I Built a Guitar Out of Epoxy Resin
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In this video, I attempt to build an electric guitar out of resin. I have been using a lot of resin in my builds so far so I figured why not go all in and do one completely out of resin. I also build my first neck start to finish in this video.
The song I play in the demo at the end is Kazuki Isogai's arrangement of Just the two of us. The riff after that is something I made up.
Epoxy Resin I used (Use coupon code: burlsart15):
www.totalboat.com/product/tota...
“I’ve never done this before” **proceeds to completely nail it and make a gorgeous guitar**
Right he is insanely talented!!!!
Exactly my thoughts during the montage of him creating the neck... that thing is gorgeous!!
@@katydempsey813 Sure he has some talent, but more than anything he worked his butt off and probably had some great role models while growing up. But holy moly amazing guitar!
I can’t relate.
Do you sell your work?
Bro you need to start your own guitar brand.
@@kasper5688 just wait. Maybe in the future we could buy some of his guitars. Just wait
David Nwokoye agreed 👏👏
Agreed, there's one client here when you're ready🙋🏻
Yes. He need brand for guitar
Yeah, I hope he realizes that you can make art, and make it with the sole purpose of it being art, and still provide it for purchase at a premium. Half of the reason people buy certain guitars is the way they look. Embrace it and enjoy a little fruit of the labor.
I feel like sooner or later some musicians are gonna start buying some guitars from you.
Buying one of this was the first thing it came to my mind when I saw it
Like a lot of people, here, I’ve watched a shitload of “how-to” and “demo” type videos, many of which are way too long and fluffy. They move too slowly and are hard to watch without getting impatient.
This one is dense. It rocks. A lot is covered in a short period of time. Well-edited.
Most others posting similar videos would do well to emulate how this one was made.
Well done.
Can you make a glow in the dark guitar next?
Haven't thought about that. Cool comment bro. I love the idea
Mayones did that already!
Or you could add LEDs in the build of another resin body.
That's a cool idea
888th like
Call it the Jolly Rancher! Thanks for another great video
I second that name suggestion.
and then drop it in Zima!!
I would like to suggest Ring Pop actually. Reminds me more of those
Jolly Rocker.
"I think it's allright."
DUDE, THAT'S THE BEST GUITAR I HAVE EVER SEEN?!??!?!?!?!
Ah yes, creative people. Everyone else "that's amazing!" Creative person "Eh it's done, it's alright"
Creative people do that cause they know they can do better.
😂😂 my life motto. I say this all the time after I’ve done something. We artist are our own worst critiques
iAmBobSaget yes, or the visualization is better than the outcome. But people only see the beauty of the outcome, but not the vision.
@@iambobsaget3944 yeah, because sometimes ideas are much better than the skill level :D
Just like this guitar, if he had to make another copy it would turn out to be better, after fixing some mistakes here and there.
I created a skateboard out of my own compressed cock-hair. Hows that for creativity?
Your volume calculation was ingenious, Archimedes would’ve been proud! 🎸🙂🤘🏼
Agreed, holy shit that was brilliant xD
heureka
You mean a method of measurement we all learn about in school?
@@CriticalRoleHighlights I wasn't taught that in school
@@109367 You should ask for a refund.
That water displacement thing you created is f*ing genius dude!
bradderzpartridge I know! I wouldn’t’ve thought of that in a hundred years.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_principle
Yes, total respect for doing that
Little overachieving bastard thinks he's better than we are!
Archimedes principle
I've been watching your builds for almost 2 years now, and I think the reason I'm more fascinated watching your builds than the others, is mainly because you're neither a Luthier nor a full-fledged professional guitar player, so there's this level of "I don't how to do it, but Im gonna try" approach that I appreciate from you than any other guitar builder, you're not concerned with tonewood, nor you care about the type of pickups your gonna put in, you're also not concern with features a guitar should have, it's just fully a "build a cool looking guitar".
As they say, "Artists are their own worst critics." Amazing work you do.
DUDE. That displacing of the water was just such an awesome solution. Great problem solving!
+1, simple but elegant solution!
gotta love Archimedes
I agree, that was a very clever solution.
RaineyGames Archimedes, no!
