Channel: Crimson Custom Guitars

Category: Howto & Style

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Description: Welcome to episode 6 of this ONE-day Build...yes...really! Ben continues to make this Star Wars-inspired guitar fit in with that universe. The headstock is taking shape to match the end of the Mandalorian Rifle and the custom backplate looks like it could be a panel from Slave 1. Ben also makes a custom nut out of solid aluminium. Welcome to Crimson Guitars youtube.com/user/CrimsonCustomGuitars?sub_confirmation=1 and Ben's home workshop for Day 4 of the Insane 1 day (???) LIVE Scratch Guitar Build to celebrate hitting 300K subscribers. Now you can watch a whole day of work in just under 1 hour. Watch the original live stream here youtu.be/XCAwiIaIprI Chapters: 0:00 Introduction & Recap 3:00 Finessing the aluminium headstock - a little rosewood goes a long way 15:05 Making the nut from aluminium - a Crimson String Spacing Ruler is a handy tool 26:03 Back to the headstock 28:16 Back from lunch - what's next? 29:58 Removing some excess material from the back to achieve a more comfortable fit 38:40 Looking very good - a little epoxy to fill a space! 41:03 The Backplate 45:28 Conclusion Check out our new Discord server for guitar building goodness here discord.gg/N82ZFTzAJ6 Join this channel to get access to perks: youtube.com/channel/UCdD1Cqxr8aINzWs1agg3tEQ/join and don't forget the Luthiers Question Time Podcast, available on all good platforms or through this link luthiersquestiontime.buzzsprout.com Music used in this video from Epidemic Sound - epidemicsound.com/referral/31qosr ___________________________________________________________________________________________ We'd like to thank our partners for helping to make this video series possible. Triton Tools - tritontools.com/en-GB ISOtunes Bluetooth Hearing Protection - bit.ly/36YmKro Wagner Meters - wagnermeters.com Leatherman - leatherman.co.uk Workshop Heaven - workshopheaven.com Support us by supporting our Partners, and at the same time get yourself a great deal with ISOtunes. Use code "CRIMSON10" for 10% OFF with this link: bit.ly/36YmKro ___________________________________________________________________________________________ WEBSITE: crimsonguitars.com VINTAGE TOOL SHOP: bit.ly/3oA8uQK Luthier’s Tools & Supplies: bit.ly/LuthTools Guitar Building Courses: bit.ly/LuthierySchool Kit Guitars: bit.ly/KitGuitars EXTRAS channel: bit.ly/3gQmul1 SOCIAL Instagram - instagram.com/crimsonguitars Facebook - facebook.com/CrimsonCustomGuitars Patreon - patreon.com/crimsonguitars ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben Stay tuned and stay awesome! ________________________________________________________________________________________________