I Built a Reggae Bass Out of Colored Pencils 

Burls: "I switched out my bandsaw blade to a 1/4 inch blade. Thanks for noticing." Me (having no idea what he's talking about): "Hey, no problem dude."

The pencils in the fret markers is probably one of the sickest things I’ve seen

As a Jamaican and a guitarist AND a natural bassist (bass being my first instrument) I love this build so much!!! One day I'd love to have my own workshop n build customs like you do!

“So as you probably noticed I made some changes to the workshop. I put a different nail into this workbench”

You're the one 'RU-vidr' who I genuinely look forward to content from.

Pfft "You may have noticed a *huge* change in my set up. Yeap that's right I put a new blade on my handsaw." Perfection.

Dude that is a sickest bass guitar I've ever seen in my life you definitely inspire me to do my own thing

You may not be thrilled with your own work, but I think it came out awesome and worthy of any guitar collection 👍

you should totally make a guitar out of guitar picks

Those colored pencil fret markers were a really nice touch! You make this look so easy.

This is one of those times where living out of your parents garage is *completely acceptable*

I've never smiled so gleefully watching someone work on a handmade piece before, and I don't really dig reggae that much for more than one or two tunes either. Stunning work, at least for a layman who has absolutely no idea how all of this is done in detail. The only thing I would nitpick on, aside from the stripes that you reacted to as well, are the weight-drops you made in the back. Not sure if it's any different for bass-players, but I imagine those carve-outs will make it uncomfortable as it leans inward towards your hips/ribs/stomach. Otherwise, absolutely gorgeous job.

You should try to add LED lights in the next build. It would be cool to have a guitar glow.

I swear if Crayola doesn’t sponsor you by now...

Oh it's very beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

You should be proud of your ability to play that bass without limited experience. You sound fantastic!

1:22 "You probably noticed some changes in my workshop. I changed my ban saw blade from a three-eighths inch to a quarter inch blade, thanks for noticing." Me: yeah man that's definitely the most obvious thing I noticed right away.

Your April Fools video should just be you making a guitar out of wood like a normal person.

Wow, pretty cool, back in the seventies I built a clear lucite guitar in my HS STL class (1974,75). I had no router, but did have a drill press, used rotary rasp bit to carve the various pockets. I made a few mistakes, one was that I didn't figure out truss rods correctly and I didn't think to carve out a couple of pockets to lighten the beast. Did a lot of shaping with rasp, neck curves and body reliefs. Mine was clear, took a lot of hand polishing to finish the cut edges. It was tons of fun to do it, I even made my own knurled knobs on the school lathes. I always prefered a one piece neck, inserting the truss from behind with an inlay, and pressing the frets right into my hand sculptured necks, made 2, one from maple with a walnut truss slot inlay the other was walnut with a maple inlay. Your work is certainly more artistic and very good. Often wonder what happened to it, left it home when I went to college and no one seemed to know where it went 😔. Love your work, btw what do you do with these when your done?

I wish I had the resources to do this, not just with guitars but also...drums! Problem is, I know nothing about woodworking and I have no access to those types of machinery. Keep up the good work!

Honestly, what can't he make a guitar out of. You're actually insane man. I'd love to play one of your guitars to get a feel of it.

Very impressive, but can you build a coloured pencil out of a bass?

me: doesnt read the title him: puts 4 strings me: um

Genius. Amazing. Impressed. I have seen people using a small blow torch to remove the bubbles from the epoxy. Good luck

Stunning work. As a beginner I really appreciate how you critique you own work. It gives me a good insight for different questions I wouldn't think to worry about.

You say you're not very good at building guitars/basses, but then do this

1:22 “so i made some MAJOR changes to my workshop..like i changed the blade from an eighth inch to a quarter inch, thanks for noticing”

You pointing out how excited you were about your new rubber mallet shows how much pride you take in your work

Omg u got a sponsor, in like your first 10 videos. Wow, nice progress for 10 videos haha.

