I'm working on a headless at the moment, as it's also fretless , bridgeless and pupless...it may be more accurately described as a stick, but I'm working on it.
re: binding - as you are having to make it out of pieces anyway, could you incorporate fret dots into the binding? small pieces of fretboard material as square dots along it would hide the joints of the maple and use of smaller sections... Whatever you do, it would look gorgeous!
I have been watching your videos since you were originally working out of your shed and I swear you've had the same pencil and pen since then. I'm impressed.
In this video I'm going to eat a fried ham and egg sandwich, drink half a pot of coffee and watch this crazy guy with a tool fetish build a guitar. What a great way to spend a morning
In this video I'm going to cook food for the family, put washing in the tumble drier and watch this crazy guy with a tool fetish build a guitar. What a great way to spend the afternoon.
I love the fact that you wing it most of the time. I understand that you have final vision but the process of you getting there is brilliant. Your ideas seem to change throughout the build. But.... the end result has always been exceptional. Bravo sir,.
Hey Anthony, I have mixed feelings about this.. I think I would love to have the entire thing mapped out and then execute it to perfection.. then again that also seems rather boring in the abstract doesn't it? I think the most important thing to me is learning, and trying new things as I go.. anyway, thanks for your support! B
For the inlay, you could have also mounted it to a waste block and used your lathe with very sharp tools to create both edges of the ring perfectly round.
If you are going to make the binding out of multiple pieces of the burl, why not make the joints where the side fret markers would be , make the joints a 2mm gap filed with a contrasting wood like padauk? Just an thought. Love the vids.
A quick pause at 15:19 in the video, because it dawns on me, on another high-end build, the circle you just made, would be a beautiful "poker chip" on a guitar that called for one.
Don't think i've ever seen a headless Electro/accoustic might be a fun build Ben, But i really love that wood your using for the top and back it should look killer with a clear coat over it.
Thank you Ben, watching the series so far has given me the motivation to pick up my Crimson guitar tools and get building again! Still want to build a guitar alongside you as well! Beardy Ben ( Flakey)
Love this. Very good. Very entertaining. Very educational. Soothes the savage beast of Creativity. Much satisfaction in this series, keep up the great work.
Make a fretboard binding out of little strips of alternating colors, each strip as long as the distance between two frets. A sort of marquee pattern, I guess. That should look particularly interesting with the multi-scale thing.
To the Video Editor: you do a great job! I laughed so many times at the little editing details! Also Ben, I’ve been thinking about building something like this for a while so I’m excited to see the rest of your process before I build mine.
I'd love to see an organic, flowy looking headless guitar. That Riviera bridge you got looks fantastic. Also, 29:19 you should absolutely use those natural cutouts in the maple as sound-holes and make that matched leaf the top and the whole build semi-hollow. Incredible watching a master at work!
I am putting my thoughts to headless more and more often of late.. you will see something interesting coming down the pipeline very soon.. maybe headless with fanned frets and natural soundholes in the other pieces I have here? B
I've not got to the point where you choose where to get the 'ring' from the burl, but I'd use the space where the control cavity cover is, and also make a ring of the same size from the neck material, and a fresh control cavity cover from some of the other neck wood so that you have a congruence of tied materials.
Nice, beautiful maple for a kitchen? Yaahh. I love to cook and I love fine cabinetry such beautiful wood probably inspired and helped accentuate the create of some amazingly delicious meals. Perhaps one can only hope it's a kitchen for a Michelin chef. After a career of stainless stee and horrid drab kitchens such a marvelous kitchen would be uplifting.
Oh look, a squirrel! Ahh geez I LOVE your editor’s (still your sister Ben?) sense of humour. Sitting in a KFC restaurant in Brisbane watching this and absolutely laughed out loud at that; not the first time this has happened either thanks to her editing!
Perfect! Our job here is done. And She is still my sister.. and still my editor. We feel we are starting to hit our stride now and I am loving her work! B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Yes, I’ve been loving her work ever since I discovered your channel (something like 18 months ago). She really gives the channel a feel of drawing us viewers into being part of the ‘inner circle’ of your family and friends. That’s a special thing and I hope it never changes. Thank you both for giving me something to look forward to on my nights away from home with work (airline pilot) and for always putting a smile on my silly dial.
