Custom Guitar Build - The Chimera - Quilted Maple Top

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  • čas přidán 7. 02. 2020
  • This is the complete build video on the making of this custom guitar. This is a design that I have named the Chimera, and it is my own design with some influences from both the Fender Stratocaster and the Strandberg Boden.
    The top is Quilted Maple, the neck is Jatoba and Wenge, the wings of the body are Black Walnut, and the fretboard is Snakewood.
    The pickups are Lace Deathbucker in the bridge position and Lace Alumitone in the neck position.
    The bridge is a Schaller Hannes Piezo bridge with an onboard preamp, the tuners are locking Grovers.
    To see this build with narration and without time-lapse, there is an 11 video series on the making of this guitar that can be found here: • The Chimera - Custom G...
    Instagram: @orbitalguitars
    Email: orbitalluthiery@gmail.com
    Orbital Guitars Discord Server: / discord
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Komentáře • 68

  • @hello-world456
    @hello-world456 Před 3 lety

    No annoying commentary. no annoying music. Just hard work and talent. Loved it

  • @saltagliamonte5241
    @saltagliamonte5241 Před 2 lety

    Beautiful I like how the neck goes all the way through the body

  • @TheWind213
    @TheWind213 Před 3 lety +1

    Wow, what a gorgeous guitar, you are a Remarkable guitar builder. My niece is a great guitar player and I know she would be proud to own your beautiful guitar.

  • @remyr5749
    @remyr5749 Před 4 lety +6

    I like how you list the wood species when you switch to a new section of the build. It would be cool if you also listed the sandpaper grit every time you go to sand something.

  • @Tear-The-Veil
    @Tear-The-Veil Před 2 lety

    Old school Paradise Lost. Awesome.

  • @troy6636
    @troy6636 Před 2 lety +1

    💡🙏👏 That guitar is gorgeous and I love where you went with the body design SO nice 🎸the wood grain is awesome

  • @UToobSteak
    @UToobSteak Před 3 lety +1

    This build is awesome, man! Neck through, semi-hollow, and a wicked shape. Love it! The inlay is badass as well 🤘

  • @salder70
    @salder70 Před 4 lety

    Beautiful work. You are a true craftsman.

  • @robdefrancesco8928
    @robdefrancesco8928 Před 4 lety

    That is one BEAUTIFUL GUITAR you built Sir!!! Stunning to say the least...

  • @amp2466
    @amp2466 Před 4 lety

    Nice work, beautiful guitar.

  • @JerAtoZ
    @JerAtoZ Před 4 lety

    Outstanding video and superb craftsmanship. You have my total admiration. Great job.

  • @tomay0102
    @tomay0102 Před 3 lety

    so beautiful!

  • @javanthomas4122
    @javanthomas4122 Před 4 lety

    Beautiful work

  • @detroutspinners9933
    @detroutspinners9933 Před 4 lety +1

    That's a gorgeous looking guitar. Nice bit of Opeth at the end too.

  • @davidneilson3508
    @davidneilson3508 Před 4 lety +1

    It turned out awesome. I always wished I could build my own guitars.

  • @lauris8802
    @lauris8802 Před 4 lety

    that thing must be so nice to play, well done mate!

  • @Mawoll
    @Mawoll Před 4 lety +2

    Nice build and i love that you chose "Coil" to test the pickups, i use it aswell to test tones :)

  • @juanowar
    @juanowar Před 4 lety

    Great Job bro. Even the body is not the shape I love, it´s a awesome guitar.

  • @Sutter.
    @Sutter. Před 2 lety

    Truly beautiful

  • @luizlima6706
    @luizlima6706 Před 4 lety

    congratulations friend....make in love this guitars......

  • @kaederukawa8178
    @kaederukawa8178 Před 4 lety +1

    The best guitar build i ever see easy to understand tq dude its amazing

    • @JerAtoZ
      @JerAtoZ Před 4 lety

      Take a look at his others. Completely outstanding.

  • @nokomisnichols
    @nokomisnichols Před 4 lety

    Nice craftsmanship dude.

  • @pedroaugustomendessilvamor5894

    Great job
    Great guitar
    Very good

  • @SmokeFlame1
    @SmokeFlame1 Před 2 lety

    That is a beautiful guitar.

  • @angkit216
    @angkit216 Před 4 lety

    Wow. Nice guitar

  • @keithspencersr.6806
    @keithspencersr.6806 Před 3 lety

    Outstanding

  • @joshwairau183
    @joshwairau183 Před 4 lety

    aweeome man pretty cleaver way of using the back plate for the fishman USB

  • @jokosaputrasaputra3335

    Beautyful guitar 👍👍👍 this art

  • @Rockstar-lx2li
    @Rockstar-lx2li Před 2 lety

    Awesome.. 👍

  • @marcosbraga1373
    @marcosbraga1373 Před 4 lety

    muito show seu trabalho você se garante de mais

  • @El_Croc
    @El_Croc Před 4 lety

    Gorgeous! The woods and pickups work so well together, beautiful tone.

  • @TarynnElizabeth619
    @TarynnElizabeth619 Před 4 lety +1

    Stunning Craftsmanship..!

  • @williamdistasio9358
    @williamdistasio9358 Před 4 lety +1

    What do you do with all of these guitars you build?
    Also, can you maybe have someone that is as accomplished at playing, as you are at building and finish carpentry play some of these at the end of your videos or perhaps in separate videos?
    Perhaps you can let us hear these beasts being fully utilized in recordings. I for one would dig it if I could hear these tracked along with bass, and drums etc...
    Maybe some heavy distortion tone for rhythm and a lead tone with a touch of delay etc etc.....
    That would be badass!
    Also, I think a cool challenge for you, would be to try doing a build with a double locking trem system . Like a Floyd or something.
    Been binge watching your vids, I'm amazed by your impressive work and its getting better and better with each episode!!!!
    Stay rockin my brother!

