hey ben, i married (and Divorced) one of those girls you were talking about! remember meeting you a few times. if memory serves you had bleach blonde hair at the time. also remember you saying about you starting to build guitars and someday your gonna be a luthier. well fast forward a millennia and i pick up (the first time since i was a kid) a guitar magazine and low and behold there is a crimson guitar review in it, and the very same day while looking at another guys guitar building video, yours popped up! double taking for a moment, hey i know that guy dont i? name sounds familiar, so does the accent but without the blonde locks. as i write this ive now probably watched 40-50 of your videos (including the 6 hour build in almost one sitting) and im like wow, the kid done good! sounds odd but im kinda proud of ya :-) man, you build some awesome works of art, i love your styling, ingenuity, ability and work ethic. also its a pleasure to watch you on camera, no pretension no bollocks and you make things fun, which is the way things should be. you've also inspired me to want to make things, i now want to book a course with you (when i have some funding of course, bills kids etc etc). anyway, been an absolute pleasure to watch you. hope you are well dude. peace and love you and yours. SI
Hey Ben, as an amateur luthier hoping to make a living out of guitar building, you are a huge inspiration, thanks for all the advices, tutorials and clever ideas you provided over the years.
I knew your accent sounded eerily familiar, its a Zimbo accent that has faded after years and years abroad, just like mine :) I can see where your passion came from, knowing we come from the same neck of the woods. We never did have much in Zimbabwe, always a decade or so behind the rest of the world. You learned to make do with what you had, fix, upgrade and improve with whatever you had on hand. Much love from a fellow Zimbabwean living abroad.
I could have chosen any guitar for my last purchase with money not an issue. I know I would not have been happier. From hundreds of choices,that I've either owned or tried out,Crimsons attention to detail ,design,and luthiers shines like the sun! I can't wait for the next one I get.
Ben, thank you for all you do. I'm a (very) amateur luthier in the US making cigar box guitars, ukuleles and cajons in my garage. You have taught me sooooo much... fretting, the superglue trick (I use CA on something every day it seems), sharpening and an appreciation of hand tools in general. I grew up around wood working, but never had an interest. Now, past the half-century mark, building and playing musical instruments brings me some joy every day. Plus, I even make a small part of my living with it. I look forward to your videos every week and always find some nugget of wisdom, a tip or a trick. Good on you and everyone at Crimson!
I am so glad I watched this video Ben. It is a pleasure to see a man who completely enjoys the craft He has chosen in life. I found your videos about a year ago and I have watched many. Amazing is a word I use! One day I hope to have a guitar made by you. To me that would be pretty dam awesome.
Nice to watch, Ben. I seem to see signs that the guitar business is starting to grow again, and I hope that's true. Thank you for your and your team's work, and I hope to see you again there, maybe next year. In the meantime, I've started (slowly) building at home!
I'm still only the master luthier of the shed at the end of my garden! Great vids by the way. I had forgotten how to properly level, re-crown and polish frets since my days at luthier college, but Ben's video on that was a great source of revision for me. I'm expecting a maple neck in the post soon for my DIY Strat and it'll probably need some leveling.
Started watching your videos 2 years ago, always wanted to build a guitar but hadn't got a clue where to start,,, I've now built a hollow body, a bass and I'm on my second cigar box guitar now ( just come in from the man shed ) Many many thanks for the tutorials Ben
Very nice brother, I've always wanted to hear this story in it's entirety on video. All I can say is thank you Ben! I started watching your videos in 2018 and decided in January 2019 that I was going to begin building guitars pretty much inspired entirely by you and your willingness to share this info. I am now starting my own company and have just finished the GGBO 2021 as a first build. I love this and I have you to thank for it. I love your story and it mirrors mine in so many ways. Being a musician for 30 years and deciding not to pursue that anymore I've wanted to stay involved in music but not as a band member. Building is the perfect outlet for that energy and the internal need I have to create. Anyway, once again Ben, thank you for what you do! Peace and Love, Todd @ Sweet T Guitars
Amazing story Ben. As a matter of interest I grew up in Zimbabwe, now in Cape Town. Your videos are most entertaining and helpful. I have built my first two electric guitars in 2019 using solid-body design in Wild Olive (heavy!) which was awesome fun, all with carving chisels and a handsaw. Thanks for your great channel.
