I’ve been building acoustic guitars for about two years, and I finally tried my first electric guitar a few months ago, and used your channel for inspiration. Thank you!
Hello I have watched many of your guitar making videos. I am too gonna be a guitar builder. I am going to lutherie school next fall “25 at a school in downtown Phoenix; which is where I reside. I will retire in May and am gonna start a new profession. One which I will really be interested. I have acquired tools needing to start; the ones which Roberto Venn has requested. It will be a 880 hour specialized course in designing and building them from scratch. I too have played guitar most of my life having played in bands and now I play in coffee shops, weddings, and hire for Social house parties ect. I have worked with wood making shelves, tables, chairs and boxes of different sort. So, I am gonna marry the 2 together and do my thing. Your channel is very inspiring. I do not have the big power tools. I guess this will come in due time. But my tools are all what is needed to start the process. I am so excited. My builds I plan to do are a PRS somewhat look alike with a special design neck and headstock. For my Acoustic requirement I want to do a cut away thin body nylon electric. If your skills are up to what they want you can build a third instrument. It will be up to the instructors at the shop. I also play the mandolin, and would love to try one of these also. I have all these stringed instruments in person with different makings and designs. All 3 of these which I am hopeful will be all a little different. I would love to chat sometime. If you answer me I will contact again and give my phone number. I am in Phoenix and again will retire in May. I am a high school science teacher and teach medicine to some smart kids. This is my year 30 and am ready for the next chapter in my life. Hope to hear from you. Ken
Retirement sounds like it’s going to be awesome for you! Big power tools are just because I’m not great with hand tools 😂 you’ll be much better off than me!
Long story short. Your guitars are gorgeous. I teach guitar for a living and I build guitars in my spare time so I appreciate all the work you put into a build and I understand the feeling of making mistakes and trying to find ways to fix them. 😁
That's another beautiful guitar, I recently found this channel and have really enjoyed what you do. And I can't wait for the John Malecki build, that dude's a lot of fun.
I'm 15 years old and have always loved woodworking. Now that I'm in high school, I took woods 1 and 2 half year classes and now I'm in a stem class where we are building electric guitars. I am so excited because I have been playing for about a year and a half now. I just discovered your channel about a week ago, but I too watch blackmail and John Malecki. Love your work!
I played all through my youth, I actually wanted to become a luthier when I graduated. I ended up going a different direction in life and haven't really touched a guitar in over a decade. I'm now looking into building a telecaster in hopes that it will reignite several of my old passions. Keep up the good work!
Love the content!! Thats absolutely stunning. I'm just an amateur self taught guitarist but I stumbled across your videos one dayband got hooked. I dont know the first thing about woodworking or making guitars but your videos are always funny, calming, and educational.
I got my start woodworking back in high school. (Before YT was a thing) I figured out guitars were made of wood and thought “well I can make that” so I took a woodshop class and proceeded to make my first guitar and I was hooked. This guitar turned out great keep up the good work.
I can't wait to watch the video with Malecki, he's one hell of a personality and that should make for an awesome video! Can't wait to see what you do next!
I started working at a custom cabinet shop in 1987. Since then I’ve done all sorts of custom woodworking. I just finished my first Dreadnaught acoustic guitar. I just found your channel. I like it!
My grandfather was a carpenter and when we visited in the summer he would give me a saw, hammer, a can of old nails, and access to his scrap wood pile. I’m 70 now and I own some of his hand tools and planes. My grandson is five and in the next few years I want to help him enjoy building.
I was going to be a woodworker joiner when i was a kid me grandad was a joiner i was going to work with him but when i was 10 he past away so i stayed away from wood for the next 35 years i played with motorbikes cars and metal then at the end of 2024 i started toplay wirh catapults and tryed my luck at making one and now one year later im loving working with wood my wife as had me build shoe racks wood panel all the walls and iv biult one guitar witch i loved doing and will be starting on a new guitar very soon its yuoutubers like you that has helped me thank you and please keep up your great work
It's really to see a wood working so close to me. I work in stl and live on the IL side. I grew up wood working with my dad, and fell in love with guitars. I can't much guitar but I love fixing then and building kits. Haven't built the courage to make my own from scratch. You're work is real inspiring!
I’m an acoustic guitar player of 24 years and (serious) woodworker of 6 years. I have a custom acoustic made by a local builder, who is also a fellow woodworking buddy (his main business is custom doors). I’m OCD and detail oriented so he and others have told me I should get into guitar building. I’ll probably start with a solid body before I make the leap into hollow bodies and their complex structure. I really love your body designs and would be thrilled to win (or one day buy) a template.
I got started in 2020 during covid. One of Cam's videos showed up on my timeline. I thought it was cool and told my wife I could do it. Not because I thought he wasn't talented, he made it seem easy. When I realized I didn't have the funds to build a river table, I found 731 woodworks. He was doing outdoor furniture when i found his channel. Wasn't my cup of tea. I wanted to learn to do something, so I started making cutting boards. I've been doing that for 5 years, and I love making them. My son is the guitar player in the house. My dad and father in law are both talented pickers in their own right. My dad got my son a baby Taylor when he was 2. He graduated with honors from the music program in our school district in 2022. He's a music therapy major in college. He wants to work with special needs children when he graduates. Really enjoying your channel, brother!
Im a professional Cabinet maker by trade but thanks to your videos im currently building my own guitar. Since i know nothing about guitars ive started with buying a kit and modifying its appearance. Once i learn more ill tackle my own build. Keep up the entertaining videos. Thanks for the inspiration!
I recently started woodworking and have made a handful of butcher block style cutting boards. I’m also a bass player, so I find making instruments fascinating, and your videos are amazing to me. I want to make myself a matching guitar and bass to be able to pass down to my son. He’s been obsessed with ‘family heirloom’ type things lately and I think this would be the coolest thing to be able to pass down to him. He’s 11 and has an ear for music. He can sit down at the piano and play something he just heard on the TV. I want to continue to fuel his love of making music.
@ hell yeah man. It’s something we can both remember our whole lives and hopefully keep that spark of creativity going for him, wether it’s music is making.
Subbed today. I saw the guitars you made for Cam and now seeing this one... Just wow. I've been building myself for a few years and have a similar approach as you do, there's more than 1 way to build a thing, and we all need to find our own way to do things. Keep it up!
Absolutely beautiful! Your an artist Dude! I really enjoy watching your videos and they've inspired me to build my first guitar this year. Thank you so much!
