Making a Summer Night Bass - Full Build
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- Making a 2000 Year old bog oak and white ash bass guitar. Throughout the video, You can hear music samples played on this very instrument. For the last day of summer of 2020, a final guitar build from the four seasons series. We chose white moon and a star contrasting the dark honey comb body reminding us of clear starry summer nights . We started a couple of months ago by prepping the bone which we used as inlays for the star on the fret board and as a bone nut. After cooking, bone is cut into small blocks and submerged in gasoline cleaner fluid over the period of three weeks. After all the grease left the bone, inlays are cnc cut into star shape and then glued using superglue into slots on the fret board. Fret board is cut from a bog oak board which was drying for a couple of years. The body and the neck is made from dry white ash board which we first cut into pieces and left to dry and stabilize over 3 weeks. After gluing, the block is again left to settle for a couple of weeks to fervent future warping. Front of guitar also made from bog oak. Pieces are drying in the workshop for more than 3 years now and came perfect for this purpose. Each piece was cnc milled into hexagon shape and then cut into 16mm thick hexagons. Hexagons are glued together using epoxy mixed with graphite powder so all the cracks are filled black. Reason we used epoxy is because it doesn't cause warping as much as ordinary vinyl acetate glue does, especially when making thin end grain boards like this one. After setting, the block is cnc planed, milled into desired shape and glued again using epoxy resin to the main guitar block. Final shape of the bass guitar is milled using various flat end and ball end milling bits. Truss rod is made from 4mm cold rolled steel rods welded together using nuts as shown in the video. Truss rod is inserted into milled truss rod groove and covered with silicone to prevent rattling noises. Fret board is glued on to the neck, Head is sanded down to 14 mm thickness and the whole thing is prepped for coating. For this build, we used 5 coats of polyurethane pore filler followed by 4 coats of deBeer 8-114 polyurethane lacquer. Between each coat, the whole guitar is sanded and then left to rest for two weeks after the final coat. After two weeks, guitar is polished with progressively finer polishing pastes and assembled. We used Schaller bridge, machine heads and S-locks, EMG PJX pickups with electronics, jumbo frets and D'Addario strings. I really hope you enjoyed these guitar builds as much as I have. I hope there will be more in the future! :D
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I'm just consumed by the tools, machines and of course the skills. What a feeling it must be to be able to built "anything" you want. Thank you for amount work you've put in to film and document all the process. That is the equivalent of a two years college course there all for free. Big thank you.
Definitely my favorite one yet. The fingerboard inlay, through neck, bog oak hex pattern, flawless glass-like finish. Absolutely beautiful! Neat to see how the truss rod is made too. That's something you don't see very often in guitar builds. I love it! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching Seth! I'm glad you like it!😁 It's my favourite out of all four too..
Always find myself saying "wow", "damn", or "WTF" when i watch your builds. Great stuff. Thanks.
:D Thank you J T!
That shop has so many different machines, I wouldn't even know where to start 😂
A big priority priority is the on and off switch and possibly wearing a mask and goggles to prevent debris from entering your nose and eyes.
This video cannot get better. It does. Then its them who were playing the AMAZING music.
Perfection achieved.
Wow you have the most incredible equipment I've ever seen in my life
I love seeing the combination of traditional and CNC work. Truly a modern approach.
Glad you like it! Thank you Greg!
A legszebb gitár ami létezik a világon! És én egy dobos vagyok! Gratulálok
Oh the craftsmanship of the makers: this bass needs a "breathe of life"!
Think about, that piece of oak falling in a bog and many many years later becoming a part in a musicinstrument with a technology so far away... fascinating and beautiful work!!
That's a really nice way to think about it! Glad you like it Karl! Thank you so much!
Gorgeous instrument and craftsmanship. Great drum outro too!
I can't imagine the price of that thing.
Reasonable for what you get. The machines do a lot of labor.
The word "beautiful" hardly scrapes the surface. Amazing work!
I don't play guitar, but your attention to detail is out of this world. You guys rock!
thank you very much Traxxtar! :D
i concur. unequivocally accurate
This is not a guitar, this is a BASS!
I believe there comes a point where a bass can be too well made....to perfect... and too expensive to risk plugging it in. I think you found that point. This needs to go straight to a museum.
Absolutely no words to describe the amazing piece of art transformation, I've never seen anything like it. Wow!! You blew my mind. Outrageous job guys and thanks for sharing I enjoy it very very much.
Thanks to the machines for doing all the delicate and difficult work. Without them the result would not be the same.
yo the hexagonal top looks sick, I'm not even gonna try to replicate that without such machinery
Ok…that was one of the most insanely beautiful things I’ve seen in recent memory!! Incredible artistry, gorgeous instrument!!
that fret marker is probably the coolest I've ever seen
😁I love it!
