That's some complicated work on just one piece of wood. My heart would be racing the whole time. Please, please please, don't screw up...! Really like the music to this one too. Sounded like something Buckethead could have put out.
Tim great video and build and finish...however the music and sounds of saws scraping grasping and sanding is PERFECT music video matching your talents in all areas. Your compositions are a pleasure to jam with. Nice ideas and production is all better and better and better...
thanks man! I haven't forgotten about your maple sides. I hope to get to it this week. I'm still experimenting with the kerf cut to make it work for you.
@@timswayTim i love the beautiful maple fan fret fretboard that you made and sent to me it is awesome. Take your time on those sides I won't be messing with that til summer...God willing. You said those were digital drum samples but did you play them.? Sounded good either way .
Thanks for a great video so relaxing on a Saturday night to Sunday morning. Best part were the trek guinea pigs, thanks for making the day, night, morning & the instrument is fantastic.
Hi 👋, I am new to your guitars work shop, that looks amazing, A great work of Art, It is something that I have already been interested in making and repairing Guitar 🎸, I can not play, I have tried, I have brought a few guitars and rebuilt them, with new electric, Seymour Duncan pick ups , when I was in my teens I could pay a bit, I was into Jimmy Page, Jimmy Hendrix, to name just a few, I am now in my 70s, I still have 6-7 electric guitars 🎸, that I have rebuilt, as peace’s of Art to hang on the wall, but when I listen to my music 🎶, CD Tapes and vinyl , through my recently rebuilt transmission line loudspeaker cabinets, they start to set up a residence, so they are now standing in my bedroom, it’s a good job that I live by myself. Great territorial, I look forward to another project , ever thought about putting resin in between the framework or the bodies of the guitars. PHIL FROM THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOULIN FRANCE, I AM English, living in France.
So cool that you've gotten into this niche. This may be my favorite pipa of yours yet. Love the flowing lines and the organic looking cutout. I love the look of mahogany, better than walnut IMHO. Thanks for sharing!
I’m imagining how difficult it would be to make that fretboard without a CNC router. The maker would have to be not only a luthier, but a master wood carver.
I think the carving would be fairly easy for a real wood carver who can do intricate shapes and stuff, but for a guy like me it would be a nightmare! Real pipas do it differently, with thin, tall bamboo 'frets' glued on the instrument and traditionally the first 7 are carved jade!
Well, it definitely "Made all the difference". LOL. I hope that one day I will push myself to the fretless neck through I want to build and then on to a Hurdy Gurdy. Definatly a nice job!!
What are your thoughts on using bamboo in Instrument building? It seems like it’s easy to regrow from a sustainability perspective though it can grow out of control if unchecked. From an extended range guitar players perspective I think seeing bamboo strips layered together would make a cool looking fretboard!
I've messed around with some bamboo floorboard and stuff. it's all engineered, of course. A little splintery but I think it would be viable. I might still have a piece of that flooring. If I do, I'll cut a fretboard from it to see how it looks :)
Hello Tim! How is my favourite irreverant Luthier doing? Beautiful Instrument great sound! Now we're talking! Congrats and thank you for sharing your experiences.
Timbro, you are THE most talented creative genius on TH-cam, it's a complete flummoxing mystery as to why you don't have a million subs!! I love everything you build and design, and one day I'll save enough shekels to buy an original instrument off you and it will be my most prized possession!! Did you use reverse snare drum in that recording? I dig it!! Take care bro, and say hi to the boy!! Jack ~'()'~
Too kind. There are a ot of reasons my channel isn't bigger, the main one is I put very little time in to growing my social media presence. It takes work to get big and I'd rather make things than chase SEOs and algorithms. All the viewers I have, for the most part, are like you who just sort of "found me." That makes this space a lot more pleasant, too, with fewer trolls and BS arguements in my chats to police. Sorry to say all the drums in this are digital, I just used real guitars and basses over loops.
@@timsway I really dig the music you write/play and production is awesome. The instruments are wicked cool as is the channel bro!! THE GREAT AND POWERFUL GAZOO HAS SPOKEN!! ') Jack ~'()'~
13th subscriber LIKE; 111K+ desktop looky-loo views. Your willingness to accept the challenge has resulted in probably some of your most-xlnt builds, in this viewer's opinion.
Hey Tim! Beautiful work! Is there a way one could try one of your electric pipas? My wife who is Chinese is in the market for an electric pipa and your work looks wonderful.
Hi Grant, Each one is made to order and to the customer's specifications, so I don't have any on hand to try out first, but if you want to discuss more, contact me via NewPerspectivesMusic.com
I really dig it! Oh, and the pipa looks great. Just a question about the pegs: any reason to plug the peg holes? I'm used to them sticking out on the other side.
