Is your Guitar too HEAVY? Take a DRILL to it!! Weight Relief Insanity!!!

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Welcome to Crimson Guitars ru-vid.com... and Ben's home workshop and a flash of Inspiration or Insanity...you decide.
Would you use a Drill to get some weight relief in your heavy guitar?
This video is about Ben figuring out how to achieve weight relief in an already completed Crimson Raw Descendant Guitar.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:58 Let's drill some holes! But - what about the hardware?
7:54 Well - looks as if the holes need to be bigger. Part 2 coming up.
8:21 Bigger and deeper. Oh My!
9:25 Wow - much bigger!
10:34 Tidying up inside and out.
12:07 Fixing the off-centre hole.
12:41 Oh no. He doesn't have the correct tool for the job. Who knew?
13:37 Conclusion
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@Craftlngo 2 года назад

Ben: _"build another guitar, or..." "Burn it!"_ Oh Talitha! 🤣🤣👍

@Paullyb79 2 года назад

I thought he said “BERNARD!"

@DominusFeles 2 года назад

🤣

@rasmeta 2 года назад

I just simply love how it kind of became a running joke on the channel, much like Ben changing his mind... :D

@docw85 2 года назад

I personally would have inlayed a thin cover of wood inside those holes, similar to a control cavity cover. Could even provide some cool contrast by using different woods.

@FeuerToifel 2 года назад

had the same thought.

@Jimjolnir 2 года назад

Now I don't have to comment...

@thomasrobertson4213 2 года назад

Totally, or like put inlays of changing clocks or symbols to tell some sort of story. That said, I’d have just carved a deep tummy cut and arm contour, maybe even a scoop round the back of the lower horn and removed unnecessary weight that way whilst still having a good looking guitar.

@tonyhomewood8264 2 года назад

That's a great idea! Either glue the covers in or use a magnet to hold the cover on. Would the covers removed change the sound at all?

@docw85 2 года назад

@@thomasrobertson4213 moon phases would work too. 🙂

@ravenslaves 2 года назад

It's refreshing to encounter someone else who appreciates and values the actual wood. And someone who acknowledges the importance of "imperfection".

@markellis8604 2 года назад

The concept is dead interesting, I don’t mind the look either. I wonder if carving a valley down the edge with the holes would enhance the look even more? Might even have a bit of a HR Giger look going on!

@smeemusic 2 года назад

i have to agree completely with this comment lol. interesting concept, looks cool, yeah carve a valley and yeah i could totally see how it would look a bit Giger ish

@lucentguitars 2 года назад

A ruler with a 0 in the centre is something I never knew I desperately needed

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 2 года назад

it's one of those tools that, in very specific situations, is just what the doctor ordered!

@davidhall5233 2 года назад

I actually loved the look that the step bits left in the holes. Kind of a cool transition and adds a bit of unique visuals to the holes. I know you needed more weight relief on this build, but would love to see those step bit holes incorporated on another build

@Oasudude 2 года назад

This would be fun to glue a veneer over it. remove 2mm from the side, and glue in a thin strip on top, to se if it would make it invisible :) maybe with some fiberglass cloth laminated into the thing so that you wouldn't be able to press your finger through the vaneer :P :P

@MarioinRmd 2 года назад

Ben's presentation is great. His skill is superb. This is one of the best guitar building channels on RU-vid. The odd thing that Ben does is not entirely to my liking, but such is the case with all art. And that's what Ben does.. A fusion of builder and artist He's a true Artisan. And the most articulate and well spoken person with a head tattoo, that I've ever seen!

@redbed1604 2 года назад

The reason that Leo Fender made the Telecaster (and Broadcaster) so robust, was so one could use it to fight one's way out of a Beer Joint if necessary.

@jeffreycollins7297 2 года назад

FINALLY a good excuse for heavy guitars.

@giannirocco7492 2 года назад

This guy's telling the truth,been there and done that!

