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Finally a guitar building video free from exotic "tonewoods", cnc routers and other fancy tools! This is guitarbuilding for real! Respect!

I love the raw and natural approach to this project. You make it feel like anyone with basic tools and the spirit to try. Great video.

Today on "in the kitchen" we will build a solid body guitar. The misses is freshly sedated so let us begin!

welp, I guess I need to stop waiting on trying my first build using the excuse that I don't have the proper tools to do it. Impressive work, man!

You've definitely earned my respect today! This has got to be one of my favorite Telecaster builds...and I've watched a lot of them. I love how you just picked out a hunk of wood from the local hardware store. Planed and sanded them by hand, and didn't use any fancy routers or CNC machinery! The faux binding turned out awesome too! I admit that I was skeptical at first, but you did a fine job on it. I've built a Tele kit and want to do a build one from scratch. I thought about buying a body blank, but you've inspired me to venture out and buy my own wood! Thanks so much for sharing this beautiful cool guitar with us. I love the simplicity of it. It looks great!😀👍🎸🎶

With no expensive tool. This is amazing. Great job sir.

Very, very nice. Your determination with basic hand tools is an inspiration. Sounds great too.

My Grandpa and I built a Flying Vee body out of an old oak church pew, the body weighed at least 9 pounds, but Grandpa called it the "Swallowtail'" it never really flew, but at least Grandpa showed me how not to worry about the construction, it was the end result that mattered, glad to see the old drill holes/chisel technique, put in a few tremolos and pick ups with that one, Cheers to you.

I’ve spent some 30 years as a carpenter an Joiner. I must say I’m highly impressed given your limited tool kit and the fact you built it on your kitchen table. Top marks to you. It sounded fairly decent to given that the pick ups were cheap an not quiet set up the way you wanted. You should be very proud of yourself . Big thumbs up 👍 .

Great job! No fancy crazy expensive tools. You sir are very resourceful.

I've got a feeling Leo Fender would have approved of building on the kitchen side!! Nice job.

Beautiful guitar,lots of labor,but a labor of love. Amazing color and finish! Thanks for sharing.

Unbelievable how great this guitar has become... especially with these simple tools!!! Greetings from Germany :)

I had my doubts when you started out, but happy to be proved wrong. Particularly liked the faux binding idea. Great job!

Love the natural grain and ingenuity you used building this Telecaster, looks way better than most factory turned axes. Thank you sir for sharing this with us

this video is fantastic the creativity and ingenuity. No router, CNC machine, Table saw, inexpensive wood and still looks pretty damn good. Well done sir

I love your binding idea, for using the color of the wood instead of routing the edge and gluing plastic!

Amazing job with super basic tools. Your a patient man my friend! I’m stealing about 15 different things from this video!

So glad to find someone building without cnc machines. You have inspired me to build my own. Great work.

Damn fine build. Very satisfying video. Cheers, mate!

Really cool that you can build a guitar with limited tools. Shows that creativity is king :D

Now thats what you call hand made !! Looks good man

Great build with hand tools! You're a very good guitar player as well.

Good job!!! It sounds fairly great!!! 👍🏻👏🏻 So you’re giving to me the motivation to try to make one to myself one of these days! Thanks for the video!

That's Great. Thanks for showing what's possible. I'd been thinking of making some bodies just to paint them, now I think I can.

Great built!! That tele looks so awesome!.

Real good job. Shredding too! Thanks for the inspiration. Unpretentious, dedicated craftsman.

This absolute gold. Hand made.

Would bring a smile to Brian May's face. Great job. Thank you.

Great effort, fine video and a nice guitar! Pine sounds good, I'd never have considered it but you've opened my eyes (and ears!) to the possibilities. Thanks for the education!

Masterfully done! And without $10,000 dollars worth of power tools! Your guitar is absolutely amazing!

Fantastic. Thank you for showing the build.

Those are serious skills man! Well done!

wow you are an inspiration , clever and patient man .

You sir are a very talented man. Love this!

Really mind changing approach...great work, top DIY, true master!!!

VERY impressive ! - especially considering the workspace and tools.

Good stuff!! Love the EST music in the background.

Nice job with the coffee. I made a dye from 12 bags of hibiscus tea boiled down to a stain. Turned out lovely.

You have a good screen presents , and in joy your videos, good work man , keep it up .

Awesome Build! great work Mate.

Nice job! Very cool guitar!

that came up fantastic mate, and built with HAND tools. super well done.

Great work DONE BY HAND!!

Wow. Awesome job love it. I am very inspired to build one of my own. Thank you!!

