Made entirely from Reclaimed Corian - No Wood Bass no. 2
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- An ancient Greek-themed bass guitar made entirely from reclaimed Corian countertop. Part of my "No Wood" instrument series. Yes, I used a CNC and a huge shoutout to www.vectric.com software and www.avidcnc.com machines.
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"Hey babe, take a walk on the wildside." -Pythagoras
Corian is a brand of solid surface material created by DuPont. Its primary use is as a countertop and benchtop surface, though it has many other applications. It is composed of acrylic polymer and alumina trihydrate (ATH), a material derived from bauxite ore.
That gives a whole new meaning to "Classic Rock"
LOL
I'll say!!!
Refreshing to see somebody thinking outside the "let me make an exact copy of a guitar that has been around 70 years cause Leo said so" box. Love the built in frets. Bet it would sound better with another pickup method but WOW! Cheers
oh yea, it'd sound great with a regular magnetic pickup. cheers!
@@timsway cool! I did a lot of research and finally found an affordable CNC plan from guy at Highline Guitars but then I realized have no space for it ( Wha WHa!!) do you think could do a similar Corian project with just a router or more traditional tools?? Probably not the integral frets...
You just cant imagine how cooler this becomes for me being a greek. The lettering is correct. Congrats Tim!
As a former Corian fabricator AND CNC programmer/operator that is impressive. Love the frets! Now put some lights in it!
Holy crap. I just saw "Mountain Song" on a corinthian column-necked corain bass! So rad! "All cows eat grass." - Aristotle.
that's a deep cut for the gen Xers. "Have you seen my wig around? I feel naked without it." - Plato
@@timsway "And the water is so piping hot. And the water is so piping... It beats upon my and and I'm..." Socrates
"wish i was ocean size - they cannot move you man, and no one tries" - diogenes
I think there was a piece of "Whole Lotta Love" at the end too.
I was first introduced to Jane's by seeing the Mountain Song video on Beavis & Butthead!
The Greek sculptures have got to be the most creative way to lighten up a bass I've seen.👏👏👏
I don't know man, that's the flattest sounding guitar I've ever heard, only second to my own.
ah I see what you did there...
quit sending your tone wood snob friends over here.
Definitely a Piece of Art , Love it
I hand carve mini guitars basses out of different hard woods , neck body together, and carve frets , pickups pickguards , but I Really Dig the Corian Bass All Of It
Awesome stuff! Love the idea of carving the frets directly into the material. The Greek letters & carvings are really really cool.
thanks man. I'm happy it works.
The latest version of the Chpman stick uses a somewhat similar idea of having the frets being part of the same material as the fretboard stick.com/instruments/railboard/
I’ve been obsessed with ancient architecture and Archaeology as a whole lately along with music as usual, so this video seems as if it were tailor made for me.
10/10
lol. you are the demographic :)
Still love watching this build of yours!
"of course its a terrible bass"
im glad he said it
Tyler it’s a prototype. It plays way better than I thought it would. It needs neck adjustment but still a cool and brave idea.
I'd rather call it "interesting sounding".
Another beautiful instrument. You should give that thing a light gray and black wash so it looks like stone more and pops out those graphics better. Great job! Keep it up!
I do love the relief carving but the shape of the body is great.
Ok, the correct way to pronounce "μεράκι" is: The first syllable is pronounced exactly the same as "meh", the second like "rah", and the third exactly like "key". Meh-rah-key. By the way, I love the idea and the result.
Looks really cool, does this mean that your machine can do intricate carved tops? If so, you should do a Strat style guitar with a 3D paisley carve 👊🏻💥
yes, it can do highly detailed carving. I've carved my son's face in to a brass coin the size of a silver dollar once.
@@timsway I hope he's okay.
@@vontinkles lol
Glad to see you used a round piezo. On of the tricks if it picks-up too much of the noise created by actually touching the guitar is to isolate it from the body. Some people use double sided foam tape while others encase the disk in hot glue.
Wow really cool build .You pretty much nailed all the lettering too!! Big fan from Greece.
One of the COOLEST ideas / builds yet. Outstanding
It's all about experimentation, making art, and having fun. Always fun to see you trying new things. This one looks beautiful. Love the carvings and the column motif on the neck. As a proof of concept, I think this one proves a lot. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! Cheers!
Great idea and a beautiful result. I managed to read the neck there and that combined with the pick playing (which in my terrible phone speakers actually made it sound better) was all the hints needed. A certain bass slapper needs to see this.
Anyway, it looks like playing marble. That may be rock, sure looked fun and in my book certainy is art. Thank you.
I loved the Janes Addiction Mountain Song riff... Great build...