@rodneyallen5003 2 года назад

Love the moment when Ben remembers that friction creates heat ….. ouch ! That’s a touch warm ( hahaha )

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 2 года назад

I am here to entertain :) B

@alexcorona 2 года назад

Happens to me every time I drill into wood.

@mackellmo1083 2 года назад

Nice!!! Love it! I recently build an offset tele from a piece of pecan wood. It ended up weighing 12.5 lbs. I used the yellow Saburr bit on a Dremel wand and went through the pickups and control cavity. gutting it from the inside. Now its a little over 8.5 lbs.

@gregmottram292 2 года назад

I think I would have routed the back out and made another thin cover. No dust collection points and the holes look a bit out of place and would bug me.

@georgerobartes5989 2 года назад

The better alternative to this is to band saw the back off before routing and gluing the back , back on . This only loses a small amount of material after thicknessing and the grain almost matches after refinishing . Its how I build my own because everything is too heavy except for my 3/4 acoustic.

@trus3683 2 года назад

@@georgerobartes5989 I built a walnut Explorer and routed large portions of the back out and put a sapele cap on the back to cover. The end result was pretty cool.

@georgerobartes5989 2 года назад

@@trus3683I love black walnut . I built a type of Asbory bass with 22 1/2" scale lenth from a single piece of that using rubber strings by Road Toad as I have arthritis , Its trimmed with real ebony parts , nut , markers , bridge etc . I've got 2 on the go a present , a body contoured 59 LPJ DC style with wood salvaged from a 1920s Mahogany fireplaces from East London where I live . A lot of these old town houses are having their fireplaces ripped out and end up in the skip . They don't realise 5hat under the 20 coats of paint is genuine old seasoned Mahogany .The body of that one consists of a book matched Mahogany back cap on a fully routed 3 plank Mahogany body ( I'm running out of the large wide shelves on top of the fire surrounds ) with a book matched Ash top finished in deep blue Tiger Eye . The other is a thinner Melody Maker DC with just a book matched Mahogany top as the rest is glued up leftovers about 5 pieces with neck through , also in 5 pieces with a combination of Mahogany and Maple , the strengthening struts from an old Hammond Organ that was free to anyone who would collect . I bought an old harmonium for £5 the rats and damp had got at but it has real ivory caps on the white keys for markers and ebony black keys for markers on maple or oak fretboards ( from old brown coated furniture , strip of the gunk and the oak is a beautiful honey gold colour ), bridges ,switch knobs and anywhere else it would look good . Generally speaking I only buy fretboard material and really like Mexican Rosewood . Shame it doesn't keep that golden yellow graining for long after planing . For ebony I use the old really tight grained English oak from the harmonium and use Ferrous Sulphate ( Coperas) to turn it ebony black , you can buy it as mordant from craft suppliers as its used to dye wool .Real ebony is related and grows in iron rich soil , so it's really hard to tell the difference as it stains right through the wood . Bog oak is pretty much the same but way too expensive especially when there's so much old wood available that no one wants . Imported white oak is not as dense , hard or have enough tannin to react . Black or European walnut will turn completely black using this stuff too . I hope this gives you a few ideas to source wood cheaply and keep up making guitars . Nothing more satisfying than creating a musical instrument someone will enjoy when you give it away .

@trus3683 2 года назад

@@georgerobartes5989 I've made body blanks from Sapele, AfrMahogany, Walnut and a Walnut burl stump. Necks from Curly Maple, Padauk, Purple Heart and Wenge and laminates in the past. So far the walnut is my favorite to work with.

@juancarlossuarez7486 2 года назад

@@georgerobartes5989 bro you seriously make that kind of stuff *and simply give it away to people*? How do I apply for a chance to have one?

@pigfender 2 года назад

Hey, Ben. If it was me, I’d extend the holes further round the guitar (both for visual effect and to further reduce the weight). I wouldn’t add mesh, but do think the holes would look great with just a narrow ring of brass round them.

