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Welcome to CRIMSON GUITARS HQ www.crimsonguitars.com/
In this video, Ben is with Sam, looking at the STUNNING Crimson Silver Custom Guitar. Electronics from hell to play a game with Ben.
#customguitar #guitarelectronics #tremolo #guitarbuilder #complitated
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:55 Let's Play A game
02:44 One Of Those Projects
06:10 A bit Of A Palaver
07:27 Applause for Sam's Wiring
09:09 A Look At the Woodwork
11:48 Put you Out Of Your Misery (No Cheating)
14:09 Sam's Heartbreak!
14:56 Challenge Us
16:25 A Demo With Sam
Conclusion
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@petertauscher316 4 месяца назад

As someone who has been wiring my own guitars ever since I was a teenager, I almost wept at the beauty of Sam's wiring! I'd usually be irked about the lack of colour coding, but since everything is absolutely plain and clear to see and visually trace, this might be the only instance where colour coding isn't necessary! If I ever do a wiring job as pretty as this, I'll have fulfilled my life's purpose!

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Wow. Thank you very much for your very positive remarks. Sam takes great pride in his work.

@jonkerr2050 4 месяца назад

Exactly what I was going to say. I spent a lot of years as an RC car racer and how neat and clean your wiring is truly is an indicator of the quality of your work. And i believe the same to be true when I’m wiring up guitars. That is by far the nicest guitar cavity I’ve seen. I’ve seen Les Paul jrs with messier wiring. Stellar job. I was thinking it was the black layer under the maple cap that you wouldn’t do.

@dominicbutler7311 4 месяца назад

Beautiful guitar, outstanding mother of pearl carving, nice work Tom March

@anonymousbotch7370 4 месяца назад

OK Sam, now do, the same switching but with 3 humbuckers, add the options to individually select each humbucker as series coil, parallel coil or split coil in conjunction with the original switching😅😅

@mikebarnard2689 3 месяца назад

Well done, a tour de force. I had commissioned for my 21st birthday ( 1979) a custom made guitar from a luthier in Maine RI . I submitted my wiring block diagram and his face went pale. It was nothing compared to this but 2 x DiMarzio PAFs , partial coil taps on both pickups , master vol and Gibson Varitone circuit ( mono … I’m not mad) . I recently recommissioned the guitar from storage and after a good flush with contact cleaner the the pots stopped crackling and the Varitone sprang into life. It sounds rather nice.

@kaptainkmann7808 4 месяца назад

Head stock YES ! I don't get to catch as many of your videos as I did before , life got hectic . the up side is now your video's are like seeing and old friend who ya haven't seen in way too long. you know the one who makes you LOL from the gut and gets a smile out of you when you haven't felt like smiling all day. Thanks Ben good to see you.

@stickplayer2 4 месяца назад

I have a guitar bought in the 80s used, made in the 70s, and supposedly by Schector, at a time when he and other well known brands were just individuals making guitars. It also has a mind-numbingly complex arrangement of switches, push pull pots, for a wild variety of sounds. Looks like a tele with a birdseye maple neck (ebony fingerboard). It gets the most squealy tones to a rich HB tone. 3 pickups, one HB and two single coils. Looks hand wound (no branding). It's the only guitar I kept out of a large collection over the years, because in the studio, it does anything and everything.

@borgonianevolution 4 месяца назад

The boys out did themselves on this one. That is one of the best looking guitars I have ever seen out of a custom shop. the way that top was done it took me a second to see it even after you pointed it out. I focused on the veneer looking for variation which is a serious optical illusion if that is all you focus on. Whomever this build was for they are a very very lucky but insane person to want that level of tone combinations IN the guitar and not the rack.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

thank you very much.

@GuitarGearGyan 4 месяца назад

Sam's wiring was simply exquisite. Magnificent!!!!

