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What a feather in your cap professionally and personally. Congratulations! You can't get more "guitar" than Metallica. You must be really proud. Just fantastic!

OMG, I swear I have designed exactly the same thing around 15 years ago. I must still keep the drawings somewhere. The thing is that I never started to build guitars. Well done, great job 👏🏻🤘🤘

I had no clue you were the one that made that guitar! So awesome knowing it’s from a quality builder (whom I’ve learned so much from over the years). Just makes it all the cooler when I win the guitar 🤣

I got to watch the whole video and I absolutely loved seeing you work on the guitar. It reminds me of something. My dad would love to watch what you passed away a few years ago. He used to do things with me with woodworking when I was younger. I got a thousand entries I think for the guitar itself. Definitely a masterpiece. Loved it

Congratulations Chris ! The dream of every Guitar Builder is now real for you. I wish you many VIP - Orders in the following time ! Be proud of you!

Congratulations, Man! That guitar is awesome. I think you've earned special master status when it comes to being a Guitar Maker.

They couldn’t have picked a better person to make this. I love your work and it’s helped along the way with refinishing guitars. Awesome work as always.

Only creating a guitar for one of the most popular metal bands on the planet. No pressure! lol That turned out awesome. Very cool. Luthiers are woodworking artists.

Fantastic content and what a buzz that must be to build a guitar for your musical inspirations 👊🏻 I use stripped up inner tubes for cramping bindings on etc . But the way you used it with the f cramps to pull the back of the guitar tight was genius love seeing inventive ways of getting over cramping problem . It’s amazing how much pressure to can get with inner tubes pulled across a joint . Thankyou for sharing I appreciated the insight 👊🏻👊🏻

I like your videos and have a great respect for your skills. 👍 I hope you dont mind me making a suggestion. On my CNC router I added a small continuous air blower, this is a cheap reciprocating type cost less than $100, very quiet and has worked tirelessly for years. Basically it means you dont need an air compressor BUT you can still get an air blower pointed at the cutting tool. That blows all the chips out of the slots so you are not re-cutting dead chips mangled down in the slots. I find that this type of air blower is much more convenient than using compressed air and of course is quiet, it can be powered from the same relay that operates the spindle driver so it comes on whenever the spindle is in use. It sits on the floor (it's only small, about 6 inch cube size) and I just run a small flex hose up to the nozzle pointing at the spindle cutting tool. Because you wont be mangling chips in the slot you get a better finish, less tear out and chipping, longer tool life, cooler wood so you get less themal issues etc etc. Also this type of reciprocating pump blows the air in little pulses 30 times a second so you get more chip clearance than a typical compressor and constant blower.

That's awesome! Love the case. Looks great 🤘

I enjoyed watching your build. Looks solid and that case is sweet. I'm guessing the screws were a deliberate anesthetic choice. Would definitely recommend using a microstop for your countersink. Given that the metal M's are so sharp, it's likely the player might get cut while playing. I probably would've inlayed them into the body and beveled the edges or filled the top inside gaps with epoxy. Fantastic work! That CNC work was pretty slick.

Absolutely amazing work on this. I'm blown away.

Loved all the unique aspects of this build even that amazing case! This is very, very cool. And the "All Within My Hands" cause is something that I think is pretty important from my work experiences.

Man that is awesome! Not just the guitar but the whole package.

I enjoyed every minute of that. Thanks Chris.

Wow, this was amazing to watch. I forget all the little details that go into building a guitar by scratch. Very cool that you got to do this for Metallica too! Such an accomplishment🤘

you are so awesome. thanks for sharing your awesome work with us. its a privilege.

Spectacular Here, Thank You, Cousin Figel

This is the best Metallica tribute guitar I've ever seen in my life!

Excellent work 👍 I just wish there was a video of the band receiving the guitar, I bet they loved it

As a craftsman myself I salute you sir! Beautiful work 👌🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍺

I want to see somebody make a custom Metallica guitar with all of their albums represented in some way blended in on the guitar on an Explorer that'd be dope

That inlay work was super clean. 🙌🏼

Signed or not I would LOVE that guitar! Very nicely done!

Wow, so much hand work. This is amazing. I would die to have a hand crafted axe.

That is a beautiful guitar man, nice job.

For weeks I've been watching people file, chisel, saw and sweat making their guitars. And he comes and cnc a guitar making it look effortless. And with a case. I am very impressed.

That guitar is so sick. Great video!!

19:15 🧂 similar to add grip to prevent the two pieces sliding around when 🗜️ perhaps 🤔.. there's some dedate on whether it can alter the composition of the glue weakening the bond ..great video btw 😊the inner tube clamp is a good idea

Thanks for the demo!

Awesome 👏🏻, I’m planning on putting just one volume knob on the lower front horn of all of my guitars, any chance you could do a video on how to customise the hardware pockets and placement on the back for people who want to move their knobs around etc ??

The case alone is a work of art. The guitar looks amazing! Would loved to have heard it being played.

Wow, now that is a project.

VERY cool video. Thank you.

You are an amazing Luthier,rock on brother

Pure craftsmanship. Well done!

Damn dude, that's pretty sick. Amazing job

You never know who's watching your vids on KZfaq ;) Great work. \m/

Kudos to you, jealous is me. Were you using strait flute cutters? Downcut cutters really cut down the chatter and screaming. Super cool, congrats!

Awesome build, and such a great opportunity! I get great inspiration from your channel! I'm an aerospace machinist and can offer you a tip when machining countersinks that are perfectly flush and consistently the same height. Use a drill press with a stop. I'll do a few in a piece of scrap to get it perfect, then go for it on the project. Thanks again for sharing your work!