@@johanneswerner1140 Simply put, I messed up! LOL. I made the headstock too wide and the slot too big and the reamer is for cellos so a different taper. I wasn't happy with the look and grip. It should protrude a little mostly for functionality - more wood to grip against and hold tension. closing the ends made it look better and gave me another surface to "grip" against.
Thanks! Just... When you refit the pegs down the line (clean up the peg box and reshape the pegs' taper) you will have to fiddle with the length of the pegs. I guess that's why they poke through on cellos, makes the job easier. I know that this is exactly not what motivates you 😁 (you rock!)
The microphonic one is a piezo under the bridge. I was toggling through to show the difference. The player will probably not use that one often, but it’s an option if she chooses.
Such a beautiful instrument. Not a fret job for the faint of heart...
I didn’t know what a Pipa was until I watched your video. What a cool hunk of Hog.
That's some complicated work on just one piece of wood. My heart would be racing the whole time.
Please, please please, don't screw up...!
Really like the music to this one too. Sounded like something Buckethead could have put out.
yes, it got a little stressful. lol. thanks!
Definitely your most beautiful pipa yet.
Every time I see that diresta bandsaw I think of Jimmy's pinky. Must be the best safety measure in your shop!
I think of it, too, every time I turn it on. When swimming with sharks, I want to keep my eye on the one that's tasted human flesh before. lol
Very organic...nothing out of place. Lovely build, Mr. Sway.
That thing has sustain for *days*. Very cool.
Wow! What a beautiful build.
What a beautiful piece!!! The wood tones look excellent together. A very cool instrument indeed!
Great stuff excellent fusion between old and new design and technology
Tim great video and build and finish...however the music and sounds of saws scraping grasping and sanding is PERFECT music video matching your talents in all areas.
Your compositions are a pleasure to jam with. Nice ideas and production is all better and better and better...
thanks man! I haven't forgotten about your maple sides. I hope to get to it this week. I'm still experimenting with the kerf cut to make it work for you.
@@timswayTim i love the beautiful maple fan fret fretboard that you made and sent to me it is awesome. Take your time on those sides I won't be messing with that til summer...God willing.
You said those were digital drum samples but did you play them.? Sounded good either way .
@@stevepethel6843 4 bar loops. A couple different ones I mixed and matched. I can't take any credit at all for the drum sounds :)
Kinda getting Atlansia vibes from this one. What an incredible looking instrument!
Thanks for a great video so relaxing on a Saturday night to Sunday morning.
Best part were the trek guinea pigs, thanks for making the day, night, morning & the instrument is fantastic.
If you follow GuineaPigTanks on TikTok or Instagram there is much more of that! My family pets are definitely more internet famous than me :)
I like the use of headless guitar tuners as the fine tuners. Not to mention the music. The rasping in time to the music wasn't lost on me :)
I just got lucky on that :)
Hi 👋, I am new to your guitars work shop, that looks amazing, A great work of Art, It is something that I have already been interested in making and repairing Guitar 🎸, I can not play, I have tried, I have brought a few guitars and rebuilt them, with new electric,
Seymour Duncan pick ups , when I was in my teens I could pay a bit, I was into Jimmy Page, Jimmy Hendrix, to name just a few, I am now in my 70s, I still have 6-7 electric guitars 🎸, that I have rebuilt, as peace’s of Art to hang on the wall, but when I listen to my music 🎶,
CD Tapes and vinyl , through my recently rebuilt transmission line loudspeaker cabinets, they start to set up a residence, so they are now standing in my bedroom, it’s a good job that I live by myself.
Great territorial, I look forward to another project , ever thought about putting resin in between the framework or the bodies of the guitars.
PHIL FROM THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOULIN FRANCE, I AM English, living in France.
Stunning! It ain't no pipa pig!
Excellent! I hope you sell one to every musician in the Pipas Republic of China.
punny...
I had no idea you make cases too! That's a gorgeous case, and an even more gorgeous instrument!
So cool that you've gotten into this niche. This may be my favorite pipa of yours yet. Love the flowing lines and the organic looking cutout. I love the look of mahogany, better than walnut IMHO. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful piece of work there!
I’m imagining how difficult it would be to make that fretboard without a CNC router. The maker would have to be not only a luthier, but a master wood carver.
I think the carving would be fairly easy for a real wood carver who can do intricate shapes and stuff, but for a guy like me it would be a nightmare! Real pipas do it differently, with thin, tall bamboo 'frets' glued on the instrument and traditionally the first 7 are carved jade!
Appreciate you Tim.
Wow...just wow.
Gorgeous!
that is gorgeous ..
Nice to see such different instrument, great job!
Great video. Gorgeous pipa, excellent fit and finish. Awesome case too! Mahalo for sharing! : )
Great job!
Being the electric pipa guy is a pretty cool deal! 🙂👍
I've been called worse :-p
Well, in polish it's not that great 😂
Well, it definitely "Made all the difference". LOL. I hope that one day I will push myself to the fretless neck through I want to build and then on to a Hurdy Gurdy. Definatly a nice job!!