Agreed. A great insight into the problem.
The water displacement thing is super clever. Awesome!
It was a really nice idea, was pretty surprised. But he could have just calculated the volume of the guitar segments.
@@scorpioftw That would've been no fun because he's trying something new and innovating.
Scorpio FTW Also the guitar is not square, it has the diagonal on the face...
@@ulrikstokkebokjr4129 and? You can calculate the volume of everything. No matter the shape. And you can do aproximations to make it easier
Scorpio FTW absolutley you can mesure the volume of everything. But both timesaving and easier to do the water way👌
It looks like a bunch of jolly ranchers melted together
Please make this happen
@@IbsenRogerGomesRego but that sounds like a mess... dont jolly ranchers start to get sticky and melt. Imagine coming home to see someone have a full jolly rancher guitar in the fridge 😅
@@chaos3061, once he cleaned it up I wanted to start licking it.
make a clear one so it looks like a diamond
Toon She and make the edges of the body like a diamond with different angles
@@madcovers3817 Ohh! Yes!
your wish has been granted
How well does it ... “resinate?”
I’ll see myself out
😆
Atlas Media Epoxy on all your houses!! 😛
ba dum tss
That is what he should name the line of guitars. The "Resinator" line :)
I'm not mad, just disappointed.
My dude its a jolly rancher guitar well at least that's what I'm calling it!!
Jonathon Harris I was seriously thinking just that
I don't want to hear another name for this guitar after reading this. Any other name is pure trash.
@@dukasdayoff I was thinking Haribo Bears. :-)
Art Hall Pure Trash
I think you did a fantastic job! It looks very nice. Some day your one-of-a-kind guitars will be collector items. Beautifully done!
Kaye Notarianni McDade no they won’t
@@xavieraragon4569 they might
who said he made more guitars?
They already are!
IncrediGamerCo the Eboe he has a bunch that he made
Serious question:
Would you be willing to do custom work?
Damn I wish he would be, I would extremely like a custom Mustang
OMG dude.
Within 5 years Im sure i will see your guitars in music videos and on world stages.
Keep up these amazing works of art.
Videos, maybe. Stages, I don't know. All of them (except the styrofoam one I guess) turn out heavy due to the resin. Like, "significantly heavier than a full thickness, no weight relief Les Paul" heavy.
@@gryzew Actually, this one is a pretty normal weight. Normal electric guitars weight somewhere between 6 and 12 pounds. (So yeah it's still on the heavier side, but I doubt no one has played on stage with a 12 pound guitar.
@@nachostv4217 no it's not "pretty normal" man. As I said modern full thickness, non weight relief Les Pauls are lighter, usually they don't reach 10lbs (same for vintage 50s/60s ones for that matter) and that to me is a cut off for "chunky but normal". 70s and sometimes 80s Les Paul that had multi-piece pancake bodies are mythically heavy, and even though there are some legendary backbreaking ones that went into 13-15lbs overkill, usually they actually weigh like 10,8lbs. I have a vintage Fender Bass that's almost exactly 12lbs and that thing makes your thigh go numb if you play sitting down for a while, playing this standing up with a strap makes you walk around on stage like Darth Vader, stiff heavy steps. Sure there are some tough guys that run around showing off with a supposedly backbreaking 70s Lester, but this is a weight that you can't forget is there for the whole time you have it on. Good luck playing 2-3 hours shows with an axe that heavy on a regular basis. I seriously consider playing guitars in that weight range as detrimental to long term health, read: if you think it's fine cause your back and knees are good, you might be in for a bad back or bad knees in the long term.
@@gryzew Don't know mate, I googled average guitar weight and google told me between 6 and 12 pounds. So yes, still on the heavier side. But still in the boundaries of what Google considers average guitar weights.
@@nachostv4217 and then people wonder how come somebody can actually drive their car into a lake when Google Maps is telling them to. I just told you from personal experience how having a 12lbs axe feels like (I've also got quite a few people try out my 12lb bass and 100% of reactions were "oof, how can you play a whole gig with this"), and from knowledge of gear with known examples that they just don't make such heavy axes with modern manufacturing consistency. Also this is why acrylic bodied guitars never caught on.
me: knows nothing about woodworking, epoxy resin, or even guitars
me: continues to watch every one of these videos multiple times
love your videos man! keep it up! :)
The true mark of a real artist is a person that's never really happy with the project! She's really nice and there's always a home for guitars like this..nice job.