Beautiful guitar. With all that help from the machines

Impressive work!!! Congratulations flawless skills. Abrazo Mexicano!! 🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻🇲🇽🤘🏻🇲🇽

Omg,So cool! Congratulations! That’s so awesome!

I’ve seen quite a few guitar builds online now, and this one felt a little “slapped” together. Maybe it’s because you didn’t show all the intricacies and measurements. But even when things were clamped together it didn’t seem proper/precise enough to me. I can direct to other build videos that show more precision, but just wondered if it might just be what was displayed on video rather than what actually went into assembly?

Although Heavy Metal guitars it´s no my passion, this one fits like a glove for the purpose of the project and has his own personality. Congratulations!

it´s interesting how long it took to someone to build this guitar model, it came to my mind since I was young, like 14 yo, but of course i didn´t know how to build a guitar in that time, even today I´m still learning abour building guitars XD

I wish I could hear it!

That whole build is awesome! , curious, what size frets went on that guitar? , they were looking like railroad tracks!, also what is the guitar tuned too?, again, great build, congrats!

Incredible build for a band i love so much thank you for your job sir .. WOW

You definitely have some serious talent! 🤘 Incredible work!

Amazing build!...but I'm curious, is there a video that shows the band members unboxing that guitar?...stay safe!

I thought the first trip to the moon was complex. Oh man!

Great job!

Hey Chris same, same on the Metallica and life bit. I am a rookie Woodworker and I find your vids informative. I have a question, are those anti vibration gloves? If so what kind are they? Thanks for the informative vids.

James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett should be having this signature guitars

Awesome video, congratulations 🎉 on the build 👍. Any way on the CNC parts to do a quick speed up? Save the nitty gritty details for Patreon or "in depth"?

I had to wait until I had some time to really enjoy this video. What a cool project, I'm so glad you were chosen to do this! I noticed you routed out the floyd rose nut shelf on the fretboard before it was glued on to the shaft, I guess you were using a downcut bit to prevent the bit from pulling this thin part up and chipping it?

Congratulations!! is incredible!

you are very talented, nice work

Absolutely stunning!

What an absolute honor to build this amazing guitar! I love it! The only critique I would have is I'm not huge on Gold. I would have used painted white screws...But other than that, epic!

Uau una hobra de arte me encanto se ve perfecto yo antes dibuje guitarras de relámpago varias clases me voy hacer un curso se diseño esta perfecto!!!

It's a mammoth work! sincere compliments

Tkzz for sharing.,.,.,peace

Very cool!

Very cool video and even cooler guitar!

It's great to see Metallica is nationally supporting c n c music factory.

Amazing

Fantastic work!! Can you share any of your easel files?

Amazing job!

So lucky! Well done the best dream you could get, awesome work by the way

very good design very good job very intresting in watching this as well thank you

Love it! Nicely done 👍👏🤘

Waow ! Your work ls amazing like always congratulations ! I hope their is some emg james hetfield signature pick up or emg 81 & 85 like kirk on it !

If you coloured the M like multicoloured burnt petrol he'd have loved it even more. Cosmic purples mixing into neon greens, everyone's seen petrol in a puddle. He's a complete petrol head James. Plus the song Fuel.

this guitar is epic. iwant one haha

A CNC in your garage!? Nice! 🤟

Cool design.

Bloody amazing dude!!!

Can't get past the thought that : *The bottom M should have been an A.* Anyhow, that's a magnificent Axe!

An interesting coincidence. Guitarist Ryan Waste has a guitar based on the logo of their band Municipal Waste.

where can i get the cnc file please can you share it ? and btw its a great work man i love it

What a fun opportunity. Would have loved to have some Metallica in the background of the video. Lots of silence with no audio while you were assembling etc.

U made the metallica version of Ryan Waste's guitar from Municipal Waste

Awesome !!!

SWEET, I LOVE THAT GUITAR! I haven't scratch built a guitar since the the late 70s and early 80s. The few I have built since were from parts mostly I modified. I still have a few designs from back in the day I would love to build. I wish these CNC machines etc were around back then. I probably would still be building guitars. I had to stop when the cabinet shop I was allowed to use closed up and moved away. Truthfully it was a lot of work doing a majority of the work by hand. Love the design I am a sucker for pointy guitars.I have one question about the case. I saw the pink rigid foam and what looked like regular foam rubber. What adhesive are you using? I found the stuff I tried dissolved the rigid stuff and slightly the foam rubber.

WOW, what is the material you used for the inlay ?

Dang, I gotta get me one of those big old wood cnc machines so I can make guitars :)

YOU SHOULD MAKE ONE GUITAR FOR OUR BAND

Is James using this guitar while on tour? I’ve not seen it, but I haven’t watched a lot of the shows.

I wish I had this kind of technology when I made my Metallica flying V in wood shop at school never made the body into a guitar didn't have the technology to make a neck I wish I did I still have the body it is one of my greatest man cave things l have to display

That heel needed a carve. Imagine soloing with that giant hunk back there.

Beautiful work, wonder how many hours was spent on the design and build

This guy is literally using harbor freight tooks and buikding a guitar for the biggest name in metal. This goes to show you that its not the tools that make the craftsman, its experience and attention to detail. Thanks for the video!

Not a criticism, just curiosity. Whats the point in locking tuners and a locking nut?

Chris, Did you switch back to the Earlex sprayer? no QualSpray?

What was the particular fret nipping tool that you use? Also I think it was this video but couldn’t find the video section again but the plastic thing that clamped on the neck I think to give a centre line for the body? What was that 😊

Is that truck bed liner on the outside of the case?? If so that's a pretty slick! Metaphorically speaking of course 😅