Aw Ben, why you gotta show me cool tools like that (ok, the little plane and the dividers...)? I have an old Spofford pattern brace, where the entire unit, including the split chuck to accept the bit, is forged from a single piece of steel. The rosewood knob is attached with a ring on the bottom, and the side handle is 2 pieces of rosewood held together with pewter rings. Love that stuff!!
I was working on some smaller circle inlays on my latest build more similar to the Raw Series. I found using various diameters of brass tube, chopped down and sharpened, worked as a decent replacement to a multi tool for getting fairly regular shaped circles. I’m not sure what crimson uses to drill those smaller circle inlays on your production guitars but it was a decent option in case you wanted to build another tool for yourself.
Hello, Ben, thank you for such an interesting content! I think the circles would be easier to make on a lathe. Tighten the circles to the piece of plywood or something with a bolt and put it in a chuck. Shape the outside and then with the parting tool the inside diameter. I am making jewelry from wood and resin and that is the way i am making round earrings.
“Nebula,” should be a trademark shape for crimson. Or at least a kit. That would be awesome. I would definitely buy a nebula kit from crimson custom guitars.
I am very tempted to add it to the new production series we are working on.. in fact I hope that you will be very impressed with what we have planned for our guitars.. Kits now.. that is another thought! B
Ooft Ben that circle is nice... I'd love it if you could add the rest of the inlay markers with much smaller peices... 3rd 5th 7th fret markers. It occurred to me the other day the importance of atleast side dot inlays, it's a sutble importance that we overlook, until we actually are playing it 😅 Looking great though👍 Some abalone or gemstone inlays might add a something new and different 🤔 adding to that nebula planetary vibe
Well now, thanks for the tip.. I am rather surprised I hadn't seen those before. I think I have been a bit too focussed on my own work for the past few years. B
a thought for cutting smaller "perfect circles" use the masking tape and super glue trick to make a waste wood/ good wood/ waste wood turning blank, and turn it.
At the start, when you say ‘burn it’, it sounds like ‘Bernard’. My neighbour is called Bernard. Now I can’t stop hearing ’Bernard’ on every video. Long live Bernard!
Youll be pleased to know it was me who had said kitchen built and its still very much apart of the house 😄 Not really, just hoped it would make you feel better 🤭😏
Unfortunately I watched this video on monday and the isotunes offer had already ended. However I ordered a set of pro 1 for 55 pounds including shipping to Finland. It took less than two days and they were delivered to my door. In Finland! I already giftwrapped them and put the packet (with my own name) under a christmas tree :)
That's a nice trick, Ben... Spin it like a record... Could you not have done that in the lathe? I thought that's what you were going to do once you drilled the center. Lathe, and really fine sandpaper.
Lathe would work but I wanted something a bit more budget friendly this time.. I have a guitar in mind with multiple circles inlaid and that will be cnc or lathe for sure. B
As always an amazing video, Ben 😁 Honestly the original Nebula is one of my favourite guitars you've ever built so 2.0 greatly excites me 😁 now that you've released the new finish products I don't suppose you could do a video on them even if it is on the extras channel? Especially excited about the rub on lacquer 😁 I have a tin of Northwest Guitars rub on stuff on my desk that I think I will need to renconsider using with this new development. Sorry NW Guitars 😅 ~Steven
I'm still pining for that awesome hole in the first planned bookmatched pair to be a soundhole in a guitar somewhere... it looks to cool no to be used that way
Shaper Origin is a perfect tool for cutting a perfect circle (and for cutting the inlay pocket, for that matter). No jig necessary and no center hole. Just lay out some tape and push the tool around, letting it do what it does. Kind of a spendy solution for a limited problem, but I have no doubt that you'd find plenty of really interesting uses for one at Crimson. Besides, I bet you have enough subscribers to get one for free if you just ask nicely. It seems like half the woodworking youtubers suddenly had shaper origin videos not too long ago and all around the same time...
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars It certainly makes inlays very easy and very accurate, though it wouldn't work on a radiused fretboard, so maybe of limited use for you. Everything else it does you can easily do on a full CNC, and the CNC would be faster. But if you want CNC capabilities at your home workshop, it is an excellent space saver. With the exception of the occasional inlay, I use mine exclusively for cutting out router templates and it works phenomenally well and doesn't occupy any space at all. And there is no real limit to template size. If I upgrade to a full CNC, it'll be sold, though. Price point is too high to keep it around for the small benefit it would provide over a CNC.
