Guitar building part 2

[karambolization]

could give some data about putting frets on the fingerboard?

[wasky1]

you need a new jigsaw seriously! but nice work

[zoziak1]

duncers79 i think is ebony

[joesteele93]

good work but you could of got a much neater and quicker result if you tapered the fretboard and neck using the taple saw and glue gun on a scrap piece of wood at the correct angle so the table saw cuts the taper exactly and perfectly,+ no sanding/ planing required

[TheJustintv3]

you build a acoustic guitar! your pretty good!

[duncers79]

what wood is the finger board

[TheMagnumGuitar]

what is the name of that tool at 2:27 ?

[duncers79]

@TheMagnumGuitar its a spokeshave

[00amunet00]

Man I love this video... there's so many videos of 'home made guitars' that use prefab necks. Make the damn neck, then it's a home made guitar. The fact you use what you have at hand to make it happen says alot. Like the upside down belt sander,.. love it! Done it myself a few times! As crued as some of the methods may be, with little sanding here and there and a bit of sweat you can get just fine results. Everyone on here with a home guitar video should be watching these.

[awsomedrummer100]

how long did it take you to make the guitar

[CrazyLongboard]

Where do you get the frets from?

[windygorge1]

your family should be very proud, way to go!!!!!!

[timmyguitar2]

hi budy wot is the thickness of the neck without the fret board on

[flatpikinguitar]

What kind of glue were you using.

[edwardtang1977]

the first video was cool but by the time I am in the second I am inspired to build my own too! It looks like so much fun!

[mat876]

is the standard size of a fret board 18 inches from first fret to last , and you have to buy a 25.0 inch fret ruler for a full standard sized guitar ? does anyone know ?

[moucon]

Also - a bandsaw would cut your time way down on the neck - even roughing the top. You can pick up a decent used one for $100 or less.

[connberkshire]

Pretty ballsy move making your cuts with a sabre saw, and I really liked seeing you using a coping saw on the heel block and even using a spokeshave to shape your neck... young man, you are truly rockin it old school!- great job so far... btw loved your hand-carved tailpiece!

[NosajDurmit]

What glue do you use?

[DEKALINE]

elmers it says so on the bottle

[mat876]

@DEKALINE i think he knows that dipshit  lol

i think he means what type?

[kiteboarder810]

how long did it take you, and how much did it cost? It looks great

[jani95jani95]

how did u inlay the truss rod,did u just put it in and glued the fretboard

[halosucks4]

how did you radius the fretboard?

[blakeage]

Love the last 30 seconds of this video, very artistic shot : )

[alvaroelbarbaro]

is it wrong if my neck don't has that "steel peace" that goes under the fretboard through the body ?

[YukonStrings]

The purpose of the trusrod is to give strength to the neck, so that when the wood bends from string tension or changes in environment then you can adjust your neck and not have a permanently warped neck. If you do not use a trusrod then you would need to build your neck much thicker, but even then, no guaranties that your neck will not warp.

[flatpikinguitar]

@YukonStrings Some people use carbon fiber reinforcements which are even more stable than a traditional steel truss rod, but as you said, carbon fiber is non adjustable.

[brocgustafson]

Very nice work on the neck... That must have taken forever! I am in the process of building a guitar but i just bought the neck. If I build another I am going to make my own neck because it looks a lot more simple than I originally thought!

[gabovalin666]

exelent work

[halosucks4]

use hide glue, its AWESOME!

[theige01]

Part 2: Fret 13 =0.5281*ScaleLen =0.5546*ScaleLen =0.5796*ScaleLen =0.6031*ScaleLen =0.6254*ScaleLen =0.6464*ScaleLen =0.6663*ScaleLen =0.685*ScaleLen =0.7027*ScaleLen =0.7194*ScaleLen =0.7346*ScaleLen Fret24=0.75*ScaleLen

[20108024]

can ya send those to me?