I got into woodworking wanting to build tables for my family. I’ve learned everything from UA-cam - Blacktail Studio being one of the main sources. I had a bunch of people telling me not to start with something so big (a 10 ft Bastogne walnut dining table), but I don’t care; I want to build what I want to build as a creative expression. It’s been so much fun since then and I’ve learned a ton. I’m think I’d love to do a guitar in the near future. I absolutely love the single cut design you made.
I started to get tools to do woodworking. I had made end tables, coffe tables and nightstands. I recently started making guitars.. as of this post I have built SG style guitar out of oak and my latest is headless mutli 25 inch scale that resembles a sword. Wish I could share the pics of them here. Planing a headless bass with the same body as the sword, Working on doing a 30 inch multi scale. The best part is playing them for the first time after they are done. Honestly its better than going to a guitar shop trying out what on the walls there. The Best part is when you mess up in building you can be creative on how to make that a feature.
Been a woodworker for about 6 years now. Originally got into it by making an electric guitar as my senior project (just made the body and bought a bolt on neck). Got back into woodworking 5-6 years ago to bring an idea to life and that idea is what I enjoy making the most. The idea is my Battlefield Chessboards. There’s a short on my channel showing the idea, but I haven’t done a full build video yet.
I built a firecaster(tele-firebird) myself. It was very cathartic. I bought the parts, finish shaped and carved the body, then stained and oiled it. Turned out pretty great imo.
My guitars went into storage when I decided to build myself a house. They came out again a few years ago, but I haven’t really been playing much. I have, however, upped my woodworking game in the process of doing the cabinets and finish work on the house. Maybe it’s time to combine the two and finally build myself a guitar! Great video 👍🏻
Absolutely love your channel and builds. Someday I plan to build my first guitar. I am dumb when it comes to guitars but my uncle who just passed away a few weeks ago was big into them so I want to make one in honor of him. We just recently tried the walrus oil furniture butter and we too love it.
Thanks a lot! Sorry to hear about your uncle. You should definitely give it a go. If you want templates for it, reach out on IG and I’ll throw you a discount code
I've just put 2 kit guitars together and ready to move up.Been woodworking for about 9yrs now, my dad got me into it and been playing guitar for about 15yrs.(trying to get good at both.lol) Really enjoy watching what kinda giitar you make next.
I’ve done a couple build kits and have just really gotten interested in building my own guitar from scratch after the power company chopped down my old beech tree and I snagged some wood. I don’t have a ton of tools, but I am making it work!
Came out beautifully. Excellent job as usual. I'm not a woodworker other than occasionally making something small I may need. I would love to build a guitar but I don't really have any of the tools other than a small table saw cordless hand tools. Can't wait to see the next one!
I did some woodworking as part of some tour of shop classes program thing and then much later picked it up again via a small scroll saw and miter saw to make decorations for my kids rooms. I even played with a co-workers homemade cnc mill. I have always been a bit nerdy about making things something I picked up from my mom who to make ends meet for us by making and fixing all sorts of things for us while still working full time as a secretary. During Covid I tried to play the guitar, I found I don’t have any natural music talent but it’s a nice break from the computer screen. I did however make a 3d printer using designs and ideas from the internet and I will say making an almost entirely printed guitar using different than just pla has been bouncing around in my head for some time. Thanks for reminding me that a guitar doesn’t need sub millimeter precision. I tend to get lost in the details and second guessing myself. As to designs of guitars I am a fan of the stranburg style where every part is shaped and feels intentional in both aesthetics and function rather than the thick guitars that look like just a guitar shaped block of wood with a coat of paint.
A 3D guitar sounds sick! I don’t know much about 3D printing but I’m sure that’s a cool project. I have a problem with “getting lost in the details” sometimes too. It’s good and bad. Sometimes it keeps me from seeing the overall project
I JUST started getting into building guitars. I’m struggling a little because acquisition of appropriate equipment takes a LOT of time. In line with that struggle I chose a Tele style body (since that’s the type of guitar I learned how beautiful the struggle can be), and built my own templates. We’ll see how it turns out but I’m still keeping fingers crossed I can acquire all the tools and templates needed to make it an enjoyable experience. My first build will be for my son, because he’s just now getting into playing, so I want to give him something to be proud of since he’s given that to me.
You asked, I'll answer. I'm a "wannabe" woodworker - when I was a punk teenager, woodworking class was the only one I really paid attention to and cared about. I grew up watching the classics like New Yankee Workshop and now that i'm older and sick of corporate america, I really want to get back into it. Once I have a small shop, I absolutely want to take you up on the challenge of making my own guitar, maybe some nice cherry, in a world full of walnut and oak.
Cherry sounds like a great choice - it’s a beautiful wood! It can have some crazy figure to it sometimes too. I feel you on the corporate side of things. I wish I could just spend everyday in the shop 😂
I’ll be giving it a go on some black walnut and some native New Zealand Timbers , Rimu, Manuka , Tōtara , Whitebait Kauri similar to Swamp Kauri it’s around 50-80K years old, another Native is Matai , Puriri ,Kanuka, and Kōwhai and there are a few other Native Timbers in mind as well.. I’ve even thought about using some big Grandaddy Gorse as it has a lovely interior colour and some nice grain too and I think the interior colour can change ever so slightly depending on what type of ground they grow in , and it’s funny because Gorse is a pest here in New Zealand 🇳🇿 and I’ve never heard of anyone else using it for any type of wood work but that’s not to say that it’s not being used , I’m just curious, very curious in-fact Also have subscribed… ✌️😎👍🇳🇿
I built a guitar from a kit and I’m going to take on a scratch build. The scratch build will be explorer body, reverse hockey headstock, floating trem, HH, kill switch, master volume, master tone 😃 Keep up the great work ☺️
I've just started woodworking, by doing my first guitar build, doing what I though would be a limited scope thing by taking an old, heavy, no-name, bolt-on Les Paul knock-off stripping the body, reshaping it a bit to lose some weight and refinishing it. That plan didn't survive stripping the old body, to find that the top was curved plywood with a block of wood between it and the actual body to mount the bridge through. Since then I've built templates from the body, planed and chambered the pieced mahogany body, put a book-matched bubinga top on it, bevelled the front and back, I'm now in the process of learning how to put a finish on the body. So much trial and error, but the whole point has been to learn how to do things...