I just watched this video three more times, man that varnish finish pops! real nice and deep gloss enjoyed the playing at the end as well looking forward to your next build.

you really deserve much more than this sir! really good job

Loved your guitar buddy. Great job

Gave me some ideas, great job!

That turned out great!

Love the faus binding. You did a great job.

Such an inspiring video awesome job sir.

Mate I'm impressed very . That's making me think now ........ And it looks lovely with the grain..

Really cool, have to admit I was worried for a sec there when the varnish was dripping on your kitchen Benchtop

Your accent rocks! Reminds me of a friend's gran from Scotland and brings back good memories.

I'm doing the same thing right now. I hope mine comes out this good. The neck pocket is the biggest headache.

Great job 👍

Great job my friend and you did well with limited equipment and sounds great too. Top marks.

Impressive stuff mate

Great job sir 💪

looks amazing and you are a great craftsman! i am planing on building one soon just don't know yet if i will make out out of a tree i cut down or store bought pine.

Good job buddy!! I'm planning on doing my own. Awesome tutorial and color!!!!

It's amazing what you did with minimal tools and your Mrs kitchen well done my wife would kill me 😂

Amazing how little the telecaster has changed over the years. Leo believed in KISS method, and apart from minor changes/adjustments, it's still basically the same guitar for 60 some odd years.

amazing job mate

I love the way you routed the cavities

Great job

Very nice work sir

Thanks fir the inspiration nit a tele guy but that thing looks amazing!!love how you did the binding! Absolutely incredible idea.keep making videos like this one.im a new subscriber.good day man.and again thanks for inspiring me!!!

Nice build, with just simple tools, you inspired me of building my own tele...

Good build man

Very nice!

Got to admit, at first, I thought, nah, he's not going to run with this. It's a template, but after you stuck it all together, and played it, it sounded great haha. Great job.

That video was amazing. To fill these lockdown days, I was looking to build a strat, so I've been looking at tonewood, routers, nitro, spray mask etc etc etc. What I'm gonna do now is draw round a guitar onto an old kitchen bench, and start chipping away! Also, it was good to see the neck go on like that, just line it up, and done! You're quite the 'can do' guy. I'm not making mine in the kitchen though :). And well done on having surgically clean fingernails

Beautiful..!! Great~Job..!!

Man, that was great! I’m way to scared to try anything like that. Really enjoyed that. You have skills man!

That's such a beautiful guitar. :) Nice job. I lack the skills for something like that :)

Loving this video, been thinking of building a pinecaster myself.

That was great. Thanks.

Good build, really defines an at home DIY project, rather than some of the workshop DIY builds that are seen on here

Great job!!!!

Brilliant work mate, showa what can be done with basic tool and a little enthusiasm. Looks great.

Wholesome content 🙌

Very well done! Greetings from Holland!

wow Great job

I've been thinking of a telecaster build for a while i've just finished two dreadnought acoustics one for a friend, so i'm hoping a telecaster will be easier, though i plan to build the neck myself you have given me the impetus ,nice job with minimal tools proves you don't need a workshop full of tools ,impressive build,i like the tommy walsh varnish i've got a few pots of that ill give them a go.

Impressive!! 🤟🤟🤟

Yeah Really good guitar and finish :) Cheers, W.

Congratulations sir

Maestro!

Everything about this build is fantastic sir! Every choice you made was awesome..plus the way you talked to us in the video was awesome and humble. You are the Mr Rogers of guitar building from scratch:) I mean that in a very cool way..I've. even kicking around the idea to make my own guitar like this..but cant afford the tools your suppose to have..you chose to do the jesus Christ way..lol using rocks and glass..lol great job sir! One question- where did that neck come from? It sounds amazing.. Well, I'm definitely a new fan of yours and will be using you as inspiration with my future builds...congrats!! Cheers from Las Vegas!!

Nice! I just found a couple of discarded wooden fence posts near a farm and am thinking of making a Tele style guitar body with them. I think they are probably Scots Pine.

Very well done! Greetings from Germany

very very nice

Very impressive.

Very nice

I'm shocked. Best homemade Telecaster body ever, excellent video quality and cool playing at the end. I see no improvisation you realy know what you are doing. If I was a pickup manufacturer I would not miss the chance of seeing a set in that guitar. Did you say what kind of product you used for the finish? Thanks for sharing!!!

Amazing build!! So many useful ideas, can you please mention what type of dye did you use ?

Very good.the faux binding looks great.binding on the bottom would be twice as nice.