Awesome documentary! I really enjoyed it, thank you!!! From factories all the way up to the individual boutique Master Luthiers, we truly are living in the golden age of lutherie. There are SO many great builders out there now, using various philosophies, from old-school traditional craftsmanship, and then there's other luthiers with so many innovations................... it's mind boggling. While I've always admired Master Luthiers like Danny Davis, Robin Boucher, and Bob Thompson ( just to name a few ), I also appreciate the fact that there are quite a few companies who are now making incredible factory made guitars, using the best tonewoods to produce guitars that are actually as good if not better than the big name factories ( such as Martin and Taylor ).................at a fraction of the price. While they aren't quite as good as the masterpieces coming from the boutique builders, they are very consistent with a level of quality that virtually any guitarist would be pleased with. The boutique instruments are very expensive, and they SHOULD be. But the good news today, is the fact ya no longer have to be rich or take out a 2nd mortgage on the house in order to own & play an outstanding guitar........or even several. We've come a long way for sure, and the current state of the guitar industry has resulted in a win/win situation for every budget.
Simply wonderful! Thanks for sharing your work. As I am a beginner woodworker I started to build my first electrical guitar. My goal is to build my own western guitar before I die. Your video will be on my watch-once-in-a-while-list! Your guitar looks great and even sounds greater! The sound of the background music is exactly the sound I am looking for. I don't think I will even get anywhere near to that sound, but I will try!
Many thanks for showing your tricks of the trade which eye opening me , a guitar player for over 50 years . Greetings from America 's Finest City : San Diego , California . .
Very nice vid, Your explanation of wood was great, I have been a custom furniture builder for 35yrs, I started to get into Lutherie about 3yrs ago I have always loved guitars & worked on them since the late 1980s. I took the last 2yrs researching , reading & taking online guitar building courses. I just finished building 2 parlor sized guitars for my sons. They came out ok, a lot of mistakes with finish but the guitars sound amazing__ Thanks for this vid, Cheers👍👍🇺🇸🎸🎹🎼👨🏻🦯👨🏻🦯
This video was awesome from start to finish. Gentle and informative narration, excellent craftsmanship, even down to the camera work and editing. And to spring it on us at the end, that we'd been listening to that very guitar the whole time, incredible. Thanks guys
As a Morrison’s customer I can say that Mitchell and his dad are great. Their shop in Rockwall is great. Anytime my wife drags me out shopping, I sweet talk her into dropping me at Morrison’s and picking me up later. Mitchell set up my Strat and my Alvarez-Yairi and did a great job.
I so admire your skill and know how and above all your patience. The video production and subtitle guitar background was really mesmerizing. You’re a true artist. Bravo
Very, very impressive!!! Not only is the guitar beautiful in appearance and sound, but the JIGS are equally as impressive. Good job, Uncle Mitchell!! JKM
A very beautiful guitar and a superb balanced tone. I was particularly pleased to see you do not glue your frets in, which seems to be a modern trend, Great video, great craftsmanship !!!!!!!
I’d love to one day build a guitar. This was my dream job when I was fifteen, almost got in a lutherie school too, but I was too young. Haven’t worked wood in a very long time, but one day, I hope I get to explore that again
I have made about 12 guitars, some electric and the others acoustic. I got old pianos for free and used the Sitka spruce out of the soundboard for tops and other woods from the piano for back and sides. Being in NZ the cost of shipping quality guitar wood here is prohibitive. I realised after quite a few acoustic builds you need a strong wood like Mahogany etc for the sides and backs so the guitar has good structural integrity as that contributes not only to the sound quality but it’s ability to stop creep when the guitar distorts under string tension. I made a jig to work out the neck angle and the alignment to the centreline of the top. I ended up making a screw on neck which could be easily removed if it needed a neck reset if the action got too high. I found the most challenging job was cutting an accurate binding channel especially with the radiuses built into the top and back. I know from experience it is a very time consuming job but interesting going through all the stages one by one. It’s not till you string it up and hit those first chords whether it sounds really good or average. I just specialise in repairs and setups mostly now and have fitted many fishman pre sys to guitars which people seem happy with. It looks like you put a lot of care and attention to your guitar builds so well done as the guitar factories have tooling for every step of the way nowadays.🤗🤗🤗
Great video, I enjoyed watching every single step. Beautiful woods, design and finish. I like the great attention to detail. I didn't actually notice that you were not using a mask when spraying but I would think about doing so in the future; a friend of mine with a body shop did a lot of that type of thing and wound up very sick, at a fairly young age so take care of yourself first man. Hope to order one someday. God bless.
