Ep 7 - Top's in and CARVED! The vision is coming together. - Redwood SG
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In this episode, Ben glues the redwood inlay into the top and carves the cedar sides with a variety of hand tools.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:11 Cutting out the body - if the bandsaw is set up correctly, of course
9:09 Preparing to glue the inset into the top - and plenty of clamps
13:36 De-clamping and levelling the top
15:40 Router table
17:45 And next the spin sander
18:27 Carving with hand tools
22:11 Short diversion - hints on dealing with softwood
24:13 Back to carving
28:07 Conclusion & this guitar could be yours!
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Builders like you and Tim Sway highlight the human nature of guitar building and the intimacy it brings to hand builds.
20:50 The sound of a sharp chisel cutting wood is just so satisfying! 21:22 OK now he's just showing off.
I used to not care for SG guitars until I had a commission in Nashville that was meant to be a surprise gift. By the time I was finished it was the best guitar I ever made and the most comfortable guitar I've ever played. Drove from San Antonio TX to Nashville TN to hand deliver it and loved the whole experience, even visited the Gibson Garage while I was there.
I can confirm soft woods are an absolute nightmare to carve. You think it's gonna be easier because it's a soft wood but it's the complete opposite, in one direction it feels like carving through teak and on the other it's like butter and it chips out more than you'd like removed... I'm also a huge fan of these japanese rasps, they're just the best
The carving is incredible to watch. Shows the amazing skill you posses and you can only sit and wonder how many tens of thousands of hours of practice it takes to develop that kind of touch. Amazing stuff, bravo!
My brother gifted me a band saw for my birthday, it has became my favorite tool in the workshop now.
THERE'S A FLY ON THE WALL!!! SG things very good.
👍👍 I've found that the best tool for scraping squeeze-out is a cheap, flexible 6" steel rule 😉. That's coming together nicely... saw rasp for the carves every time 😉
Lovely stuff- the massive chisel and the Japanese saw file working it harmony!
I can't imagine how it must feel having a whole guitar factory to play in, but I imagine it's rather good.
Ahhh Ben your Killing Me!
Been away for a while, personal stuff etc.
But when I return ... Serendipity!! you are making a SG and so am I !!,
albeit mine is offset, (as I am wont to do😜).
So I eagerly tune in hoping you have a cool ,clean way to do the body carving ,offset templates on the pin router etc as I have been here before, but to no avail you are all HANDS on deck and on softwood to boot!!
Good luck sir, been there, don't relish it
Really enjoying this build. It is classic yet elegant! Outlining the redwood inlay with solder is gonna really set it off!
24:28 what a shot! looking amazing already
8:26 i would've already chopped a finger off.. if I don't bust a finger open and bleeding by 930 at my job I don't have a good day. For a musician I really try and watch what i do but still smash fingers
About 8 months ago i was screwing a piece of plywood to a 2x4 for a concrete job and wasn't watching what i was doing and screwed my thumb to the 2x4. It went in the bottom and popped out on the other side. I don't know what hurt more backing it out or my pride ... Hahaha
It was instantly numb thankfully it didn't do to much damage. Used some tape and went back to work like an idiot....
So i tey and be carful around any tools...
Thanka Crimson for your content and info we all enjoy it....
I wish this series had come out before I did the redwood top on my Ibanez Blazer 😅 resin was my friend when using the softwood
One day, when I have enough money, I would love to own an SG made by you in a standard 25.5". Love your work, cheers!
I’m surprised that you did not route the channels for wiring before gluing on the top. Love the progress so far!
Yeah, I thought it would’ve been a great idea to route the channels before.
Il was wondering when, in the video, Ben would have realised that… 😊
Ahhhh, this is why we rarely see SG builds... Lots of work!
Have mentioned before, would love to see you do a full belly carve (Warwick streamer) stunning basses, never see that kind of carve on a guitar.
If you're not sure what I mean, I'll bring mine down for you 😊
29:42 That looks awesome Ben. I love how you offset the inlay. The border for the inlay could be some black dust and glue or something…. Bloody love your work mate!!
At first when I heard you were going to use Redwood, I thought, have you gone mad lol. Then I saw the grain for the top. That looks EXCELLENT !! I've worked with Redwood some when I was out in California and never came across grain like that. Very nice choice Ben !!
