@@stevanewald106 I'm sure if it hits at a right angle the headstock will snap right off. But it would be interesting to see how strong it is compared to wood
@@stevanewald106 yes but a very low fracture toughness. That means that íf it has a really small crack (can be 1 milimeter even) it is extremely fragile.
Is no one gonna adress the fact that the seafoamish hue of the neck works incredibly well with the abalone pickup covers? This guitar looked great before but now it's a real stunner!
Yep. I was in the bathroom, and heard the melody. Started singing "I can see clearly now" and instantly got me in the best mood I've been in for a while now.
@@MobileDecay no no you're completely wrong. Only rare turquoise sea glass gives a full warm tone. Red stained glass gives a tone that is much too bright.
@@JessesAuditorium Or whatever glued together nightmare they are making fretboards out of these days, calling them anything but what they actually are.
@@skaman125 Ouch, my glass necks are from suicidal caged pigs and cows. I wish I'd thought that through before I allowed them access to my opioids. That's on me, that's a my bad, but I''ll still have their bones in the neck, not to mention some Louisiana sand and Mt Saint Helens lime and volcanic ash and the blood of the virgins I almost allowed to go free. Guitar building is so much more complicated than I ever expected. Not even gonna talk about the damn Russian PIO caps!
I wish you luck! I do a bit of Luthiery out of my home, for local musicians, I don’t really make any money to speak of, just to cover my time, it’s more of a passion. But I know there’s a great need for people like you out there! I am constantly going behind Guitar Center and setting up guitars they supposedly set up, and I’ve had to fix a few pickup installs behind them as well. They are under pressure to get it done quickly, and good enough is about all you can expect. So a real luthier who knows what he is doing is rare indeed! Best of luck to you!
Okay so after watching this video Ive been inspired to do a partscaster build. Its a Tele body from warmoth with, seymour duncan Jazz in the neck, seymour duncan vintage p90 in the bridge, black&white burst to resemble a Penguin, with this glass neck to resemble the ice in Antarctica! :D Im super excited, thanks for showing us the guitar neck!
If high strength glass it's far stronger then a Gibson. Ran a 40story high rise, we through a 10 pound sledge hammer at a glass window pain, several times as hard as we could, it bounced right off.
@@nonebiz2132 The strings mainly put a load on the fretwire. There would be some pressure on the neck glass itself, but this should be less of an issue with this high strength glass than with say, the stain on a maple neck. I have a Strat with much of the stain having been scraped off over time,and I think the glass neck is likely to be pretty durable and resistant to chipping.
@@markdignam3525 The glass wouldn't scrape off like your strat's finish, the wound strings would chip little chunks out especially on string bends... And I wonder how long the frets would stay bonded to the glass... It's a pretty cool idea though.
Man I love this channel. Feels like all other channels are Fender this, Gibson that and here's a Harley Benton. I truly never know what to expect and usually love the content here on this channel. Thanks, man.
Should find a way to attach a led bulb at the base of the neck from the body to the headstock to shine and make it look like a lightsaber during a show.
Probably do it thru the body. Hole thru the neck pickup slot to the heel pocket so you already have routing to the control cavity and then just 9v battery. Makes me wanna buy a glass neck just to try it out lol
@@damndoor3570 yeah. I would use the same stuff people use to make lightsabers with. The ones that cost like 100 bucks. With a micro usb charging port and everything.
I just love the fact that this is another thing that completely debunks wood species making different tones...If that were true, a glass neck guitar would sound incredibly different than ANY wood neck guitar...Of course, it clearly does not. There are enormous amounts of people that firmly believe that the fret board wood species and neck wood make significant tonal differences. SOME even claim a BIG difference. Very cool guitar neck,...looks cool. Even if it is merely a novelty...It is a cool one. One great thing about having a glass neck is that the builder made an important decision to install stainless steel fret wire. Oh, was "relief" built into the neck ? Like .008 forebow or what ?
