Re-Carving a Custom Guitar Neck 5 Years On | I MESSED up a bit on the original 😞
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
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In this episode, Ben is recarving an old guitar neck and using the Shou Sugi Ban technique to finish it off.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:00 He didn't do a very good job, the shape is a bit iffy!
3:22 Filing begins
10:16 Ooh! Burn it!
11:01 Sand it!
12:32 Stain it and sand it again.
14:46 More stain and then the finish
16:27 A few more coats of Hi Build Oil and wax. Check the frets and the strings and we are good to go.
18:06 You can own this guitar - Conclusion
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Hey Ben! Great video as usual! I just got back from taking a tour of the Martin Guitar factory in Nazareth PA. A bunch guys who work on the neck shaping, along with some of the custom shop guys, said they love your channel and almost everyone in the guitar picking room watch you as well! What a "reach" you have! 'Ol Ben bringing the world together! A tight community! 😊😊
Whenever I need motivation to get on with a job I play that Triton build series in the background. Whether by design or editing, you come across as much calmer than your usual style. I also love the guitar that resulted from it.
Nothing the mighty Shinto won't fix! Or the hand stitched rasp😁 it's still a beautiful guitar!!✌️🤍
I reprofiled the neck of a bolt on neck Les Paul I built 30 years ago last year. I regret not doing it sooner now, it's what I always wanted it to be.
That moment the rasp hit the finished neck, oooh shivers down the e backbone and puckering in the trooosers lol 😜 She’s a true beaut though 😍
The knot in the middle of the neck look extremely attractive. I know it's close to the middle of the neck, so from the truss rod, and thus makes a weak spot, but dang it's gorgeous and adds to the story of the guitar. And this method to basically keep the strings on while recarving is genius and might help suiting the carve to the customer's preference even better. That's amazing
How clean can you make a guitar? I would love to see a build series where all the complication is in all the cool little subtle things.
The truss rod inside saying "NOW IS MY TIME TO SHINE!" after all that shaping and burning.
You are a great builder. Am I wrong to think that you should have removed the neck before introducing a flame to it and the surrounding areas (the scorched heel etc.)?
I thought the same thing I was shocked when he was carelessly just blasting that torch on the heel. However I know he knows a lot more than I do
definitely a cock up to just blatantly scorch the body through carelessness
fading in the intro music to burn it
*chefs kiss*
The beard suits you, Ben 👍
I love that build series. Have watched it a couple of time for inspiration..
Always loved this build!
You went a bit too crazy with the burning 😂
I kind of like the darker neck. I want!
Fascinating technique, but a beautiful result. I was quite perturbed when it went so dark, then you managed to pull it back to excellent. Well done mate!
Good stuff I have 3 necks I’ve been wanting to reshape I think I’ll have a go at good quality craftsmanship thanks again for sharing the link
Thanks to watching Ben, I was able to fix a guy's 12 string at an open mic last night
lovely - the fire made my stomach jump
The wood in that guitar. *chefs kiss*
Well done.
Love the roasted finish. You continue to impress and entertain me!
A good looking axe! 👌
Ben, in another video you said you were reevaluating old ideas, i have a different idea/invention on the string through experience. One that would have allowed that guitar to be easily completely unstrung and then restrung without having to replace strings. If you’re interested let me know 👍
it looks great Ben
Bloody beautiful!
Edited with fire.😄
That guitar is one gorgeous piece playable art. I haven't stopped thinking about it since it listed. Leave the neck heel and volute dark and sand down the middle a little to make a burst pattern. That might look like it was played down to the lighter color, like relic'ed
This gets me thinking: Why don't we do the final neck shaping with the strings on? The neck always feels a little different when strung up, so when doing the test assembly before finishing, that would be the perfect time to fine tune the neck shape.
I’m going to say it’s a result of doing something more traditional. Like a lacquer finish.
With the new darker zone, it makes it look like the player is such a monster they are cooking the neck from the friction of all the hot playing.
