Usually after you've made a guitar and played it on this channel, I comment saying "sounds beautiful, a bit scooped for my tastes". Whereas now I can just say "sounds beautiful" :) love that midrange.
I like the idea of videos where you cover the full build, but highlight one or two specific steps in great detail. That way eventually every step will be shown in great detail across multiple builds. Also, I absolutely love ziracote, This thing is absolutely gorgeous.
I'm a guitar novice, but that guitar is SICK! I'd be afraid to touch it. Needs to be put in a glass and hang on a wall of museum. Has anyone purchased it?
I love the idea of laminating the sides vs. using kerfed lining... and I totally believe it would increase sustain. Thank you for sharing! This is amazing craftsmanship!
Chris and Matt - What an amazing build! I am in awe of the work you two are doing both on the acoustic side and the electric side of the guitar world. The combination of your experience and the process refinement of your construction techniques are producing incredible instruments. I am humbled, to say the least, to be included in the tools you use to produce instruments. Congrats on your imminent run to 100,000 subscribers. You've earned every one of them! - Greg
What a spectacularly beautiful instrument. There’s just something about instruments - “functional art” which is so compelling! Chris, I’ve watched all of your videos to date and I think this is my favourite instrument of yours yet! Happy new year from across the pond in Scotland
Love the deep sound and the whole idea of the instrument. ❤ Also your approach is very inspiring to me. Never used my gobar deck to glue the plates to the sides... Some say, price to high for machine work, but I feel, you put the focus on the right spot and use the gained extra time and concentration for voicing and other important things. For myself I'm working mainly with traditional animal glues, but have used and tried pretty everything else. If you want a seam to be invisible, use rabbit glue. That's the only one that works, especially on joints of light colored wood to light colored wood like the sap in your ziricote around the tail. You could really make that look one piece, if you want. I prefer rabbit glue on all ornaments, joints have to be snug of course, but this glue kind of sucks the pieces together while drying. That's why the rubbed joint works, which violin makers use to join the top and back plate - they only rub them together, hold them for a few seconds and let them rest. The animal glue sucks them together by itself by capillary effects and the high water content lets the pieces 'swell together'. Also amazingly quick, faster than superglue imo, when you work with temperature. At bindings it comes in handy that you can extend the gluetime with heat and moisture for as long as you want. Cant use tape though, but cord gives better visability and access for a small heat gun. Stressfree process and joints disappear.
First, the video is excellent! Although I've made many guitars myself, I always learn something from each of your videos! Although you didn't give us the full sound test that you usually do, I think that this is likely my favorite of your guitars from a sound perspective! It is also, flat out beautiful! Amazing result, bravo!
Great job same process I go through one day. I’d like to get a CNC myself. I also use laminate sides. What a difference it makes and sound.!!! a lot of resonance gets lost with sides!!! I just like using the same species when I laminate that way when you look inside it matches the outside. Excellent job.!
I just hit that follow button. I love your content, and channels like yours that actually educate and teach viewers as opposed to just speaking from a place of knowledge. Bravo! Also, would you be able to do a cut out test and review on a Yamaha FGX800c or an APXT2? I’m a beginner guitarist and seeing build quality on beginner guitars would be great!
Absolutely stunning. I've been working towards learning to be a luthier. Still a long ways off. I picked up some ziricote for a future build and was happy to see someone actually bending it and sharing how to make it less fragile. I'm a few years off from using it, but this build has inspired me to keep moving forward.
Beautiful work. Love the choice of the sapwood central theme, Ziricote is one of my if not my favourite tonewoods. I normally wouldnt contrast it with sapwood inclusion but this has now changed my mind
Amazing how the primary resonance of the top dropped from G sharp to G after you voiced it. Sounds like it was also resonating on the fifth (D) after you voiced it. Cowboy chord dream machine with the sympathetic vibrations!
Beautiful instrument. I like this video format and length. Could have been broken into multiple parts with more depth, but sometimes I feel that allows the story of the instrument to wander, along with the attention of the viewer. The format made clear the story was the wood and what was most critical in getting the best from it. Thanks for sharing your talents for both building and video production. Subscribed.
wow I never really thought about doing a guitar in Cedar because I consider Cedar like balsa wood very soft but that being said I have never seen such a beautiful guitar in my life great job guys
Exceptionally beautiful guitar! Sounds great. Very interesting how you build a guitar. Is there any sound advantage to a slotted headstock or is it esthetics only?