And you are absolutely correct. It would have been funny if Darrell had done a blindfold test with that guitar, and asked whether it has a rosewood or maple neck. And then the next week, reveal that he had been playing a guitar with a glass neck.
@@MrClassicmetal And instead of learning and giving up on an obvious long held yet false idea,..most will just keep quietly clinging to the same nonsense despite all the debunks and common reasoning.
@@Hendrix67297 An electric guitar is meant to be played through an amp. Nobody strums it unplugged while practising, or playing on stage. That's what acoustic guitars are for.
@@MrClassicmetal I do agreee but if thats the case: Do electric guitarists seek certain products, vintage tube screamer, Roger Mayet Fuzz, Watkins copycat etc etc wtc. Now lets imagine they can afford vintage amps: Dumble head, mesa boogie. Etc. Etc . They seek them out because threy believe wiring and transistors make a difference. But you cant strum an A major on a wooden neck and a glass neck and test resonance ? You Sir, are a bell end..
Mojo-Hand from the website - How are your glass bolt on necks attached to a guitar body? My glass necks can be attached with the same screws used to attach a stock wood neck. I drill four holes in the heel of the neck and fill them with clear epoxy. After the epoxy cures I drill a smaller pilot hole in the epoxy where the screws will go. The epoxy grips the threads of the screws keeping it securely attached to the body.
Yep, i once bought a super cheap Delta acoustic at a pawn shop because i really looked the blue burst finish. It had some weird synthetic fretboard and very soft wood for the neck. So i thought it would sound awful but the tone blew me away once it had some fresh strings, it played great, and had surprisingly good sustain. I actually really came to enjoy just how silky and smooth the fretboard felt and cleaning the finger grime off was so much easier since it didn't soak up oil and dirt like wood.
@@jeredalmeida1880 I have a few Epi's to mess with, as you do. I also have other brands, but I respect Epi's a bit more, I don't know why. I suppose it's because the first I bought was made in Indonesia and it was built killer, I should have bought all 5 options ($100 each!) as I've kind of hated all the rest, built in China, because they"ve sucked so far for the most part. So there's that. I did buy a $300 Ibanez from China, and it's pretty great, but damn, I'd buy another Indonesian guitar again in a heartbeat. Am I off topic? Rum is flowing freely tonight...
@@Damaged262 Now that we're both fairly sober, I will say that I absolutely love Schecter basses and they're made in both Indonesia and Korea. Epiphone has only impressed me with one bass and that's the Thunderbird. I'd never play one on stage as they're about the same weight as two fat toddlers and twice as ugly. But that clarity and tone on the low end..... Mmmmm delicious
Maybe Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal should put a few glass necks on his Vigir, check out the sons of Apollo live concert stream on utube. Colors change on it very cool...
That neck works with the knob and pickup covers. I was never a fan of them on the superstrat because they appeared, to me, to be too flashy for the rest of the guitar but not with the glass neck. Pretty awesome look.
I see what you did there playing a song with the lyrics "i can see clearly now" . I also love you poke fun at the tonewood crowd in that tongue in cheek way 😂
"I can see clearly now" - I get it. Well done. Isn't glass an amorphous solid? Old window panes will be thicker on the bottom than on the top because gravity has pulled some of the pane's mass down over time. Makes me wonder what would eventually happen to that neck.
That's a myth actually. It had nothing to do with gravity, they were made that way. Some were thicker on top. As a materials scientist put it: "Window glass at room temperature has a nearly incalculable relaxation time, approaching the age of the universe itself." Nothing will happen to that neck until it breaks.
This is a myth, once glass cools and sets it will not 'flow'. The glass making process back in the day was imperfect. The thicker part was generally placed on the bottom to prevent water accumulating in the wooden frame.
Definitely a work of art, but I would be very apprehensive to take it out of my studio. I would recommend getting an insurance policy the moment it got delivered.