Stumbled across your channel about a month back and kept trying to pinpoint the accent ( it obviously sounded familiar ) , low and behold you are south african.. love your channel. greetings from the homeland 🥩
Thank you Ben. Thank you for helping me be able to reach out and modify/build/design instruments. Learning so much. On my way to Patron now to do my part!
Good Job & keep up the good work. I for one am benefiting enormously from your knowledge and expertise. I would say I love to take things apart and then make them better than they originally were. Currently I have 4 guitars in about a thousand pieces, and with your help I just might get my vision accomplished. Along with some really cool guys like yourself that are, (without their knowledge) helping me to paint the guitars as well. So for those who have not said it....Thanks Ben!!!
Hi Ben I just wanted to say what a wonderful reflection - Great Video. I completely understand where you are coming from in terms of sidestepping burnout in order to retain your creativity and passion. Keep up the good work sir.
I remember when you were playing gigs in Chichester with Moriarty (opening with the Buffy Theme!)... That sweet self build guitar with the spikes at the back was awesome, think your company was Scorpion back then. Think you loved the Bare Knuckle Warpigs back then too. Great to see that you've made an amazing career out of building.
Ben, I just found your channel and love what you are doing. If I lived in the UK I'd apply to work there for free! My son and I are going to be building guitars and basses using many of your techniques and many I've learned over the past near 50 years of UAV building. Thanks again for the great vid's. I'd love to see the following vids: Build a guitar with a router, electric hand drill with common bits (not purchased long ones, you can make long drill bits in the vid) and a screwdriver and spanner if needed. Next, show how long it takes to get a finish like the Mutineer's. Next, what are the minimal hand tools needed to build a guitar. Thanks again for the great vids!!!
i didn't realize you forged aswell, i love making guitar's and i also love forging. im a hobby blacksmith and just made my second guitar. thank's for sharing all your'e knowledge on youtube, i realy appreciate it !
Thank you for sharing. Great example of what can be achieved with dedication and determination. I love your life is awesome and totally honest and fun attitude, it always brightens my day.. You have built a great team of people around you and should be very proud. thanks again
I absolutely love your rustic creations. Quality guitars that look as though they've just been made out of stuff you have lying around, holes and all. I have a firewood store, full of dry Ash logs and a basement full of woodworking stuff. The wood is as hard as concrete and we're struggling to burn it. One day soon, I'm sure there is going to be a firewood guitar or maybe several. :)
Interesting video Ben. I will hopefully see you a Yandles, if not I am too am doing a demo with Record Power at Kempton so will see you there ! Cheers, Jim
Funny that you mention the epiphany you experienced when you realised that people make guitars, I had the exact same experience, when I stumbled across the video of you, cutting fret slots by hand, with no guides, on a guitar that you'd already glued the neck into (Clarity)!
