How to OVERCOMPLICATE Plectrum Making | Dovetailed Swamp Kauri & Aluminium Guitar Pick

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Welcome to Crimson Guitars HQ ru-vid.com.... In this digression from the Kauri build, Ben is taking a piece of the Swamp Kauri headstock off-cut and turning it into a guitar pick or plectrum.
What do you call it? Guitar Pick or Plectrum? Comment below.
#plectrum #makers #woodworking #guitarbuilder #luthier
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:31 Taking a piece of swamp Kauri..... that was a fail!
2:24 Begin again.
4:29 Now - take a piece of aluminium......
8:28 Marrying the two pieces into a beautiful whole
12:38 Final shaping and sanding
15:04 Finishing oil
16:04 Will it stay in one piece?
18:09 Conclusion
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@deeess6027 Год назад

If this is paired with the guitar, you should add elements of this on the guitar, like the kauri/aluminum dovetail motif on the control knobs. That would be cool!

@eranmontiel Год назад

Watching with my 7 year old and he says "that pick looks like a viking in a helmet" with the aluminum being the helmet and the wood being his face and beard. He's absolutely right haha

@edkovac8978 Год назад

The final product looks amazing. I can imagine seeing a new luxury line of these plectrums made by Crimson.

Год назад

16:34 I gasped thinking Ben was about to Wonderwall us 😆

@dh88comet Год назад

I've been using silver picks for years now formed from pre 1965 American quarters and I love them.

@daytripper7879 Год назад

Ben if you're doing complex picks you should look into (PMC) precious metal clay's you can mould and print onto silver,copper bronze gold and even enamel the designs. They could make for interesting inlays or pickup covers, controls knobs.

@heiko.h8263 Год назад

Crimson custom made dovetail plecs.... great idea! 👍 May be such a tiny thing will be expensive, but if you have the time and the possibillity, why not? Try it, Ben!

@andymiller1803 Год назад

Your videos are really looking great lately. Not sure what you changed, but it's not washed out in color anymore. Looking very pro quality. 🤘

@suzannewoodley654 Год назад

I would wear one as a pendant or have as a keyring... Laser etched for personalized options.. definitely an idea 🤘😎

@simonjhudson7378 Год назад

Auctions of these (and similar innovative engineered plectrums that you make) would almost certainly prove a good income stream for the museum.

@mattomon1045 Год назад

Ben I'm glad you made this Guitar Pick

@tyremanguitars Год назад

ebony + bone would be nice, I might try making one....

@goshisanniichi Год назад

All the big guitar companies mass-produce crappy, cheap plastic plectrums. It wouldn't be weird if Crimson had its own line of them. It would be even cooler if they were made from off-cuts from guitar manufacturing especially if people who buy guitars also get some plectrums made from the same pieces of wood as their guitar.

@alexcorona Год назад

I’ve only seen fender and Ibanez make them, never seen the other brands…..

@mulgerbill Год назад

Gotta love a lunchtime quickie project that wanders off and takes all afternoon. For mine, I'd like to see bog oak and brass getting together

@PaulCooksStuff Год назад

17:50 "it seems to have dovetailed" (crimsonception) Said with a completely straight face too

@Pablo-nc6qu Год назад

"I think I'm insane" hahaha this is one of my favourite things that you've ever done...

@TheRobertReimer 11 месяцев назад

Ebony and Sterling sounds incredible, but Ebony and Gold (leaf?) sounds even better!

@zackvega9596 Год назад

This is so cool! I could see these on a necklace or something as well. Functional jewelry! Make a jazz 3 version and take my money lol.

@geddylee501 Год назад

You gotta do a king charles mint coin plecky for may, 50p seven sided, different material on each side

@lordjoemott1683 Год назад

Yeah man that pick looks wicked, I really enjoy playing with a metal puck myself.

@SE3552 Год назад

Overcomplicate is the theme of this channel

@stealthracer Год назад

That's given me an idea, I have some 1mm maple veneer somewhere. Create a 2- or 3-layer sandwich, cut and carve to shape, add some Stunning Stains and linseed oil and see what results!

@terrybreen4520 Год назад

Nice little travel acoustic in the background........

@johnburkholder6403 Год назад

Another option ( especially with the shavings ) is resin mold some picks. I’ve done it with the ashes of a friends dog. They are weird yes but looked pretty cool.

@Kevin-nr9lj Год назад

Silver and Ebony plectrum. Yes pls.

@bradquinn2859 Год назад

"I don't currently have a sharp plane here", more tragic words were never spoken.

@SergeantSphynx Год назад

Ben, given how quickly I go through guitar picks, I would absolutely buy one of the plectrums you are considering making.

@acdclexu6296 Год назад

i love the idea a beautiful would to hold grippy and warm and a metal tip really interesting. would be a beautiful case candy with the crimson logo

@randywhite2646 Год назад

I've made a handful (10-ish) of picks (plectrums) out of old cell phone and PC mice circuit boards. A lot of sanding was involved but the end result with the circuit lines intact looks pretty cool.

