there's a difference for sure. but it doesn't sound better. it sounds different. i'd argue that the last example sounds worse even - but would be better for mixing.

How about Clean Armour Classical Instrument UV Coatings? Ever give it a try?

Breedlove for the win. They make an awesome guitar.

Okay now do a pre war Martin so we can see what's inside

No guitar is worth 20,000 dollars. Your video doesn't change my mind. I have acoustics that sound just as good and didn't have to sell a kidney to pay for it.

If I had my way…., multi-camera, daily live stream with one camera on the ready for up close interaction. I’m a 52-year-old semi disabled guy that simply cannot get my fill of this flavor of luthier-ism. If you must do something top secret, fill the void with a montage of Matt’s lacquer jokes! Also, offer as many dedicated videos as you see fit to do (for example, that extremely old guitar that you are about to wrap up (please, don’t skimp on the closing details)!! ….. ”if” I had my way 😉.

We had to take down a few trees to widen our driveway so our tenant's horse trailer would fit and I scored some nice lumber for bindings. (my neighbor dried them in his kiln for me) Holly, Aromatic Cedar, Dogwood and Magnolia. The Yellow Pines went to my neighbor! BTW the cedar makes nice kerfing and the box smells like grandma's house! LOL! I found a fine blade on my bandsaw helps with blowout. @12tpi

Wish you would notch bridge solid pins

The saddle is inverted , 27:18

You are my favorite guitar builder just to let you know and I recommended you to my three friends who have a small guitar shop real close to my home and we are considering the CNC for making next and things like that for electric guitars too, but you doing a great job my friend might wanna wear a hairnet though and get wood chips in your hair. I’m just messing with you man you’re great.

One thing you can do, is have one template, for the full neck width, rather than the neck minus binding, I bought a Martin one, with that you can double side tape your fretboard to it and use ball bearing rabbeting bit, like you would for binding the guitar. Do it on the router table. It works well so long as you are comfortable with climb cuts in spots to avoid tear out.

Breedlove Soft Cases are BS. I bought one at Sweetwater and padding sucks no real protection for $80 with tax.

There’s 100’s under a thousand that are stage ready, even monoprice accoustics are awesome and so affordable. The sky is the limit in todays market. I bought a Gretsch Jim Dandy parlor recently for less than $200 and what a sweet sweet sound it produces. Sky is the limit!

Master level analysis! James

Ive just bought a G45 for £650 , its two years old and in good condition so i’m not too worried

Im not looking for perfect production videos. The content...its cool to see building and methods used or the tools but the buisness side of it as well. Ted Woodford is this example. The video production isn't great but his repairs and talking content and his playing too.. but he talks about the buisness of repair. So mixed grab of things is cool.

50/50 nitro and laquer thinner? Or 50/50 nitro and non nitro laquer?thanks for the awesome knowledge sharing

I think you could just strap-on a Go Pro and film some pov guitar building, maybe with minimal real-time commentary, and you’d have compelling, low-production videos.

Love hearing the love for the Yamahas. I just went to buy my first serious acoustic, primarily looking at Martins and Gibsons (and not the cheap ones). Found a Yamaha FG830, spruce top and rosewood body, very similar to the last one in your video but with no electronics. Test played it alongside a Martin D28 and found a very similar feel and sound. There was a bit more depth to the tone on the Martin, but not nearly as much as I expected, certainly not enough to justify 10x the price, not for where I'm at as a player. And I just found I liked the feel of the Yamaha more. It looks and feels like a high end guitar, not one I got for $350.

Hi I could use some help. I bought a used Guild D240E and I can't find any details on the construction. I do suspect the neck is a bolt on mortise and tenon joint. I am crossing my fingers that they did not (glue) this joint too. Thanks in advance for helping us all out with your tutorial videos, they are very helpful.

great points raised here. thanks a lot.

Beautiful single cut. Kudos!

Yeah, love the format - fun walking around and seeing everything… really cool. Thanks!

Yes Maple and Cedar Please !

What an asshole thing to do - And no way you cut that guitar by hand. I'll look forward to your similar review of say a martin d41.

Love seeing what is happening in a working shop!

One trick I use with my spatulas is to turn them bottom side up and run them on a buffing wheel. It gives the edge a slight radius and tends to hold the blade tight to the bottom of the fretboard.

This is great - love to see the big picture every once in a while! You guys are great and congrats to Matt on his 99 percenter!

If you're that busy, that's really awesome! It's always great to hear from you guys no matter what you have. Thanks for the video!

Always love the content regardless of the frequency! Have ya thought about live streaming?

So great to have you back...love the format, or any one you choose. Owe you a ton for guiding me through my first build and you still have the best luthier videos out there!

Awesome. I like these videos

Shiiit men you look like peruvian football player Peña

Have you ever hit your nose on the lens?

I cant believe you get twenty grand out of these guitars they are pretty but damn

The Video Format is fine

I was changing my strings and noticed my bridge is slotted, but I also have slotted bridge pins. I never noticed this before, and I wonder if the Luthier I brought it to had done it when I paid him for a set-up when the guitar was new. So I slotted the string through the bridge slots and the pin slots *face palm* I wonder if I can adjust it without using new strings.

Nice stuff. Gnarly arm burn? Not so nice.

can u savage HD28??

They way I see it is the CNC is just another tool, just like a bandsaw or drum sander. If you get right down to it, a claim could be made that an instrument isn't handmade if any power tool is used.

Hello from Oregon. Nice factory tour, but watch the Yairi factory tour in Japan. Real old school.

Like the content, sometimes keeping it simple helps us new to Luthier not feel overwhelmed. I have learned allot watching and subscribing to you channel.

How long is your backlog for having a guitar built?

Personally this is more the type of stuff I watch the production can be nice but I feel the just doing is best. I don't build just live Vicarious though others.

WOOHOO way to go Matt! That’s one sexy guitar 🤤 So proud ❤

This is fine. I’m all for increasing content, even if it means reducing production values occasionally.

I'm more interested in seeing content on the building process! No fancy video production is required! Keep the content coming!

Nice job, thought you guys passed away.

I could see my set of the tree mahogany in the background. Can’t wait to see you get started on that.

Glad to see you planning more videos! Is it just me or there's only sound on the left channel on this one??