@@greekflatpicker that is very kind of you my friend, I sure do appreciate such a compliment from a player of your stature. Thank you for giving this thing a listen.
Your spontaneous Church Street Blues break was so beautiful man. You truly have your own sound and style. That’s so hard to achieve on the flat top acoustic guitar, and you’ve done it man in my opinion. Always inspired by your musicianship.
@@LandonEaversMusic brother I sure do appreciate that, I really really do! I’m not worthy of such an awesome compliment, but I am very thankful for it. I also appreciate you taking the time to listen to this old thing, new thing, ugly thing, whatever it is lol.
Shawn- You've done a bostin job on this build, and a good demo here, too. Truly impressive, and the guitar sounds great in this video. I really dig your picking, tone and feel, too (so that helps, too)! Bravo!
That sounds so fine. Excellent work. I also appreciate your explanation of where you elected to place certain compositions of glue and why. I’m new to acoustic luthier work and that gives me some nice clues. The brace placement discussion is another thing that is appreciated.
I built a Stu-Mac guitar and was coached through the build by a pro luthier. I went with 1 1/4” from sound hole X bracing. Not heeding the luthier’s warnings of going too thin with the top I took the thickness down farther than I should’ve. I shot yhe nitro extra thin. Was too woofy for Bluegrass style playing. Kept it for a while, but ended up giving it to my nephew who is a finger picker. He absolutely loves it and has turned down offers up to $3500 for it. 😮 Yours looks great and sounds very fine, maybe a bit too round, for my liking-according to what I hear from here-and comparing it to others you’ve played on here. Other than that, Good job, Shawn! Doubt I ever build another. I used to be one of those who thought $4K was too much for a hand built instrument, but building just one will change anyone’s mind!
@@ranren lol I sure appreciate it man! Yeah, when you start figuring up a price per hour, you wonder while you’re in the middle of building one of these things, how a guy could ever sell a $4000 guitar and make a living lol. And even more so, why anyone would want to. 😂 still in the end, it’s pretty rewarding, but man will it ever try your patience lol.
Thanks for making the effort and doing a great job, the guitar looks great and the sound is very focussed with really sweet top end. Well played and well made.
Great sounding guitar. It’s got that “oomph” on the 4th string that I am familiar with when it comes to Cherry wood. I had a Seagull S6 and it had that same oomph.
Well sir I will tell ya that guitar has soul in it and I can tell and hear the heart you put in it.imho it sounds just as good as anything you've ever had on your channel I would buy one if you build it for me.good job shawn good video sir that just goes to show people the name on the head stock doesnt make the guitar.
@@billystephens9255 OG man, thank you very much! I don’t know if it would hang with the top stuff, but I’m sure not ashamed of how it sounds I reckon. I appreciate you brother!
Beautiful trebles,and substantial bass,an all round great sound, you could be playing a Martin D-28 -if my eyes were closed. Very well done Brother, it sounds so nice.
@@simoncross1677 brother I sure appreciate you! I am fairly pleased with the sound of this thing, and the way it plays. Everything else about it is probably questionable at best lol.
I built the same. 16 years ago in Dec. I still talk into the sound hole and listen to it talk back! What an experience to build it . The neck had to be replaced after several years as a Crack developed at low e side from the first to third fret along the side . A couple of the brace have been re-glued. I repaled the Peg head with a Walnut Veneer and my Knick name GARV in mother of pearl down the center.
@@garvdarb man that’s so awesome! I would love to hear that Guitar sometime! These things are the most frustrating and pleasurable experience ever lol.
@@joepayne7843 man I don’t know about that, I bet yours would turn out better than mine! You probably have more patience about you than I do lol. You must have a certain amount of patience to put up with listening to me lol. I sure appreciate you Joe!
@@deb8tn I sure do appreciate it. Yeah, given the wood choices in this one, it is so different than anything else I have, that alone makes it pretty special. just the uniqueness of it all…
@@mikehoehn1475 thank you so very much mike! It will pass I reckon, and it will be interesting to see how the Lutz spruce ages over the next few years.
@@keithbeddingfield157 thank you so very much Keith! I don’t know man, they used to tell me talent was about as common as table salt lol. I would say that describes me, very common at best lol.
Sounds great! Lacquer off gasses about 75% every coat, thats why its almost dry to the touch after a few minutes of application. The more experience shooting it, the less you can get away with spraying. ...But unlike most things in life a little lacquer "does not" go a long way.
@@d18dave you are sure correct about that friend, a little of it definitely does not go a long way lol. i’m going to post one I strung up since this one, which is a D-18, and I am in that no man’s land of rattle can products, where one has too many solids, and the other has too many solvents lol. One day I’ll figure it out I guess or get tired of trying.
@@dewaynegilliam7795 man I sure do appreciate you taking the time to give this thing a listen. I won’t ever be able to get my stuff up to the level of you guys, and building them reminds me of that, and sure does make me appreciate the craft on a entirely new level.
