Chris, when I saw you drawing on a sheet of paper with a sharpie directly over that ancient spruce top, I nearly plotzed! Don't scare me like that, man!!! :)
You guys could edit the mistakes out of the video, but I love that you don't. People learn the most when things go wrong, not when everything goes right. And it makes the video way more interesting. Warts and all.
When I worked at taylor 9 yrs ago in bind and sand they glued the armrest block in and glued the top on the block. Then we routed our channels put binding perf and abalone and then rasped it to the perf. I love the idea of the sacrificial wood. A good thick gauge to eye ball.
Great job guys . Thanks for leaving in the little mistakes in the video makes me feel a little better about all my big mistakes:) keep up the great job!
This is what I like to see from a pro he is not afraid to show that even he can sometime make an error but still recover for the good. I wood love to afford one of your creations but alas it wont be possible. Your videos are great keep up the good work.
thanks again for teaching me how to do stuff. I now think I would dare try to make an arm bevel. of course I will have to watch the video a couple of hundred times first!
I feel like every stage makes way more sense than I thought. I used to think these were made with arcane magic. It turns out the truth is somehow way more mundane and way more complex.
I do final assembly on banjos for Deering now. Im glad it’s a small company cuz it’s really hand and eyeball adjusted with a drum sanders for action and relief when I assemble. I’ll tell u one thing banjo players are more picky when they get their instruments. They will take it apart and put it back together and if it’s not perfect they complain.
I'm loving this series, even though I'm not a luthier. One thing I don't understand is the arm bevel. It makes the guitar seem almost broken, when properly done. But the aesthetics are just the beginning. There's also the small loss of interior volume as well as lost real estate on the soundboard. Of course the point is moot as I can't afford one of these fine instruments but, should pigs learn to fly, I'd likely opt out of the bevel.
i am real curious as to who can actually afford a 15K guitar? No shade or anything but I find it amazing how there is enough of a market for a guitar that expensive to make a living from. I have two pretty expensive acoustics but that is in the 3-5K range, and a few custom electric builds in that same range so I am not being an asshole, its just really amazing to me that there is enough people with that kind of disposal income to spend on a guitar and wait 3 years for it on the waiting list.
Chris and Matt have it under control - don’t fret! Chris, I like your focus and attention to detail. You are not a quitar! Matt, I love the puns. You just keep stringing us along….
No Respirator AND you got allergies? Dude! Luckily, your Festool sander vacuum hose sucks most of the dust away. But not all! Hope you don’t get ill from that 3000 yo timber dust mate! A lot of us are as keen to see the end as much as we’re enjoying the journey.
Chris, I am a nervous wreck watching you with those sanders. Great to watch you do this but I have a serious case of pucker watching. Thanks for sharing.
I have a feeling that it might be possible to pre-bevel the support before putting it in the body, probably with helps of CNC. Of course I don't what I'm talking about lol.
For some of the smaller, more delicate work, what is your opinion of using a smaller dremel tool with various sanding attachments? Dremels can create some very cruel errors, due to their small size and high spin speed, but they're hard to beat in tight spaces.
The Bevil makes work for idle hands! Great work Chris. Can't wait for the stick-on. How are you going to blend the veneer thickness into the top and sides without breaking through? I think you've told us already, but I forget. Btw. Can you do me a retrofit on a HD28 Martin?
Wouldn't the a bevel be much easier to carve and veneer before the routing for purfling? It looks like the purfling would be near the last thing to do on the guitar body.
I like comfort contours, but it seems like a lot of work for some thing that ends up reducing the size of the soundboard in the process. Is the final size of the soundboard about what you'd have on a Parlor Guitar? I think the Manzer wedge is a better option. Or perhaps even better would be to add a one inch wedge to the "side" of the guitar to get a comfortable angle for the forearm to rest on.
I’m glad I’m not building a guitar along with this series. I think I would have talked myself into doing a bevel and this video is a bit of a reality check about how difficult that is.
I meant arm bevel , which I note you advertise as standard. Don't like cutaways as they detract from the tone on the treble side. Hate to sound like an old grump but I'd be lying if I didn't speak honestly. A friend of mine loves my talor GA/CE but hates the cutaway. At least he's honest with me. BTW the b/s are EI Rosewood and that sings compared to Mahogany.