@wls64 2 года назад

But brass is so heavy maybe Gold Leaf

@quinceymorris7942 2 года назад

You do great work, not only have you inspired me to build my own guitar but also to build a diy band saw mill to harvest my own wood for my own guitars! Keep up the beautiful work man!

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 2 года назад

That is awesome, thank you.. I will not stop.. have fun with the mill!

@TheChobyter 2 года назад

That transition... build another guitar or... burn it! 😂😂😂

@bigk4755 2 года назад

I love how Ben embraced that chunk of wood, even with all of it's imperfections. To me that is a real piece of wood, and the imperfections each give it additional character.

@peteannells4218 2 года назад

They used to do this on lightweight cycle components and labelled them 'drillium'. That was a waste of time too !😉

@allendesomer 2 года назад

Regarding the repetitive holes: a randomized organic piece of artwork would have taken multiple episodes to pull off, but I would have watched them all. 😃

@ObiWanAugus 2 года назад

I wouldn't leave the holes uncovered, but I don't put a steel mesh on them either. I would make a 1.5mm thick Maple round caps; that give a little contrast to the color of the wood.

@inflamedcarnie Год назад

After much deliberation, I did it. 20 holes around the perimeter (1 - 1/8"), and 3 strategically placed under the pickguard. It took a *lot* of weight off. I was quite sore the next day, as using a 20v Dewalt on a solid ash Tele was exhausting. It came out great, though. Thank you!

@kzalaska4804 11 месяцев назад

One of the best features of my shop smith is that I can use it as a horizontal drill press. A job like this would be very simple.

@fishypobh4768 2 года назад

What do you do if the neck is too heavy? I have a kit bass that always tilts down when I play it standing up

@cheapskate8656 2 года назад

I like it. Good way to reduce weight. Looks good as it is. If I had done it I think I would blend all the holes together . ie. widen the outer portion of all the holes until the touch each other.

@jaynbob42 2 года назад

Haha another on point ‘burn it’ edit 😁

@peterlinley6520 2 года назад

I like the step drill look tbh, I bought a set of three based on your advice on them during a build in early 2020.

@thomasarussellsr 2 года назад

As I replied to another comment regarding caps to the holes; I'd go for rosewood caps to match the neck or moon phases or alternate caps. It would take a special customer to appreciate clock faces. Size them to sit a mm below the surface for a better asthetic than just being flush. (Drill a rebate for them to sit into.) If this was going to be a production style body with different main body materials, a whole line of caps could be made that the customer could pick from to customise their own.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 2 года назад

A very cool idea, thank you. At this stage I'm seriously considering a cool wire mesh cup kind of thing but.. well, we all know I change my mind on a dime, don't we? :)

@tebla2074 2 года назад

Love the raw series, and thinking about buying one of your kits for my first build. would you be able to do an uncut kit guitar with a piece of 'imperfect' wood like you use for the raw series?

@tonyhomewood8264 2 года назад

The idea of a lightweight model is very appealing to me, as I have a spinal problem which makes full weight guitars difficult. If you were to use a drill press and use an assortment of drill bits, the "honeycomb" effect could be quite intriguing. More please Ben! Love the Channel!

@SweetTGuitars 2 года назад

Love the raw series. I will absolutely be building guitars from wood with cracks and inclusions. I think it's just lovely. This is a great idea for weight reduction it also looks really cool. Peace.

@redflamered Год назад

Can you lessen the weight of the semi-hollow epiphone sheraton II guitar? Great guitar but way too heavy. Please help? Thank you

@0000song0000 Год назад

But what was the actual weight before after? (at the beginning it says that the scale was off somehow by a kilo or ao)

@billsguitargarage 2 года назад

Definitely is staying in line with your recent lite weight/minimal material builds, your GGBO guitars come to mind.

@ColinStuart 2 года назад

I'm thinking what could I do with the weight of a Telecaster by drilling holes under the scratchplate (not going all the way through). Have you any thoughts on that idea?

