Welcome to Crimson Guitars and Ben's first Epoxy Resin River Table style Guitar Build project. In this step by step guitar making video series luthier, Ben Crowe will be using 3000-year-old Bog Oak and Gold Leaf with two crystal clear epoxy Resin River features. The whole Les Paul style guitar will be hand-carved to add a little more fun to the process!
https://www.crimsonguitars.com/collections/guitars/products/epoxy-resin-gold-leaf-lp-style-guitar
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:16 The point of no return! The template
2:48 Cutting out the body
4:38 The masking tape and super glue trick!
6:51 Working out the break angle and preparing to carve using Bosch electric planer
9:38 Next up - routing cavities using Triton and a small Bosch hand router
13:54 Carving the top involving many techniques, skills, and tools
17:07 Finalising the control cavity and knob positions and making it happen
21:18 Carving the neck and bevelling the body
22:13 Attaching the neck to the body
23:24 Stain the neck, fill a few cracks and make a backplate
24:33 On to Josh for fine sanding and finishing
Watch Episode 5 for the finale
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We'd like to thank our partners for helping to make this video series possible:
House of Resin - https://houseofresin.co.uk/welcome-to-house-of-resin/
Triton Tools - http://www.tritontools.com/en-GB
Bosch - https://www.bosch-professional.com/gb/en/
ISOtunes Bluetooth Hearing Protection - http://bit.ly/36YmKro
Big News - our Black Friday Sale this weekend! You'll find great discounts at crimsonguitars.com, from luthiers tools to guitars.
Links:
Book your course here - http://bit.ly/LuthierySchool
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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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