@davidwellings2783 4 месяца назад

You really are a bunch of crazy guitar nerds! 😳😳 Beautiful luthiery (slightly impossible carving…!!) ….and that wiring is worthy of an ‘Information Graphics’ award!! I don’t know how on earth one could get to grips with the sheer variety of tones and fluently utilise them in a performance situation, but hey, as you stated, this is the customer’s ’guitar for life’! I’m certain they will be spending the rest of theirs getting to grips with it! Seriously, congratulations to each for the sheer stamina, fortitude and doggedness for completing this polished monster! 🥰🥰🍷🍷🎸🎸

@DanLokar 3 месяца назад

I just had an idea for a series maybe? Taking a famous shape out of a factory (Les Paul, Strat, Tele) and turn it into a ergonomic/ playable monster. Pointing out all the flaws in the body shape and how these can affect your playing. You've got a great experience on the fundamentals of ergonomics and how a guitar should not fight the guitarists but allow them to express themselves, fitting their bodies comfortably so it would be really interesting to watch! I guess you could also take it further and mod the guitar but up to you 😊

@seoigh 4 месяца назад

I used to request circuits like that in my 20s. Slowly I have learned that it's far more usable to have 2 good tones on a guitar

@PaulCooksStuff 4 месяца назад

15:20 "if you've thought of something else we can do that's impossible" A relic that everyone likes 😂

@afurinperil 4 месяца назад

That's easy. just take a guitar and play it for 20 years. Perfect relic job every time and no one's the wiser

@PaulCooksStuff 4 месяца назад

@@afurinperil people who don't like worn guitars won't like it. People who don't have 20 years left in them won't like it. So I still say a relic that everyone likes isn't possible.

@FireAngelOfLondon 4 месяца назад

Haha! As someone who likes things to look new and pristine I am laughing; I would never relic anything, ever.

@MegaChoo2 4 месяца назад

If we all liked the same thing, there would be just one guitar.

@jaynbob42 4 месяца назад

As a matter of course, I always like your videos. But the Discworld reference at the end is the icing on the cake. As far as batshit crazy guitar ideas. A guitar that actually makes me sound like I can play would be great 😂

@koosb8162 4 месяца назад

The design and execution are beautiful and so is the sound. I probably wouldn't be able to hear the difference in half of the tones produced, but the customer should be delighted. Good work, fellows.

@moogoomoogoo5990 4 месяца назад

I love headstock too

@ifax1245 4 месяца назад

Oh and the headstock is a must for crimson to use as a signature design.

@OffCenterWoodworks 4 месяца назад

I honestly thought that it was going to have an interchangeable pickup set with the way the cover is made, did not spot the elbow relief, amazing work, as always!!

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Thank you

@robraaiii 4 месяца назад

This guitar would claim SO MANY switch flickin’, knob turning hours from my life. It looks cool AF!

@deadcassettemusic_ 4 месяца назад

This is by far the most batshit insane and intricate build I've ever seen. Literally jaw dropped the whole time. I think my favorite part is the falling leaf inlays. I wish PRS had those instead of the birds, or as a common spec because they look amazing.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Thank you, we appreciate that.

@deadcassettemusic_ 4 месяца назад

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars

@bloemundude 4 месяца назад

Perhaps I'm just naïve, but I had no idea flamed sycamore yielded such a creamy and subtle neck appearance. It's very nice, though sycamore is not as hard as most maples so I'd be nervous about warping. I love that you guys got the wiring to match the dreams of the customer. If Ben is looking for unnecessarily complex projects with little-to-no potential payoff, how about a tele with two single-coil pickups that slide on rails to find that perfect sweet spot.

@mattomon1045 4 месяца назад

yes on the head stock

@Shaqsonville 4 месяца назад

I spotted it!! No joke, I really did. Only because I’m working on designing a chambered 335-esq shape body that will have a belly cut and a forearm cut to get a bit more comfort when it’s played sat down. Saw the top line straight away cos it’s all I’ve been looking at for weeks. Wonderful work

@electricladyguitarsdevonuk1414 4 месяца назад

I thought it was going to be the mistake of letting the clients design their own guitar. Storeroom full of 'one-off' template designs is ridiculous!!!! Nice finish on that axe!

@wilbert5916 3 месяца назад

absolute stunning instrument! Nice top, and how you put that on the ash bottom!! fabulous.

@RUBBERTANK_3 4 месяца назад

It is a lovely looking guitar, i like the shape i like the headstock.

@PG-ex3kl 4 месяца назад

Well done boys, as someone with option paralysis I’m a one volume, one ton kinda guy…..beautiful work on the guitar and wiring, so neat!

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Thank you kindly!

@stephenoran2019 4 месяца назад

Brilliant work! Awesome!

@LisaHarsh 4 месяца назад

We all need a Sam. That is a very beautiful wiring job. Great looking guitar as well. Nice job Matt.

