Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonCustomGuitars?sub_confirmation=1 and Ben's home workshop and a flash of Inspiration or Insanity...you decide.
Would you use a Drill to get some weight relief in your heavy guitar?
This video is about Ben figuring out how to achieve weight relief in an already completed Crimson Raw Descendant Guitar.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:58 Let's drill some holes! But - what about the hardware?
7:54 Well - looks as if the holes need to be bigger. Part 2 coming up.
8:21 Bigger and deeper. Oh My!
9:25 Wow - much bigger!
10:34 Tidying up inside and out.
12:07 Fixing the off-centre hole.
12:41 Oh no. He doesn't have the correct tool for the job. Who knew?
13:37 Conclusion
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