Ep 11 - Kauri! Straight Lines to Perfect Neck Carve | Building a Guitar from 42,000 Year Old Wood!

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In this episode, Ben is carving the neck of the Kauri Build. In a previous digression, Ben worked out how best to copy the neck shape for this custom guitar build.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction & recap
1:12 The plan
2:29 Let's carve a neck
3:39 Marking out the thickness & copying the inspiration guitar neck
10:27 Clamping down & starting off with the Shinto Saw Rasp
13:58 Working out the facet lines
19:11 Alternative methods to carve a guitar neck
21:33 Checking the progress & next stage
24:19 Switching to a finer rasp & going back to the Shinto
27:20 How to check for inconsistencies
29:09 Using chisels & fine rasps to shape the curves
35:31 Finalising the shape
36:44 Conclusion
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@babamunky Год назад

This wood was brand new when Ben started.

@TheScubaboy56 Год назад

Lol ! Slowly slowly ;-)

@alpeterson Год назад

Pretty sure it was really old, someone just left it sitting in the ground for a while.

@TheScubaboy56 Год назад

@@alpeterson i think you'll find he was joking.

@alpeterson Год назад

@@TheScubaboy56 so was I, dude. haha

@MarianoWettstein Год назад

😂

@mikehoward587 Год назад

Ben-I wanted to drop you a thank you note. I lost my Dad on April 19th. He loved woodworking. He wasnt very good, but that didnt stop him from doing. He and I created some things together, such as my coffee bar in my office. I wanted to say thank you for giving me somewhere to come, enjoy the creativity and beauty of woodworking, and remember him without the sadness of missing him.

@MrGrunge88 Год назад

One of the things I appreciate about this channel is that Ben understands that the "best way" is not the "only way" to do things. Teaching alternative solutions to common problems is extremely valuable.

@danagetellefsen9394 Год назад

You are a master of your craft and an expert in engaging your audience. your videos are never boring, I find them as a mix of asmr, educational, and inspirational. I could sit for hours and watch you find that neck inside that block of wood. Thank you!

@rauschguitars Год назад

Good points on making a neck at 36:55. I was quite nervous about making my first neck, but it's honestly not that bad. There are more steps, maybe a bit more planning, but it's not as complicated as it may seem to a first time builder.

@kennethluebberke8216 Год назад

Been waiting Ben! My Saturday mornings are complete again 😂. Love to watch your work.

@K1W1fly Год назад

Kauri's ease of shaping is legendary. It was commonly used for making casting patterns in foundries and engineering works.

@TheScubaboy56 Год назад

For the love of God, please please finish the hand tools only build ! I so wanna hear how it sounds.😊😊😊

@phatputer Год назад

I have been very keen to see that one get finished as well, enjoying everything else but really want to see that one done.

@TheScubaboy56 Год назад

@@phatputer i know! It's really bugging me that we have to wait ! Lol. I mean it's not like Ben's busy with other stuff 🤪🤪🤪

@Reginaldesq Год назад

Ben would finish it but he does not have enough tools :)

@brucefaulkner30 Год назад

completely agree with you Ben, learn a new bit on each build until you find you are making it all. It also then opens the creative horizons!

@timc7345 Год назад

Good neck carving tunes for ISO tunes, Hoodoo Gurus, great Aussie band!

@BAGHEAD1995 Год назад

The straight edge of GLORY!.

@ianthomson9363 Год назад

Facetinating stuff! It's always good to see the Shinto rasp in action, and of course some expert chiselling too. I'm also an inveterate procrastinator or, as I like to think of it, carefully planning the next step and solving problems before they occur.

@narbonneguitars8590 Год назад

You creating in the simplest form Ben like in this video is why I have been a fan since the old wood shed days an I'm still hear ,..I like all the side stuff you an your staff showcase but your building an creating an ( let's not forget your personality, fight me in the comments..lol😂)..is why I'm a subscriber an fellow guitar maker ,.. keep them coming Ben..🤘

@jacobbockover1628 Год назад

I have only reshaped necks usually nocking the shoulder down on the treble side. Ive only done it on natural satin or oil finishes but i do it by feel

@Insanalyst Год назад

I love carving the next. It’s always the most optimistic part of the build. I do it all with a rasp.