Very interesting little snapshot Ben! I watched the Texas Toast boys chatting about a '58 flying V, a commission for a copy, Turns out the fingerboard and inlays are all cut by lasers! You could kick their arses all day,
Hey Ben . Your an absolute diamond and an inspiration for many . Just a bit of advice speaking from experience , dont deligate out to much and try to keep your hand in all parts if the business otherwise you can become un attached from certain aspects. Personally if it was me i would have two people doing James's job as its a alot of responsibility to put on a young lads shoulder , dont mean to sound patronising but you dont want James burning out too . good luck fella
Ben, i’d like to send you a few photographs of a couple of guitars built for me by an old friend of mine, a luthier from Birmingham, Bob Whiles. This had come about because i found out that he had passed away a couple of years ago at the age of 59 and i immediately contacted his son, Sam and after a short conversation i offered to send him some photos of my guitars made by his dad. The acoustic was made in 1985 and was fitted with an Ashworth transducer pickup. The electric guitar was made from a full sized drawing i did, the body is made from single slab of Honduran mahogany and the neck is made from a single piece of birds eye maple which had the fingerboard sliced off it then reglued back on matching every birds eye so that the join is almost invisible.. Just thought you might be interested in a blast from the past. By the way i also designed and supplied the fittings for a BOLT on neck joint, the first one that Bob had seen or heard of, i just didn’t like screwed on neck joints so i came up with this idea, 1989. Love to watch all that you do and am amazed at the craftsmanship How would be best to send them to you?
Hi. I would love to see those. Please email the photographs and any information about the guitars to guild@crimsonguitars.com. Thanks for thinking of me. Ben
Throughly enjoyed that, to be fair when one of your videos popped up on my homepage I thought wtf, 😂😂 but your advice and creativity has encouraged my builds to the next level, thanks 😉
i cant wait for these guys to hit 100K subs... JUST to see that tick next to their name i bet their business would explode even more than it already has after that 100K milestone.
hey crimson, i was wondering about zebrano wood. could you tell me if it is a good/terrible idea to make a neck out of zebrano wood? i heard that it was bad because it cracks easily, but i have seen it on acoustic guitars, and it works just fine even though it is still under load and the top wood of an acoustic is much thinner than it would be in a neck. i recently bought a big slab of the stuff, and i really want to make a few necks with it. however, everywhere i have checked says little about it, and one source says it is unrecomended.
hi ben do you do any cool stickers for my amp?and do you need anybody I'm wiling to do anything, and I've got about 100 really old chisels with sharpening stones if bribery works.cheers jon.
AHH something of an adrenaline junky? Please, for the sake of your young family, don't overstretch yourself, been there have the tee shirt, took me over a year to recover. Stay safe
The best at the combination of: skills, business, youtube. Don't know anyone who has all three and does so well. Btw, what about repairs? Things I wish Ben knew? Electronics so he stops yelling at them.....
Ben i have a question I'm betting a lot of us are wondering about you may have answered it in a video that I haven't seen yet but I've been wondering about the tattoo on your head what is the meaning behind it and when and where did you get it? Oh and also do you ever sit around and play guitars at home?
Coming to America, possibly? Don't you know the guitar is dead? lol I would be flat out proud to own a Crimson...anything really. The cool factor would be through the roof! Just the truth!
There is a connection, but the name was unrelated. Ben thought it sounded "big and cool" or something like that. Mentioned a few times in videos over the years. He has made Robert several guitars and they even have a Robert Fripp model.
... life is awesome! ... and a bitch... you can do everything... but you should never ever become ill! then you'll opened the gates of hell! BUT!!! I wish you the best and you pans and dreams should come true! Make more films - I love to see your projects and stuff. all the best from the north of Germany - yours Toddy - PS: next time - when I visit Chris Farlowe, I'll visit you and your business.
a doctor has your life in his hands, and would be illegal to bestow such a title upon himself.. ben has a 80K strong following. is THE best luthier tool manufacturer on the market. owns a growing business that has an increasing employee base. and has guitars sold in retail outlets in the UK. and soon to be other parts of the world there becomes a point in ones career where he has to stop being humble about his achievements. particularly in a saturated field like guitars. he is a master luthier. and has every right to give him self that title.