Choosing the right tune for the acoustic guitar is highly subjective, but your masterpiece guitar sounds objective and awesome. I wish I have one someday.
Fantastic video, congrat from Toronto. I am Venezuelan, I can guarantee that Rosewood from Venezuela is exactly the same from Brasil. "Amazon Rosewood" is a very smart move... All the best. I hope I can play one of this piece of art.
Wow, you guys make incredible results with some really basic tools! Your jigs really give hints to your skill and craftsmanship. I love the air filter mounted under the bench!
Beautiful Guitar !!! I wish you the well deserved success that you have created with passion. Congratulations and many greetings from Italy. Subscribed: Renzo *
Nice build ! I am about to attempt building a guitar with a 100% Ipe back and sides. Nasty to work with but beautiful and supposedly rings like a bell. It's on the list of the top 10 hardest woods in the world and is extremely tonal.
I can’t tell you how bad I want this as a job. I’m slowly getting into building guitars after years of woodworking experience but dang this is like my dream job
@morrisonguitarshop8937 it sounds very pretty! Thanks for the lesson. I'm trying to learn more about various guitar builds. My husband plays but I just listen. How many generations are there in your business? What are the different tone woods you use?
What amazing work. You are a true craftsman! My question is on average, how long does it take to make a guitar and secondly, where/how did you learn such craftsmanship? Thank you for adding beauty in a world that really needs it.
Wonderful methods ,nice explaining. As a 50 year woodworker and luthier,I urge you to use PPE. Now at 70, I’m realizing health issues because I did not extract dust. I know for a video you can’t use PPE . Just sayin. Cheers👍👍
Certain parts of the video you can see we are wearing masks if we're kicking up enough dust. What you can't see in the video is our high powered exhaust fan in the spray booth... it is good to wear a respirator (which we do), and even better to have the booth door shut! But, when you're making a build video, you have to get the shot somehow... In a world infested with COVID, we're not too worried about shooting lacquer with no mask just once. ;) Thanks!
@@micksguitarsarecool A mil, in the US, is equal to one thousandth of an inch. It's also called a thou. I think the idea behind using term mil comes from the latin mille, but it ends up being a very poor choice because it's easily confused with the colloquialism for mm.
We no longer build our guitars in house; we contract out our designs for both the guitars and the pickups. For more information on why we do that please check out our other videos. Thanks for watching!
Awesome documentary! I really enjoyed it, thank you!!! From factories all the way up to the individual boutique Master Luthiers, we truly are living in the golden age of lutherie. There are SO many great builders out there now, using various philosophies, from old-school traditional craftsmanship, and then there's other luthiers with so many innovations................... it's mind boggling. While I've always admired Master Luthiers like Danny Davis, Robin Boucher, and Bob Thompson ( just to name a few ), I also appreciate the fact that there are quite a few companies who are now making incredible factory made guitars, using the best tonewoods to produce guitars that are actually as good if not better than the big name factories ( such as Martin and Taylor ).................at a fraction of the price. While they aren't quite as good as the masterpieces coming from the boutique builders, they are very consistent with a level of quality that virtually any guitarist would be pleased with. The boutique instruments are very expensive, and they SHOULD be. But the good news today, is the fact ya no longer have to be rich or take out a 2nd mortgage on the house in order to own & play an outstanding guitar........or even several. We've come a long way for sure, and the current state of the guitar industry has resulted in a win/win situation for every budget.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the process of how you build your guitars. Thank you for sharing.
