I’m never going to build a guitar, but this is still fascinating just to see the tools, the effort, the complexity of the process. Oh, and the wood’s look and history is just amazing and seems so exotic to me. Really enjoy your casual but informative presentation style too. Well done.
It helps with the jointing to avoid the first and last inch of the edge, unless it is already concave along its length. Because the plane just has a natural tendency to take more off at the beginning and end of the cut when its bed is partially unsupported. This produces a hill shape. So put some lines about a half an inch or inch in from either end, and “land” and “take off” the plane at the marks. Once you take several passes and the edge is now ever so slightly concave along its length, now scribble along the whole edge with a pencil and then take full passes with a light cut. When all that remains of your pencil is an inch of so in the middle of the board, it is dead straight. To help with holding the plane a perfect 90 degrees to the face of the boards, you could double it up again and do four edges at a time. Just make sure the grain is all lined up so you don’t get tear-out. With all this planing another essential key is that your blade is installed straight so it cuts evenly. Check and adjust this by turning the plane upside down and sighting down the sole, observe the protruding cutting edge with the blade facing you, now tilt the plane slowly so the edge disappears from view. This allows you to see if one side is a tiny bit “high.”
Unfortunately I am watching you from a third day in the hospital surviving a heart attack but keeping these videos on hand to follow along . I absolutely love guitars, cannot play for crap ( huge disconnection from the mind to the fingers with movement ) but I’ll do my best ! Love the videos . Keeping me entertained in these past few days . Good luck with the series !
@@robertbernardo783 Thank you Robert . Three stints later ( that should have been placed when the “minor blockages “ were found like 3 years ago) everything is going well so far !
Great series, Matt and Chris! I was fortunate to be detailed from Sitka to work with a USFS fisheries crew from Juneau for two weeks out of Naukati on Prince of Wales Island in 1983 (or 4?) north of Craig. Interesting place as young-of-year coho salmon were twice the length (80mm) compared to those of northern SE Alaska, and weight/volume varies as a cube compared to area, so those fish were much heavier. This is explained by the limestone geology of Prince of Wales vs. the granitic geology elsewhere. PoW has many limestone caves, and a lot of material preserved by the calcium carbonate, providing many ancient discoveries.
In one month, I'll start my first acoustic guitar, an Ignacio Fleta (concert). I am glad to find your channel! I waiting forward to watching the next videos. Grate explanations, detailing the possible errors is the best part! Thank you a lot for posting.
Loving this build already, it's going to be a great series. I build electrics but I built my first acoustic a few months back and I was surprised at how different the process is so you have my total respect, your guitars are beautiful.
Thanks for consistently building a great video series. Just to throw my glue experiences into the ring, I have been building for 40 years now, and for years I used aliphatic resin (Titebond) as long as it was up to me. A couple of years ago a customer requested hide glue, and a luthier friend suggested we go with fish glue instead. I was doubtful at first, but I ended up loving the stuff. It is a biological-based glue but needs no heating, has no smell, and dries super hard, unlike the more elastic yellow glue I was used to. I wouldn't have believed it, but I have actually found acoustic improvements (due to its hardness, I suspect) in my guitars and other stringed instruments. It is not a massive difference, but definitely an improvement. I suggest any luthier at least try it out, especially if your customer wants a hide glue build. (just make sure they know you are using the fish glue instead, of course).
Brother, I love your videos, and am learning so much. This beats anything on Netflix! I'm sharing this with all my guitar buddies. Keep up the great work!
I just discovered you guys and it was with this video. I’m already a big fan and a subscriber. I’m not a luthier,(maybe one time you can make a video on why they call guitar builders “luthiers”), but I love guitars and I’m fascinated with what goes into making them. I like the light hearted educational tone of the video and think the wood you’re using is beautiful. Look forward to watching the other videos in the series to see how it turns out. Keep up the great work and content.
I'm half of a mind to ignore the rest of these vids until the last so that I can binge watch it all at once - but I know I won't. I'm practically quivering with anticipation to see the next and the rest. This must be (deservedly) one HUGELY expensive guitar if it costs nearly $3000 just for the top wood. I just hope the sound is as good as I can tell it's going to look. Great job so far guys.