@@ShawnBrockMusic ability means nothing without availability. The best guitar in the world, regardless of its value or quality, means nothing, left in a case or behind a piece of glass. The fact that you’re playing yours and being happy, and making other folks happy, can’t be valued! You did an awesome job! And I hope to get to play it when we can get together hopefully soon.
Gosh, it would have been nice to see some different views of the guitar. I'm dying to know what that cherry looks like on the back. Beautiful sounding and love your playing. Thanks for the video.
@@mrpesky163 man I’m sure sorry about that, I will be sure to grab more pictures next time, also thinking about doing pictures during the building process. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch.
Sounds killer , me and Frank Farley got a 500! Year old spruce top from John Arnold in Newport Tn and Stanley Couch helped me put together with rosewood sides and back from Martin. It’s probably been 20 +years ago but it’s a cannon.
@@Grindstaff09 well, perhaps the most impressive part is that I didn’t completely lose my sanity before completing it lol. That was the most impressive part to me though, thought I might go to pieces lol.
@@chm894 I sure do appreciate the compliment. Yes, absolutely you should do this, it is such a rewarding, but some point frustrating experience, and well worth every minute you put into it. I wish I had been more patient at times though lol.
Dude, that guitar is awesome sounding!!! You obviously know what your doing with your bracing mods. Good job, i need to have you build me a stewmac kit someday.😂
Wow! I can guess that the guitar you voiced, the way this one came out, is as fun to play as any, maybe more. I would probably bond with a guitar I made that sounds that good. I hear a big similarity to a great D-28, with a focused core note that has very añparent shimmer on the wound strings. Just from my iphone, but I like that guitar! Stew-Mac seems to sell really high quality woods. A couple of ebony bridges I got from them completely surpassed all my expectations. Their Golden Age tuners are also very fine quality. I never wish I’d gotten anything else; and yes, Waverly tuners are the king in my book. I’m knocked out, anyways, and good job!
@@johngeddes7894 man I appreciate it. It was a rewarding experience for sure, and yes, I was trying to walk that line of building something that was naturally very responsive out of the gate, but didn’t have so much material taken away that it would top out real easy. I have had very good luck with everything I have purchased from Stewmac, and I really can’t say the same about everyone else, or the kits they offer lol. A little more hit and miss their at times I think.
Really nice job there Shawn. I knew you had it in you. I have often thought about trying to build one. I don't think it will happen though, lol. It sounds really good buddy! EE
@@luvbgrass Lord knows man if I can do it, there is no reason in this world you can’t. You should do it, if for no other reason then to get angry with yourself from time to time lol. I don’t know how one thing such as this can be so much fun on one hand, and so much frustration on the other lol. something biblical about the lessons a man goes through dealing with putting a guitar together lol.
That guitar sounds like what I’ve heard in my head for years but never quite gotten. The ever response, the natural compression. Wow! What strings and picks are you using? Thank you.
@@55TeleMark man I sure do appreciate it, providing what you have heard in your head has been a positive thing. What I hear in my head is questionable at bestlol. 😂 I’m using D’Addario XS medium phosphor bronze, which I actually should have changed before the video, they had been on and off, up and down a great mini times while setting the guitar up. As far as the pick, i’m using a tortoiseshell 1.2 mm. I like to make them out of antique stock when I can find it.
@@Christ-is-King- you know one of the worst parts about this, I never understand how these builders can still remain active playing instruments; I always feel like my fingers are going to fall off after a day of working on one of these things lol. 😀
Fish glue will come undone eventually. It’s best used for a bridgeplate where pressure upward takes place. I use titebond extended wood glue that famous builder Howard Klepper recommends highly.
@@cajunguitarman I don’t know man, I have seen too many guitars over the years made from fish glue or hot hide glue, along with mandolins, fiddles and other string instruments, and they certainly weren’t flying apart lol. matter of fact, I own a few from Jimmy Edmonds which were constructed exclusively using fish glue, never had a single problem. I suppose if anyone wanted to put it in the bathtub with them, yeah, it would come apart all right. Just like people who have factory titebond guitars, see them come apart when they leave them in their trunk on a 90° day. Haven’t done anything that’s stupid yet either though. Titebond certainly has its place, and I have played plenty of good guitars that were built from it, but I have no use for it on anything in my life, other than using it for fingerboards or household projects.
Love the flavor of that guitar.. great sound ...I'm impressed... I've built one of the stewmac kits.. My only problem with it that kit is the bolt-on ....I prefer dovetail necks.. BTW...with Stewmac Nitrocellulose cans ... 4 cans will do it ....but one more is fine.. nitro flashes off pretty thin ... but with Mohawk you should mix your own ..But Stewmac's cans of Nitrocellulose is premo in my opinion..