Very nice! I love the tone, and the sustain is incredible!!! While it doesn't have a lot of boom on the low end, it is not muted, and it's well defined. Nice balance of the mid-range and treble. All in all, it sounds incredible. Well done!!!!!
Beautiful looking guitar. Looks very shiny. I know nothing about guitars, so correct me if I am wrong. The luthier talked so much about the quality of the wood and shaving down the bracing to make the top resonate. Would that amount of finish change the tone by dampening the woods natural vibrations, reducing resonance and potentially making the tone less lively or “open?” I would assume that a thinner or more flexible finish allows the wood vibrate more freely, enhancing sustain and tonal clarity. I did notice unevenness in intonation.
"Laminate sides" doesn't mean plywood. It means exactly what you guys did here, on a $28k guitar. That's insane. If I'm buying any guitar over $1200, I want solid wood.
i don't have the ability to make laminated sides, but i am going to try and build a round guitar using a high quality drum shell that is 15 inch diameter , 5 inch deep. i think it should give similar benefits to what you mentioned here. we'll see...
I am not a guitar player. At 25:10 it sounds like you might be going into a Leo Kottke version of Little Martha. Then you mention the fingerpicking. Well done.
The sound is amazing, I'll say the less special appointments the better will sounds, I'm a finger picker 40+ years PR, MD and now NB Carter Lake, Church of God, thanks for sharing this amazing guitar build 🙏🏼
Hi. Love your videos there is always something you can learn and adopt. Thanks. My question is how do you clean up the squeezed out glue when you glue up back or top when using the template? Jarlath
Maaan!!! That is really a piece of art. I really enjoy your works and that you share it. I have a question. I was really impressed by your templates. Ar they aveilable to buy or did you build them yourself? Leif Granberg, Stockholm Sweden
Mixing wood and carbon fiber can create issues because they expand at different rates depending on humidity and temperature which can lead to cracking. Am I right, Chris?
That was a great video! Been following you guys for quite awhile now and just had two questions on this build. Can you share what species you used for the inner lamination and also I noticed you left the upper transverse brace fully square compared to a more carved brace in your earlier builds. Again, great video’s and hope to see many more in the future.
That was curly Cherry for the laminations. I just wanted to try something new on this build for the transverse brace. I figured the cedar is softer than the typical spruce, so maybe a beefier brace could help out with stability a little.
As the cautious owner of some expensive, unbent Ziricote, I'm wondering how thick your set was when you bent, what temperature you bent it at, and how long you baked it before turning the heat off.
2mm thick @ 325F. Start bending once it hits 210F so that you know you're creating steam. We let it sit at full temp for about 10 minutes and then let it cool off to room temp on the bender. Hope that helps.
@@DriftwoodGuitars I was also going to use the Ken Parker linen + epoxy technique, which I've used on cutaways with great success. (The Zirocote won't be used for a cutaway, but I want to take all precautions.)
There’s just a “Flattening Paste” we add to the last two coats of the finish. It then only needs to dry for a few days before it’s ready for final assembly because there’s no buffing step. We do satin necks a lot, with gloss body’s. The necks can go in the booth a full week after the body, because of the greatly reduced curing and buffing schedule.
THANK YOU, Driftwood Guitars! It's a privilege to learn from your lifetime of experience, honestly.
Amazing, what a way to kick off the new year. Happy new year
Usually after you've made a guitar and played it on this channel, I comment saying "sounds beautiful, a bit scooped for my tastes". Whereas now I can just say "sounds beautiful" :) love that midrange.
Wow! For some reason my mouth was watering as I watched this video. Happy New Year to Chris, Matt and the whole Driftwood Guitar Family.
I like the idea of videos where you cover the full build, but highlight one or two specific steps in great detail. That way eventually every step will be shown in great detail across multiple builds.
Also, I absolutely love ziracote, This thing is absolutely gorgeous.