What a beautiful Telecaster! 🥰🥰🎸🎸☕️☕️
Ben, it is a guitar channel I wish is all that beauty at the end you would play us out with something please ! I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting to hear the guitars when they are done ? Thank you
Love the new shape and colour but that spot on the heel you missed/couldn't get to because you left the neck on would bug the hell out of me.
Rabbea Massad’s music man prototype neck’s is actually thinner in the upper range so he can shred there and have a chunkier piece of wood in the cowboy chords section for comfort.
Perhaps you were just too early with a breakthrough design?
I prefer it darker! It’s lovely
This brings new meaning to roasted neck.. 😊
Yes yes but where is the SG Ben! 😂
O beautiful in Ben's eyes,
For amber stains on grain.
I know im new to this guitar game, and you are my first tutor Bun.
But carving and burning a neck while still attached to the body.... and under string tention.... DAMN!!!! 😂
Yeah.. I did wonder as the flame was going on if may cause some unwanted bending.. but it was quick and over soon
Whatever you decide about the neck, it'll look great. I like the guitar, though, really nice.
It's madness, pure madness! 😆👍
There's a scammer pretending to be Crimson Guitars, it's not!
🚨 SCAMMER ALERT 🚨
I'm a mere mortal and enthusiast not an expert, but would the neck relief with strings still attached partially explain the apparent mid-hump (and would use of a sanding beam not then thin the middle)?
Love your videos and products, by the way =)
To be fair its a nice contrast having the neck that dark and totally agree its all part of the guitars story, they gotta have a life after all.
It does look far too much fun using fire on a guitar though... bet it smells somethin else too.
Nice vid as ever, some lucky sods gettin a cracker there.
Fire fun! 🔥 and yes, I love knowing that someone random is going to own this after me for the price of a pint of bitter!
Congratulations, on having avoided finishing the travel guitar for yet another week.
I would prefer the neck to be not quite so dark, but otherwise it's a lovely Tele.
It's the mark of a true craftsman to be able to take a finished guitar and reshape and refinish the neck without removing it or leaving the join visible. Much respect, O Great One!
It's been a few days since I did this and I am seriously considering going back in with some sandpaper.. I think I agree.. a tad too dark still.
Oh I wish I had the bollocks to do something like this. I bought a Gretsch Rat Rod (my first Gretsch) and didn't realise they had a U carved neck. I hate it. I love everything else about it but that bloody neck shape is a killer for me. I'd love it to have a C carved profile. One day....
So Ben... I managed to find a new user for your spirit stains...
I has an old pair of DiMarzio Jass Bass pickups that were cream colored. I have both the water and spirit based black stain and decided that water was too risky. I soaked the pickups in the stain, and got super results. I was expecting to have to leave them for a while but checked after 5 minutes and they were B-L-A-C-K. Pro tip - I think the stain was starting to desolve the covers as I had to put some force behind seperating the container with the pickup. It wasn't quite bonded but you could tell it wanted to be.
Left them to dry out, tested with a multi metre and they still have continuity.
Disclaimer - Dear reader - If you do this, I take zero responsibility for your outcomes. YMMV
I'm surprised the heat doesn't affect the frets or truss rod. Still, when I win it I'll have a close look!
Yeh, I would have thought that amount of concentrated heat would really screw with the truss rod
Half way through the video, can't help thinking. Will you be able to remove the burn marks off the body
i would have darken up the back and the sides of the headstock too
Oh my, what a beautiful Tele! If you come around missing it (i would), how about building another one?
That's the plan. I fell back in love with this during the filming.. the bevels, the top.. the burnt neck etc and I really do need to build myself one.
Oh, I wish I could do that properly to my 2009 epiphone sg g400, that has a very thin and wide "slim tapper d neck profile", but regardless of the finish, I don't have a Shinto, the skills or experience, and it could end very bad, even carefully it could end too thin depth and wide. Ha I wondered if that one had a binding that could be melted as well as the side dots. Gorgeous neck colour and shape, congrats. Cheers.
Yeah I've got a tribute plus 60s LP with he same carve. Lovely sounding but it just doesn't really fit my hand.