I found your Blacktail Studios cut-off video and you inspired me to make my own (albeit with far-less pedigreed wood!). I agree with your comment about how guitars seem so hard; I'd guess it's mainly the precision called for on the fret spacing that is the most daunting, but also the truss rod and neck alignment and bow and routing the wiring. It looks so complicated just to do a regular guitar tune-up, and that's on a guitar that's already (supposedly) accurate! Anyway, your videos reveal the reasonable but achievable skill required, so thank you! I'm also a hybrid woodworker/builder and bass player -- both for fun. Subscribed after the video with Cam and will keep watching for more!
I’ve been trying to build stuff and things with wood for years. I’ve recently decided to start having a go at building stave snare drums. I’ll let you know how I go. 🤙🏼
I've been woodworking just down the road from you near Jefferson city for a couple of years now, my 2 passions in life are music and woodworking and I hope to one day soon combine those two. I have started milling my own lumber with a chainsaw mill and have had 2 beautiful walnut slabs drying for about a year now with the hopes that someday I will be able to use them to build a couple of guitars. I love watching your builds and hopefully someday I can make something half as beautiful as your work.
I started guitar at 14 and remodel work at 15 (learned to play on Grandpa’s National Duolian, ironically, a steel bodied guitar). I moved toward carpentry as a trade and maintained a robust obsession with guitar and music, such that I obtained a music degree and worked semiprofessionally as a musician. Now, as a dad, I’m a housing Rehab specialist for a seminary, church custodian, and a volunteer church musician. I have had the same piece of solid zebra wood for 14 years, cut roughly in the shape of a guitar (it was 40 years old when I was gifted it). I’ve been collecting my luthier tools as I have needed to work on my instruments. I have a test guitar for the electronics choices before I route that Zebra blank. It has been slow going with a family. (I wouldn’t trade it). My job affords me access to a full cabinet/mill shop with tables, bandsaws, planers, sanding planers, and sanders and routers ….and I’m building a pedal board. The guitar neck is totally intimidating me. Oh, how I’ve rambled. Thank you for your video. I’m inspired to go mark out a centerline. I’m very happy to see how these collaborations have been working out for you. Congratulations on the channel growth!
@@TheWoodenHobbyist Thanks! Zebra can be hard to work on with hand tools; because of the grain variation, it can tend to break out whichever way it wants. I hope I have some progress to demonstrate soon. Your videos are definitely an inspiration.
I built my first guitar last year. It was a Telecaster but I tend to like super strat styles more. Although, the reverse offset Squire Super-Sonic Paranormal is perking my interest.
Been playing guitar almost 25 years, woodworking for probably the last six? I started woodworking because I wanted furniture pieces for my home that didn’t seem to exist in stores. I’ve made a couple partscasters and am now working up the courage to build a guitar from scratch
Im also in STL! I've been doing woodworking since I was a kid in Grandpa's shop making birdhouse. Now as an adult I got back into it mainly via UA-cam and needing tools for home diy. Channels like John's, Cams and Bourbon Moth give me all too many ideas lol. I played a lot of guitar from middle school thru college. Adult life has really taken the time to play away but id love to build one some day. Maybe then I'd take the time to play lol
Right on! I grew up in the city then moved to Wentzville. And I feel like. I have my first one on the way and I’m trying to get as much done before the arrival lol
@@TheWoodenHobbyist yeah, the kids take over your life. Its great, and terrible all at the same time. Biggest advice I can give to a first time dad is do make time for some sort of hobby. I play rec-league hockey and luckily our games are usually late so after the kids are sleeping. But just getting out of the house even once a week makes a big difference on my mental health. My oldest will be 5 soon and hes slowly becoming aware enough to let him hang out in the garage when I'm making sawdust lol
I've been a semi-pro woodworker for a while and I decided to do a Telecaster for my son who plays. I completely agree, don't think to hard about it and just do it. You will love the results. Only problem is I want to keep building more and more guitars.
I started building guitars in 2016, i had always wanted to and had asked my stepfather as a kid, he did not have time so i decided i was going to do it. I now plan on building guitars for my children.
I'm an aspiring woodworker/hand tool restorer and a very mid/beginner guitarist. I really only play acoustic at the moment but I'd love to build myself an electric. I typically like Fender Offsets style and shape so I'd probably go with a Jazzmastery vibe. I'd also love to wind my own pickups.
Im in the zygote stages of building my first guitar but Ive been a woodworker/builder for most of my life. Ive had shops, lost shops, life tragedies etc yadda yadda. I started building as an organic evolution from beginning with my stepdad as akid remodeling houses and stuff like that. Im now 50 and I feel like there are more things I want to do than there is even time or means to do them all. I just wish I wouldve woken up sooner in life.
I can understand not wanting to be "the epoxy river guitar guy", but it is really hard to argue with those results. I started woodworking in my apartment basement during Covid, and the project I am most proud of is my bedside table made entirely by hand. That project cost me 30 pounds and 2 sizes on my pants, believe it or not. I've finally gotten a house and I'm starting to get power tools to play with, building furniture for the house is the goal.
I started woodworking almost 10 years ago as a way to make some extra cash on the side. But I fall in and out when I get too repetitive in my builds and lose interest. But I always go back because I truly enjoy it and a secondary income is almost necessary for me.
@TheWoodenHobbyist yeah that's what I like to do. But I build mostly by commission, so the next customer normally wants something similar to what the last one got. (I normally get all my work from friends of previous customers)
Excellent work! I did some a few years back where I cut out parts of a craigslist guitar, keeping the silhouette and center section only. Dropped the weight a ton so I could give it to a young child. Really love your charity focus. I love to build for kids for free, no money taken from parents unless I absolutely had to for parts. And yeah...hand carving can be a pain. Would have to admit necks are my least favorite part!
I got started in woodworking due to needing to learn how to frame walls so I could finish my basement. That forced me to acquire a miter saw along with a bunch of other tools. Next thing I knew I was building wooden raised garden beds, planter boxes, decorative wooden wall art, and a bunch of other things for my wife. I recently got into guitar building as I realized I have a lot of ideas for custom basses I want to exist that I will never be able to afford, so I may as well spend that money on tools and do it myself. For the price of one Fodera bass I can outfit an entire woodworking shop, so that's what I'm working towards
Just found your channel. Beautiful work. The templates look great. I struggle with the finishing part of woodworking. I do enjoy getting old guitars from the flea market or newer cheap guitars and upgrading them.
