Was that a left hand guitar or was it reversed in editing? A very nice design, I love the figuring on that fretboard and how it continues through to the headstock, that's genius! I would love to do that on one of my own guitars. The only thing I don't like are the plastic bobbins, they look very odd on your guitars, but if you are after a particular sound from a particular pickup then there is no avoiding it.
I dont like plastics on my guitars, on some models I have removed them and cut and carved wooden replacements, and even got a few commissions when other musicians saw my upgrades to my guitars. Upto press I have only assembled and finished guitars from kits although I do plan to build one as soon as the wood I milled has dried correctly. I loved your wooden binding, I would love to have a go at removing the binding from some of my guitars and replacing it with highly figured wooden binding. Did you cut the binding for this guitar yourself? I also loved the green resin you used on the headstock art, it looks like some malachite that I bought from India while I was travelling there, I intend to use this for inlays on a fretboard. I am planning to attend an 8 week course at Crimson Custom Guitars Luthiary School as soon as I can come up with some guitar designs that incorporate some advanced techniques that I would like to learn. I loved watching your build and love your design, I also had a look at your friends website, wow! there are some things on those guitars I have never seen before. Good look to you both in the future! +1 Subscriber
Superb guitar, I love it!! Now make a single humbucker version 😁😁 Nice video too, subscribed! Looking forward to watching your stuff. Also your mistake correction on the fretboard was awesome 😊
@@USBlues I used to scrape tops until i got the shape right..... I'd have 10-20 hours in a top..... such a waste of time. angle grinder makes quick work but be patient with it! cause it's really easy to ruin a top with it too!
@@vicioannou I aim for carved top guitars (semi-hollow or solid body) to be just under 2" thick at its thickest point, typically .5-.75" for the maple top, and 1.25-1.5" on the back wood
Definately a Newill design... just so damn impressive! I grew up on the Fender and Gibson shapes - but I'm a little bored of all that. You inspire me to step out a bit Seeing your builds makes me realize how worth it it can be. Thanks so much for your posts. I learn alot from your approach.
Matt, You’ve done some very admiral things in the design, structure and the construction of your guitar. The “easements” you carved into the front and back edges associated to the playability are gorgeous. Your headstock… is gorgeous. Your logo is wonderful & well done. It makes your company look “big”. Everything about everything is very “mature”. Your multi-layer finishing of the guitar body came out spectacular. All of the “lines” of your design are easy, graceful lines except for one thing. Your “f” holes. It’s the only part of the design that doesn’t fit. These too should have been graceful, eased lines that flowed with the body lines used throughout. Nothing on the guitar associates with the very “zig-zag” of these lines. That’s my critique. It’s meant to be valuable, not put you down. You did a wonderful job. I hope you play it often. Thanks for the video. ~ Sven
Thanks man! That sound hole curve appears in so many places on the design! headstock, top of body, tailpiece, it's everywhere brother! everyone's got their own tastes tho, and i rarely do the same soundholes twice ;)
It's a tool! I've found it to be excellent for design work for my purposes. There's certainly other vector softwares and CAD programs that people may prefer thp
@@newillguitars it is a tool, and it doesn't really suck. Other softwares are easier to work with if we're talking nodes and clean and simple curves. My opinion.
I think I did ziricote binding my first time around some tough bends. So it was difficult, but if you use a dark wood the gaps you'll have are super easy to fill!
