Making a 'Floating Top' Guitar (Full Build)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2024
- Plans: sellfy.com/cranmer-guitars
For years now I've been obsessed with the relationship between the soundboard and the rest of the guitar. Most makers agree that the perimeter of the guitar top should be slightly thinner than the centre, allowing the top to vibrate more freely. This guitar build takes that idea to the next level by completely removing the perimeter, allowing the top to "float!" The resulting parlour sized instrument took me by surprise in terms of its loud volume, incredible sustain and natural reverb.
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9:31 I think 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' is my new favorite euphemism. Beautiful guitar, incredible woodworking, metalworking, and luthiering; bravo to you.
that's sure is one unique sound, amazing
This is extremely unique,& a very satisfying feet of engineering,technical skill,& the mind of a musician all mashed into one.You are extremely talented person. I've been a tech/luthier for 30 years and you're beyond me.
how would you recommend getting into the field as a highschooler? are there like summer internships or sum?
Fascinating. I love the process and the end result is stunning. Fabulous job.
I spend way too much time on here watching really talented people do their thing. Awesome!
I can look at this over and over the tallent you show is extraordinary! And look forward to seeing your future projects..
i feel like the unique sound the guitar makes is touching me internally
Neat idea, so satisfying to watch craftsmanship of this caliber
Absolute technical artistry.
Stunning
I think it sounds great! Thanks for sharing all those working and design details!
absolutely stunning
That is a wonderful work of art-thank you for the demo. Just when I think I have seen it all!
Love this! Brilliant idea, and a bit like my electric upright bass I'm making. It's so good to see experimental stuff, more power to you sir!
Wonderfull video,great job,thanks.The force must be with you.
I never saw a build like this. Very impressive and the sound is really good, very jazzy.
Here's another thing I thought I knew but learned I know little. Thank you!!
Thank you 😀👍🙏 You're an inspiring fellow and I really enjoy your sense of humour and passion to explore !
I am speechless... Not only top notch luthiery but precise metal graving to make custom parts... You are pioneer man.
That is absolutely incredible. Super unique tone as well. The sound reminds me of a steel string Spanish classical mixed with a biscuit cone resonator.
no words !!! thx for sharing this hypnotic build
wow, this is something else! gorgeous build, great vid!!
Thank you Isaac for the inspiration to do what I should actually be doing. My workshop still isn't finished but it is getting there slowly.
Fantastic. Well done
Dude, that is insane. And you sir, are insane as well. Nice job!
that guitar solo at 20 mins in is so so so f@#$ing good, a slice of heaven. keep up the amazing inovations my dude
This looks and sounds AMAZING.
I am dreaming about guitar building,I am looking for the guitar inovations,I have watched so,so many videos about that.
My friend,with no doubt this is the most inovative guitar build I ever watched.You are the best.Serious.You ideas are amazing.
Insanely clever and skilled, genius
Your work really stands out. Great vid man.
This is really great camera and editing work too 🙂
What a fantastic concept, and masterfully built. Thanks for sharing.
amazing looking build!
Beautiful work. Also, at 19:27, I can't believe I never thought of that trick for tracing a contour! brilliant!
Great experiment! Fascinating!
Multi-skilled engineer, craftsman, designer & talented player.
- A lot of prep-work went into coming up with this intricate HYBRID - Guanjo - half guitar / banjo
- Muito bem feito. Parabéns.
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It was a very interesting and captivating to watch , trying to figure out where this build was going .Good job ! You proved there is many ways to build a guitar .
I see qualities of a banjo, flat top and arch top guitar. I appreciate the design and skill required to make something like this, I really like the interior lattice work.
Tremendo proyecto de ingenieria! felicidades
A beautiful tone
Incredible, this is an art, congratulations ...
Perfect job 👍
holy crap the sound is unbelievable you sir must produce and sell these right now
Stunning!
Love the concept! Also excellent job on the bracing to avoid "Rapid unscheduled disassembly" 😂
found the KSP player.
Beautiful tone, I really want to see bass version, You must continue to make this kind of guitar as your brand because this new design works well and sounds beautifully.
I just realized that this sound like it could be a good gypsy jazz guitar.
Your video just blew my mind. What an interesting build and how It sounds! Your crafting skills make me envious but, most of all... The hammer of Thor. Man, nothing makes me more envious than that.😂
what a beautiful creation :) LOVE IT!
Bravo man ,so outside the the norm , gives us small builders the freedom to do what we want.
WOW; Amazing Design
Tensioning the top with cabling, or whatever, really creates some interesting tuning opportunities. This is stellar design and execution.
Thanks for sharing!
That or somehow making a stretched leather top like a banjo
Well what can anyone say but AWSESOME . Have a Merry Christmas and a happy New year...
Ingenious! Would love to test play it! Well done Sir!
Stunning - Can't say any more.
Absolutely insane.
Un trabajo hermoso, espero algún día tener una guitarra de esa calidad.
Wow! That's a really ingenious and extraordinarily guitar concept!! 100 of 100. God bless you!