Fantastic take on a modern and unique design! It’s distinctly yours and I love that you let the wood do the talking. A word of caution on your upcoming giveaway guitars - I’m not a lawyer personally but I am familiar with some of the regulations surrounding giveaways. You mention giving away guitars to “members” which I take to mean your UA-cam members who I also presume are paying for their membership. For a giveaway to be truly on the up and up you’ll want to consult with counsel regarding local and federal laws to make sure you’re not running an illegal lottery. This can sometimes just be as simple as offering people a free option to sign up and allowing members to have a certain scale larger number of entries so they get something back for their “skin in the game”. All that’s to say when you do giveaways there usually always has to be a free entry option offered (think about all the old commercials you used to hear with “no purchase necessary” at the end) to the public or else the paid nature of the giveaway opens up a whole new bag of regulatory worms - the proverbial can that these worms sit in are the gambling laws that surround your jurisdiction and what they consider a sweepstakes versus a lottery. That said I’ll still be watching and if things shape up for me to be able to I’d love to enter and try my luck! Keep up the good work and from one luthier to another “be sure to triple check that neck joint!” 😎
You’re absolutely right. We will be offering a free option from now on. Members will just get a bunch of additional entries. The next video will be where we announce the free option for one single entry at no purchase necessary.
Not a woodworker yet. waiting to finish my Medical Residency training and become an attending physician (where i make actual money) before i start investing in woodworking. have a workshop wishlist ready to do to make furniture and guitars in my free time. was inspired by the youtube algo. started with a blacktail studio video many years ago, and then it snowballed from there.
It sounds like you have a great plan and a lot of cool projects in store! Definitely no time as a medical professional 😂 but that’s super admirable of you and I hope I get to see what you build in the future!
If I ever decide to build any guitars, the first one would probably be a left handed copy of the 1949 Fender Esquire prototype. It's basically just a telecaster that only has a bridge pickup, and a snake head head stock.
Actually im a drummer. I work with a small custom company in Pa building ply shells. But i like wood, instruments and quality so i watch lots of guitar builders and repair guys..
Nice job, it's beautiful. Made a kitset guitar and a full build electric ukulele last year. Going to step up to a guitar at some point, but building up the courage.
That's awesome! A ukulele is a great place to start. I promise you it’s not hard. All you have to do is start. Who cares if you mess up? I messed up a bunch on my first one but I still have it as a reminder of progress
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Buddy, your videos are getting so addictive to watch. Pulled this up on my phone and watched until Scott reminded me we had to work today.
Thanks man! Tryna get this story telling game right. Get your ass back to work, you have a guitar to build!
You have must build guitar @blacktailstudio
I love your stuff man, you are an artist.
I love waking up on a Saturday morning, coffee in hand and watching your builds.
They’re fantastic vids mate and beautiful builds.
Glad to hear it! Thank you!
I was inspired to start building guitars from your videos
Glad to hear it! Let me know if you have any questions.
im working on my first ever guitar right now with a friend. The templates would be a huge help.
I got you entered to win 🤘🏼🎸
@@TheWoodenHobbyist Love it! Thank you so much.
you building guitars inspired me to do the same, and learn it too.
This guitar is beautiful! Amazing build! The customer is going to be so happy!!🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻
Got a video of them playing it and they totally enjoy it. Thank you!
@@TheWoodenHobbyist
Wow.
That's nice.
I’ve been building acoustic guitars for about two years, and I finally tried my first electric guitar a few months ago, and used your channel for inspiration. Thank you!
That’s awesome! How did it turn out?!
Hello I have watched many of your guitar making videos. I am too gonna be a guitar builder. I am going to lutherie school next fall “25 at a school in downtown Phoenix; which is where I reside. I will retire in May and am gonna start a new profession. One which I will really be interested. I have acquired tools needing to start; the ones which Roberto Venn has requested. It will be a 880 hour specialized course in designing and building them from scratch. I too have played guitar most of my life having played in bands and now I play in coffee shops, weddings, and hire for Social house parties ect. I have worked with wood making shelves, tables, chairs and boxes of different sort. So, I am gonna marry the 2 together and do my thing. Your channel is very inspiring. I do not have the big power tools. I guess this will come in due time. But my tools are all what is needed to start the process. I am so excited. My builds I plan to do are a PRS somewhat look alike with a special design neck and headstock. For my Acoustic requirement I want to do a cut away thin body nylon electric. If your skills are up to what they want you can build a third instrument. It will be up to the instructors at the shop. I also play the mandolin, and would love to try one of these also. I have all these stringed instruments in person with different makings and designs. All 3 of these which I am hopeful will be all a little different. I would love to chat sometime. If you answer me I will contact again and give my phone number. I am in Phoenix and again will retire in May. I am a high school science teacher and teach medicine to some smart kids. This is my year 30 and am ready for the next chapter in my life. Hope to hear from you. Ken
Retirement sounds like it’s going to be awesome for you! Big power tools are just because I’m not great with hand tools 😂 you’ll be much better off than me!
I have already droppped a few hundred dollars on my first guitar, those templates will be super helpful.
Long story short. Your guitars are gorgeous. I teach guitar for a living and I build guitars in my spare time so I appreciate all the work you put into a build and I understand the feeling of making mistakes and trying to find ways to fix them. 😁
Mistakes are the best teachers. Happy accidents 🤘🏼🎸
That's another beautiful guitar, I recently found this channel and have really enjoyed what you do. And I can't wait for the John Malecki build, that dude's a lot of fun.
Much appreciated! And I agree, he’s a huge personality
I'm 15 years old and have always loved woodworking. Now that I'm in high school, I took woods 1 and 2 half year classes and now I'm in a stem class where we are building electric guitars. I am so excited because I have been playing for about a year and a half now. I just discovered your channel about a week ago, but I too watch blackmail and John Malecki. Love your work!
That’s super cool! You’re going to love your finished build!
I played all through my youth, I actually wanted to become a luthier when I graduated. I ended up going a different direction in life and haven't really touched a guitar in over a decade. I'm now looking into building a telecaster in hopes that it will reignite several of my old passions.
Keep up the good work!
It will definitely reignite some positive stuff!
Love the content!! Thats absolutely stunning. I'm just an amateur self taught guitarist but I stumbled across your videos one dayband got hooked. I dont know the first thing about woodworking or making guitars but your videos are always funny, calming, and educational.
That’s awesome to hear! I’m self taught on guitar is well. I hate being told what to do 😂 glad you like the videos, I got many more in the works!
I got my start woodworking back in high school. (Before YT was a thing) I figured out guitars were made of wood and thought “well I can make that” so I took a woodshop class and proceeded to make my first guitar and I was hooked.
This guitar turned out great keep up the good work.
That’s what happened to me, but a little later 😂 and thank you!
I can't wait to watch the video with Malecki, he's one hell of a personality and that should make for an awesome video! Can't wait to see what you do next!