Wow! That sounds so open for a new instrument. Nice crisp balance too. Beautiful looking guitar. Nice work sir.
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Simply wonderful! Thanks for sharing your work. As I am a beginner woodworker I started to build my first electrical guitar. My goal is to build my own western guitar before I die. Your video will be on my watch-once-in-a-while-list! Your guitar looks great and even sounds greater! The sound of the background music is exactly the sound I am looking for. I don't think I will even get anywhere near to that sound, but I will try!
Many thanks for showing your tricks of the trade
which eye opening me , a guitar player for over 50 years .
Greetings from America 's Finest City : San Diego , California .
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Very nice vid, Your explanation of wood was great, I have been a custom furniture builder for 35yrs, I started to get into Lutherie about 3yrs ago I have always loved guitars & worked on them since the late 1980s. I took the last 2yrs researching , reading & taking online guitar building courses. I just finished building 2 parlor sized guitars for my sons. They came out ok, a lot of mistakes with finish but the guitars sound amazing__ Thanks for this vid, Cheers👍👍🇺🇸🎸🎹🎼👨🏻🦯👨🏻🦯
This video was awesome from start to finish. Gentle and informative narration, excellent craftsmanship, even down to the camera work and editing. And to spring it on us at the end, that we'd been listening to that very guitar the whole time, incredible. Thanks guys
As a Morrison’s customer I can say that Mitchell and his dad are great. Their shop in Rockwall is great. Anytime my wife drags me out shopping, I sweet talk her into dropping me at Morrison’s and picking me up later. Mitchell set up my Strat and my Alvarez-Yairi and did a great job.
Thanks Jeff, we sincerely appreciate you comment and thank you for shopping at Morrison Guitar Shop! Come see us!
Thank you for your continued support, Jeff!
You have captured the Spirit of Acoustic Guitars! Congratulations on all that you do. This is a great!!
Thank you, Stephen! We are glad you enjoyed the video. Please feel free to share it with other guitar enthusiasts!
I so admire your skill and know how and above all your patience. The video production and subtitle guitar background was really mesmerizing. You’re a true artist. Bravo
Beautiful sound to that guitar. Been playing for many years .one of the best I have ever heard!!!
i just got mine :)
Very, very impressive!!! Not only is the guitar beautiful in appearance and sound, but the JIGS are equally as impressive. Good job, Uncle Mitchell!! JKM
Thank you very much!
Beautiful work and an excellent record of the build process. Many thanks for doing this!
A very beautiful guitar and a superb balanced tone. I was particularly pleased to see you do not glue your frets in, which seems to be a modern trend, Great video, great craftsmanship !!!!!!!
Thanks for tuning in, David! We try to keep to many of the old ways. Take care!
I like how you explained using the woods linear strength and controlling its lateral flexibility with braces to achieve and affect tone!
It helps to know! Thanks for tuning in!
What a dream to have a hand crafted guitar! Just amazing and beautiful. Your work is amazing.
What a absolutely beautiful guitar & beautiful sounding guitar...
Awesome video young man! You are quite the craftsman. I'm in admiration.
What an awesome walk through, guitar sounds tops.
Thank you building guitar your show
Really terrific guitars, process and knowledge. I would like to own one someday. Your pickup sounds terrific too.
Fantastic video all around!!! Thanks for the great explanation of the process.
Our pleasure!
I’d love to one day build a guitar. This was my dream job when I was fifteen, almost got in a lutherie school too, but I was too young. Haven’t worked wood in a very long time, but one day, I hope I get to explore that again
whew!i can watch this over and over....
Great video man! Thanks for showing your process.
You bet. Thanks for watching!
I have made about 12 guitars, some electric and the others acoustic. I got old pianos for free and used the Sitka spruce out of the soundboard for tops and other woods from the piano for back and sides. Being in NZ the cost of shipping quality guitar wood here is prohibitive.