You do alot of oil finishes. You should check out crystalac brite tone. Low Voc, non toxic , not flammable, high solids content. Something you could use in your home shop without fear of health risk. I use it in my garage with a tent setup. I spray it, so I use a mask. It's good stuff.
I would normally agree, but with such fine tolerances, and more to the point, delicate blades I prefer to hear exactly what is going on.. with all other machines etc you would be, of course, listened to and obeyed. B
Kiesel's Zeus Acoustic is a headless A/E; not a ton of air to get moved because it's tiny and designed more for the plugged-in sound than anything, but it works pretty well from what I hear. Definitely more on the E side of A/E, but it's there. Might need something like the ABM hardware that has a separate bridge and tailpiece with tuners, and put the tailpiece on the bottom support for the sides so you're not weighing down the top too much. . . . archtop acoustic headless, anyone?
I'm working on a headless at the moment, as it's also fretless , bridgeless and pupless...it may be more accurately described as a stick, but I'm working on it.
Comedy gold
Those student instruments look amazing. Hopefully we can get back to the "What's on the Bench" series so they can be showcased again.
Beautiful woods, lovely tools (the tiny plane & spokeshave are just fantastic!), precision woodworking and a squirrel- who could ask for more?
coffee.. more coffee but other than that I agree :) B
Oooooh man, that ring-inlay! The one ring to rule them all... This guitar deserves an elvish name!
Ben is really engaging to watch. His enthusiasm for the craft and art of building any guitar is just infectious
That inlay is a masterpiece! It's tiny details like this that make the difference between a good piece of work and a great piece of work.
Watching you make a headless guitar will be funzies!
The attention to detail on every project, is outstanding. I've learned so much from watching all your videos.
Love the squirrel digression!
me too, Talitha is having fun! B
Forged in one piece INCLUDING the spring? Now that is a How it's Made episode I NEED to see.
We love you too, Ben. This guitar is coming together rather nicely. It is a shame that I have to wait another week for the next episode...
re: binding - as you are having to make it out of pieces anyway, could you incorporate fret dots into the binding? small pieces of fretboard material as square dots along it would hide the joints of the maple and use of smaller sections...
Whatever you do, it would look gorgeous!
I have been watching your videos since you were originally working out of your shed and I swear you've had the same pencil and pen since then. I'm impressed.
In this video I'm going to eat a fried ham and egg sandwich, drink half a pot of coffee and watch this crazy guy with a tool fetish build a guitar.
What a great way to spend a morning
In this video I'm going to cook food for the family, put washing in the tumble drier and watch this crazy guy with a tool fetish build a guitar.
What a great way to spend the afternoon.
I love the fact that you wing it most of the time. I understand that you have final vision but the process of you getting there is brilliant. Your ideas seem to change throughout the build. But.... the end result has always been exceptional. Bravo sir,.
Hey Anthony, I have mixed feelings about this.. I think I would love to have the entire thing mapped out and then execute it to perfection.. then again that also seems rather boring in the abstract doesn't it? I think the most important thing to me is learning, and trying new things as I go.. anyway, thanks for your support! B
For the inlay, you could have also mounted it to a waste block and used your lathe with very sharp tools to create both edges of the ring perfectly round.
I am completely chuffed by the quality of work per usual Ben !
Thank you Andy.. I'm enjoying this one very much indeed. B
That “YES” from the editor… 😂
Enjoying this build. I’m extremely happy with this format. Reminds me of the older videos. Why l subscribed.
That ring inlay is absolutely perfect, great work
Thank you very much! B
The template should be named “Less Paul”.
More paul?
Average Paul
Had a 3 / way switch ring engraved LES / MORE
less paul than paul
had enough of paul
This Nebula guitar is going to be so fantastically beautiful !!! I love the circle inlay tremendously !! Impatiently waiting for the next episode !!!
Me too Mike, me too! B
Putting the “Subscribe” on the strait edge was brilliant
Thank you.. Talitha is having such fun with the edits these days. B
Does she watch This Old Tony? :)
That neck inlay looks superb!
What's up with that squirrel? Haha, I had to rewind to make sure I saw that right. Funny!
Talitha (the editor) having fun! B
Greetings from Greece! Enjoy the Hols! Miss the UK, hope to visit soon!
As usual, some amazing work... and was particularly enjoying the return of the squirrel during the sanding section! (16:55)
Beautiful work Ben!
