again. also: your wrist watch choices always impress me, speed master is always a classic . ;)
Man,this masterpiece can stop the war!!🙏♥️
Gorgeous build! Love the hardware, and the finish. Cool guitar, Ben!
thank you Ben. suggestion on hole transfer punches work well better than a drill point . try them .
As always a very nice video Todd! Your neck is looking awesome, nice tips and tricks on the asymmetrical, but I'm not that far on shaping the neck, for now.
Peace and Long Life! 🖖
Enjoying this build, it was a stroke of Genius to put one of your builds in Dave Simpson hands. Truly a good idea, it sounds amazing.
Beautiful guitar.
That hardware is glorious.
looks nice ! good job.
23:00 That Wood ❤️🔥
I just recently got a guitar for £30 at a car boot sale as it is a little beat up I thought I'll just give it a good clean up. and with one string missing just thought hey I'll get new strings a tuner and a pick. then when I went in to put on the new strings I noticed that the tremolo block had snapped apart so I can't install the new strings until I get the new block in place. oh and I did use to learn the guitar before moving over to drums then to DJ'ing but hey no harm in getting back in to playing guitar.
Beautiful work and the Gotoh gear is excellent. Well done Ben
And the figured neck is superb mate
She is beautiful like her style 🎸 🤘🤟😎
You seem to have access to some really beautiful wood nice job!
hi ben i use a vibrating multool saw to cut bone for guitar nut and saddles they work amazingly for processing the dog bones i use from the local waitrose
I love this Guitar ! but, I thought I heard you say this is the last video and we still haven't heard it play yet ? Don't tell me you are going to give this away and we don't get to hear it ? This may start a riot !!! LOL
Well, it is the Ben-ultimate episode of this build series. Which means there should be at least one more episode coming our way.
@@Timberwolf69 touche
You must be new here… 😉
(It’s never the last episode…)
"It's NEVER the last Episode!" That should be on a t-shirt - TC
My current build is redwood top on sepele, i was able to bend the redwood to an American football shaped curve (not nearly as curved as one but that basic shape with the centerline the thickest part). I agree redwood is insanely soft but that’s what I love about it.
Stunning guitar 👌👏👏
Take a look at the Dave Simpson video with Ben's Bog Oak guitar. Daves playing is amazing and really highlights the quality of the guitar.
🤔 Quote from 0:03 "welcome to the finale episode" will this become a running gag 🙈
Going forward this will be the intro for video one of every series........ to keep you on your toes. So says the editor, but this is Crimson. Anything could happen!
What the heck? I just watched 45 minutes.... It felt like 5 minutes!
Those frets… coooorrrrrrrr
Say you have a bone or piece of antler. What is the best way to get it into the shape of a nut, that is, with two parallel sides perpendicaular to a flat bottom?
Is that flash coat something I could procure for myself?
I love the idea of a magnetic truss rod cover, but the idea of putting strong neodymium magnets near pots, wires, pick ups, switches, etc... seems like a really bad idea.
What's the router table set up please good sir?
How do you round the fret board edges/sides to give that worn in feel?
Ben, Awesome work as usual, Could you tell me what make are those drill bits?? I have looked online for bits that look like that but I’m having no luck finding them. Thanks.👍👍🎸🎹🎼👨🏻🦯👨🏻🦯
Brad Point but I also use Famag. Ben
Whats stop tail do you use?
Maybe in the future, try releasing videos in order so that we don’t watch a whole video that spoils the finish of the guitar before we watch it
what kind of distance are you talking about when offsetting the bridge on the bass side? last time I didn't know about this when installing a tune-o-matic and my intonation is way off. but I found several sources saying you need to offset both sides a little, and it's confusing to me. some even say to put the treble side forwards by 1.5mm, but I doubt that. I also have a neck break angle of about 2°.
Treble side 1mm forward, bass 2mm back if using 10 gauge strings. Ben
"Pillar drill"? Pff. In the US we use the proper name: big standy-uppy hole-maker thingy.
37:30 Ben "I'm sort of regretting this is not my guitar"
Yeah, we know. At some point in EVERY build you say the same!!
AND, we ALL say it!!
Do not try to drill the holes for the threaded bridge post inserts by hand if it is your first time.
Stupid (?) question for Ben: What kind of drill bits are you using to drill out the bridge mountings?
They seem to have a much squarer end profile that anything I have seen here in the US.
They look like some manner of Brad Point bits; great for drilling clean accurate holes
Brad Point bits. These are by Star M but I also use Famag a lot. Ben
Do you ever build a guitar using a Zero Fret?
Not really: he's mentioned a couple times over the years why he doesn't like zero frets all that much
edit the recording and make it "your" guitar!
Wipe away superglue with your fingers??!!!
Yes, if only to have the pleasure of peeling it off later!
@@ianthomson9363 your skin you mean? 😄
Why has all that glue not been removed from the cavity!! It looks disgusting.
Anyone know's about Ben's instagram please???
@therealbencrowe on Instagram.. though I currently suck on that platform!
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Thanks master💪😊
Ben you’re quite cheerful this week considering you’ve just been sentenced to death by the Russians seems a bit harsh for building a charity baritone
First 👍👍👍
Dammit, quit rubbing our noses in your crank/dogleg chisel. Rarer than an honest politician and twice as expensive.
Wait, wouldn't an honest politician cost less than a normal one? Or at least be a better value for the money?
@@U014B you always pay for quality
Right now the Vintage Tool Shop has 5 cranked chisels: shop@vintagetoolshop.com DC
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars wow, thank you for checking, mighty neighbourly you! Also thanks for the two ebony fretboards. International shipping on those was greased lightning fast.
You built a guitar with a Banderite Nazi symbol on it? WTF? You can call it the Banderitone.