I realised after quite a few acoustic builds you need a strong wood like Mahogany etc for the sides and backs so the guitar has good structural integrity as that contributes not only to the sound quality but it’s ability to stop creep when the guitar distorts under string tension. I made a jig to work out the neck angle and the alignment to the centreline of the top. I ended up making a screw on neck which could be easily removed if it needed a neck reset if the action got too high. I found the most challenging job was cutting an accurate binding channel especially with the radiuses built into the top and back. I know from experience it is a very time consuming job but interesting going through all the stages one by one. It’s not till you string it up and hit those first chords whether it sounds really good or average. I just specialise in repairs and setups mostly now and have fitted many fishman pre sys to guitars which people seem happy with.
It looks like you put a lot of care and attention to your guitar builds so well done as the guitar factories have tooling for every step of the way nowadays.🤗🤗🤗
"See what happens" I love that line. Well done
Thanks for tuning in!
Great video, I enjoyed watching every single step. Beautiful woods, design and finish. I like the great attention to detail. I didn't actually notice that you were not using a mask when spraying but I would think about doing so in the future; a friend of mine with a body shop did a lot of that type of thing and wound up very sick, at a fairly young age so take care of yourself first man. Hope to order one someday. God bless.
Absolutely beautiful!!
Choosing the right tune for the acoustic guitar is highly subjective, but your masterpiece guitar sounds objective and awesome. I wish I have one someday.
Fantastic video, congrat from Toronto. I am Venezuelan, I can guarantee that Rosewood from Venezuela is exactly the same from Brasil. "Amazon Rosewood" is a very smart move... All the best. I hope I can play one of this piece of art.
Thank you, Manuel for that insight. We've enjoyed working with this particular rosewood... superb sound and beyond beautiful! Take Care!
fantastic work and video! thank you
Beautiful work.
so beautiful, thank you
Wow, you guys make incredible results with some really basic tools! Your jigs really give hints to your skill and craftsmanship. I love the air filter mounted under the bench!
Ė apaixonante !
Great job! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to future videos.
LOVE YOUR WORK
Beautiful thank you sir!
Beautiful Guitar !!! I wish you the well deserved success that you have created with passion. Congratulations and many greetings from Italy. Subscribed:
Renzo *
Nice build !
I am about to attempt building a guitar with a 100% Ipe back and sides.
Nasty to work with but beautiful and supposedly rings like a bell. It's on the list of the top 10 hardest woods in the world and is extremely tonal.
As a woodwork the safety jig you have with your bandsaw with those wheels...I need to make one of those
Wow sound really good
Amazing video!
Thanks for tuning in!
i wish a gift of one your guitar it really sounds great and pretty too
Nice shop, having jigs is excellent in keeping consistently accuracy. Do you have a catalog?
I like detailing your proses man
I can’t tell you how bad I want this as a job. I’m slowly getting into building guitars after years of woodworking experience but dang this is like my dream job
Same here!!! Always picked and wanted to get into building. Figured I’d start with one of those Martin kits and hopefully get a taste
@@blakesmith5772 I built a tele kit so I’m starting down the electric road but I wanna get into acoustic more just because the delicate work it takes
Great job man. Brazilian regards.
Thanks for tuning in, Mauricio! Take Care!
Hello I’m from Venezuela 🇻🇪. I loved your video! Can you tell me what song it is at the beginning of the video? It’s so beautiful.
Thank you
Man I wish I could rock one of thes guitars but it's gotta be lefthanded
Hopefully one of thes days I'll run into your models #Morrisonguitars
Impressionante o som de seu violão, e digo verdadeiramente Impressionante para um violão novo.
Fantastic
Very very nice!
Thank you very much!
Your workshop is cleaner than my house.
Thanks for watching!
Sounds beautiful looks beautiful I love everything about this guitar
@morrisonguitarshop8937 it sounds very pretty! Thanks for the lesson. I'm trying to learn more about various guitar builds. My husband plays but I just listen.
