I'd disagree with him for more reasons than that. Who says this guitar won't sound great? I'd imagine, with the same electronics, it'll sound just like a Les Paul, only brighter. The only other major difference will be that THIS headstock won't fall off in a few years. :) Some people seem genuinely pissed off that guitars aren't as difficult to build as they'd like us to think.
Ash Scott Have you seen the CARDBOARD Strat the Fender Custom Shop made a few years ago? No joke, it actually sounded really good! Hell, if Steve Vai can have a Lucite Jem, Matt can have a damn Plywood Les Paul.
I once seen a guy build an AK receiver out of a scoop shovel, he knew it was not going to last, he knew it would be considered a waste of time but he did it when lesser skilled men wouldn't even try, that's skill and craftsmanship. I look forward to seeing the finished product.
Ya know, you can actually use a good wood sealer to allow it to soak in real well with a few coats to kill the chipping. Kind of binds it together a bit better. I have used ply that I soaked a small towel with sealer , placed it over the area and allow the wood to digest it real well real well. Looks good so far !
Laminate some sheets of birch in a factory: "Wahh! The glue will kill the tone!" Laminate 50 pieces of exotic hardwoods: "That's TONE glue, right there!"
Tone comes out of the amp after you set the bass/mid/treble pots, A flat/non equalized (unless you use EMG's or Fishmans) sound comes out of the guitar. The only thing that makes a guitar pickup make noise is breaking the magnetic field with a guitar string. Tap your pickup with a piece of wood unless there is a nail in it the amp is quiet nothing no noise
For an electric guitar, its really about the electronics. Great project. I have played old plywood Kramer Strikers fitted with real USA made electronics that were awesome guitars!
I love my plywood guitar, sounds great, need to sort my neck angle as the strings are a bit high but every one loves it do what makes you happy you're a long time dead ❤️
Plywood guitars "CAN" sound great. They can be very resonant and loud unplugged. I have one with a bolt on neck and it is a great guitar even though it was cheap to build and buy. Stuffy people will never discover anything on their own, cause they are fixated on the conventional shit.
I recently made a Strat body out of cheap pine lumber, and it turned out great! It's light and resonates well, and I actually love playing it. I completely believe you can get good results by trying unconventional stuff.
About 20 years ago I made a tele body out of ply as a joke. But when I brought it out to the club and played it, everyone said it sounded great. It weighed about 14 lbs. Too heavy to play all night, but it was fun looking at that piece of junk putting out a nice tone. I guess plywood must be a tone wood ! LOL
These are the kind of videos I love, who cares if it's practical, or if people like it, etc. I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished project :)
I'm very impressed with your workflow + custom tools and jigs! So much better than other "professional builders" online. Could you do a video where you talk about how you built them and the problems they solve.
I like this format ......... get to see every step - but don't fall asleep watching all the set up time ...... I was surprised by all the "eyeballing" that goes into shaping and sanding ............. looking forward to the next steps ........ ps: I love the all the special jigs (had to replay several times to figure a couple of them out) ..... you remember stuff better when you have to figure it out yourself ......................... ;-p
I always have to remind myself that I get a lot more out of doing it wrong the first time. These guitars will keep teaching you the same lessons until you learn them
A friend of mine cast a Telecaster body in sand and cement. It turned out really well and plays great. It's heavy though! Imagine what a Les Paul would be like! LOLZ!
Content like this is why I’m a Patron. I don’t see the point of going through the process of making something, only to end up with an off the shelf guitar. Well done dude. Keep it up.
Same here Neil, I can't see being a patreon at most sites. These vids aren't the same old "Let's review the cheapest guitar from eBay" or "Let's review this $4K guitar vs this $8K guitar" you see so often. I didn't hunt for a insert tab A into hole B site to be entertained by. Cheers to Texas Toast for keeping us entertained properly.
Kudos for creativity and willingness to push the envelope. Danelectro makes theirs out of Masonite with a tape binding so go for it. I am anxious to see the finished guitar.
The man has a great shop with nice and specified tools. Love watching this, if I hit the numbers I'll have the same stuff. Great vids as always TTG OH!!! You asked for suggestions in part 1 ...how about try a Parker Fly idea (of your re-design as to not get in trouble), involving a carved out back, L-shaped fragile but strong horns, with a thin neck like theirs but made strong in YOUR way. Maybe even see it you can make a couple of nice woods, then a third of all plywood- and see how they do strung up, tone differences n such, even test strength of each neck and compare failing points, etc.