@John-lx8iu Год назад

2:56 I just had to re-watch that bit a few times 🤣

@ac8704 Год назад

Shaping the heel, where you said it was potentially boring, might have been my favorite part.

@camerontgore Год назад

Listening suggestion for Bun: Plini (artist). Basically anything he has done is pure gold!

@bassvibasics479 Год назад

Seconded- Plini is terrific. And for the less metally moments (own up, we all have them) Matteo Mancuso and Julian Lage are solid picks.

@guitfidle Год назад

Ah come on Ben, the Straightedge of DOOOOM!!!! 😂😂

@spudpud-T67 Год назад

All those wonderful carving tools, spokeshaves and blades and the rasp is the go to tool. If I had to use grinding and sanding tools only I'd give up sculpture. Yes he used a chizel for a moment but just about everything could have been done with a spokeshave,

@kevinparker2375 Год назад

Have you tried using a gun stock checkering cradle to carve necks? You can google how to make one. Allows for rotating your work while holding it steady at almost any angle. I made one to hand checker rifle stocks and love it, thought it might be useful for necks as well.

@danielpardejo3350 Год назад

The carving of the heel-neck transition was absolutely one of the hardest things to do. Neck side transition, easy, with I must admit (on my opinion) a beautiful result. On the heel side.... I mostly just ignore it. Would make ok one side, try on the other, and wouldnt be simmetric... tried to adjust until ok, go back to the other... fail to make it simmetric again. In the end made it a very simple, semi round-ish, semi-simetrical-ish thing, that I just tend to ignore and hope everyone else does the same..... So... please, what a about a full on, 30-40min Ben documentary on how to carve that heel-neck transition?

@claudevieaul1465 Год назад

I'm absolutely sure this will become a gorgeous instrument - you've obviously created magnificent guitars before, and you most certainly will after this one's done 👍 However, I'm a bit puzzled by this request to copy a Fender, albeit in very rare wood. I have this feeling of 'thin ice' and that you're jumping through some additional hoops on this lengthy journey, and whether it might backfire at some point... If it was me (and I know it isn't) I would definitely have made an instrument to my own original design. It's always a joy to watch you create (in the broader sense of the word), but I do really hope that the client appreciates the end result accordingly.

@liontribegc Год назад

Cheers from Texas! 🤟😺🤟 What to listen to: The Olive Tree by Scale the Summit All the best Michael Francis

@jakegarber2758 Год назад

I love the faceting method for neck carving, especially with a shinto rasp. I've had a lot of success this way. I like to put a strip of blue painters tape along my pencil lines, I find that it's helpful to show me exactly when i get to the line and it allows me to follow my template more precisely

@josephswenson2056 Год назад

Definitely facet the neck with measurements the first and 12th fret and straight lines drawn between. Two main cuts to begin with, then another pair offacets drawn on the two main facets. Goes very quickly this way.

@oldmanzen6682 Год назад

Ben: "AM I TALKING LOUD? IT FEELS LIKE I"M TALKING LOUDER." Crew: "No, no... you're good." *turn and giggle*

@Finn-McCool Год назад

Bob Dylan, Street Legal. circa '75. The album that changed my music preferences from Dad's old Country Western to my older brothers' stash from under the old American Walnut Zenith Console. (What I wouldn't give to have that piece back from the grave!) -✌️

@richgh4905 Год назад

Beautiful as always ben god bless

@fairguinevere666 Год назад

Probably try Split Enz, Finn Brothers, Dave Dobyn, Shona Laing, etc. All the New Zealand classics that my parents are mad at me for not listening to more.

@Flonkation Год назад

Ben should listen too... Mr Fastfinger !

@rockyetsx70 Год назад

Music suggestion for serious guitar rock: Band-Maid, album Just Bring It.

@k.tucker599 Год назад

U2 are making necks now? Kewl!

@robinfawcett7973 Год назад

Woodturners are all pirates at heart...😆

@branifftaylor22 Год назад

Please tell me when it's finished that this guitar won't be going anywhere before we can come and see it in person Ben!

@S-T-E-V-E Год назад

The title Building an Old Wood Guitar in 42,000 years! 😂 Oh well maybe my Grandchildren will see it finished!

@Red_Robin_Guitars Год назад

32:41 I think we all want to know now - what is Ben reaching for as his zombie smushing weapon of choice when the inevitable zombie movie uprising occurs???

