The stone tools only build should be exciting. I can’t wait for the sharpening flint tutorial where you get out your flint knapping kit. Maybe a dinosaur theme for that build?
3 hr Kit build at Makers Central?? Can see it now - "Come back next year when I shall be carving the headstock to my complete satisfaction!" Apart from that, love those inlays.
Banging video series, this! There are lots of us with no access to a proper woodshop but want to go further than just assembling, tweaking and finishing a kit. It's great to see tools I can use being used to achieve beautiful results! I would love to see a video on chisel, plane and gouge sharpening, especially for someone like me who has no room for a slow grinder and has to do it manually, with and/or without a honing jig :-)
Can't wait to see the finished result, especially the neck. The natural burned gradient from the sanding is really pretty! And i'm gonna wait for that guitar 6:47 on the BG to be finished, and possibly see the reaction!
Glad to get back to this one. I've gotten so used to watching you build live that I went looking for the chat to respond to something you said, and it wasn't there. I was a bit shocked, for a moment, that this was a video, not live. Doh!
Another tip for jewellery blades, a little lube on the blade (i use bees wax) will reduce the temperature of the blade and further reduce breakage. I stick a small blob onto the bench peg so its easy to quickly reapply some more wax to the blade.
Finally! I was about to reserve myself to this build being scrapped! 🤣 So glad to see it move forward! I think the inlays and the fretboard look great! Wouldn’t change a thing!
I bought an old Stanley hand drill at a car boot over 20 years ago as a joke, so I could tell the Mrs I bought a cordless drill for a £1. It took a few years before I actually used it - when my usual drill had been left flat, but I suddenly realised how much more control I had. Don't get me wrong, I still use power tools when needed, but if I can get away with it, hand tools are always preferred - I suspect the neighbours appreciate it too.
"if I can build guitars, you can build guitars." While I appreciate the vote of confidence, you have a Heavenly gift exquisitely expressed through the art of your guitars.
Noice. I like the hollowed-out, mother of Pearl, inlays. It’s a great way to negate the ‘too much’ of solid squares. A lot of extra, worth while, work though 😅
That jewelers drill is beautiful 😍 sometimes I just watch your builds and pay more attention to your specialty tools then I do to what you are actually doing with them...🤫
The very first guitar I built (well, it's almost done, a few other electrics have been finished in the interim) is a parlor size acoustic and has been done with hand tools except for the tuning key holes. All of the wood was purchased from wood suppliers and not prepared for guitar building. What a workout! The worst part? using a plane on the backs and sides. The sides were somewhat figured Black Walnut and the back was 3-piece Black Walnut and Curly Maple. I quickly learned about the benefit of a steeper angle and the back-bevel. The thinnest stock I bought was 1/4" (6mm)... my biggest mistake. Hats off to you, this is a really difficult job! Interesting to watch as always. To both you and your sister, the videos are becoming more refined with time which is no easy task. It doesn't go un-noticed. Cheers!
So happy this build is back! I'm wanting to do something similar this summer if grad school isn't too hectic. Your channel is entertaining, instructional, and inspirational! Thank you for being you!
Glad this series is back. I've finished my version of this, my first ever guitar build. Going to be interesting to see how Ben does the bits I struggled with!
Now, You said that you are doing a backpack acoustic... Might I request a future build? A backpack electric guitar? Something that is an all in one? You have the electric, a small amp (hopefully one that doesnt suck), maybe an effect or two in one smallish electric guitar body? Would be fun and crazy
When you put a dollar value to your hourly wage and what it takes to make a hand crafted instrument of detailed precision, this is a bargain. People that create in such a way absolutely love what they do. Keep up the great work Ben. Cheers!
Hey can't wait for the next steps your going to be at, because I'm highly interested to learn a way to craft a mould for the sides bending and the rest..I live in a small flat without the possibility of using a router or power tools..and would like to build small compact instruments,and feeling blocked in my work for that reason.i only do guitar repairs would like some change ,but I stay faithful , cheer's thanks for the sharing !
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars hey no worries, just sharing my enthusiasm for the project... Still, I'd say it's high time I source a piece of timber for my version of this (although I want to finish my current guitar build before I actually start building it). LOOOVE these inlays. Cheers!