I really thought before you started that you were going to join t like I do, I use a table jointer and have had great success with it. I’m working on guitars 6 through 8 at the moment, building has brought so much enjoyment, I am really considering trying to work it into something other than a hobby.
This is an exciting piece of wood. I'm interested to hear what the ebony box is going to do to the tone. I've never played an ebony guitar, so this will be a new reference for my mental library.
Fascinating - I am curious about that plate jig and why it used ropes and wedges rather than a mechanical clamp? Is it that the ropes and wedges apply both top and side pressure to the pieces? loving this thanks for doing it
We now sell hand selected and resawn Tonewoods on our website! Each piece was found by Chris Alvarado, and almost always has a story to go along with it. Go check out the selection at www.driftwoodguitars.com/tonewood
Great vids. Love the artistry without the snobbery. Question: would it be a good thing to plane/sand from both directions when making the bookmatch joint? Thanks!
Just found this series and I’m very excited to watch the rest! I’m building my first guitar currently so I’m taking notes! I’m at the point on my guitar where I’m ready to add the binding. Anyway, thanks for sharing the knowledge.
I feels so inadequate as I watch you do this with such ease. I am glad to hear you have had snags in plate jointing as that is all I have had. I know you have been doing this for a while, but still!
Hi I’ve just started watching your Chanel few weeks ago. What caught my att. was cutting guitars in half.. At first it really pissed me off hahaa. But now I love it, and it is amazing on what their hiding. Love your show keep up great work.Also I’m learning something from a great luthier. Thanks
Thanks for the awesome videos guys, I have found them incredibly useful and I'm just making my first electric - I've not even ventured into an acoustic yet! But I was wondering, would you be willing to make a video on how you take your notes? (or have you already done one and I just need pointing in the right direction?). Things like what you ensure you write down for every build, what additional bits of info you always capture, all that kind of stuff. Basically, a guide on how to take effective notes from your point of view. It would be incredibly interesting to know what you're keeping tabs on.
I've always wanted to know how they get the joins on the front so good! thanks. awesome video series. I will be watching them all! I really enjoy your vids!
First let me say I love your videos. I have seen some tables made using an interesting piece of wood & a "poured plastic epoxy". This got me thinking about the stripe in the center. What if you kept the edges & used the clear / coloured plastic to fill in the imperfections? I don't think strength would be an issue, but I have no idea what the musical properties would be . Of course try only a top from some "cheap wood" first. How about a video on this, building 2 tops from the same tree, one with a "plastic" seam & one without for comparison. If this works , an LED back light .... ???
Very nice series! You two are very good at presenting the process. It is educative but not boring. Keep going! This channel is going to grow fast. Cheers!
Thanks for posting these videos, these are really well made and you guys have really charming and fun personalities.... Oh yeah plus I guess that the guitar is pretty cool... Totally not drooling over that wood.... Not at all..... Fine I'm super jelly!
Looks like a nice word I heard you top tapping on it had a good sound I’ve got a harmony that I think it’s from the 60s it has a good sound even though I think it’s so plywood
That’s a perfect size. The Grand Symphony has been my favourite Taylor size for a long time now. BTW,just build a little rest on the bottom of the window for checking light leaks. 🧐
I think jointing is the act of preparing an edge (usually by planing) to get a good fit for “joining” (glueing). My friends and I did a lot of jointing in high school but sadly it hasn’t really translated into luthiery...
I was hoping you’d start a build with this wood, when I saw your video on different thicknesses of guitar tops. This guitar is going to be beautiful, just like it’s older sister. Can’t wait to see the next installments.
Man, that ancient sitka is something special. I've been eyeing the sets on Alaskan specialty woods, it's so tempting to get one while they are available. Buuut I am just barely approaching the end of my first acoustic build, so maybe i better wait to start buying luxury woods. Have you built with bog oak yet? That's another lovely looking wood. Hoping to find a distributor in the states for some sets.
May I suggest that the next time you begin making a guitar on camera you begin by sounding the wood so we can hear sing. The history and look of the wood is great but I believe you will agree that great instruments come from great sounding wood so the first lesson, it seems to me, is teaching how to pick great wood by sound or at least demonstrating it. I see you have a later episode that covers it which I haven't watched yet but feel a little let down that you didn't begin at the beginning. Just discovered the channel. Lots of catching up to do.