I'm halfway through the video and so far I'm a little disappointed that Matt hasn't made a "Bevel with the blue dress on" pun.... You linked the the RO 150 tool, but isn't that a RO 90 you're using in the video?
@@johnvcougar Thanks for the correction, which I sorely needed, this being my first day on earth and all. The service you provide is of incalculable worth!
Are you trying to kill us? Using that sharpie on paper on top of the guitar. I lost my breath. Those things will almost bleed through sheet metal. ARGGGGGGH!!!!!
Srry I don't like cutawats they getract from the original guitar shape. Also the spruce top ( new OR old) is not as aesthetically pleasing where it should meet the sides. Sorry I'ma traditionalist.
Since you asked, I think you are trying to push the envelope of the craft too far. For instance the arm rest you applied to this build seems excessive. The wheel was invented mileneia ago. Nothing inherently wrong with a dovetail neck joint. Do you have a system of shims to correct your failing structure fifty years down the road? My point was do your craft simple and pure, build on the experience of those that have gone before you.
Also, be sure to check out the selection of high quality tonewoods on our website under the "Tonewood" tab. driftwoodguitars.com/tonewood
I thought it’ll be 5,000 years old when Chris finally finishes this
Chris, when I saw you drawing on a sheet of paper with a sharpie directly over that ancient spruce top, I nearly plotzed! Don't scare me like that, man!!! :)
I KNOWWWW !!!!!!!!!! UGHH
Thanks for keeping the mistakes in (cramming the backing into place) we learn the most from them!!!
You guys could edit the mistakes out of the video, but I love that you don't. People learn the most when things go wrong, not when everything goes right. And it makes the video way more interesting. Warts and all.
Appreciate the fact that you show the little things that can go wrong then show that all is not lost. You show how you fix the problem.
When I worked at taylor 9 yrs ago in bind and sand they glued the armrest block in and glued the top on the block. Then we routed our channels put binding perf and abalone and then rasped it to the perf. I love the idea of the sacrificial wood. A good thick gauge to eye ball.
I think I may need to take an extra heart pill, given the suspense this is generating. I have been absolutely on the edge of my chair, watching this.
Thanks guys. I was worried you would need to change the name of the series to "Building a 4,000 Year Old Guitar"!
I would love a "tiny workbench concert" with this guitar when finisched !
hands of a surgeon
When that bit popped out, it felt like my heart stopped! 😱
The details are great to watch. Cool to see you catch your mess up and fix it. Thats reality.
Great job guys . Thanks for leaving in the little mistakes in the video makes me feel a little better about all my big mistakes:) keep up the great job!
This is what I like to see from a pro he is not afraid to show that even he can sometime make an error but still recover for the good. I wood love to afford one of your creations but alas
it wont be possible. Your videos are great keep up the good work.
thanks again for teaching me how to do stuff. I now think I would dare try to make an arm bevel. of course I will have to watch the video a couple of hundred times first!
When the body sings in resonance with the vibration from the sander - that’s going to be exceptional!
I loved the advise of “If you’re in a bad mood, don’t do it”. It’s not something I would have considered.
Looking great it’s coming along thanks for sharing and God’s blessings for you and all your family and friends
Paused the video and clicked the Like button purely for "I gotta bevel with you..." Matt's the real MVP.
thank you Matt and Chris .
Always a pleasure to watch your progress
Absolutely enjoy watching you guys-- Keep Orange Crushing It!
We need a “yah” counter in one of these vids.
In all seriousness, it’s so satisfying watching a master of one’s craft work.
Chris you’ve inspired me to begin building a guitar.
.. hopefully, a journey with an end! 😉
This video reminds me of that Journey song “Don’t Stop Bevelin’”.
I was drooling and cracking at 25:51 was like a shot of espresso. Luthiery ptsd awakening sound.
Just like hogging out bondo on a corvette quarter panel! Great work guys.
excellent content guys... this would be my dream job to be able to do this. Thanks for sharing all the tips and tricks.
This is realy next Bevel stuff.
Cool, I always wondered how you did the binding. This makes so much more sense than I thought.