@@TexasToastGuitars Just viewed them, looking cool. My suggestion may be a fringe thing, but thought it would make an interesting project to see if you could replicate what Parker had touted as an extremely thin guitar head to toe, and extremely strong being that thin due to their 'process'. And maybe doing that with woods, and/or one in plywood. I wanted to contribute, and this is the first crazy idea I could come up with.. Thank bud
I'm sure this guitar will be decent but I didn't make it because I thought it would sound good or to prove a point. I just like the look of the plywood endgrain
There is a UA-camr named Tim Sway who builds working instruments (guitars, basses) out of reclaimed wood, even using luan doors! I find this kind of stuff, and what you are doing, interesting and informative. Additionally, you can learn a lot building guitars this way. Ignore the naysayers.
I love all the haters, it gives me something to talk about with you guys. Our most popular videos are the ones where we make stuff out of scrap bits and odd woods
Early seventies the German guitar maker Framus made guitar necks from plywood for the Strato six model. These necks are very rigid and stable and sound and play very amazing!
Man definitely looks cool, I'd rock that, yeah it may not sustain like a Gibson but whatever a lot of lawsuit copies were plywood and alot of them were pretty good guitars. My first "les paul"was a Cortez lp custom copy with a set neck and it was a great guitar, and the body was plywood. Reconsider staining it before clearing it a walnut or cherry sanded back would definitely add to the uniqueness of this guitar and in my opinion set it off.
BTW I have a 90's vacuum ply SK squire strat. Refinished with good pots, pickups and electronics. Sounds better than both my American and MIM Alder body strats. You never know unless you try.
If only I had a shop and some fine tools! You've made a beauty guitar, that when painted will look like $$$$. It has the potential to sound as good as the big leagues because the wood in an electric is irrelevant. I've watched a lot of tube videos of guitar demos and I've yet to see anyone put an unplugged solid body electric up to a microphone and say "my goodness, that wood sounds so superior"! They always blame the pickups for the tone whether it's good or bad. There are vids of a guitar whiz who installed strings and pickups on a garden spade and a blindfolded wood fundamentalist wouldn't know the difference. There is none! Congratulations on your achievement and you make a quality video as well.
Thank you for your vote of confidence! However; I'm 72 year old, I have just discovered that refinishing guitars is every bit as fun as playing them. (Solid body only). My aspirations now are limited to getting better at operating my palm sander, operating a rattle can and scratch free polishing. Bottom line, there are different aspects to guitar as hobby and I'm lucky to be involved in 2 of them. Keep up those fine videos.
I'm sure this guitar will be decent but I didn't make it because I thought it would sound good or to prove a point. I just like the look of the plywood endgrain
My Jap hondo 11 les paul was double bound and was made from marine ply. still weighed a ton like a old les paul. just with it being a 1970's instrument and had been kept in the uk the neck was a mess. we get bad damp 7 months of a year in the uk. and i guess it had been stored in a garage or something. it had a slim veneer front and back. it was made in a very strange way. but still was a good instrument in 1970 no doubt.
Plywood is certainly a cool material but we are certainly forcing this into a role it was never intended to be into HAHAHA I do know that there will be a lot of sealer to make this work like I want to but it will be fun. If noting else it will be neat to show off at trade shows
They didn't come out and say it but CF Martin made the necks on their cheaper guitars out of plywood for a while. They had a fancy trade name for it - Stratabond. They tried to make a thing out of the pretty pattern on the back of the neck. And I think Gibson made some hippy SGs with layered bodies with the layers dyed different colours. A lot of Squiers were made with plywood bodies and some of those sound half way decent. I wouldn't be surprised if your plywood LP actually sounds OK. Must be tricky to cope with all the tear out.
