@@rauschguitars absolutely gorgeous Guitar! I have built some of my own, from kits, and from bare necks and bodies. I’ve even done multiple upgrades to some of my regular guitars. I have some of those on my channel. If you’d like to check them out. ☮️💜😊
Hand tools often ARE easier to use than electric. However, the ripping of the walnut top at 8:20 definitely wasn't. It's the kind of thing after which you can just go buy yourself another set of forearms.
My first video of yours, i.e., building a guitar solely with handtools brought me here. I am impressed with the cleanliness of your guitars' clean sounds. Super!
You inspire me, I want to build a guitar ever since I was a kid, and now I'm starting to build my own guitar without power machines I'm lucky that I've seen this video... Keep it up sir. Watching from Philippines
Outstanding work ! Very beautiful and sounds great ! It never ceases to amaze me the ability it takes to work properly with a such simple but extremely efficient set of tools. Congrats ! :D
this build is a master piece, I'm speechless! that guitar is astounding and seems to sound amazing too. Impressive hand wood skills 🤩 I'll see the extended version asap!!
Amazing work and skills! I am a big fan of this guitar shape and the whole headless concept. But why did you go with the guyker tuners? Your work worths that you try to put a Hipshot or an ABM. Is the guyker really this good?
Nope, I'm not happy with the Guykers at all. I wanted to try something cheaper to see if it's worth it, but regret not getting ABMs. While they hold tune well enough, the Guykers are very difficult to get up to pitch with your fingers, as well as having quality that's inconsistent. In future I'll just opt for the ABMs, because they're the best I've had so far.
Without a down-draft table or any other way to contain it, hand sanding creates a LOT of dust. Wood dust is known to cause lung cancer, hardwoods even more so. As much as I hate the power sander, it's a safer way for me to get a good finish.
Congratulations! Amazing work, can you tell me the thickness at the 1st and 12th fret pls? I would like to make a similar neck. (sorry for my bad English, I'm French)
awesome work, man! what stain and finish do you used for this build? If it's posible, could you make a video about what stain/finish do you usually use, what is worst/better. I mean the final stage of build, how to get great look.
Honestly, finishing is one of the parts I struggle most with. This one has a few coats of hardwax oil which is pretty easy to apply. The stain is Fiebings leather dye.
Thanks for posting this. Beautiful work and I also want to go with fishman fluence when I get around to building my first guitar. Where did you find the fretboard template and or fretboard measurements?
@@rauschguitars thanks!! That’s really helpful. I’m trying to compose a list of supplies and tools I’ll need to do this so I can actually do it when the time comes lol
How do you get into this sort of thing? I've always wanted to build modern guitars but it all just seem like undo-able, is there anything you can refer me to if I wanted to get into this. and is it to hard to get into I've had no prior woodworking experience.
I got into restoration videos a few years back, wanted to try it myself and started collecting and restoring a few hand planes and other hand tools. Eventually I wanted to build something with my tools, and since I'm into guitars that's what I started building.
saw this in your 6 string build es well, why do you install those bolts in the neck itself and how does that work with the bolts coming through the body into the neck?
Thanks for watching! The threaded insert that goes into the neck has a thread in the middle, acting as a nut that the bolts go into. I could just use a normal Fender-style screw, but I prefer the way the machine screws look.
Hi I want to build myself a 7 string Floyd Rose equipped guitar. Anything that I should know before? It is my first thing doing with wood. I can send everything I want to have on the guitar
The guitar has active pickups, which are supposed to not pickup interference. I decided to test this by not shielding the cavity and not connecting the bridge ground. It works perfectly with no interference!
97-Year-Old NYC Builder Still Serves Their 7-String the Old Fashioned Way
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@@rauschguitars absolutely gorgeous Guitar! I have built some of my own, from kits, and from bare necks and bodies. I’ve even done multiple upgrades to some of my regular guitars. I have some of those on my channel. If you’d like to check them out. ☮️💜😊
sandwiching your ground traces in between the top and back of the body was genius/well thought out
Thanks! I later figured that the zero fret will also ground the other strings, so it's a bit redundant. I still like it though!
I love how you nmake hand tools seem easier than electric. The patience and skills you have are so enviable
Honestly, the skills can be practiced. The patience, not so much. 🤣
Hand tools often ARE easier to use than electric. However, the ripping of the walnut top at 8:20 definitely wasn't. It's the kind of thing after which you can just go buy yourself another set of forearms.
My first video of yours, i.e., building a guitar solely with handtools brought me here.
I am impressed with the cleanliness of your guitars' clean sounds.
Super!
Thank you!
@@rauschguitars Thank you, too.
I would never trust myself to cut the fret slots without a fence completely free-hand. Respect man.
Thanks! It's really not that difficult when using a notch to get the cut started.
That's a like and subscribe from me! Superb display of craftsmanship and best of all, no crappy background music
Thank you
Ripping a one piece top from walnut...by hand? Fantastic work.
It was brutal. Don't think I'll do that to myself any time soon.
You inspire me, I want to build a guitar ever since I was a kid, and now I'm starting to build my own guitar without power machines I'm lucky that I've seen this video... Keep it up sir. Watching from Philippines
Thank you
Работа только ручным инструментом! Это тяжёлый труд! Мое уважение!👍👍👍
I've always wanted to use Corian for nuts. Killer build.
Thanks! I think Corian works as well as bone, and has the great advantage of not smelling like death when you shape it.
Gorgeous work, as always!! And the camera work and editing are top-notch as well!
Thanks!
A satisfying build to watch!
Thanks!
Outstanding work ! Very beautiful and sounds great ! It never ceases to amaze me the ability it takes to work properly with a such simple but extremely efficient set of tools. Congrats ! :D
Thank you very much!