10:30 Does the Fly come with the Guitar? 😂
I love watching the Master at work! One question - do you always clean up extra splooge with damp water? ;)
Looking fabulous.
Getting the beveling right is crucial for SG's good looks. Another thing is that neck can not be too deep into the body (Gordon Smith has this problem) and the neck pickup needs to be placed precisely or the lines will suffer. So far I think Ben has been focusing on the right things. Thumbs up!
Ben, quite a while back you turned us all onto Ken Parker's Archtoppery channel. Have you seen the video he did on how he customizes a gouge for roughing in carved tops? His explanation of why he gives the gouge it's unusual shape is very interesting.
You just know that sooner or later someone is going to be waiting on the other side of the wall to grab Ben's arm when he reaches through to switch the dust extracting on or off... I just hope he's filming when it happens! 😂😂😂
I will, legitimately, shit myself if that happens
Soft wood like this will also drink in finish differently ie. unevenly The hard bits lets it buildup where as the soft bit drinks it in, sometimes enough to be matte when the hard grain is gloss.
I'd be happy with the scrap bin wood! Many things run through my mind when you do an offcut like oh that would make great scales for my old straight razor! And oh that would make a awesome file handle!
@Ben has anyone considered actually doing this? Wven in the museum gift shop as a fundraising campaign?
I hate the hole in the wall much more than I should 😂. Every time I'm shouting Just drill a smaller hole and move the damn switch! 😂😂😂
I was totally expecting you to do the bevels with an angle grinder. Have you tried Micro Plane tools? That is what I use for neck carves, belly carves, knife handles, etc. I absolutely love them, they cut nice and smooth, leaving a much nicer surface than rasps and even the shinto saw rasp (I have used all of the above). They also have round profiles so you can use that in place of the gouge going cross grain- I've done this on the belly cut on a pine body P bass.
Ben, quick question from a total beginner.. I'm in the process of designing a new work bench and was wondering why you don't use a tail vice and dogs for the carving? It looked like working around the clamps could get frustrating. Thanks for all your great content
I just love the big master-chisel! One chisel to rule tem all! :)
Damp water works best for removing glue squeeze out.
Wow Ben you're not messing around are you? I was thinking a vid maybe 2 a week, but they are coming nearly daily. Beast mode!!
Alien abduction I reckon.
10:30 I was waiting for the fly to step in the glue.
10:37 I was expecting the fly to get stuck on the glue near the control cavity.
Grandma always said, "If you're going to live hand to mouth, it's good to be ambidextrous."
I don't know if you're familiar with the channel Wood by Wright, but he has an amazing channel for hand tool woodworking. He made a router plane with a long offset for cleaning up tenons and I wonder if a similar design would work for creating a plane for beveling bodies and keeping the angle consistent easier.
Looking incredible. I really hope l win her!
Have you considered doing shou sugi ban for the main body. With as wide as the grain is it would look really good with the red wood top
Me blowing my screen to clear the dust off the bandsaw table when your setting up the guides 🤷🏻♂️🤪🤦♂️
Hope you'll get the sexy waistline right! The original front and back bevels leave about 1 cm thickness on the side at the waist (on the low E side), and it's very important for the overall look of the SG.
I very much enjoyed your pet flie's cameo. What is his name and will you bring him back for future episodes.?
Parker, obviously.
Looks incredible already. Why didn't you route the wiring channels while the top was off?
Ben, if you are going to outline the inlaid top with a line of solder, how about a second solder line defining the edge of the bevel?
great body Ben
I was wandering when the Shinto was gonna make an appearance
I’ll be buying tickets 😊
Thank you for your support, the museum is going to be awesome!
Damn, that bandsaw is so easy to adjust. My Draper bandsaw is so annoying to adjust. And that's just the top bearings, the bottom bearings are actually painful to reach.
Re-Invigorated ?or ….
Re-Caffeinated?
Loving the build Ben
A little bit of damp water 🤣
Do you still use a sprinkle of salt in the gluing? Maybe it's not necessary in broad areas? Glad to see some chisel action again!
The absolute FLEX that is pulling out a 2 inch chisel... Love it!!❤
What type of bend saw did he use? Brand and model please! Thank you!!