This looks every bit as good or even better than a piece of flamed maple - it also saves you from going out at midnigth in that special moon to cut down that very rare piece of tonewood☺️ Btw My 57 LP repro is all ass to and it weighs a ton
Now, we still do lots of guitars with flame maple and harvested at midnight lumber. I love Les Paul guitars and have owned several. I think the ones from the late 70's and early 80's might be the heaviest I have ever played
It does not matter, the swing arms are still operating in a 10" radius over the flat part of the sander. I get a lot of questions about that and people have a hard time with it. My shop is really fun, I love being there
You can also learn things from projects like this. Things that can be applied in other applications. There's a method to the madness whwn you know wtf you're doing and you guys obviously do! 👍 And I just noticed that the neck on my Strat clone is possibly warped/uneven. Ugh. I've got more space under the low E than the high e when you fret the E's at 1st and last fret. It also might be the crappy nut. String height at the first fret is .008" on every string 🤔👎 Weirdly there's no fret buzz unless I really lay into low E. Otherwise it's quiet. It may be that I'm new so I don't play, as hard as I should
a well made guitar is a well made guitar ,this one will come out as good as any solid body it will be easier to damage than a true hardwood but the sound will be alright.
Hey there Matt..... Other than the holes/gaps you and Chris mentioned after carving the top, was there much tear out between the individual laminated pieces of the plywood? Have you decided if you're going to be filling the gaps with epoxy or wood filler? Thanks, jimmy.
@@TexasToastGuitars Ha! ha! Once is enough eh Matt? it reminds me of that saying from the court of King Arthur, "Once a Knight always a Knight, but twice a night's enough" ☺️
I'm definitely diggin on her. I can't wait to see what she looks like fully "dressed" (I can't believe I just said that)! Anyway, I live for bullshit talk SO, keep on keepin on!
I'm sure this guitar will be decent but I didn't make it because I thought it would sound good or to prove a point. I just like the look of the plywood endgrain
I totally disagree with the guy who said you would regret the project. You're having fun building a guitar. Isn't that the whole point?
I'd disagree with him for more reasons than that. Who says this guitar won't sound great? I'd imagine, with the same electronics, it'll sound just like a Les Paul, only brighter. The only other major difference will be that THIS headstock won't fall off in a few years. :) Some people seem genuinely pissed off that guitars aren't as difficult to build as they'd like us to think.
Ash Scott Have you seen the CARDBOARD Strat the Fender Custom Shop made a few years ago? No joke, it actually sounded really good! Hell, if Steve Vai can have a Lucite Jem, Matt can have a damn Plywood Les Paul.
Right on...in the end it is all about having fun.
@@FloridaManMatty Proving "tone wood" selection is utter fucking bunk.
I'm surprised Fender admitted that.
Jose Feliciano Not to mention every time you work on an unconventional project you learn something new. Nothing wrong with that.
I once seen a guy build an AK receiver out of a scoop shovel, he knew it was not going to last, he knew it would be considered a waste of time but he did it when lesser skilled men wouldn't even try, that's skill and craftsmanship. I look forward to seeing the finished product.
I saw that one Jim, pretty funny. Wasn't the stock made out of the handle?
I don’t care what anyone says, I dig the ply-paul
I dig it too Oqsy
I will never get over the sheer simplicity of the pin holes trick for aligning fretboards!
Ya know, you can actually use a good wood sealer to allow it to soak in real well with a few coats to kill the chipping. Kind of binds it together a bit better. I have used ply that I soaked a small towel with sealer , placed it over the area and allow the wood to digest it real well real well. Looks good so far !
That would have been a great way to go
Laminate some sheets of birch in a factory: "Wahh! The glue will kill the tone!"
Laminate 50 pieces of exotic hardwoods: "That's TONE glue, right there!"
HAHAHA yeah the glue issues are a constant source of frustration
Yeah, go tell Les Claypool that all of his Carl Thompson "rainbow" basses sound like shit because of all those pieces of wood glued together.
Tone comes out of the amp after you set the bass/mid/treble pots, A flat/non equalized (unless you use EMG's or Fishmans) sound comes out of the guitar. The only thing that makes a guitar pickup make noise is breaking the magnetic field with a guitar string. Tap your pickup with a piece of wood unless there is a nail in it the amp is quiet nothing no noise
For an electric guitar, its really about the electronics. Great project. I have played old plywood Kramer Strikers fitted with real USA made electronics that were awesome guitars!
Right because the US leads the world in electronics manufacturer quality.
I love this guitar project and I'm really looking forward to seeing it finished one day
I'm in the "I think it looks cool" boat with you. I like the headstock shape.
Thanks my friend, that is the headstock Mrs. Toast and I came up with
A bad day building guitars beats a great day in an office every time. Looks to me like you’re living your best life.