@guitarbill417 2 года назад

Michael Kelly guitars actually does this I believe they call it "enlightened".... However I still love the idea!

@beatfinkbeiner4215 2 года назад

I simply love your way of creativity! It is always a big pleasure to watch each step of your creations to a new horizont! WoW!👍🏼🥂

@eliotmccann2589 2 года назад

I'd be interested to see how the surgery affects its balance.

@chassetterfield9559 2 года назад

Neck dive ?

@jeffreycollins7297 2 года назад

@@chassetterfield9559 Have you seen that neck? heck it was diving before he did this.

@glennwhitlock1272 2 года назад

As I was watching, I felt my temperature rising and my gnashers a-gnashin. I looked over at my beloved Crimson copper rodded guitar and swore that I would never let this bad man, with his impressive range of drill-bits, anywhere near. No Sir. Gonna take me some time to calm down. Ps. Please build a crimson take on a no-frills, Tele-style slab of a guitar, but special enough to be a crimson. Thanks (you might even be forgiven)

@benodaboy 2 года назад

You sir, can write a good comment

@slime_cactus 2 года назад

I'm wondering how something like this would look on a different guitar with maybe a diffuser sheet over the holes and as as part of the pickguard with some LED's behind them, or do something stylistic with the weight reduction holes like the phases of the moon

@NotThatOneThisOne 2 года назад

How would one remove a slice, 7mm or so, off the front, to hollow out underneath with the drill and replace the cap? Obviously could use a different cap, but the original wood is lovely. Maybe better to do it from the back? Would have thought you could hollow out under the electrics cover at the back.

@allofyourdreams 2 года назад

Can you relieve a neck though? If it has a neckdive :)

@spaceghostpurpz4744 2 года назад

Wish you would have showed us how it played after make the holes go around more further weight reduction

@earlelfrink 2 года назад

I did this very thing to an early 80's peavey T60 about five years ago. It did help the weight issue. I plugged the holes with thin pieces of wood. Still have the guitar and pick it once in a while. It didn't seem to change the tone noticeably.

@bhartissimo 2 года назад

Hmmm... should I do something similar for my set-neck Tele that weights 4.7kg?

@RetroPlus 2 года назад

0:36 I love the editing where you chose to roll the intro there

@JbfMusicGuitar 2 года назад

Looks pretty cool, neat idea as well! Be interested to know it it plays/sounds nay different or feedsback more

@E.T.musics 2 года назад

Should i do it to my squire Telecaster?) its the heaviest guitar i have

@tucanman9775 2 года назад

ET foam home spray insolation is light sand able i would just cap the ends or its a adhesive for monster binding

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 2 года назад

I've often considered making a guitar entirely out of that stuff, that could be cool!

@Thorned_Rose Год назад

A question if you don't mind? I'm disabled and the tele I have is quite heavy for me to pick up. I was considering using a hole saw (or maybe a jig saw to follow the shape) to take out two holes (top to bottom all the way through) and lighten it so I can pick it up with less or no pain. Would this work? Or would I be compromising the body structure in some way?

@ChristianSurieux 2 года назад

Hi, Is it still balanced when playing standing up ?

@springy-2112 2 года назад

looks good as it is i wouldn't over do it with mesh etc .. 👍🏻☮♥️

@newhampshirenate 2 года назад

Now find a bunch of tiny figures and glue them in the holes. Or better yet, lights. Little spotlights that flash randomly like Christmas lights!

@JeffGillis1 2 года назад

I like it. I would drill out similar holes in the lower bout as well.

@dickstryker 2 года назад

"Wabi Sabi" bro. The beauty of imperfection.

@Chris-gq8ts 2 года назад

Does it sound different now? Like a semi hollow?