The CZcams channel I never knew I wanted, but that I definitely needed to find. Awesome work dude.
Watching the neck build process was really cool!
Maybe a ramen noodles guitar next. Great work like always btw!
ha tran steinberger style so the body looks like the noodle cake!?!?
ya use the noodle and different coloured epoxy so that when its sanded you see the noodles lines through the colours. that might actually look cool
That's hilarious and a brilliant idea. I can envision a number of ways to arroach such a project (a lot of wiggle room -- no pun intended, I swear to god haha). It would probably have to be done w epoxy. Great idea!
Yess
eXp0N3nT1aL make the epoxy the color of broth
sound color is so sweet.
this is one of my best guitar sound that i had been listening from youtube.
And here I am all proud because I built a shelf. Mad skills, bud! Looks amazing.
I Built a Guitar Out of
*click*
Didn't even have to look twice! Knew I wouldn't be disappointed.
I liked the one where he builds a mandolin out of almonds, oh, and the electric he made from light bulbs - just wow!
that headstock shape is dope dude, you gotta license that if you haven't!
Yea, the head stock reminds me of a scalpel blade or a falchion. Very distinct and eye catching.
I agree should patient the whole concept of that guitar
@@petermatheson8757 Not sure he could do that, I'm pretty sure that Ibanez had been making resin/acrylic bodied guitars since the 80's/90's. But I don't think I've seen that style of head stock before, he may be able to trademark it for later if he wants to build a brand out of his guitars in the future.
Giovanni Di Marco I think the Ibanez bodies are Perspex routed and polished ... I may be wrong. Either way I doubt you could patent the body material.
Very good headstock design,like an exact opposite blade.
Someday someone will be on stage playing one of your guitars. Keep it coming man, you’re a true artist. 🤘🏻
The water displacement measurement part was one of my favourite parts of the video, great process
Even though you say your guitars don't come out the way you imagined... They're truly amazing! You have such an inspirational and innovative approach to design. Keep creating!
3:15 ... water displacement for determining volume... great method! Oh, btw.. the guitar is gorgeous and sounds very very nice!!!
*GENIUS*
This idea was creative and all, but the displacement idea was genius, and a gorgeous neck.
Actually this method was first use by ancient Greek scholar Archimedes.
This is also where the word Eureka became famous!
Read more under the section Archimedes >
www.wikiyy.com/en/Eureka_(word)?.org
I definitely appreciate how the light shines through the guitar.
I just watched your video making a bass with colored pencils and now I've watched this video. Dude, I am so impressed with your work. I thought the colored pencil bass was the most badass guitar I've ever seen--now I've changed my mind, this is the most badass guitar I've ever seen. You keep saying stuff that seems to discount your work. STOP!!! Your work is absolute ART!!!
Put some glow powder in the resin to make a glowing guitar.
an led strip set in the resin, that pulsed to the music would also be sick
@@leonh1971 that's a lot of work. The led strip alone isn't to hard cause you can pull power from the audio cable form an amp. However, moving to the music would require an Arduino or at least some form of computer processing chip embedded inside the guitar.
"It's alright" WHAT?? That is literally the most beautiful guitar I have ever seen, keep up the good work!!!
While not the most beautiful guitar I have seen, I would still buy it because it is amazing!!!!
you must not have seen a whole lot of guitars
I am the same way
The way that you figured out how much resin to use was freaking genius. Bravo!
I love the editing on these videos. It makes it very easy and fruitful to watch.
You: **buying another 20 gallons of epoxy from home depot**
Checkout lady: ah shoot, here we go again...
Shit not shoot
Ah shit
Lol a good checker asks how many and rings up one timesx easy.
@@BitchyBoxxy anyone ever tell you that you're unenjoyable to talk to?
@@valorantstellar are you the guy that scans every can of the same thing then?
I know nothing about guitars but I watch every video. Your artistry is amazing.