  • @victoralbadavis2563
    @victoralbadavis2563 Před 4 lety

    Me fascino' el sonido;suena cañon.....!!!!!

  • @darkgames26
    @darkgames26 Před 4 lety

    Este canal debería tener más suscriptores, en que piensa la humanidad hoy día? 🤔

  • @juliansuarez3849
    @juliansuarez3849 Před 4 lety

    Cool guitar man!! Next guitar?

  • @anthonyrmay1502
    @anthonyrmay1502 Před 4 lety

    Thank you for all the information given in your video. I am attempting to build a zebrawood bodied guitar so seeing this is very helpful. Especially as I intend to oil finish as you have done.

    • @Metalbass10000
      @Metalbass10000 Před 4 lety

      Be aware of the direction of the grain and the direction of your cutter/blade rotation. Zebrawood has a tremendous tendency to chip out and tear out. Make sure you have sharp cutters. I'm a fan of using my CNC mill, even using in manual mode, because the nice, tight ball screws allow me to climb mill/climb cut, giving me a much better surface finish, and nearly eliminating all tear out and chip out completely. Also, some people have a reaction to the dust, like my wife and kids, so just be aware of the dust created. Enjoy the process, it's nice to work with, aside from above issues, is beautiful athletically, and sounds great (if you are a tone wood affirmative person). One last thing, some Zebrawood, like Wenge and other tropical exotics, can be oily when glued, making solid gluing potentially problematic. A wipe with acetone prior to gluing should alleviate this, if needed.

  • @koenigzucker2875
    @koenigzucker2875 Před 4 lety

    Great work, congrats - looks like you learned a lot from Ben of Crimson Guitars ;)

  • @linadecaseleycarloss5838
    @linadecaseleycarloss5838 Před 4 lety +1

    Love all your builds!! Can you please tell me how you decide on the various woods for the neck? What qualities you look for etc...

    • @OrbitalGuitars
      @OrbitalGuitars  Před 4 lety

      I originally learned about what types of wood are good for necks while browsing through Warmoth's offerings, and since then I tend to look for types of wood that are described as having similar properties.

    • @linadecaseleycarloss5838
      @linadecaseleycarloss5838 Před 4 lety

      @@OrbitalGuitars Thank you for getting back to me - really appreciated, will check it out!

  • @Dougal78
    @Dougal78 Před 4 lety

    Really nice build. Something seems a bit odd with the neck pickup though, it seems to sound like the tone is really rolled off.

  • @hansjuergenification
    @hansjuergenification Před 4 lety

    Well done... one of the beautifullst Axes I ever seen, but whats going so wrong with the tone? Put a Billy Lawrence 500 XL near by the Bridge ...hope this helps

  • @CarlosEduardo-qi1ei
    @CarlosEduardo-qi1ei Před 4 lety

    😍😍😍😍

  • @trikermansbike
    @trikermansbike Před 4 lety

    Hi that looks great 👍 and sound s great.

  • @nokomisnichols
    @nokomisnichols Před 4 lety

    How well does it play and sound?

  • @Eduardo_Pavez
    @Eduardo_Pavez Před 3 měsíci

    I have a question.
    35:54 Where You playing Wating For You by Akira Yamaoka? 👀 I'm just curious

    • @OrbitalGuitars
      @OrbitalGuitars  Před 3 měsíci +1

      I was! It's a fun song to play

    • @Eduardo_Pavez
      @Eduardo_Pavez Před 3 měsíci

      @@OrbitalGuitars it is fun indeed! That's one of my favourite songs ever.
      Nice job on that guitar build by the way!

  • @vadim1294
    @vadim1294 Před rokem

    👍👍👍🔥👏👏👏👏👏

  • @vincenzoasdurti1262
    @vincenzoasdurti1262 Před 4 lety

    how much do you sell the guitars to? :)

  • @eon8893
    @eon8893 Před 4 lety

    Does lace give you the pickups or you buy them yourself?

  • @peeraphon1998
    @peeraphon1998 Před 2 lety +1

    กว่าจะออกโรงได้ แต่งตัวตั้งนาน.พระเอก

  • @Rose.Of.Hizaki
    @Rose.Of.Hizaki Před 3 lety

    Opeth 🤘🤘
    Though i think the guitar is slightly out of tune or the intonation isnt quite correct.

  • @Fernos005
    @Fernos005 Před 4 lety

    Loved everything about the build except for the poured inlay. 👍👍👍👍

  • @jasonhancharyk9838
    @jasonhancharyk9838 Před 4 lety

    want to make me one

  • @ardilossteam3893
    @ardilossteam3893 Před rokem

    Wat is all ser.

  • @user-cd6dm3iy8h
    @user-cd6dm3iy8h Před 3 lety

    Хорошо👍 делает, но лучше бы сам не играл.

  • @terrypussypower
    @terrypussypower Před 4 lety

    34:44

  • @michaelduncan2995
    @michaelduncan2995 Před 4 lety

    Speak man!! Lol

    • @OrbitalGuitars
      @OrbitalGuitars  Před 4 lety

      All the voice over is in the series of shorter videos, playlist is linked in the description.

  • @piotrp8392
    @piotrp8392 Před rokem

    Ladna, ale główka nie pasuje.

  • @RadioWerwolf
    @RadioWerwolf Před 2 lety

    What a waste of beautiful wenge.