@@thefreese1 man I sure do appreciate the kind words, and even more you sharing your experience with these different lacquers. I need to try the Stewmac, I had just been waiting around for someone to share their experience of how it may would differ from the Mohawk. You have answered a very important question for me, and I sure do appreciate it!
@@ShawnBrockMusic They have a solid wood body built kit that's basically a D-18 ... it's a well put together kit... other than the fretboard is a little thick and already has inlay.. That does have a dovetail neck.. unfortunate you can't voice it , but it is scalloped bracing.. and with the right tools and patience (and the right feel) I bet a person could remove some off the tone bars.. I've hear them in person and they sounded pretty darn good . Good enough that I am going to buy one if that tells you anything... I think they're only 500 bucks.
@@darrells1806 lol I sure do appreciate it man. Yeah, it is a fraction of the price, but the hours that go into it sure add up on me, and the boutique guys come out with something clean lol. Nevertheless, I’m still very happy about it all.
@@ShawnBrockMusic not many people can say they actually built a guitar so that’s quite an accomplishment in an of itself. I just completed a Lego Saturn 5 rocket that was gifted to me for my past 67th birthday. I have never touched a Lego piece in my life and this project had 1969 pieces to signify the year of the moon landing. Took me 11 days so I know what a sense of accomplishment feels like😁
@@natemink572 man, I sure appreciate it! Well, for clamping I mostly use the gobar system, which takes the place of buying a lot of stuff. I also have a lot of tools from when I used to do piano work, that come in useful, along with having already obtained many other tools such as nut files, down through the years for doing my own set up work. so honestly I didn’t need to buy much, of course that doesn’t stop me from browsing and ordering something just about every week lol.
@@tomf429 thank you so so very much! Yes, everything that comes in these is solid wood. I would hate to try to deal with laminated sides, although there are several classical builders who do that to strengthen the sides, in an effort to create more projection. Definitely beyond my capability though lol.
I did the same and was happy except frets - the hammer in the fret thing didn't work so well first time. They are okay, but not perfect. The guitar sounds great. Might pay someone with a fret press to put good frets in it.
@@dgarner23 I don’t know why I enjoy fretwork, or why I seem to be able to do OK at it, I guess because everyone has to be good at something lol. I have tried few different methods hammering them in, and I have settled on using a mixture of wood glue and water, and putting some of that in the slot before hammering, and hammering from one side of the fingerboard to the other. I saw John Hall doing it that way and for some reason it seemed to work for me more so than using superglue, going dry, or having the first blow be in the middle of the fingerboard, and subsequent blows on the outer edges. all I know is these things are very tiring and addictive lol.
Billy Strings, step aside please. Great job. I almost built one a few years ago, talked myself out of it. I’d like to see videos on the process etc. Good picking!
@@monkshillpottery thank you so very much for the kind words, I really do appreciate them and you taking the time to listen to this thing. No need to talk yourself out of building one, although at several points during the process, you might wonder why you were so stupid as to take on such a task lol. Nevertheless, man it is so rewarding to work on these things, and in the end, the imperfections are even acceptable. I think I will do a video showing different steps of the building process.
@@ShawnBrockMusic You really should. I just didn’t want to get locked into a lot of expensive tools, making fancy jigs etc etc. Best part of the story- I’m in Arizona and have a brother in Maine who has been a professional luthier 50+ years!
Very bold , tight, balanced sound. Nicely done. Hey, Check out my new idea. I've been "rehydrating " old garden tool wood handles with a 50/50 blend of RAW (not boiled) Linseed oil, with turpentine. Cut the bottom off a nip bottle , drill a 3 MM hole in the butt about 1/4 " in, wrap it in tightly to the butt end, with a flat belt cut from a bike inner tube. (Duct tape will melt) Fill and cap the bottle. Keep filling the bottle back up when it gets low. The handle will DRINK it in!!! The final result is AMAZING. It fills the handle *internally* though capillary action. It takes about 3 weeks but the crappy, brittle old handle or axe handle now looks like a freaking gunstock! Of course you'll polish it , going OMG. So today I thought of this, what if you built a guitar pre-treated this way, I bet it wouldn't freak out as much with moisture fluctuations and temperature/barometer changes. But what would it sound like? I wonder if any of your builders has ever tried this?
@@robertgraves3215 I sure appreciate you watching Robert! Man that is a very interesting idea, and the closest I have heard to it is some modern guitar builders, and many old violin makers used to seal the insides of the instrument with shellac, while that is a far cry from what you are talking about, it is the most similar that I am aware of.