If you are going to make the binding out of multiple pieces of the burl, why not make the joints where the side fret markers would be , make the joints a 2mm gap filed with a contrasting wood like padauk? Just an thought. Love the vids.
A quick pause at 15:19 in the video, because it dawns on me, on another high-end build, the circle you just made, would be a beautiful "poker chip" on a guitar that called for one.
A semi precious stone inlaid right in the center of that inlay would make it look like an interesting planet!
The black fanned fret 8-string does things to my body.
well.. me too! We hired the builder!! B
You’re a man after my own heart Ben
Don't think i've ever seen a headless Electro/accoustic might be a fun build Ben, But i really love that wood your using for the top and back it should look killer with a clear coat over it.
wow that burl maple is stunning
Isn't it just? I hope I do it justice with this build. B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars you will
I love everything ben does. I would have came across the pond by now for a class or two if it weren't for this coronacrap.
Inlay is very beautiful Ben!
Thank you Ben, watching the series so far has given me the motivation to pick up my Crimson guitar tools and get building again! Still want to build a guitar alongside you as well! Beardy Ben ( Flakey)
Hello Flakey :) I'll look forward to seeing what you come up with. B
Love this. Very good. Very entertaining. Very educational. Soothes the savage beast of Creativity. Much satisfaction in this series, keep up the great work.
Thank you John, I certainly will! B
Make a fretboard binding out of little strips of alternating colors, each strip as long as the distance between two frets. A sort of marquee pattern, I guess. That should look particularly interesting with the multi-scale thing.
To the Video Editor: you do a great job! I laughed so many times at the little editing details! Also Ben, I’ve been thinking about building something like this for a while so I’m excited to see the rest of your process before I build mine.
Always admired Bens watch collection. Listens to Hodinkee radio....nice
I'm intrigued! More, please. :)
You are right, Ben. It is looking very good.
Thanks! Let's see how next week goes. B
4:45 Kiesel Zeus acoustic is a headless acoustic with a real sound hole
I'd love to see an organic, flowy looking headless guitar. That Riviera bridge you got looks fantastic. Also, 29:19 you should absolutely use those natural cutouts in the maple as sound-holes and make that matched leaf the top and the whole build semi-hollow. Incredible watching a master at work!
I am putting my thoughts to headless more and more often of late.. you will see something interesting coming down the pipeline very soon.. maybe headless with fanned frets and natural soundholes in the other pieces I have here? B
Don't look now, Ben, but I think there might be a squirrel in your tool rack!
I've not got to the point where you choose where to get the 'ring' from the burl, but I'd use the space where the control cavity cover is, and also make a ring of the same size from the neck material, and a fresh control cavity cover from some of the other neck wood so that you have a congruence of tied materials.
Nice, beautiful maple for a kitchen? Yaahh. I love to cook and I love fine cabinetry such beautiful wood probably inspired and helped accentuate the create of some amazingly delicious meals. Perhaps one can only hope it's a kitchen for a Michelin chef. After a career of stainless stee and horrid drab kitchens such a marvelous kitchen would be uplifting.
Oh look, a squirrel! Ahh geez I LOVE your editor’s (still your sister Ben?) sense of humour. Sitting in a KFC restaurant in Brisbane watching this and absolutely laughed out loud at that; not the first time this has happened either thanks to her editing!
Perfect! Our job here is done. And She is still my sister.. and still my editor. We feel we are starting to hit our stride now and I am loving her work! B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Yes, I’ve been loving her work ever since I discovered your channel (something like 18 months ago). She really gives the channel a feel of drawing us viewers into being part of the ‘inner circle’ of your family and friends. That’s a special thing and I hope it never changes. Thank you both for giving me something to look forward to on my nights away from home with work (airline pilot) and for always putting a smile on my silly dial.
I would only be happier with it if I were able to do such fine work myself.
Aw Ben, why you gotta show me cool tools like that (ok, the little plane and the dividers...)? I have an old Spofford pattern brace, where the entire unit, including the split chuck to accept the bit, is forged from a single piece of steel. The rosewood knob is attached with a ring on the bottom, and the side handle is 2 pieces of rosewood held together with pewter rings. Love that stuff!!