@sootys4024 2 года назад

I did something similar to balance a cheapo Harley Benton. Lovely thing (especially for the price) but horrifically butt heavy and would flip the neck up if you tried to play seated. Scales, measuring and simple sums to work out how much to remove and where, then drilled about 250g drilled out the back of the body from behind with a fat forstner bit. Like a second electronic cavity but open. Balances wonderfully on the knee now and I was going to respray it anyway...

@tombrackettjr.9308 11 месяцев назад

Looks very cool. I am curious where you get the unique wood you use? I have an idea of making a guitar out of live edge and have never seen a video of someone leaving one that way. I have seen live edge where they pour epoxy in but I am talking about a roughness like the back of this guitar.

@tad5920 2 года назад

Thanks for helping me decide to not do this. I have considered it many times, but your statement at 9:57 "Would I recommend doing this? No." sums it all up. Great video!

@MultiChickena 2 года назад

i have done same on my practice les Paul style guitar

@aalbinger 2 года назад

ooh, also picture doing this all the way around but at the size of wine corks and then put in 3/8" thick slices of wine cork and stabilize and polish them.

@BigDogDaddyD 2 года назад

Many years ago had an old Les Paul I lightened for a young man that had muscle development issues. Essentially routed out the whole back, glued in a few support rails, and veneered over. Weighed about a 1/4 of what it weighed originally. Just watched a guy on RU-vid make a guitar with resin poured over bubble wrap in a silicone mold.

@philiphurdwell3443 2 года назад

Hours of fun!!!! Some years ago before I gave up working on the tools I fitted a lot of oak skirting, I had to use a corresponding drill and plug cutter to make seamless oak plugs to put over the screw holes.....I wondered at the time how it would look and sound to drill 100s of holes in a guitar body all the way through and plug the top and bottom with shallow/5mm plugs.....a poker dot natural wood, ultra light body?!!?

@davidrivera5829 2 года назад

I believe the word your looking for my friend is Aesthetics... And you have delivered some really beautiful guitars with that word...

@tomcartmill401 2 года назад

Has there been any change in tone? Is there a difference?

@panzerlieb 2 года назад

I was going to do this to one of my guitars that’s weighs as much as a boat anchor. After watching this I’m thinking I gotta come up with a different solution. Thanks for doing this, it answered a lot of questions I had about the direction of my project.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 2 года назад

Glad to help. DC

@ryno6101 2 года назад

I don’t believe in TONE WOOD so I really enjoyed the lightening task. Carbon fiber mesh tape over all the holes.

@xTheZapper 2 года назад

Same here, tone wood for violins and acoustics, but on electrics where the sound is generated by a string vibrating in a magnetic field, it's rubbish. Use a nice wood if going with a natural finish, otherwise cheapo Poplar.

@danno94 3 месяца назад

does this effect the guitar sustain or sound?

@AD-kv9kj 2 года назад

Hi mate, this is just what I've been considering (sort of) with my strat. It's one of those 70s style reissue Fender strats. I love it, all the new pups and tweaks I've made make it sound lovely. Only issue is weight. I've been considering taking to a luthier to cut out just a little chunk of extra wood from under the lower front portion of the pickguard. In doing this, I can get him to install a phase switch on my middle pickup too. I also was wondering if this might slightly improve resonance and feedback and possibly even subtly improve the overall tone? Basically, what I was thinking was taking out as much wood as is reasonably possible, expanding the cavity down closer to the lower point on the body (under the guard). Just wondering if you have any thoughts or recommendations on this? It would only reduce the weight a fraction of course but that's all I want. Do you think it would make any difference whatsoever to feedback and tone?

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 2 года назад

removing such a small amount.. no I don't think you will hear a difference tbh, but, it is well worth doing even if only to find out the answer for sure..

@Johnny.D 2 года назад

Interesting idea. I have a tele I built that weighs in at 11lbs. Was thinking of removing material from under the pickguard.

@eliotmccann2589 2 года назад

If you can find one, and an owner that will let you, I recommend this surgical procedure on the infamously weighty Peavey T-40 bass.

