I love watching Ben's builds, but this is a whole different thing. Watching someone who really knows what they're doing just quietly working away without the commentary is an almost meditative thing for me. Keep these ones coming too, please! (and if you could swing it so that I can win this one in the DGD raffle that would be great too. Thanks!) 😂
It's so odd NOT seeing someone carving a neck in the patented Ben Crowe quartering pencil line method. I do like that the truss rod can be adjusted without taking the neck off. That really bothers me on vintage-correct strats.
? question: Why is this his first S style guitar? Just his job to make "other" styles? He favours other styles? As such, how has his history with other styles affected how he builds this guitar? How does it affect things like neck shape, fret board shape, etc.?
I guess for a limited collector piece its cool but as far as guitar building goes theres nothing that here that a harley benton or LTD couldnt do just as good. Sadly for handmade guitar builders, cnc technology is making anything but the art/ clout value completely irrelevant.
I love watching Ben's builds, but this is a whole different thing. Watching someone who really knows what they're doing just quietly working away without the commentary is an almost meditative thing for me. Keep these ones coming too, please!
(and if you could swing it so that I can win this one in the DGD raffle that would be great too. Thanks!) 😂
The Fast Show quotes are class!
"Facets? Facets? Don't need no stinkin' facets!" He just knocks that neck carve out freehand.
Love it! Matt, you are amazing
Thanks Piotr, hope you’re doing well dude!
Thanks so much!
Love hardtail strats
Someone please give the video editor a raise!
13:50 Dire Straits, Tunnel of Love.
You caught me 😂 possibly one of my favourite solos of all time - Matt
Yesss the best straits song
Superb,But my anxiety was at an all time high there when you were carving the neck near the head stock😂😂
That rasp with the saw blades is fantastic. It just hogs the wood right off. Impressive. It has 2 different sides right? Coarse & fine? Nice.
Exactly the same method I used to carve a neck in 1964, and I never had a clue what I was doing!!!
Shinto saw rasp, available on Amazon among other places, great tool!
It's so odd NOT seeing someone carving a neck in the patented Ben Crowe quartering pencil line method.
I do like that the truss rod can be adjusted without taking the neck off. That really bothers me on vintage-correct strats.
Were you tempted to burst the headstock too?
I do love a burst 😂 - Matt
? question: Why is this his first S style guitar? Just his job to make "other" styles? He favours other styles? As such, how has his history with other styles affected how he builds this guitar? How does it affect things like neck shape, fret board shape, etc.?
I don't know how you can work on a wobbly bench like that.
I got my ticket to win
Wait. So you are telling me there are toothpicks in my strat neck?
Someone actually builds a guitar.
I guess for a limited collector piece its cool but as far as guitar building goes theres nothing that here that a harley benton or LTD couldnt do just as good. Sadly for handmade guitar builders, cnc technology is making anything but the art/ clout value completely irrelevant.
Voiceover would be much appreciated, rather than the somewhat annoying music.