Excellent job very good work you are truly a skilled Woodsman
Thank you
Great build man! Good to see :) really enjoyed it. MOAR PLZ SIR!
More to come!
Those shoulders at the capped headstock are a great improvement over Bodens!
My guitars hang on the wall, so it just makes sense to me.
this build is a master piece, I'm speechless! that guitar is astounding and seems to sound amazing too. Impressive hand wood skills 🤩 I'll see the extended version asap!!
Thank you! It's on of my favourites.
It was totally awesome watching you build this guitar.
Thank you very much!
Very Nice build ! Good tools and good hands 😉 congratulations
Thank you!
Amazing work 🤘🏻
Thank you 🙌
Amazing work and skills!
I am a big fan of this guitar shape and the whole headless concept.
But why did you go with the guyker tuners? Your work worths that you try to put a Hipshot or an ABM.
Is the guyker really this good?
Nope, I'm not happy with the Guykers at all. I wanted to try something cheaper to see if it's worth it, but regret not getting ABMs. While they hold tune well enough, the Guykers are very difficult to get up to pitch with your fingers, as well as having quality that's inconsistent.
In future I'll just opt for the ABMs, because they're the best I've had so far.
Crazy. In the best possible way. 👍
Thank you
That is so cool.
Thanks!
Headless guitar is a problem to hang on the wall. You solved it. And also I didn't noticed it's fan-fretted.
Yes, all my guitars hang on the wall in my home office, so the headstock wings are important to me.
man, i would give an eye for one of these hahahahah, very good work
Thank you! Keep an eye on my Instagram, I'll be taking very limited orders this year.
why? did u use a powered sander at the end?
kinda defeats the whole purpose of the whole video...
but i absolutely love what u r doing...
excelent!!!
Without a down-draft table or any other way to contain it, hand sanding creates a LOT of dust. Wood dust is known to cause lung cancer, hardwoods even more so. As much as I hate the power sander, it's a safer way for me to get a good finish.
Congratulations! Amazing work, can you tell me the thickness at the 1st and 12th fret pls? I would like to make a similar neck. (sorry for my bad English, I'm French)
Thanks for the compliments! This one is fairly thin, around 20mm at the 1st and 21,5mm at the 12th. Feels awesome though.
Respect.
you're insane ...i love it.
Thanks 😅
Congrats, looks and sounds amazing. How much time did the build take?
Thanks! I didn't time it, but I would estimate this one between 80 and 100 hours.
awesome work, man! what stain and finish do you used for this build? If it's posible, could you make a video about what stain/finish do you usually use, what is worst/better. I mean the final stage of build, how to get great look.
Honestly, finishing is one of the parts I struggle most with. This one has a few coats of hardwax oil which is pretty easy to apply. The stain is Fiebings leather dye.
Thanks for posting this. Beautiful work and I also want to go with fishman fluence when I get around to building my first guitar. Where did you find the fretboard template and or fretboard measurements?
Thank you! I used FretFind2D to create a drawing, which I then had printed at scale.
@@rauschguitars thanks!! That’s really helpful. I’m trying to compose a list of supplies and tools I’ll need to do this so I can actually do it when the time comes lol
What bridge am locking nut piece did you use? Haven’t been able to find any that look good, but the one you used look really nice.
The string lock is from an Ibanez Q-Series. For the tuners I recommend ABM. They're the best I've experienced so far.
@@rauschguitars you prefer ABMs over Hantug? Hantug is what you used on your blue six string build, right?
@@ianariyoshi2712 the blue headless has ABMs, and they're excellent. I haven't tried Hantug so can't comment on them.
@@rauschguitars ahh I see. Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll give them a try!
How do you get into this sort of thing? I've always wanted to build modern guitars but it all just seem like undo-able, is there anything you can refer me to if I wanted to get into this. and is it to hard to get into I've had no prior woodworking experience.
I got into restoration videos a few years back, wanted to try it myself and started collecting and restoring a few hand planes and other hand tools. Eventually I wanted to build something with my tools, and since I'm into guitars that's what I started building.
saw this in your 6 string build es well, why do you install those bolts in the neck itself and how does that work with the bolts coming through the body into the neck?
Thanks for watching! The threaded insert that goes into the neck has a thread in the middle, acting as a nut that the bolts go into. I could just use a normal Fender-style screw, but I prefer the way the machine screws look.
@@rauschguitars oh there's actually a tread inside of that hex head? Interesting!
@@stenmartens7179 exactly!
Hi I want to build myself a 7 string Floyd Rose equipped guitar. Anything that I should know before? It is my first thing doing with wood. I can send everything I want to have on the guitar
My best tip is to do a LOT of research before, understand everything there is to know about the process.
@@rauschguitars thanks, do you have any good ones?
@@therealonepossessed I consumed a lot of youtube before I started building, also the books by Robert Benedetto and Melvyn Hiscock are good resources.
@@rauschguitars thanks, I will look for them!
What about shielding?
The guitar has active pickups, which are supposed to not pickup interference. I decided to test this by not shielding the cavity and not connecting the bridge ground. It works perfectly with no interference!
Beautiful workmanship. Nice to see it all done buy hand. Just like the old days before someone invented electricity.
Thank you!
How do i figure out fanned fret placement?
I used FretFind2D for the layout, which I then had professionally printed at scale. Link: acspike.github.io/FretFind2D/src/fretfind.html
@@rauschguitars Thanks!
the biggest plot twist was that after building a 7 string he DIDN'T play djent on it
I still haven't figured what the extra string is for!
@@rauschguitars 0---0---0-0-0--0--1--0--0--0
that kinda thing
Screw it, I'm making a 3D printed one. I just need the 3D printer...
I'd love to play around with a 3D printer one day. The technology is quite exciting.