I can’t either! We’re making a couple guitars for that on and let’s just say, they will be the craziest things we’ve made
I started working at a custom cabinet shop in 1987. Since then I’ve done all sorts of custom woodworking. I just finished my first Dreadnaught acoustic guitar. I just found your channel. I like it!
That’s awesome. I’m definitely going to build my first acoustic this year. Any pointers?
My grandfather was a carpenter and when we visited in the summer he would give me a saw, hammer, a can of old nails, and access to his scrap wood pile. I’m 70 now and I own some of his hand tools and planes. My grandson is five and in the next few years I want to help him enjoy building.
It sounds like you have a great legacy of woodworking in your family! It super cool you want to pass it on to your grandson
I was going to be a woodworker joiner when i was a kid me grandad was a joiner i was going to work with him but when i was 10 he past away so i stayed away from wood for the next 35 years i played with motorbikes cars and metal then at the end of 2024 i started toplay wirh catapults and tryed my luck at making one and now one year later im loving working with wood my wife as had me build shoe racks wood panel all the walls and iv biult one guitar witch i loved doing and will be starting on a new guitar very soon its yuoutubers like you that has helped me thank you and please keep up your great work
A CATAPULT? That’s awesome!
It's really to see a wood working so close to me. I work in stl and live on the IL side. I grew up wood working with my dad, and fell in love with guitars. I can't much guitar but I love fixing then and building kits. Haven't built the courage to make my own from scratch. You're work is real inspiring!
It’s a great feeling to get into building your own from scratch! It’s very rewarding!
It looks and sounds amazing! Another work of art. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent!
Thanks, I appreciate it!
I can't play a note but just love the wood and skill to make one ,I just need to get on with it and have a go !.
Get started!
Have loved watching your channel grow!! This guitar is gorgeous
Glad you’re here. Thanks!!
I’m an acoustic guitar player of 24 years and (serious) woodworker of 6 years. I have a custom acoustic made by a local builder, who is also a fellow woodworking buddy (his main business is custom doors). I’m OCD and detail oriented so he and others have told me I should get into guitar building. I’ll probably start with a solid body before I make the leap into hollow bodies and their complex structure. I really love your body designs and would be thrilled to win (or one day buy) a template.
OCD and detail oriented people would perform highly in guitar building. You should definitely give it a go!
I got started in 2020 during covid. One of Cam's videos showed up on my timeline. I thought it was cool and told my wife I could do it. Not because I thought he wasn't talented, he made it seem easy. When I realized I didn't have the funds to build a river table, I found 731 woodworks. He was doing outdoor furniture when i found his channel. Wasn't my cup of tea. I wanted to learn to do something, so I started making cutting boards. I've been doing that for 5 years, and I love making them.
My son is the guitar player in the house. My dad and father in law are both talented pickers in their own right. My dad got my son a baby Taylor when he was 2. He graduated with honors from the music program in our school district in 2022. He's a music therapy major in college. He wants to work with special needs children when he graduates.
Really enjoying your channel, brother!
Amazing story and what a cool family! Your son sounds like a cool dude!
Im a professional Cabinet maker by trade but thanks to your videos im currently building my own guitar. Since i know nothing about guitars ive started with buying a kit and modifying its appearance. Once i learn more ill tackle my own build. Keep up the entertaining videos. Thanks for the inspiration!
That’s awesome! Glad to hear it. And thank you!
I recently started woodworking and have made a handful of butcher block style cutting boards. I’m also a bass player, so I find making instruments fascinating, and your videos are amazing to me. I want to make myself a matching guitar and bass to be able to pass down to my son. He’s been obsessed with ‘family heirloom’ type things lately and I think this would be the coolest thing to be able to pass down to him. He’s 11 and has an ear for music. He can sit down at the piano and play something he just heard on the TV. I want to continue to fuel his love of making music.
That is an awesome idea. Making instruments for your son is going to be cool, especially if you could some how include him in the process!
@ hell yeah man. It’s something we can both remember our whole lives and hopefully keep that spark of creativity going for him, wether it’s music is making.
Exactly 🎸🤘🏼
Subbed today. I saw the guitars you made for Cam and now seeing this one... Just wow. I've been building myself for a few years and have a similar approach as you do, there's more than 1 way to build a thing, and we all need to find our own way to do things. Keep it up!
Glad you’re here! Thanks a lot!
Beautiful work, I loved the end results and your thoughts as you make the guitar. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Just finished my first guitar thanks to your videos!
That’s awesome!! I love hearing that
Absolutely beautiful! Your an artist Dude! I really enjoy watching your videos and they've inspired me to build my first guitar this year. Thank you so much!
Thanks, that’s awesome! Make sure to share the end product with me on IG or TT
The grain and color of the top wood is amazing.
Mother Nature does crazy good work!
Cool finish - the grain pops really nice, front and back. Nice work!
Thanks a lot!
For me the star shape electric guitar was always emblematic, great video.
Much appreciated!
That's a real humdinger mate. Great work. Cheers everyone!
Cheers! Glad you liked it!
I got into woodworking wanting to build tables for my family. I’ve learned everything from UA-cam - Blacktail Studio being one of the main sources. I had a bunch of people telling me not to start with something so big (a 10 ft Bastogne walnut dining table), but I don’t care; I want to build what I want to build as a creative expression. It’s been so much fun since then and I’ve learned a ton. I’m think I’d love to do a guitar in the near future. I absolutely love the single cut design you made.
I agree. Being able to do what you want makes the most sense as far as enjoying the craft. And I agree, I think the single cut is my favorite.
I started to get tools to do woodworking. I had made end tables, coffe tables and nightstands. I recently started making guitars.. as of this post I have built SG style guitar out of oak and my latest is headless mutli 25 inch scale that resembles a sword. Wish I could share the pics of them here. Planing a headless bass with the same body as the sword, Working on doing a 30 inch multi scale. The best part is playing them for the first time after they are done. Honestly its better than going to a guitar shop trying out what on the walls there. The Best part is when you mess up in building you can be creative on how to make that a feature.
Sounds like you’re getting quite the collection! I’d like to try a multi scale guitar one day.
Been a woodworker for about 6 years now. Originally got into it by making an electric guitar as my senior project (just made the body and bought a bolt on neck). Got back into woodworking 5-6 years ago to bring an idea to life and that idea is what I enjoy making the most. The idea is my Battlefield Chessboards. There’s a short on my channel showing the idea, but I haven’t done a full build video yet.
