Stratocaster Build Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- A video log of a Stratocaster type build I started recently.
Time taken for project so far: 200 hrs
Playlist song 1: Devilskin: Never see the Light
Song 2: Villainy: Gather Yourselves
Body wood: Ancient Swamp Kauri
Neck wood: Heart Rewarewa
Finger board: Kohekohe
So much skill with so many manual hand tools, I feel like if you got some power tools, you'd accidentally build a house.
Ha ha, thanks so much, very funny, that really made me laugh, cheers!!
Hi I wan to tell you that you are really strong and if I could buy a guitar of yours !!! You have a knowledge and a manual as few !!! Congratulations on your excellent work !!
*we all saw it*
Dojix 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I want to give you my highest commendations for your beautiful Stratocaster project! Your skills are extraordinary, the term "craftsman" does not say enough for you. Dan Erlewine himself would be saying; "I cannot teach him, I am now his student". I mean, you have demonstrated woodworking, tool making, and electronics expertise in how you have made nearly everything from scratch, and out of beautiful woods! You have more than earned the right to call yourself a guitar maker. I have learned a lot, and have had a lot of fun watching your videos. Thank you again, so very much!
Impressive precision with the hand saw. You Rock!
Hello from Russia. You show really great skill with a hand saw. I'm not new with that myself, but i'm afraid i now rely too much on powertools on rails and wouldn't risk to make such a long cuts by hand. Now seeing you, i'm properly impressed. So much, that gonna remember days of yore. :D
Thanks man for these videos.
Man never mind the guitar. I thought being able to cut wood like that with a hand saw was a lost art.
Bluebuthappy182 That's one of the first things that came to mind watching this video - "look at those cuts he's making with a handsaw" - superior craftsmanship all the way around for sure.
Yup
Mad skills to split a board in half 1:35. That radius he cut was impressive 7:34. Didn't even know you could curve that kind of saw.
Second that, amazing.
No shit, this guy is crazy good with a hand saw. If I didn't have my power tools no way I'd be building guitars.
I'm dumb founded by the amount of work you have put into this. The jigs, the tools, the wood, I mean Luthier does not begin to describe this.
This guy makes the concept of 'hand made' come true, respect!
I've never seen a truss rod installed that way. Impressive skill.
That first song gave me the chills. Then it was watching you work. Much respect.
Dude you and your videos are the main reason i have even though of trying building my own guitar with mainly hand tools...Now about a year and a half later i have two of my own strats built from almost scratch.Thx for the inspiration and the motivation.
+Dreamdancer11 Thats awesome!! I'm so glad you have been able to build a couple, bet they sound great! I'm glad the vids provided a bit of 'how to' segments. Thanks for the kind words and great to hear that you have a couple a strats, very good stuff!!
+elams1894 i barely used your videos....i dont have the skill or the tools to emulate what you do.I just made a couple or acrylic templates double sided taped them to a large piece of wood i previously glued on and i made neck through type strats with forstner bits chisels and a few drills....i bought the fingerboard premade so i had it a bit easier...
Your videos provided the inspiration though to make the decision to do it.....You have too few views for such entertaining stuff....and yes the strats play great iam pretty happy with the result....made them all natural from mahogany and heavy as les pauls....
I am a carpenter and you sir are the master of the handsaw.
I barely have the skills to even watch this video, let alone do what's in it. This is beyond epic.
Sweet Jesus! i'm in complete awe of your hand skills
this is great craftsmanship, i built a telecaster at school 30 years ago, didnt have a clue what i was doing, no jigs orspecial equiptment but i made it all like you, i iwish i could do it one more time!
You need a rip saw. I'm sure resawing those billets took a long time with a combination saw, but with a rip saw, they'd have been sawn about 5 times as fast (and it feels a lot better when you're sawing - something not easy to explain, but you can feel the resistance from the straws of the wood being severed instead of rasped as a combination saw does).
Loved it all -beautiful species I've never heard of, jig and template building I had to watch twice to understand, all by hand, and I love the music too! Going to watch the rest now...
the lost arts of hand tool care and usage ... Pattern making ..... and problem solving thought ......... Well done my friend - well done indeed........JRW
You are a wizard with that hand saw!
a perfect lengthwise cut? This man is BADASSS!!!!! Noice!!!!!
Hi Anderson, thanks so much for your comment. Thanks for checking the vid and for checking out the LP build. I replied to another friend from Brazil that I would one day like to visit your country its very beautiful. Have a great day and thanks again!
