Welcome to Crimson Guitars HQhttps://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonCustomGuitars?sub_confirmation=1 and Ben's entry into the Great Guitar Build Off 2022 Invitational Competition.
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Thank you to House of Tone Pickups - [ Ссылка ]
Chapters:
0:00 Ben’s been messing with you!
0:36 A look at some of the other competitors
1:13 Ben’s Inspiration for this build
1:50 Templates
3:13 Time for some extreme routing!
5:20 Not as fragile it looks
6:24 Designing the headstock
7:00 Adding stability to the inside edge with veneer
8:41 Day 2
9:10 TINY planes
9:30 Adding finish with a bit of texture…
11:42 Into the spray booth
13:06 time to play with some acrylic
14:08 Ben’s Top tip for Bevelling the correct sides
Need to shim the neck to get the correct neck angle
Pickups from House of Tone = thanks to both Matt & Mark
Drilling and routing the pickup cavities
Positioning the tune-o-matic & tailpiece
Intensely satisfying!
More drilling and heating of the acrylic
Using Stunning Stains on the neck
26:10 Who else loves removing the plastic film?
26:58 I do believe we have a guitar
27:30 Time for the electronics
28:18 Shimming the neck & finessing the finish
29:23 Who forgot to warn Ben about fingerprints…?
31:10 Moving on to the neck - shaping the nut
32:54 Fitting the tuners
34:13 Strap Buttons then strings
36:30 She’s gorgeous and she sings!
Conclusion
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Ben's livestream camera set up includes: the Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro, Prime Cameras (Front facing and over bench) Canon EOS 250D, suspended from the ceiling (bench side) Canon EOS 90D and on the movable tripod a Canon M6 Mark II
Music used in this video from Epidemic Sound - [ Ссылка ]
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Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben
Stay tuned and stay awesome!
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