@markwalmsley4172 4 месяца назад

Absolutely love this guitar 🎸 the bridge is an interesting design too

@martindavies7788 4 месяца назад

That is the most beautiful guitar I've ever seen. Well done crimson 👏👏

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Thank you very much - we love the way it turned out

@shoetree 4 месяца назад

So, I did notice the carve and wondered if it was that but I had no idea exactly what until you mentioned it. Absolutely gorgeous work

@stevenpipes1555 4 месяца назад

Everything about that guitar is absolutely stunning! I love the headstock, i love the body shape and carve. The inlay work, and oh my lord the wiring is excellent. I always wonder why these custom guitars have messy wiring. In all of my hot rod mods i go crazy keeping the wiring slick!

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Thank you very much for the positive words.

@stallik3458 4 месяца назад

I spotted the forearm relief but your method of producing it by hand is blowing my mind!

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Well done for spotting it. We have some fantastic dedicated luthiers working here which helps

@TheKruizr 4 месяца назад

It's a thing of beauty, the circuitry is a work of art, it's a lot to remember.. but after a while you'd probably get used to it! Nice work!!

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Sam is brilliant.

@franklinslamo 4 месяца назад

Beautiful guitar, superb wood working as always, beautiful design and execution. Electronics are too complicated for my tastes, but I am sure there are folks out there who would love this setup.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Thank you very much!

@patrickkeenan6331 4 месяца назад

Yes, I was clapping at 7:44 ..... impressive!

@liontribegc 4 месяца назад

Absolutely outstanding! Cheers from Myrtle Beach, SC 🤟😺🤟 Michael

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Pete_Gribs 4 месяца назад

Oh my good God almighty such an exquisite instrument. Incredible! Wicked, Ben, Sam et al, You ROCK! Pete 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@ReValveiT_01 4 месяца назад

That is an awesome looking Guitar. When I look at that I see a modern take on Brian May's Red Special.

@podfuk 4 месяца назад

Fantastic guitar! My only problem with so many sound options is, you usually find 2-3 you like the most and you never touch the rest, but maybe thats just me ;)

@archloy 4 месяца назад

Nice one :) wiring is clean, good job ! A stupid idea ? A headstock going upward, without a blocking system like with floyd of course :) In my brain, with a zero fret, it could work...

@user-er6fs3is9h 4 месяца назад

Wow just an amazing combination talent, knowledge, and precision went into making a beautiful guitar. Peace.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Glad you liked it!

@phil36135 4 месяца назад

Beautiful Guitar, exquisite craftsmanship!

@davidrjbrown8808 4 месяца назад

One to try. Three p90s. Neck and bridge wired on a 3 way blade. Middle on a blend, plus a switch for out of phase and bypass. I like a Varitone, but only ever use a couple positions. So a 3 way vari-toggle with a selection of capacitors mounted like blade fuses, so the user can play with combinations. One could be a pass through. Better still, an inductance based circuit like the Entwistle ATN. All of this on a blend pot. Plus a standard tone pot to grab quickly live. With both toggles on bypass, only the standard Volume, tone, and neck/bridge selector are in play.

@davidrjbrown8808 4 месяца назад

For clarity: middle on its own volume.

@micah_noel 4 месяца назад

I can’t even wrap my head around how you did the lamination. Very impressive!

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

thank you very much.

@flapjack413 4 месяца назад

If it was all done by hand, they probably used carbon paper to leave marks on the high spots, and just slowly carve and sand away until it all mates up properly. Very time consuming and labor intensive process!

@claudevieaul1465 4 месяца назад

Yes, that double-carved top would indeed be nightmarish, I can easily imagine thát 🤣 It does look absolutely stunning though. Headstock yay or nay: Absolutely 100% YAY! 😎👍 I think it's gorgeous - the logo fits so nicely at the end there. The shape does remind me of a brand that produces high end guitars for high end metalheads (can't think of the name at the mo), but this one is definitely esthetically more pleasing by far.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Thank you. We love the way it turned out

@bwpete5568 4 месяца назад

Finishing a hand tool only build?

@fluxx1 4 месяца назад

Agree, it's been way too long, it's very discouraging to us that are attempting our first hand tool build.

@Ogma3bandcamp 4 месяца назад

Love it!!!

@psguardian 4 месяца назад

I was close, I thought it was something to do with the veneer line in that area. Insanely well done folks.

@andrelacourse 4 месяца назад

I love the body design. master craftsmanship without a doubt. The neck inlays are very reminiscent of the Patrick Eggle guitars. The headstock reminded me at a quick glance of Parker fly designs. All great masters are inspired by other great masters. It makes the craftsmanship bar higher and higher striving for perfection. 👏👏👏

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Thank you very much!

