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Phil's Guitar Projects
United Kingdom
Приєднався 7 кві 2024
My name is Phil and some time back I was looking for a project and as I have been learning guitar for a few years I thought building an acoustic guitar would be a challenge. The last time I did wood work was at school over 40 years ago, but I did do an engineering apprenticeship so have some experience with working with small detail. Having read a book and watched a few UA-cam videos I thought there is more engineering to this that joinery. I spent most of a year creating drawing, templates and jig and finding sources for wood, tools and all the other things that go into making an acoustic guitar.
But now I am making a start and plan to video most of the project, I will edit together the clips each week and post a video on Thursday or Friday of the weeks progress, if you want to follow my progress see what involved in making an acoustic guitar and see how I get on with my first guitar please subscribe, like and feel free to ask questions in the comments.
But now I am making a start and plan to video most of the project, I will edit together the clips each week and post a video on Thursday or Friday of the weeks progress, if you want to follow my progress see what involved in making an acoustic guitar and see how I get on with my first guitar please subscribe, like and feel free to ask questions in the comments.
Building my first guitar Ep 16 - Radius the fretboard
In this episode I explain what I am plaining in the next few videos, before getting down to putting a 16” radius on the fretboard, some plaining and a lot of sanding, it probably took 90 min of sanding as the rosewood is very hards, but don’t worry I have not put all the sanding in the video.
Fretboard Radius Block
www.radiusdishuk.com/luthier-online-shop/Fretboard-Radius-Block-p429125695
Fretboard Radius Block
www.radiusdishuk.com/luthier-online-shop/Fretboard-Radius-Block-p429125695
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Building my first guitar Ep 15 - Cutting the fret slots
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In this episode we plane the fret bored to the required thickness and cut the fret slots using the miter block and fret template which are featured in the video lined below. The Miter Block ua-cam.com/video/IBGVttRTuss/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/7n6TJQCz5lM/v-deo.html The template ua-cam.com/video/HNCdHWFKscQ/v-deo.html Fret Slotting Saw www.crimsonguitars.com/collections/measure-measure-cut/p...
Fretboard Miter Block part 2
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In the episode we complete the Miter block by build 4 brackets to hold bearings to allow the saw to alignment to be adjusted. I tried to build the brackets out of steel, I made 3 attempts a prototypes which all failed and in the end just used blocks of wood, which turned out to be much easier and quicker. Check out part 1 ua-cam.com/video/IBGVttRTuss/v-deo.html
Fretboard Miter Block part 1
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In this episode we are building a Miter Block to use with a Fretboard template for cutting the fret slots. I was hoping to finish this in this video but I had an issue trying to make some brackets to allow the correct setting of the saw. The brackets are still causing me issues, when I find away to finish that I will post another video on the Miter Block.
Creating a Fretboard template
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In this episode we look at the distribution of the frets on the fretboard and create a template to enable me to cut them at the correct intervals.
Building my first guitar Ep 14 - Routing for the Truss Rod and Carbon Rod
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In this episode we rout 2 Chanels for the carbon fibre reinforcement rod and the channel for the Truss rod and then glue in the carbon rods. This is done using a router guide and guild bushes.
Building my first guitar Ep 13 Building the Neck
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In this episode we build the neck by creating a scarf joint to create the headstock angle and gluing on the heal block.
Building my first guitar Ep12 Fitting the Binding
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In this episode we will level the sides ready for routing the binding channel, then cut the channel using a router jig. Then bend the binding using the bending iron to the approximate shape of the sides so as not to have to force it too much around the curves and risk it braking. We will finish by glueing in the binding. Binding Cutting Jig www.radiusdishuk.com/luthier-online-shop/Binding-Cutte...
Building my first guitar EP11 Fitting the back
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In the episode we start be resolving an issue I discover with the fitting of the top, the lower tone brace got trapped by the kerning and prevented the top meeting the side. Then we go on to fitting the back by creating pockets for the braces to go through the sides, after the glue is dry we trim the excess off the top and back.
Building my first guitar Ep 10 - Fitting the Top
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In this episode we start by sanding the body to fit the radius on the top and back. Then fitting the top, which requires trimming the transverse brace and cutting pockets to allow the X brace to go through the sides for extra strength. When the binding is added all this will be hidden.
Building my first guitar Ep9 Voicing the Back
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In this episode we are shaping the braces and tapering them down where they meet the sides. This process is usually called voicing the back, although I don’t believe the back add al lot to the overall sound of the guitar as any vibration generated in the back is likely to be damped out by it being held against the players body.
Building my first guitar - Ep8 The Back
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In this episode we start by joining the back, then reducing the thickness, cutting to shape and bracing the back, this is similar to the top, but with the back I have joined it before thickness has it was difficult to join the thiner boards on the top and hoping this will work better. The bracing is also a lot simpler for the back has it contributes very little if any to the overall sound. The ...
Building my first guitar - Jigs and other tools
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Before I though of filming the guitar build I was was photographing the preparation for friends, but there is no video of building the jigs and tools I have created in getting ready to build the guitar. In this video I describe and show the use of the following; the shooting board, Joining board, The GO bar deck, The body mould and the radio dishes. The radius dish www.radiusdishuk.com/luthier-...
Building my first guitar Ep7 - Fitting the Kerfing and side bars
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In this episode we are fitting the kerfed lining, often called kerfing and bar to strengthen the side and help to prevent the grain from splitting. Unfortunately I had some issue with the camera and sound during some of this video, but a most of what was lost was on the kerning the 2nd edge which is very similar to doing the first so no great loss.
Building my first guitar Ep6 - Fit Neck and Tail blocks
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In this episode we trim the sides to the correct size and fit the neck and tail blocks. The neck block being the most important as this will be where the neck joins the body. When these blocks are fitted, we will have a guitar body rather than two sides, but still missing the top and back.
Building my First Guitar Ep5 - Voicing the Top
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Building my First Guitar Ep5 - Voicing the Top
Building my first guitar Ep4 - Bending the Guitar Sides
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Building my first guitar Ep4 - Bending the Guitar Sides
Building my first Guitar Ep3 - The Top Part 3
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Building my first Guitar Ep3 - The Top Part 3
Building my first guitar Ep2 - Top Part2
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Building my first guitar Ep2 - Top Part2
Building my first guitar Ep1 - The Top
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Building my first guitar Ep1 - The Top
This was very interesting and informative