Charvel® at Winter NAMM 2009 - 1st "Show-Built" Custom Guitar

[devildawgg67]

Thanks for sharing this, much appreciated.

[zombieeatbrain]

It's just a 12" extension bit.  You can get one at most any hardware store. Or, you can cut the handle off an extra long #2 Philips head screwdriver and chuck it in a drill.

[Guinard68]

Nice job brother!!

[hifatsoos]

can you customize it to have 24 frets if you wanted?

[brandon5pennies]

yeah i'm pretty sure you can. i think you can also have them make it set neck and stuff. jackson and charvel are still tied together if i'm not mistaken so you can even still get the pointy headstock. if i'm wrong someone correct me.

[toyoubecritic1]

You can find some of the "Show Built" guitars on Ebay.

[taylorlloyd]

fuck that thing has some great tone!

[zombieeatbrain]

Hey, this is Scott, the guy in the video. I wrote a bunch of long-winded explanations earlier, then thought better of it.

The hardest part of what you see in the video is screwing in the trem claw. The driver bit is a foot long, it's easy to slip, and that particular wood was very tough.

And we do shape the necks by hand. We rough then out on either a pin router, shaper, or CNC, but they're all shaped and finished by hand.

[filionka]

@zombieeatbrain where can I buy that kind of driver bit and which brands make it? Did you make it yourself? Just wondering because I'm about to screw in the trem claw too on my homemade electric guitar! :)

[xero0620]

They dont really shape the neck by hand there are templates and machines they use to make sure they are all within the same tolerances. Same for the bodies. They are cut out on machines by computers. All that guy is doing is adding all the parts and small details like sanding etc.

[BoomTwang]

Charvel is ALL about the details...

[xero0620]

The guy is obviously good at what he does, the details are important. If they werent he wouldnt have a job. Just saying that they dont have a bunch a guys cutting a bunch of bodies and necks out of a tree stump with a knife.

[BoomTwang]

Who said they did?

[xero0620]

Trying to answer the question as far as whats the hardest part about building a guitar. I should have just said what you see the guy doing is the hardest part done by a human.

[BoomTwang]

My bad.. didn't catch the original question.

[xero0620]

No problem, didnt want anyone to think I was downplaying the technical difficulty of building a guitar.

[eruptionfreak]

anyone own a charvel and if so how is it?

[BLACKMAGICMETALMAN12]

I want a Charvel bad

[TheGamingGuitarist]

Me too

[codyt5]

Cool video, and great idea! What is the hardest part of building a guitar? Is is the measurements and shaping of the neck?

[gonzalezmacias]

I want only one !!! xD great job