No reason you couldn’t do a refret in a lot of ways it’s probably easier. No breakout on the fretboard. Heat up the frets with a soldering iron. Clean out any glue and then Reglue in the new frets you just wanna make sure it’s something with a good solvent.
LOL - I can see clearly now... Cute. But, holy moley, what a conversation piece. Of course, it would have to have stainless steel frets... I can't imagine doing a fret replacement job on it.
I've been following Morningstar glass guitars on Instagram since literally day one, watching him demo and create glass guitars was fascinating and when I heard that you would be demoing one of his necks I was so ecstatic! It's been a wonder to see all of his successes and struggles and I'm so happy he is getting the recognition he deserves!!
The only thing that neck is missing is lights in the neck to light up the frets in different colours! Man if it had that feature I would be buying one immediately.
I suspect all ye need is to mount just one in the neck pocket pointing in line with the neck long axis. Use one of those multicolor LED (some of which can be programmable). Ugh, if it wasn't for the fact I've already bought a neck for my current fender compatible body (a 85-87 Kramer Voyager), I'd seriously get one! Maybe could drill in install metal plugs in the long lower wing to help counterbalance the heavy neck. Altho that WILL mean an even heavier guitar. :(
The heel is transparent from the bottom, looks like there might be no slot in the fretboard and no tang under the fret? Maybe they're epoxied to the fretboard like the tuners are epoxied to the headstock.
Hey brother, long time no talk, glad to see your still pumping out the great videos, and I have never played on a glass neck, acrylic yes! Hope all is well!
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Cinderella would jam this
Oh dang, the prestigious pinned comment. I just bought a Shijie guitar this week cause of this channel, what an honor🍸
You're nobody's fool!😁
John 5 eat your heart out
How be that tekken?
Jesse's Auditorium how be that tekken 😂
The stratoglasster
Glass neck made from melted 1-gallon containers on a Fender = Juguar.
It's an instant glassic
Will Rousseau oml
Glassoglaster
glaszmaster? No? Not funny? Ehh I tried 😂
Finally, a worthy competitor to Gibson's neck fracturing capability
@@stevanewald106 maybe? Hmmm I mean I'd love to see it tested but I doubt there anyone dumb and rich enough to do it
@@stevanewald106 I'm sure if it hits at a right angle the headstock will snap right off. But it would be interesting to see how strong it is compared to wood
Holy moly, glass that doesnt shatter when broken?! The incredible "soft glass"
@@stevanewald106 yes but a very low fracture toughness. That means that íf it has a really small crack (can be 1 milimeter even) it is extremely fragile.
Lol
They should call it roasted sand.
Underrated comment!
Agreed!
Torrified sand
Lmao
If I could upvote this twice, I would.
Smashes guitar at the end of the show.... the entire front row needs stitches.
😭 underrated
guitarist dies
Don't forget to temper your guitars, players.
ha- and eye patches
Stitches? To dead kids? Why?
Is no one gonna adress the fact that the seafoamish hue of the neck works incredibly well with the abalone pickup covers? This guitar looked great before but now it's a real stunner!
I’d be scared to drop it! It would be my luck, a strap pin breaks and it falls on a concrete floor! Watch a grown man cry.
Out of all neck materials, glass is the
clear winner
Bruh
If you're a girl who used to be a guy, your glass neck is...
Trans-lucent.
get out
Emily Adams i cant tell if i want to congratulate you for that or tell you to get out but that was great
IMO Modulus graphite is top of the pops. Only because it's so consistent and light.
Instead of fingerboard wouldn’t it be fingerpane?
it'd certainly be a finger pain if you broke it.
@@kobalt_ren01 Then YOUR stage name would be Slash.
Just when I thought i've heard every glass joke. that's pretty clever.
Nice
Love that glassy tone
"I Can See Clearly Now" was the perfect choice for a song...bravo good sir, bravo
Yep. I was in the bathroom, and heard the melody. Started singing "I can see clearly now" and instantly got me in the best mood I've been in for a while now.
Wow, that neck really shattered my expectations.