I do like the adjustable saw idea. It's often frustrating to have saw blades break and effectively lose the entire blade. Especially as it often breaks only an inch or so from one end. I guess it's one advantage of an older time where 'make do and mend' was a common approach, versus the modern day 'disposable' culture. On the same subject though, will you be re-sharpening the broken drill bit to continue its life?
I don't know if I ever caught this in your previous builds, when you make a neck do you radius it? Really love your channel, really love all of your mentoring and direction and guidance. Thank you so much.
I would make the 12th fret inlay solid. It stands out as it should, and is simpler still. Love how the burned fretboard end up being a kind of burst (no pun intended).
I always wanted one of those travel guitars. I always tend to wish for the impossible though. When I heard about the jam jar amp, my first thought was can you make a travel guitar that is built more like a neck thru electric with the jam jar amp electronics built into it. I used to hate acoustic guitars. I have only ever liked exactly one acoustic guitar, my Alvarez. Something about it just sounded so sweet and won me over.
Awesome, back to the hand tools build (no more electric hand tools Ben or I'm coming over and hiding all your coffee and tea.) It's coming up on 4AM here at my location, and was getting ready to turn my computer off and go to bed when I got the notification of a new video, and well.... you know, I just HAVE to check out the new video.....
Very Nice work and please no stain on Neck looks sweet. Sorry to Beat a Dead Horse 🐎 but Ben please with Sugar on it put the Numbers on the wood Blank on the Back and Just give it Coat of vanish to smooth it Out. Maybe take a Vote?
Great video! I see you watch wristwatch revival. That's a great channel, too! I watch that to unwind (I am very funny) after work, much as I watch the crimson vids. Nice going!
32:10 "life is going to return to some sort of normality" June: France bans wine production August: Switzerland invade Russia October: malaria carrying Kangaroos swim from Australia to other continents and start a global pandemic December: some sort of normality returns to Ben's ventures
I love those invisible goggles you used while putting the side dots in - avoiding superglue splashback into your eyes. Where can I get some and do I get a discount if I use code Crimson10…?! 😉
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars awesome. I regularly watch your streams, but this one has interested me the most. I have no particular interest in guitars or guitar building per se, but I have two musically tallented children - violin, piano, dulcimer, percussion (drums, and tuned) cornet, trumpet, bassoon between them to name but a few, and I'm interested in making instruments for them in the future! Thinking of electric violin and hurdy gurdy. I'm finding your videos inspirational, particularly this series since whatever I make, I'll do so with very few power tools.
Hey Ben, Cool build. Hopefully it will be available as a plan as well as a kit. P.S. Have you checked out AVI-8 watches? Cool aviation themed watches at a great price.
I quite liked the blue actually!! Please can we have **details** of the music chosen.. Artist and title if possible and "not known" if ummm.... not known.... Just got to the endish.. I like the MOP better! Is there a use for the MOP dust at all? Worth keeping?
10:10 and because we aren't there yelling at him Ben is playing the "Can I superglue my eye shut" game. tsk tsk... PPE lad. That stuff can squirt out of blind holes when you push/hammer something into the hole, and well you know it. I glued my eye shut and my hand to my face when I went to rub it doing something similar many years ago. The worst part is having to go and ask one's wife to drive them to the emergency dept... again.
I recently found out that I've been using the wrong term, "yakisugi" is correct, and "shou sugi ban" is some kind of odd mistranslation/misinterpretation!
Those inlays are just perfect ! And are really cool with the fingerboard natural !
Thank you. I've wanted to do some inlays like this since seeing a guitar by Patrick Eggle
The stone tools only build should be exciting. I can’t wait for the sharpening flint tutorial where you get out your flint knapping kit. Maybe a dinosaur theme for that build?
Collab with Primitive Technology? That will rock! ))
^ ‘rock’ lol
And use stones for inlays and other decorative purposes. I love it!
Brontocastersaurus - Rex 🦖 🦕
3 hr Kit build at Makers Central??
Can see it now - "Come back next year when I shall be carving the headstock to my complete satisfaction!"
Apart from that, love those inlays.
Fantastic! I thought you’d jettisoned this build, so I was delighted to watch this video.
Lovely inlay work, Ben. There's no need to stain. I like the clean finish of the fretboard. Btw, love the all black Seamaster Professional!