@@ShawnBrockMusic forgot to mention , when you do this you leave it standing on its fork or blade. Butt to the ceilinh So it's drawn down by gravity. I'm sealing a brand new handle of Tennesse Hickory on a high end Neversink Hoe tool . It initially appears that one that's newer won't absorb as fast because it still has deep internal moisture. But an old dried out handle soaks it up insanely, and it gets more flexy and gummy. Try it on a mop hamdle or something. Raw Linseed takes a lot longer to dry than *boiled* Linseed (which has gnarly chemicals, drying agents. And will burn down your shed, they say. ) as you know Raw is basically flax oil. Yeah the difference is the fact that it penetrates at the cellular level. Like when the tree was alive it was osmosis. Shellac is awesome but freaking expensive. I visualize it this way, this is sort of the reverse of doing the "torrified" thing. I bet it makes the guitar heavier . Another ex. If you do this on, say, an axe handle, but AFTER you hang the head , you soak the wood wedge in linseed before adding some wood glue (some guys don't) , Then you do this downward gravity feed drip method for a couple weeks, the head won't loosen and fly off because the wood won't shrink . Sidenote: I've finally made great improvements lately in my acoustics by monitoring moisture levels and putting them in the goddam case (lol) I'm sure you do that , but I was retarded for years. I'm moving to UP Michigan soon, so I've been freaking out a little about heat/moisture fluctuations . A young talented cabin- guy in Alaska told me to let the guitar sit in the case and warm up as the cabin warms up ,before opening the case or it might instantly crack. Like POP. I was like "whoa never thought of that". I've been fairly lucky but my Fender Balboa did go through a little freakout for awhile . If this process actually worked , maybe they could market it as a SHTF "Combat Guitar". The one you take to Burning Man or Farm Aid lol. Speaking of Farm Aid, dude, check out Jesse Welles on You Tube . Kid is amazing.
@@GordonKjolhaug I sure appreciate you watching my friend. I don’t know about my skills, I’m fairly certain you could meet me on building these things. Somehow I have got to learn to be more patient lol.
Shawn, that both looks and sounds terrific! But, I’ll have to agree with the consensus, the picker couldn’t be better, and you improve every instrument you play!
@@chuckweiss1910 lol I sure appreciate it Chuck, not sure my playing ever improved anything, but that is awfully nice of you and some of the others to say! I appreciate you sir!
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You just proved that tone is in the fingers ol' boy ol' boy. Doc would be proud.
Good job! Nice sounding axe,but the player makes it sound ever greater!
@@greekflatpicker that is very kind of you my friend, I sure do appreciate such a compliment from a player of your stature. Thank you for giving this thing a listen.
Your spontaneous Church Street Blues break was so beautiful man. You truly have your own sound and style. That’s so hard to achieve on the flat top acoustic guitar, and you’ve done it man in my opinion. Always inspired by your musicianship.
@@LandonEaversMusic brother I sure do appreciate that, I really really do! I’m not worthy of such an awesome compliment, but I am very thankful for it. I also appreciate you taking the time to listen to this old thing, new thing, ugly thing, whatever it is lol.
Shawn- You've done a bostin job on this build, and a good demo here, too. Truly impressive, and the guitar sounds great in this video. I really dig your picking, tone and feel, too (so that helps, too)! Bravo!
That sounds so fine. Excellent work. I also appreciate your explanation of where you elected to place certain compositions of glue and why. I’m new to acoustic luthier work and that gives me some nice clues. The brace placement discussion is another thing that is appreciated.
I built a Stu-Mac guitar and was coached through the build by a pro luthier. I went with 1 1/4” from sound hole X bracing. Not heeding the luthier’s warnings of going too thin with the top I took the thickness down farther than I should’ve. I shot yhe nitro extra thin. Was too woofy for Bluegrass style playing.
Kept it for a while, but ended up giving it to my nephew who is a finger picker.
He absolutely loves it and has turned down offers up to $3500 for it. 😮
Yours looks great and sounds very fine, maybe a bit too round, for my liking-according to what I hear from here-and comparing it to others you’ve played on here.
Other than that, Good job, Shawn!
Doubt I ever build another.
I used to be one of those who thought $4K was too much for a hand built instrument, but building just one will change anyone’s mind!
@@ranren lol I sure appreciate it man! Yeah, when you start figuring up a price per hour, you wonder while you’re in the middle of building one of these things, how a guy could ever sell a $4000 guitar and make a living lol. And even more so, why anyone would want to. 😂 still in the end, it’s pretty rewarding, but man will it ever try your patience lol.
This guitar is exceptional!!! I've played it more than once now, it's crazy impressive
@@Young-Guitars I appreciate it man, but you might be overreaching a little bit lol 😂 I will stick with sounds pretty good plays pretty good lol
Thanks for making the effort and doing a great job, the guitar looks great and the sound is very focussed with really sweet top end. Well played and well made.
That sounds pretty good. I'm impressed
Sounds wonderful great job 👍
Sounds great! Nice work.
Awesome, does sound great! 🪕🎸🇺🇸👍
Sounds real nice! Good job!
That's impressive. Great sound, headstock looks classy. Nice job.
@@paulboden7850 well thank you Paul, man I sure did try, although I should have tried harder at several times lol.
Boys that Clay and Ottie gets me every time! Love it!