@savethedandelions 4 месяца назад

Beautiful inlays!

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Many thanks!

@garycrant4511 4 месяца назад

48 years ago the switching options of the Shergold Masquerader were baffling / impressive on an affordable British Guitar which many punk/new wave teen guitarists accepted as a new norm for modern technology. Late 70s & early 80s - the era of innovative and bizarre mass production guitar wiring schematics.

@jacobthellamer 4 месяца назад

Beautiful guitar!

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Thank you 😁

@Piplodocus 4 месяца назад

That is just stunning

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Thank you - we are very pleased with it.

@Piplodocus 4 месяца назад

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars and so you should be! :)

@pauldowie1399 4 месяца назад

That is a thing of beauty

@Cymbaline713 3 месяца назад

The most stunning wiring job I've ever seen.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 3 месяца назад

Worth it in the end, but this was complicated!

@danielwotton5961 4 месяца назад

Was it the variotones interacting in the middle positions that stumped you? That would create all kinds of chaos!!!

@Birkguitars 4 месяца назад

Isn't this the second time that underneath curve of the maple cap has been done? I seem to recall seeing one being done/attempted towards the end of 2021?

@samothrace2154 4 месяца назад

This really reminds me of that Monochrome 12-string that Ben did years ago, both in terms of electronics complexity, and in aesthetics.

@user-js8mt7jl7r 4 месяца назад

Genius and crazy -W😀W!

@AlanW 4 месяца назад

With the extreme flexibility of the switching, this instrument would be ... challenging ... to play live.

@Bloosee 4 месяца назад

The inlays are fantastic.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

thank you

@emptyMan0 4 месяца назад

Headstock definitely the best looking design of this Parker-like type.

@henrikzawischa9635 4 месяца назад

A beauty to behold! And a zero fret, great! All guitars should have one! 🙂

@Youtubemademeaddahandle 4 месяца назад

I thought the overhang of the top was subtle, yet interesting feature. I am really impressed with the volute area and the entire headstock works when viewed from every angle. I 'm a little concerned the upper horn does not extend to the 12th fret - may effect standing balance for those who appreciate a more classical angle faclitating finger style playing.

@timothylarson3583 4 месяца назад

What is the manufacturer and model of the mega switch?

@bevo65 4 месяца назад

Beautiful headstock. It just floats like a gorgeous woman. And I could look at that wiring all day long. Top-shelf work, gents!

@heikoschwammle4650 4 месяца назад

I actually made something quite similar (from an electric point of view, I wouldn’t dare to claim I can do craftsmanship even in the area of that guitar) on a warmoth I built. 5-way varitone and an additional pot for dampening the resonance frequency of the capacitors (sometimes it that can get quite annoying) works fine only the dampening effect is quite subtle.

@Akapickles 4 месяца назад

Headless hollow body guitar with a Bigsby tremolo, active electronics, and RGB interior lighting seen through a honeycomb insert in the “f” holes.

@markwalmsley4172 4 месяца назад

Another option is to use a blender pot. One way is a standard tone the other is the bass cut.

@dalgguitars 4 месяца назад

I could never play that guitar. I would never know what sounds it'd be making. But it is really beautiful!

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Thank you very much!

@NoiseWithBassGuitars 4 месяца назад

Will there be a new guitar build anytime soon or will the hand tool only build ever get completed?

@Sankeyite 4 месяца назад

🤔Sounds like gibsons H4 type wireing without the dip switch?

@MrFengen 4 месяца назад

@7:51 I got an; oh my sweet lord have mercy moment. Soldering is something I do out of necessity. I do not enjoy it, but I live with it. The job done in that guitar, IS a work of art in itself. But the amount of insanity, coffee and brain power needed to make it happen. And here I was thinking that Ben held the crown of insanity within Crimson Guitars (and I love Ben's insanity). I've had some wild ideas on electronics but this..

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Sam is a real star and asset to Crimson.

@eranmontiel 4 месяца назад

Does that locking arm come with the bridge or is that different? I can't find it anywhere

@StenTFord 4 месяца назад

Trev Wilkinson is (was when this was designed) selling the arm and backplate separately on Reverb, but only outside the USA. You have to buy a separate complete trem, and then use these extra bits too. It is not a cheap way of doing it.