Como alguém da negativo a essa obra prima de baixo. Não sabem o que é fazer um instrumento do zero. Parabéns galera muita perfeição envolvida ai.
Very much a success!! I have really enjoyed watching your four seasons builds and this one was certainly a worthy conclusion. Thanks very much for sharing these buddy! Great work.
Thank you very much Matt! I'm really glad you enjoyed watching the series, I know I really enjoyed making them..🙂
Looks like a floating sliver of a moon! Beautifully crafted instrument !!!
Those are definitely some sweet tools. I'm Green With Envy on these builds.
Respect for a custom build. takes a lot of work to make a beautiful instrument.
I like the sound of the machines with the music.
Glad you like it! Thank you!
I was absolutely waiting the entire video for the reveal that the music we’ve been listening to was the bass you were building and god damn you nailed it.
:D Thank you very much, I'm so glad you like it! The end reveal is my favorite part of the video:D
@@lignumchannel I didn't know until the end, I was thinking the entire video that if this is stock music from TH-cam then its some new stuff I haven't heard anyone else using in their videos. Nice jamming! The bass looks and sounds awesome.
Fantastic guitar. Your CNC machine deserves a pay rise, it's very skilled.
lolol amazing
Revealing that bone inlay. So satisfying. Gorgeous, inspired work as always. 👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻💕 I’m also a total Sucker for hexagonal patterns. Amazing.
:D I'm glad you like it Phoeff! my favorite out of all four..
I really like that hex board as a body cap. That looks absolutely fantastic.
Both the overall design and the little details of this are just beautiful. Two minutes after watching the video is a little soon to be making gigantic claims about how much I like this as compared to all other guitars, but I really, really like this.
The editing on these videos has been great as well.
Thank you very much! This is my favourite so far.. Glad you like the editing:)
that full machine, ripsaw, sandemaster, cnc, jointer , bore,ect wow awesome
That's a lovely bass!
Beautiful execution and design!
Absolutely amazing and beautiful craftsmanship
Thank you! Glad you like it:)
I wish I had the a workshop with all the tools and machines and most importantly, the sills to build a guitar like you do.
Remarkable---Very Well Done!!
Man that was alot of work, looks amazing, good job.
That's one beautiful bass guitar. And the workmanship absolutely a cut above. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much Scott!🙂
Damn, I want one of these one-piece guitars.
Absolutely love the result of the custom made veneers... beautiful!
I don't play guitar, but I would definitely hang one of these on my wall. They're a work of art.
That's a lovely comment but it's a bass
Wow super impressive!!!! Amazing craftsmanship. Congratulations on an awesome build
Glad you like it! Thank you!
Labor of love for sure one beautiful built bass guitar amazing beautiful beautiful beautiful 😍
A big round of applause! Build, video and music. Thanks. Cheers, David
Thank you very much David! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Cars and Guitars have almost a similar construction. Beautiful pieces of art
we were listening to the bass the whole time
That’s another beautiful work of art. You guys always impress me. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Thank you for watching as always! 😀
Это самый великолепный бас который я вмдел в жизни!Смотрел с великим удовольствием и изготовление и игру!
This is the most magnificent bass I've ever had in my life! I watched with great pleasure both making and playing!
Actually bothering to make your own trust rod. MAD RESPECT!
Большой 👍🏻 за проделанную работу! С самого начала я уже предчувствовал что композиция играющая в ролике с участием этой гитары. Great job👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
really a great job
it would be nice and fun to see all the guitars and basses together
I will make a video of them all together sometimes in the future for sure.. Glad you like the video! :)
Great craftsmanship, beautiful build and killer tones
Wow!! Amazing. That's a lot of work but what a beauty.
Not exactly what you would call Hand Made, but i was not aware of how many machines you could use to my a string instrument so this is really a fun watch :)
Very, VERY impressive work!!! And the finished piece is absolutely wonderful!
Fantastic work guys , beautiful looking bass and a phenomenal Tone 🔥🔥🔥🔥👌🏼
Oh man! The hexagons are awesome. I especially love that you used the robot to cut them. I don’t know why, but I find it hilarious and pretty great that you use them for so much.
Really spectacular finish on there too. Like Ike’s like it was dipped in glass!
Yeah even I sometimes think if their use is for certain steps is an overkill.. :D but it's fun trying new approaches.. And that finish after 9 coats better be good ;) Glad you like it Bruxxus! Thank you for watching!