@@bradstevens5347 don’t that just clinch you? 😂 I cry every time I hear that song, unless I’m playing it, then I cry for different reasons lol.
Great sounding guitar. It’s got that “oomph” on the 4th string that I am familiar with when it comes to Cherry wood. I had a Seagull S6 and it had that same oomph.
Wow, Brock! That is a beautiful traditional dread! It looks beautiful, sounds great, and of course, your playing can’t be topped!
Well sir I will tell ya that guitar has soul in it and I can tell and hear the heart you put in it.imho it sounds just as good as anything you've ever had on your channel I would buy one if you build it for me.good job shawn good video sir that just goes to show people the name on the head stock doesnt make the guitar.
@@billystephens9255 OG man, thank you very much! I don’t know if it would hang with the top stuff, but I’m sure not ashamed of how it sounds I reckon. I appreciate you brother!
Great sounding Box ! You play Great also .
@@duanetrivett750 thank you so very much Duane, I appreciate the compliment and you taking the time to watch.
Beautiful trebles,and substantial bass,an all round great sound, you could be playing a Martin D-28 -if my eyes were closed. Very well done Brother, it sounds so nice.
@@simoncross1677 brother I sure appreciate you! I am fairly pleased with the sound of this thing, and the way it plays. Everything else about it is probably questionable at best lol.
I built the same. 16 years ago in Dec. I still talk into the sound hole and listen to it talk back! What an experience to build it . The neck had to be replaced after several years as a Crack developed at low e side from the first to third fret along the side . A couple of the brace have been re-glued. I repaled the Peg head with a Walnut Veneer and my Knick name GARV in mother of pearl down the center.
@@garvdarb man that’s so awesome! I would love to hear that Guitar sometime! These things are the most frustrating and pleasurable experience ever lol.
I'm impressed!! Man that thing sounds clear. I would try it, but there is no way mine would turn out like that. Great demo
@@joepayne7843 man I don’t know about that, I bet yours would turn out better than mine! You probably have more patience about you than I do lol. You must have a certain amount of patience to put up with listening to me lol. I sure appreciate you Joe!
That is a really great sounding guitar to my ear. Nice job.
@@deb8tn I sure do appreciate it. Yeah, given the wood choices in this one, it is so different than anything else I have, that alone makes it pretty special. just the uniqueness of it all…
I can't believe it, sounds really good !!
@@mikehoehn1475 thank you so very much mike! It will pass I reckon, and it will be interesting to see how the Lutz spruce ages over the next few years.
Great job on the build and on bringing out its best through your playing. You’re certainly a gifted man!
@@keithbeddingfield157 thank you so very much Keith! I don’t know man, they used to tell me talent was about as common as table salt lol. I would say that describes me, very common at best lol.
Within 8 seconds I was hooked!
Guitar sounds killer but I know it's all in the hands and love your guitar.
@@IamtheActionman man I sure do appreciate that! It means a lot that you would take the time to give it a listen.
@@ShawnBrockMusic My pleasure Shawn.
Well done Shawn!! It sounds great, but as usual, it's the playing that makes it shine!
@@pcbif thank you so very much sir! I certainly do appreciate it a bunch!
Sounds good man, good job
@@Guitarwolfluke thanks man, I appreciate you taking some time to give it a listen!
I think it sounds pretty darn awesome
@@thecanadianflatpicker I appreciate it brother. See how I waste my spare time lol. 😅
Great playing and a fine sounding build! Great work.
@@JohnO-yd3te man I sure do appreciate it, and I thank you for taking the time to give it a listen.
Sounds great!!!
@@tommynichols4090 I appreciate it Tommy, and appreciate you giving it a listen!
Lovely playing on a lovely sounding guitar. Congratulations!
@@2193191 buddy I sure do appreciate the compliment, and you taking the time to give her a listen!
My Lord that guitar sounds incredible.
@@ReVeRbx-fe5wr man I sure appreciate it, there are lots of things I could have done better, but it don’t sound half bad I reckon. 😀
@@ShawnBrockMusic Im not sure any bluegrass player would be disappointed in the way that guitar sounds.
Good job on the build!! Sounds wonderful.
@@jeffanderson8384 thank you very much Jeff! I appreciate you giving it a listen.
Sounds great!
Lacquer off gasses about 75% every coat, thats why its almost dry to the touch after a few minutes of application. The more experience shooting it, the less you can get away with spraying. ...But unlike most things in life a little lacquer "does not" go a long way.
@@d18dave you are sure correct about that friend, a little of it definitely does not go a long way lol. i’m going to post one I strung up since this one, which is a D-18, and I am in that no man’s land of rattle can products, where one has too many solids, and the other has too many solvents lol. One day I’ll figure it out I guess or get tired of trying.
Nice job! Sounds good.
@@peterjames2580 I sure do appreciate it Peter, and thank you very much for taking the time to give it a listen.
