Yeah. It is simply an aluminum instrument that has absolutely no connection to the original material. Seems like a waste of the coins and time. Why not just carve or melt aluminum if that's the case?
I watched his coffee bean guitar video today. And I’ve had a phantom sort of coffee aroma in my nose ever since. 🤣 Burl does some incredible work for sure.
That red finish gives it a classic and rustic look as if it's a relic from the past, amazing job. Here's an idea that might be cool, but also functionally a pain in the ass to make: making a guitar body out of roman style concrete
Have you touched real Roman concrete?? Shit is more brittle than a high school relationship. Seriously, it's lighter than than standard concrete (high lime(stone) content?) and partly because of that I think so much easier to break. A 2" piece of concrete you can just barely not break with you fingers world be like a chocolate chip cookie to break if it was made by the ancient Romans. Just sayin
This is one of the most scientifically over-engineered guitar constructions I've ever seen, and it is honestly amazing. The fact that you went from making your very first guitar out of just coloured pencils to this, is nothing short of awe-inspiring!
It's not even close to being overengineered. It was a very simple design but still a great build. If you want to see over engineered, check out the metal 3d printed guitar build for Ynngwei Malmstien
My thought was that the ebay sellers would be jumping for joy, because this guitar means there are 1600 fewer of the coins that might end up on ebay... I think the screams of "nooooooo" would be buyers realising that those coins are getting rarer
This is actually a chemistry/science class using the premise of building a guitar to keep the students interested. Very clever. This is just one more awesome video. Take Me Home Country Roads - excellent musicianship.
@@MobiusBandwidth He could remove the tuning knobs and TIG weld a coin to each tuner to have one for each string. Then just turn each coin to get the instrument in tune.
Burl, I know alot of deceased Radio Shack nerds who were all about that store for electronic builds. I never knew about those coins and I highly suspect if my late friends could both see and hear what you did with those old aluminum coins? They'd have a big ol' grin on their faces. Tremendous job, and kudos for picking up the nuances of a new instrument!
This is awesome. Would have been cool to put 1 of the RS dollars as a headstock emblem somehow, or maybe just somewhere on the side of the body or something? Very cool project. Thanks for sharing, and that Country Roads rendition sounds awesome!
I was thinking he was going to cast the coins in acrylic or something, but he just used them for their aluminum content, he could have used beer cans or anything. It may have been a nice touch to use a coin or two as a neck inlay? Of course his work was excellent, and his finished product was outstanding.
As always, love the video, and love the guitar. I got chills when you started playing what sounded like Take me Home, Country Roads. I just really wish you would've somehow added unmelted Radioshack coins to the build. Doesn't matter, because it's still awesome!
Man, you're incredible. Just doing what you love, and doing it on our own terms - it's admirable. Your passion shows through how obsessive you are with every detail, nothing short of legendary. Marvelous.
Your builds never fail to impress, its great to watch your creations grow and evolve with time. You inspire me to continue making things and I'm sure you inspire others as well. Keep up the good work!! I can't wait to see what's next!!
Dude, you’re a amazing artist! My son and I love watching your channel! We love you and all the great guitars you bring to life!!! Keep up the great work!
This lap steel tone is so money. Congrats on another creative build! Loved seeing the process for this, as well as the prior build with the melted cans.
It's always entertaining to watch you work. Nice to see you learning from the previous aluminum build and applying it even though this is a different style of guitar.
Awesome work Burls! I love each time you make a video! These always make my day each time I see them. Please whatever you do, don’t stop unless your health becomes a problem.. until that day please don’t stop making these awesome videos
The whole process itself, your skills on the matter and the final performance of Take me home, country roads were very well done, thanks for the video. Greetings from Honduras!
Burl you are a mad genius bro me and my wife love watching you bring these ideas to life and its also awesome you keep all the mess ups and problems in the video so people can learn
That was so cool to watch. In part because I had never heard of a lapsteel guitar. Here's to learning something new, and hearing some sweet music at the end.
Fabulous video. I play lap steel and was also an apprentice in a casting factory (Paxman Diesels UK) l really appreciate all the work you put into this project, and thank you for sharing. I enjoyed it immensely . Brilliant effort.
Are you serious? At a professional level of playing, not even close. Playing a few notes on slide or one tune does not make a professional. What he does here is cool but playing will take a lot more practice to get a clean tone and accurate pitch. The building process is amazing.
Beautiful music, it transports me to the past, to my grandparents' house in Texas, every day we wake up very early at dawn and my favorite cookies are there on the table, the sweet aroma of grandmother's love of cookies, soft and warm aroma of home, love, how much love that of my grandparents. May God bless you. Thank you brother for bringing back so many beautiful memories of my childhood.
Your creativity is amazing. Please keep doing crazy stuff!!!!! Thank you for all these videos. I also love to see all your mistakes. When we do stuff for the first time we always make mistakes. Creative success is always on the far side of failure. Just keep at it. This project was amazing. You totally Rock!
I know nothing about metal casting or playing a guitar, but I found this absolutely fascinating. I’ve always loved sound of a steel guitar and the rendition of “Country Roads” was beautiful. You are a really talented person. Thanks.
God bless you man. You remind me of a quote I heard repeated by Neil De Grasse Tyson...."be ashamed to die until you have scored one small win for humanity" Mr. Burls Art.... I have tremendous admiration and respect for these videos and your artwork and on behalf of mankind.... Thank you!