They say it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert in anything. That's a lot of dedication, and as good as any oath, He's got that much surely unless it's all some elaborate ruse to fool commenters, but I don't think so. Beg pardon Squire, I'd say he has the right to call himself what he wants.
hey ben, i married (and Divorced) one of those girls you were talking about! remember meeting you a few times. if memory serves you had bleach blonde hair at the time. also remember you saying about you starting to build guitars and someday your gonna be a luthier. well fast forward a millennia and i pick up (the first time since i was a kid) a guitar magazine and low and behold there is a crimson guitar review in it, and the very same day while looking at another guys guitar building video, yours popped up!
double taking for a moment, hey i know that guy dont i? name sounds familiar, so does the accent but without the blonde locks.
as i write this ive now probably watched 40-50 of your videos (including the 6 hour build in almost one sitting) and im like wow, the kid done good! sounds odd but im kinda proud of ya :-)
man, you build some awesome works of art, i love your styling, ingenuity, ability and work ethic. also its a pleasure to watch you on camera, no pretension no bollocks and you make things fun, which is the way things should be.
you've also inspired me to want to make things, i now want to book a course with you (when i have some funding of course, bills kids etc etc).
anyway, been an absolute pleasure to watch you.
hope you are well dude.
peace and love you and yours.
SI
Hey Ben, as an amateur luthier hoping to make a living out of guitar building, you are a huge inspiration, thanks for all the advices, tutorials and clever ideas you provided over the years.
I knew your accent sounded eerily familiar, its a Zimbo accent that has faded after years and years abroad, just like mine :)
I can see where your passion came from, knowing we come from the same neck of the woods. We never did have much in Zimbabwe, always a decade or so behind the rest of the world. You learned to make do with what you had, fix, upgrade and improve with whatever you had on hand.
Much love from a fellow Zimbabwean living abroad.
I could have chosen any guitar for my last purchase with money not an issue.
I know I would not have been happier. From hundreds of choices,that I've either owned or tried out,Crimsons attention to detail ,design,and luthiers shines like the sun! I can't wait for the next one I get.
Ben, thank you for all you do. I'm a (very) amateur luthier in the US making cigar box guitars, ukuleles and cajons in my garage. You have taught me sooooo much... fretting, the superglue trick (I use CA on something every day it seems), sharpening and an appreciation of hand tools in general. I grew up around wood working, but never had an interest. Now, past the half-century mark, building and playing musical instruments brings me some joy every day. Plus, I even make a small part of my living with it. I look forward to your videos every week and always find some nugget of wisdom, a tip or a trick. Good on you and everyone at Crimson!
I am so glad I watched this video Ben. It is a pleasure to see a man who completely enjoys the craft He has chosen in life. I found your videos about a year ago and I have watched many. Amazing is a word I use! One day I hope to have a guitar made by you. To me that would be pretty dam awesome.
Wow Ben. Really inspiring and a story we can all draw from. Thank you
It's been a pleasure watching Crimson Guitars grow since that first build in the garden shed to what it is now. Thanks for bringing us along Ben.
Nice to watch, Ben. I seem to see signs that the guitar business is starting to grow again, and I hope that's true. Thank you for your and your team's work, and I hope to see you again there, maybe next year. In the meantime, I've started (slowly) building at home!
Can't wait to see Crimson evolve into something massive.
I'm still only the master luthier of the shed at the end of my garden! Great vids by the way. I had forgotten how to properly level, re-crown and polish frets since my days at luthier college, but Ben's video on that was a great source of revision for me. I'm expecting a maple neck in the post soon for my DIY Strat and it'll probably need some leveling.
Its been fun to be along on this ride since the start in the shed.