I would love to see you guys do a breakdown of any of the Eastman guitars. Handmade in China. Probably the most popular models like a AC422CE, AC522CE, E20D or E40D. Or on of their mandolins!!!
I've watched a few of your videos and enjoyed them (whether or not I'll ever build a guitar is questionable though) I think I'll enjoy the rest of this series too, so a well deserved sub from me guys!
Your videos are getting really good dude. You seemed uncomfortable in front of the camera at the beginning, but the old Chris I knew is coming through now. Love it.
Wow you dropped on with that Sitka. I'm not sure but i think the Methusala tree is the oldest living tree, it's in Africa. Wow 3000 years old. This is going to be good.
Hey! Now that LMI is sadly no more, do you know what the black components are on the plate jointing jig, that clamp the lines into place are called? I'd like to build my own version of their jig, but I've never seen those black plastic bits anywhere else.
So... I have made a few electric guitars which I’m quite happy with and I really want to try making an acoustic. But how much harder is it to make an acoustic? I mean, I already make my own necks and set them so I that should ok (maybe) but all the wood bending, inlaying and purfling just looks crazy hard. Looking forward to following along with this build in any case.
You'd be well set with tooling and some knowledge, but in my experience, an Electric guitar is about 1/10th as hard as an acoustic. There's a TON more that goes into it, especially to make a good sounding one. But I fully recommend you give it a try! Its a TON of fun and you'll love it. Who knows, maybe you'll kill it right out of the gate!
@@DriftwoodGuitars Yeah, that’s kind of what I thought... I’ll go with the “killing it right out of the gate” option please. TBH I’ll be happy if the first one is playable and doesn’t colapse on itself.
Also I watch a lot of these guitar videos some experts are saying that they think they get a better sound out of three pieces of wood than two what do you think about that
Damn that's a cool story to have for your acoustic. Also, I'd be getting one of those cameras archaeologists use to see large objects underground and hunt for more fallen trees in the same space
they're called geophysical surveyers, sadly they are only really good at finding changes in density and wood isn't significantly different enough to earth to reasonably find other trees.
Just wondering if you can share what info you “journal” for each guitar you build. I suspect thicknesses of top, and I think you mentioned brace shape/size.
I am sure you know this already, but you are planing way too high. You will get better results planing at a lower height. Ideally, you would be able to do all of your #4-#8 hand planing around waist height. That being said, I think a shooting board would be the best way to go here. I know you said your #7 is not square, but you could probably lap it square enough with a slab of granite and some sandpaper. You might even be able to send it to Lie-Nielsen to have them flatten and square it up for you. However, since it looks like you can afford Bridge City tools, I would just buy a #7 or #8 from Clifton or Veritas (or wherever you prefer) and then repurpose the Stanley as a large scrub plane.
Hi Chris….hoping you will still be able to find this. Less expensive guitars will always have laminated sides. Will those sides be a double thickness like what you are doing now or are they single 2 to 2.5 mm thickness??? Thanks for the videos!
In the vast majority of cases, those cheaper guitars have literal plywood sides with a thin veneer of matching wood on the outside, not full thickness laminate sides like i talk about here.
Hi there. You have nice join(t)ing jig :) Im sure you love it... but what do you think about using just streched tape? I just found this today on YT and Im fascinated how primitive and functional method is that :) and for such a small glueing area it looks like streched tape makes enough pressure... Tomas
That’s how all guitar tops are made. It’s mostly done because it’s hard to get wood wide enough to make a one piece top. It’s also done so the top has a nice uniform appearance to it due to the book matching.
Good to see wood that is still usable before per-mineralisation takes it further towards fossilisation
I’m never going to build a guitar, but this is still fascinating just to see the tools, the effort, the complexity of the process. Oh, and the wood’s look and history is just amazing and seems so exotic to me.
Really enjoy your casual but informative presentation style too. Well done.
I appreciate that! Hope you’ll subscribe and follow along with the whole process.