Chessboards can be crazy intense. Tag me when you post the full build, I’d love to see it 🤘🏼🎸
@@TheWoodenHobbyistwill do!
I built a firecaster(tele-firebird) myself. It was very cathartic. I bought the parts, finish shaped and carved the body, then stained and oiled it. Turned out pretty great imo.
That’s a cool idea. I’d love to see a picture of it!
My guitars went into storage when I decided to build myself a house. They came out again a few years ago, but I haven’t really been playing much. I have, however, upped my woodworking game in the process of doing the cabinets and finish work on the house. Maybe it’s time to combine the two and finally build myself a guitar! Great video 👍🏻
It’s definitely time to start building a guitar! And thanks!
Absolutely love your channel and builds. Someday I plan to build my first guitar. I am dumb when it comes to guitars but my uncle who just passed away a few weeks ago was big into them so I want to make one in honor of him. We just recently tried the walrus oil furniture butter and we too love it.
Thanks a lot! Sorry to hear about your uncle. You should definitely give it a go. If you want templates for it, reach out on IG and I’ll throw you a discount code
I've just put 2 kit guitars together and ready to move up.Been woodworking for about 9yrs now, my dad got me into it and been playing guitar for about 15yrs.(trying to get good at both.lol)
Really enjoy watching what kinda giitar you make next.
That’s pretty cool. Kit guitar are a good gateway to get into it. Glad you enjoyed it!
They get better every build.
Thank you!
This is so cool. where do you get your wood?
I source it from all over. And have somehow found a way into other UA-camrs shops for more wood lol
@ Can't wait till I get there. (I wish)
Beautiful guitar, good work, nice film!!!
Thanks a bunch!
I’ve done a couple build kits and have just really gotten interested in building my own guitar from scratch after the power company chopped down my old beech tree and I snagged some wood. I don’t have a ton of tools, but I am making it work!
That guitar will have a cool story at least!
I'm making my own guitars now, I am just worried about the neck.
Came out beautifully. Excellent job as usual.
I'm not a woodworker other than occasionally making something small I may need. I would love to build a guitar but I don't really have any of the tools other than a small table saw cordless hand tools.
Can't wait to see the next one!
I appreciate the support thank you!
Partnering with Cam and John Malecki AND making guitars?? I'm so glad I found this channel.
Glad you're here!
I did some woodworking as part of some tour of shop classes program thing and then much later picked it up again via a small scroll saw and miter saw to make decorations for my kids rooms. I even played with a co-workers homemade cnc mill. I have always been a bit nerdy about making things something I picked up from my mom who to make ends meet for us by making and fixing all sorts of things for us while still working full time as a secretary. During Covid I tried to play the guitar, I found I don’t have any natural music talent but it’s a nice break from the computer screen. I did however make a 3d printer using designs and ideas from the internet and I will say making an almost entirely printed guitar using different than just pla has been bouncing around in my head for some time. Thanks for reminding me that a guitar doesn’t need sub millimeter precision. I tend to get lost in the details and second guessing myself. As to designs of guitars I am a fan of the stranburg style where every part is shaped and feels intentional in both aesthetics and function rather than the thick guitars that look like just a guitar shaped block of wood with a coat of paint.
A 3D guitar sounds sick! I don’t know much about 3D printing but I’m sure that’s a cool project. I have a problem with “getting lost in the details” sometimes too. It’s good and bad. Sometimes it keeps me from seeing the overall project
I am making a telecaster, do I need a pickguard?
Depends on the design you go with!
The thin black veneer layer is a nice touch.
I agree!
I JUST started getting into building guitars. I’m struggling a little because acquisition of appropriate equipment takes a LOT of time. In line with that struggle I chose a Tele style body (since that’s the type of guitar I learned how beautiful the struggle can be), and built my own templates. We’ll see how it turns out but I’m still keeping fingers crossed I can acquire all the tools and templates needed to make it an enjoyable experience. My first build will be for my son, because he’s just now getting into playing, so I want to give him something to be proud of since he’s given that to me.
It sounds like you’re off to a great start! Tele was my first too.
super cool. I love the guitar
Thank you!!
You asked, I'll answer. I'm a "wannabe" woodworker - when I was a punk teenager, woodworking class was the only one I really paid attention to and cared about. I grew up watching the classics like New Yankee Workshop and now that i'm older and sick of corporate america, I really want to get back into it. Once I have a small shop, I absolutely want to take you up on the challenge of making my own guitar, maybe some nice cherry, in a world full of walnut and oak.
Cherry sounds like a great choice - it’s a beautiful wood! It can have some crazy figure to it sometimes too. I feel you on the corporate side of things. I wish I could just spend everyday in the shop 😂
You and me both brother, you and me both.
I’ll be giving it a go on some black walnut and some native New Zealand Timbers , Rimu, Manuka , Tōtara , Whitebait Kauri similar to Swamp Kauri it’s around 50-80K years old, another Native is Matai , Puriri ,Kanuka, and Kōwhai and there are a few other Native Timbers in mind as well..
I’ve even thought about using some big Grandaddy Gorse as it has a lovely interior colour and some nice grain too and I think the interior colour can change ever so slightly depending on what type of ground they grow in , and it’s funny because Gorse is a pest here in New Zealand 🇳🇿 and I’ve never heard of anyone else using it for any type of wood work but that’s not to say that it’s not being used , I’m just curious, very curious in-fact
Also have subscribed…
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I built a guitar from a kit and I’m going to take on a scratch build. The scratch build will be explorer body, reverse hockey headstock, floating trem, HH, kill switch, master volume, master tone 😃
Keep up the great work ☺️
Sounds like an awesome project! You’ll have to show us when it’s done. I think the neck one I’m doing will also have a floating trem and headless
I've just started woodworking, by doing my first guitar build, doing what I though would be a limited scope thing by taking an old, heavy, no-name, bolt-on Les Paul knock-off stripping the body, reshaping it a bit to lose some weight and refinishing it. That plan didn't survive stripping the old body, to find that the top was curved plywood with a block of wood between it and the actual body to mount the bridge through. Since then I've built templates from the body, planed and chambered the pieced mahogany body, put a book-matched bubinga top on it, bevelled the front and back, I'm now in the process of learning how to put a finish on the body. So much trial and error, but the whole point has been to learn how to do things...
Trial and error is how I learned. And it seems like you’re persevering!
@ yeah, the first great revelation is how many mistakes and unexpected setbacks can be fixed
I still make serious mistakes in every build. Still worth it!