@markscarborough1018 2 года назад

I made an Explorer replica years ago and it ended up neck heavy. To balance it I drilled two 15mm dia holes (approx. 150mm deep) into the upper part of the mahogany body then bonded in 2 brass rods & capping with mahogany before painting.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 2 года назад

elegant solution, sounds awesome!

@zoomankat 2 года назад

Sod this my telecaster is beginning to feel and sound utterly Fab,but alas the bloody thing weightsTon.Sod this Im going in ...sideways I think... but what drill bit!!? do I use?.Has anybody asked James Burton how much his teles weight ?

@stevenleek1254 2 месяца назад

I had to watch this. A while back I had a cheap pink guitar that for some reason I liked. I had done a nice wiring job that, sadly, no one would ever see. Then, a flash! I routed the entire cavity till it came through the back side then made a large contour plastic piece for the back. I reasoned that I could now take it into any guitar shop where I was looking for a job, unscrew the cover and display my genius circuitry and nice soldering and so forth. It didn't work. I would take the back cover off and they would only look at me strangely.

@dingadettachhangteofficial5091 2 года назад

I am planning to build a guitar like this. Anyone knows how can I get the template of this guitar body? It looks like Fender Telecaster shape. But to me, it's not, it's different a little bit. I like it. Or Can anyone tell me the name of this guitar style, so that I can Google it to find it out.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 2 года назад

This is Crimson's Descendant Model. It is based on the T-type but we do not sell templates for our own models. We do however have templates for the T-type which you can modify. www.crimsonguitars.com/collections/templates hope this helps. DC

@ozoneswiftak 2 года назад

I love your content. Thanks for sharing! It's super entertaining to watch.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 2 года назад

Thanks for watching! DC

@jacquelinechellis4036 Год назад

Evenly spaced holes or descending in size looks cool. Often done on old school hot rods for the same reason. More holes on bottom could get a few more ounces off and still fit the theme. Like it!!

@PeterDad60 2 года назад

How's the balance when using a strap?

@Paullyb79 2 года назад

What wood was that? Looked a little like olive to me. Personally, I’d keep drilling more wholes all the way around (they don’t all have to be deep) then put some thick inlay banding on the outer edge that itself can be decorated either with pyrography or some sort of interesting pattern. This is an opportunity to try something daring.

@Gorbyrev 2 года назад

Fascinating. Finally got my hands on a Raw Series at Edinburgh Guitar Guitar. Lovely guitar but my one criticism was its weight. Mind you I do have a couple of Parkers!

@rockpilerising 2 года назад

Could you take out wood between the holes altogether, which would create a cavity you could cap with thin wood bent to shape and flush fitted?

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 2 года назад

I absolutely could.. the next level would be to remove hardware etc and go much much deeper and bigger..

@jvin248 2 года назад

Get a bunch of cork wine stoppers and plug the outer inch of each hole. Then continue around the bottom of the body and the upper horn. A Tele and Les Paul carry significant weight in that upper horn. Another option: run a saw into the 'wings' of the body 3/8ths in from the front and back so the body looks like a three layer cake, chip out the in-between wood, then glue in a thin and pliable or steam-bent filler strip around the outer rim in a contrasting wood color. If you x-ray after you'd see a solid center block and two hollow wings (plus control cavities/etc). There is a video on youtube of a guy doing this same drilling activity to a Les Paul that I think you were referencing about the pitchfork and torch comments, lol.

@profile_01 2 года назад

Crimson new motto , `We drill holes in guitars `

@fattyz1 7 месяцев назад

I have a squire tele that’s too heavy I’m 65. But it’s beautiful. It’s somewhat custom because my music store made it 6 way sacrificing the tone switch. The idea of making it really custom is appealing. But I’d probably buy a hollow body first. I’d never be really happy with it that’s me with my projects. I assume you can’t do anything with the neck? I read the neck is very heavy and drilling out the body will unbalance it. Any truth in this ? Thanks great video.