That ancient spruce its just beautiful and also a ecological source of wood
It helps with the jointing to avoid the first and last inch of the edge, unless it is already concave along its length. Because the plane just has a natural tendency to take more off at the beginning and end of the cut when its bed is partially unsupported. This produces a hill shape. So put some lines about a half an inch or inch in from either end, and “land” and “take off” the plane at the marks. Once you take several passes and the edge is now ever so slightly concave along its length, now scribble along the whole edge with a pencil and then take full passes with a light cut. When all that remains of your pencil is an inch of so in the middle of the board, it is dead straight. To help with holding the plane a perfect 90 degrees to the face of the boards, you could double it up again and do four edges at a time. Just make sure the grain is all lined up so you don’t get tear-out. With all this planing another essential key is that your blade is installed straight so it cuts evenly. Check and adjust this by turning the plane upside down and sighting down the sole, observe the protruding cutting edge with the blade facing you, now tilt the plane slowly so the edge disappears from view. This allows you to see if one side is a tiny bit “high.”
love the old-school way of doing it!
Unfortunately I am watching you from a third day in the hospital surviving a heart attack but keeping these videos on hand to follow along . I absolutely love guitars, cannot play for crap ( huge disconnection from the mind to the fingers with movement ) but I’ll do my best ! Love the videos . Keeping me entertained in these past few days . Good luck with the series !
Well I’m glad you’re still with the living my friend. You hang in there and we’ll keep the videos coming. I hope you can get home soon.
Get well soon!
@@robertbernardo783 Thank you Robert . Three stints later ( that should have been placed when the “minor blockages “ were found like 3 years ago) everything is going well so far !
Great series, Matt and Chris! I was fortunate to be detailed from Sitka to work with a USFS fisheries crew from Juneau for two weeks out of Naukati on Prince of Wales Island in 1983 (or 4?) north of Craig. Interesting place as young-of-year coho salmon were twice the length (80mm) compared to those of northern SE Alaska, and weight/volume varies as a cube compared to area, so those fish were much heavier. This is explained by the limestone geology of Prince of Wales vs. the granitic geology elsewhere. PoW has many limestone caves, and a lot of material preserved by the calcium carbonate, providing many ancient discoveries.
This playlist is one of the best things I've ever watched on the internet. Best regards from Brasil, my friend!
Jointing is creating joinable edges.
Joining is the marrying of two jointed edges with matching joints.
What a craftsman. Thanks for posting. I am enjoying these.
This is epic. I'm so excited to watch this entire build!
Excited to have you aboard
In one month, I'll start my first acoustic guitar, an Ignacio Fleta (concert). I am glad to find your channel! I waiting forward to watching the next videos.
Grate explanations, detailing the possible errors is the best part! Thank you a lot for posting.
Loving this build already, it's going to be a great series. I build electrics but I built my first acoustic a few months back and I was surprised at how different the process is so you have my total respect, your guitars are beautiful.
Thanks a lot, we’re happy to have you along for the journey.
Thanks guys what an amazing gift to everyone
Thanks for consistently building a great video series. Just to throw my glue experiences into the ring, I have been building for 40 years now, and for years I used aliphatic resin (Titebond) as long as it was up to me. A couple of years ago a customer requested hide glue, and a luthier friend suggested we go with fish glue instead. I was doubtful at first, but I ended up loving the stuff. It is a biological-based glue but needs no heating, has no smell, and dries super hard, unlike the more elastic yellow glue I was used to. I wouldn't have believed it, but I have actually found acoustic improvements (due to its hardness, I suspect) in my guitars and other stringed instruments. It is not a massive difference, but definitely an improvement. I suggest any luthier at least try it out, especially if your customer wants a hide glue build. (just make sure they know you are using the fish glue instead, of course).
enthralled ! is a good word, this is a series not to be missed,
Really looking forward to seeing the entire build - and grateful to be a spectator - thanks for sharing this process😊👍👏👏
Brother, I love your videos, and am learning so much. This beats anything on Netflix! I'm sharing this with all my guitar buddies. Keep up the great work!
Hot damn! Thanks for that!
Same here. I don’t even watch tv. Chris has one of my top channels.