How many generations are there in your business?
What are the different tone woods you use?
What amazing work. You are a true craftsman! My question is on average, how long does it take to make a guitar and secondly, where/how did you learn such craftsmanship? Thank you for adding beauty in a world that really needs it.
Eu amei Luttie fantastico .
Quanto custa desse mesmo tipo e material o instrumento ?
His voice 🥲🤌
How loud is that sander on the box? 😁
Likr the work
Have you ever tried Titebond II?
Excelente saludos
when can i have a guitar like this 😍
Wonderful methods ,nice explaining.
As a 50 year woodworker and luthier,I urge you to use PPE. Now at 70, I’m realizing health issues because I did not extract dust. I know for a video you can’t use PPE . Just sayin.
Cheers👍👍
I really like how you applied your headstock logo using the transfer and was wondering if you would tell me where you have them made for you?
Cool vid👍🏻
Nice fiddle.
How much?
I'm interested in learning more about y'alls pickup. Where could I find more information about that?
Do you sell the jig to make the neck. Or plans on how to make one. I really like it.
Dear sir, I realy love your guitar sound, how can i oder one like this? i live in Viet Nam
We are currently not shipping any guitars to Vietnam, so sorry!
From all appearances a great Luthier but I question the lack of respirator safety - dust and Nitro isn't good to breathe.
Certain parts of the video you can see we are wearing masks if we're kicking up enough dust. What you can't see in the video is our high powered exhaust fan in the spray booth... it is good to wear a respirator (which we do), and even better to have the booth door shut! But, when you're making a build video, you have to get the shot somehow... In a world infested with COVID, we're not too worried about shooting lacquer with no mask just once. ;) Thanks!
How do you make your own pickup?
Sir, can a guitar that has just been built be installed directly with 012 strings?
can I buy sprus wood for the top of the guitar
yesss... like it guitars
good guitar so want to learn to make guitar
I want to make a guitar one day plz teach me
Stuart Macdonald has guitar kits that you can buy that are reasonable in price that you can get started with
Location
What’s the string things?
Yes
good jobs
Tell me more about your under saddle piezo pick up
I was almost hooked, then...
What?😂
China.@@pmscalisi
Why put six additional frets that are not going to be used? Unless you put a cutaway on it.
Only for esthetics, like guitars have been made for 200 years😂
Belíssimo trabalho
Good!
4mm thick lacquer?
4 mils! Which is .004 inches... so about 4 human hairs thick. In other words, it's thin.
... the top itself isn't even 4mm thick!
@@morrisonguitarshop8937 TIL mils is a unit of measurement lol. I was highly confused lol.
@@micksguitarsarecool A mil, in the US, is equal to one thousandth of an inch. It's also called a thou. I think the idea behind using term mil comes from the latin mille, but it ends up being a very poor choice because it's easily confused with the colloquialism for mm.
Nosa violão top muito show mesmo
Custom handmade " Jig " Guitars lol. They look fab.
Thank you much!
❤❤❤
Man I wish I could do this but I would mess something up sweeping the floor
One day!!
See you Soon!
Какая форма у гитары? Гранд аудиториум или гранд перфоменс?
Thanks, I guess!
@@morrisonguitarshop8937 А возможно ли в Россию заказать такую гитару?
Sempre usam as madeiras da América do Sul
Heloo, i'm from Indonesia 👍🏻💪🏻
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Bisakah dikirim 1 buatku😊... Sangat indah hasil karyamu❤
Красиво! Спасибо!🔥🇺🇦❤️✊🤟
I see these guitars only cost around 1500 USD??? How can a fully handmade guitar be so inexpensive?
We no longer build our guitars in house; we contract out our designs for both the guitars and the pickups. For more information on why we do that please check out our other videos. Thanks for watching!
How much for this guitar ?
This particular model on our build sheet comes to $6,100. Thanks for tuning in!