Started watching your videos 2 years ago, always wanted to build a guitar but hadn't got a clue where to start,,, I've now built a hollow body, a bass and I'm on my second cigar box guitar now ( just come in from the man shed )
Many many thanks for the tutorials Ben
Very nice brother, I've always wanted to hear this story in it's entirety on video. All I can say is thank you Ben! I started watching your videos in 2018 and decided in January 2019 that I was going to begin building guitars pretty much inspired entirely by you and your willingness to share this info. I am now starting my own company and have just finished the GGBO 2021 as a first build. I love this and I have you to thank for it. I love your story and it mirrors mine in so many ways. Being a musician for 30 years and deciding not to pursue that anymore I've wanted to stay involved in music but not as a band member. Building is the perfect outlet for that energy and the internal need I have to create. Anyway, once again Ben, thank you for what you do! Peace and Love, Todd @ Sweet T Guitars
Amazing story Ben. As a matter of interest I grew up in Zimbabwe, now in Cape Town. Your videos are most entertaining and helpful. I have built my first two electric guitars in 2019 using solid-body design in Wild Olive (heavy!) which was awesome fun, all with carving chisels and a handsaw. Thanks for your great channel.
Ben thanks to you i become a luthier, thanks for everything, keep up the hard work.
Keep it up, great to watch a local company grow.🎸🤘🏻
Stumbled across your channel about a month back and kept trying to pinpoint the accent ( it obviously sounded familiar ) , low and behold you are south african.. love your channel. greetings from the homeland 🥩
Thank you Ben. Thank you for helping me be able to reach out and modify/build/design instruments. Learning so much. On my way to Patron now to do my part!
I am very glad that you do what you do. I built my first guitar last year and almost all I learned from your videos. I hope to come and visit one day.
Good Job & keep up the good work. I for one am benefiting enormously from your knowledge and expertise. I would say I love to take things apart and then make them better than they originally were. Currently I have 4 guitars in about a thousand pieces, and with your help I just might get my vision accomplished. Along with some really cool guys like yourself that are, (without their knowledge) helping me to paint the guitars as well. So for those who have not said it....Thanks Ben!!!
Inspirational guy. always a pleasure to see Ben at work!
Hi Ben
I just wanted to say what a wonderful reflection - Great Video. I completely understand where you are coming from in terms of sidestepping burnout in order to retain your creativity and passion. Keep up the good work sir.
I remember when you were playing gigs in Chichester with Moriarty (opening with the Buffy Theme!)... That sweet self build guitar with the spikes at the back was awesome, think your company was Scorpion back then. Think you loved the Bare Knuckle Warpigs back then too.
Great to see that you've made an amazing career out of building.
He didn't say how he came to get the head tattoo! lol
Ben was born with the head tattoo.
....And the very best to you Ben.
Ben, I just found your channel and love what you are doing. If I lived in the UK I'd apply to work there for free! My son and I are going to be building guitars and basses using many of your techniques and many I've learned over the past near 50 years of UAV building. Thanks again for the great vid's. I'd love to see the following vids: Build a guitar with a router, electric hand drill with common bits (not purchased long ones, you can make long drill bits in the vid) and a screwdriver and spanner if needed. Next, show how long it takes to get a finish like the Mutineer's. Next, what are the minimal hand tools needed to build a guitar. Thanks again for the great vids!!!
You are the meaning of inspiration. Thank you.
i didn't realize you forged aswell, i love making guitar's and i also love forging. im a hobby blacksmith and just made my second guitar.
thank's for sharing all your'e knowledge on youtube, i realy appreciate it !
Thank you for sharing.
Great example of what can be achieved with dedication and determination.
I love your life is awesome and totally honest and fun attitude, it always brightens my day..
You have built a great team of people around you and should be very proud.
thanks again
Awesome video bro, so cool to hear back story and that you still love what you do. Always inspiring
Thank you for sharing your story. It's totally inspiring. I'm with you on the burning stuff - excellent fun!
I absolutely love your rustic creations. Quality guitars that look as though they've just been made out of stuff you have lying around, holes and all.
I have a firewood store, full of dry Ash logs and a basement full of woodworking stuff. The wood is as hard as concrete and we're struggling to burn it.
One day soon, I'm sure there is going to be a firewood guitar or maybe several. :)
Interesting video Ben. I will hopefully see you a Yandles, if not I am too am doing a demo with Record Power at Kempton so will see you there ! Cheers, Jim
Thank you Mr.Crowe! Love the videos! Love your personality through the videos! Keep sharing these crafting insights!
