Just a suggestion guys: next time you're going to use epoxy with an item that is hollow, try filling the item with epoxy first, then maybe you won't have the issue of bubbles. Just a thought. The guitar and case are great!
I've seen a bunch of videos of people moulding guitar bodies and casting in resin but nobody ever does a mould of an SG. I don't know why, they're such a badass shape. I think if I were going to use shells though I'd go the extra step of trying to pre fill the casings with epoxy so that less air bubbles get trapped in the main pour. Nice job.
@@AaronBowendrummer I’m in Texas and it isn’t exactly common here, either lol. You’ve either hoarded it earlier in ‘06 or you’re paying scalpers. Of course it isn’t exactly that binary, but you know what I mean. It’s a bad situation.
QUICK TIP! To solve the micro surface bubble problem, brush the mold with baby powder before the pour. It doesn’t allow the bubbles to stick to the flat surface of the mold.
Seen someone use cases before, what they did to mitigate the air bubbles was pour epoxy in each individual case to keep it from trapping air before hand. If memory serves they used red epoxy in the cases to contrast with the clear.
Twist and tin the wires first by adding solder to the bare conductor then form a hook around the lug of the potentiometer and add a little more solder. Super easy and very useful! Beautiful build as always
Black Forest Co they do great clear epoxy jobs and they stick theirs in the fridge at a cooler temperature so it takes longer to cure allowing bubbles to be expelled. Check that out the next clear epoxy pour
How about a river guitar, shaped like the USA, with wood and epoxy, and use case ends for the fret markers? Also make the knobs out of .50 brass ends, copper finish the tuning peg stems, brass on the tuning peg knobs.... Now look what you've done. You've made me want ANOTHER guitar! :)
I love watching your videos. I just kinda stumbled upon them and now just been doing nothing but watch you build some awesome stuff. I’m not even a wood worker but now I am wanting to try it out. Keep up the awesome work. And could you maybe do one on adding a larger door to a shed? I have a shed in my back yard but it only has a standard door on it where I can’t get my mower or motorcycle in it. Thanks for all you do.
That is SO awesome!!! The only thing I'd do is to load bullets into the cases to make them dummy rounds, but that would look even better then just empty brass. Great job for a first try though; I'd buy one!
Nice job! Especially starting with an SG, with all of those contours. A Tele or a Les Paul, with the slab sides, would have been the better choice to mold, but I understand the desire for the familiar guitar.
John, please do a collab with Andy Rawls and Third Coast Craftsman. You 3 are the greatest in the game and a collab would be the greatest thing ever on TH-cam’s woodworking scene!
I assume the air bubbles were coming out of the casings. Prefilling with epoxy is one good idea mentioned here. How about pressing in a projectile[bullet] without powder or primer. Probably take care of all safety/legal concerns and definitely badass.
Everybody thinks building a guitar is easy... until they try it. :) I found that out the hard way. Looks awesome and, NO, Gibson hasn't made anything that awesome, and they never will.
2 things. 1) If you do more guitars, check out StewMacs template jigs. Could make ya life much easier. 2)this might be the first time a plastic guitar is in a wooden case. Usually it’s the other way around lol. I like it.
awesome... little tip, to have prevented the bubbles you should had filled the bullet casings with epoxy first.. time consuming yes, but would have prevented the trapped bubbles coming out in the final pour... cool guitar...
Stunning work as per 💪 I’ve got a ☘️ shamrock table made with shotgun shells coming up soon. I’m going to pre fill the shells with silicone first and see how that works out. Use less resin too.
16:13 My 1st soldering was on a guitar also. Was adding new pickups and I had no idea what I was doing or too solder properly. There was no youtube at the time to help me
How do you get the epoxy so clear? I have a semi-transparent pour which I've sanded to 600, and when I apply a coat of Rubio it looks great until I wipe it off (as much as I can), it leaves a film/blur to the epoxy. I have higher grit paper on order but I don't think that will make a difference with the Oil finish. Do you think I need a lacquer coat to get that crystal clear finish? It's going to be interesting trying to just sanding the epoxy and leaving the wood with the Rubio finish - any thoughts. It's what I call an island table with a very irregular slab with epoxy within the crevasses and around the wood.
One tip to help reduce your bubbles in your end results is to keep the epoxy cool. As it dries it heats up causing it to dry faster, thus locking in the bubbles. If you can keep it cool, the bubbles will have more time to surface and pop.
Cool resin is more viscous than warm resin. You want to do the opposite. Warming the resin before mixing will allow it to mix easier and because its thinner, it is less likely to trap air.