I just discovered you guys and it was with this video. I’m already a big fan and a subscriber. I’m not a luthier,(maybe one time you can make a video on why they call guitar builders “luthiers”), but I love guitars and I’m fascinated with what goes into making them. I like the light hearted educational tone of the video and think the wood you’re using is beautiful. Look forward to watching the other videos in the series to see how it turns out. Keep up the great work and content.
We appreciate you watching and subscribing.
My guess is Luthier is derived from Lute, a pre-guitar string instrument.
I'm half of a mind to ignore the rest of these vids until the last so that I can binge watch it all at once - but I know I won't. I'm practically quivering with anticipation to see the next and the rest. This must be (deservedly) one HUGELY expensive guitar if it costs nearly $3000 just for the top wood. I just hope the sound is as good as I can tell it's going to look. Great job so far guys.
It should sound incredible if it’s anything like the last guitar I made from this wood.
It is so nice to hear that you like Lee Valley especially as a customer and former employee of the company. You do beautiful work
Looks like a cool series. Looking forward to it.
I really thought before you started that you were going to join t like I do, I use a table jointer and have had great success with it. I’m working on guitars 6 through 8 at the moment, building has brought so much enjoyment, I am really considering trying to work it into something other than a hobby.
Mine started as a hobby, and now it’s my career! Keep at it and the rest will fall in place my friend!
This is an exciting piece of wood. I'm interested to hear what the ebony box is going to do to the tone. I've never played an ebony guitar, so this will be a new reference for my mental library.
You my friend are a rare individual. You are both artistic and keep accurate records.
Very excited for this series! You're already off to a great start :)
This is so awesome. You're basically immortalizing an ancient tree. Now it's going to live on even longer.
With a voice.
Fascinating - I am curious about that plate jig and why it used ropes and wedges rather than a mechanical clamp? Is it that the ropes and wedges apply both top and side pressure to the pieces? loving this thanks for doing it
You’re 100% correct.
We now sell hand selected and resawn Tonewoods on our website! Each piece was found by Chris Alvarado, and almost always has a story to go along with it. Go check out the selection at www.driftwoodguitars.com/tonewood
Great vids. Love the artistry without the snobbery.
Question: would it be a good thing to plane/sand from both directions when making the bookmatch joint?
Thanks!
Just found this series and I’m very excited to watch the rest! I’m building my first guitar currently so I’m taking notes! I’m at the point on my guitar where I’m ready to add the binding. Anyway, thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Looking forward to watching more of your videos. I just had a look at your website and the inlay work is insane!
A rabbit hole I didn't know I needed. Amazing project!
I feels so inadequate as I watch you do this with such ease. I am glad to hear you have had snags in plate jointing as that is all I have had. I know you have been doing this for a while, but still!
this is great. looking forward for the nxt episode
Hi I’ve just started watching your Chanel few weeks ago. What caught my att. was cutting guitars in half.. At first it really pissed me off hahaa. But now I love it, and it is amazing on what their hiding. Love your show keep up great work.Also I’m learning something from a great luthier. Thanks
Can’t wait to hear this beauty.
Thanks for the awesome videos guys, I have found them incredibly useful and I'm just making my first electric - I've not even ventured into an acoustic yet! But I was wondering, would you be willing to make a video on how you take your notes? (or have you already done one and I just need pointing in the right direction?). Things like what you ensure you write down for every build, what additional bits of info you always capture, all that kind of stuff. Basically, a guide on how to take effective notes from your point of view. It would be incredibly interesting to know what you're keeping tabs on.
I've just discovered your channel. I'm really excited to follow this series. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
I've always wanted to know how they get the joins on the front so good! thanks. awesome video series. I will be watching them all! I really enjoy your vids!
Looking forward to the build!
Nice job! I’m an aspiring guitar builder and have learned a lot already. Excited for the build! Keep it up!!
Love your videos. Looking forward to following this build. I really enjoy this kind of content. Keep it up.
Can.t wait to see the whole serie, you guys are not only talented but also fun to watch.Thank you
amazing, just discovered this series, will be a pleasure to watch!
First let me say I love your videos.