If I had that workshop I would never leave home
Yeah.. that is what I am working towards tbh. I would love to go full recluse if I could B
I think every time you use music, you should use Flirtin With Disaster by Molly Hatchet
I was working on some smaller circle inlays on my latest build more similar to the Raw Series. I found using various diameters of brass tube, chopped down and sharpened, worked as a decent replacement to a multi tool for getting fairly regular shaped circles. I’m not sure what crimson uses to drill those smaller circle inlays on your production guitars but it was a decent option in case you wanted to build another tool for yourself.
You definitely have a evil genius look with the hand curl when you look and successfully book match beautiful timbers
Hello, Ben, thank you for such an interesting content! I think the circles would be easier to make on a lathe. Tighten the circles to the piece of plywood or something with a bolt and put it in a chuck. Shape the outside and then with the parting tool the inside diameter. I am making jewelry from wood and resin and that is the way i am making round earrings.
Who else thinks Vintage Tool Shop is just a front for Ben's tool collecting?
I’m pretty sure Ben agrees with you. I have yet to figure out the trick of making my hobbies a business so I can keep acquiring guilt free.
yes!! And I am sitting here trying to figure out how to do it again but with watches now :) B
you have me! B
Ben, if want a partner in the watch venture, let me know!
“Nebula,” should be a trademark shape for crimson. Or at least a kit. That would be awesome. I would definitely buy a nebula kit from crimson custom guitars.
I am very tempted to add it to the new production series we are working on.. in fact I hope that you will be very impressed with what we have planned for our guitars.. Kits now.. that is another thought! B
I saw a squirrel at 16:55!
Ooft Ben that circle is nice...
I'd love it if you could add the rest of the inlay markers with much smaller peices...
3rd 5th 7th fret markers.
It occurred to me the other day the importance of atleast side dot inlays, it's a sutble importance that we overlook, until we actually are playing it 😅
Looking great though👍
Some abalone or gemstone inlays might add a something new and different 🤔 adding to that nebula planetary vibe
Kiesel makes lots of headless acoustic electrics. I’ve been eyeing one for a while
Well now, thanks for the tip.. I am rather surprised I hadn't seen those before. I think I have been a bit too focussed on my own work for the past few years. B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Nothing wrong with focusing on your own stuff. As long as yours looks different or maybe improves on something I say go for it.
a thought for cutting smaller "perfect circles" use the masking tape and super glue trick to make a waste wood/ good wood/ waste wood turning blank, and turn it.
The lathe was my first thought but not enough people have access to one so I wanted to do something a bit simpler this time.. B
Lol we always have moments like that, the difference is the finishing of all before awesome neck shape .
Totally! B
At the start, when you say ‘burn it’, it sounds like ‘Bernard’. My neighbour is called Bernard. Now I can’t stop hearing ’Bernard’ on every video. Long live Bernard!
I'm going to start saying Bernard from now on instead of Burnt It just to confuse matters further. B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Yes!!! We need more Bernard in our lives 😂😂😂
Ben, you’re friggin awesome!
Youll be pleased to know it was me who had said kitchen built and its still very much apart of the house 😄
Not really, just hoped it would make you feel better 🤭😏
As it happens, you are the thing I'm listening to that is completely unrelated to what I'm doing
The squirrel appeared when you were talking about dividers!
Talitha is having such fun with the editing.. I love it! B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars nothing like a little hidden gem to make sure viewers are paying attention! 🤣
Love the videos, always have. Only negative is the flashing transition. Bothers me somewhat.
I'll admonish Talitha soundly.. or, um.. will quietly mention it then duck ;) B
Hi Ben.
I don't know what you've been smoking today, but that's NOTHING like A Perfect Circle's logo! ;)
8:58 I actually bowed my head.
as is only right and just. B
I'm loving the build so far I can't wait for the next video 😁✌
Thank you! 😁 B
Unfortunately I watched this video on monday and the isotunes offer had already ended. However I ordered a set of pro 1 for 55 pounds including shipping to Finland. It took less than two days and they were delivered to my door. In Finland! I already giftwrapped them and put the packet (with my own name) under a christmas tree :)
Excellent experience!
That's a nice trick, Ben... Spin it like a record... Could you not have done that in the lathe? I thought that's what you were going to do once you drilled the center. Lathe, and really fine sandpaper.
Lathe would work but I wanted something a bit more budget friendly this time.. I have a guitar in mind with multiple circles inlaid and that will be cnc or lathe for sure. B
I dig those shoes.
If only I had the cash to splash on a custom Nebula. Or a 3 month course to build my own. A man can dream...