The inlays are perfect for this guitar. Loving it so far.🧡
So glad you're back to this build!
I love the subtle circuit-board pattern that's left in the wood after the burning and sanding. Very Tron ;-)
I was thinking it's more galactic than circuit-board, but I agree, it's very nice.
Ben, you are a master craftsman. Just genuis.
I love the current color of the fret board as it is
I almost screamed "NO!" when you said you were still going to stain the fret board after you oiled it. That looks truly handsome. Nice technique.
Nice to see you come back to this project.
Excellent, I nearly forgot about this build.
have so been waiting for this one to come back; the challenge for Ben on this is brilliant to see.
Banging video series, this! There are lots of us with no access to a proper woodshop but want to go further than just assembling, tweaking and finishing a kit. It's great to see tools I can use being used to achieve beautiful results!
I would love to see a video on chisel, plane and gouge sharpening, especially for someone like me who has no room for a slow grinder and has to do it manually, with and/or without a honing jig :-)
Have a look through this playlist. czcams.com/play/PLp6z5fUMeeAbeBdPcbA7p_hUT1x9ZBR4B.html DC
Brill, thanks so much!!!@@CrimsonCustomGuitars
Can't wait to see the finished result, especially the neck. The natural burned gradient from the sanding is really pretty!
And i'm gonna wait for that guitar 6:47 on the BG to be finished, and possibly see the reaction!
Ben you are a true crafts man you produce beautiful work!! You have a tool for everything 😂
Glad to get back to this one.
I've gotten so used to watching you build live that I went looking for the chat to respond to something you said, and it wasn't there. I was a bit shocked, for a moment, that this was a video, not live. Doh!
Hey I only added a comment on the last video yesterday. Glad you have come back to it.
Thanks Ben, great video. Those inlays took a long while to cut I bet. Cheers Dave
Love the fretboard color at this point, nothing but a finish needed! 😀 Glad this build is back, I've been missing it.
You're the reason I got into building guitars. Watching you in your element is rather cathartic.
Another tip for jewellery blades, a little lube on the blade (i use bees wax) will reduce the temperature of the blade and further reduce breakage. I stick a small blob onto the bench peg so its easy to quickly reapply some more wax to the blade.
Finally! I was about to reserve myself to this build being scrapped! 🤣 So glad to see it move forward! I think the inlays and the fretboard look great! Wouldn’t change a thing!
I bought an old Stanley hand drill at a car boot over 20 years ago as a joke, so I could tell the Mrs I bought a cordless drill for a £1. It took a few years before I actually used it - when my usual drill had been left flat, but I suddenly realised how much more control I had. Don't get me wrong, I still use power tools when needed, but if I can get away with it, hand tools are always preferred - I suspect the neighbours appreciate it too.
Those different shades of brown on the fretboard look like beams of light going through a bottle of whiskey
At 1:05 you had me there. I thought my video had frozen 😂😂
"if I can build guitars, you can build guitars." While I appreciate the vote of confidence, you have a Heavenly gift exquisitely expressed through the art of your guitars.
The fretboard looks lovely, the bur has done a lovely thing to the wood!
Love look of the oiled burnt fret board. Can't wait to see it polished up.
Noice. I like the hollowed-out, mother of Pearl, inlays. It’s a great way to negate the ‘too much’ of solid squares. A lot of extra, worth while, work though 😅
I would put either one centered or 2 round dots in the middle of the 12th fret with the surrounding rectangle. It still would be pretty simple.
Hi Ben this is the best time to get youreself a kerfing plane and a roubo saw! Love the build tempted to build a holiday guitar now
That jewelers drill is beautiful 😍 sometimes I just watch your builds and pay more attention to your specialty tools then I do to what you are actually doing with them...🤫
Really like this build. The fingerboard natural please. Inlays are very nice.
Thanks, will do!
Inlays and the neck overall look fantastic! Excited to see more of this build
No stain needed. Beautiful as is. Great job Ben!
DO NOT TOUCH THAT FRETBOARD!!!! 🤣🤣 It is perfect man! The lighter parts are in the right spots and everything! So damn pretty
Love the fretboard color......antique ish. Beautiful job Ben! 👏
I really like how the color on the fret board turned out. It looks great!