6:55 to just hear the guitar.
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Didn’t even know that was possible. The craftsmanship of certain people is incredible.
Some guy during this pandemic made a guitar out of his coffee table. It’s pretty impressive.
I like how he says "certain" people because Gibson still sell guitars with that mess of a headstock
I wasn’t sure it was possible either starting out. It’s not so much craftsmanship as it is throwing ideas out and seeing what works
I didn't even know this was possible... Incredible
You have no idea what people can do
No warping here. No conditioning. Just some Windex.
No truss rod to worry about.
Icantdrive55 If you dont have to worry then it is called: trust rod.
glas is actually liquid.
it changes shape when given enough time.
Marko Lukic that is not true, glass is in fact a solid. I believe Veritasium has a video about it, if you would like to learn more.
@@SheepHairOG seen it.
Makes sense
If it's not aged glass I'm not buying it.
Don't worry bro , it will give you that Warm Vintage Tone
DUDE IM DYING LOLOLOLOL THIS MADE MY DAY! LOLOLOL
i want mine with original brazilian glass
@@metalmig I want roasted Glass.
I only buy reliced glass necks, come back to me when it's shattered
Great now we're gonna start arguing about Toneglasses
Red stained glass sounds best. Especially leaded glass. Insulated glass just doesn't come close.
@@MobileDecay no no you're completely wrong. Only rare turquoise sea glass gives a full warm tone. Red stained glass gives a tone that is much too bright.
@@nevermind9997 😡🔪
Fiberglass is far more resonant than leaded glass and is therefore better. Leaded glass is way to dull.
Put the tone glasses on for best listening.
Guitar tech: Neck adjustment? No problem man. * throws neck into dishwasher*
Thatll be 50 bucks.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Glass dont warp as fast a wood
@@Steamy6669 you serious, Clark?
Everyone: "Gibson headstocks are so weak and prone to breakage."
Morningstar: "Hold my beer."
Lol sooooo true.
Best comment.
"Hold my wine glass"
Blue right, grasp my Chablis!
@@studio-2149 haha
Let the toneglass debate begin!!!
Tonewood clowns: OHhh It SouNDs GLAssyyyYY
@@JessesAuditorium Or whatever glued together nightmare they are making fretboards out of these days, calling them anything but what they actually are.
Prefer mine stained
I prefer my neck glass to be from recycled, amber, micro brew IPA, free ranged, conflict free, vegan bottles.
@@skaman125 Ouch, my glass necks are from suicidal caged pigs and cows. I wish I'd thought that through before I allowed them access to my opioids. That's on me, that's a my bad, but I''ll still have their bones in the neck, not to mention some Louisiana sand and Mt Saint Helens lime and volcanic ash and the blood of the virgins I almost allowed to go free. Guitar building is so much more complicated than I ever expected. Not even gonna talk about the damn Russian PIO caps!
I am opening up a custom guitar shop here in St Thomas. Should be a great venture. Also doing repairs aswell
I wish you luck! I do a bit of Luthiery out of my home, for local musicians, I don’t really make any money to speak of, just to cover my time, it’s more of a passion. But I know there’s a great need for people like you out there! I am constantly going behind Guitar Center and setting up guitars they supposedly set up, and I’ve had to fix a few pickup installs behind them as well. They are under pressure to get it done quickly, and good enough is about all you can expect. So a real luthier who knows what he is doing is rare indeed! Best of luck to you!
Okay so after watching this video Ive been inspired to do a partscaster build.
Its a Tele body from warmoth with, seymour duncan Jazz in the neck, seymour duncan vintage p90 in the bridge, black&white burst to resemble a Penguin, with this glass neck to resemble the ice in Antarctica! :D
Im super excited, thanks for showing us the guitar neck!
Gotta admit, "I Can See Clearly Now" made me chuckle. Well done, Darrell.
I bet adjusting the truss rod is a PANE.