I have seen some tables made using an interesting piece of wood & a "poured plastic epoxy". This got me thinking about the stripe in the center. What if you kept the edges & used the clear / coloured plastic to fill in the imperfections? I don't think strength would be an issue, but I have no idea what the musical properties would be . Of course try only a top from some "cheap wood" first. How about a video on this, building 2 tops from the same tree, one with a "plastic" seam & one without for comparison. If this works , an LED back light .... ???
amazing video, thanks for showing the process!
Very nice series! You two are very good at presenting the process. It is educative but not boring. Keep going! This channel is going to grow fast. Cheers!
Thanks for posting these videos, these are really well made and you guys have really charming and fun personalities.... Oh yeah plus I guess that the guitar is pretty cool... Totally not drooling over that wood.... Not at all..... Fine I'm super jelly!
Looks like a nice word I heard you top tapping on it had a good sound I’ve got a harmony that I think it’s from the 60s it has a good sound even though I think it’s so plywood
🔵 so nice ❕much like sinker redwood uniqueness and rare as The Tree ❕🐸
Similar in game as The Tree, but this is just one log, and not an entire tree so it’s WAY more rare.
That’s a perfect size. The Grand Symphony has been my favourite Taylor size for a long time now.
BTW,just build a little rest on the bottom of the window for checking light leaks. 🧐
Very cool video. Can't wait to see the rest of them. The plate jointing jig is very cool. I like it.
I appreciate it! Video #2 coming soon
I think jointing is the act of preparing an edge (usually by planing) to get a good fit for “joining” (glueing). My friends and I did a lot of jointing in high school but sadly it hasn’t really translated into luthiery...
I was hoping you’d start a build with this wood, when I saw your video on different thicknesses of guitar tops.
This guitar is going to be beautiful, just like it’s older sister. Can’t wait to see the next installments.
Matt and Chris a very talented duo 🤟🏽🤟🏽
Man, that ancient sitka is something special. I've been eyeing the sets on Alaskan specialty woods, it's so tempting to get one while they are available. Buuut I am just barely approaching the end of my first acoustic build, so maybe i better wait to start buying luxury woods. Have you built with bog oak yet? That's another lovely looking wood. Hoping to find a distributor in the states for some sets.
Great vid.
What happened to the finishing guitar series?
It’s coming! Multiple guitars, in multiple places of their progress.
May I suggest that the next time you begin making a guitar on camera you begin by sounding the wood so we can hear sing. The history and look of the wood is great but I believe you will agree that great instruments come from great sounding wood so the first lesson, it seems to me, is teaching how to pick great wood by sound or at least demonstrating it. I see you have a later episode that covers it which I haven't watched yet but feel a little let down that you didn't begin at the beginning. Just discovered the channel. Lots of catching up to do.
I would love to see you guys do a breakdown of any of the Eastman guitars. Handmade in China. Probably the most popular models like a AC422CE, AC522CE, E20D or E40D. Or on of their mandolins!!!
Can't wait to see it done. If you need someone to test it out.....I humbly volunteer. Love your video's....keep it up!
Can't wait for #2.
Sometime next week for sure!
Love it! When can we see more on the electrics? I'm really excited to see these
Later this week!
What is the tool called that he used from Veritas? 20:00 Thank you in advance
I've watched a few of your videos and enjoyed them (whether or not I'll ever build a guitar is questionable though) I think I'll enjoy the rest of this series too, so a well deserved sub from me guys!
i'm so excited for this series, i'll be waiting for the next series, u are great...
greeting from indonesia
Thanks for watching. We're glad to have you
@@DriftwoodGuitars u're welcome sir
Your videos are getting really good dude. You seemed uncomfortable in front of the camera at the beginning, but the old Chris I knew is coming through now. Love it.
Thanks Adam! Glad to see you on here.
Wow you dropped on with that Sitka. I'm not sure but i think the Methusala tree is the oldest living tree, it's in Africa. Wow 3000 years old. This is going to be good.
Hey! Now that LMI is sadly no more, do you know what the black components are on the plate jointing jig, that clamp the lines into place are called? I'd like to build my own version of their jig, but I've never seen those black plastic bits anywhere else.
Have you done any videos of how you made your body molds for the different shapes you build?