Dude i realy love your energy, and everything about you guys . ! you have the company that i want to have in the future.. Great job. Thank you for your videos ! keep going
Gotta love the SG style body! I played a gibson SG once and then i played an Epiphone back when I was on a musicline/class type of thing, where we played live shows 🤘 I was impressed how good the Epiphone sounds for the price and compared with the Gibson, Epiphone is a good buy if anyone wants to get themselves an SG 😉
This took me back to my first guitar build. So nerve-racking to route and drill holes into something that took so long to make. I did the neck and frets too though, that was probably the toughest part. Still have that guitar actually. Awesome video though!
SWEET AXE BROTHER 🤘🎵🎵🤘 Hellava great job fellas. Now, a 9 piece bullet casing DRUMSET !!!!! Hell yeah. I would literally shit out of my eye sockets to see that happen.... Awesome work team ! 🇺🇸MERICA🇺🇸
I would replace the tuning keys. Just measure the size of the hole the tuners go into and buy a 3+3 locking tuners. I recommend Grover or hipshot. I had those stock tuners on a guitar and there complete crap
to avoid the casings from having air in them, wouldn't it have made more sense to fill each and every individual casing with resin first and let them all set individually and then put them in the silicone mold and poured resin ontop of that?
cure the resin under pressure next time. Just make sure you use the degassing chamber for the silicone and then cure the silicone in the pressure chamber as well. If you don't degass the silicone, it will deform in the pressure pot when all of the bubbles that are within the silicone are compressed.
John: “Let’s Go!”
Sam: “LET’S GO!”
Jordan: “I’m just happy to be here”
The casings as dowel plugs was a cool touch that got glossed over.
Yeah I really want to know more about thay
Just a suggestion guys: next time you're going to use epoxy with an item that is hollow, try filling the item with epoxy first, then maybe you won't have the issue of bubbles. Just a thought. The guitar and case are great!
At the current price of ammo, that things worth about $350,000.
I saw 40rds 556 guy wanted 80$ 2$ a cartridge
@@PackinForSuperbowl Yeah, so it's only worth $150,000.
Lol bank acount -350,000. On ammo
It costs four hundred thousand dollars to play this guitar for 12 seconds.
bro i have 200 of those shells and i got em for free XD
I've seen a bunch of videos of people moulding guitar bodies and casting in resin but nobody ever does a mould of an SG. I don't know why, they're such a badass shape. I think if I were going to use shells though I'd go the extra step of trying to pre fill the casings with epoxy so that less air bubbles get trapped in the main pour. Nice job.
Love the fact that it looks like a big Ammo Crate!!!
The most amazing part of this build is you actually managed to procure some 556 brass.
Well he's not in California so......🤷♂️ so basically what I'm saying is I'm jealous lol
@@AaronBowendrummer I’m in Texas and it isn’t exactly common here, either lol. You’ve either hoarded it earlier in ‘06 or you’re paying scalpers. Of course it isn’t exactly that binary, but you know what I mean. It’s a bad situation.
Dudes here just leave it laying all over the range, no one seems to keep the stuff.
@@AaronBowendrummer that box of casings he has would fetch an easy $350 in Washington right now
hes worked with winchester before so probably wasnt hard
"i need guitar lessons"
5 seconds later
proceeds to shred*
its not really shredding...
I was wondering if I heard that correctly haha
"Above average, that's always the goal"
Words to live by :)
That was epic build! Sam with the full send! John with the full blast and jordan with the happy dance.
There aren’t words in this language that can ever describe how Sam drinking that coffee made me feel...
Would love to see him maintain that energy
He could probably win the CrossFit Games now that he drank the BRCC drink.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Came here to say the exact same thing 😂
I thought it was quite funny
Hey John, if you want to get rid of that bad pour I'm sure you'd have interest as a giveaway... asking for a friend.
QUICK TIP! To solve the micro surface bubble problem, brush the mold with baby powder before the pour. It doesn’t allow the bubbles to stick to the flat surface of the mold.
Seen someone use cases before, what they did to mitigate the air bubbles was pour epoxy in each individual case to keep it from trapping air before hand. If memory serves they used red epoxy in the cases to contrast with the clear.
I'm a contractor/woodworker. Love Black Rifle and love this build. He definitely deserves this crazy guitar.
Twist and tin the wires first by adding solder to the bare conductor then form a hook around the lug of the potentiometer and add a little more solder. Super easy and very useful! Beautiful build as always
Dude!! That is pure honor! Time, dedication and perfect finish! You do incredible work!!