@macalienx 10 месяцев назад

I got courious how it would be the diference in terms of tone of that guitar before and after the change...🤔

@owenmayes2128 2 года назад

Surely the more you take away from the bridge end of the guitar, the greater the risk of neck dive? Would it not make sense to apply weight relief to the neck end of the body?

@laratiara1 2 года назад

You could take a strip of mesh, inlaid covering all holes and the end of the strip pointed or rounded or arrowshaped. Kind of loudspeaker slot or soundhole like

@user-be9ey4jb3c 2 года назад

Can i do this to my les Paul?

@franklinslamo 2 года назад

Many people have tried to do this with marginal results. I think the most effective way to do this is to saw or plane off 1/4" or more off of the top or back and chamber the body. Then attach a new top or back and Bob's your uncle. It's a good excuse to put a nice top on something :)

@MaximumZargon 2 года назад

Love this channel! The owner of that guitar needs to have regular access to compressed air, or a desperate urge to collect guitar dust-bunnies!

@Ndlanding 2 года назад

Exactly! I think it's an awful idea. Maybe just sand down a belly cut and more curves?

@IanPageEchols 2 года назад

I call anything with holes that aren't easily cleanable "spider housing", rough house siding with places for spiders to build webs being a main one. I would have to build covers of some sort for these holes.

@jazzFABRYk Год назад

Like that old Ibanez MCxxx much in the past, incredibly sustain and tone, but incredibly heavy too. Would be great to do this to such an old Ibanez…

@lotuselanplus2s 2 года назад

You could always make some short plugs, maybe 1/4 inch thick that can be glued into the top of the holes and then sand to match the guitar body, either match the colour or a darker wood like whats on the back, finish coat the body and youre done.

@kaptainkmann7808 2 года назад

Champer the holes so they almost touch and leave them open , that's my 2 cents anyways LOL. This has made me question tho. If you drilled a hole between the strap button and the jack then pressed in a steel bar leaving the hole open or sealing it afterwards , could you correct a headstock heavy guitar ? Essentially rebalancing the instrument.

@cheapskate8656 2 года назад

Kaptain you a brilliant, also I just made a similar comment :)

@aaavellone 2 года назад

Love it! Big name guitar makers do chambered inside bodies, but that's probably patented and a lot more work for sure. A sound hole on an acoustic that is on the side of the guitar facing up to the player is pretty sweet. A luthier friend in Hawaii has started doing that and they sound pretty good.

@billjackson6385 2 года назад

Any strat builds with a maple neck n board. Tabacco.... ?

@adrian_V99 11 месяцев назад

Now this man is an expert, not a YT shill for companies.

@ianthomson9363 2 года назад

I found a second-hand double-neck body in a music shop during the 80s and bought the bits to complete it as a Strat/Precision. The lower neck was the bass, which is slightly unusual as most guitars of this type seem to have the guitar below the bass. The body shape is reminiscent of Hayman or Shergold. Anyway, when completed, it weighed 16 pounds. I tried using it on stage but two songs with it on a strap convinced me that it was just too heavy. Playing it sitting down is no better as it cuts off the circulation in your leg. It was very neck-heavy too, until I replaced the guitar's neck plate with a Bass Brace. It has a single scratch plate covering most of the body (though I cut it in two in order to make it less trouble when access to the electrics was needed) and it could definitely do with a bit of weight reduction by routing out the body under the scratchplate. I don't play it now as I prefer a 5-string. Someone had done a great job of designing it, as when it's in playing position on a strap, the frets on the two necks line up perfectly, which is useful as the guitar neck hides the bass neck.

@franscartoons 2 года назад

Teles tend to be pretty heavy. Would be interesting to see if it affects the resonance.

@MacDorschbert 2 года назад

Actually 'Michael Kelly Guitars' do the same thing on their enlightened models

@markpell8979 Год назад

Now fill the outer inch or so of those holes with a shot of expansive foam plastic, then veneer over that part of the perimeter and refinish the edge.