That's CLEARLY not a problem with this material.
not having a rod is a WIN THO
@@Leinarth_ I`ve been GLAZING over these comments and they are very funny.
@Dylan Kelson h
Man, trying to adjust that truss rod would SHATTER my spirit.
Definitely would not want to drop a guitar with this neck. You’ll have a headstock break worse than any Gibson
If high strength glass it's far stronger then a Gibson. Ran a 40story high rise, we through a 10 pound sledge hammer at a glass window pain, several times as hard as we could, it bounced right off.
I'd worry about the strings putting chips in the glass and those chip areas becoming super sharp...
Dammit! I wanted to make the Gibson headstock break comment!
@@nonebiz2132
The strings mainly put a load on the fretwire.
There would be some pressure on the neck glass itself, but this should be less of an issue with this high strength glass than with say, the stain on a maple neck.
I have a Strat with much of the stain having been scraped off over time,and I think the glass neck is likely to be pretty durable and resistant to chipping.
@@markdignam3525 The glass wouldn't scrape off like your strat's finish, the wound strings would chip little chunks out especially on string bends...
And I wonder how long the frets would stay bonded to the glass...
It's a pretty cool idea though.
Man I love this channel. Feels like all other channels are Fender this, Gibson that and here's a Harley Benton. I truly never know what to expect and usually love the content here on this channel. Thanks, man.
Waiting for someone from UAE showing off their electric guitar with fretboard made of gold.
Nice touch playing I Can See Clearly Now.
Brandon Geddie same
...but has the rain gone. LOL
A bit on the nose 👓
nobody:
no one:
some tone snob: "there isnt enough borite silica in the flux and the tone sounds hollow"
Borite silica? Lol
Overused
Yo momma overused
Sounds "glassy"
@@wids borosilicate or borate glass is what I think he's going for
Finally that transparent tone we’ve been looking for.
Who’s building a drive pedal out of glass now?
It was going to be called the little glass house, but we went with shatterbox instead
Zvex probably
As I write this Kirk Hammett is commissioning a glass wah.
"Glass is glass, and glass can break" - Jerry
Lol underrated comment here.
his name is Zack
@@questionmarkquestionmarkques Really?
Scratch at a level 6 Deeper grooves at a level 7
That cant be glass, must be plexi
Missed opportunity for "Rosewood vs Glass neck tone comparison" haha!
I assumed you said "glass" for "epoxy" until you confirmed this is actual glass! Unbelievable.
Glass IS glass! Epoxy is plastic resin!
It would actually be more durable and lighter if it was epoxy or acrylic
"I can see clearly now"... I see what you did there
How did I not pick up on that?😐
I heard it. Lol
Next = Blondie: Heart Of Glass. Or anything from Billy Joel: Glass Houses.
But not Rolling Stones: Shattered. Don't want to jinx it.
I was going to make the same comment but figured I should skim through first expecting not to be the only one to notice 😁
-"the rain has gone"
Should find a way to attach a led bulb at the base of the neck from the body to the headstock to shine and make it look like a lightsaber during a show.
That would look so AWESOME!!!
Probably do it thru the body. Hole thru the neck pickup slot to the heel pocket so you already have routing to the control cavity and then just 9v battery. Makes me wanna buy a glass neck just to try it out lol
@@damndoor3570 yeah. I would use the same stuff people use to make lightsabers with. The ones that cost like 100 bucks. With a micro usb charging port and everything.
This would be easy to do!!
Like Laurie Anderson’s glow bow.
Incredible looking guitar, got to love those pick ups too. Nice version of "I Can See Clearly Now...
As soon as he said “about,” I knew I was dealing with a Canadian.
I thought he was talking about a boot.
Jeebus, I nearly commented the exact same thing til I figured someone else already did.
@@runswithphantoms same
abuut
You need a car with "a boot" to transport ur guitars, eh?
I gotta say,I have never seen this and never even thought something like this was possible...aside from the neck dive that thing is so cool!