I would love to help you with either option.. drop us an email, I'm sure something could be arranged! B
As always an amazing video, Ben 😁 Honestly the original Nebula is one of my favourite guitars you've ever built so 2.0 greatly excites me 😁 now that you've released the new finish products I don't suppose you could do a video on them even if it is on the extras channel? Especially excited about the rub on lacquer 😁 I have a tin of Northwest Guitars rub on stuff on my desk that I think I will need to renconsider using with this new development. Sorry NW Guitars 😅 ~Steven
Digression squirrel at 16:55! :)
Lordy, enough adverts this time for it to have been broadcast on Sky.
Still awe inspiring though to see a master craftsman at work.
Been refreshing the channel page for this video :D
I have a similar winged compass from 1944! Mine can't hold a pencil though..
The Video Editor is BRILLIANT!!! GREAT Sense of Humour!! (BTW, They need a Wage increase!)
P.S. No, I'm not (that I know of) a relative.
Cheers!
comment deleted before she saw it! .. or, well.. not ;) B
Ben a abalone inlay would look amazing down the feet board. I think I it would contrast very well
it would be quite subtle but very lovely. B
I love to tiny planes. Been debating getting some or making some myself.
I'm still pining for that awesome hole in the first planned bookmatched pair to be a soundhole in a guitar somewhere... it looks to cool no to be used that way
I agree, It would be a perfect addition to our raw series.. B
23:00 feel like that bit was for Dan. How many times did he glue his eye shut on the 3 month course? 2, 3 times?
I think it was a red squirrel. I haven't seen one in the wild for some time now.
For headless guitar inspiration. Look at any of Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult's Steinberger guitars.
Shaper Origin is a perfect tool for cutting a perfect circle (and for cutting the inlay pocket, for that matter). No jig necessary and no center hole. Just lay out some tape and push the tool around, letting it do what it does. Kind of a spendy solution for a limited problem, but I have no doubt that you'd find plenty of really interesting uses for one at Crimson. Besides, I bet you have enough subscribers to get one for free if you just ask nicely. It seems like half the woodworking youtubers suddenly had shaper origin videos not too long ago and all around the same time...
I was tempted to get one of these.. maybe I should get in touch.. it does look like fun! B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars It certainly makes inlays very easy and very accurate, though it wouldn't work on a radiused fretboard, so maybe of limited use for you. Everything else it does you can easily do on a full CNC, and the CNC would be faster. But if you want CNC capabilities at your home workshop, it is an excellent space saver. With the exception of the occasional inlay, I use mine exclusively for cutting out router templates and it works phenomenally well and doesn't occupy any space at all. And there is no real limit to template size. If I upgrade to a full CNC, it'll be sold, though. Price point is too high to keep it around for the small benefit it would provide over a CNC.
And so ends anther exciting episode of "Tool Envy".
My job here is done, let me introduce you to my friend www.vintagetoolshop.com ;) B
You are a giant among men, Ben.
fat then? :) B
You do alot of oil finishes. You should check out crystalac brite tone. Low Voc, non toxic , not flammable, high solids content. Something you could use in your home shop without fear of health risk. I use it in my garage with a tent setup. I spray it, so I use a mask. It's good stuff.
Also I'm not affiliated with them at all. It's just a great product.
If someone tore down that kitchen, I will cry until my tears form an ocean, which I will drown that someone in.
this is going to be another incredible guitar. I love it already
I appreciate the eye and breathing protection while using the rotary tool. NOW PUT YOUR ISOTUNES IN TO PROTECT YOUR HEARING. I have yelled.
I would normally agree, but with such fine tolerances, and more to the point, delicate blades I prefer to hear exactly what is going on.. with all other machines etc you would be, of course, listened to and obeyed. B
Awesome series
Yes I did. Kiesel is making KIESEL ZEUS HEADLESS ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC GUITAR
Amazing work on the inlay, absolutely terrifying to imagine my trying that 🤢
You can absolutely do it if you wanted to.. just practice a bit before you get to the final pieces! B
Kiesel's Zeus Acoustic is a headless A/E; not a ton of air to get moved because it's tiny and designed more for the plugged-in sound than anything, but it works pretty well from what I hear. Definitely more on the E side of A/E, but it's there. Might need something like the ABM hardware that has a separate bridge and tailpiece with tuners, and put the tailpiece on the bottom support for the sides so you're not weighing down the top too much.
. . . archtop acoustic headless, anyone?