Sounds thick and bright! Lovely!
Wow, the thought process and technical thinking is really impressive, I love these videos
I've been using a lot of epoxy resin for my guitars to this point so I figured why not go all out and build one completely of epoxy.... I got a lot of request to build a clear guitar out of epoxy.. But there's tons of clear acrylic guitars already so I decided to go for something a bit different and make it multi-color. Also, getting a lot of comments about not putting truss rod in the neck. There is a double-action rod in there, just didn't film me installing it. You can see it on the end of the table at 4:22
Burls Art pin your comment brah
It has been really enjoyable discovering your channel and watching your content. What you do is the result of some kind of genius and I really admire it. I hope to get my hands on one of your pieces when you start producing them for the public.
Lollypop fresh❗ Nisssssssce 🎸
whats the name of the song kat the 11:05 for the soun test of the guitar?
I LOVE the outcome!
You're a smart dude! Love the displaced water measurement system! Thanks for the vid!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_principle
That was an ingenious way to figure our the measurements for each segment of the guitar. Incredible job dude.
dude. the way you found out how to calculate the volume was amazing. great job man
You're a genius. I WANT ALL OF YOUR GUITARSSSS. Make your own guitar brand.
man making your own neck made me realize just how skilled you are dude. Nice work!
I'm glad you signed it. It sounds just as sweet as it looks. It reminds me of some of the candies I ate when I was growing up in 1960s. Outstanding.
Bro so sick, I am in love with it. I have been thinking about getting into resin pouring over the past couple of months but watching your videos is pushing me closer and closer to start. You’re so awesome and your mind is so creative. It’s awesome and amazing I can’t say enough.
The 'tone epoxy' debate rages on. Nice playing!
Ah, so there is a science to it. No wonder those old Armstrong's sounded so transparent.
plexi guitars sound dope, i would be willing to go on record saying epoxy is a good tonewood.
@@MrMoneyHelper look, im a blue guy myself, but i can respect him using purple even though it is a bit heavy in the mids
I can hear the difference in what it does to the lower frequencies (dampens em out a bit)....But what it does to the high frequencies is amazing....Super clean silky highs with a bit of brightness on top. A guitar sound like this would work super well in an ambient music type setting.
- So which materials have you built guitars of?
- Yes.
Andrey Shoor lmao who asks that question
jk
This is probably my favorite guitar you've done! Not to mention probably the best song you've done in your demos as well. Ive had an idea for a bass made with epoxy and roses, and watching your videos is helping me learn how to make it! Keep up the good work homie!
You are so humble but yet you are truly an artist you're one of the best including Gibson Fender Charvel Jackson Ibanez and so on you blow them all away bro thank you for your videos I really want one of your guitars
Now build an epoxy resin out of a guitar
Looks like jolly ranchers. You're too hard on yourself man. Your work is incredible. Keep it up.
Its cool seeing how much you are improving. You still have so much more to improve but you're getting there with each guitar
This guy is a genius using the water to push out the volume. Super cool guitar, awesome as always, keep it up man
Burl: How many liters is a guitar?
Archimedes: Hold my beer...
*Underrated Comment* !
Thank you for that
That looks absolutely stunning again man! Nice job on the neck too! And P90s!!! Such an awesome guitar. Seriously your getting really skilled at this well done :)
Absolutely amazing. You are extremely talented. A true gift
I like how he used the Archimedes experiment for that.
Another viral video in the making! 😎
12 pounds is heavy but not uncommon for vintage les Paul's. I think it came out great.
Man I like hearing you play it so relaxing
Awesome, neat guitar love the color and pattern. Love the sound to guitar.
The guitar is nice and all, but I’m very impressed by how you lined up the rhythm of your sanding with the background music.
I felt like you downplayed the guitar quite a bit. I think it came out amazing!
Being critical of yourself is the best way to improve, I think one day he's looking to make products he could sell and be proud of for their anesthetic, creativity, and function, rather than just 1 or 2 of them.
next time you use colors, maybe you could pull up a color wheel and use analogous colors (colors right next to each other on the wheel). although red purple and blue would technically be next to each other in rainbow order, a standard color wheel has inbetween colors like blue violet, red violet, etc. i think by using those it would have a more satisfying color combination. sweet looking guitar tho!! :)
Awesome, love the highlight colours on the neck!