I think a guitar built with different metal bottle caps would look really cool!!! Can u make that?? ✌️

His kids are like “dad stop taking my pencils”

I have had the colored pencil guitar video in suggested videos forever. I just searched colored pencils because I wanted to show my daughter what they look like for an upcoming project. I wish I had clicked on your video sooner!! Great content, I love how how point out what went wrong when you could easily make it look like it came out perfectly.

Very impressive, but can you- oh wait wrong channel

I'm from jamaica and i approve of this masterpiece!

As someone who was born in America and raised in the beautiful culture of Jamaica i love this itself its way before the Movie One Love which is the Bob Marley Documentary🇯🇲♥

That thing is beautiful, great idea to angle some of the pencils the way you did, gives it a trippy vibe.

Very impressive, but can you build a colored pencil out of a reggae bass?

Love the randomness of the pencils, perfect for the reggae theme. Nice to see you’ve picked up a sponsor. Hopefully that will help you expand your shop and your channel. One request though, keep the shop humble. That paradox of creating amazing stuff with common tools is a big part of the intrigue (for me). To many maker channels expand their shop to the point the average subscriber can no longer relate.

As a 5 string bassist, that thing is awesome! I am digging the stripes. A flawless add is for the museums… one with little nicks here and there show someone got their hands dirty doing an awesome job!

Another terrific build ! I love it ! Digging the workspace as well ! Love the work table on casters! Thank you !

You’re one of the few people who I really enjoy watching, even if I don’t fully understand everything

your work is outstanding, as a luthier and an artist, if I were you, I wouldn't sell any of these instruments, and when you have enough, exhibit them like an artist would have an exhibition for paintings and sculptures, then have an auction when you have accumulated a huge following of admirers, maaan, those instruments could raise some serious money, you could be the Jeff Koons of luthiers, great stuff indeed.

I agree with you assessment of the stripes. I pretty much felt that as soon as I saw them and thought you'd realize and change it.

Imagine when he goes to his Hobby Lobby or wherever: Cashier: Hello Sir! Is this all you want today? Burl: _Hmmmm_ . You know what? *TRIPLE IT.*

Get a patreon. I will literally give you money to make guitars that I probably won't ever own.

You probably get this a lot but I'd buy your guitars. The craftsmanship in your guitars gets better every video. Keep up the fantastic work! Just need a brand name.

Try making a guitar out of playing card decks.

On your flood coat, if youre going to finish up the edges again anyway, you dont really need a surrounding mold. You can pour it on and torch the bubbles out. Thats how we do on furniture tops.

DAVIE504 WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION

How about this guitar idea: A clear epoxy guitar with LED strips and mirrors to reflect them? You could have the LED control box accessible at the back (batteries) and use the remote control to change the lighting effects/options.

Some where in Italy a young man is saying EPICO

I watch almost all of your videos. This is the first time I'm leaving a comment. This is because its long overdue. Dude, what a pleasure it is to watch you build a guitar. Thank you for sharing your builds each and every time again. Greetings from out of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Stay healthy and stay creative and keep filming :-)

Your guitars are just so amazing. They really are a pieces of art. Keep up the great work ❤

dude you could totally do van Gogh's starry night out of pencils

The stripes are a nice touch IMO. E P I C ! ! !

Dude this looks sick! Those gold peices make it look even cooler!

Yo that's sick, build a bass for davie504!

JAH-BLESS YOU MY BROTHA. THIS RASTA LOVE'S WHAT YOU MADE.

Boy: You play bass? Man: No, I play colored pencils

I hope you are keeping framed photographs of these builds. They're works of art. Congratulations

I'm a writer and everyone tells me how they wish they could write well, how it's a gift, an art form, etc., etc., etc. That's great and all, and I love what I do -- but I would trade it all for the fine motor skills to do projects like these. I can't even cut a straight line, much less an outline using a table saw. I'd be lucky to finish with all my fingers still attached to my hand. I see folks making things like this guitar -- which is amazing, by the way -- or furniture, pottery, etc., and I am so envious. Anyway, thanks for sharing this. Really cool video.