I thought the bone in the beginning was a toilet paper roll you were flexing with mid-April style lol
Yeah me too ! • Thought it had been solidified in some new tech way • That these new techniques are always being developed • And shown on YT • But being constructed in 2020 and in times of the C19 I thought maybe the guy was cocking a snoop at the humble Loo Roll -That was so in demand back in the begining of the 2020 year ! Haha !
hehe great comment
Absolutely beautiful!!! Such an original and well done design even all the way into the details everything about this bass is great thank you for sharing!
This is the most beautiful bass I've ever seen. You are amazing!
how can you dislike this ,, great job sir you are the best
Holy Cow Bone, Batman 😉🤣
Fantastic job guys 👍🏾💙
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
It's almost scary how well this was done
:D Thank you so much!
The power of programming and carpentry!
I will never have that sick bass in my hands and that makes me sad. Awesome build
congratulations, beautiful work 👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you very much!
There have to be a few steps in this build where you say to yourself "Don`t screw this up!!!" For me # 1 was when you drilled the holes for the tuning pegs with a hand held. These can be referred to as category 5 pucker moments. If this is the result of just 4 guitar builds I can hardly imagine what # 40 will look like. Again Bravo.
Thank you very much Michael!:) Yeah some of the steps are really stressful, especially when trying it for the first time.. On this build, I would say positioning of hexagon board to guitar body was the worst.. But from experience I can say that most mistakes happen on the steps you are most confident on and that leads to less concentration and dumb mistakes..
Excellent build video
Well look at that. I was conveniently just catching up with your videos
Hope you enjoyed it! :)
Whow what a beautiful build! I really like all the small details.
Thank you James!
Fantastic craftsmanship👏👏👏
Great design, awesome woodworking and great CNC skills!
Thank you very much! Glad you like it Harko!:D
Bro, I had coffee, protein bar and Bong at the ready to watch, ahh the music, volume down just aint the same :)
Well what can I say, Sorry! :D I hope you'll like the next one!
@@lignumchannel sorry bro, I'm sure lots love jazz, I have a bad reaction to it.
Another great video. I love these. This one made me think: this bass would have been even more perfect if you put some reflective material on the “moon” section, so that when a spotlight focuses on it, it “glows” towards the audience.
Its a piece of art.
Thank you very much, I'm glad you like it:)
there are some serious tools. and the bass is a beauty.
BASS player here, my first nut change, very similar, was a cow femur off the butcher at 50 cents Canadian.
The homemade truss rod is the bomb 🤘🏽
Beautiful bass, great skills, cracking video. Oh yes, one more thing, how much ? Many Thanks.
Sweet looking bass man. Great job!
BRAVO L'ARTISTE
Great work! Better was notice that the bass produced was been played to the entire video.
Impressive work! This guys are so skilled.
Great Work, great skills. Very beautiful outcome!!
Hay papá de chiluqui, una tremenda chulada. Aver cuando hay un patrocinio y hacemos un rebiew.😎🤩🎸
Terrific - great workmanship, beautiful instrument.
New here, was expecting some glory shots at the end so I could see it all finished in one frame but they play it in the back corner in the dark. All that work and love and you barely get to see the finished product in the video
Yep, you are absolutely right.. I don't know how I edited it and watched it dozens of times and didn't thought of putting in a few frames of a finished product.. my bad..
@@lignumchannel lol woops
That machine is freackin' awesome.
I love it!
Wonderful, elegant build!! The one-piece design gave me faint Rickenbacker vibes. I've seen many builds, but this is the first one I've seen where you built your own truss-rod! It looks longer than a standard; 35", 36" scale???
At the beginning I thought you had a CNC router, the 6 axis robot arm definitely caught me by surprise
Great build btw :)
Beautifully made and finished. Thank you.
Thank you Steve!
Just unbelievably beautiful!
Thank you very much!
Ficou lindo lindo! os hexágonos deram um toque ainda melhor, parabéns queridos!!!
Terrific stuff! 👍🏻
Thank you!:)
Beautiful work. I don't know how you are turning it around and resetting the zero so accurately, but wish I could do that so precisely lol
Well after a lot and lot of mistakes, I eventually got the hang of it..😁 glad you like it, thank you!
You are a master craftsman
Wow. Just wow.
This is amazing! What’s more awesome is that although I don’t actually play guitar, I had watched so many guitar buildings videos I was envisioning if I were to commission a custom guitar for myself what it would look like a while ago. I wanted a moon somewhere on the guitar representing my birth name, and I thought the horns would be the perfect place for it, exactly as you have placed it! (Albeit for a bass instead)
:) Although the rest of it I was thinking more of a gold and midnight blue epoxy body as if it’s flowing out from the moon.
She's amazing!
That ash looks so nice!
Really incredible work and great video - Kudos!~ How could anybody thumb this down that is beyond me