@@ShawnBrockMusic I just finished 3 "dreadies" and your's sound better than mine!
Awesome! Sounds great! And the picking is super clean as usual!
@@dewaynegilliam7795 man I sure do appreciate you taking the time to give this thing a listen. I won’t ever be able to get my stuff up to the level of you guys, and building them reminds me of that, and sure does make me appreciate the craft on a entirely new level.
@@ShawnBrockMusic ability means nothing without availability. The best guitar in the world, regardless of its value or quality, means nothing, left in a case or behind a piece of glass. The fact that you’re playing yours and being happy, and making other folks happy, can’t be valued! You did an awesome job! And I hope to get to play it when we can get together hopefully soon.
Man you did a fantastic job on that guitar and it sounds amazing, I have to say my tune sound just as good on that guitar as any I’ve heard you play
@@davidbrock6025 brother I sure do appreciate it. It tested my patience plenty of times. 😂
Gosh, it would have been nice to see some different views of the guitar. I'm dying to know what that cherry looks like on the back. Beautiful sounding and love your playing. Thanks for the video.
@@mrpesky163 man I’m sure sorry about that, I will be sure to grab more pictures next time, also thinking about doing pictures during the building process. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch.
Sounds great!
@@pickersgrip thank you very much my friend! I appreciate you taking the time to watch the video.
Sounds killer , me and Frank Farley got a 500! Year old spruce top from John Arnold in Newport Tn and Stanley Couch helped me put together with rosewood sides and back from Martin. It’s probably been 20 +years ago but it’s a cannon.
@@teebowlee123 man you need to bring that thing over and let me play it, it would be great to catch up sometime!
Impressive!!
@@Grindstaff09 well, perhaps the most impressive part is that I didn’t completely lose my sanity before completing it lol. That was the most impressive part to me though, thought I might go to pieces lol.
Really nice tone on that guitar! Seriously thinking about building one of those kits myself considering how nice yours came out.
@@chm894 I sure do appreciate the compliment. Yes, absolutely you should do this, it is such a rewarding, but some point frustrating experience, and well worth every minute you put into it. I wish I had been more patient at times though lol.
That is a sweet sounding guitar!
@@shrolltrain thank you very much kind sir, I need to bring it over and let you play it, you might not think it is so nice then though 🤣
Sounds great Shawn
@@jmdbb thank you very much! I sure gave it my best try, but could have been more patient during certain parts of the process lol.
Dude, that guitar is awesome sounding!!! You obviously know what your doing with your bracing mods. Good job, i need to have you build me a stewmac kit someday.😂
@@jeffbeliew6568 I sure do appreciate it Jeff! It will get by I suppose lol.
Nice job. Sounds beautiful. I think it's a player.
@@constitutionalist3931 man thank you so very much, I sure do appreciate it. It is quite the frustrating, but yet rewarding experience in the end lol.
great job man ! sounds good
@@RSNflatpickn brother I sure appreciate it. I miss you man, need to call you!
Wow! I can guess that the guitar you voiced, the way this one came out, is as fun to play as any, maybe more. I would probably bond with a guitar I made that sounds that good. I hear a big similarity to a great D-28, with a focused core note that has very añparent shimmer on the wound strings. Just from my iphone, but I like that guitar! Stew-Mac seems to sell really high quality woods. A couple of ebony bridges I got from them completely surpassed all my expectations. Their Golden Age tuners are also very fine quality. I never wish I’d gotten anything else; and yes, Waverly tuners are the king in my book. I’m knocked out, anyways, and good job!
@@johngeddes7894 man I appreciate it. It was a rewarding experience for sure, and yes, I was trying to walk that line of building something that was naturally very responsive out of the gate, but didn’t have so much material taken away that it would top out real easy. I have had very good luck with everything I have purchased from Stewmac, and I really can’t say the same about everyone else, or the kits they offer lol. A little more hit and miss their at times I think.
Really nice job there Shawn. I knew you had it in you. I have often thought about trying to build one. I don't think it will happen though, lol. It sounds really good buddy! EE
@@luvbgrass Lord knows man if I can do it, there is no reason in this world you can’t. You should do it, if for no other reason then to get angry with yourself from time to time lol. I don’t know how one thing such as this can be so much fun on one hand, and so much frustration on the other lol. something biblical about the lessons a man goes through dealing with putting a guitar together lol.
@@ShawnBrockMusic I get mad enough at myself trying to play instruments. I might lose it if I start trying to build. 😂
That guitar sounds like what I’ve heard in my head for years but never quite gotten.
The ever response, the natural compression. Wow!
What strings and picks are you using?
Thank you.
@@55TeleMark man I sure do appreciate it, providing what you have heard in your head has been a positive thing. What I hear in my head is questionable at bestlol. 😂 I’m using D’Addario XS medium phosphor bronze, which I actually should have changed before the video, they had been on and off, up and down a great mini times while setting the guitar up. As far as the pick, i’m using a tortoiseshell 1.2 mm. I like to make them out of antique stock when I can find it.
