How To Make A Guitar Case
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- In this video, I will demonstrate how I make a custom case for an electric guitar.
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This is an excellent tutorial for something that is rarely covered by others. Very nice job. It might be the definitive tutorial for folks going forward.
Wow, thanks!
@@HighlineGuitarsThere were a couple of other videos but they didn't make the inside to the shape of the guitar. I think that if you're making a custom case, why not make it fit the guitar? This video was really good just like your other videos.
I need to make cases for AutoHarps. This will do the job ‼️
13.30..balancing the case with the guitar inside in order to get a balanced handle..nothing is overlooked in this shop! Great work!
and a beautiful addition to a fine looking guitar
Holy smokes! Awesome idea! So many “how-to” videos on building guitars, but this is literally the first I have personally seen on building a custom case. Great work!
Fine job my friend while I also think that if one has found a guitar that they love, it too deserves the hugs of a loving custom case. 🙏
This is an awesome vid! I build a custom Tele and i wanted to build a case for her! This video is perfect!
Glad I could help!
Beautiful case for a beautiful guitar. Well done. Wish I had the tools and talent to do this for my guitar.
I'm making a case as of right now! I was inspired by this video. Although, rather than using fur and that type of foam, I'm using a foam made for firearm cases which I've found to work just great. I'm also going to leave the wood exposed to show off it's grain. Awesome video though, keep up the great work!
Very nice job. Hello de France !
I have that same leather face shirt ! Nothin cuts like a sawyer 👌
I have one word... Killer!
Peace on earth.
Would be nice to label the case with the Highline Guitars logo... very good video!
I was going to, but I wanted to keep it simple for the video. I just did another case with an aluminum logo inserted into the lid.
Great video, thanks for sharing.
I have wanted to do this for years.
I had some ideas but feel much better about my prospects now that I have someone to copy :)
That "Tolex in a can" is something else.
I have a couple old cases that need either completely recoated in that or at least patched.
Brilliant
Great job…. The case balance tip is brilliant.
Been looking for a good guitar case building video. Keep putting out great content like this my friend 👍
Your guitar is BEAUTIFUL!! If it plays ½ as well as it looks, your in trouble ..)
Wow you made that look so easy...and built an awesome guitar CASE. Thanks for the tutorial and my next woodworkng project!
Don't aim a staple gun at your hand when holding a work piece. The staple can hit a defect in the wood and shoot out the side of the board. Otherwise, 5 stars!
Beautiful results and helpful tips on making a Custom Guitar Case. Thanks
Every time you said "faux fur", I suddenly smelled the blood of an English boy.
Yes! Fee Fi faux fur
Awesome! Guitar case build?
Excellent video sir. This is the most useful thing I’ve seen on UA-cam in months. Thank you!
Wow, thanks!
Great tutorial, as with all of your videos, immaculately explained and fantastic end result, keep up the great work Chris 👍
Great job. Thanks for thinking of protecting the Guitar. How much does the case weight?
10lbs.
Great build, Chris. It's a great design and not too difficult for most DIYers to make. I like the idea of the roll-on finish instead of covering with vinyl or Tolex. I believe that is the same or similar product that Peavey used (or still uses) on their cabinets. Back in the day I had some SP-3s that had a rubberized coating like that.
As with any natural materials... I suppose the finished weight depends on the weight of the frame wood. Because luan stays pretty much consistent.
My guitars are more like 16" ×. 41". Being a ML style. So. Weight is always a concern
Hello! I love your videos, but I have to be the Resident Safety Sally here!
You demonstrated good technique in standing sideways and not being in-line with the path of the workpiece, but when performing a box lid opening operation on the table saw, you have to be very careful when applying lateral side pressure against the blade, such as you were at the 4:30 mark with the square. You are effectively running a very high risk of pinching the blade between the wood, which is 100% a recipe for kickback. Underpowered saws will cause burning and/or stall out, but anything with a bit of oomph will send that piece of lumber back in a direction you would rather it not be.
While you certainly can cut the lid of the box in a single pass, I would suggest a safer method: Do not make a full depth pass. Instead, make a partial cut to establish your lid/kerf line. Leave a thin strip of support material that keeps the entire box intact. Then you can take any handsaw of your choice (flush cut, or Japanese pull saws are my preferred type) and finish the cut. Then finish the remaining cleanup with your preferred method of choice; block plane, sandpaper, trim router, etc. While it is a little more cleanup work, you get your sharp line established by your table saw, but without the potential of your large unwieldy box suddenly turning into an unexpected projectile.
