The decision came to make an acoustic guitar (small design), comfortable for live playing. The idea for the design was taken from the (RU-vid - Plywood acoustic guitar build) link below. • How to build a great s... Thanks for watching
They say that "The devil is in the details" and that's one hell of a guitar. Meticulous, marvelous and magical. Anyone should feel honored to play something of such workmanship. Really fantastic.
Making a Compensated nut is to put the guitar in a "perfect" tune, whether you play on the first frets or higher frets on the fretboard. I also compensated the bridge similarly, but unfortunately, I didn't record it. That was my first attempt at building a guitar with 3L/3R tuners. I usually work on Strat neck-style guitars. Yes, it was my mistake and as soon as I realized it, I turned them into the correct position. Good observation. Thank you🙂👍
Thanks for the video. I have been searching for more info on making the neck/headstock as a unit out of a billet like we did when I attended Galloup school and haven't found one until your video. Wish it was more detailed. I am on my 5th instrument, first solo scratch build and it is going well but many stressful steps but love it!
That looks pretty amazing... Never seen one constructed with the sound board in the middle like that! I was playing around with adding a reverb board inside connected by springs, but it's an interesting idea to have the strings lay on the middle board.
Yes, in the end it turned out to be very interesting as far as the sound is concerned and the actual playing on it as well. The closer you play to the sound hole, the more resonator-like the sound becomes. Otherwise, given the size of the body, the guitar is very responsive with a lot of sustain. Thanks 👍
@@curtisogilvy2889 Yes, it does. I wanted to get closer to the sound between a resonator and an acoustic guitar. As I mentioned in one of the previous comments - The closer you play to the sound hole, the more resonator-like the sound becomes... Thanks 👍
Very remarkable piece of art you made there. I cannot believe that this video does not have millions of views. Would be nice to hear a piece of music on this guitar recorded with a properly microphone :)
Thank you for your kind words. I will also make a higher-quality sound sample in combination with some guitars from my previous builds and individually as well.
Beautiful work. What material did you use for the rosette and headstock laminate, burl? Really unique. Also, the big question: what’s your thinking around the soundboard deign. Never seen that. Interesting. Lovely work.
In this case, I used Goldfield burl. I like the sound of a resonator guitar, so I took the idea from there. Instead of an aluminum cone, I used wood. The decision was between the Spruce, which sounded higher in the frequency test, and the Sequoia, which sounded more midrange. I decided on Sequoia, which also classifies the frequency sound of the resonators. I wanted to get a sound somewhere between acoustics and a resonator. As I mentioned in one of the previous comments - the closer you play (on this guitar) to the center of the sound hole, the closer the sound gets to a "kind of resonator" sound. Overall, the guitar has a very vintage-like sound, with a constant tone and natural sustain and I am very happy with the end result. Thank you
Nicely done. I've been wanting to make a few acoustic guitars and ukuleles but I find I hesitate because I don't see solutions to my questions. I'm going to build from books and RU-vid, so when a problem arises, I'm not sure what to do. After watching your video, I've seen a few solutions to a couple questions I have, and I'm going to borrow a few of your techniques when I finally make one from scratch.
Aside from the shear beauty of this instrument, watching you work was very satisfying. Wonder what would one of your guitars typically sell for. After watching you work, I would love to own one of your works.
Pretty cool suite of tools and jigs. Cool idea, reminds me of the Maccaferri resonators. They looked to be pretty hefty braces, have you tried lighter ones?
Yes, for the next build, which is already in the pipeline, I am going about it differently. Let me say, that this was my very first attempt at making an acoustic guitar. Thank you 👍
Brilliant!! I wonder why don't you add magnetic pick ups, tone knot, volume knot and some electronic on top of the guitar, which are making more hybrid to play over drive? I want to see something like that, Please.
I have very good experience playing live with this preamp I installed. It also has a volume/tone control and a built-in microphone that can be blended with a piezo under-the-bridge pickup...
Great observation 🙂👍. As soon as I noticed this myself, I fixed them to the correct position. Fortunately, there are no visible traces of previous drilling
So is that supposed to be like a hybrid dobro guitar I suppose that middle skin gives it that I'll call it a twang. Very nice job to me it has a body style like a Breedlove. Now is that a baritone guitar? The scale looks long Very nice job. How long have you been building guitars? Is this your innovation?
Well, it's a 25" scale-length neck. The body is tiny; maybe that's why it gives the impression that the neck is longer... I spent about 40-50 hours building it. This experiment aimed to get a little more midrange vintage sound, which turned out to be the right move. Thanks
The purpose of building this guitar is to play it on an acoustic guitar amplifier or directly into a mixing board with a piezo pickup. I can say that it sounds great and very unique for this purpose. What looks like plywood is actually hand-laminated veneer! Please put on your glasses and watch the entire video again. 🤓👍
@@Artbitecraft My point was you put all that time and effort into building a guitar. It would have sounded so much better if it was all natural woods which is more than common with hand made instruments thus my disappointment.
