I like this a lot! I'm.planning on alternating crazy, ambitious builds, with more tutorial focused ones for a while and will see how that plans out.. 24 hour twin neck coming next! B

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars sir can you please tell me how much length jave the bass neck and at the end of the neck means that the strings were going on the small piece what is the name of that thing

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars The more builds and tutorials the better! I am attempting to teach myself to build basses with no prior teaching other than high school shop class. Being a musician, working on and looking at instruments has helped me but I am watching as many builds as possible to learn the order of operations and general rules or tricks used by Luthiers. In the previous video where you built the body, you mentioned avoiding hand tools to help simplify the process. Could you explain this a little more? I was actually thinking of doing my first build with as many hand tools, and simple small electric tools, as possible as I thought this would slow the process down and allow me to really think about how each step has a purpose and avoid mistakes. Budget also heavily plays into it as I have access to almost no large tools (router, planer etc) and have slowly accumulated smaller tools. I hope to be able to complete a build despite an extremely meagre shop setup. I figured the gradual nature of doing most of the work by hand would be more gratifying and educational for myself. In your opinion, am I making a mistake being under this impression and is it realistic to think I can make a bass with very limited tools? Thanks for any words or suggestions. Really enjoyed watching this bass come together.

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Well I've been following you since the beginning, and I can't find this series you speak of. 24 hour double neck build? Lovely ;p

6. Masking Tape and Super Glue

Extraordinary talent as well

Graphite rods

Crimson guitar videos

And carbon fiber rods apparently :)

lol. you got me! sorry, it got a bit longer than I had originally planned.. isn't that always the case though? VB, B

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars looking forward to part 17 of 25 XD

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars that's what she said?

Francisco d'Anconia Oh, oh my... it’s a little longer than I, expected... uwu?

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars lol... Gold

The waste gets used to build handles for their tools!

Was thinking this also, a frankenstien build from joined off cuts for the body and fret board

Give him a break. Waste is absolutely minimal . Come on boys and girls, lighten up.

Off cut pieces are an unavoidable part of wood working. Everyone who does it has a bin of them. They always get used in future projects or for other unrelated things. At very worst they might be used for firewood but my offcut bin rarely gets so full I feel the need to do that. Even sawdust is collected and used for certain things sometimes.

It would be cool to make it fretless, that really does bring out the fretboard wood

Is it possible to add binding in coloured glass or good quality perspex ?

@@graham6229 I dare say anything is possible. Better question would be how hard would doing a perspex binding be?

@@rogerj412 Thanks, I meant only for the neck. Going round bends on the body would be interesting 😊😊😊

Yeah, just some blue abalone spots. That fretboard is just too beautiful for inlays

When I have a board that already has slots cut in I use teo small dowels, toothpicks really, drilled straight through fret slots at either end.. frets cover the dowels and you get perfect alignment. B

Crimson Custom Guitars great tip! Malinoski’s are... part decorative, part drastic? He’s got some stuff I reckon you guys would dig, and may have seen in the boutique circuit here and there.

I'm considering a fretless sister instrument using the same fretboard wood.. I have a bit more to play with! B

actually I decided to leave them this time.. I am however going to be taking on a timed challenge build early next week.. a twin neck built in 24 working hours should be fun to watch and complex enough to feed my addiction for craziness.. B

That would be very fun.. no one would be even close, I am sure.. we use too many jigs these days tbh. B

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars oh im sure it would be a healthy mix of "holy crap that note is right," and "cringe" lol

Thank you Martin, I am hoping to do more videos aimed at demystifying the process.. You'll be building soon I hope! B

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars That's the plan, I've 'built' a guitar recently using a pre-cut and routed body and pre-fretted neck, next logical step is to actually build at least one of those things myself. Thanks for all the vids and inspiration :-)

I know carvin (now kiesel) showed one of their guitars being made where they actually bend the maple top to fit the contour. You can probably still find it if you look there. A lot of people just have a weird line where they contour through the top, but I always thought that looked a little weird.

One day for sure! B

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Careful ! I understood that they are pretty hot on protecting their designs, which are fairly unique ... Although, I must say that I am a Ricky fan myself . Good work as usual Mr C.

you win the internet! B

I was prepared to stabilise if needed but at heart it is oak and very hard.. similar to rosewood etc at least and will do well.. has little strength as it doesn't really have a grain tbh, hence the multitude of carbon fibre.. B

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I appreciate the response. I wondered what the factor of it being oak would be, given typical physical characteristics of many types of oak. Take care.

You know what? I hope so too, I am really enjoying the change. B

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Hollow body neck through bass next. As cool as this build is, its not really a challenge building a P Bass with templates!

Hey Natster, I agree.. I was thinking about 'ghost' block inlays but will leave that for a J bass I suppose.. no inlays on this one at all.. B

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars ooooh Ghost Block, niiiice! Have to go with the no inlays choice too though! Thanks Ben! It's great that you like to interact with the KZfaq community.

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Hooray! Personally, I've found fretboard inlays to be redundant- I use a long strap on my bass and that and increasing girth means I can't actually see the face of the fretboard. I fitted cubic zirconium side dots and they're all I need, and with a 'broomstick' left hand position they give a tactile reference as well.