The Most Important Guitar I Have
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- A bit more of a personal one this time. This is about the first guitar I've made from scratch and how I plan to make more going forward. I always wanted a Fender Esquire type of guitar and decided it was the right thing to make first..
Time Line:
0:00 Intro
0:10 Intro Demo
5:16 Demo 2
11:55 Demo 3
19:08 Demo 4 - Розваги
Bit more of a personal one today. I had intended to talk more about the building process and the guitar itself but ultimately this is what felt important to me today. More guitar focused stuff next week 🤘🏽
Mate im so happy for you that your wife recovered and is on the mend good and proper !!! Music and guitar is so useful at those times especially, happy you completed your dream and as a fellow adhd'er you did a damn fine job sir !!!
Keep the first one! There’s definitely something special about that.
I finished putting together a tele / partscaster this past winter, which was my first project guitar. I started with a rough body blank, so I learned quite a bit about routing and finishing. Bought a neck for that one. That’s the next step for me, to get over the hurdle of making the neck from scratch, and then other body shapes will follow.
I’ve enjoyed watching your channel, and I’m glad to see you back here. I don’t know you, but I hope that if sharing things you’ve made (music itself, or instruments) brings you joy, that you’ll be able to make time for it once you’ve taken care of yourself and your family. I appreciate what you’ve already shared.
Cheers. Scott
Great to have you back. Missed watching your videos. Hope all is well.
My brother! Great to see you back and yes, indeed, would love to see a long vidi on the in’s and out’s you’ve weathered building that beauty. Because that’s your secret sauce as a diarist and filmmaker: you chronicle the guitar journey so honestly and with the vigor that we all feel as we see ourselves progressing as musicians through this fantastic medium of these strings and wood and magnets. It’s great to see you back, it’s great to hear your wife is doing well, it’s terrific to see and hear what you’ve been building with your own two hands. Total admiration! Well done, rock n roll and yes, should you want to sell any of your creations, we, your fellow travelers, would be mighty interested. It’s a good tribe you’ve built. We sing your praises.
Glad you’re back to your studio making content for us. This guitar looks and sounds like a keeper, don’t sell it you’ll instantly regret it.
Awesome dude! Good to see you again... Much love from USA!
What a brilliant achievement, James, for anyone, let alone someone who faces the challenges of ADHD. You should be very proud. I've done partscasters in the past, but never had the nerve to build something from scratch, especially a neck. If I was you, I'd keep the guitar rather than sell it. You only ever have one 'first' of anything and that's precious.
My mind works the same way. When I find my next obsession my partner will say something along the lines of "Oh, you've found a new rabbit hole!" I'll dig into it, read everything I can, watch all the videos, buy all the stuff, etc. Then eventually the interest wanes, I work through some depression and self-hatred, then off to the next thing and repeat.
I'm at a similar stage in my life though. Working to limit the level of obsession and maintain more stability. It's not really working but I'm still trying.
Hey, good to have you back🎉 As someone a similar age who’s just realised I also have ADHD this was pretty damn uplifting… I have a half finished guitar build myself which I’ve not managed to complete yet… has medication really helped? I’m not sure I want to go down that path.
Oh also, don’t sell that guitar!!! It’s a reminder of what you’re capable of! I know it’s hard to feel accomplishment with ADHD, but that guitar should be a reminder to reflect the journey you’ve been through.
Sounds like you’re going to make many more anyway! 🎉
And yeh I’d love to hear about the build process!
Your videos are some of the best on YT 👏👏👏🤟
Outstanding James! Keep going in this direction. Bravo!
Impressive guitar there, it sounds fantastic!
Agreed!!!!!
I built one ca. the end of 1970, start of 1971. Mahogany body, Tele bridge PUP, middle and neck SG Standard humbuckings ... Stratocaster neck. Thing's a beast.
This has been a goal of mine, congratulations on your build, she’s a looker and sounds great 👍
This guitar is beautiful and worth more than any amount of $$ you will get for it, IMHO. It is a representation of all the hard work, thought, passion, and from what it sounds like, a challenging and scary time dealing with life. I know you didn’t ask me😂 but don’t sell it. I see a very bright future in this for you and your family. God Bless🤘🏽🎸
Really enjoyed this and great to see you back the guitar looks and sounds great I’m trying to do something similar with a few kits on the go one thing you have in your favour is your playing and the quality videos you make which are important skills if you ever want to sell the guitars you make
Congratulations on your completion! I’ve struggled with A D D my whole life and know exactly what you mean. Would you mind sharing which book you purchased about guitar making? I hope to be proud of completing my first guitar someday. Cheers from Texas!