As soon as I saw the biltong chisel come out I thought "he means business with this carve oh yes!'
The bevels and carves on an SG, always looked daunting. But it's just not right without it. It's gorgeous when it's right. I just don't like that square part of the heel.
Why didn't you rout the channels for the wiring before gluing the top on?
Could you have avoided the gaps around the redwood by making the cavity a bit shallower, and registering the inlay into the body with a chamfer on the body and inlay then sanding it flat?
I've learnt about cedar hard way....
You could market these softwood guitars as "self relicing".
You’re taunting us with that lovely hand tool only job hanging behind you!!
Why did you not route the path for the wires, before gluing the top on?
The rubber strap on your Submariner, is that original?
for reasons unknown to me (100% user error) i usually end up having my guitar bodies flung through the workshop with a vengenace, whenever i try using the router table.
i just use my plunge router the "correct" way. works every time, unlike the router table. can't tell if I'm too dumb to read the wood grain properly, if i feed the bit in a wrong manner or if my router table just sucks monkeyballs, i just dont like it. i wanna use it but I don't, if that makes sense.
Why are there at least 4 missing videos in the last month? I just scrolled down my notifications and saw that Sophia's Prototype leveling beam neck straightening vid, the two part short scale neck build and the flip flop Les Paul refinish is unavailable. I'm gad I watched them when I did and not get caught up with a new-old TV Show.
P.S. Next Luthiers Question time?
I think some veneer would be much nicer than a line of solder
You know, you saw looks just like my Rikon except it says Record Power on it.
I wish the SG had a rounder bottom, it always looks squashed up to me!
Aw, you had a 'friend' helping you, isn't that nice? I tend to have flying visitors when I'm working with something sticky, and you can usually guarantee they'll make a beeline (pun intended) directly for where they don't belong. Quite a few jobs have signs of little legs embedded in them...
Can I just say thank you for limiting the ticket purchases to 25 as I might have blown my life savings if you hadn't 😂 So looking forward to seeing the finished work of art.
😎
So this is Pine right? What ya think about torrefied pine?
Cedar, I think.
I make bows and nearly cut my finger off!! 🙈
“The bandsaw people” sounds like some sort of theocratic state of craftsmen
How long until someone puts a bowl of oatmeal, or worse, on the other side of that hole in the wall?
So sad we cant get John Cippolina to test it😢
Dear Ben. On the Backpack guitar could you thin down Epoxy and pour it inside to add Strength or would it hurt the Sound? On the Redwood SG please go with Three Pickups it would be the First? Use white inlay around the Redwood?
Ben what do you do with all of the off cut wood ?
do you donate them to charity or a school!
The wood offcuts are used to make Crimson Tools. DC
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars cool
Oi...where's your glasses when you're bandsawing?
Interstitial - again! Crystalline time, indeed! Slipping through your fingers like sawdust from a bandsaw.
10:30 you have an intruder
Ben 2k 23: "not enough succ"
Do not use solder. Black veneer would be so much better.
I think the idea of solder is interesting - it's not done as often as veneer. But - they better make sure it's really well sealed 'cos metal allergies to many of the metals used in solder could make it a nightmare to play!
Who are the bandsaw people?
I feel attacked.
A younger Ben would have disappeared in a cloud of dust caused by a grinder. I like older Ben's carving style way more!
28:45 Woodworking people of the channel… a newbie question: shat who what now?
i suspect this word is French, and crafty. i am blind and have no chance of googling it.
Remarks?
This guitar is gonna neck dive so hard it does the ZZ Top spin
/sigh/ If only it was left-handed. Ah well.
Ahhh don’t copy a modern carve!!! The early 60s carve was so much nicer.
I absolutely agree, the modern carves are an insult to the original, and probably a deliberate move to make people buy custom shop SGs. Especially irksome on the '61 RI/standard models where the horns just look wrong.
I do not understand why you insist on doing things the hard way. It would have been simple to go ahead and cut the channel for the wiring before you glued the top on to the body with out any risk of drilling out somewhere you don't want a hole either the top, bottom or a side. It really annoys me.
The solder looks like some cheap crap u would see in a badly made chibson