Custom Guitars Built in the Heart of Switzerland. On this channel, I show what I'm up to in my workshop, from building high-end boutique guitars to upgrading my CNC machine, laser engraver, or 3D printer. If you like making, music, luthery, or woodworking, this will be right down your alley. If you are interested in commissioning a custom guitar build, feel free to reach out to me by email or DM on Instagram.
Great effort. Thanks.i still really want the Devin Townsend fluency. My main guitars are Parker fly deluxe though so it's impossible to fit them. I wonder if you know of the Swiss guitar builder Hums....something. I will add in an edit. I believe he makes his own bar pickups. EDIT Hufschmid Guitars ...Lace Alumitones
I dont think guitars amps or or pickups matter anymore with music being what it is now, still makes my brow raise when a 30 yo says anything about tone, tone????????
Beautiful build dude. Have you tried using fixtures? I used to machine my bodies like you did in this video, leaving tabs and flipping half way but sometimes I ended up having problems with the position of the stock shifting a bit, resulting in lots of sanding to save the part. Now I cut all the way through and place it in a fixture that I butt up against a fence, then use edge finding on the corner of the fixture. It took me a while to build it but if you're building the same stuff a lot it ends up saving way more than it costs.
I have thought of doing something like this, though my builds tend to all be a tiny bit different so I never implemented it. I have since switched to leaving some stock to leave on the top when I do the perimeter and then cut all the way through from the bottom (with no tabs but masking tape and superglue to hold the body), followed by a full depth cleanup pass to eliminate any minor misalignment.
Hey, idk if for you it's the same problem and if you still haven't figured it out but I had these random stops you're talking about, using a different controller but also using mach3. I was reading something unrelated, about idling cpu cores and it dawned on me that it could have something to do with the machine stopping. Now I just let some 12 hour long video or something playing in the background and the issue goes away.
I think in my case it was the controller and not the pc that has the issue. When it freezes, the pc still works normally but the controller is unresponsive. I ended up fixing the issue by switching to a Masso controller instead of Mach3.
I didn't realize how compact this machine was in your other videos! I thought it was in a much pricier tier from watching you work with it. I wish they were available where I live.
Great work man. That's a nice CNC machine also, looks really sturdy. I built one at home which gets the job done but I'd like to upgrade to something more rigid and powerful.
@@DarkArtGuitars brilliant thanks im trying to figure how to wire an ac servo into my spindle but cant for the life of me get it to work in position mode.. it works fine in jog mode and ive resorted to using it like that until i figure the wiring/parameters.. i think the mach 3 setup and parameters are whats stopping it talk to the servo
I'm trying to invert the switch logic, I want to make the switch always on and register keyboard action when realesed, can someone point me a path ? I don't know a lot about coding and I think I'm searching the wrong way on how to do it
You're motherfuckin' talented pal. That's next level creativity, craftsmanship, and execution my man. You should be proud of yourself, but don't let that pride change your personality. Once I get my hands on some actual Cuban Mahogany (not Honduran), perhaps I'll ask you to make a guitar for me...
I have been watching your cnc videos. I actually built the rat rig using the same motors, spindle, etc. It was great having you on the side with the videos. It is a bit funny that you have turned more into woodworking, as that is where my hobby started. ❤❤ Keep up the great work.
Anyone building a pickup should know that the VOLTAGE induced in the coil is a function of the speed of the change in the velocity of the magnetic field. (Simplified explanation ). That's why a coil with a large number of turns has more output on the low strings, but the large distributed capacitance and resistance of that winding will roll off the highs, even though the voltage induced by the hi strings may be higher. ( The voltage is also a function of how far the strings travel. (No one said it was easy). All this can cause a lot of coloration on the output. On the other hand, the low impedance pickups (one turn?) have CURRENT in the winding changing. This means the response is mostly only affected by the action of the strings. Most of this type pickup will use a transformer to match the low impedance to the amp. This transformer can also influence tone. The Lace pickup is a prime example. Everyone is welcome to their own opinion on pickups. Diversity is good.
Hi buddy, I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your videos on your milling project. Especially that you don't waste time and just want to learn from anything that gets in your way. I know that kind of enthusiasm and am already looking forward to following you. Who am i. Kai
On your "programming the keyboard" section, shouldn't the OS handle delay and spam? If you hardcode it in the controller, how are you then gonna change any of this? Then, I've not done a keyboard before, so I don't know, but should the keyboard really be sending characters? I thought they send keydown identifiers which then are translated into chars by the OS, and sometimes a KD id might not even be a printable char but could trigger some kind of application or OS event. So maybe what those key Ids do or how they are translated is handled by a driver for the OS? So yeah, your keyboard won't work in any OS, anywhere, unless there is something I missed?
Fantastic review with very useful detail. Your communication style, vocabulary, and organization is very easy to understand without dumbing things down. I also appreciate that you just seem like you're just telling us how it is with no bs or fluff. Thank you!
I've been building my shop for a few years now, mostly by making videos on here. But end of last year/beginning of this year I did a big overhaul to set it up more for guitar building. I had to invest some $, but all in all it wasn't too bad as I already had my CNC and many other tools I collected over the years. While you definitely don't need all these tools to get started building guitars, if you want to be productive enough to make some money with it, you first need to invest some to get the tools that speed up the work. Kind of a chicken and egg thing ;)