Great stuff! I was in NZ a few months ago and I brought home a small Kauri blank. I loved the wood there; riwu, rewarewa, kauri, totara.. It's great that you get to work with it.
Thanks CRN. yes we are blessed with wood down here. Puriri is a favourite of mine too. Thanks so much for your kind words and glad you made it down here. Drop by next time, have a good one!!
I greatly enjoyed to see the 5 videos, with great admiration for your patience, precision and skill. My total respect, Sir!
Thanks so much Alceu!! Have a great day, relly glad you enjoyed the vids!
Excellent work man. Very fun & respect to watch this. Great talented!.
Bravo. wow. i've seen your build a few times throughout the years and am blown away each time. great work!
Thanks so much Jay!!
I can't get over you using a hand saw to do your cuts. Very difficult to wind up with cuts perpendicular to the top surface. Bravo!
There is nothing more beautiful than this
Wow, just wow. I wish I had your patience. I love the way you've made all the tools as well, very cool.
Omg, you are certainly a master , what beautiful timber, treated with the utmost respect and care. I cant wait to watch the next video, congratulations !!
dcollins468
On your way to another true masterpiece. You sir must have the patience of a saint.
Ha ha, thanks Sean, thanks for the sub. Indeed patience is a virtue in guitar building. Just building dining table for my wife at the moment. I promised her a table 3 years ago he he. Should have soe vids up in the new year. Have a good one!
Incredible Kiwi craftsmanship.
I'm. Maori from nz... And for me just getting my first guitar. But seeing this and the native Maori names of the type of native wood types is actually really pleasing. Specially with mainly hand tools man
Only 1 part in and that's some mad attention to detail and craftsmanship, superb stuff, on to part 2!
Thanks FC!!
Ola, hope that was right?? Respect to Brazil dude, I really want to go there some day. Love the look of those Favela buildings (sp). The forests, the people, football, the food. Have a great day and thanks for comment!
You have very straight hands which are growing from the right place. Respect!
I've never seen so much work go into building a strat neck. Obviously you are an extremely skilled craftsmen but using a double action trussrod would save three quarters of the procedures you did in this video, obviously you like building jigs and using hand tools and you do it exceedingly well so please do not think I'm knocking you in any way I think you are brilliant I just like to know what makes other builders decide to go the routs they go. Amazing video, amazing talent, shit I've seen nobody that can handle a carpenter's hand saw the way you can. Just awesome.
That is some of the most impressing craftsmanship I have ever seen. Well done!
innovative ideas and techniques. gz on thinking outside the box
A joy to watch. Thanks for posting
Building a guitar, to me, is one of the ultimate expressions of woodcraft. I've only built one from a kit. I'm amazed at the WORK your project entails and your willingness to undertake it. Salute, sir.
SO Much of it by hand... very impressive.
I watched from beginning to end. Absolutely in awe! Thanks for this post. I loved it!
Yep, It will be a full sized strat with large body and forearm carves. Callaham floating Tremolo bridge assembly (Vintage) and Gotoh Mini tuners. I'm putting paua inlays in the neck and it will be shellac finished. I haven't decided on pickups yet but I'll probably put my own winds in there. It will be humbucker in the bridge and single coils middle and neck. Haven't fully decided but I think I'll put a carbon pickguard on it and it will have a electrosocket jack mounted on the side. Thanks
You're not only the master of the hand saw your camera work is very good as well.
This is just jaw dropping. thanks for documenting the process
Thank you Emilio!
Now .. THAT ... Is what you call " Handcrafted " beautiful sir 👍👍
I'm deeply impressed! never seen nobody use a hand saw so accurately!! great video, great tracks and great woods!
Amazing how precise this guy is with a hand saw!
Incredible job! You're an Artisaner !!! Amazing Hand précision! Bravo !!!
This is true masterbuild guitar..Happy new year and love to see more of your work..
Greetings from europe
Hi Alvin.. thanks so much for you comment and kind words.. From NZ to Europe, have a great day
Cutting the wood by hand! A Premier Craftsman with wood! I look forward to seeing more! I have a S-type guitar being made of Ancient Swamp ash ! There are cracks in places of my body in which had to be bonded prior to cutting. I thought I had such a fantastic piece to start with? I love mine but your has started with an almost flawless pc! Congrats & what a privilege to see this build! Is this for yourself? Thanks Elam!
Gorgeous wood choices.
You absolutely rocks, man...I work in that and have some skill but get astonished!!
+ciccio felice Thank you ciccio, have a great day!