Funny that you mention the epiphany you experienced when you realised that people make guitars, I had the exact same experience, when I stumbled across the video of you, cutting fret slots by hand, with no guides, on a guitar that you'd already glued the neck into (Clarity)!
Very interesting little snapshot Ben! I watched the Texas Toast boys chatting about a '58 flying V, a commission for a copy, Turns out the fingerboard and inlays are all cut by lasers! You could kick their arses all day,
Outstanding Sir, just outstanding.
Many thanks!
Hey Ben . Your an absolute diamond and an inspiration for many . Just a bit of advice speaking from experience , dont deligate out to much and try to keep your hand in all parts if the business otherwise you can become un attached from certain aspects. Personally if it was me i would have two people doing James's job as its a alot of responsibility to put on a young lads shoulder , dont mean to sound patronising but you dont want James burning out too .
good luck fella
Don't worry I'll be fine, it helps that I love what I do for a living, James (probably older then you think as well ;-)
blackburnguitars I dont think james looks old enough to get into Mc Donalds on his own . Hi James :)
Good decisions made Ben, now go and make the guitar of your dreams!
Ben, i’d like to send you a few photographs of a couple of guitars built for me by an old friend of mine, a luthier from Birmingham, Bob Whiles.
This had come about because i found out that he had passed away a couple of years ago at the age of 59 and i immediately contacted his son, Sam and after a short conversation i offered to send him some photos of my guitars made by his dad.
The acoustic was made in 1985 and was fitted with an Ashworth transducer pickup. The electric guitar was made from a full sized drawing i did, the body is made from single slab of Honduran mahogany and the neck is made from a single piece of birds eye maple which had the fingerboard sliced off it then reglued back on matching every birds eye so that the join is almost invisible.. Just thought you might be interested in a blast from the past. By the way i also designed and supplied the fittings for a BOLT on neck joint, the first one that Bob had seen or heard of, i just didn’t like screwed on neck joints so i came up with this idea, 1989.
Love to watch all that you do and am amazed at the craftsmanship
How would be best to send them to you?
Hi. I would love to see those. Please email the photographs and any information about the guitars to guild@crimsonguitars.com.
Thanks for thinking of me. Ben
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars hi Ben, did you get these photos i sent you late Wednesday night
Way to free your mind, by delegating. Change equals growth, and you can't change if you don't grow. Way to go my Brother.
Throughly enjoyed that, to be fair when one of your videos popped up on my homepage I thought wtf, 😂😂 but your advice and creativity has encouraged my builds to the next level, thanks 😉
i cant wait for these guys to hit 100K subs... JUST to see that tick next to their name
i bet their business would explode even more than it already has after that 100K milestone.
Good stuff Ben, you and your company make awesome guitars. Why is James in the same short in every picture or video.
hey crimson, i was wondering about zebrano wood. could you tell me if it is a good/terrible idea to make a neck out of zebrano wood? i heard that it was bad because it cracks easily, but i have seen it on acoustic guitars, and it works just fine even though it is still under load and the top wood of an acoustic is much thinner than it would be in a neck.
i recently bought a big slab of the stuff, and i really want to make a few necks with it. however, everywhere i have checked says little about it, and one source says it is unrecomended.
Really enjoyed this, very heartfelt!
Ben when you use superglue what’s the stuff called you spray
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.
Top man, keep it up, Ben!
Ben how much do the guitars cost or don’t you sell them to the public.
Burning and strangling...two EXCELLENT traits. 😉🤣
Ben do you own Crimson Guitars I think you are good at what you do. DjD.
hi ben do you do any cool stickers for my amp?and do you need anybody I'm wiling to do anything, and I've got about 100 really old chisels with sharpening stones if bribery works.cheers jon.
Great video, thanks!