@@Forest_Fifer I have an Chinese 2009 lp gold top p90 56' reissue, c round but not baseball the best, a lp standard pro plus that says thin D very good, but the sg, love it, pearly gates pups, gotoh b and t, but the that very thin and wide slim tapper it's not my favourite. But I adjust and enjoy. Cheers.
If I was to enter and win would you inlay the current crimson logo into the upper part of the rear of the body near the neck?
Absolutely
I would fix that hideous headstock volute while I'm at it.
Are there not smoke detectors in the building? Mine go off if I overcook toast.
Mine go off while watching Ben’s building videos.
I have to say I find the neck too dark now indeed :/ It was wayyyy cooler before. But apart from the neck, this guitar is absolutely beautiful. The color, the grain, the pickguard, the golden hardware, just WOW !
It has already lightened quite a bit as the oil dried but yes.. I'm considering going back in a sanding it back a tad more
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars My shattered heart is now starting to repair itself ! Love your work, you're inspiring me a lot with each video you're posting !
The wavy grain on the fretboard is 😍
If I win can you sand 2lbs out of the body too 😂
Deal... ish.. May have to just make it a BUNCH thinner. A chunky bit of Ash here tbh
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars maybe bathtub routing under the pickguard is less indulgent than refinishing the pretty back 🤔 It won't shed my exaggerated 2lb, but every little helps. Or I could just man up and view it as dual purpose home gym equipment 🏋️💪🤣
It's amazing how many tickets I buy for daily guitar draw even tho I can't play any of them being a lefty... idea tho Ben for us lefty is a cash equivalent instead of us just winning it and punting it on.
Hey Stuart, It should say this on the website but if we can't find a left handed equivalent to send when you win we, of course, will offer a cash equivalent and that goes across the board! Thank you very very much for your support, I appreciate it very much!
BURN IT and Recarve it
The beard is looking good Ben x
technically is this "modification" or "Repair"? :)
Thats exactly why i dont really get in with my Epiphone LP 60s Tribute plus. The shoulders are too big.
A normal C shape feels much better in my hand.
Anyone want to swap me for a 50s?
Weren't you afraid that the fretboard would fall off after scorching the back of the neck?
Not at all, I've done this many times. The trick is very hot flame but applied very quickly
The recarve with the neck on the guitar I could overlook, but maaaan, wtf are you doing introducing a flame to the neck while it's still on?
Edit: But it turned out okay, and it's (still) your guitar.
Maybe it needs to sunbathe for a couple of days. Comes over a bit monotone for my taste
You may be right.. and we certainly have enough sun in the UK right now!
Hey Ben do you want a beat to hell ( played to death) 73 set neck Japanese flying V for the museum? I'll send it down.....
Um, how does one say 'FUCK YES!?!' But politely and without seeming too excited? Ahh.. well. That would be grand Stuart, thank you very much!
@CrimsonCustomGuitars awesome! When I'm home ill get it sorted!
Guitarsonist
That profile gauge has a low sample rate
A very good way to put it 😆
hairstyle?😂
You just wanted to burn it again...
The neck is far too dark!
Agreed - I really really like all these builds and guitars, but Bens tendency to burn everything or stain it black is just not to my taste.
The neck is lovely.
@@philipkoene5345 Yeah the whole burning stuff is ridiculous in my opinion!
It’s definitely too dark. Original shade was perfect.
@@yerblues10 👌
Aren’t you supposed to be finishing other things? Just saying… 😂
"Guitar building is not a way to make oneself particularly wealthy". Lol, try making yourself wealthy by selling books in a third world country as I do for a living
Books.. guitars.. both careers one chooses from love rather than a particular desire for huge financial gain.. but yeah, I can imagine that you have it far harder than I do
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Yeah, the thing with my profession is that it has become nearly impossible to make a living out of it, let alone get rich, at least in this country. I've already downgraded from antiquarian bookseller to just regular bookseller since book collectionism is basically dead and now I'm thinking of changing professions altogether because love alone won't feed your family. PS: I've noticed we have the same haircut too although I don't have a sick tattoo like yours
Horrible! 😬