Hahaha that add with Sam was 10/10, y’all should make a calendar and have a picture of him with coffee pouring down his face for one of the months 🤣🤣🤣
Finally, an SG style guitar that has good balance and no neck dive.
Super cool. I'm a veteran and gun enthusiast so I can appreciate this.
just by the name of this video... you have literally combined all of my favorite things in this world
Hi from little old Scotland. Only started watching you from since the end of 2020. Loving the content John.
Black Forest Co they do great clear epoxy jobs and they stick theirs in the fridge at a cooler temperature so it takes longer to cure allowing bubbles to be expelled. Check that out the next clear epoxy pour
Merica, guns, bacon, bullets, tools, and bad ass creations. Come on Discovery Channel, give this man a TV show already!
How about a river guitar, shaped like the USA, with wood and epoxy, and use case ends for the fret markers? Also make the knobs out of .50 brass ends, copper finish the tuning peg stems, brass on the tuning peg knobs.... Now look what you've done. You've made me want ANOTHER guitar! :)
That is SICK!!!
I love watching your videos. I just kinda stumbled upon them and now just been doing nothing but watch you build some awesome stuff. I’m not even a wood worker but now I am wanting to try it out. Keep up the awesome work. And could you maybe do one on adding a larger door to a shed? I have a shed in my back yard but it only has a standard door on it where I can’t get my mower or motorcycle in it. Thanks for all you do.
That is SO awesome!!! The only thing I'd do is to load bullets into the cases to make them dummy rounds, but that would look even better then just empty brass. Great job for a first try though; I'd buy one!
Nice job! Especially starting with an SG, with all of those contours. A Tele or a Les Paul, with the slab sides, would have been the better choice to mold, but I understand the desire for the familiar guitar.
Sam stole the show today 🥰
John, please do a collab with Andy Rawls and Third Coast Craftsman. You 3 are the greatest in the game and a collab would be the greatest thing ever on TH-cam’s woodworking scene!
I assume the air bubbles were coming out of the casings. Prefilling with epoxy is one good idea mentioned here. How about pressing in a projectile[bullet] without powder or primer. Probably take care of all safety/legal concerns and definitely badass.
I had so much work to do but I sat here and watched all 20 minutes of this because freedom ain't free.
Most definitely BadAss. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Keep Making. God Bless.
you know a woodworker when his shop is nicer then his office!!!!
"I need to get some guitar lessons"...Proceeds to shred.
Fucking right? I was like oh ok John Mayer...
that was some basic ass shit. not really a shred.
Everybody thinks building a guitar is easy... until they try it. :) I found that out the hard way. Looks awesome and, NO, Gibson hasn't made anything that awesome, and they never will.
Needs more cowbell.
😂😂😂😂
Yes!
2 things.
1) If you do more guitars, check out StewMacs template jigs. Could make ya life much easier.
2)this might be the first time a plastic guitar is in a wooden case. Usually it’s the other way around lol.
I like it.
11:32 This guy is my spirit animal
awesome... little tip, to have prevented the bubbles you should had filled the bullet casings with epoxy first.. time consuming yes, but would have prevented the trapped bubbles coming out in the final pour... cool guitar...
the poured mold needs to be placed under pressure during the curing time, the pressure will eliminate the majority of the bubbles.
Omg Sam at 8:23 was the BEST part of the whole video 🤣
Great guitar beautiful neat work. Black hardware always looks good, but i would try golden shade juat as bulelts
Stunning work as per 💪 I’ve got a ☘️ shamrock table made with shotgun shells coming up soon. I’m going to pre fill the shells with silicone first and see how that works out. Use less resin too.
Thumbs up just for the Randy Rhoads air guitar impression alone!
Great job fellas......he just loved it and holy crap he can play it too......😎
Bullets you say. Guitar you say! FREEDOM YOU SAY!!!
Jordan got his high five my life is complete
16:13 My 1st soldering was on a guitar also. Was adding new pickups and I had no idea what I was doing or too solder properly. There was no youtube at the time to help me
UNREAL!!! But disappointed in the lack of just the tip with John and Sam 😂
FINALLY!!!!! I’ve been waiting for a squirrely guitar build
this has to be one of the most American things i've ever seen
Great craftsmanship John and team! Everyone online is an expert here, but you guys did great work as always!
Sam is the best! Epic guitar Gentlemen
How do you get the epoxy so clear? I have a semi-transparent pour which I've sanded to 600, and when I apply a coat of Rubio it looks great until I wipe it off (as much as I can), it leaves a film/blur to the epoxy. I have higher grit paper on order but I don't think that will make a difference with the Oil finish. Do you think I need a lacquer coat to get that crystal clear finish? It's going to be interesting trying to just sanding the epoxy and leaving the wood with the Rubio finish - any thoughts. It's what I call an island table with a very irregular slab with epoxy within the crevasses and around the wood.