Love the song. I had to go watch the Devilskin video! Pretty cool!
Cool! Yeah its a great track, good band is Devilskin!
Impressive work man! Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely extraordinary. That's all I have to say
Thanks so much OCS! Hope you enjoyed the rest of the vids, kind regards
this has to be the best thing I've seen in my entire life. I'm amazed.
WTF!!!
thats not listening to a teacher .thats talent !
GOD BLESS you!!!
Man, I don't have a table saw and a jig saw as well. Glad to know I'm not the only one.
Looks like this is a custom built guitar. Either way this takes an incredible amount of work and craftsmanship. Very good video, thanks for posting.
Só por estar cortando a madeira com um serrote, já mereceu uma curtida !!
Yo.. Go Canucks! I would love to visit Canada some, I have family in Saskatchewan even. Thanks for comment and have a good one!
Proof you dont need big fancy equipment, just time, patience and a lot of skill!! Cheers mate"
i appreciate your patience with that handsaw, sir!
A distinct lack of power tools. Amazing hand work.
Damn you, you glorious, talented artisan.
Now if this isn't "hand-made", then I don't know what is! 200 hours for the entire project is not bad, taking into consideration all the manual work. Can't wait to check the rest of the vids, and the final result. (wish I had the place, the materials, and the tools to start my own guitar building hobby (and custom shop)... maybe one day when I'm 60?)
A real and talented craftsmen. I learned a lot from this
Thanks David!! Have a good one!!
+1 Great work!
I bet ya norm from this old house can't use a handsaw like this guy ,you are skilled my man
great video and great music too.
Here you see a mans man. This guys cuts lumber by hand, and man did he cut some rock hard wood!
Great music Devilskin? Not sure about the bands name but they are hot and that beat is rock solid!
gnarliest guitar build i've ever seen
Serious handcrafter skills, i love your job sir!
Please come to Canada and teach me your ways! Love your work, man. Absolutely beautiful.
Very nice craftsmanship
Now that's a real luthier!
Fantastic skills/hideous music
My hat off to you sir... Doing all that with those tools... Freaking awesome!!!
Серьёзная,достойная работа над гитарой,круто разбираешься в инструменте,не колхозник,а в музыке как баобаб(ну не шаришь,не дорос для серьёзной музыки),с таким вкусом музыки надо обязательно гробы работать,будут шик-блеск-красота,как огурчики.От заказчиков отбоя не будет и покойнички будут весьма благодарны.
BRAVO. I love it. Hand saw. REAL woodwork. Nice man.
I really enjoyed watching this. Very inspiring. Thanks
Those are the router rails for the truss curved truss rod that Fender uses. I need the curved rails so I can get a curved truss rod channel. Hope that makes sense. I have noticed your video responses, I have been a bit slack with checking my inbox. Give me a few minutes and I'll post them cheers. Looks like your LP is really coming along. Great stuff! King Cannons!
Mind Blowing Hand Made Jigs .
amazing craftsmanship.
This was edited beautifully.
I like that you used hand tools for so much of the build. I have a hard time relating to build videos where the builder has a large, awesomely appointed shop.
Thanks so much Stu! Really appreciate your kind words! Have a great day!
Such skill.
much wow
Such a delicate process
That's what hand saws do, Popeye forearms. Nice work, by the way!
Simply amazing! Love how you use the hand tools, truly fantastic job!
You build some wonderfull guitars, you have some pieces of wood just incredible, i'm a fan of your job !!!
you have the most awsum set of tv repair tools man.
Seriously incredible! This is next-level craftsmanship! Very well done
Hi Lewis. Absolutely no trees were cut down. Ancient kauri is recovered from swamps. The trees were flattened in a massive volcanic eruption 30-40,0000 years ago . They are being uncovered today from various farmlands. All native and endemic New Zealand trees are protected and I only use recycled old timber or wood from trees that have come down in storms. Thanks for comment.
Awesome! Looking forward to Part 2.
You did a great job! I just can’t believe that anyone would go through that much trouble and work for a guitar! There is sooo many easier ways to do it!! I guess that’s how a caveman would’ve done it!
You have a real talent there
Great Work Love Your Talent and Ingenuity
God Bless You and in All your Endeavours !!!
Nice work, especially the long rips with a hand saw that would have been much easier done on a band saw, impressive dedication you have to hand building.
Don't mind what the others say about the music, I rather enjoyed it. Now I have to go look up this band.
What a badass! You earned a new subscriber with that hand saw, for sure! Great work, I'd love to play it.
Blows my mind.