The very first guitar I built (well, it's almost done, a few other electrics have been finished in the interim) is a parlor size acoustic and has been done with hand tools except for the tuning key holes. All of the wood was purchased from wood suppliers and not prepared for guitar building. What a workout! The worst part? using a plane on the backs and sides. The sides were somewhat figured Black Walnut and the back was 3-piece Black Walnut and Curly Maple. I quickly learned about the benefit of a steeper angle and the back-bevel. The thinnest stock I bought was 1/4" (6mm)... my biggest mistake.
Hats off to you, this is a really difficult job! Interesting to watch as always. To both you and your sister, the videos are becoming more refined with time which is no easy task. It doesn't go un-noticed. Cheers!
Those inlays look great and nice to see the process behind them 👍
So happy this build is back! I'm wanting to do something similar this summer if grad school isn't too hectic. Your channel is entertaining, instructional, and inspirational! Thank you for being you!
Glad this series is back. I've finished my version of this, my first ever guitar build. Going to be interesting to see how Ben does the bits I struggled with!
Really interesting!
I have one of those jewellers drills, soooo handy! Not just in guitar work but also building plastic models etc. I get a lot of use with mine lol
That's actually really great as always. Love that classic look. Love also your friction drill tool, never saw that.
awesome. I want one already. Thanks Ben!
Ah yes. I've been waiting for this video.
The inlays look amazing.
Thank you Ben..
Now, You said that you are doing a backpack acoustic... Might I request a future build? A backpack electric guitar? Something that is an all in one? You have the electric, a small amp (hopefully one that doesnt suck), maybe an effect or two in one smallish electric guitar body? Would be fun and crazy
When you put a dollar value to your hourly wage and what it takes to make a hand crafted instrument of detailed precision, this is a bargain. People that create in such a way absolutely love what they do. Keep up the great work Ben. Cheers!
Those inlays look great! And I totally want one of those mini archimedes drills!
I thought this build had wandered off into the void, never to return. Welcome back!
Hey can't wait for the next steps your going to be at, because I'm highly interested to learn a way to craft a mould for the sides bending and the rest..I live in a small flat without the possibility of using a router or power tools..and would like to build small compact instruments,and feeling blocked in my work for that reason.i only do guitar repairs would like some change ,but I stay faithful , cheer's thanks for the sharing !
Love that Omega watch!
I've been checking for this periodically, thanks for coming back to it. Great job!
My pleasure, I'm just sorry it took so.long to get back to. It has been a crazy year so far!
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars hey no worries, just sharing my enthusiasm for the project... Still, I'd say it's high time I source a piece of timber for my version of this (although I want to finish my current guitar build before I actually start building it). LOOOVE these inlays. Cheers!
0:37 🎵It's beginning to look a lot like CHAOS🎵
Agree, it looks good like that
was wondering what happened to this project, glad it's back again!
Love those inlays, looking forward to the finished piece!
I do like the adjustable saw idea. It's often frustrating to have saw blades break and effectively lose the entire blade. Especially as it often breaks only an inch or so from one end. I guess it's one advantage of an older time where 'make do and mend' was a common approach, versus the modern day 'disposable' culture. On the same subject though, will you be re-sharpening the broken drill bit to continue its life?
I really like the variegated color on the fretboard. It's something that would be difficult to do on purpose.
Very nice work
Thanks for sharing..
I don't know if I ever caught this in your previous builds, when you make a neck do you radius it? Really love your channel, really love all of your mentoring and direction and guidance. Thank you so much.
I would make the 12th fret inlay solid. It stands out as it should, and is simpler still. Love how the burned fretboard end up being a kind of burst (no pun intended).
Ben, you need to make a first fret side dot because of the first fret inlay
True! If only for consistency!
Absolutely love it. Using hand planes has become my happy place.
Do you have a video that talks about what glue to use when? There are so many!
I always wanted one of those travel guitars. I always tend to wish for the impossible though.
When I heard about the jam jar amp, my first thought was can you make a travel guitar that is built more like a neck thru electric with the jam jar amp electronics built into it. I used to hate acoustic guitars. I have only ever liked exactly one acoustic guitar, my Alvarez. Something about it just sounded so sweet and won me over.