I found your Blacktail Studios cut-off video and you inspired me to make my own (albeit with far-less pedigreed wood!). I agree with your comment about how guitars seem so hard; I'd guess it's mainly the precision called for on the fret spacing that is the most daunting, but also the truss rod and neck alignment and bow and routing the wiring. It looks so complicated just to do a regular guitar tune-up, and that's on a guitar that's already (supposedly) accurate! Anyway, your videos reveal the reasonable but achievable skill required, so thank you!
I'm also a hybrid woodworker/builder and bass player -- both for fun. Subscribed after the video with Cam and will keep watching for more!
It’s definitely easier than it looks. Just have to get over that initial first build. And thanks for subscribing!
I’ve been trying to build stuff and things with wood for years. I’ve recently decided to start having a go at building stave snare drums. I’ll let you know how I go. 🤙🏼
That’s a great project! I’ve thought about making drums before. Share when it’s done!
I've been woodworking just down the road from you near Jefferson city for a couple of years now, my 2 passions in life are music and woodworking and I hope to one day soon combine those two. I have started milling my own lumber with a chainsaw mill and have had 2 beautiful walnut slabs drying for about a year now with the hopes that someday I will be able to use them to build a couple of guitars. I love watching your builds and hopefully someday I can make something half as beautiful as your work.
Well if you’re milling your own wood, I’m sure you’ll come up with something crazy beautiful!
@@TheWoodenHobbyist thanks for the vote of confidence, I just need to convince myself I can do it
I started guitar at 14 and remodel work at 15 (learned to play on Grandpa’s National Duolian, ironically, a steel bodied guitar). I moved toward carpentry as a trade and maintained a robust obsession with guitar and music, such that I obtained a music degree and worked semiprofessionally as a musician.
Now, as a dad, I’m a housing Rehab specialist for a seminary, church custodian, and a volunteer church musician.
I have had the same piece of solid zebra wood for 14 years, cut roughly in the shape of a guitar (it was 40 years old when I was gifted it).
I’ve been collecting my luthier tools as I have needed to work on my instruments. I have a test guitar for the electronics choices before I route that Zebra blank. It has been slow going with a family. (I wouldn’t trade it). My job affords me access to a full cabinet/mill shop with tables, bandsaws, planers, sanding planers, and sanders and routers ….and I’m building a pedal board.
The guitar neck is totally intimidating me.
Oh, how I’ve rambled. Thank you for your video. I’m inspired to go mark out a centerline.
I’m very happy to see how these collaborations have been working out for you. Congratulations on the channel growth!
What an awesome resumé! Zebra wood is something I haven’t used in a guitar yet. I’d love to see your finished guitar when it comes to fruition!
@@TheWoodenHobbyist Thanks! Zebra can be hard to work on with hand tools; because of the grain variation, it can tend to break out whichever way it wants. I hope I have some progress to demonstrate soon. Your videos are definitely an inspiration.
I built my first guitar last year. It was a Telecaster but I tend to like super strat styles more. Although, the reverse offset Squire Super-Sonic Paranormal is perking my interest.
Telecaster was my first too. I’ve literally never heard of a super sonic paranormal lol I have some research to do now
There it is! Watching now will leave comment after view.
Awesome 🤘🏼🎸
Been playing guitar almost 25 years, woodworking for probably the last six? I started woodworking because I wanted furniture pieces for my home that didn’t seem to exist in stores. I’ve made a couple partscasters and am now working up the courage to build a guitar from scratch
It’s definitely easier than it looks. Just have to get over that initial first build.
Im also in STL!
I've been doing woodworking since I was a kid in Grandpa's shop making birdhouse. Now as an adult I got back into it mainly via UA-cam and needing tools for home diy. Channels like John's, Cams and Bourbon Moth give me all too many ideas lol.
I played a lot of guitar from middle school thru college. Adult life has really taken the time to play away but id love to build one some day. Maybe then I'd take the time to play lol
Nice! What part of STL? Adult life kept me from playing too until I formed my adult life around making it possible lol
@TheWoodenHobbyist we're down in Fenton. I'm hoping once my kids get a bit older (I've got 3 under 5) I'll have some more time for hobbies.
Right on! I grew up in the city then moved to Wentzville. And I feel like. I have my first one on the way and I’m trying to get as much done before the arrival lol
@@TheWoodenHobbyist yeah, the kids take over your life. Its great, and terrible all at the same time. Biggest advice I can give to a first time dad is do make time for some sort of hobby. I play rec-league hockey and luckily our games are usually late so after the kids are sleeping. But just getting out of the house even once a week makes a big difference on my mental health.
My oldest will be 5 soon and hes slowly becoming aware enough to let him hang out in the garage when I'm making sawdust lol
@siebe41 yeah that’s going to be the biggest hurdle, free time lol I appreciate the advice!
I have the exact same problem-i can never find my hammers
I've been a semi-pro woodworker for a while and I decided to do a Telecaster for my son who plays. I completely agree, don't think to hard about it and just do it. You will love the results. Only problem is I want to keep building more and more guitars.
It’s addictive for sure! And parts get expensive 😂
I started building guitars in 2016, i had always wanted to and had asked my stepfather as a kid, he did not have time so i decided i was going to do it. I now plan on building guitars for my children.
That’s awesome! They’ll love it 🤘🏼🎸
Hey guys, I was encouraged to hear that you're in St. Louis, my sister city, I'm a builder in Kansas City. Love your work!! Let's connect!!
A collab would be cool sometime! I love KC!
@@TheWoodenHobbyist Right on!!! My company is SAMSARA GUITARS, www.youtube.com/@samsaraguitars
I'm an aspiring woodworker/hand tool restorer and a very mid/beginner guitarist. I really only play acoustic at the moment but I'd love to build myself an electric.
I typically like Fender Offsets style and shape so I'd probably go with a Jazzmastery vibe. I'd also love to wind my own pickups.
Winding pickups would definitely be sick. It’s intimidating to me but I may try it as well some day
All I can say is WOW!!! Freaking beautiful man!!!
Thank you!
Im in the zygote stages of building my first guitar but Ive been a woodworker/builder for most of my life. Ive had shops, lost shops, life tragedies etc yadda yadda. I started building as an organic evolution from beginning with my stepdad as akid remodeling houses and stuff like that. Im now 50 and I feel like there are more things I want to do than there is even time or means to do them all. I just wish I wouldve woken up sooner in life.
It's never too late to start! You'll love it.
what is the best wood to build a telecaster with?