Definitely. It's definitely. There wasn't anything defiant in this video, IMO
@@wesleywalker1682 Fixed it
Every instrument you take it to yet another level! Nice work.
A true craft.
Now that looks like an awesome instrument Tim. Terrific build my friend! 👍👍🎸🎸
What are your thoughts on using bamboo in Instrument building? It seems like it’s easy to regrow from a sustainability perspective though it can grow out of control if unchecked. From an extended range guitar players perspective I think seeing bamboo strips layered together would make a cool looking fretboard!
I've messed around with some bamboo floorboard and stuff. it's all engineered, of course. A little splintery but I think it would be viable. I might still have a piece of that flooring. If I do, I'll cut a fretboard from it to see how it looks :)
Hello Tim! How is my favourite irreverant Luthier doing? Beautiful Instrument great sound! Now we're talking! Congrats and thank you for sharing your experiences.
Irreverent as always :) be good, Pedro
Timbro, you are THE most talented creative genius on TH-cam, it's a complete flummoxing mystery as to why you don't have a million subs!! I love everything you build and design, and one day I'll save enough shekels to buy an original instrument off you and it will be my most prized possession!!
Did you use reverse snare drum in that recording? I dig it!!
Take care bro, and say hi to the boy!!
Jack ~'()'~
Too kind. There are a ot of reasons my channel isn't bigger, the main one is I put very little time in to growing my social media presence. It takes work to get big and I'd rather make things than chase SEOs and algorithms. All the viewers I have, for the most part, are like you who just sort of "found me." That makes this space a lot more pleasant, too, with fewer trolls and BS arguements in my chats to police. Sorry to say all the drums in this are digital, I just used real guitars and basses over loops.
@@timsway I really dig the music you write/play and production is awesome.
The instruments are wicked cool as is the channel bro!!
THE GREAT AND POWERFUL GAZOO HAS SPOKEN!! ')
Jack ~'()'~
Good variety of tones.Great job!
Traditionally a pipa is played with some really fancy nails. You should have done a manicure and went all out for this build.😊
lol
13th subscriber LIKE; 111K+ desktop looky-loo views. Your willingness to accept the challenge has resulted in probably some of your most-xlnt builds, in this viewer's opinion.
May as a lap guitar and sliding works better, very nice by the way!
Hey Tim! Beautiful work! Is there a way one could try one of your electric pipas? My wife who is Chinese is in the market for an electric pipa and your work looks wonderful.
Hi Grant,
Each one is made to order and to the customer's specifications, so I don't have any on hand to try out first, but if you want to discuss more, contact me via NewPerspectivesMusic.com
Nice Bass Tone√
Very interesting. There may be some good songs to come out of that.
Can I buy it?
this was a client commissioned build. You can contact me directly via newperspectivesmusic.com to discuss building one for you.
@@timsway Thanks, Tim. It was inspring to watch the build process, as well.
I will be in touch.
What is that intro song too the video? I like that chord progression. Awesome build too!
It’s all music I make for my videos
I really dig it!
Oh, and the pipa looks great. Just a question about the pegs: any reason to plug the peg holes? I'm used to them sticking out on the other side.
Oh, sorry, I need to clarify: as a western classically trained (well...) hobby musician. Looking at the peg box of violins.
@@johanneswerner1140 Simply put, I messed up! LOL. I made the headstock too wide and the slot too big and the reamer is for cellos so a different taper. I wasn't happy with the look and grip. It should protrude a little mostly for functionality - more wood to grip against and hold tension. closing the ends made it look better and gave me another surface to "grip" against.
Thanks!
Just... When you refit the pegs down the line (clean up the peg box and reshape the pegs' taper) you will have to fiddle with the length of the pegs. I guess that's why they poke through on cellos, makes the job easier. I know that this is exactly not what motivates you 😁 (you rock!)
Is the pickup supposed to be microphonic? Gorgeous work.
The microphonic one is a piezo under the bridge. I was toggling through to show the difference. The player will probably not use that one often, but it’s an option if she chooses.
Cool. Thanx. Nice instrument. Great shape
tim sway
Can you make a Sitar Version w/ the Buzzing bridge Saddles from EYB? I call it a Sitarpa (Sitar-Pipa) so you get "Chinese Meets Indian".
How can we keep in touch if we wanna have one built or work on a custom?
you can contact me via newperspectivesmusic.com to discuss. thanks.
I want a sitar😮
Very, very nice, GG 👏
Like deployed 👍
😎🎙🎸✅️
How do you spell the musicians name?
This is for a woman named Carol, but the woman I mentioned who I made the first one for is Jiaju Shen and her band is The Either
I want to know who needs this instrument except jiaju shen.
interesting, too bad you limit the range of the neck with such a shape
how do you figure it's limited?