@Fliegenpilzkonsument Год назад

Could you try making a faceted guitar neck, then sand and finish it without removing the facets and have someone play it?

@morgattfpv5548 Год назад

Whats the guitarr that you ate copying the neck from? Looks super good!! The one you build as well! Keep it up!

@Forest_Fifer Год назад

What was on your Thin Lizzy playlist? The (fret) Rocker? Holly Wood (Down on your Headstock)?

@davosdashcam8764 Год назад

Take a listen to the Psychedelic P*rn Crumpets! Awesome band

@stef_t7220 Год назад

I love your work and your videos, but just one question, how many watches do you have and specialy, how many Speedmaster ?

@chevalierjulien9960 Год назад

Try to listen SuperSleep !! French rock band 🤘🤘🖤

@peachmelba1000 Год назад

I was wondering if we'll ever see that hand tool only guitar ever again. Sincerely, A Fellow Procrastinator

@CrimsonCustomGuitars Год назад

We really will. GGBO has launched and I am going to have a little free time now, I am so excited to be done with that build.. and to have her at home and playing!

@bozoldier Год назад

Gojira!!!! That's what you should listen to !

@thesamaffliction1572 Год назад

I don’t want this to come across as weird but seeing Ben struggle to focus on the carve, and easily distract himself feels very much like my ADHD symptoms. I find they trigger most when nervous and that sticks out to me as him being so passionate about the build he gets nervous and his adhd symptoms kick in. Which in a weird way is incredible nice to see and relate to

@jefferywarburton2116 Год назад

Just imagine if a custom 24 and an acoustasonic jazzmaster had a child.

@stu-j Год назад

Build a guitar with a vr headset on only using the cameras as your eyes! That will be a world's first! Guinness book of records stuff!

@kevinsmith7068 Год назад

You should listen to 'the chimp paradox'

@williambock1821 Год назад

I can’t believe Fender didn’t use locking tuners on those acoustic electrics.

@dakaraius Год назад

Listening suggestions: Unleash the Archers Phrenetix Hierarchy of One (my music, cheeky plug)

@VAXHeadroom Год назад

Listening suggestions for Ben: Ozric Tentacles Marbin Consider the Source

@Ri_Guy Год назад

I wish you would do a “Bob Ross” episode

@drumtothebeat Год назад

You should listen to Destrage's second album "The King Is Fat And Old"!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

@terryjohinke8065 11 месяцев назад

Question: Why do you work in millimetres? The original measuremets for all instrumuments are Imperial. I have worked in thet system since 1969. Firstly, inches are more accurate ( e.g. O.040 is millimrtere. Also a 25/64" is 0.991 mm) hence tuners need to bought with extra parts as 10 mm . are too big. I know the world, other than the US is metric. but instruments weren't made that way. The old system is accurate to 1/1000 " of an inch. Metric only to 1/99 cm. Just curious.

@mcpheeguitarsaustralia8301 Год назад

Use a spokeshave that's painful watching the rasp. Plus it's a lot faster. Wayne

@vincentvandervaart8019 Год назад

The straight edge of Crimson😂

@Naglfarlindar Год назад

Motorcycle by Colter Wall, seems to me neck-carvin' music.

@HowardGittela Год назад

Dear Ben, what is happening to the hand tool only build? 🙂

@klaassiersma4892 Год назад

That all looked very scary to me, but then again Ben did it lots of times before I guess.

@m.a.bushling Год назад

Straight edge of divine incrementation?

@meshugganator08 Год назад

Best procrastinations on the internets

@Forest_Fifer Год назад

Any chance of an acoustasonic on the Daily Guitar Draw? A Mexican one would do. 😁

@ambidexter2017 Год назад

I'm a bit worried for the tree, is it okay?

@meloncat3000 Год назад

you should listen to WHEEL.

@allensparks285 Год назад

I do.. i do need some coffee... Maybe Ben is clairvoyant too... Or an .....influencer 😊

@gmac9667 Год назад

Ooooohhhh.... I forgot there were veneers...I was so stoned i couldn't figure out why the pencil lines weren't getting filed away!

@magnumardent Год назад

Listen to the latest Extreme songs...thats a no brainer

@geoffkeeler5106 Год назад

Please pronounce "process" correctly Ben, you do everything else to perfection!