I could see these guitars in cool restaurants or hip museums lol, which is a good thing

To me, you are the most talented person on planet Earth. Not Kidding. This is insane!!!

Dude that pencil bass is awesome:) It reminds me of an Australian Aboriginal style of art, very cool 👍✌️😎🦘🎸

0:22 "There's much better resources out there..." Everyone on RU-vid: Nah, I'm watching this.

Now just make a microphone and a drum set out of pencils and you have a band

Slapping da bassss mon!

You can use denatured alcohol, or a heat gun to get rid of air bubbles in resin

This is definitely a hang-on-the-wall bass. Looks cool!

I kept visualizing a thumbnail of Davie504 with his eyes all bugged out.

I don't know when will I develop such an excellent level of craftsmanship.as that of Burls.

so glad I noticed the changed from a 3/8 to a 1/4 band saw blade before you said it. Stood out like a sore thumb

I drew a reggae bass with colored pencils once before.

Davie 504 : I'll take your entire stock!

3hrs of routing is your favorite part? That's when I get to cheat... we have a 52" planer and a 48" sander at work. 15mins with setup and shutdown. Boom! Rad build, btw!

Nice job on the Bass. And for someone who says he's not very good at playing Bass you play well.

Child: "Mom, I need some colored pencils for school." Mom: "Go ask your father."

By far your coolest build yet (I may be biased, I am a bass player). I love the pencil pattern on this one. Its imperfections make it so unique. The fact that no 2 could ever be exactly the same is what custom work is all about. And those fret markers are AMAZING!

My four year old Bob Marley fan highly approves of this. Thanks for adding to his love of music. By the way, kids' guitars are sorely lacking in inspiration so if you ever want to make guitars, think about making half and three quarter size guitars and even quarter size, my son has been mucking about on instruments since he was about 18 months and even now he's too small for the smallest guitar (not that it stops him).

I’d buy them guitars.

you should sign the headstock and make it lease plain as well as just that little bit more unique

You should try doing a double neck guitar for your next project!

OH I ABSOLUTLY LOVE THIS BASS. Id buy it if i saw it was up for sale.

You make some of the most beautiful and interesting guitars!! Another great job!!

Cool but can you build an acoustic guitar out of pencils?

Burls. i know you said you’re not comfortable with selling your guitars yet but LOOK AT THE FREAKIN BASS YOU MADE.

The positioning of the different colours make this build look much more attractive than the straocaster.

Absolutely beautiful bro!! I love it!!

"The warm vintage tone came from the colored pencils made of hand selected ancient and extremely rare one piece mahogany."

Burls Art: Builds a bass out of color pencils Me: Doesn't know how to draw a bass with color pencils

My kids were set like dried epoxy watching this. Consider the finished product a big step towards a future masterpiece. I appreciate the explanations of all the complications and problems that you solved.👍🏾

Dude, this is so cool. I have to show everyone. Even if you can't play, you can still draw a crowd.

I have the highest respect for you. I'd love to build a guitar one day, you're doing it and then in such an amazing and unique way. Keep up the great work. I see your own brand in the future, I know people would buy your pieces of art!

What if you did a guitar that appears solid black but when put under a black light some crazy artwork/ pattern appear Like an invisible ink guitar?!?

All these awesome projects on YT, and nobody seems to bother with a real sprayer. Solvents in a spray can really limit what you can do for a clear coat that lasts (neck and head). Looks great BTW.

THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I'VE SEEN IN A LONGG TIME !!

You should build a les Paul (my favorite guitar) out of scorpion lollipops

Hey, stupid idea, imagine doing a guitar out of marbles and epoxy!

Working in shorts and flip-flops is a real Florida power move

You are incredibly creative, and have crazy mad skills!