The joy of carving a neck by hand
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- For me, the most enjoyable parts of building a guitar is the shaping of the neck. Dispite the available of more affordable CNC machines, in this video I explain why I will continue to use hand tools for this process and why this gives me so much pleasure.
David Kennett flameguitars.co.uk
London UK - Навчання та стиль
This channel really should have a lot more views and subscribers. In my humble opinion, one of the top 10 luthiers on UA-cam. If I'm stressed I tune in and quietly watch a master craftsman at work. I rarely get to the end before I'm feelin' chilled and relaxed again. As always great work.👍
That is really very kind of you. A number of people have commented how relaxing they find my videos.
I completely agree! it's like watching Bob Ross paint. Totally satisfying and relaxing
Thoroughly enjoyed your video. Very relaxing to watch on a lazy Sunday morning!
Thanks. Yes, very much a slow paced video.
Fab work as ever, and all power to your elbow as my old Dad would say, and if it isn't broken, don't fix it. Traditional methods always win out in feel, end quality, love and care.. and those things are where the real value is seen and enjoyed when an instrument is played in my experience. Thanks for sharing your inner thoughts and showing your abundant skills again, so refreshing to engage with people who totally love what they do, you are blessed. Happy Christmas and look forward to your future posts. Paul in Maidstone.
Paul, thanks for taking the time to post such an encouraging comment. Happy Christmas to you too.
I make cigar box guitars, and the neck carving is the most enjoyable part.
Beautiful workmanship there - years of experience in your hands! Have a great holiday my friend.
Thank you
It's a pleasure to watch (and listen) to you work sir.
Thank you
@@flameguitars5770 You're very welcome.
Thank you for the video! It's always really pleasing watching these guitar building and repairs.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hello from Romania! Good job! It was nice to see and listen to you on all your videos.
Greetings from London to Romania
It was good to watch you working on the neck, it takes a high degree of craftsmanship to make such a tactile item. I have a couple of electric guitars with Cedar necks, they’re both very stable and feel good in the hand. I’m surprised that Cedar isn’t used more often for electric guitar necks, I believe that it’s used more often for classical guitars.
sweet volute .. !
Hi David, makes me sad that I have had to give up😔 You do things correctly and it’s a pleasure to watch. See you tomorrow.
Made my first two necks this year and loved every minute! Using hand planes (which is also new to me) to make the blank then using a shinto saw rasp and files to carve. I'm using a method where you measure and rasp facets, halving them each time till it gets rounded then finishing with the files and sandpaper.
I can lose hours in my shed filing away oblivious to the world lol
Yes, I find neck carving very therapeutic
Your old night school called and it wants it's tools back.
It's a shame we see no carts on the roads these days because I am absolutely sure that shaping spokes with a spoke-shave would provide real therapy for all sorts of unhappy people whom the world has treated badly.
What advice would you give someone in their early 40s who wants to get into guitar building, with no wood working experience EVER? Should I look for a class/course? Or just dive in and learn as I go? Your videos are a HUGE inspiration to not only appreciate more the instrument I play but connect with it in a deeper level. Thank you!
crimson guitars if you have deep pockets have guitar making courses for many bucks.
@@chickenlickin3820 Just checked it out. Holy $#!* you weren't joking on the many bucks part, LOL! Unfortunately my pockets aren't that deep.
You dont need expensive courses. You have an arsenal of YT videos and books. If you have the desire you start right where you are and as you said.....learn as you go. Start with cheap wood to practice and buy tools as they are needed for each task.
I guitar building course is definitely worth considering. But if you want to make an electric guitar, another route is to an unfinished body and neck and learn to assemble a guitar. This route is very popular at the moment. Lots of suppliers for parts.
Hi David, great video, I'm hoping to make a LP neck in the future. Where could I find carving tools like the ones that you're using in the video?
Thank you. I use two Veritas spoke shaves. One with a flat bottom, the other curved. They are quite expensive tools. There are cheaper spoke shaves available. For many years I just used a Stanley, curved sole, spoke shave.
@@flameguitars5770 thanks, David.
What kind of wood for the neck? Seems not to be mahogany, if it,s not of straight and good quality of course?
Cedrela, also called Spanish cedar.
is there a scarf joint on half the headstock the grain looks very strange there?
Yes, well spotted.