Premiere Strat Build 2022 08b - Extreme Weight Relief Drop Top
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
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Here is part 8b of the 15-part premier Strat type guitar building series. This series is modeled after the beginner’s guitar construction class that I teach at a local community college. If you are new to guitar building…this will give you all the knowledge you need to be successful. Of course, you will need some basic woodworking ability…and at least some tools as needed. I require that my class students build either a Tele or Strat type guitar for their first build. They are simple…yet amazingly efficient. Leo Fender was an absolute genius…inventing things that are still widely used over 60 years later.
We will be using the Maximum Guitar Works template system. The basic seven-piece Strat set includes the body and pickup rout template, the neck pocket template, the back tremolo template, neck template, fretboard template, the standard pickguard template, and the rear tremolo cover template. The complete basic template system includes safety grips and hardened steel drill bushing for alignment and accuracy. There are other options available, please ask for any special needs.
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Great to see you Steve
We had a great time in the workshop last week using your templates. The guitars just fell together because the templates are so good.
Hope to see you soon man.
I like your style and persona. Informative without being contrived or condescending, I will likely watch more of your videos
the young man could write more than 7 pages on "tone wood".
True story.
Great video Steve. I would expect no less from you my friend. The Floyd template set is so great man. Thank you for those! ✌️
Thanks for your support!
@@maximumguitarworks Thanks for yours as well brother. I have become so dependant on your templates. I'd be lost without them. ✌️
Always grateful 😢
Thanks...I appreciate the comment.
Glad to hear business is great my friend!
"I happen to like options" he says...yes, I know this ( looking at my MGW Nellie !! )
Man I really wish I was proficient in video post production...I would work for templates!!
And I would let you help me! ;-)
Wow Steve, Excellent episode, I really appreciate the time and effort that you put into these tutorials. Looking forward to receiving my fist templates from you.
Thanks Pete. I'm finally trying to catch up on comments...and now you are one multiple template orders!
Your videos, your talent and expertise, your help, but most importantly, your time is more than worth joining patreon to support you. I just signed up and look forward to your continued success.
I appreciate so much the way you explain each step and the reasons for doing so. Your videos demonstrate your motto of “Excellance”
Thank you Fred. Knowing "why" is more important that knowing "how".
Great video!!!
14:37 mins in!!!! Plunge Router
I’ve destroyed numerous expensive acrylic templates using “bearing guided router bits”
Very expensive lesson.
Wish I’d seen this video 6 months ago - would have saved me a shit ton of money and heartache.
Now I know: “ Bushing Guide”!!!
Sorry. Many of life's lessons are expensive!
Same here….went through a shit ton of money destroying acrylic templates….”chatter/wobble” and stair stepping.
Ended up paying out the ass to have a professional luthier use a CNC router.
These videos are helping me much I'm building my first guitar now. I am doing a cigar box 3 string style with the body and neck shape of a strat.
Thanks Robert. Hope all your builds are going well. Stay safe.
Hey Steve, Hey Sam! Regarding your topic argument "To Relic or Not To Relic", I believe there is a couple of schools of thought. While there is some appeal out there for a road worn instrument, I myself prefer the pristine look of a clean finish. While I am not a working guitarist, I have heard from some that there preference for a relic finish is because they know at one point their new guitar is going to get dinged, scratched, gauged, buckle rash, and so on. That said, all of that fear of a damage incident is alleviated because your new guitar has already been damaged, so any other mishap such as that previously described adds to the guitar's worn look. Hence you don't get sick when it happens. The other reason I believe individuals want a relic finish is because it simply makes the instrument look like it has history and character. For example, when you think of BB King you automatically know about Lucille, Eric Clapton's Blackie, Willie Nelson's Trigger. These guitars are simply iconic. For my choice, I would rather make the guitar look like a relic using paint and sanding through of scraping, but have a perfect top coat finish. This way you get the best of both world. Sam I wish you well with your project. Steve as always, you are my guitar making Yoda/Guru etc. Hope to visit your shop soon.
I am a guitar maker from Indonesia, I have been in this job for 12 years. I really want to work in America for this field of mine.
Look me up if you make it over here.
Hi Steve, thanks for another informative video. The details you shared are extremely helpful, especially with your approach to weight reduction.
I also applaud you getting involved with Capstone program.
Thanks Randy. I'm catching up on old comments. Funny I was not really familiar with that program. Seems cool.
@@maximumguitarworks Great to hear from you Steve. I think getting involved with initiatives like Capstone is inspiring and you might never know what a huge positive impact you have made.
Stay well.
Modifying guitar companies original designs, such as a Telecaster with a arm cut relief and a belly cut.
Comfort is key.
I think you need to do a wrap-around bridge.
I almost did. Schaller Hannes 6 was the choice...and is my next video.
Have you ever bent hard maple like birdseye or blister?
Combining body weight relief carves with a "drop top" style bent wood top, do you have to worry about glue surface area to hold down the bent top? Especially with the "kerf" cuts on the underside of the top
I'll let you know. OK...that is a valid question and concern. That is why I didn't do a full semi hollow....and left a "spider web" of support areas branching out. I think it is enough. However, the nice thing about the way I designed that weight relief template is that I don't have to use all the sections. Use which ever ones you want to leave glue up areas you think are important.
This is a great add on to your system. What percentage of weight reduction did you achieve?
Why are the heel routes on production guitars 🎸 such Fender so poorly done? What is so difficult about quality control? The costs of the instruments are high enough for better quality.
They are balancing quality and profitability. I can spend more that 200 hours building perfection...then lose money after selling it. If you are building a guitar for yourself...take the time to make it as perfect as you can (assuming you have the tools, talent, and time to do so).
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Exactly! And for less than the cost of an off the rack Fender, I had a PERFECT Telecaster built with extreme attention to details! Swamp Ash body
Perfect and exact heel routing Warmoth Neck non graduated stainless steel frets graphite nut Kluson tuners
Callaham bridge compensated saddles Joe Barden Danny Gatton pickups black guard! This Guitar is better than any Telecaster production guitar by any company there is. It hand made soup to nuts start to finish! I’m so thrilled!!