I WISH I COULD HAVE A GUITAR LIKE THIS .
This is going to be amazing...
So... I have made a few electric guitars which I’m quite happy with and I really want to try making an acoustic. But how much harder is it to make an acoustic? I mean, I already make my own necks and set them so I that should ok (maybe) but all the wood bending, inlaying and purfling just looks crazy hard. Looking forward to following along with this build in any case.
You'd be well set with tooling and some knowledge, but in my experience, an Electric guitar is about 1/10th as hard as an acoustic. There's a TON more that goes into it, especially to make a good sounding one. But I fully recommend you give it a try! Its a TON of fun and you'll love it. Who knows, maybe you'll kill it right out of the gate!
@@DriftwoodGuitars Yeah, that’s kind of what I thought... I’ll go with the “killing it right out of the gate” option please. TBH I’ll be happy if the first one is playable and doesn’t colapse on itself.
Looking forward to your channel! Thanks! KANSAS
Glad to have you aboard!
that wood is gorgeous
Love the videos, I can’t wait to see the finished guitar👍😁 incredible top it looks amazing
Subscribed. Looking forward to seeing your process.
I'm jealous, that's a beautiful top!
Where can i get dimensions of the mold? Do you use cnc to cut it out?
I've got a piece of wood. It's the best! Love your stuff! Keep em coming!
great series of videos, thank you. And to think that this top comes from the time of the trojan war...
Also I watch a lot of these guitar videos some experts are saying that they think they get a better sound out of three pieces of wood than two what do you think about that
Thank you for this video and series.
This is awesome stuff!
Damn that's a cool story to have for your acoustic. Also, I'd be getting one of those cameras archaeologists use to see large objects underground and hunt for more fallen trees in the same space
they're called geophysical surveyers, sadly they are only really good at finding changes in density and wood isn't significantly different enough to earth to reasonably find other trees.
Looking forward to this series ¡
Thanks for this series. Building my 3rd and 4th guitars now and so nice to see how someone with more experience does it. Beautiful work!
My pleasure!
Just wondering if you can share what info you “journal” for each guitar you build. I suspect thicknesses of top, and I think you mentioned brace shape/size.
How much would a red sandlewood back and guitar cost?
I am sure you know this already, but you are planing way too high. You will get better results planing at a lower height. Ideally, you would be able to do all of your #4-#8 hand planing around waist height. That being said, I think a shooting board would be the best way to go here. I know you said your #7 is not square, but you could probably lap it square enough with a slab of granite and some sandpaper. You might even be able to send it to Lie-Nielsen to have them flatten and square it up for you. However, since it looks like you can afford Bridge City tools, I would just buy a #7 or #8 from Clifton or Veritas (or wherever you prefer) and then repurpose the Stanley as a large scrub plane.
Agreed!
Hi Chris….hoping you will still be able to find this.
Less expensive guitars will always have laminated sides. Will those sides be a double thickness like what you are doing now or are they single 2 to 2.5 mm thickness??? Thanks for the videos!
In the vast majority of cases, those cheaper guitars have literal plywood sides with a thin veneer of matching wood on the outside, not full thickness laminate sides like i talk about here.
the practice of joining to bits of wood together is called joinery. the rolling up of some sticky icky is called jointery XD
Nice job, what was the name of the glue that you used ?
What model bandsaw and light is that? I can see it’s Grizzly and Laguna respectively?
Hi there. You have nice join(t)ing jig :) Im sure you love it... but what do you think about using just streched tape? I just found this today on YT and Im fascinated how primitive and functional method is that :) and for such a small glueing area it looks like streched tape makes enough pressure... Tomas
Can’t wait!!
Why do you not use a solid piece of wood for the soundboard, but rather join two pieces together? Is there a tonal benefit? Structural?
That’s how all guitar tops are made. It’s mostly done because it’s hard to get wood wide enough to make a one piece top. It’s also done so the top has a nice uniform appearance to it due to the book matching.
I think it's joining two pieces to make a joint 13:25
Kinda looks like a Martin j40 shape. Neat
what glue are you using now
did you build the CNC can ya talk about it is it kit machine and what softwear do you use
Gonna do a video on this next week probably