Awesome, back to the hand tools build (no more electric hand tools Ben or I'm coming over and hiding all your coffee and tea.)
It's coming up on 4AM here at my location, and was getting ready to turn my computer off and go to bed when I got the notification of a new video, and well.... you know, I just HAVE to check out the new video.....
OMG, those inlays look fantastic.
"If you use a little bit of lubrication you are more likely to have a good time" (19:55)
Amen, Brother.
Also, keep the fretboard as is, just hit it with a wee bit of oil to amber it up a smidge.
Very Nice work and please no stain on Neck looks sweet. Sorry to Beat a Dead Horse 🐎 but Ben please with Sugar on it put the Numbers on the wood Blank on the Back and Just give it Coat of vanish to smooth it Out. Maybe take a Vote?
Great video!
I see you watch wristwatch revival.
That's a great channel, too! I watch that to unwind (I am very funny) after work, much as I watch the crimson vids.
Nice going!
16:49 It's called a pin vise i believe
Beautiful hollow inlays
32:10 "life is going to return to some sort of normality"
June: France bans wine production
August: Switzerland invade Russia
October: malaria carrying Kangaroos swim from Australia to other continents and start a global pandemic
December: some sort of normality returns to Ben's ventures
I love those invisible goggles you used while putting the side dots in - avoiding superglue splashback into your eyes. Where can I get some and do I get a discount if I use code Crimson10…?! 😉
No stain - good decision!
you should keep the dust, has a pretty high street value
Beautiful work. When's the next installment coming on this series
Are we going to see a resumption to the resumption of this awesome build any time soon?
All bring well you shall see the next episode on Saturday
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars awesome. I regularly watch your streams, but this one has interested me the most. I have no particular interest in guitars or guitar building per se, but I have two musically tallented children - violin, piano, dulcimer, percussion (drums, and tuned) cornet, trumpet, bassoon between them to name but a few, and I'm interested in making instruments for them in the future! Thinking of electric violin and hurdy gurdy.
I'm finding your videos inspirational, particularly this series since whatever I make, I'll do so with very few power tools.
I have one of those jewelers drills, its of no use to me and was going to send it to Crimson for you.
The fretboard looks good with the inlays. I don't see why you'd need to (or want) to stain the fretboard.
4:00 Dad jokes *are* funny. It says so right on the birth certificate.
Are you going to do an edited version of the bass build? I'd love to see that - I just can't devote 57 hours to watching the live streams...
Hey Ben, Cool build. Hopefully it will be available as a plan as well as a kit.
P.S. Have you checked out AVI-8 watches? Cool aviation themed watches at a great price.
I really like the way the fret board looks, I don't think you should restain it.
I quite liked the blue actually!! Please can we have **details** of the music chosen.. Artist and title if possible and "not known" if ummm.... not known.... Just got to the endish.. I like the MOP better! Is there a use for the MOP dust at all? Worth keeping?
Glad you're not staining the fretboard. Maybe a little lemon oil and call it good?
I must have missed where you decided to keep the inlay simple, instead of the added cross pieces.
10:10 and because we aren't there yelling at him Ben is playing the "Can I superglue my eye shut" game. tsk tsk...
PPE lad. That stuff can squirt out of blind holes when you push/hammer something into the hole, and well you know it.
I glued my eye shut and my hand to my face when I went to rub it doing something similar many years ago. The worst part is having to go and ask one's wife to drive them to the emergency dept... again.
25:00 wow, he heard me. But forgot the mask when he started filing/sanding the MOP 😂
I recently found out that I've been using the wrong term, "yakisugi" is correct, and "shou sugi ban" is some kind of odd mistranslation/misinterpretation!
dont stain the fretboard, it looks lovely as is
Yesssss finally
Love the blue sharpie on the inlays. Would lapis lazuli work? Or maybe turquoise?
Good evening
Awesome
is the second inlay from the headstock a different shape or are my eyes playing a trick on me.
Please don't stain that fretboard - it looks stunning with the variation of colours!
Ben, how long does a large bottle of the superglue like you used in this video keep? Do you get to use all of it before it hardens in the bottle?
Keep it in the fridge and it will last "forever", I have bottles (different brand) of medium and thin sitting in mine that I bought 6 years ago.
Finally!!