Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonCustomGuitars?sub_confirmation=1 and Ben's home workshop where he is finally getting started on his Great Guitar Build Off 2021 Kit Build; and what a build this is going to be... #greatguitarbuildoff2021 #greatguitarbuildoff
In this episode, Ben designs from scratch, a new custom offset guitar shape with a totally new single piece, the multi-level top section made from basic flat stock material. The body of this new design is apparently going to be all but non-existent and will instead be made up of a series of bolts or threaded rods holding the back and top together. The top is made and an ornate section of binding is installed, glued, and scraped clean by the end of the episode.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:37 Ben's design process - retro, futuristic, punk?
5:00 Designing a Custom, Offset guitar
16:28 The plan begins to evolve, now to work out how to build it.
18:40 Does it need sides? What??
21:55 Let the sawing begin! All the while fine-tuning the design
25:47 Triton spindle sander, ISOtunes and onwards
26:32 Marking for the binding
27:48 Cutting the internal sections and more sanding
30:55 Binding the edges and cut-away
33:13 Starbond Superglue is the way to go
37:00 Gluing the binding in the cutaways is a...bind
41:00 A new take on a guitar build for Ben
43:15 Cleaning up the binding
45:08 Masking Tape & Superglue Trick
47:10 Conclusion
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and don't forget the Luthiers Question Time Podcast, available on all good platforms or through this link https://luthiersquestiontime.buzzsprout.com/
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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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