Building a Guitar from a Biscuit Tin - First Ever Guitar Build!
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- Опубліковано 30 кві 2020
- A video chronicling the making of my very first guitar, using a biscuit tin and a plank of recycled mahogany. Prior to this I had customised the pickguard on my Epiphone SG and repainted another guitar body and installed all the hardware - so this was my first time doing any actual building.
The following channels were invaluable with regards to knowhow and inspiration:
Crimson Custom Guitars - tinyurl.com/ybxb9rnf
Glenn Watt - tinyurl.com/ycvgycox
The Guitar Doctor (née Will's Easy Guitar) - tinyurl.com/yd2y6g9h
Scrap Wood City - tinyurl.com/y8aufsmf
Thanks to my wife Bec for bringing the plank home as well as being okay with me doing loads of woodwork inside the house!
References:
Bristol Wood Recycling Project - www.bwrp.org.uk/
StewMac Fret Calculator - www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator
Warman Guitars (pickups) - www.warmanguitars.co.uk/
Contact:
Email: minimguitars@gmail.com
Facebook: / minimguitars
Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/minimguitars
Thanks for watching!
Great build!!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
I saw a few better ideas on attaching the neck to the tin body through your video. Thanks for the video. Your trial-and-error project gave me some better ideas.
Ah cool, glad to hear it!
This is quite possibly the most joyfully entertaining video I have seen in weeks. The oak "smelled a bit like an old desk I had " or perhaps a good Tennessee whiskey,or a fine bourbon from Kentucky.
I have watched cbg videos. This is my first btg (biscuit tin video. Great job from my perspective in Kansas city Missouri!
Haha thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it. I watched quite a lot of CBG videos to learn how to make this, I think I used the tin just cos I had it!
I'm as pleased as you are,don't let anything ,even four years get in your way,it was obvious it was needed an what a team you've made with this biscuit ,wish we could jam a bit,,,I have 3 made an 9 to start, remember the ideas never stop coming to your brain,, build on young gifted jammer
Thanks for the encouragement Kenneth! Luckily it was only the video that took me four years, the guitar itself took about six weeks - I showed it to as many of my guitarist friends as I could and they all seemed to enjoy it. I've got lots more wood and tins and lots of ideas - just running out of space!
Finally got around to watching this. Really interesting, and quite funny. I loved the Status Quo joke! 🤣
Mr MacLaughlan would be proud, haha.
Thanks! Alex came up with that in school - that's why I still laugh at it. Ha - well he can't exactly say it lacks colour
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Very cool! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Awesome thanks so much for the upload 👍🏼❤️😍
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
Sound Great 👍
Looks LEGIT
Thanks Del, really appreciate you checking this out!
Another fun video Matt and the end results looks and sounds magnificent! I'd really like to hear John Fogerty doing your version of (HIS) the "Quo song" on your creation!🤔😆
haha thanks - the first piece of music (00:39) was a deliberate nod to Creedence.
Looks really good! I'm part way through attempting my first one. I've got some Reese's Miniatures tins I want to use for this. Just trying to figure out how the neck should be
Cheers! You could start by deciding where you want the bridge to be on the tin, then use a tape measure to give you an idea how long the neck would be with different scale lengths - then pick one in proportion with the body. This one is 600mm, about an inch shorter than a Les Paul. Good luck!
That is killer. Do you have any for sale? Great videos, keep them coming.
Thanks - I will try!
Yeah, I have a couple online at etsy.com/shop/minimguitars and a some more in Relics in Bristol, it's a vintage hi-fi repair shop.
I'm keeping this one but all the other guitars featured on my channel (except Knight Rider) are currently still available.
Try putting a sound hole in it!
I did consider it for a while! I typically just play it as an electric really.
Out of interest what tool did you use to cut the tin?
I think I just used some straight tin snips. Maybe a stanley knife to get started in the middle - I'd use a drill for that now!
cool channel, dude - sort of suggested by yt.
Cool, thanks for looking!
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