I feel like every stage makes way more sense than I thought. I used to think these were made with arcane magic. It turns out the truth is somehow way more mundane and way more complex.
You are a true craftsmen. Very nice 👍 .
I do final assembly on banjos for Deering now. Im glad it’s a small company cuz it’s really hand and eyeball adjusted with a drum sanders for action and relief when I assemble. I’ll tell u one thing banjo players are more picky when they get their instruments. They will take it apart and put it back together and if it’s not perfect they complain.
Super cool vid guys this is my dream guitar now. Also loved that bit about craftsmanship 19:47 so true!
2:50 dude that rasp is like a dark souls weapon miniaturized.
Gawd, when you started with that pin-wheel sander, I found myself holding my own breath! Steady as she goes!
I was wondering what they were called
Throw that drill in reverse next time so you’re not blowing the dust in your face. Loving this series guys!
For the people who wanted acoustic guitar in the intro... I think they took your comments to heart.
Great content, thanks.
Yesss I've been waiting for you're new video had the bell on and everything! Love your channel!!
19:40 “This is not rocket surgery”. 😂😆🤣😆 That’s gold!!!
I'm loving this series, even though I'm not a luthier. One thing I don't understand is the arm bevel. It makes the guitar seem almost broken, when properly done. But the aesthetics are just the beginning. There's also the small loss of interior volume as well as lost real estate on the soundboard. Of course the point is moot as I can't afford one of these fine instruments but, should pigs learn to fly, I'd likely opt out of the bevel.
47:56 Yaaaas Queen 😁
Amazing to watch you do that in under an hour. Can't wait to watch the veneer go on.
“The bevel’s in the details” please for the love of Pete, don’t ever use a sharpie on thin paper on top of an unfinished guitar again. Love ya guys!
😎 Thanks DG ⚓️ Yeah that’s why I like you guys ‘jittering’ ‘hogging’ ‘pooch screwing’ highly technical specific fine luthier terms🎸
i came for the blood, sweat & tears. not disappointed! great video
Very cool Chris! I still brag to everybody I can about the fact that you fixed my Martin for me after I damned near destroyed it! 😅
i am real curious as to who can actually afford a 15K guitar? No shade or anything but I find it amazing how there is enough of a market for a guitar that expensive to make a living from. I have two pretty expensive acoustics but that is in the 3-5K range, and a few custom electric builds in that same range so I am not being an asshole, its just really amazing to me that there is enough people with that kind of disposal income to spend on a guitar and wait 3 years for it on the waiting list.
And the fact that he stopped sanding, waited for extraction to stop, just to deliver a terrible pun made me giggle way harder than I should have 🤣
Chris and Matt have it under control - don’t fret! Chris, I like your focus and attention to detail. You are not a quitar! Matt, I love the puns. You just keep stringing us along….
No Respirator AND you got allergies? Dude! Luckily, your Festool sander vacuum hose sucks most of the dust away. But not all! Hope you don’t get ill from that 3000 yo timber dust mate! A lot of us are as keen to see the end as much as we’re enjoying the journey.
Yea!
Randy miesner sang the original take it to the limit
Chris, I am a nervous wreck watching you with those sanders. Great to watch you do this but I have a serious case of pucker watching. Thanks for sharing.
Well, I am not ready to do a bevel yet since I am on my first build. Someday though!
I have a feeling that it might be possible to pre-bevel the support before putting it in the body, probably with helps of CNC.
Of course I don't what I'm talking about lol.
For some of the smaller, more delicate work, what is your opinion of using a smaller dremel tool with various sanding attachments? Dremels can create some very cruel errors, due to their small size and high spin speed, but they're hard to beat in tight spaces.
Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit. Being a sharpie connoisseur I was freaking when he was drawing on that sheet of paper.
The Bevil makes work for idle hands! Great work Chris.
Can't wait for the stick-on. How are you going to blend the veneer thickness into the top and sides without breaking through? I think you've told us already, but I forget.
Btw. Can you do me a retrofit on a HD28 Martin?
It seems like the bevel is a disproportionate amount of the trouble/effort involved in making a guitar. Is it really worth it?