@ysteinberg5084 4 месяца назад

Trying to pat myself on the back.. For the impossible project; try to beat me at making an acoustic guitar with the size of an electric that sounds as loud as a regular acoustic with only acoustic amplification. I've been thinking about it for decades and done tests. I'll finish the first prototype this year

@PImanCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Nicest for me is the transition from neck into the headstock - mine turn out ok - eventually - but I find it really difficult.

@SArthur221 4 месяца назад

have frets all the way up the pickguard so you can play very high notes on the bridge pickup

@EddieG1888 4 месяца назад

That is an incredible instrument. Sam, I strongly suspect you will be running your own luthierybusiness extremely successfully within the next 5 years.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

Thank you

@michael912000 4 месяца назад

👏

@frankiechan9651 4 месяца назад

If you want insanity - how about all of the controls from this guitar - but done from one knob, in the style of the BMW i-Drive control system in their cars. You might need some kind of display screen for that though - even if it were just 2 lines of text on the side of the guitar that only the player can see. (I can hear Sam screaming from Australia at that idea)

@McSlobo 4 месяца назад

That electronics could possibly be done with cheap custom PCB rather easily. I bet it could come fully assembled with components and screw terminals too. No soldering required. Well, apart from running pot lug wires etc. of course.

@oldmanzen6682 4 месяца назад

Gorgeous guitar. Very interesting wiring, though I doubt I'd ever go that nuts. Love the inlays (I'm Canadian, so that's just mandatory). Hate the headstock with a passion that will fuel me through the day. (Kidding, of course... but I do hate it.)

@bellend69 4 месяца назад

Are the falling maple leaf inlays not copyrighted by Patrick Eggle Guitars the same way PRS copyrighted the bird inlays?

@ianthomson9363 4 месяца назад

I love the guitar, it shows just how carefully crafted Crimson guitars are. But its controls are much too complicated for me- how will the customer remember (or indeed, have time to change) them mid-gig? Aside from that, the pickup mounting is genius, the forearm carve is beautifully done and may be unique for evermore, and the instrument just oozes class , though I'm not sure about the body shape but I'm not the customer so what I think is irrelevant.

@pvdmac 4 месяца назад

Beauty

@user-qd9mm5mt4i 4 месяца назад

Was *The Red Special* part of the inspiration for this guitar?

@RoyZenzo 4 месяца назад

Im not a guitar builder, but one of my ideas was to pour some little baby doll heads with clear resin for the body and make some creepy looking guitar😂

@aqumos1 4 месяца назад

This palaver hilarious. I’m from Finland and in finnish ”palaveri” means a meeting.

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

A Palaver in Bantu means exactly the same.

@Kwaker76 4 месяца назад

Is anyone clever enough to calculate the number of possible pickup combinations?

@julianmetcalfe1070 4 месяца назад

For F---- S-- ,FLIPIN HECK CHAPS ,that guitar is beyond beautiful

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

thank you.

@PJeBenn 4 месяца назад

This is probably my newbie status but can someone tell me which Wilkinson Tremolo is used in this guitar. I tried looking on the Wilkinson web site but personally found their web site to be unintelligible. Also, I love the look of this guitar especially the color strip between the top and the body.

@StenTFord 4 месяца назад

You are after a wilkinson VS100 CV - but they are not produced any more cause Gibson stopped it due to patent infringement. What I did was to buy the arm and backplate of Trev Wilkinsons reverb shop (again not in USA), and Crimson bought a standard VS100 for me and replaced the bits I had bought.

@PJeBenn 4 месяца назад

@@StenTFord Thanks for the information. To bad its not still available guess that is why I had such a hard time finding anything out about it.

@vicjames6067 4 месяца назад

wow

@jastoddart 4 месяца назад

insperational work of witch I will steal some of those ideas

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

You are most welcome. We love to pass on anything we learn or do.

@mattomon1045 4 месяца назад

The wire is all one color !

@_beyouneek 4 месяца назад

The headstock looks like the design from Ormsby Guitars

@Forest_Fifer 4 месяца назад

14:18 poor Sam 😂😂

@latheofheaven1017 4 месяца назад

What didn't work about the wiring with those pickups? I took one look at the number of pots and switches and wondered whether anyone would find a use for the variety of tones they might produce - and how practical it would be to go from one to the next on stage, but I assumed that it would function. So what didn't function, and how are you going to change it?

@CrimsonCustomGuitars 4 месяца назад

By the time it went out to the customer everything functioned exactly as it should.