DIY 2x4 Guitar Build
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- Опубліковано 2 бер 2023
- In today's video, I get to grips with building my very first handmade guitar body from scratch.
I wanted to practice routing guitar neck pockets, so I thought we'd have fun making a 2x4 guitar with a piece of reclaimed scrap wood I found from a building site.
I have a very cool gold Telecaster bridge with roller saddles that I'll be using in the build.
I will be installing a diMarzio DP189 Tone Zone hotrail pickup straight to the output jack, hoping to get some pure tonewood sounds.
Once I build the 2x4 Robster Plankcaster guitar I will give it a good test run.
For the demo I will be using a Behringer UD300 Distortion pedal, through garageband using vox amp simulator. I will also a use bit of delay for the lead guitar tone.
All the electric guitars you will hear in the demo will be this very 2x4 Guitar I built.
I really hope you enjoy this cool fun build, let me know what you think to the guitar build in the comments.
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You could route some sort of channel on the side and make changeable wings for it in all sorts of shapes. It could go from a tele to a strat to a jm to anything in between or any combination.
I had a conversation about that yesterday 🤣 the possibilities are endless 🤣
That is clearly a revolutionary Idea! I'd Love to See that...
@@theguitarmanifesto i dig the way it is now honestly too. That blue is nice and the bridge and pickup look cool on it.
I have plans for this idea, make any guitar you want with inserts 💯
There is beauty in simplicity
gonna tell my kids this was jimmy page recording the stairway solo
🤣🤣 recorded essentially on a cricket bat 🤣
Looks like Leo pickup test bench setup. Love it.
Ah yes the bench of chaos 🤣🎸
Excellent video and guitar build and it sounds good.
Thank you very much
A great follow up to Jim Lill’s video about whether tone wood is a myth lol I love this! It seriously proves everything wrong about the snobbery, no one would be able to identify this as a plank they’d think it’s a Les Paul Standard probably haha
Glad you liked the video 🎸🤘 not familiar with Jim dude.
Unfortunately most people listen with their eyes.
Once I tweak the electrics and add some CTS pots and a orange drop cap you should be able to hear a fuller sound.
My inspiration for the plank was a 2x4 la Baye I owned many years ago, guess they're worth a pretty penny now 💰💰
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It reminded me of your plankcaster, demonstrating the sound really does come from the strings, pickups, and the electronics. A lot of people play cigar box guitars, no one mentions tonewood then lol
I Woodint want to miss this 😜
This is why I subscribe
No BS on this channel 🎸😎
how exciting it was to see you do that mate, you are so ready for a full body :-)
Glad you enjoyed, coming from an awesome established builder like yourself I thank you very much. Ideas and plans are on the horizon 🎸💯
@@theguitarmanifesto hell yeah :-) thanks mate you are too kind, if you need any help/tips, feel free to ask me mate :)
Ok good people! This goes to show You that Robbie is not only an awesome guitar player but this guitar is proof of creative passion. It's not just a two by four. It's art!😎🤘 Peace
Thank you very much. 😊
Too cool. Cheers!
Turn out good for a bit of scrap wood 🤣🎸
Very Cool, Thankyou. That must be a very satisfying achievement. Nice Work.
All it's good fun, routing neck pockets is all I really needed to learn. The rest I'm pretty experienced. 😃
Looks wise it's pretty simple but can't argue with the sound. Sounds real nice.
You could always add top and bottom bouts to it at a later date and make your own 335
The possibilities are endless 🤣
That's a lovely colour, especially after the oil cured and you buffed it just right to that lovely satin sheen. And the tonewood sounded great!
She made for a good practice run, yes the colour turned out great with tru oil 🎸🔥👌
Brilliant mate. Excellent work and nice riff too
Thank you very much bro, good fun bit of practice in preparation for some cool builds 🎸👌
Pretty cool, well done Rob! 😀🎸
Thanks dude, next build a real guitar 🎸
Sounds great! Nice work!
Thank you very much 😃
*Perfect* :)
I really like the blue stain! And who knew you could shred on a 2x4??
The colour came out great, oh she kicks 🤘 I did make a follow up video with some modifications
Looks and sounds great!! Love the color!!