That construction to sand the fretboard radius is supercool! Thumbs up for your project.
Thanks my friend, BTW the radius sander is available from Grizzly tools
I love my plywood guitar, sounds great, need to sort my neck angle as the strings are a bit high but every one loves it do what makes you happy you're a long time dead ❤️
Thanks Mark, I'm really enjoying this project
Plywood guitars "CAN" sound great. They can be very resonant and loud unplugged. I have one with a bolt on neck and it is a great guitar even though it was cheap to build and buy. Stuffy people will never discover anything on their own, cause they are fixated on the conventional shit.
But...but...truly great sounding guitars are built with TONEmoney!
I have an old Samick Strat It is Plywood.I found out long after I owned it.Sounds and plays Great.
Yeah, the notion of it's different so it can't be good is funny. I still think this is cool because it is cool and that is good enough as well
I agree, my Korean Epi 1275 is made out of plywood, but sounds resonant unplugged and wicked plugged
I recently made a Strat body out of cheap pine lumber, and it turned out great! It's light and resonates well, and I actually love playing it. I completely believe you can get good results by trying unconventional stuff.
Fun project. I like the way you put the same care into making this axe as you would a more ‘serious’ project.
Thanks Joe, we love making guitars especially funny stuff like this. Actually silly guitars are some of our faves
About 20 years ago I made a tele body out of ply as a joke. But when I brought it out to the club and played it, everyone said it sounded great. It weighed about 14 lbs. Too heavy to play all night, but it was fun looking at that piece of junk putting out a nice tone. I guess plywood must be a tone wood ! LOL
Must be HAHAHA
14 pounds is a man's guitar
These are the kind of videos I love, who cares if it's practical, or if people like it, etc. I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished project :)
These kinds of videos are our most popular. Even my tiny brain knows to make more, thanks for watching
Using a sleeve over the long drill bit when doing the through wiring holes is a damn good idea.
It only took me 30 years to figure that one out
I bet it will sound good! Can’t wait to see it finished
Thanks Jeremy
I'm very impressed with your workflow + custom tools and jigs! So much better than other "professional builders" online. Could you do a video where you talk about how you built them and the problems they solve.
Thanks for watching Dave, that would be a great video idea
I like this format ......... get to see every step - but don't fall asleep watching all the set up time ...... I was surprised by all the "eyeballing" that goes into shaping and sanding ............. looking forward to the next steps ........ ps: I love the all the special jigs (had to replay several times to figure a couple of them out) ..... you remember stuff better when you have to figure it out yourself ......................... ;-p
I always have to remind myself that I get a lot more out of doing it wrong the first time. These guitars will keep teaching you the same lessons until you learn them
Do your thing.....making anything is creatively rewarding.....good for the soul !
Thanks my friend
A friend of mine cast a Telecaster body in sand and cement. It turned out really well and plays great. It's heavy though! Imagine what a Les Paul would be like! LOLZ!
HAHAHA nice
The point of life is to follow your passion. Cheers to you my friend. Looks awesome.
Thanks John
That's pretty awesome👍🏻
Thanks man, this one is really cool
I'm so glad to hear that you guys decided to bind this beast!
Not enough goofy fun projects in life!! Rock on.
Content like this is why I’m a Patron. I don’t see the point of going through the process of making something, only to end up with an off the shelf guitar.
Well done dude. Keep it up.
Thanks so much Neil
Same here Neil, I can't see being a patreon at most sites. These vids aren't the same old "Let's review the cheapest guitar from eBay" or "Let's review this $4K guitar vs this $8K guitar" you see so often. I didn't hunt for a insert tab A into hole B site to be entertained by. Cheers to Texas Toast for keeping us entertained properly.
Very cool build, it already looks sweet and I think it's going sound great. I'd love to see it with a trans green finish, make those layers pop.
We will be going with clear as of right now
The shop machines and their adaptations are SUPER interesting!
I think so too, the workshop is my favorite place to be
Cant wait to see the finished guitar.
Working on it boss
Kudos for creativity and willingness to push the envelope. Danelectro makes theirs out of Masonite with a tape binding so go for it. I am anxious to see the finished guitar.
Next project: papier mache guitar?
I'm having a lot of fun with this guitar
Very cool build! Life is short, do what you want!
You got that right
It's my favorite project yet. Hillhippy Wood.
It is one of my favs too.