It really looks fantastic!
And the tone sounds really good as well!
Well done!
you're one of the most amazing people on CZcams... the things you create blow my mind, it's so satisfying to watch you work, thank you for sharing your unique and incredible content here 💕👏
I'd love to see all the guitars you've made displayed together.
Hell, if you're not comfortable with charging, let me pay you for materials for one of these. It looks fantastic
you’re literally so talented wow
next you should build a guitar out of guitars
A frankenguitar would be pretty neat.
You mean a “parts guitar”? Almost all of mine are parts guitars.
Make a multilayered laminated spruce body slice cut from multiple guitar bodies
Like Eddie's Frankenstrat
Build a bass guitar next, that'd be impressive
Guitar made out of bass?
@@robertgomez5378 Now that is an idea I can get behind
seems fishy
*VeRY ImPrEsSiVe*
Very impressive, BUT...
your a really talented person making guitars just for fun and showing the process is always fun to watch
Dude that measurement skills though. Genius status 10,000 unlocked 👍🏻🔥👍🏻
Now that's a damn nice guitar. Shape is definately prs meets prince.
Great to see you build your own necks. That's my favourite part of building. Great job overall, awesome guitar!
That is some next level most of us are not privvy to .
Mine, too. It's really where guitars distinguish themselves. The geometry can't really change much, and the shape is a WAY secondary thing. The feel of the neck in you hand is the MAIN reason anyone bonds with a guitar, once you have the strings/action at a reasonable level of goodness.
I've watched all of your builds. You are very talented. Keep it up. You rock!
Goodness!! That sounds beautiful!
Phosphorescent powder mixes really well with epoxy and gives a nice homogenous solution with a really cool glow.
*JUST SAYING*
Silver Chariot trying to sound smart eh?
@@ABYLUISA4 trying to sound funny eh?
Stick some bright LEDs in the pickup cavities, light up the entire thing.
It makes me sad he wasn’t as pleased with it, I thought it was amazing, but we are all our worst critics 😭
His displeasure at the end is the curse. His drive for perfection is the gift. Something is never good enough for type "A" personalities. therefore the drive to obtain perfection pushes that individual even harder.
You and him have different tastes and opinions because he's the who's making it and knows what a good guitar looks like.
@@thepope2412 Actually talking about aesthetics there is no real "good looking" guitar, it completely depends on your taste, if it looks good to you but it doesn't for someone who is a specialist on the thing, it doesn't mean you think that way just because you don't know about the subject, it is completely up to taste.
I'm a guitar player and I liked the way the guitar from the video looks, so, therefore, I don't know what a good guitar looks like?
@@estevao8354 I wasn't talking strictly about looks.
Beautiful guitar and the sound of the pickups are amazing. Just a phenomenal job!
This honestly has to be my favourite guitar you’ve made
Set some led lights in behind the pickups. Would look amazing at night!
Michelangelosghost dude yes
dude, people can make guitars but your high key talented.
i could listen to you talk all day. i don’t know why. i just love your voice! your work is also amazing
After you polished it up it looks amazing
A true artist such as yourself is the only person who never appreciates the beauty in their own art. Great job on the guitar.
Dude your channel is literally one of my favourite channels on CZcams ever. I always look forward to your videos! Keep it up
he has a second less known account “roadie”
@@josephg995 thanks, good to know
Genius idea to determine volume of epoxy resin needed for each pour! Keep up the good work, very creative!
So modest, your work is amazing!
An electric guitar is basically neck, strings and pickup. Kudos on building a great neck from scratch!
the body has a lot to do with the sound as well or as the blindfold challenges on Andertons wouldn't be able to pickup whether guitars are semi hollow vs solid and whatnot.
I feel like having a Jolly Rancher. Tasty guitar!
Miranda D he made one out of jawbreakers
@@5macvideos Thank you! I'll check it out!
Looks so awesome and totally unique. Thank you for the video (and great playing)!
i don't know what is better for you, if a company guitars builder or a band!! good bless you man great job!!!