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Alex Willis
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DLR Canning Town to Tower Gateway
Ride on the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) from Canning Town to Tower Gateway on 7th August 2014. Route is through the East End of London, past the Millennium Dome, Billingsgate fish market, Crossrail station at Canary Warf, and on to the terminus station, Tower Gateway, beside the Tower of London. These trains normally run without a driver and are fully computerized, but can be manually operated at busy stations.
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Two guitars
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Page and Follet playing two of my guitars. These guitars are currently for sale, contact me for details.
Two guitars
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A clip of Page and Follet playing two of my guitars acoustically, no amplification. These guitars are currently for sale at reduced prices. Contact me for details.
Caltrain at speed through California Avenue station.
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Northbound Caltrain from San Jose to San Francisco, filmed from California Avenue station on a NIkon S8200. Copyright Alex Willis 2011.
Alex Willis Luthier
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Below is an extract from the IAC website. Harry Lederman and Allan Tutt were looking for a project to film for a competition and chose me, the film had one several international film competitions. We first came across Alex Willis, a local guitar maker and repairer, at a Craft Fair and I remembered him when we were looking for our next project. A hand made guitar can take up to 250 hours to comp...
You'd think that whoever was playing the guitar from around the 17 minute mark would have at least tuned it first.
Alex, Greetings. Lovely video and voice-over. Thanks. I'm KB from boatbuilding days in Redwood City. I looked for you today because today, 31st, is Nancy's Birthday and Mine. Happy Birthday Nancy. Cheers, KB I wonder how to get in touch with you all .....
I live very close to this station, the trains shake my house when they pass
My friend, I'm from Brazil, how do I do the bulging of the top?
Alex, great video! Yu seem to be inlaying straight abalone inlay into curved recesses around the body. How do you do that?? Cheers, Rob
Good Job means .. perfect! .. because you used the right tools and done a perfect instrument. I saw that you used machinery when is possible to make a more fast job when necessary, but just the necessary. The rest was done manualy ... with the rigth tools so that you don´t damage the wood. And you had the perfect instrument in you category of instruments. And that is very Good and very intelegent and talanted.
You made a Good Job!!!
Muito bom e lindo . gostei de muitas dicas e vou aplicar nos próximos trabalhos . muitíssimo obrigado . Deus o abençoe.
It seems a bit risky to join the neck to the body before it's finished being assembled. Is there a theory behind this technique? There's a thousand ways to do something, but I just never seen it done this way before.
Contrasting The Void its the Spanish method used for centuries, used by thousand of makers.theres. Structural reason for it, but as usual its a question of taste, I always use it
There are many ways to skin a cat. I was taught with this very same technique. But there is people who prefer to end the neck first.
I like the Spanish method ,but it makes setting a neck angle very tricky .A wedge is required under the sound board .Assembly is far easier with a standard joint but
I like the Spanish method but it is tricky to get a neck angle and a wedge is needed on the sound board .A standard neck makes assembly easier but maintaining the centre line is tricky .
Inside the solera you draw the plantilla (guitar body shape without the neck) , don't forget the simmetry line. From the upper of your recently drew plantilla (A) you measure 320 milimeters towards the neck in the solera (B), now you need a drepression of 3 mm from point (A)(depression 0) to point (B)(depression 3mm). This is for a classical guitar, for a string steel guitar there's not depression but a 3 milimeters height at the end of (B) . To get a solera with a 3mm depression as described here it's not an easy task, but once you get a correct solera you are in the right way. Excuse my english. For your solera use MDF it's very stable and easy to work.
Magic......loved it all.........lucky father in law.......Scots wa hae!!
amazing......good job
Hi, Alex I have your book which I refer to frequently. What router bit do you have in your laminate trimmer for squaring the edges of the soundboard ?
My dad has always been into wood-working, and he's always found a way to bring that into my hobbies. Right now, I can't stop using the wooden plectrums he's made for me (because they sound amazing). So I've been trying to get him into making guitars. The best acoustic I have is just a $170ish Ibanez, so I want to see if he can get good at this and maybe make me something better sounding than that, or at least something to play for fun and stuff. Either way, I think this video (in conjunction with books) will help a lot when he has time to start on it.
Hello thanks for posting this ,i love it and have learned from it.did you make or purchase that wonderful brass nut vice,could you post a few pics,or maybe email them.i take it that the center hole is fine threaded? And the outside rods are some how fixed? Thanks again
Hi Edad. I don't remember where I bought the little brass vice, but you can get one from these people. redroosteruk.com/quality-small-clamping-vice-brass-plates/
Have you built any left handed guitars?