It's like a magical guitar from a fairy tale
Darrell looked so stoked about trying that neck for the first time.
I have a clear acrylic strat. Would love to have this neck for it.
"I can see clearly now, my neck is glass." 😂
we can see his trachea
I just love the fact that this is another thing that completely debunks wood species making different tones...If that were true, a glass neck guitar would sound incredibly different than ANY wood neck guitar...Of course, it clearly does not.
There are enormous amounts of people that firmly believe that the fret board wood species and neck wood make significant tonal differences. SOME even claim a BIG difference.
Very cool guitar neck,...looks cool.
Even if it is merely a novelty...It is a cool one.
One great thing about having a glass neck is that the builder made an important decision to install stainless steel fret wire.
Oh, was "relief" built into the neck ? Like .008 forebow or what ?
And you are absolutely correct. It would have been funny if Darrell had done a blindfold test with that guitar, and asked whether it has a rosewood or maple neck. And then the next week, reveal that he had been playing a guitar with a glass neck.
@@MrClassicmetal
And instead of learning and giving up on an obvious long held yet false idea,..most will just keep quietly clinging to the same nonsense despite all the debunks and common reasoning.
For the tone question..
Did he play through pedals / amp effects?
Strummed accoustically how does it compare the resonance?
@@Hendrix67297 An electric guitar is meant to be played through an amp. Nobody strums it unplugged while practising, or playing on stage. That's what acoustic guitars are for.
@@MrClassicmetal
I do agreee but if thats the case:
Do electric guitarists seek certain products, vintage tube screamer, Roger Mayet Fuzz, Watkins copycat etc etc wtc.
Now lets imagine they can afford vintage amps:
Dumble head, mesa boogie. Etc. Etc
.
They seek them out because threy believe wiring and transistors make a difference.
But you cant strum an A major on a wooden neck and a glass neck and test resonance ?
You Sir, are a bell end..
Perfect for playing songs by Phillip Glass.
lmao
Or Glass Tiger
I was very nervous watching him drive the screws in.
I KNOW! I was waiting for something to crack
Especially since he had the torque setting on high.
I couldn't tell - were there bushings embedded in the glass for the screws to screw into? Was the glass itself threaded?
Mojo-Hand from the website - How are your glass bolt on necks attached to a guitar body?
My glass necks can be attached with the same screws used to attach a stock wood neck. I drill four holes in the heel of the neck and fill them with clear epoxy. After the epoxy cures I drill a smaller pilot hole in the epoxy where the screws will go. The epoxy grips the threads of the screws keeping it securely attached to the body.
@@stephenschramm1233 Hey - thanks for that info Dude.
Damn! I can perfectly imagine Prince playing a neck like that.
If the frets are located correctly it will sound like any other guitar. You could make the neck out of meat as long as the math was correct.
Yep, i once bought a super cheap Delta acoustic at a pawn shop because i really looked the blue burst finish. It had some weird synthetic fretboard and very soft wood for the neck. So i thought it would sound awful but the tone blew me away once it had some fresh strings, it played great, and had surprisingly good sustain. I actually really came to enjoy just how silky and smooth the fretboard felt and cleaning the finger grime off was so much easier since it didn't soak up oil and dirt like wood.
@uare you an extra crispy bacon guitar would sound and taste amazing!
17.817
I believe they did this in From Dusk Til Dawn. Checks out.
on some from dusk til dawn stuff
My dumb ass: “lol where’s the truss rod though? Oh wait...”
SAME🤣🤣
It's not gonna bend, so no need to put hihi
Turns to the left"Smash!!!"
@@solbtv1914 Right, so it better already have the right bend to it, or it'll cause problems. But it probably does, as it's supposed to be played on.
@@PHeMoX you can see a TH-cam video of the guy building the Morningstar neck. There’s no bend.
“Oh crap” is the closest ive ever heard darrell come to swearing
Isn't that a pleasant thing these days! I appreciate it.