Glad you didn’t cut it half at the end.
It looks amazing.
i mean he made it so he already knows what it looks like lol
This is the most beautiful guitar I have ever seen. The sound is so nice.
So fun to watch. You guys are like Jewelers with all the great precision tools and magnifying glasses. Awesome!
I'm a guitar novice, but that guitar is SICK! I'd be afraid to touch it. Needs to be put in a glass and hang on a wall of museum. Has anyone purchased it?
You guys are great! As a guitar player myself, I can appreciate beautiful craftsmanship on an instrument, and you guys have mastered that!
Happy New Year, folks! Here's to 100k and beyond! Great and lovely build. All the best to everyone here on Driftwood!! Cheers!! 🥂🥂🎉🎉
Holy cow, something I've always wanted to do was and is build my own guitars. Thanks for the inspiration
I love the idea of laminating the sides vs. using kerfed lining... and I totally believe it would increase sustain. Thank you for sharing! This is amazing craftsmanship!
Chris and Matt - What an amazing build! I am in awe of the work you two are doing both on the acoustic side and the electric side of the guitar world. The combination of your experience and the process refinement of your construction techniques are producing incredible instruments. I am humbled, to say the least, to be included in the tools you use to produce instruments. Congrats on your imminent run to 100,000 subscribers. You've earned every one of them! - Greg
Thanks Greg! We love everyone you guys are doing as well!
What a spectacularly beautiful instrument.
There’s just something about instruments - “functional art” which is so compelling!
Chris, I’ve watched all of your videos to date and I think this is my favourite instrument of yours yet! Happy new year from across the pond in Scotland
Love the deep sound and the whole idea of the instrument. ❤
Also your approach is very inspiring to me. Never used my gobar deck to glue the plates to the sides...
Some say, price to high for machine work, but I feel, you put the focus on the right spot and use the gained extra time and concentration for voicing and other important things.
For myself I'm working mainly with traditional animal glues, but have used and tried pretty everything else. If you want a seam to be invisible, use rabbit glue. That's the only one that works, especially on joints of light colored wood to light colored wood like the sap in your ziricote around the tail. You could really make that look one piece, if you want.
I prefer rabbit glue on all ornaments, joints have to be snug of course, but this glue kind of sucks the pieces together while drying. That's why the rubbed joint works, which violin makers use to join the top and back plate - they only rub them together, hold them for a few seconds and let them rest. The animal glue sucks them together by itself by capillary effects and the high water content lets the pieces 'swell together'. Also amazingly quick, faster than superglue imo, when you work with temperature.
At bindings it comes in handy that you can extend the gluetime with heat and moisture for as long as you want. Cant use tape though, but cord gives better visability and access for a small heat gun. Stressfree process and joints disappear.
Thanks so much for the tips! I’m gonna order some rabbit glue!
First, the video is excellent! Although I've made many guitars myself, I always learn something from each of your videos! Although you didn't give us the full sound test that you usually do, I think that this is likely my favorite of your guitars from a sound perspective! It is also, flat out beautiful! Amazing result, bravo!
The story of the top proves just how amazing wood is and how amazing the Creator is. Beautiful work as always.
I love these videos, they could be twice as long, id watch it all
Great job same process I go through one day. I’d like to get a CNC myself. I also use laminate sides. What a difference it makes and sound.!!! a lot of resonance gets lost with sides!!! I just like using the same species when I laminate that way when you look inside it matches the outside. Excellent job.!
Beautiful work on filming and lutherie. Great sound, which is the goal!
Wow the bas notes come out beautiful. There is such a depth to the tone in that guitar.
I just hit that follow button. I love your content, and channels like yours that actually educate and teach viewers as opposed to just speaking from a place of knowledge. Bravo! Also, would you be able to do a cut out test and review on a Yamaha FGX800c or an APXT2? I’m a beginner guitarist and seeing build quality on beginner guitars would be great!
Absolutely stunning. I've been working towards learning to be a luthier. Still a long ways off. I picked up some ziricote for a future build and was happy to see someone actually bending it and sharing how to make it less fragile. I'm a few years off from using it, but this build has inspired me to keep moving forward.