Can't wait for part 3
Working on it boss
The man has a great shop with nice and specified tools. Love watching this, if I hit the numbers I'll have the same stuff. Great vids as always TTG
OH!!! You asked for suggestions in part 1 ...how about try a Parker Fly idea (of your re-design as to not get in trouble), involving a carved out back, L-shaped fragile but strong horns, with a thin neck like theirs but made strong in YOUR way. Maybe even see it you can make a couple of nice woods, then a third of all plywood- and see how they do strung up, tone differences n such, even test strength of each neck and compare failing points, etc.
I like the horns on Parker flys, have you ever seen Scott French's guitars?
@@TexasToastGuitars Just viewed them, looking cool. My suggestion may be a fringe thing, but thought it would make an interesting project to see if you could replicate what Parker had touted as an extremely thin guitar head to toe, and extremely strong being that thin due to their 'process'. And maybe doing that with woods, and/or one in plywood. I wanted to contribute, and this is the first crazy idea I could come up with.. Thank bud
I like how it looks
Another thumbs up for the Les Ply.
Thanks Jesse
I like that belt sander. I would like to see a video on how you built that.
We made a few deadhead sander videos but it's probably a good time for another one
I have an old Hondo II LP guitar from the 80s with a plywood body. Sounds pretty good to me!
I'm sure this guitar will be decent but I didn't make it because I thought it would sound good or to prove a point. I just like the look of the plywood endgrain
I absolutely love this guitar, let the haters be haters. Been thinking about building something similar using pallet wood instead of plywood.
Totally, go for it man and be sure to send pics
@@TexasToastGuitars absolutely!
Nothing on this earth is as punk rock as building a guitar out of trash construction wood. I love this idea. Great job and very entertaining.
Well said!
There is a UA-camr named Tim Sway who builds working instruments (guitars, basses) out of reclaimed wood, even using luan doors! I find this kind of stuff, and what you are doing, interesting and informative. Additionally, you can learn a lot building guitars this way. Ignore the naysayers.
I love all the haters, it gives me something to talk about with you guys.
Our most popular videos are the ones where we make stuff out of scrap bits and odd woods
I'm digging the Les Ply.
It is pretty fun, thanks brotherman
I'd rock that guitar. Looks cool!
I think its neat too
I don't understand why people say those things, I love Les Paul ( with Floyd Rose😅😅) and you can see that you have fun building it. no regrets!!!
People are always perplexing
I cant wait to see the next video!
I got some more good stuff coming your way this week
I think the stripey endgrain texture looks cool and the fact that it even continues on the neck. Please choose a finish that shows the grain!
Oh yeah man, we are going with a clear only
Early seventies the German guitar maker Framus made guitar necks from plywood for the Strato six model. These necks are very rigid and stable and sound and play very amazing!
Oh yeah man, plywood has been used for a long time in guitar construction. I'm not sure mine is going to be as structurally stable but we will see.
Awesome ike apearance !! And I
Ike is a mover and shaker
Totally Badass!! Your one talented guy
Thanks Mike, I'm just a regular guy
This is such a rad guitar
Awesome set of tools! I should know, my dads a TV repair man
I still wonder why that Sammy Hagar song wasn't played more?
Don't worry about other people thoughts buddy! Nice guitar! Keep on building my friend
Thank you Joey, I'm having a lot of fun with this guitar, it is really silly and cool and I think it looks great too
"You like what you like Make to be happy. Gibson or Fender made one from cardboard. Next project sawdust and ca glue guitar Hybrid "TONE WOOD" :-)
If you call it something cool like Toneboard it will sell like hotcakes
‘‘Twas Fender. The cardboard strat is wicked.
My grant guitar is plywood. Sounds great.
More videos coming this week Kurt. Shouldn't be long now before the sound test brotherman
Stableize the neck wood as they do Knife scales .. look up stableizing wood for Knife handles .
You will love it ..
I'll check it out brotherman
Looking forward to the next video
More videos coming this week brotherman
I love it. Looks amazing
Pretty fun too
Man definitely looks cool, I'd rock that, yeah it may not sustain like a Gibson but whatever a lot of lawsuit copies were plywood and alot of them were pretty good guitars. My first "les paul"was a Cortez lp custom copy with a set neck and it was a great guitar, and the body was plywood. Reconsider staining it before clearing it a walnut or cherry sanded back would definitely add to the uniqueness of this guitar and in my opinion set it off.