Yeah I’m worried about him.. he also said “dang” in this one 🤭
Well he is Canadian. Canadian people are known to be the nicest, non-rude people on the planet.
@Jayanth stevie is a nice guy lol
Imagine neck dive with a entire piece of glass on your guitar...
Now imagine this but on an SG...
My 2016 Gib SGHP is already shitting it's pants and all I did was give it a side glance...
@@Damaged262 XD
Only problem is the SG is a set neck. I imagine adhesive would be nearly impossible to bond to the glass. I'd try it on a Parker Fly though.
@@jeredalmeida1880 I have a few Epi's to mess with, as you do. I also have other brands, but I respect Epi's a bit more, I don't know why. I suppose it's because the first I bought was made in Indonesia and it was built killer, I should have bought all 5 options ($100 each!) as I've kind of hated all the rest, built in China, because they"ve sucked so far for the most part. So there's that. I did buy a $300 Ibanez from China, and it's pretty great, but damn, I'd buy another Indonesian guitar again in a heartbeat. Am I off topic? Rum is flowing freely tonight...
@@Damaged262 Now that we're both fairly sober, I will say that I absolutely love Schecter basses and they're made in both Indonesia and Korea. Epiphone has only impressed me with one bass and that's the Thunderbird. I'd never play one on stage as they're about the same weight as two fat toddlers and twice as ugly. But that clarity and tone on the low end.....
Mmmmm delicious
This is why I like your channel; you do reviews on truly unique guitar products. Amazing!
Yes! I’m so glad this worked out and he got his video, thanks Darrel!
That neck really does have a tone of it's own and it sounds incredible
Talk about your glassy tones, pun intended. I’d like to see a LED light next to that heel joint.
The tone is so transparent too!
Maybe Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal should put a few glass necks on his Vigir, check out the sons of Apollo live concert stream on utube. Colors change on it very cool...
So interesting! Don't think I've seen many, or any at all! So wonderful to see you showcase a unique guitar here! It sounds so awesome at that too!
Broken headstock Gibsons:
Finally, a worthy opponent
That neck works with the knob and pickup covers. I was never a fan of them on the superstrat because they appeared, to me, to be too flashy for the rest of the guitar but not with the glass neck. Pretty awesome look.
wooow that screams 90's very nostalgic.
I see what you did there playing a song with the lyrics "i can see clearly now" . I also love you poke fun at the tonewood crowd in that tongue in cheek way 😂
Next thing you know, somebody will hear the expression "plays like butter", and make a butter guitar.
Sounds so clear😂
Get the hell out of this house right now
Nice
Lmao..not get out
Haven’t watched darrels vids in a while! Thanks for still posting quality content!
the use of 'I Can See Clearly Now' was genius...
He's like QVC for guitars!
This week, Darrel kicks glass
not exactly practical, but an amazing showcase of engineering and craftsmanship 😮
Sounds crystal clear! Like glass
so bright and crunchy So love it
"I can see clearly now" - I get it. Well done.
Isn't glass an amorphous solid? Old window panes will be thicker on the bottom than on the top because gravity has pulled some of the pane's mass down over time. Makes me wonder what would eventually happen to that neck.
That's a myth actually. It had nothing to do with gravity, they were made that way. Some were thicker on top. As a materials scientist put it: "Window glass at room temperature has a nearly incalculable relaxation time, approaching the age of the universe itself." Nothing will happen to that neck until it breaks.
@@noother964 That soon? Crap, I thought I would have more time!
This is a myth, once glass cools and sets it will not 'flow'. The glass making process back in the day was imperfect. The thicker part was generally placed on the bottom to prevent water accumulating in the wooden frame.
@@maranganii Learn something new every day. Thanks.
Morningstars never fail to amazed, his ancestor Lucifer, sends his regards
Is it quartersawn roasted glass?
I play my own custom Air Guitar - See through neck and see through body - sounds awesome no matter who you play! maybe I should market it
Darrell you’re so funny! Such a goof. :). Loved that rendition of “i can see clearly now” as well!
