Ep 6 - From the Neck up? | Building a Guitar from 42,000 Year Old Wood!

Welcome to Crimson Guitars (CG)HQ https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonCustomGuitars?sub_confirmation=1. In this episode, Ben is working on the neck of the guitar. He goes from an uncut fretboard, finally cured from its Cactus Juice soaking; to a neck ready to be carved and have frets installed. This guitar is being made using a very soft wood and as such the neck is stabilised with both the usual truss rod and carbon fibre stiffening rods. #customguitar #electricguitar #guitardesign #custombuild #oldwood Chapters: 0:00 Introduction & a recap 0:36 Unclamping & thicknessing the fretboard 3:00 The problems with really softwood 4:14 Working on the neck & headstock 6:43 Another masking tape trick...for templates 7:40 On to the Router table & the Oscillating Belt Sander 9:15 Installing the truss rod and stiffening carbon fibre rods into the neck 11:07 Routing the truss rod channel 12:41 Using small chisels to clean up the channels 14:38 Gluing in the stiffening rods, *safely* 15:34 How Ben stops the truss rod rattling under the fretboard 17:00 Gluing on the fretboard 18:35 Clamps! And clean up the excess 19:46 Declamping the neck 20:44 Removing the excess on the neck and fretboard 22:16 On the belt sander taking the headstock to the correct thickness 23:10 Radiusing the fretboard with a hand plane 24:40 Then on to a radius sanding block & talking about carving the neck 26:32 Quiet while Ben films & a look ahead Check out our new Discord server for Guitar Building Goodness here https://discord.gg/N82ZFTzAJ6 Join this channel to get access to the perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdD1Cqxr8aINzWs1agg3tEQ/join and don't forget the Luthiers Question Time Podcast, available on all good platforms or through this link https://luthiersquestiontime.buzzsprout.com/ Ben's livestream camera setup 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 http://www.cameracentreuk.com/crimson Music used in this video from Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/31qosr/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ We'd like to thank our partners for helping to make this video series possible. Triton Tools - http://www.tritontools.com/en-GB ISOtunes Bluetooth Hearing Protection - http://bit.ly/36YmKro Wagner Meters - https://www.wagnermeters.com/ Leatherman - https://www.leatherman.co.uk/ Workshop Heaven - https://www.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: http://bit.ly/36YmKro ___________________________________________________________________________________ WEBSITE: http://www.crimsonguitars.com VINTAGE TOOL SHOP: https://bit.ly/3oA8uQK DAILY GUITAR DRAW: https://dailyguitardraw.com/ Luthier’s Tools & Supplies: http://bit.ly/LuthTools Guitar Building Courses: http://bit.ly/LuthierySchool Kit Guitars: http://bit.ly/KitGuitars EXTRAS channel: https://bit.ly/3gQmul1 SOCIAL Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crimsonguitars/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CrimsonCustomGuitars/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/crimsonguitars OTHER Ben's Vintage Tool Shop - https://vintagetoolshop.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben Stay tuned and stay awesome! ___________________________________________________________________________________