Happy New Year to Chris and Matt! Hope you correspond again with Matt at Eddie’s Guitars. Love Cedar !
This might be one of the most beautiful guitars I’ve ever seen! Sounds amazing!😍🥹
Feeling the same...
Another beautiful sounding and beautiful looking, hand built guitar! Chef's kiss! 👍😎
Honestly the sound was so beautiful I cried. It reminded me of my favourite one I lost in a house fire
Beautiful work. Love the choice of the sapwood central theme, Ziricote is one of my if not my favourite tonewoods. I normally wouldnt contrast it with sapwood inclusion but this has now changed my mind
This is your nicest looking yet! Love the simplicity and sap wood!!
Amazing how the primary resonance of the top dropped from G sharp to G after you voiced it. Sounds like it was also resonating on the fifth (D) after you voiced it. Cowboy chord dream machine with the sympathetic vibrations!
Breathtakingly beautiful and a sound to match.
Looks very classy and sounds just as amazing, love the resonance
Beautiful instrument. I like this video format and length. Could have been broken into multiple parts with more depth, but sometimes I feel that allows the story of the instrument to wander, along with the attention of the viewer. The format made clear the story was the wood and what was most critical in getting the best from it. Thanks for sharing your talents for both building and video production. Subscribed.
Agree with your assessment of macassar ebony. Been a favorite of mine for some time. Wonderful guitar!
Looks and sound incredible. Beautiful work of art.
I really appreciate the less is more approach you used here it kept me till the end.
Oh that is wild.. that might just be the best sounding acoustic guitar I’ve ever heard.
Absolutely beautifully sounding guitar! Great video!
That build was amazing! Play results were equally stunning. BTW, the attributes of your shop and skill set should allow for limitless creativity.
It looks and sounds beautiful.
Gooood afternoon from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great afternoon!
Hearing Blackbird on the guitar sounds great. I reckon Pual Mccartney would love to play on this guitar
I love this channel. Happy New Year!
wow I never really thought about doing a guitar in Cedar because I consider Cedar like balsa wood very soft but that being said I have never seen such a beautiful guitar in my life great job guys
tons of brands and builders use cedar, even for dreads or 12 strings
wow, amazing work!!! And the sound, wowow! Hats off!!!!
Exceptionally beautiful guitar! Sounds great. Very interesting how you build a guitar. Is there any sound advantage to a slotted headstock or is it esthetics only?
A beauty. The colour tone of the wood is amazing. Though, the binding at the base tail...it looks like it should have been mitered
Very nice! I love the tone, and the sustain is incredible!!! While it doesn't have a lot of boom on the low end, it is not muted, and it's well defined. Nice balance of the mid-range and treble. All in all, it sounds incredible. Well done!!!!!
Beautiful. Every build is amazing.
Great job dude. Sounds amazing
Wow! That is one beautiful guitar!
Love the tap tone on the body. Sounds like a tom.
Beautiful looking guitar. Looks very shiny. I know nothing about guitars, so correct me if I am wrong. The luthier talked so much about the quality of the wood and shaving down the bracing to make the top resonate. Would that amount of finish change the tone by dampening the woods natural vibrations, reducing resonance and potentially making the tone less lively or “open?” I would assume that a thinner or more flexible finish allows the wood vibrate more freely, enhancing sustain and tonal clarity. I did notice unevenness in intonation.
10:44 that response is beautiful man
Excellent work as usual. Happy new year
Sweet build, thank you for sharing it.
Love the balloon masking trick!
Great job! What a beautiful Guitar.
Sweet! Balanced tone.
Happy New Year!!!amazing guitar!!!
Fantastic Guys!!!!
"Laminate sides" doesn't mean plywood. It means exactly what you guys did here, on a $28k guitar. That's insane. If I'm buying any guitar over $1200, I want solid wood.
Sounds like a top notch Martin! Cool!
WOW! that is all I can say. it looks absolutely amazing!
I would buy that in a heartbeat instead of a cheap car....beyond a work of Art. magical. healing.
i don't have the ability to make laminated sides, but i am going to try and build a round guitar using a high quality drum shell that is 15 inch diameter , 5 inch deep. i think it should give similar benefits to what you mentioned here. we'll see...