Definitely a work of art, but I would be very apprehensive to take it out of my studio. I would recommend getting an insurance policy the moment it got delivered.
that body with that neck looks really cool, its like fire and ice kinda situation. am i rite?
kibon! The body does look like flame maple 😉
@@WizardOfArc and frosted look glass neck ;)
Tones sounded
Glassy
I’ll see myself out
Thing of beauty. Can't imagine a refret would be easy if even possible but can trust this neck not to warp ever.
No reason you couldn’t do a refret in a lot of ways it’s probably easier. No breakout on the fretboard. Heat up the frets with a soldering iron. Clean out any glue and then Reglue in the new frets you just wanna make sure it’s something with a good solvent.
That really is incredible craftsmanship, shoutout to Alex!
LOL - I can see clearly now... Cute.
But, holy moley, what a conversation piece. Of course, it would have to have stainless steel frets... I can't imagine doing a fret replacement job on it.
Don’t give this to Pete Townshend!
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The only neck that breaks easier than a les paul's
Weeeell
@Mr. snickett but it can't shatter
Very cool, didn't even think that a glass neck would be possible. Great choice of body and pickups as well, that guitar has incredible tone.👍
I've been following Morningstar glass guitars on Instagram since literally day one, watching him demo and create glass guitars was fascinating and when I heard that you would be demoing one of his necks I was so ecstatic! It's been a wonder to see all of his successes and struggles and I'm so happy he is getting the recognition he deserves!!
What happens if you turn round and hit the end of it on something how easy will it break
“Science!”-Jesse Pinkman
That's: "Yo ! Science, bitches !!!"
Marc Anglin 👍
Actually, it’s👇
“Yeah Mr. White! Yeah Science!”
How do you "tone wood" disciples feel now? :P
That is really nice!
Wow that whole combination looks beautiful
That sounds crystal clear!
If the glass was stained between the frets, Stryper would use them. :-)
This is exactly the guitar the white walkers would use if they started a band !
imagine playing one of them at the Glastonbury festival OK i will get my coat lol
Headlined by Glay-z
That was the most original comment in the entire chain.
adding a light in the heel would make an amazing effect! especially with the frosted finger board
That Neck is a Work of Art!!! Sounds Awesome.🤘
Wow, a lot of fundamental in the overtones. Sounds like humbuckers. Very cool, unique sound.
neck: glass
tone: clear
The only thing that neck is missing is lights in the neck to light up the frets in different colours! Man if it had that feature I would be buying one immediately.
Oh come on. It would be SO EASY to make a LED box and just use double sided tape to hold it in place.
I suspect all ye need is to mount just one in the neck pocket pointing in line with the neck long axis. Use one of those multicolor LED (some of which can be programmable). Ugh, if it wasn't for the fact I've already bought a neck for my current fender compatible body (a 85-87 Kramer Voyager), I'd seriously get one! Maybe could drill in install metal plugs in the long lower wing to help counterbalance the heavy neck. Altho that WILL mean an even heavier guitar. :(
“I Can See Clearly Now”... nice touch. 🤣🤣
That might be the smoothest and most clear tone I have ever heard. It reminds me a lot of Santana.
"...soon turned out, I had a neck-o-glass..." Debbie Harry
How the hell did they hammer the frets in
warmed the glass from the sides than stuck em in probably
Very, very careful..
You don't have to hammer frets in on wooden necks so why would you here? They're likely just snug fit and glued in.
The heel is transparent from the bottom, looks like there might be no slot in the fretboard and no tang under the fret? Maybe they're epoxied to the fretboard like the tuners are epoxied to the headstock.
Carefully.
you break a tiny chip off and next thing you know the whole neck is red
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Hey brother, long time no talk, glad to see your still pumping out the great videos, and I have never played on a glass neck, acrylic yes! Hope all is well!
Such glassy tone from using that neck.
When playing a glass neck, throw no stones.