[theige01]

To Calculate Fret Locations: ScaleLen is the Nut to Saddle Length Fret1 =0.0561*ScaleLen =0.1091*ScaleLen =0.1591*ScaleLen =0.2063*ScaleLen =0.2508*ScaleLen =0.2929*ScaleLen =0.3326*ScaleLen =0.37*ScaleLen =0.4054*ScaleLen =0.4388*ScaleLen =0.4703*ScaleLen Fret12 =0.5*ScaleLen

[l8erdaz]

hey!

been watching so far, and I do have a few suggestions/questions...

I was wondering why you used the handheld jig as opposed to the table saw for cutting your fingerboard to width.

I would also suggest using a table which is more study when hammering in your frets. It will help avoid floating frets, as I saw your fretboard jump around a bit while you were hammering

I don't mean this as insult, just some suggestions if you ever make another

[The6StringSamurai]

I think he bought a fret board with them already mark off

[rockwizclown]

hey whats the tool used on 2:21?

[rahlgren]

that's a spokeshave -- from wagon wheel making days

[Soilpt]

hi man. can u explain me how did u marked the frets? i've already made 2 electric guitars but the notes are allways wierd and i realize some frets are not in the very correct position causing the notes to be wrong. how can u mark them with that precision?

[coldpheonix11]

i found this video very hard to follow because he failed to mention what exactly he was doing alot of times as he's working..i found myself asking "what the hell is this guy cutting or making right now?"

[Decker695]

I dont think it's supposed to be a tutorial, I think it's just showing the process he went through to make the guitar

[marcelbrunettimarque]

what do you put in that hole in the neck at 8:15???

[lxmustang89]

I think you are talking about the Truss Rod

[guitarzan1143]

you have some very unorthodox ways of building, but i like them. i love the fact that you use a jig-saw to cut out stuff, i personally think that is better than a band saw. band saw blades are scary around tough radiuses. if you ever want to chat about lutherie hit me up man, good to see some people out there still have original build ideas.

[YukonStrings]

well I don't know, I've never actually used a bandsaw, everything has limitations and having the will to work within those limitations is how a jigsaw got into my guitar's construction haha

[gavztheouch]

Bandsaws are overated.

[pykey]

bandsaws are an amzing tool to use.

[guitarplayer7694]

why did you go with an acoustic, seems an electric would be easier, body wise at least.

[billtheturtle]

I'm a student at bruand lutherie's school. And this is the worst luthier I ever seen.

[YukonStrings]

hahaha, I am quite unorthadox not to mention lowbudget. haha, your comment made my day

[guitarplayer7694]

Does it really matter how you do it as long as you get it done?

[YukonStrings]

I don't think it matters either way. I've never been to a luthier school, I've wanted to but I think they'll teach a right and a wrong way to things, I don't think there is such a thing as a right way or wrong way if it gets done, so I don't think I'd fit into a school

[guitarplayer7694]

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

[Cougerbat]

u do not realize, how snobby that sentence sounded like

[NoahTaylor85]

hahaha, I like the drill press work on 2:00

[PrzemonRok]

excuse me but I can't write very well in english but I have a question. What type of wood you use to build a neck? great job man that is awesome

[YukonStrings]

I used maple from a wood yard

[DexterGoneWild]

do you order from Stewart Macdonald?

and I noticed how you sanded down the fretboards sides, I found that if you get a big piece of sand paper and glue it down to a perfectly flat surface, then you can just rub the neck on the sandpaper and it gives you a perfectly level surface

[jsrestore]

your great! keep up the good work , I have been a cabinetmaker and restoration artist for 25 years and you remind me of myself when i was 16, hold on tight your going to make some cool stuff,,

[Keskin1975]

Try hammering the frets from both outer ends first, this way the teeth move sideways when you hammer the middle and get a better grip in the fretboard but they should be a little more curved than the fretboard radius before hammering them in. Plus maybe 2 drops of super glue.

[khoiktran]

It looks like to me all your tools are not sharp. Man all the tools you are really primitive.

