Harley Benton SC Guitar Kit - MOD Ep 4
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Welcome to the Next Project!
This is the fouth installment of a rather large modification project. In this episode, I'll be continuing the modification process of the Thomann/Harley Benton SC Guitar Kit.
0:05 - project intro
0:45 - adding length to the headstock
1:31 - squaring the end of the headstock
2:09 - preparing a mating surface
2:24 - cutting a mating surface
3:14 - test fit and glue-up
4:09 - discuss how to thickness the headstock extension
5:40 - thickness the headstock extension
6:17 - cutaway headstock sides for new wings
7:04 - cutting new headstock wings
8:06 - new wing glue-up
9:15 - preparing to thickness the headstock
10:33 - thickness the headstock
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I probably should state the obvious, so here it goes. There is no good reason to do any of the things you will witness in this video.
The guitar was fine before, and hopefully it will be again someday - soon-ish.
In this episode, I finish prepping the headstock for a new non-Harley Benton shape. I had hoped to include the new shape in this episode, but things just ran long and other projects get in the way of having fun here.
Picking up where Episode 3 left off, I find a center-line on the headstock and determine how much material needs to be added to the tip. I square up the end by chopping away the HB curvy mustache shape, and grafting on a new extension piece or hard maple. This is immediately followed by doing a similar process to the "wing" areas of the headstock.
Since my new heastock shape will result in a somewhat straighter string pull, I needed to cutaway the sides of the headstock, and replace that material with new clean maple wings. I didn't want to run a risk of the new shape exposing any of the turner hole plugs along the edges. Adding the new wing material wasn't hard to do, but it was rather time consuming.
Once the wings were glued and had time to set up, If dimensioned the new headstock paddle shape, and did some final measurements to verify thickness.
From past experience, knowing what tuners you plan to use is vital at this stage. If a headstock is to thick or thin, the chosen tuners can be compromise, resulting in a disappointing day.
Today was a good day!
I hope you enjoy the video, and stay tuned for SC Kit mod videos - Coming Soon!
NOTE: This is for entertainment, this is not a training video in any way, unless you are looking for the wrong way to do most things.
Enjoy at your own risk. Cheers!
#diykitchallenge22 #diykitchallenge #harleybenton
I just watched all of these episodes on this guitar on my TV and I love it TH-cam should have you suggested more great Channel
@Drew Larsson, Thank you very much, I'm glad you are enjoying the videos!
TH-cam will do what it does, in time the this channel may get more traffic, maybe... ?
Thanks again, and I'm working on the next episode now, but I'm a little over-booked project wise, so things are moving a little slower than I had hoped.
Take care!
You've got way more patience than I have. You're a mad scientist. Keep up the great work.
Pedraw, I cut out all the footage when my patience wears thin, or the camera wasn't on, or the focus was - not focused, or my neighbors honking their horn directly outside the garage door....
Thanks for watching, hope you're enjoying the show!
I’m really enjoying the process, this series is well produced too.
@Jim Masino, thanks man I appreciate that a lot!
This video stuff is a lot to deal with, so I'm learning new things everyday.
Strangely satifieng to see this take shape, good to learn woodworking skills! i see you do things with the router i did not think of before, like usung acrylic to better see where the bit is.
cheers for sharing!
Frans Terhorst, thank you!
I have a lot of learning to do, myself.
I am always faced with challenges to overcome, and typically realize a better way of doing something part-way through the process. The acrylic base is very handy, I don't expect it to last forever as it will likely become so scratched up over time, I won't be able to see through it - but then I'll just make a new clear base.
One thing I would like to add to the router, or base, would be a small LED light to illuminate the cutting area. I've seen some add-on solutions, but I'm still looking for a solution that fits my random process.
I'm glad to share, and hope that everyone who watches will take ideas and improve on them, or at least get a laugh out of my work. It's all good.
Take care!
Wow, I can't wait for the next one :) Good work sir!
@Tiny Review,
Thanks, I'm glad you're liking the series. I have done a little video work for the next step in the mod, but have also had a ton of other projects to wrap up. I'm heading to the garage now, hope to video a bit more and have the next episode out very soon.
Stay tuned!
Excellent work. Love the videos. Keep it up!
@Gordon Smith,
Thanks man, I'm glad you're lov'in the vids. I should have another one out soon... So many projects on my bench at the moment, gotta keep pushing other stuff out of the way. Stay tuned!
I sense the hand of Big Double Sided Tape working here.
Thanks for watching!
Yes, double-sided tape is a friend of mine, we work well together.
Hope all is well, be safe and take care!
@@theNextProject thanks - great channel 👍
Many thanks!
Good stuff!!
Thanks Chris!
I've just watched all of these and am looking forward to the end result. That being said, I'm not understanding why you went from a rectangular headstock to a rectangular headstock? Seems to have been a lot of work to end up back at square 1? Anyway, I will definitely keep watching for the next chapter and I'm sure it'll end up being a beautiful guitar
@Nigel Smith, Thanks for watching and the Square-to-Square headstock question will be resolved soon.
OK, OK, i'll just give you the details now. You are right, it was a lot of work to make a paddle, but now I have a clean and blank drawing board from which to cut the new shape. Plugging the tuner holes and cutting back for the new wings allows me to cut a new shape and not rely on the original tuner placement, nor worry about the new outside edges of the headstock shape cutting through the old holes. That may be hard to follow... Hmm. The next video will hopefully answer your question.