Wouldn't the a bevel be much easier to carve and veneer before the routing for purfling? It looks like the purfling would be near the last thing to do on the guitar body.
I like comfort contours, but it seems like a lot of work for some thing that ends up reducing the size of the soundboard in the process. Is the final size of the soundboard about what you'd have on a Parlor Guitar? I think the Manzer wedge is a better option. Or perhaps even better would be to add a one inch wedge to the "side" of the guitar to get a comfortable angle for the forearm to rest on.
Randy Meisner sang Take It To The Limit.
Did you go all out on an expensive guitar for your first arm bevel or did you start out on some cheap to learn the process?
Like the long format. Maybe time to add a second static camera angle from above? It's hard to see the detail sometimes from Matt's viewpoint.
I’m glad I’m not building a guitar along with this series. I think I would have talked myself into doing a bevel and this video is a bit of a reality check about how difficult that is.
What are those glasses you are wearing and where can I get some?
I meant arm bevel , which I note you advertise as standard. Don't like cutaways as they detract from the tone on the treble side.
Hate to sound like an old grump but I'd be lying if I didn't speak honestly. A friend of mine loves my talor GA/CE but hates the cutaway. At least he's honest with me. BTW the b/s are EI Rosewood and that sings compared to Mahogany.
Unbevelievable
Doesn't that arm bevel totally mess up all of that too tuning you did?
So, what you are saying is 'When making a bevel, don't cut corners.' 🙄
Sander? I barely knew her...
I'm halfway through the video and so far I'm a little disappointed that Matt hasn't made a "Bevel with the blue dress on" pun....
You linked the the RO 150 tool, but isn't that a RO 90 you're using in the video?
Randy Misener actually!
Chris, is it hard on your back working hunched over like that?
People don’t realize these $20k guitars are actually a mix of epoxy & crushed ramen, with veneer glued on top.
Finally 😭😭
Cheetos "tone snacks"😆
Chris, where is your eye pro while sanding?
wouldnt it be easier not to do binding?
The back and sides are Cheetone wood? Sorry, I thought we were still doing puns.
We’re ALWAYS still doing puns. Good one sir.
We’re watching paint dry.
Lol 😅 that little binding mistake was pretty much how most of my builds go
You need some 2 pack tone filler for the gaps, that way you won't push out the binding lol
A Mill bastard's mama was knocked up by someone at the mill! ;-)
Come on, it’s 3000 years old, what’s in a couple more months till it’s finished? ^^
Davie504 approves of basswood
Hey at least you didn’t put bondo in that gap. That would be janky.
The top of my head is pointy
Oh man I was stressed out for 52min
Switch over to 220?!? My sander only runs on 110 😕
Grains per inch square, not Volts, dude!
@@johnvcougar Thanks for the correction, which I sorely needed, this being my first day on earth and all. The service you provide is of incalculable worth!
@@ClarkW60 😁🤟
@@ClarkW60 of course, 220 presents no problem for me, being from Oz. We have to step 110 UP to 220 in this land. 😋
Are you sure that tiny pieces of wood will stay where you glued them for years and years of though playing that guitar?
I feel sorry for the bass wood... deemed not pretty enough...
Are you trying to kill us? Using that sharpie on paper on top of the guitar. I lost my breath. Those things will almost bleed through sheet metal. ARGGGGGGH!!!!!
Srry I don't like cutawats they getract from the original guitar shape. Also the spruce top ( new OR old) is not as aesthetically pleasing where it should meet the sides. Sorry I'ma traditionalist.
44:05...... Where is your mask!!??????
OOPS!
Chris, it hurts to watch you sand. Even a covid mask would be better than nothing! And I would enjoy the videos more.
Painful to whiteness imo these boys can't see the forest for the trees.
What are you referring to?
Since you asked, I think you are trying to push the envelope of the craft too far. For instance the arm rest you applied to this build seems excessive.
The wheel was invented mileneia ago. Nothing inherently wrong with a dovetail neck joint. Do you have a system of shims to correct your failing structure fifty years down the road?
My point was do your craft simple and pure, build on the experience of those that have gone before you.
@@dalehargreaves5196 conservatism, how novel and extremely interesting. Ffs…
@@valebliz y'all really want to enter a discussion on the topic?