You can also have a bit of shim stock the same width as your saw kerf if you decide to go the full cut method, but I think that simply keeping the box more-or-less intact for the initial pass is a little more intuitive. Other than that, I love the content on a subject that is not really shown on UA-cam!
Nice. Might be easier to make a gig bag :)
Buenisimo!!
Very nice! Do you have any tips for cutting the foam on the CNC?
I don't.
Nice job. Its great, 100% perfect. A Lot of great details. I do worry about the hinges' screws pulling out of the pine. Pine is fairly soft.
I'm not so hot on the faux fur liner, but that's just a taste thing. I think this case turned out really well, and that roll on finish is genius. Tolex is hard to work with, so why bother? Looks really good!
I’d use real fur.
@@jamiemorgan4146what fur would you use? I'm probably building one myself and just curious. although I don't think I want to spend the money on real fur so I will just use some fabric.
Nice work! Simple and efficient! I intend to build a case to my hawaian guitar (lap steel) and I will follow your experiences! Great video! Thanks,,!!!
LOVE the video, and absolutely LOVE the Leateherface shirt
Yes! This is exactly what I needed to see. Been hunting down a coffin case for my custom B.C. Rich style guitar I'm working on. This tho, THIS just says "Ah screw it make your own.
Nice work! I never thought of using a coating instead of a fabric covering.
Thank you. I have received a bass from China which was just what I wanted but doesn't fit in anything commercially available, just wish I had one of those bench mounted circular saw thingies.
Wonderful. Seems a keyboard case would just skip the form-fit foam step.
I built an electric octave mandolin about 5 years ago. Yeah, it needed a sturdy case, so I looked up on Utube to see what other folks were doing. I went to the lumber supply & the fabric store at the mall and the sweet little lady running her shift in the cloth department saw that I was about to make her day by doing something cooler than her normal customers would be doing and bent over backwards to help me out. The mando is called the Blue Rose, and when I showed her the mando and case, it must have knocked her socks off. She came to want to help me like I was her long lost cousin. Anyway, she gave me tips on cutting the fabric and tips of the kind of folds & of adhesive to use to get it to stick for the life of the case, which, I hope, will be 100 years after I'm long taking my dirt nap. The hardware is first quality all around and the instrument could be dropped from the Empire State building with no damage.... That's good enough for me and those that come after. The whole thing weighs around 25 pounds. Around as much as your Teley or Strat in a decent custom case. Life is good. Bob
And that’s how you get a subscriber. Nice job. Would be interested in the weight of the case.
I made a similar case the same way about 40 years ago. I called it Ben's Folley. I used #4 countersunk screws insteas of brads because brads do not support tension loads at all. It worked fine. It weighed a ton. Brutally heavy. I carried my Ibanez solid body in it 2.5 miles almost every day to conservatory. What a fool. Finally, I packed up a guitar that I sold in it.
"...and in 10 inches of snow, both ways, all year long." ha ha... just kidding. My first cases were monsters, too, but still in use today. I might support my next house-building with the two older ones. Or perhaps create car-jack runways. ha ha... I am looking for a titanium tree - strong. light but also easier to cut without lasers.
Nice! Great job. Guitarists usually slide their guitars in and out of vehicles. The raised screws can catch and rip off the case. Glue on the threads will help prevent this, as would flat head screws. I gave up using rubber feet on the back edge for the same reason---they ripped right off even with glue on the screws. A piano hinge makes a nice touch, too.
Ya look at a freedom case skb those things are just flat the only foot like things are on the hinge edge. Only thing to get caught is the handle never had that happen.
90* hinges might be cool but the might fail. The strap is annoying, it detached on my case the lid opens flat. But I think if the strap fails the hinges fail too and if they break the case might not a case anymore. Either way the way he built it is very nice and i can tell it's high quality for sure.
Thank you for the video man excellent
Did you have nice screws or regular screws? I feel like nicer screws are finished and hence less likely to catch on stuff. Even the finish matters. The rubber feet are there more so you don't end up scratching the floor at a venue or like... Well a floor or table really, because usually the floor will have some tiny grit and sliding a heavy case around scratches a bunch. I think. What else did the feet do? If u knock over your beer it doesn't wick all over the case and then pick it up 3 days later and it stinks and has a stain on it to clean. Lol never done that but I can see it in my minds eye now. The equipment needs to be musician safe and not susceptible to spilled beer. Also the feet might help if it rocks
nice case! looking for plastic or rubber corner protectors for mine because wood floors everywhere
Too much works tho ,go buy one from guitar center isn’t expensive
What if your guitar won’t fit into one of the off-the-rack cases?