I'm really looing forward to seeing this one finished
Looking great.
Thanks my friend
It looks so cool ! It looks like one of those exotic woods ahah ,i would have kept the original gibson scale anyway ,but that's me !
Good job!👍🏻
More videos coming on this one later this week, the scale was one of those things that I had to change due to the way the neck fit hahaha
Have you seen that fellow on UA-cam who made a body out of old hockey sticks? He went around to ice rinks collecting broken ones.
Had no machines --none ---just a fret saw and glue /chisels sandpaper ---still came out really well
It's not tacky. It's unique. I'd adopt it.
Thanks JCAP no one is throwing hundreds at me to build more, this one will probably be a demo guitar for shows
BTW I have a 90's vacuum ply SK squire strat.
Refinished with good pots, pickups and electronics.
Sounds better than both my American and MIM Alder body strats.
You never know unless you try.
You got that right Ryan
Nice vid, enjoyed the high speed. Thought you might get some blowouts but I guess you use SHARP vintage tools, keep rockin.
Oh there was plenty of blowouts. The more sanding and the less cutting the better
Right on Matt
Thanks Jim
Kind of reminds my of the gibson zoot suit series!
Edit :
You guys said it to ;)
It's 90 degrees different
I think you can by that multi-colored plywood in lots of sizes and thicknesses
If only I had a shop and some fine tools! You've made a beauty guitar, that when painted will look like $$$$. It has the potential to sound as good as the big leagues because the wood in an electric is irrelevant. I've watched a lot of tube videos of guitar demos and I've yet to see anyone put an unplugged solid body electric up to a microphone and say "my goodness, that wood sounds so superior"! They always blame the pickups for the tone whether it's good or bad. There are vids of a guitar whiz who installed strings and pickups on a garden spade and a blindfolded wood fundamentalist wouldn't know the difference. There is none! Congratulations on your achievement and you make a quality video as well.
It took us many years to get to the point where we have a shop and a few tools you can do it Dale
Thank you for your vote of confidence! However; I'm 72 year old, I have just discovered that refinishing guitars is every bit as fun as playing them. (Solid body only). My aspirations now are limited to getting better at operating my palm sander, operating a rattle can and scratch free polishing. Bottom line, there are different aspects to guitar as hobby and I'm lucky to be involved in 2 of them. Keep up those fine videos.
Sweet build🤘
Thanks man
Yep it does look cool,only thing I’d say is keep it away from anywhere damp or it’ll really warp badly
So... don't leave my electric guitar outside?
Not really what I meant🤪just moisture in general
I have a plywood SG bass … the plywood sounds kinda like maple
Should be cool, I like kooky guitars
Do You shape/ round the back of the neck, with only the dead head sander I think it is called??
Great touch and eye!!
Love this! Thank you for doing it!
Hi David, thanks for watching my friend, glad you are enjoying it. I'm having a lot of fun too, it's so silly
Texas Toast Guitars but silly is fun. 👍
Cant wait for finished reveal. What color binding and hardware? Black would be nice contrast.
Cream binding and gold hardware I think
Creative people create things.
Thanks man, I try to find something cool to build to keep me going :)
To that guy who said you'll regret these things: not cool man. Who are you to say such things? I mean, look at Matt! He's stoked on this!
I'm having fun with this for sure
Looks good.
Thanks Darrin
i cant wait to hear it
I'm sure this guitar will be decent but I didn't make it because I thought it would sound good or to prove a point. I just like the look of the plywood endgrain
My Jap hondo 11 les paul was double bound and was made from marine ply. still weighed a ton like a old les paul. just with it being a 1970's instrument and had been kept in the uk the neck was a mess. we get bad damp 7 months of a year in the uk. and i guess it had been stored in a garage or something. it had a slim veneer front and back. it was made in a very strange way. but still was a good instrument in 1970 no doubt.
Plywood is certainly a cool material but we are certainly forcing this into a role it was never intended to be into HAHAHA
I do know that there will be a lot of sealer to make this work like I want to but it will be fun.
If noting else it will be neat to show off at trade shows
Like all your fixtures...
Thanks my friend we really like them too
Some guys have zero imagination, goofy things keep the fire burning
Some guys don't have imagination and then there are assholes like that one douchebag that made that comment about regreting it.
what did yall end up using to fill the voids in the laminate?....