Get it!!!
@@Christ-is-King- you know one of the worst parts about this, I never understand how these builders can still remain active playing instruments; I always feel like my fingers are going to fall off after a day of working on one of these things lol. 😀
@@ShawnBrockMusic Yes. I am a house painter and I feel the same way some days after work!
Fish glue will come undone eventually. It’s best used for a bridgeplate where pressure upward takes place. I use titebond extended wood glue that famous builder Howard Klepper recommends highly.
Are you referring to the liquid hide glue?
@@cajunguitarman I don’t know man, I have seen too many guitars over the years made from fish glue or hot hide glue, along with mandolins, fiddles and other string instruments, and they certainly weren’t flying apart lol. matter of fact, I own a few from Jimmy Edmonds which were constructed exclusively using fish glue, never had a single problem. I suppose if anyone wanted to put it in the bathtub with them, yeah, it would come apart all right. Just like people who have factory titebond guitars, see them come apart when they leave them in their trunk on a 90° day. Haven’t done anything that’s stupid yet either though. Titebond certainly has its place, and I have played plenty of good guitars that were built from it, but I have no use for it on anything in my life, other than using it for fingerboards or household projects.
Love the flavor of that guitar.. great sound ...I'm impressed... I've built one of the stewmac kits..
My only problem with it that kit is the bolt-on ....I prefer dovetail necks..
BTW...with Stewmac Nitrocellulose cans ... 4 cans will do it ....but one more is fine.. nitro flashes off pretty thin ... but with Mohawk you should mix your own ..But Stewmac's cans of Nitrocellulose is premo in my opinion..
@@thefreese1 man I sure do appreciate the kind words, and even more you sharing your experience with these different lacquers. I need to try the Stewmac, I had just been waiting around for someone to share their experience of how it may would differ from the Mohawk. You have answered a very important question for me, and I sure do appreciate it!
@@ShawnBrockMusic They have a solid wood body built kit that's basically a D-18 ... it's a well put together kit... other than the fretboard is a little thick and already has inlay.. That does have a dovetail neck.. unfortunate you can't voice it , but it is scalloped bracing.. and with the right tools and patience (and the right feel) I bet a person could remove some off the tone bars.. I've hear them in person and they sounded pretty darn good . Good enough that I am going to buy one if that tells you anything... I think they're only 500 bucks.
Sound great to me.
@@kanaratnalampang1675 I sure do appreciate it, and I also appreciate you taking the time to give it a listen!
First! Sounds awesome
@@evettathompson9701 thank you very much! I appreciate you taking a little bit of time to watch this.
Sounds as good as any boutique guitar for I’m sure a fraction of the price😉
@@darrells1806 lol I sure do appreciate it man. Yeah, it is a fraction of the price, but the hours that go into it sure add up on me, and the boutique guys come out with something clean lol. Nevertheless, I’m still very happy about it all.
@@ShawnBrockMusic not many people can say they actually built a guitar so that’s quite an accomplishment in an of itself.
I just completed a Lego Saturn 5 rocket that was gifted to me for my past 67th birthday. I have never touched a Lego piece in my life and this project had 1969 pieces to signify the year of the moon landing. Took me 11 days so I know what a sense of accomplishment feels like😁
Man that turned out great! Did you also have to buy a set of clamps, etc?
@@natemink572 man, I sure appreciate it! Well, for clamping I mostly use the gobar system, which takes the place of buying a lot of stuff. I also have a lot of tools from when I used to do piano work, that come in useful, along with having already obtained many other tools such as nut files, down through the years for doing my own set up work. so honestly I didn’t need to buy much, of course that doesn’t stop me from browsing and ordering something just about every week lol.
Looks like a D-28. Sounds great. Solid wood sides?
@@tomf429 thank you so so very much! Yes, everything that comes in these is solid wood. I would hate to try to deal with laminated sides, although there are several classical builders who do that to strengthen the sides, in an effort to create more projection. Definitely beyond my capability though lol.
@@ShawnBrockMusic You don't get that thump with laminate sides, or the rich bass.
I did the same and was happy except frets - the hammer in the fret thing didn't work so well first time. They are okay, but not perfect. The guitar sounds great. Might pay someone with a fret press to put good frets in it.
@@dgarner23 I don’t know why I enjoy fretwork, or why I seem to be able to do OK at it, I guess because everyone has to be good at something lol. I have tried few different methods hammering them in, and I have settled on using a mixture of wood glue and water, and putting some of that in the slot before hammering, and hammering from one side of the fingerboard to the other. I saw John Hall doing it that way and for some reason it seemed to work for me more so than using superglue, going dry, or having the first blow be in the middle of the fingerboard, and subsequent blows on the outer edges. all I know is these things are very tiring and addictive lol.