Интересно, что за покрытие наносится, начиная с 5-17"?
I have to make the case for my 10th grade star guitar c1978
Must be the most standard custom case ive seen, hardly high end when you use brad nails and 2 types of screw on show lol
nice case. but id use T-nuts to secure the handle as pin can easily rips. don't ask me how i know...
Hey so you can also use 2 part polyurethane expanding foam if u want it to be moulded to the body
I had no idea it was that straight forward. I was literally looking at websites for either bass or XL guitar cases for my current baritone project. They were either way to big or JUST too short. This is such a good answer to the problem!!!
Yup, so far so good. The inside was more fun to make than the law should allow. Just take your time, -- no need to hurry. Yer gig ain't til next week.
No much wonder they are pricey the amount of work goes into these cases
Thanks for the video, I'm trying this now. Was 1 quart of the duratex enough?
Yes.
@@HighlineGuitars thank you!
Ugh! God Bless you brother!
Why aren't more folks asking these types of relevant questions? So frustrated that to even get a case w/ a guitar the se days is almost unheard of.
Wow, thanks for this great vid!☺
Suhweeeet, very nice.
Case comment completed convivially
Rather see rivets on the corner protectors than screws. Save scratching somebodies tiled or wood floor. Good video content, the DuraTex paint finish is a great option instead of fabric.
Did you have to use a special end mill for foam cutting?
No. I used a single flute spiral up cut. Nothing special.
really good video, thanks
Yo dis guy knows what's up bro !
How much do u charge to build a case like this? Do u do engraving? Like for the name of the guitar company?
I don’t do commission builds anymore.
That is a good looking roadie case, it should protect your guitar quite well.
I really enjoyed the video and learned a lot. Thanks for sharing it with us.
p.s. What an absolutely gorgeous guitar!
4:28 - Please don't do that anymore. That box is way to bulky and thin to be safely cut open on a table saw, especially when placed on the shorter edge. This is exactly the threshold for switching from "bring an object to the tool" to "bring the tool to an object" approach - use a circular saw with a rip fence next time. You got away this time, but you are asking for a table saw accident.
I’ve done it this way hundreds of times. Don’t over think it.
Excellent video,The bed liner coating is way better than tolex I think. And the guitar is awesome. thank you for posting.
Thanks for watching!
Dude, seriously fantastic. Add logos next please! Inside and out? Maybe a metal medallion or tag?
I’m very thankful for this 🙏🤘👍
That's the plan!
Great video. I have seen professional (expensive) cases where the guitar is angled to make room for a pedal cavity. Otherwise truly awesome.
Great video. Thanks.
Thanks for the video, my strat has a gig bag, but I wanted a hard case. I've looked at the guitar shops, and I'm not happy with the quality and the high price they want. This case is exactly what I'm looking for
Glad I could help!
Just last week I began to think of a way to make a guitar case
60% of what you did is what i thought of..
get out of my head!
and thank you for being on time with the other 40%
Thanks for that. I have been thinking king how to build a case for my 335. This has given me ideas and inspiration. Liked and subscribed.
Glad I could help
It has no form , makes a higher weight .
Sweeeeeet. Very professional.
The combination of styrofoam and spray-glue worries me - styrofoam does not hold up to solvents. What solvent does the glue use??
I don't know what kind of solvents are in the Gorilla spray glue I used, but when it's wet, it does melt the extruded polystyrene foam. Once it tacks up, the melting stops, so it doesn't do much damage. It just makes the surface kind of bumpy. There are other glues you can use that won't melt the foam, but I haven't felt the need to try them.
If I wanted to add a metal playing around the front and back of the case, how should I go about filling in the gaps and attaching it? Should put the metal on the inside or outside? Also if I don't have one of those cutting machines for the guitar foam fitting should I just trace out a template and and cut it by hand? You might of said, I'm watching this at work.
I don't understand what you are intending to do. Yes, trace out a template and cut the foam by hand.
How on earth did you make the final long cut when separating the lid? That had to be somewhat difficult.