Great video, beautiful guitar. You have an amazing workshop. Sorry to about the loss of your father -in-law Alex. I am having a luthier build a guitar for me. He suggest the miter joint for the head stock to the neck. What is your opinion on that. Which is stronger all one piece or the mitered joint.Thanks
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Thought i'd let you all know that I now have this guitar back in my workshop. I have decided to sell it as I need to make room. Please get in touch if you are interested.
+Alex Willis and what would be the price of it?
Hi Cleriston I'm asking £950.00
Deep condolances for your father in law.. this is one of the best guitar making video by a great luthier..im so inspired by this video..thanks for sharing a worth million$ ideas...btw i would like to forcus more into building classical guitar.
Sorry to hear about your father In law. Rip....... You have a blessed job man.. I play guitar I can mend and fret electric guitars and there electrics but this is another level it must be very rewarding mentally take care 😄👍🎼🎶🎸🎸
A sad note, my father-in-law who I made this guitar for passed away peacefully yesterday the 23 March 2015. RIP Richard.
Alex - really nice video! I love your small drill press/saw. Can you please explain how you set that up. The one you use to cut the sound hole. Thank you for posting!
The soundhole tool is from Stumac in the USA. It is designed to take a Dremmel router.
Hi Alex, Nice to see you back building guitars, Thanks to your very well written book 'step by step guitar making' I have just finished my first acoustic guitar, It looks great and sounds great, thanks Alan Wilson
Thanks Alan. Would be nice to see a photo of your completed guitar. Will you be building more?
Getting slowly back into guitars. Starting by repairing a broken neck, the guitar not mine, pictures on Facebook Next will be to complete the four guitars I've already started..
very nice build!
Parabéns pelo trabalho, magnifico I'm from Brazil
compre su libro y gracias a el hice mi pimera guitarra que no suena nada mal por cierto, es una pena que en España nadie publique nada sobre el tema y mucho menos se enseñe, gracias saludos desde Madrid.
+Fernando Jimenez Sanchez tienes razon Fernando. es una lastima que no haya mas aficcion. por suerte tenemos internet y gente con gran espiritu de colaborar. yo estoy empezando una acustica con el libro de Alex Willis. acabo de terminar una flamenca de cipres. si quieres podemos estar en contacto. te paso mi telefono. 671999549
+OSCAR ATIENZA el problema no es que no haya aficion es la cerrazon y la mente estrecha de los guitarreros como si hacer una guitarra tenga algun secreto solo dos cosas paciencia y lo mas importante que te apasione
thank you
C'MON super glue?, ARE YOU SERIOUS? MIGHT AS WELL BE MADE IN SHEN ZEN!!
Artemus Rodricq Super glue or cyanoacrylate … is used by All luthiers…. and every guitar building shop from Gibson to Tokai use it for certain purposes, inlay is a common use as is fretboard binding and sound hole rosette… etc
Felicidades buentrabajo y buen video saludos desde Mexico
Hello Javier. I believe you are asking what type of glue to use when attaching the bridge to the soundboard. You could use the traditional glue made from boiled cow bones and hides, commonly called hide glue or what I currently use is type 2 modified aliphatic glue, sometimes just called yellow or carpenters glue, best known brands are Elmers or Tightbond, stay away from the DIY hardware store glues. Don't use rabbit skin glue, PVA white glue, polyurethane glue or any type of epoxy.
're a great!! just wanted to ask you what kind of glue to glue the bridge could box my classical guitar. please try and grab vinyl glue! thank you very much I'm from Argentina
Hello, yes the video follows the method shown in the book, both the original version and the revised edition. I made my own solera. I gouged out the depression with a curved gouge, small violin makers plane and finished with sandpaper. I didn't have any radius gauges for the depression, I just made sure the depth was the same as the height shown on the body profile shown on the plan and was a smooth curve. If you need more help Google my name and you'll find an email link on my website.
How's the building going guys, would be nice to see some photos of the finished guitars or hear comments about construction.
Hi Alex, John Littler of Headway here. I have a new coated acoustic strings brand "Everlux". If you contact me from Headwaymusicaudio.com website, I'll send you free samples, just check address and what gauges you want
Great Video.
very nice, a true craftsman