I'm hoping for a beautiful guitar too, and if I'm lucky it won't sound bad either.
Stay tuned!
Damn, this is like pulling teeth! Strangely satisfying tho!
DMSProduktions, LOL, I'm trying to pull the teeth as painlessly as possible.... Still hurts.
@@theNextProject OW!
When will you present the next episodes?
@Finn Høj, thanks for the message!
Sorry for the delay in getting new content posted. It was a very hectic end to 2019, and a wild start for 2020 so far.
I just returned from working on the headstock, adding some veneer to the front and back faces. The next episode should post the first week of February. I really have too many projects open right now. At least this guitar mod is a fun project.
In addition to all that, I had a couple little setbacks on this project. I tend to get in a hurry and skip steps, which just causes me more work. I also forget to think things through occasionally.
Thanks for watching!
I will look forward to the next episode(s).Take care.
If you were gonna add wings to the Headstock like this why did you waste time plugging the Tuner Holes?
@James Reaves, good question and one I considered before doing the cuts and adding the wings.
I wanted to fill any void that may be in the path of the cuts and routs, and ensure that any remaining tuner holes be filled as to allow better location of new holes to come. Perhaps it was extra work to a small degree, but since this project is not been pre-planned to the tenth of an inch, it was simple and safe to just plug the holes.
The work and material time were minimal. Thanks for the question!
@@theNextProject I wasn't trying to be a smart-ass and I hope my question didn't come across like that I was just not understanding why you did that because when I saw later had narrow you cut the headstock down it looked to me like you had bypassed all the holes so I didn't see the point of plugging them but I understand now that you didn't know if you were going to be cutting all or part of them out of the way and this way it would be simpler to be sure I understand now. Thanks for such a quick reply
God Bless!!
Hey Jimmy, I didn't take it that way, not at all.
I honestly don't understand why I do a lot of things they way I do either. I often paint myself into a corner, then have to figure out an escape route.
This project is largely a bunch of experiments, one after another. Or perhaps one causes another.
This is kinda just a idea test bed of ideas and mishaps, and I'm making decisions on the fly. I'd like to think everything is planned out, but the reality is slightly different.
Keeps me on my toes.
Be careful with tuner peg layouts. H-B now has their DG strings running into the AB pegs on the LP SCs. They copied the wrong peg design.
@Clay Wynn, that's interesting... the D/G strings are splaying out far enough to hit the A/B pegs... Hmm.
I've seen similar issues on various guitars for years. Some of the really wide head shapes spread the D&G pegs so widely that the strings between the nut and the peg appears to touch the A&B pegs.
That wasn't an issue with this kit, and my reshaped head design straightens the pull substantially.
Thanks for the note on what HB is up to.
Seriously what are you doing here why would you buy a kit and then sand everything down cut holes patched holes put more wood on Sam to the headstock down and then and then glue more shit on back-and-forth plugging holes up and and shit I don’t understand this is the TV is fucking stupid work when you could’ve just bought a plane neck and done it from scratch to begin with a paddle neck yeah without a fucking fretboard and a body that you can just customized to your liking from start to finish and make it super fucking easy I’m sorry I’m not trying to yell I’m just saying it just seems like you’re doing all this fucking work for nothing
@DBC Guitars, thanks for watching!
LOL, so what you're saying is there are easier ways to do things.
Haha, yes, I think everyone would agree, I could have bought a different kit, or a different neck, or a different guitar, I could have done things a hundred different ways, yep - I agree.
The ideas and approches I've tested wouldn't have been the same had I bought a paddle headstock neck, or a different slab body... That's not always a choice when you get a project, sometime you have to work with what you have and that creates a challenge.
This is a test and a challenge, perhaps it is stupid, some days more than others, but what I've learned I couldn't have gotten by starting with different 'better' parts.
This is largely a repair/mod project starting with a cheap guitar kit.
You are right, it could have been done differently, and likely easier in many ways, but where is the challenge in that.
the Next Project It’s just for the record I wasn’t trying to be a dick I’m just enthralled in guitar building and I’m gonna start a couple new projects very soon so I do enjoy watching your work there’s a method to the madness
@@chefhetfield no worries, all good. This project is a combination of ideas, "what-if..." kind of process.
I find doing odd mods like this to kits or cheap guitars a good place to test and figure out out to fix 'real' repair problems. It's kinda fun too.
I have a handful of other projects ready to launch, a bass guitar resto-mod, a LP Jr, an Acoustisonic style mod, a St. Vincent.... Just not enough time.
Take care, stay tuned!
я одн не понимаю зачем столько безпантовых движений
@Ин Су Лин
Sorry for the delayed reply.
I don't know if this translation is accurate, but it reads something like this:
"I alone do not understand why there are so many pointless movements"
You are correct, there may be a lot of pointless work happening in these videos. This project is just a challenge to myself, taking something that did not need to be fixed, or changed, and doing just that.
I learn something from everything I do, even when I should not be messing with it. I just like taking things apart, and hopefully being able to put them back together.
Thanks for watching the video!
@@theNextProject you're right, I'm just a perfectionist and can’t do anything about it))
@@theNextProject you're right, I'm just a perfectionist and can’t do anything about it))