I've been planning a case, and had a plan about 90% the same. I was going to use pocket screws (and glue) to secure the ends, not brads. I was planning to use Tolex, but the roll on material would be much easier. I was not planning to use rigid form, but might reconsider. Using a softer foam would allow for some movement, which I would counter with a cross piece to cradle the neck. FYI, I am building for a bass, and many of my ideas come from the Fender case that came with my 1977 P-bass.
I built a bass case and the roll on stuff certainly looks easier. I wrapped my bass in plastic and used spray foam to fill in and fit the bass. By the way, I saw another video where a guitar case was build from a scrap hollow door.
Some people take pride in their work and use dovetail or boxed joints. Others use weak butt joints with titebond 1 and brads. Btw table saw blades hate cutting through steel brads!
Some people overthink their projects because they don't know how basic engineering works. They also incorrectly assume the table saw cut through the steel brads. It didn't because the brads weren't long enough.
Thanks for that. Great info.
It's a beautiful case with a luxurious feel.
The production is very careful.
Nice case, but dude, super dangerous table saw work. Always control the part that is bettween the fence ance and blade, let the rest fall away. Kickback city
You think I would learn after doing it this way for so long without an incident.
Awesome! Great work brother 🤘
Doesn't the Gorilla glue dissolve the ridgid foam? I can't seem to find an economical solution for this...
It didn't for me, But others have said it does. I know there are other adhesives that are better suited for this type of foam, but none were available when I need them.
Best video I’ve seen on case building. Well done. Looks Brilliant
you may have answered this already somewhere, but how much does one of these cases weigh? I like a case to be as lightweight as possible.
10 pounds.
Whoa never put your hand next to the board your nailing. I've seen guys put nails through their hands exactly like that 🤢
I have skill and coordination. 30 years without a single nail related injury.
That’s a great tutorial! Where did you get the faux fur lining? Looks super cool!
My wife bought it at a local fabric store.
Hello! Thank you for creating this video. I really enjoyed it. This was the first video I have seen from you! I have liked, and subscribed! Keep up the great work! Cheers from Canada! (Cutting open the box was my favorite "Tip!") Well done!
Thank you so much and welcome aboard!
42' minus 3/4" twice isn't 41' that's why there's a gap at the ends of your plywood.
42” minus 1/2” twice. Not 3/4.”
Custom case just for custom's sake? at 39", its a traditional sized build. Strat sized hard cases currently start at $63 on Ebay. Something similar to what you made starts at about $70. You spent $115, plus time you could be building another guitar - for what exactly? I was considering this issue myself just yesterday with respect to my experimental builds that typically measure 39 long x 5 wide x 4 thick. For a build that small, a custom case might be a cost effective alternative. Some sort of plastic box and acoustic foam might be a viable alternative as well, but perhaps not appropriate for a traditional build. For my experimental builds, I'm trying hard shell plastic rifle cases, starting at about $25 on Ebay. I was unable to find similar plastic cases online in traditional guitar widths at reasonable prices. Personally, I'd outsource generic cases, add my logo, and spend the time saved on more killer fretwork - or perhaps watching UA-cam videos, and spend the money saved on parts for the next build - or perhaps beer. Now if you stained and clear coated it instead of doing the bed liner thing... THAT would be special. Just a bit of constructive criticism - keep up the good work.
Just wanted to say THANKS! Great job and video.
Thanks for watching!
that is a nice case, smart design. 👍
What would the overall price be in materials. Thanks
I spent $150. You cost may vary as the price of lumber varies.
Great!! I love it. What kind of paint have you used? Thanks
Check description. DuraTex.
How much bigger than the guitar body was the pocket cut out of the foam?
It was enlarged by the radius of the pen I used to trace the body’s shape.
Is there an approximent finished weight for the case only . Thx
10lbs.
I need one for my keyboard 🎹😀
Some glues melt foamboard over time. You may have used the wrong glue.
I have cases that are several years old. No problems.
Excellent tutorial. Thanks! I carry my Tele in a gradually crumbling 1968 Baldwin [UK] case that's held up longer than it ought and I could (almost) do this.
Kinda big heads on these corner screws. Enought to scratch any surface with it. Better to use rivets there.
99% of the world's population doesn't have a rivet gun or access to one. It's sad, but true. In fact, where I live you need to take a course and pass a test to be certified before you can operate a rivet gun. I have a 9mm handgun, which was much easier to get than a rivet gun. Such is life in America.