@RocketPunkArt Год назад

A bog oak with either copper or brass pick would look really classy

@chrisrag1346 Год назад

Oh Wow. I just love that.............. That's not just cool. It's ice cold 👌

@scottbehl216 Год назад

When I do dovetails, I always make the pins first. Nice job Ben !

@matthewkabat4633 Год назад

Good afternoon Crimson guitars

@Timberwolf69 Год назад

I'm here for the journey. Though making some custom plectrums sounds like a fun idea...

@michaelc9855 Год назад

Linseed oil will polymerize and likely strengthen the wood. Vacuum pot the Kauri in linseed oil and I suspect the final product would be stronger. Cool project!

@micah_noel Год назад

Haha, I just saw an ad for the Northern Lights guitar picks, which look like a blend of wood and resin. It actually looks super cool but I’ve been using the same pick for 20 and would probably find it difficult to switch. Yours is pretty cool though!

@muskop42 Год назад

i’m only 2:30 in so maybe you addressed it later but you could take the thin layers of the wood with the veneer and glue them to either side of a solid piece to make a sturdier piece and still have that pinstripe effect

@atakdragonfly1675 Год назад

For years it's the dimensions of the jazzIII that has me... Now any time I try some regular pick, it's like playing with a Tostito. It's sort of like a long shifter, short shifter thing....

@shrimuyopa8117 Год назад

I would have suggested doing this particular project on the CNC.

@mattfleming2287 Год назад

I would be interested! I make my own picks out of old coins, usually European and usually over 100 years old. I find silver is the best metal for picks as it’s easy to work and is the least noisy as far as pick chirp goes. They also last forever as you can reshape the edge when you need. I love the idea of a Crimson plectrum.

@textnotepro Год назад

Looking forward to the Great Guitar Plectrum Build Off. Also how about a jigsaw puzzle style interlocking dovetail thingy to join two materials?

@Cyman666 Год назад

Yup, put me down for a few!

@brandonb1681 Год назад

You should make a plectrum from rhodium. It is expensive, but so is the Kauri.

@davelewis4215 Год назад

Ben, That pick looks excellent 👍

@scottparry6322 Год назад

Hey Ben, I would buy one and convert it into a pendant. Maybe Crimson could have it's own jewellery range?

@sergeantwombat Год назад

an 18 min vid of a guitar pick! Fucken oath what a good time !

@thewizardjohn Год назад

how about a plectrum with a frame of hardened colored glass, with the fancy wood bit in the middle, even an all glass pick

@omrinygate1356 Год назад

Instead of using metal, you can dove tail a tip from a material that sounds good, and that will make a fantastic 'fancy' pick (id buy that!)

@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 Год назад

Very cool and interesting and a great insight into how to procrastinate on your main project. 😉 I think I will stick with my Jazz III Dunlops though. I just don't hear any difference whatsoever in tone.

@ryanferris7841 Год назад

That looks amazing

@GraemeCampbellMusic Год назад

Please do make picks with wooden grips. I love the tradiitonal celluoid and nylon ones but they always slip in my sweaty hands at acoustic gigs. I'd buy these.

@stephengent9974 Год назад

You could do a limited run using old sixpences at the tip.

@ambsquared Год назад

I think you could explore other woods. Maybe a very hard wood for the tip and softer for the rest. I think woods like ironwood or lignum vitae might hold up.

@davelewis4215 Год назад

What about making some out of different woods using sixpence pieces instead of aluminium and sending one to Brian May ?👍

@peejay6930 Год назад

Like a farrier for the Devil's toenails... :o)

@samuelgutierrez3184 Год назад

Awesome. I thought you would put the Crimson logo on it but no matter...

@danceswithaardvarks3284 Год назад

Liking the bench pin and will be making one this afternoon thanks. Plectrum is great too of course. Guitar shaped dovetail would work?

@michaelbelman1064 Год назад

"That's crazy... So crazy it just might work!" The Crimson logo going down the center of the pick is what I just imagined. Maybe vacuum impregnate the whole thing with resin for added support/durability?

@sierrabianca Год назад

Very nicely made but that Alu tip isn't long for this world! I've made plecs from it before and they wear down fast, even an hour's playing will turn a noticeable and heavy burr along the edge. I've since moved to brass which is much better, might be worth a look.

@BLBlackDragon Год назад

Fiddly indeed. But downright gorgeous.

@gabe7meacham Год назад

Depending on how porous the Kauri is, maybe you could make the plectrum out of it and put it in some thin epoxy in a vacuum?

@ryanthenormal Год назад

"Very chunky but I'm going to end up going relatively delicate at the tip." - Ben Crowe, 2023

@lotuselanplus2s Год назад

Nice pick , lol ,sorry couldn't resist.