Billy Strings, step aside please. Great job. I almost built one a few years ago, talked myself out of it. I’d like to see videos on the process etc. Good picking!
@@monkshillpottery thank you so very much for the kind words, I really do appreciate them and you taking the time to listen to this thing. No need to talk yourself out of building one, although at several points during the process, you might wonder why you were so stupid as to take on such a task lol. Nevertheless, man it is so rewarding to work on these things, and in the end, the imperfections are even acceptable. I think I will do a video showing different steps of the building process.
@@ShawnBrockMusic You really should. I just didn’t want to get locked into a lot of expensive tools, making fancy jigs etc etc. Best part of the story- I’m in Arizona and have a brother in Maine who has been a professional luthier 50+ years!
Niiicccceeee!
@@RSNflatpickn well man, it will work, but it ain’t one of yours. I don’t think I will get to the skill level of you boys.
@ShawnBrockMusic don't be modest it sounds and looks great I can't wait to play it in person I have 5 started
Not bad at all.
@@Stratboy999 thank you for taking the time to give it a listen man!
Very bold , tight, balanced sound. Nicely done. Hey, Check out my new idea. I've been "rehydrating " old garden tool wood handles with a 50/50 blend of RAW (not boiled) Linseed oil, with turpentine. Cut the bottom off a nip bottle , drill a 3 MM hole in the butt about 1/4 " in, wrap it in tightly to the butt end, with a flat belt cut from a bike inner tube. (Duct tape will melt) Fill and cap the bottle. Keep filling the bottle back up when it gets low. The handle will DRINK it in!!! The final result is AMAZING. It fills the handle *internally* though capillary action. It takes about 3 weeks but the crappy, brittle old handle or axe handle now looks like a freaking gunstock! Of course you'll polish it , going OMG. So today I thought of this, what if you built a guitar pre-treated this way, I bet it wouldn't freak out as much with moisture fluctuations and temperature/barometer changes. But what would it sound like? I wonder if any of your builders has ever tried this?
@@robertgraves3215 I sure appreciate you watching Robert! Man that is a very interesting idea, and the closest I have heard to it is some modern guitar builders, and many old violin makers used to seal the insides of the instrument with shellac, while that is a far cry from what you are talking about, it is the most similar that I am aware of.
@@ShawnBrockMusic forgot to mention , when you do this you leave it standing on its fork or blade. Butt to the ceilinh So it's drawn down by gravity. I'm sealing a brand new handle of Tennesse Hickory on a high end Neversink Hoe tool . It initially appears that one that's newer won't absorb as fast because it still has deep internal moisture. But an old dried out handle soaks it up insanely, and it gets more flexy and gummy. Try it on a mop hamdle or something. Raw Linseed takes a lot longer to dry than *boiled* Linseed (which has gnarly chemicals, drying agents. And will burn down your shed, they say. ) as you know Raw is basically flax oil. Yeah the difference is the fact that it penetrates at the cellular level. Like when the tree was alive it was osmosis. Shellac is awesome but freaking expensive. I visualize it this way, this is sort of the reverse of doing the "torrified" thing. I bet it makes the guitar heavier . Another ex. If you do this on, say, an axe handle, but AFTER you hang the head , you soak the wood wedge in linseed before adding some wood glue (some guys don't) , Then you do this downward gravity feed drip method for a couple weeks, the head won't loosen and fly off because the wood won't shrink . Sidenote: I've finally made great improvements lately in my acoustics by monitoring moisture levels and putting them in the goddam case (lol) I'm sure you do that , but I was retarded for years. I'm moving to UP Michigan soon, so I've been freaking out a little about heat/moisture fluctuations . A young talented cabin- guy in Alaska told me to let the guitar sit in the case and warm up as the cabin warms up ,before opening the case or it might instantly crack. Like POP. I was like "whoa never thought of that". I've been fairly lucky but my Fender Balboa did go through a little freakout for awhile . If this process actually worked , maybe they could market it as a SHTF "Combat Guitar". The one you take to Burning Man or Farm Aid lol. Speaking of Farm Aid, dude, check out Jesse Welles on You Tube . Kid is amazing.
You seem really competent at building a guitar. I don’t have your skill.
@@GordonKjolhaug I sure appreciate you watching my friend. I don’t know about my skills, I’m fairly certain you could meet me on building these things. Somehow I have got to learn to be more patient lol.
Shawn, that both looks and sounds terrific! But, I’ll have to agree with the consensus, the picker couldn’t be better, and you improve every instrument you play!
@@chuckweiss1910 lol I sure appreciate it Chuck, not sure my playing ever improved anything, but that is awfully nice of you and some of the others to say! I appreciate you sir!
So, now that you’re making your own guitars, Shawn, are you ready to let go of that Josh Young Padauk??😂
@@chuckweiss1910 lol man I sure could never do that! It would be like cutting one of my hands off lol.