One tip to help reduce your bubbles in your end results is to keep the epoxy cool. As it dries it heats up causing it to dry faster, thus locking in the bubbles. If you can keep it cool, the bubbles will have more time to surface and pop.
Cool resin is more viscous than warm resin. You want to do the opposite. Warming the resin before mixing will allow it to mix easier and because its thinner, it is less likely to trap air.
I would so take that “messed up” pour... keep up the great work!!!
An amazing instument made by an amazing craftsman! :)
Fantastic work, guys!!! 🤘😃
It turned out AMAZING!
Stay safe there! 🖖😊
You should finish the first guitar and auction it of for the charity you helped over Christmas. Epic build!! And what. We four weeks to B-Day?
Looks great - Go team Squirrel!
Next level would have been to custom-wind some lipstick tube pickups and put them in bullet casings.
I’m building a box at school with them joints but we need to do it with pencil hacksaws and chisels you got it the easy way
Cool guitar guys, I think it put a big smile on his dial 😜
That Randy Rhoads joke hit me rl hard...!
Nice build John! Getting Squirrely!
Jordan dancing made my day.
Glad someone enjoys my dancing
I just smiled as Sam drank that can of BRCC Coffee
John is like the cross between Steven Crowder and Jack Black 😂 Love this guy.
Dude i realy love your energy, and everything about you guys . ! you have the company that i want to have in the future.. Great job. Thank you for your videos ! keep going
Gotta love the SG style body!
I played a gibson SG once and then i played an Epiphone back when I was on a musicline/class type of thing, where we played live shows 🤘
I was impressed how good the Epiphone sounds for the price and compared with the Gibson, Epiphone is a good buy if anyone wants to get themselves an SG 😉
Great video and awesome gift for Mat mbest11 . Since you are a maker, how about a smoker and some more Shop Chef. Have a great day.
Awesome work! You've pulled a nice one here, congrats!
I'm wondering how many viewers dont know who Randy Rhodes is. I was lucky enough to see him play with Ozzy. I love the guitar
Rhodes & EVH are guitar Gods!!
This took me back to my first guitar build. So nerve-racking to route and drill holes into something that took so long to make. I did the neck and frets too though, that was probably the toughest part. Still have that guitar actually. Awesome video though!
Sick build! You and the boys did well! I think Matt is psyched!!! :P
Perfect guitar for Bullet For My Valentine
It's really cool!!
Great Great video, can you please tell me which product you spray on the finished body. Is it a varnish? Is any varnish okay?
Bro this is beautiful 🤩
I like your box! Mold box that is!
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally!
Awesome idea bro! Epic!
the bubbles were partially because you never degassed the mold part and poured like a madman. Cool project though and thankfully it was salvageable :D
absolutely killer !
I want one, but in a Les Paul shape!!! Rock n roll and ammo!!
YYEEESSS! Thank you. Been dieing to see this build🤘👍🤘
You Guys Rock!! I came across a video loved it and subscribed and I’m huge fan of your site now
SWEET AXE BROTHER 🤘🎵🎵🤘
Hellava great job fellas.
Now, a 9 piece bullet casing DRUMSET !!!!! Hell yeah.
I would literally shit out of my eye sockets to see that happen....
Awesome work team !
🇺🇸MERICA🇺🇸
That is absolutely *the* most American guitar I've ever seen
that was sick i just watched the 20' 5,000 bullet table the other day
I would replace the tuning keys. Just measure the size of the hole the tuners go into and buy a 3+3 locking tuners. I recommend Grover or hipshot. I had those stock tuners on a guitar and there complete crap
to avoid the casings from having air in them, wouldn't it have made more sense to fill each and every individual casing with resin first and let them all set individually and then put them in the silicone mold and poured resin ontop of that?
Shhh... Let them learn LOL
cure the resin under pressure next time. Just make sure you use the degassing chamber for the silicone and then cure the silicone in the pressure chamber as well.
If you don't degass the silicone, it will deform in the pressure pot when all of the bubbles that are within the silicone are compressed.
great job looks like you can fit a bus under string action
Have u tried this with other string instruments? Would u consider doing this for other people???
Can't believe I just discovered you. Remind me of the donut guys. Great content!
Great work! 🙌🏻
Awesome guitar!! Great work! Saw the video on BRCC ! Like it !!