FOR SALE NOW AT www.orbitalguitars.com/shop Just to give a little more info about the demo at the end, the guitar was tuned to D standard and may have been slightly out of tune because I had played around with it for a couple hours before recording that part and forgot to double check it. String gauge was 11-56. The signal chain: Guitar was plugged directly into a Line6 Spider IV for both the clean and high gain tones with a little bit of reverb added, no pedals, no after effects; amp was mic'ed with an Aston Origin directly in front of the speaker.
In my experience it takes about a month with strings on for everything to settle. Then I proceed to do the final set up. I.e. cut the nut , adjust trussrod , set string height, and intonation
@@OrbitalGuitars don't get me wrong tho absolutely love your work building it, looks beautiful but I'd love to hear it through something that's not holding it back
@@OrbitalGuitars Don't knock it! There's a lot to be said for sounding like absolute ass! Entire genres of music have been birthed from sounding like shit!
I love the fact that this is one fluid video. You're not stopping every 10 seconds to talk for 5 mins straight about your vision for the build or any kinda crap. You just execute and its amazing. Gorgeous guitar and craftsmanship!
I love when builders talk about what their doing, how and why. Many know things you dont, and arent aware of. There're so many concepts you cant learn by just watching. I guess some like to learn other just like to be entertained
Awesome build. Great guitar! I have saved all your videos of this guitar to my channel's Archive so that those who stop by may also view your work. I am including this Full Build video as well. More people need to know about Orbital Luthiery!!! Keep up the great job!⛧🤘
I really enjoyed watching you build your gorgeous guitar I love the look of the stripe contrast on the body and the shape. You made a beautiful guitar.
Dude, you have very steady hands and of all guitar creating processes I've watched on youtube, this has got to be the best I've watched and enjoyed so far
This is a knockout video. Having in your head to use highly-figured wood to create a pointy guitar - hats off. I watched the whole thing, the conductive paint, the little to-ground wire, I didn't understand how you marked the frets but they are so well finished and the body and neck finish is just bob-on. Only one of those in the world and years from now you'll still have it - with a few miles on it. Only one thing, it's very minor - your baby is proper showbizz and the demo is unworthy. Setting up a guitar definitely takes time and most of that time is in an armchair thinking of something else. That's the way it is - small moves. Give it a moment to get there and then dem the thing properly - put it through a proper amp in a proper space and give it to someone that can absolutely wring it's neck in a way that you can't. It's almost absurd to have something like that and sit there doing something tentative with it. If that hits the spot, give us the video of that please. F*&^%$%^&*g great job, Man!
that was the first time i have seen solderless electronics and i am astonished. Wish I knew about that when i rewired my guitar installing fluence pickups
I've installed a set of the Devin Townsend signature fluence pickups and that wiring is certainly an ordeal when you include a 3-way mini toggle. As far as I'm aware though, EMG might be the only company that utilizes the solderless system.
i was semi shocked when i took apart my ltd guitar for paint and saw the same type of pins and plugs.. made the whole process easier . crazy it was on a guitar from 2004!
Gorgeous build. Gotta say though, that tear-out on the back 'bout broke my heart. Why not use a forstner bit? Anyway, stunning achievement. Thanks for posting.
You should add how you set your guitars up. Intonation, fret crowning and leveling, the whole process. Everything else seems to be good. Good woodworking skills
I made a Padauk neck for my very first build, only it was neck through body. It warped in a few months. I tried everything to save it, but ended up cutting it off and making a glue-in mahogany replacement.
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wow, luthier, artist, craftsman!...not a fan of the flying V explorer thing, but its a work of art!!!and the no BS video was very cool and informative!
Wow! That was an amazing journey to watch! If you don't mind me asking, what kind of finish did you spray on? I'm glad that you didn't fill the grain, that texture is super cool! I've been wanting to take a crack at building a guitar, I've bought a bunch of Stewmac stuff that I've been too afraid to use, including a really cool spalted maple top, just need to take the plunge!
I love everything about this build. That said, two questions regarding the neck: Why not use a segmented glue-up, if most of the blank is being sawed away? And, if the neck needs to be repaired in the future, don't you think a bolt-on attachment, or the use of a reversible glue is in order? Either way, this looks great, and thanks for taking the time to share!
Some makers use a one-piece for the neck, some use one piece for the neck and f/board too. The blanks are cut and produce waste. Some build the neck from pieces, like glueing on the heel or a scarf-joint to add the headstock at a different angle - less waste, lower cost. Some add little bits to the headstock because it's the widest part of the neck. Some makers do bolt-on necks, some do set necks. The idea is to not drop your guitar but......ce sera.
Nice build! My only qualm/question is the measuring of the frets. You did this at an angle that follows the taper of the neck, which is ok I suppose providing your bridge and pickups are positioned accordingly... but doing so will shorten the scale length a bit and make things a little "non-standard" for anyone in the future trying to figure out what you've done. If it wasn't intentional, next time measure the fret/pickup/bridge spacing down the center line
@@vincit1813 That depends on a few factors. If the bridge is repositioned accordingly then no problem. If the bridge is placed in the stock position and the neck is out of whack, then it can easily extend beyond the intonation range of a tune-o-matic style bridge and/or have every fret out of tune by a specific degree. I don't have modelling software to hand to make a demonstration, nor can I be bothered with the maths, but a tape measure and guestimate angle, you could be 1/8" to 1/4" (~5mm) too long for the scale length. Only a few bridge designs can extend that far, then have all the room for accurate intonation. Should it be a fixed bridge like an acoustic, it'd be catastrophic.
This is an Absolute Awesome Build... love the Creative little touches... Like the Body shape Improving on a popular Design/Shape and the Truss rod cover being level with the headstock super cool idea... It's the Little Details that separate creative design from boring Copies...Love the credit card glue spreader that exactly how they should be used...