Shoulda made the fretboard out of MDF and buried it under thirty or so coats of clear poly.😜
Maybe next time.
We talked about Richlite but I didn't want to wait
They didn't come out and say it but CF Martin made the necks on their cheaper guitars out of plywood for a while. They had a fancy trade name for it - Stratabond. They tried to make a thing out of the pretty pattern on the back of the neck. And I think Gibson made some hippy SGs with layered bodies with the layers dyed different colours. A lot of Squiers were made with plywood bodies and some of those sound half way decent.
I wouldn't be surprised if your plywood LP actually sounds OK. Must be tricky to cope with all the tear out.
Yeah, plywood has been used pretty extensively for guitars. I forgot to come up with a swanky name for this HAHAHA
@@TexasToastGuitars Obviously the guitar is made from Toastwood, the tastiest tonewood.
I like this one
I'm having fun with it too
I'm digging it. Looking forward to your work on the finish. Do you add a stain to enhance ply even further?
I actually have some finish pics to show y'all this week. Stay tuned
This looks every bit as good or even better than a piece of flamed maple - it also saves you from going out at midnigth in that special moon to cut down that very rare piece of tonewood☺️ Btw My 57 LP repro is all ass to and it weighs a ton
Now, we still do lots of guitars with flame maple and harvested at midnight lumber.
I love Les Paul guitars and have owned several. I think the ones from the late 70's and early 80's might be the heaviest I have ever played
The tool you used to sand the fretboard radius was not parallel with the sander, does that matter? Looks like a fun place to work.
It does not matter, the swing arms are still operating in a 10" radius over the flat part of the sander. I get a lot of questions about that and people have a hard time with it.
My shop is really fun, I love being there
When you look back at your life after building this guitar you'll have wished you made a guitar out of 2ply tp
I already wish that
You can also learn things from projects like this. Things that can be applied in other applications. There's a method to the madness whwn you know wtf you're doing and you guys obviously do! 👍
And I just noticed that the neck on my Strat clone is possibly warped/uneven. Ugh. I've got more space under the low E than the high e when you fret the E's at 1st and last fret. It also might be the crappy nut. String height at the first fret is .008" on every string 🤔👎
Weirdly there's no fret buzz unless I really lay into low E. Otherwise it's quiet. It may be that I'm new so I don't play, as hard as I should
Best part of a Strat neck is the detachable feature
a well made guitar is a well made guitar ,this one will come out as good as any solid body it will be easier to damage than a true hardwood but the sound will be alright.
I love the look of industrial materials. I think they are neat and the patterns are predictable and unique at the same time
Hey there Matt..... Other than the holes/gaps you and Chris mentioned after carving the top, was there much tear out between the individual laminated pieces of the plywood? Have you decided if you're going to be filling the gaps with epoxy or wood filler? Thanks, jimmy.
Oh man, this stuff chips and tears out like crazy! The less you cut it and the more you sand it the better off you are. We used epoxy and bondo
Just need Slash to be seen with it and you'd corner the market on Les Plys 😊
Yeah but I don't want to make anymore HAHAHA
@@TexasToastGuitars Ha! ha! Once is enough eh Matt? it reminds me of that saying from the court of King Arthur, "Once a Knight always a Knight, but twice a night's enough" ☺️
I'm definitely diggin on her. I can't wait to see what she looks like fully "dressed" (I can't believe I just said that)! Anyway, I live for bullshit talk SO, keep on keepin on!
I like your style Adam
Well, I like it and if I like it and you like it, doesn’t that mean WE like it, Mr Hand?
And it is OUR time too
Just enjoying a feast on our time. 😄
My strats made out of plywood and I like its tone.
I'm sure this guitar will be decent but I didn't make it because I thought it would sound good or to prove a point. I just like the look of the plywood endgrain
@@TexasToastGuitars I like how plywood looks too, I respect this whole project now
I was really depressed like just became that way today because of bad new then when this video popped up I am now very happy
Hope you have a great Friday Chris
It would be great to get a sound sample when it’s finished
Oh you know we will be doing a reveal video
will there be a video where we hear what it sounds like?
You know it my friend
This is awesome. I bet it won't sound any different to a 'real' Les Paul. Keep up the good fun work and ignore the empty headed rattling cans.
I love the H8TERS