Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonCustomGuitars?sub_confirmation=1 and Ben's home workshop. In this episode, Ben will hand carve the neck using a Leatherman knife or 3...
He also drills the tuner holes (not an electric drill!) and begins to shape the headstock, volute, and heel.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:45 Headstock, frets, and inlay. However, hand-drilling the tuner holes proves challenging
8:17 Ben will be proficient with hand saws by the end of this build!
10:13 Using a variety of hand tools to level the sides of the neck
13:00 Measure, measure, cut! Ah. Perfectly straight.
13:39 Headstock shaping
14:16 You can pre-order the Kit Version of this guitar! Click the Link.
15:38 Strange scale lengths - by hand.....
18:15 Next steps - purfling, fretting, or carving?
19:29 Shaping the neck - but it takes a while to figure out the bow saw. Hand tools are hard work!
25:35 Carving the neck using Leatherman knives and multi-tools
37:24 Conclusion
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