@jazzpunkt40 Год назад

Jason Kinney Band

@stephenclark4114 Год назад

Did I miss something. I saw 2 templates for the radius in the last episode, at the 12 and 0 fret, but only using one for the facets here. (I'm only half way through the video)

@Barrysautospares Год назад

@Stephen Clark: exactly my thought!

@CrimsonCustomGuitars Год назад

I should have explained, the neck I copied was actually fairly consistent and after checking the 1st fret one was just a smaller version of the 12th

@stephenclark4114 Год назад

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars cool. That makes sense. Thanks Ben!

@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 Год назад

Ben: Until we can find a way to restore errors using CTRL+Z in real life. Me: Until then we make do with saw dust and superglue. Also, the feel is always right when you're working on it. The real test is always a couple of days later. Is the feel still right then when you don't have the bias of having worked on it for a couple of hours? Many were the times when I still had a go at days later.

@copsy87 Год назад

The smile's debut album is nice and easy listening but the psychedelic porn crumpets is a band worth building guitars to

@sporadicamnesic Год назад

Straight Edge of Sorcery

@davidtomsett Год назад

Ben, in the UK we say ‘prowcess’ not ‘prossess’ I don’t think you are American?

@JackBealeGuitar Год назад

No he's Canadian, then lived in south africa I believe

@toblexson5020 Год назад

prow-cess? As in prow of a boat? Or do you mean pro-cess? Because I've never heard the former. And it doesn't matter, language is for communication and is constantly changing, the hard or soft pronunciation of a letter makes no difference. Unless you pronounce 'scone' line like 'gone', then you're just wrong.

@jefferywarburton2116 Год назад

Billy Frekin Gibbons

@jefferywarburton2116 Год назад

Let the left hand know. BigbadBlues😎

@matthewlawrence2976 Год назад

Interested to know if you have ever considered using a copy carve machine like this? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xFtp8nAzH4c.html Obviously not as 'hand made' but more of a repeatable process.

@artbk Год назад

16:05 or SpongeBob on that art episode.

@phillipvisnaw2355 Год назад

Listen to Johnny Winter And

@williambock1821 Год назад

I have a whole log of 50k year old MDF in my basement.

@doublepick Год назад

I can’t believe this neck is going to do anything but bend out of shape in pretty short order when strung…

@alpeterson Год назад

I love you, I love this channel, but I can’t do 40 minute videos of this. I basically watch the first 5 and the last 5. I’m sure some of this is my ADHD but I still feel kinda bad.

@PaulCooksStuff Год назад

Settings cogwheel -> Speed -> 2x

@alpeterson Год назад

@@PaulCooksStuff tried it, some guitar building tasks don’t make for interesting content for me. 20 minutes of bore vs 40 is better but ultimately I’m jot gonna watch it still. And I wanna be clear, I think this is a me thing, not sure it’s the content. I don’t want to criticize it per se.

@damianrf6309 Год назад

I found myself asking...”Is Ben carving necks the new porn?” I say it is.

@bushnord Год назад

Honestly the videos are getting longer and longer, with really slow progress. Unfortunately I find myself skipping more than half on speed and not watching the shorts

@CrimsonCustomGuitars Год назад

Will change now GGBO is up. Our editors have also been rebuilding the ggbo website and backend from scratch and have had far less time to devote to making the videos. 😞

@fungusv375 Год назад

Love you but not like that !

@jimalcott760 Год назад

You’re really milking this build…!

@CrimsonCustomGuitars Год назад

Kind of moving back to a bit more teaching in the builds.. I think I spent a bit too long on the entertainment side of ''edutaining' recently.. and.. yeah, I'm also milking it a bit.. I am having a blast with this one

@gasaddict Год назад

42k years old? May want to double check your carbon dating

@CrimsonCustomGuitars Год назад

Give or take 800 years, but still.. more accurate than you think

@gasaddict Год назад

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars doubt that with recent developments proving carbon dating isn't accurate, at all. I bet that wood is 150 years old. Still cool. Nonetheless though.

@Forest_Fifer Год назад

@@gasaddict Citation. Needed.

@gasaddict Год назад

@@Forest_Fifer Oxford released a recent study debunking carbon dating. Also plenty of videos all over YT doing the same. The process would show items much older then actually known to be, by thousands of years in fact.

@Forest_Fifer Год назад

@@gasaddict you'll be able to provide a source then?