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Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonCustomGuitars?sub_confirmation=1 and Ben's home workshop for episode 4 of 5 of the edited-down guitar building extravaganza that raised over £15,000 for the British Red Cross DEC Ukraine Appeal.
https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-crisis-appeal
Check out the first edit here if you missed it earlier https://youtu.be/T8rNvWVx88I
Ben carves the neck and experiments with a 'D' shape in this video. He routs the neck pocket and works out the break angle. This guitar is coming together!
Thank you to House of Tone for the donated Pickups - https://www.houseoftonepickups.com/
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:16 Carving the neck using the faceting technique using a variety of tools
10:50 Drilling the holes in the headstock
11:10 Working out the centreline and neck pocket
14:09 Routing the neck pocket using a Triton Router
14:43 Marking out the cavities for the bridge and pick-ups - donated by House of Tone and Mark Jennings
15:35 The pillar drill
16:09 Masking tape and super glue to attach the template - and begin routing
17:04 Rounding over the edges using a Triton Table Router
18:55 And sanding the body and neck
20:41 Somehow the neck doesn't quite fit - what are the options?
23:56 Fitting the neck - oh dear. The pickups may be a little off? What's the fix?
27:40 Skillshare and Conclusion
Check out our new Discord server for Guitar Building Goodness here https://discord.gg/N82ZFTzAJ6
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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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Music used in this video from Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/31qosr/
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We'd like to thank our partners for helping to make this video series possible.
Triton Tools - http://www.tritontools.com/en-GB
ISOtunes Bluetooth Hearing Protection - http://bit.ly/36YmKro
Wagner Meters - https://www.wagnermeters.com/
Leatherman - https://www.leatherman.co.uk/
Workshop Heaven - https://www.workshopheaven.com/
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OTHER
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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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