Hey James your first one and it's a keeper for now maybe down the line after a couple of more builds you might find you like another one even more so you could sell the first one. good luck with your future builds, some vids of your trials and tribulations could make interesting watch. love the look of No1 but my only niggle the neck finish is too shiny for me I would be taking the wire wool to it lol
Very impressive James. Cracking guitar and certainly creates a rich soundstage👌
The guitar came out so nice! Very impressive that you made the neck yourself. That's what scares me off; I'm pretty confident I can make a (solid) body, but the neck seems like it requires a level of precision I don't have the patience to acquire 🤣
PS: as someone who also has ADHD, your comments totally resonate with me. I'm also a serial hobbyist that loses interest and motivation as soon as the novelty wears off or I hit a plateau.
The most important guitar I have is the one I'm going to buy next!! 🙂
Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful weekend James also welcome back how was your vacation ❤😊
You are such nice honest guy, I hope your wife is well. I have lived in Australia in past, and it became easy for me to tell Persian in the crowd, cuz totaly different looking from Arabs in Middle east, maybe the most similar are Armeninas to persian, When I saw you I thought you are persian. Anyhow I enjoy your videos, playing, talking and your taste in guitars.
Don't quit! I really enjoy your videos 😊
Love the fact that you've made a guitar. I'd love to have a go myself but the shear amount of equipment necessary is quite prohibitive to even starting!
Anyway; keep going, the guitar looks and sounds great, I'll keep watching 👌
PS I'd love the long form guitar building vid
What you’re doing is worthwhile - the gear (and especially the playing) is awesome but your honesty and openness with the whole guitar, gear, music and life thing is what makes this special 🙂👍
Please don't sell the guitar you made during a 2.5 year long learning process, this will always remind you that you are able to finish things and achieve your goals.
I’d love to see the details! I am in a very similar journey.
Love the passion, and the guitar sounds great! Definitely don't sell it, though.
Great video. I get your thoughts through the years on this, I was similar for other reasons. Years of making various parts at hobby level, always shied away from a whole guitar fearing the neck side of it. As a metal machinist by trade I eventually applied some if those principles and got on with it. It worked, vid 'First Guitar Build 'on my channel. It was so valuable to me, also humbling as the ability to directly compare the work of others to mine made me appreciate the skills of those people in a proven, rather than, purely intellectual way. My ADHD is an odd barrier too.
I like your candour, subscribed.
From where I am sitting, if you told me that this was Fender Custom Shop, I would believe it as it sounds great and really looks the part! Congrats!
Hi James, I scratch built an esquire in my garage over Covid also and everything you said resonates with me. I would get so far through the process and than stop for months trying to figure out how to complete a process without buying more expensive tools or how to recover from a mistake. I learnt alot, mainly that I don't complain about the price of guitars. It's not perfect, but it's complete and for me that's an achievement. Yours looks cool! Big ol nut on it (i thought about doing that also). also.... skunk stripes.... what a pain in the butt! my next neck will be a slab board for sure.
Brilliant rationale... yep 66 and just kicked this one of my bucket list :)
Hi, great sounding guitar, interested to know what the pickup is. I plan a similar build this summer so am also interested in your technique on making sure the neck pocket is tight. You should definitely do a vid on what mistakes to avoid please. Could save me a lot of heartache this summer. Definitely you should keep that guitar. No reason not to. What's your plan with all those necks? I'm interested if you want to get rid of one or two if they are not quite right for you. Anyway keep it up and well done.
That’s great James, do you have your own Router or CNC?
Don’t sell it keep it and build another make a series we can watch step by step refine your process and sell that one
Really pleased to have you back and with a guitar build to boot! I found interesting your comment about neck pocket vs neck heel tightness. On the partscaster that I assembled, I was very concerned about the gap that I got between the neck and body which while were both Fender parts, the large gap really worried me. I did find this video on UA-cam and followed the steps to get really great sustain on my partscaster by just preloading and retorquing the neck bolts as shown here. Cheers and hope this helps others! m.ua-cam.com/video/N5lTtDzR8eE/v-deo.html&pp=gAQBiAQB
I vastly prefer being able to make what I like. For instance, I prefer stainless steel frets and a radius of like 7,25 or 9,5. But goodluck finding that from the factory
So the voodoo chronicles are just over?
I don’t think so, just gonna take me a bit of time to get back into the swing of things 👍🏼
@@JamesOnGuitar Ok cool, please do a video on the colour relicing of that neck 🙏