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Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonCustomGuitars?sub_confirmation=1 and Ben's home workshop for episode 1 of 4 of the edited-down guitar building extravaganza in aid of the British Red Cross DEC Ukraine Appeal.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction and reason for this guitar build
1:18 Describing the wood and Unboxing House of Tone Pick-Ups
3:52 Planning ahead - jointing and gluing the body first using a shooting board.
8:58 Planing the two pieces that make up the body in preparation for gluing
11:59 Top and body glued - neck blank next!
13:35 Designing the neck and headstock from one piece of Torrified Maple
15:55 Routing the truss rod cavity with Triton Router
21:22 Gluing the carbon fibre rods into the neck
23:28 Working out the width and length of the neck and designing the headstock
28:40 Cutting out the neck on the bandsaw
29:21 Drawing the break angle and back to the bandsaw
31:28 Drilling and carving the truss rod access
36:07 Planing and marking out the neck and fretboard
41:31 Skillshare
43:13 Planing the fretboard and marking 2 slots for locating pins
47:40 Setting the truss rod in place with masking tape and gluing down the fretboard
51:44 Clamping the neck and truss rod
53:11 Top, body, neck, and fretboard all glued up and clamped
53:57 Conclusion
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Ben's Livestream camera set up includes: the Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro, Prime Cameras (Front facing and over the bench) Canon EOS 250D, suspended from the ceiling (bench side) Canon EOS 90D, and on the movable tripod a Canon M6 Mark II
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Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben
Stay tuned and stay awesome!
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