artists are rich enough to buy new guitars

@@Mizai Buckethead probably isn't lol. His style is too obtuse for the average listener, and artists that aren't mainstream make far less than you'd think

awesome. Thanks for the kind words. Subscribed! :)

agreed. i don't watch many guitar building videos, but when I do, it's tim sway all the way

Thanks. I'm starting to find "my voice" in the geometric vs traditional guitar shapes. I will explore this shape more for sure.

thanks!

Big fan Tim. You are awesome!!!!

thanks!

thank YOU!

thank YOU! :)

thanks amigo! Hope you're doing well

Oh man, this instrument would have been perfect for the Jetsonz

A strat would constantly go out of tune

thanks!

Thank you kindly!

I understand completely.

I call 'shenanigans' spam, almost every comment on this page has the same 'Text me' comment.

cheers. It's a new interest for me as I like hearing the notes and shapes in different ranges. I was always old school. Never even played a 5 string bass. (I Often only used 2 or 3 just to make myself have to work harder and make wiser choices :)

@@timsway you Hit the nail on the head. Will put. 👌

if everyone liked the same things, the world would be weird and boring :)

I did it like that as this instrument is more about the mids/lows than treble, being a baritone and all.

ciao!

@@timsway :-) ciao Tim

Ok

Thanks for reminding me of the back story. I remembered eep oop ork ah ah and that song has been stuck in my head for a little while, too. I looked up the episode date and it originally aired Sept 30, 1962 - a year and a half before the Beatles hit the states!

When you say turning do you mean making them or tuning the instrument? Both are terrifying! lol. I'm making a wood-pegged instrument in a much larger scale right now (pipa). It's my first and I'm learning ...

​@@timsway Just the pegs. I wanted to turn them from scratch for my first violin. At some point though I had to finish it, so I did the standard thing and bought the blanks. Hope you share the pipa on your channel if you get the chance! It sounds like an awesome build.

@@EricTrimbur I will when it's done. Soon.

thanks for the pro tips!

@@timsway You're welcome 🙂

THANKS! I couldn't find the thread to give proper credit. My guess is it's the ipe that caused the problem, too as I made two other maple boards at the same time that were fine. I have used ipe before but not in a while. I can remember having a hard time getting the frets in but I was much worse at all of this them too. It could also be that I used a .021" end mill where I prefer the .020" but was fresh out (I buy them used in bulk from factories that use them for etching pcb boards or whatever)

that was just me noodling. Not sure what to tell you. Pretty generic metal/hard rock type stuff.

lol. Not any more. I'm fresh out of reclaimed acrylic :)

lol. There aren't many left I'm sure. go follow @offyourrockerwoodwork on instagram for some truly interesting photos sometimes.

there were a couple Jetsons mentions. Alan W refreshed me that he said "Jet Sound" and Greg Zunic countered with Jet Screamer.

@@timsway I'm just going to go ahead and assume I came up with it first because I want that to be the case 🙃

@@shaolinshoppe congrats! :)

the zero fret makes open notes sound the same as fretted notes and setup easier. All you need to do is put the fret where the nut would be and put the nut a little further back. All the nut needs to do is keep the string in line and touching the zero fret, so it doesn't really have to be as precise as a traditional nut. The only tricky part is making sure the string is making full contact with the zero fret so there's no buzz. On flat headstock guitars like this, I use a string retainer across all 6 strings (like a floyd rose style) to make sure they are all seated. Or sometimes you'll think it's touching but it's not, but you'll discover that quickly as every fret will be out of tune.

I tuned it BEADF#B with light gauge strings. If the strings were a little heavier it would take down to A a little better.

I have an Avid CNC (pro 4x2). Highly recommended. cheers!

@@timsway Thanks Tim! I will look into it! :)

I have another headstock style I make with 3x3 inset tuners that I think are the best way to do it. I'm not sure I believe and trust staggered tuners enough to work. lol

@@timsway A lot of guitarists use them and love them, including legends like Eric Johnson, but if you'd rather not even bother, that's your decision to make.

@@DoppelgangerShockwave (The behind the scenes truth is a couple years ago I placed bulk orders for some hardware like tuners. gotta use them up first :)

@@timsway Mhmm... All right then, lol!

it's possible with pine but definitely an uphill battle. try finding some old maple dining table or something like that. they're usually pretty cheap at second hand stores.

or pallets. they come in all sorts of hard woods, too

thanks, Tim!

Malta?! What a dump :-p

you order it, I'll make it for you :)

I've been experimenting more and more with middle position and "sweet spot" pickups . Personally I rarely find myself using the bridge pickup.

Yea, I really dig the bass vi but agreed, full, open chords on it are not clear.

it's only an inch thick so it's not too heavy. Les Paul range.

I was just faking metal for the video. I almost pulled the Volvo out for the photoshoot for this one, but I was having such a hard time photographing it in controlled areas I gave up :)

lol. yes. I'm not a diehard fan, but they have 3 albums I can't get enough of, Sound of Lies, Hollywood Town Hall and Blue Earth. Oh and Tomorrow the Green Grass Grows :)

@@timsway Hi Tim,,I love that band ,,alot of your guitars,,reflect that sound,IMO,,which,, to me is true honest and natural guitar sound,,keep on keeping on,,Thank you!

Howdy Tim,,how should I contact you by email?,,and thank you so much!

just read the reply,properly,,I was tooexcited!

@@floydlay9189 there are means to contact me direct via newperspectivesmusic.com