Swamp ash for 50's, alder for 60's. Korina is great as well
Hi from Europe 👋🏻
Love your builds and you inspired me to give it a shot. im about to buy the wood
Greets
Thanks! Good luck!
I can understand not wanting to be "the epoxy river guitar guy", but it is really hard to argue with those results.
I started woodworking in my apartment basement during Covid, and the project I am most proud of is my bedside table made entirely by hand. That project cost me 30 pounds and 2 sizes on my pants, believe it or not. I've finally gotten a house and I'm starting to get power tools to play with, building furniture for the house is the goal.
Definitely can’t! But so many other cool guitars still need to be built! I think a lot of us got into it during the same time period 😂
I started woodworking almost 10 years ago as a way to make some extra cash on the side. But I fall in and out when I get too repetitive in my builds and lose interest. But I always go back because I truly enjoy it and a secondary income is almost necessary for me.
I understand how it can get repetitive. That’s why I try to do something different each time!
@TheWoodenHobbyist yeah that's what I like to do. But I build mostly by commission, so the next customer normally wants something similar to what the last one got. (I normally get all my work from friends of previous customers)
Best part about commission work = money. Worst part = doing the same crap over and over 😂
Excellent work! I did some a few years back where I cut out parts of a craigslist guitar, keeping the silhouette and center section only. Dropped the weight a ton so I could give it to a young child.
Really love your charity focus. I love to build for kids for free, no money taken from parents unless I absolutely had to for parts.
And yeah...hand carving can be a pain. Would have to admit necks are my least favorite part!
I love that you build for kids! It’s definitely a rewarding feeling
I got started in woodworking due to needing to learn how to frame walls so I could finish my basement. That forced me to acquire a miter saw along with a bunch of other tools. Next thing I knew I was building wooden raised garden beds, planter boxes, decorative wooden wall art, and a bunch of other things for my wife. I recently got into guitar building as I realized I have a lot of ideas for custom basses I want to exist that I will never be able to afford, so I may as well spend that money on tools and do it myself. For the price of one Fodera bass I can outfit an entire woodworking shop, so that's what I'm working towards
That’s the right mindset! And you’ll go on knowing you made it all yourself!
I think we can all appreciate the effort made to spell toan correctly 👏👏
I’m glad someone finally caught it
That’s awesome. Looking forward to your band saw donation video.
It’s the next one! Thanks!
another awesome vid man, thanks
Appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it.
Just found your channel. Beautiful work. The templates look great. I struggle with the finishing part of woodworking. I do enjoy getting old guitars from the flea market or newer cheap guitars and upgrading them.
I feel ya. Finishing is tough! It's all about practice. I’m going to attempt a high gloss on the next build. High gloss is my mortal enemy.
@ nice! Ever do any tele style guitars? Those are my favorite
Tele was the first guitar I’ve ever made!
I noticed you using walrus oil. I love that stuff and yeah it does smell pretty good
Agreed! Might try to get it made into a shop air freshener
Very nice work! I decided to go the CNC path, just because! I hope to approximate your level of quality eventualy!
I had a cnc for a while and still sort of do. I make all my templates with a large laser, which is computer numerically controlled 🤷🏻♂️ worth it!
I think the templates really help if you want to build your first guitar. Otherwise I wouldn't know where to start.
They definitely do!
Fantastic take on a modern and unique design! It’s distinctly yours and I love that you let the wood do the talking.
A word of caution on your upcoming giveaway guitars - I’m not a lawyer personally but I am familiar with some of the regulations surrounding giveaways. You mention giving away guitars to “members” which I take to mean your UA-cam members who I also presume are paying for their membership. For a giveaway to be truly on the up and up you’ll want to consult with counsel regarding local and federal laws to make sure you’re not running an illegal lottery. This can sometimes just be as simple as offering people a free option to sign up and allowing members to have a certain scale larger number of entries so they get something back for their “skin in the game”.
All that’s to say when you do giveaways there usually always has to be a free entry option offered (think about all the old commercials you used to hear with “no purchase necessary” at the end) to the public or else the paid nature of the giveaway opens up a whole new bag of regulatory worms - the proverbial can that these worms sit in are the gambling laws that surround your jurisdiction and what they consider a sweepstakes versus a lottery.
That said I’ll still be watching and if things shape up for me to be able to I’d love to enter and try my luck! Keep up the good work and from one luthier to another “be sure to triple check that neck joint!” 😎
You’re absolutely right. We will be offering a free option from now on. Members will just get a bunch of additional entries. The next video will be where we announce the free option for one single entry at no purchase necessary.
If someone paid you 8k for that guitar, you are a marketing genius! Good for you!!
You earned a subscribe. This made me want to get out in the garage and work on a few stale projects.
Thanks a lot! Get your butt out there and finish those up!
Not a woodworker yet. waiting to finish my Medical Residency training and become an attending physician (where i make actual money) before i start investing in woodworking. have a workshop wishlist ready to do to make furniture and guitars in my free time. was inspired by the youtube algo. started with a blacktail studio video many years ago, and then it snowballed from there.
It sounds like you have a great plan and a lot of cool projects in store! Definitely no time as a medical professional 😂 but that’s super admirable of you and I hope I get to see what you build in the future!
I have been building guitars (mostly T-Style) for about 10 years. I enjoy it very much, and want to say how much I love the beauty in your guitars.
That’s awesome! And thank you so much! I enjoy it a lot as well.
If I ever decide to build any guitars, the first one would probably be a left handed copy of the 1949 Fender Esquire prototype. It's basically just a telecaster that only has a bridge pickup, and a snake head head stock.
That would be sick! It seems fender is the “go to” for first builds. They make great guitars
Again an amazing build. I would love to be able to make a guitar like that myself
Thanks a lot! I hope you try it one day!
Beautiful guitar, great job 👍
Thanks a lot!
Amazing job!!!!
Thank you!
Such a pretty guitar!
Thanks!
Actually im a drummer. I work with a small custom company in Pa building ply shells. But i like wood, instruments and quality so i watch lots of guitar builders and repair guys..
I’m starting to watch drum making 😂 might give it a shot!
Beautiful Guitar! Nice work…👍🏻🎸🤘🏼
Thank you!
GREAT video. I would love a great set of templates to build my dream single cut guitar.
Thanks! You’re entered to win!
Nice job, it's beautiful. Made a kitset guitar and a full build electric ukulele last year. Going to step up to a guitar at some point, but building up the courage.
That's awesome! A ukulele is a great place to start. I promise you it’s not hard. All you have to do is start. Who cares if you mess up? I messed up a bunch on my first one but I still have it as a reminder of progress