thanks! unfortunately I can't easily slow it down. I captured the footage with my phone's timelapse mode, and there are no in-between frames. you could slow youtube's playback speed down, but it will only do so much...
Shame, not to be critical, but you have the music so loud that it's hard to hear your explanation of the build process. Excellent build, and a beautiful display of creativity and craftsmanship. I bet your friend wasn't expecting something so nice. : )
Mate this is an amazing build! Real pro work and it looks and sounds amazing. Coincidentally I own a guitar made from reclaimed piano woods from my sister's old piano. She left it at my parents' place when she moved out, and my folks couldn't sell it or even give it away. So my old man took an axe to it (eek!!!). Around the same time I got chatting to a guy behind the counter of the cafe where I usually get my coffee. It worked out that he's a guitar player and a guitar builder (and lives 10 minutes drive from me). Couldn't believe my luck! A guitar build was inevitable. Now I own a most unique instrument and am glad that the piano got it's second lease of life Well done my friend. Keep going!
If i remember correctly, I went back and forth on this one whether or not i was going to ground the strings. Normally I don't ground these b/c I use piezo discs, but this one had a magnetic pickup too... hence the internal debate. I think I skipped it, but I had considered drilling a hole from under the tailpiece into the body to run a ground wire. It ended up not having any issues without the ground, so I left it off.
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Superb. I wish you would slow it all down so we could see more easily what you did!
thanks! unfortunately I can't easily slow it down. I captured the footage with my phone's timelapse mode, and there are no in-between frames. you could slow youtube's playback speed down, but it will only do so much...
i liked the inside too!
Awesome build! Lots of fine details! I love that it is mostly reclaimed wood!
Thank you!
Shame, not to be critical, but you have the music so loud that it's hard to hear your explanation of the build process.
Excellent build, and a beautiful display of creativity and craftsmanship. I bet your friend wasn't expecting something so nice. : )
Wow! Very nice build. Excelent!
Thank you!
Awesome build!
Thank you!
Great job 👍
thanks!
Mate this is an amazing build! Real pro work and it looks and sounds amazing.
Coincidentally I own a guitar made from reclaimed piano woods from my sister's old piano. She left it at my parents' place when she moved out, and my folks couldn't sell it or even give it away. So my old man took an axe to it (eek!!!). Around the same time I got chatting to a guy behind the counter of the cafe where I usually get my coffee. It worked out that he's a guitar player and a guitar builder (and lives 10 minutes drive from me). Couldn't believe my luck! A guitar build was inevitable. Now I own a most unique instrument and am glad that the piano got it's second lease of life
Well done my friend. Keep going!
totally cool!
Thank you!
I'm so impressed. Love the neck.
thank you!
This is one of the best 💪
Good looking and sounds great good job
thank you!
Awesome 🤘🍻🤘
Love the videos, what’s the name of the liquid you squirted on the fret board to make it stronger.
Thanks Steve in the UK
Great build! What did you use for your freat markers? They look awesome as does the whole guitar. Thanks!
thanks! it is brass tubing, with epoxy inlay, with a dark metallic pigment. im pretty happy with how they turned out
Beautiful work! What adhesive do you use to “glue” the wood pieces together for the laminate neck? Thanks!
Thanks! It is just Titebond wood glue. Nothing fancy, and it works very well.
Nice Build!!! How did you ground your strings?
If i remember correctly, I went back and forth on this one whether or not i was going to ground the strings. Normally I don't ground these b/c I use piezo discs, but this one had a magnetic pickup too... hence the internal debate. I think I skipped it, but I had considered drilling a hole from under the tailpiece into the body to run a ground wire. It ended up not having any issues without the ground, so I left it off.
and thanks!