WOW!!! Incredible!
Beautiful work.
I am not a guitar player. At 25:10 it sounds like you might be going into a Leo Kottke version of Little Martha. Then you mention the fingerpicking. Well done.
Love the understated look of this guitar! I’m curious what strings you use on your guitars?
Wow, this is what i called very impressive. Wow again.
L.M.I. made the best side bender, so glad I got one before they shut down
28:27 I sure hope that center brace fits through the soundhole.
The sound is amazing, I'll say the less special appointments the better will sounds, I'm a finger picker 40+ years PR, MD and now NB Carter Lake, Church of God, thanks for sharing this amazing guitar build 🙏🏼
Me gusta que te explique todo el proceso,de 10 !
I'm dreaming to be so rich I will be able to order one from you :)
Amazing work, amazing sound.
Merry HoHo🎉🎉🎉🎉😊🐕
Which frets did you use? They seems bigger than normal and it's really nice. Beautiful job this guitar sounds fantastic!
It seems a quick build and a fair price.
Amazing work! Thanks😃🤘😎👍
Congrats
Also can you provide more information on what type of vacuum and the clamp you are using? Thank you. Dan
Bellísimo instrumento
Saludo Guitarristico desde Argentina
really classy look to this one. nice
Hi. Love your videos there is always something you can learn and adopt. Thanks. My question is how do you clean up the squeezed out glue when you glue up back or top when using the template?
Jarlath
Happy New Year!
انه لوحة فنية رائعة سلمت ايديكم 🫂⭐ .. اتمنى لو كان عندي مثله ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍
It's a beauty!
Beautiful build, 12 to 15 coats of lacker finish though? Seems like a lot
Maaan!!! That is really a piece of art. I really enjoy your works and that you share it. I have a question. I was really impressed by your templates. Ar they aveilable to buy or did you build them yourself?
Leif Granberg, Stockholm Sweden
Splendid 💯
If you need stiff sides why not go straight to carbon fiber? It's strength/weight ratio is surely better than laminate wood.
Mixing wood and carbon fiber can create issues because they expand at different rates depending on humidity and temperature which can lead to cracking.
Am I right, Chris?
That was a great video! Been following you guys for quite awhile now and just had two questions on this build.
Can you share what species you used for the inner lamination and also I noticed you left the upper transverse brace fully square compared to a more carved brace in your earlier builds.
Again, great video’s and hope to see many more in the future.
That was curly Cherry for the laminations. I just wanted to try something new on this build for the transverse brace. I figured the cedar is softer than the typical spruce, so maybe a beefier brace could help out with stability a little.
As the cautious owner of some expensive, unbent Ziricote, I'm wondering how thick your set was when you bent, what temperature you bent it at, and how long you baked it before turning the heat off.
2mm thick @ 325F. Start bending once it hits 210F so that you know you're creating steam. We let it sit at full temp for about 10 minutes and then let it cool off to room temp on the bender. Hope that helps.
@DriftwoodGuitars Thanks! 325 is hotter than I would have thought -- good to know. Gorgeous instrument!
Try 275 at first and you’ll be good to go
@@DriftwoodGuitars I was also going to use the Ken Parker linen + epoxy technique, which I've used on cutaways with great success. (The Zirocote won't be used for a cutaway, but I want to take all precautions.)
Ziricote sapwood is the best. I dream of getting good enough to use wood that nice someday.
Aren't you worried about this guitar becoming a case queen? Or does it not matter if you want your guitars heard and played?
I really enjoyed your video..
26:27 is there a name to this song, it sounds so good that i want to learn it. or is it just a solo
Just some strumming in the key of G. Nothing specific.
Una guitarra preciosa!! Seguid así, me encuanta vuestro trabajo
How would the finishing process differ if you were aiming for more of a satin finish instead of the full gloss?
There’s just a “Flattening Paste” we add to the last two coats of the finish. It then only needs to dry for a few days before it’s ready for final assembly because there’s no buffing step. We do satin necks a lot, with gloss body’s. The necks can go in the booth a full week after the body, because of the greatly reduced curing and buffing schedule.
@@DriftwoodGuitars Thanks! Great work as always