[panzarw]

hey please post thel ink on how to make the electronic for the guitar !!!!! nice working there, i wish i had the tools but i just dont have the money... have to make it all by hand power tools :(

[Forbiddenfilms]

is that a fret saw or just a dove tail?

[vhalen84]

my hero!

[RoC1909]

My god you are talented!!! I wish I had a ounce of the skill that you had. I have a hell of a time doing ANY type of home repair let alone if I were to build a guitar. Great job!!

[Beefliverpie]

You do great work, but I would suggest investing in a bandsaw. A cheap $100.00 Royobi from Home Depot would make life much easier!

[redking15ca]

i think if i try this i will by 3 times as much wood as i need and just make 3 of every part right in a row... hopefully i will end up with 2 guitars.. LOL

[megadeth22885]

why not use some long pieces of wood to keep the fretboard straight and lined up as you wrap the rubber around it?

[YukonStrings]

now there's a great idea!

[megadeth22885]

yeah.. im looking into building some of my own guitars soon.. electric mostly, but much of the neck work is the same concept, so this video still helped (like cutting the headstock angle, fretwork, fingerboard, etc

[250lespaul]

hey question

wat types of wood did you use for the neck and the fret board

[YukonStrings]

The neck is maple and the fret board is ebony.

[megadeth22885]

what tool is that to shape the neck? and is the curve on it the exact curve the neck will be? and whered you get it?

[sha4096]

I know the french word, it's "vastringue". Don't know the english equivalent. check on stewart-mac page.

[YukonStrings]

that's a spokeshave

[Rob104254]

was that a big rubber band you used to hold on the fretboard or leather straps

[YukonStrings]

those were several rubber bands yes, I think next time I would build an aparatus to clamp it on instead of rubber bands. It was kind of hard getting everything lined up with the rubber.

[killakobra]

turn the glue spreader sideways and it works better. i'm building an electric bass right now and am learning alot of the in's and out's. you can cut the slot for the truss rod with the table saw if you're careful.

[YukonStrings]

yeah, I thought about using the my table saw but its a junky saw and doesn't cut very acurate so did it another way. Next time I'll use a router and router table, it works so much nicer.

[wcdumpy]

i watched the entire series on this build and you did a great job. came back to this one though for one reason though. get the fret caul so much easier i did my first 3 like you did that one then i got the fret caul makes life alot easier. anyways great job

[redhotcustoms]

hey, i was wondering if you plan to make a written file on a site or something on how to make one. i find this very interesting and would love to make one, but im the kindave person that needs it to be written as well as shown. good job by the way.

[bigdjindustriez]

Taylor called, they want their peghead design back..just kidding. Are you a finish carpenter or an actual Luthier?  i'll be watching all your videos because I really enjoy watching guitars being made, hope to build one someday. Doing a good job man

[YukonStrings]

Haha, yeah I'm a big fan of Taylor, that's why I designed this one from scratch, I got the idea for the peghead design from R. Taylor guitars but I think mine is a little smaller and more pronounced. I'm basicly just a guy who likes to build instruments and I also did this to get credits for school. Thanks for the compliments

[bigdjindustriez]

I Love building stuff too man, i'm just a year younger than you, i'm pretty good at it. But yea money is a bit tight, so instruments are out of the question..I'll just have to stick with my Yamaha and Epiphone lol

[YukonStrings]

just got to basicly work with what you got I guess, that's how I started with basicly nothing. I was trying to build a guitar that sounded as good as my Taylor 314, but I didn't make it with this one.

[shtdaprdtr]

goddamm!... I was waiting for your fingers to come flying off.

[horrorfan130]

hey! i'm kinda modelling off of this video building an accoustic. could you tell me what you used to get the frets??? Thank you.

[ArmedZagi]

Are you wanting to know where to get the fret wire or where to put the frets?

[B3nz1mon]

I want to know where to put them, how to make the gripboard....

[Forbiddenfilms]

I bought a book on it and it has the mesurement for all the frets... its useful and worth the $20...