PD: Your luthier skills are outstanding!
Now this is epic
That is definitely unique
Cool concept . i see this as a dobro resonator type guitar . higher nut and played with slide . great work !
Looks very interesting!
Very cool!
Beautiful
It's nice to see people pushing the boundaries.
To me, and I don't mean this disrespectfully, the guitar's construction is like a cross between a banjo and a dobro. Very intelligent build!
A nice experiment in guitar construction. The result is a nice sounding guitar and knowledge about how construction affects the sound of the instrument. Seems like a lot of work for little change.
You have amazing ideas skills patience creativity...
Wow! That’s an incredible amount of Work and a very unbelievable sound , Nice creation very Kool !!!’👍
So so creative..❤️
I thoroughly enjoyed your scientific explanations using ms paint !
Amazing
It was wonderful watching you do the build. Beautiful workmanship and a pleasure to see. The floating top has one precedent that I know of, done successfully for the same reasons you mention in terms of fuller sound. Classical guitar composer, teacher, and player Abel Carlevaro from Uruguay developed a classical guitar along (at least supericially) similar lines. Carlevaro was internationally famous, always playing with the guitar he designed (as did many of his students). He patented the design and had luthiers in Madrid, Manuel Contreras, build it. I've heard interviews with people who play it and they love it.
Maestro Carlevaro unfortunately left us in 2012 but he had many followers around the world and I'd bet a luthier as skilled as you are would find them very willing to talk to you about his theories on why he went rimless. Maybe they were for completely different reasons you did, but maybe similar, and no doubt the discussion would be interesting to all of you. Good luck, and again BEAUTIFUL guitar you built!
Here's Carlevaro himself playing 'Evocacion' one of his absolutely wonderful five "Preludios Americanos" -- beautiful modern pieces that are as much of an absolute pleasure to play as they are to hear. You can see his rimless guitar and man, can you hear it ROAR when he wants it to! th-cam.com/video/NUWAR6guSXM/w-d-xo.html
Here's his beautiful 'Scherzino'. th-cam.com/video/KQn8-g_4hjw/w-d-xo.html
A bit more on him and his guitar from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Carlevaro
very innovative!
Magnifique son, trop belle
Your videos and work are so precise with the intense sound tracks so when you hit the Thor cut I died. That's some good editing. lol
Hah! I'm glad someone finally noticed! The editing took forever
Dang, that thing is gonna be heavy!
brilliant
This was very interesting to watch! Love it. And I also enjoyed the little side jokes ;)
Mr Cranmer you are a nutcase or a genius or maybe both at once. This is an incredible innovation. As always your workmanship is stunning, but the inventiveness in this case is brilliant. Nice one.
That's a seriously BIG voice on that instrument
Lots of guys video guitar builds and lots are great...but this...this is a GAZILLION thumbs up. WOW!
Very nice.
I think it sounds great
Very very nice
Just watched vid again it is a sweet looking🧐 guitar and that sound is epic👍
Paul Reed Smith describes acoustic guitars as "a guitar with a sound cabinet attached". Banjos (drum head), resonators/dobros (speaker type cones), and your design all lead towards some sort of a speaker cab with a speaker driven not by magnet and coil, but by attaching the bridge of a guitar to it. but in the end, piezos or metal strings and magnetic pickups don't require the complex "sound cabinet" construction of acoustics, hollow bodies, and semi-hollow bodies. an EQ pedal at the front of the pedal chain can largely compensate for any minor tonal differences due to body construction and pickup type. building in a piezo beats mic'ing an acoustic and having to deal with feedback. Its also cheaper parts. So... building a body that works like a speaker cab only really matters for playing 100% unplugged - no mics - no nothing. So if you're ever going to use a mic or amp, you can just use a solid body and an EQ pedal. And the body no longer needs to be a "sound cabinet" shape. it just needs to hold the guitar together (IE connect the neck to the tailpiece), and place the neck where you want it (ergonomics). Places for controls and a jack help too .
damn, the beauty of the mind! Brilliance does not require explanation, it just is!
Holy shit, this is gold!
amazing
What a brave build. I hope Ken Parker gets to see this. You have his flair for innovation.
Just saw it!! Cool!!
@@kenparkerarchtoppery9440 My '95 Antique Gold Deluxe and my '98 Nitefly are two of my most prized possessions. They have given me countless hours of creative pleasure. Thank you so much for your vision, courage and craftsmanship.
It's a great design. a Pioneer!
is sound GREAT
Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing! :D
Great work.. ❤❤
Love from INDIA... ✌
Truly remarkable ... a bit metallic but overall rich and bright tone.
i cannot tell if you're a genius, a mad scientist or just crazy... Maybe a little of everything. That guitar is insane!!
perfect
That's incredible, I have never seen anything like this. Bad to the bone!!!!
You reminds me my broken guitar still sounds like a guitar with big holes on the top👍
Oh no, I was thinking about trying something like that but you've already made it real.
I guess I'm not the first inventor :D