Gluing the body

[MrJoypad570]

where is part 2 for this ???

[GreenAndPurple1000]

I have thin quilted maple veneer that's maybe 1/16 thick. It's also wavy, how would I get it flat and apply it to the body (I'm assuming before I cut out the body, from what you did here)? Would clamping it like that flatten the waves in the wood out?

[KingBlossomGuitars]

You could try to dampen it and then clamp it flat between two stiff cauls.

[GreenAndPurple1000]

@KingBlossomGuitars Alright, awesome. I will do that, thanks! Keep up the beautiful guitars.

[r7mart]

Could you show to build the neck?

[RealRock993]

how thick is the wood

[KingBlossomGuitars]

The body is 1 1/4".  The maple top is 9/16" and the back is 1/8"

[MrJackanthony]

THe making process fascinates me. Thank you so much for putting up these videos.

[gustiii2]

how long do you have to wait till its apselutly dry ?

[KingBlossomGuitars]

I leave it overnight

[gustiii2]

ok watching your vids right now  :)

[Somedaysafe]

nice vide, have you guys ever crafted any guitars with a similiar base to the ibanez JEM version?

[KingBlossomGuitars]

Nope

[KingBlossomGuitars]

Not yet....we try to do our own designs.

[cloprop005]

got clamps?

[Freakmonday]

i have a question, if i use french polishing on the guitar, does it affect the sound?? will it hold back the sustain? i'm going to build my own guitar so i'm trying to figure out wich method i gonna use for the finish.

by the way, great work! (sorry about my english)

greetings from sweden..

[KingBlossomGuitars]

I don't think it will affect the tone as much as the resonance of the wood, quality of construction and the pickups used.  Natural sustain is from a solidly built guitar that is alive, it rings. You can feel the guitar vibrate in you hands when you play it unplugged. (or not)

[Freakmonday]

ok thanks!!

[bcwdrums]

Great work.............

[shrunkenhead80]

if you want to have a bright tone in ur instrument soft maple is not ur man.

even though it's maple it doasen't have the same tonal qualities of the maple that they use in strats and some ESP GL models. it's a wood that produces a lot of midrange sound, but real (that's right) maple has a lot of high frequencies while the mids are not as prominent.

[ashleycoles]

thanks, i really enjoyed watching these videos. as soon as i get some money i will be making my first guitar, nothing special, curly maple neck, rosewood finger board, solid alder body. i plan on doing a solid finish or a natural finish.

[Moleyindaclub]

6:10- thats alot of clamps.

[emachines007]

holy crap he wasnt to stingy on the clamps hahahhaha

[Howtocharmarock]

I wonder how many he's got?

[emachines007]

lol at least 5000

[Howtocharmarock]

yeeah...

[iga9121]

watching these series of videos realy makes me want [at least try] to build one.

inspiring!..

[KingBlossomGuitars]

Welcome to the club...there are few things I'd rather do than build guitars and hear how the next one sounds and see how well it plays. It's an adventure every time to create the perfect instrument.

[svenkluth]

Thanks for these videos!

They are very interesting!

If I had these machine´s and your skill,

I would have the same job as you. :)

Maybe I will try to build an guitar in a year!

And thanks again for these great guitar-building-videos!

[stratocaster1959]

thanks smokeater forsendin this to me every time I just keep watchen for the finished product

[Smokeater68]

Jeff will definitely keep you posted on the prgress.

[zztwp]

Its a good thing I like what you are doing :

[laneyjune62]

Great video

[KingBlossomGuitars]

Thanks...smokeater68 encouarged me to do these vids. I guess they're more interesting to other folks that I would have thought.

[guitarrox]

Realy cool vid I love watching the process on how a guitar is made very neat! looking forward to seeing the next vid ! Thanx for sending me this footprints !

[footprints6837]

I love seeing the process :) Very cool...

Great video Jeff!

Leslie~

[beezyr]

amazing how they're made! i'll have to show this to my son. 5 stars

[ib2fast]

Neat project! Informative Video! 5tars!

[mettanc]

i enjoy these "how to" video's. wow the work and time that goes into this.

michael

[Smokeater68]

Love how you edited this one Jeff! Awesome!!!