Ben thenks for share. You imspired me to build my first guitar. I want to send you photos ¿how can i do it?
Hi +roberto ignacio rodriguez torti send an email to office@crimsonguitars.com
I know.. we'll make a montage.. about me.. it'll be brilliant! Haha King Crowe good onya mate
Great vid
What story about the tattoos.
Why does he always wear that swimming hat
Ben, thank you for the insight. Don't you find the stress of the timed builds too much?
Yes.. Though it is a bit of a fun rush too. I'm going to be doing more considered build along style builds for now though. B
AHH something of an adrenaline junky? Please, for the sake of your young family, don't overstretch yourself, been there have the tee shirt, took me over a year to recover. Stay safe
Crimson GTRS USA.....do it.
I watched your build series and kept thinking - dam, he sounds like a South African, haha... and guess what, he is. Well, sort of
I just watched Thor Ragnarok and I was almost sure Ben played the Executioner. Look almost exactly alike.
AHHHHHHH! I HAZ THE IMAGE!!!!!
The best at the combination of: skills, business, youtube. Don't know anyone who has all three and does so well. Btw, what about repairs?
Things I wish Ben knew?
Electronics so he stops yelling at them.....
Ben i have a question I'm betting a lot of us are wondering about you may have answered it in a video that I haven't seen yet but I've been wondering about the tattoo on your head what is the meaning behind it and when and where did you get it? Oh and also do you ever sit around and play guitars at home?
Where in Zim were you Ben?
Coming to America, possibly? Don't you know the guitar is dead? lol I would be flat out proud to own a Crimson...anything really. The cool factor would be through the roof! Just the truth!
Why "Crimson"? Is there a Robert Fripp connection somewhere?
There is a connection, but the name was unrelated. Ben thought it sounded "big and cool" or something like that. Mentioned a few times in videos over the years.
He has made Robert several guitars and they even have a Robert Fripp model.
Ah - I see. Thanks for that :)
Ben the title on this one sounds like in memoriam
Я почти ничего не понял, но рассказывает увлекательно:))
Ben when sanding why don’t you wear a mask, it’s good for your health,
What’s the story of your head tattoos?
Ben explains it in this video. DC th-cam.com/video/30mheP8CvJ0/w-d-xo.html
why does every video have exactly 7 dislikes?
This is what we call the American dream
... life is awesome! ... and a bitch... you can do everything... but you should never ever become ill! then you'll opened the gates of hell! BUT!!! I wish you the best and you pans and dreams should come true! Make more films - I love to see your projects and stuff. all the best from the north of Germany - yours Toddy - PS: next time - when I visit Chris Farlowe, I'll visit you and your business.
I think Ben crowe is ace. Not sure I'm ready for a mini autobiography yet like. I will read the book when you stop building Les Paul copies. Sorry.
Bobby Bob people love the les paul shape, and his is not the same. It's hard to create a new shape that will be comfortable and nice looking
Rick Baker. I state facts, you troll.
Rick Baker :) ok cupcake. So in your opinion, it feels like a PRS but looks like a Les Paul. You said it.
"Hi, I'm Bob, the doctor. It's a bit of a pretentious title but one that I have bestowed upon myself......" Can you see why this doesn't work?
a doctor has your life in his hands, and would be illegal to bestow such a title upon himself..
ben has a 80K strong following. is THE best luthier tool manufacturer on the market. owns a growing business that has an increasing employee base. and has guitars sold in retail outlets in the UK. and soon to be other parts of the world
there becomes a point in ones career where he has to stop being humble about his achievements. particularly in a saturated field like guitars.
he is a master luthier. and has every right to give him self that title.
They say it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert in anything. That's a lot of dedication, and as good as any oath, He's got that much surely unless it's all some elaborate ruse to fool commenters, but I don't think so. Beg pardon Squire, I'd say he has the right to call himself what he wants.
We want to see pics of little Benji!