@davidbell2974 Год назад

Would like to hear how is sounds on a steel guitar, Dire Straits style of thing. Yes I know Mark Knopfler finger picks, but I think it would sound great

@sporadicamnesic Год назад

I'd have one of those picks!

@ryanmowbray8385 Год назад

I'd be interested in an ebony and silver dovetail. I'd also be interested in a pick grip that gives a bit more chunk to grab the top of my favorite picks for playing (the green tortex .88). With a green spirit stain on it, tortoise shell engraving on the wood?

@claudevieaul1465 Год назад

Making your own picks makes sense - you've definitely got the woods for it 😀 I'd be interested! To get a stronger dovetail-joint between the wood and aluminium it might be useful to soak the wood in resin of some sort, just to harden it?... Or create an aluminium outside, the contour of a plectrum, and fill the inside with a nice piece of wood - you'd get the thickness and feel to your fingers, but the stiffness and durability as well.

@STEELY2600 Год назад

Could do with a small Crimson branding iron to burn in the logo on them

@MostlyCivilEngineer Год назад

Might it be better to make the thin pins from the stronger metal and the wider tails out of the weaker wood to balance the joint strength?

@richardfoskett8903 Год назад

“Welcome to Crimson Guitars, welcome to day three of the lunchtime pick building project…!”

@Jkopala1954 Год назад

Should have laminated a piece of thisn aluminum between 2 pieces of the wood.. .or maybe a thin piece of copper wood compliment the wood better.

@ThroughFallenEyes Год назад

I bought about 20 dragon's heart picks at $15 each because I love them so much. As long as I can get one of these to my door for $20 CAD, I would buy one.

@IDontCareEitherOne Год назад

Where do you get those from

@sambo7326 Год назад

The aluminum is very bright sounding. Will it leave aluminum in the windings of the strings?

@harrisonandrew Год назад

Are you going to use your CNC machine to engrave Crimson on to that plectrum?

@raymondrodgers281 Год назад

How about tigerwood and copper? or lignum vitae and titanium?

@joecarstens5201 Год назад

It's ridiculous and I don't like picks, but it's really cool and I would totally buy one! Or two. Or maybe some, if I can afford them... Nice digression anyway!

@ianthomson9363 Год назад

I'd suggest that to avoid the two pieces breaking apart, add a couple of carbon fibre stiffening rods. 😜

@rayhug60 Год назад

Curly maple and phosphor bronze or gunmetal

@andrewgalloway7344 Год назад

would tongue and groove work better ?

@SirGingerOfKnight Год назад

'this was supposed to be a lunchtime project' I believe that is referred to as a "Big Relatable Oof"

@jellybingus416 Год назад

"I don't currently have a sharp plane here" said Ben for the first time in his life.

@richgh4905 Год назад

How strong would the wood be though ... I feel like it would break

@VTRAddict Год назад

Send me some of the offcuts! I want to make some Swamp Kauri handled marking knives!

@Projacked1 Год назад

Design looks cool. But when it comes to forces acting on that tip, a dove-tail is not the solution, just a guess.

@VTRAddict Год назад

Ben: "this was just meant to be a lunchtime project!" Viewers: "just try to keep the video series under 4 parts..." 🤣

@eklypse69 Год назад

I'd pay money for an ebony & silver one!

@AndrewSmith-pc8eq Год назад

Seeing how easily the 1st piece you cut off the headstock, cracked at the laminant, aren't you worried about the strength of the neck?

@stephencarey6114 Год назад

Can I order a copper and ebony plectrum please

@heymrguitarman7637 Год назад

11:50 in and I'm thinking there's no chance that stays in one piece as it stands.

@ChrisFranklyn Год назад

I miss the students builds. Have they still been journaled on video somewhere and I've missed it?

@PaulCooksStuff Год назад

What's On The Bench is back. Restarted a couple of weeks ago.

@ChrisFranklyn Год назад

@@PaulCooksStuff Thanks Paul... must have passed me by.

@adamdutton9922 Год назад

At your hourly rate what would the price per plectrum need to be?

@adamdutton9922 Год назад

Plus the v expensive offcut

@tonyhunt4250 Год назад

Put me on the list of buyers for the pick!

@stuahlers1528 Год назад

Brand the Crimson logo on the wooden end and it would look exceptional! I’ll take 2 natural quilted maple aluminum plectrums please. Name the price and I’ll buy them. Reply and I’ll send my address!❤

@adamdutton9922 Год назад

As a necklace? I probably would buy one but only in cheap materials cos I would still lose it because that is what happens to plectrums.

@theartofjax Год назад

If you make a company selling these it must be called 'JUST THE TIP '

@mattcrawford2666 Год назад

I had to laugh because when you turn the pick upside down it looks like a Viking with a beard and helmet.

@robertr4193 Год назад

Interesting project but I would have really liked to see you working on maybe the hand tools only build instead. Or possibly some other guitar build you have not finished yet.

@PaulCooksStuff Год назад

In his lunch hour?