Thank you dude, was a bit of fun whilst practicing building
@@theguitarmanifesto Fun-that's always gotta be #1 on the list! You're welcome Bro!
Yes the word fun gets lost nowadays ☺️
@@theguitarmanifesto Truth!!
So impressive mate!!
Good bit of fun 🤣🎸😎🤘
@@theguitarmanifesto mate you’re a guitar luthier now !!
God I hate that word 🤣
@@theguitarmanifesto yep, it’s a strange word 🤣
Hipster jargon 🤣
I built my first guitar body with just a jigsaw, a very similar sized router, hand drill and a select few hand tools. Based on what you did here you could do that no probs! (It takes a while with that size router though let me tell you😅)
A beefier router is definitely needed along with a few other choice tools 👌 plenty of cool builds on the horizon
No frickin way Nice Manifesto! This is very 😎........ Hahahaha!! You sizing up on the look on your neck to the 2x4 body with that long azz 2x4 o my lord I can't stop laughing! Hilarious Rob! Your build looks so Awesome man.... i love that gold bridge this build is very impressive can't wait to hear it play I bet it Rocks....I saw this cat on here name Jim I ain't dropping his channel name but he made a guitar out of his dad's workbench and motorcycle jig it played great... 😂 I went straight to the end I had to see the Robster Rock on my god it Jams!!! 😂 😂 I want one now!! LoL" Great video Manifesto!
🤣🤣 glad you digged it Elvis, it was a fun practice run and she turned out pretty darn good.
Amazing the ideas people come up with 🤣
Thanks for dropping by my man, I see a new pretzel video has finally landed 🤘😃🎸🔥
@@theguitarmanifesto I can't believe how good you built that Plankcaster I love your color choice and finish its Beautiful man for a 2x4 LoL"... I had to jump from your pickup routing to the end performance sound I couldn't wait!! Then I circled back after that.....God it totally Rocks I want one before any other guitar on earth LoL" I jumped off my bed when I heard that baby sing.... your video & guitar performance was your best ever!!! 😂 Totally Manifesto S.T.Y.L.E at its finest.. always will love watching you build guitars especially this one!!!! 😂
this is an ES-335 (at least the important parts,, the wings of air they attach to that solid body guitar do nothing)
looks really ....comfy to play.....ehum
🤣🤣
Love it. You can hear the inherent plankiness coming through in the recorded tones.
Metallica did a song called “2 x 4”, I think a cover may be in order?
The plank sound 🤣 when I stick pots and a cap in it'll beef the sound up.
@@theguitarmanifesto to be honest, you could layer that in a mix and nobody would know you’d been spanking the plank 😆
Make the tone and volume pots like on a jazzmaster control plate. Then you dont have the pots sticking up.
Thumb wheels 👌good plan sir. I think I have a Jazzmaster/jaguar wiring loom somewhere
@@theguitarmanifesto Cool !
Crazy when you think how much goes into building a guitar.
Makes we wonder why some brands build shitty guitars.
Squire is a good example.
Not exactly cheap and often..
( not always but often..)
The finish. The neck. The bridge ain't right.
Think say if you were a kid..1st guirar you ever brought which went out of tune everytime you used the whammy.
Or sharp frets and a rough knock.
Noisy pickups and flat intonation.
You would give up after frustration I think.
Everyone should build quality guitars for sure!!.😁
They have the equipment, a lot of it is down to price and how much time is spent on the QC side.
Oh I totally agree, a good setup will solve a lot of the QC problems.
How would i attach straos to a 2x4 guitar
One on the bottom end of the guitar, and the other like an sg on one of the neck plate screws.
Cut a triangle out of the bottom and you have a v
I added extra pieces of wood and made an explorer shape, in one of my later videos 😁
@@theguitarmanifesto I gotta see that 😁
She looks like my Ex- long, lean and mean!😂
With a little bit of sass
@@theguitarmanifesto you know the type...lol
Yes 🤣🤣
@@theguitarmanifesto beware the skinny ones! And I don't mean guitars.
All shapes and forms in my experience 🤣