Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonCustomGuitars?sub_confirmation=1 and Ben's home workshop. This is the new midweek series where Ben builds a unique fanned fret / multiscale kit guitar. This is the brand new Uncut, Fanned Fret Kit Guitar from Crimson that Ben has been looking forward to launching for a long time - https://www.crimsonguitars.com/products/kit-guitar-uncut-fanned-fret
This is the Final Episode where Ben brings everything together. Will his custom bridge design work? Will the headstock disintegrate? Will Ben finally play this guitar? Find out today.
Rajani Amps - https://rajaniamps.com/
Leo & Ted's Electric Guitars - https://www.leoted.co.uk/
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction and recap
2:00 Finishing the bridge
3:49 Texture?
4:50 Bridge is done
6:50 Why oh why does he do this?
8:07 Finish - Crimson Guitars Wipe On Guitar Finishing Lacquer (https://www.crimsonguitars.com/collections/guitar-finishing)
10:09 Texturing - is he done yet?
11:41 Prototype Bronze Microcrystalline Wax
14:47 Grain Enhancing Filler in the scallops now - and sanding and waxing the neck
16:57 Now - where is that bridge going to be placed?
18:46 Measuring to drill and install the bridge and baseplate
20:00 Cut to cut method to carve the cavity to install the baseplate
22:44 Bridge
26:07 A little talk?! Ah - the jack and control knobs
32:29 Pick-ups - open coil. No surrounds but shielding paint is called for.
34:06 The nut and tuners
35:25 Installing the pickups
37:46 Stringing the guitar - is that bridge going to work as planned?
42:21 A slight bridge/string issue
47:14 Wiring - a volume, a tone, and two on/off switches
49:54 Few adjustments but essentially - he has a guitar
52:32 Backplate and Conclusion
Music in this video: all 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.
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Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben
Stay tuned and stay awesome! Make dust!
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