Sorry the joke is just there waiting to happen. That bass ROCKS!
Ok, since you started: "It's a marble of modern science"
This bass will be chiselled in history
We need to hear counter point this thread.
tim sway I don’t know how to program a CNC. it’s all Greek to me.
I'd like to counter that but I can't top it.
Such an amazing bass! And the Greek details! A work of art!
Wow; the final product is stunning, I love the greek letters on the fretboard, certainly adds to the unique look haha. I can only imagine how your back would feel after a night playing with this honestly
it weighs 10.12 lbs - amazingly less than my 76 Fender P bass which is closer to 12 (and I used to pay the mortgage wearing that one several nights a week).
the most beautiful build yet!!
For ultimate historical accuracy on your Ancient Greek bass, you’ll need to paint the guitar and carvings as bright and gaudy as your possibly can 😂 great work!
LOL
Love the new reuse! Marble like, perfect. It'll be interesting to see over time if the corian neck warps without a truss rod.
so far it has stopped at a certain point and stays but indeed, only time will tell
Beautiful work and theme. As a former user and corporate trainer in the use of acrylics you should always protect the acrylic from any right angle as it will tend to crack with any deflection and sometimes with just thermal expansion. I saw you use wood dowels I presume for the screws. Great idea. Using a bullnose bit is better as the bottom of the hole will be round instead of the right angles.Screw threads directly in contact is also a weak point. These are only FYI if you wish to make the product perform at its strongest. I can't wait to see more wood free projects. Again great video you are an artist.
thanks for the info!
Stunningly beautiful. Very clever concept.
Nicely implemented. 🦋
👍👍
Super cool work! Love the Jane's Addiction too.
This is your best work yet brother and thats saying something! Inspirational. Literally! You inspired me to build, making an explorer type electric at the moment!
Awesome! Thank you!
I think it looks great! And that background music was spot on! Great job Tim!
WOW!! That bass turned out BEAUTIFULLY!!! Incredible work!
Stuff Tim you've come a long way cheers.
That bass actually has a really nice “live” tone! Would be interested to see you a neck like this, or maybe even just a fretboard with the built in frets on a regular wood guitar or bass
Not gonna lie I kinda wanna include corian into a bass build when I eventually get into luthiery, be it fretboard or a pickguard. You've inspired me with this beautiful bass of yours
Love the ancient Greek theme and the authentic carvings, a very unique vision that was supremely well-executed. I get the desire to try to make the neck out of 100% corian, but I would love to see (and hear) a neck V2.0 with a truss rod and normal metal frets. I think a vision this beautiful deserves to be able to sound as good as it looks.
It's been several months since I made this and it hasn't moved any more, which means it may be worth pursuing further, but to be honest the neck doesn't feel nice to hold and play.
Spelling is fully correct. Even the marks above the ε and o. Well done there!
thanks! Google Translate can be hit or miss :)
@@timsway you did it through google translate?! pretty risky.. hehehe
I really like the design ofthis guitar. Nice job Tim!
This is pretty cool. I use reclaimed Corian for my miter slot runners on my tablesaw jigs. Thanks for sharing Tim.
No Pythagoras, no fretboard. We wouldn't have a clue without the Greeks. Great fun project. Definitely a good idea to make it look more like a temple ruin!
It looks so beautiful!
Excellent job Tim, art doesn’t have to be fully baked. If we don’t try, we don’t learn. Imagine....reclaimed granite or marble truss rod. Back route the neck, double serve as the “skunk stripe”.
Cool project! Bonus for Sir Duke!
it took at least a dozen takes for me to remember it and get it right. I'm super rusty.
Now that is a rock solid bass for laying down a heavy groove. 🤘
Amazing!! and it actually doesn't sound too bad, milled frets and all.😉👍
those built in frets are really suited for fan frets and true temperament!
This is so cool... and now that you have all the cnc worked out you could totally make it again with different materials. Your builds are really unique.👍
that's where the cnc really pays off- repetition.
Personally what I would have done for the pickup is installed it from an access panel in the back and have it just hidden under the carving of the masks. I'd also have knobs either carved from Corian if I was feeling adventurous or most likely 3D printed to look like Greek columns.
Incredible. Historical carving and Greek is a cool idea.
I’ve heard that running boards through the saw in reverse is dangerous. 😉😉😉
Corian is great. When I was like 10, my mom's boyfriend did countertops with it. There was tons of scrap corian, so sometimes if there was some within reach when he was drunk, he would hit me with it. Great material.
Yikes!
So cool and creative. Greek theme is crazy! Apollo would be proud. : ) Awesome video, love the change up on editing, matches the great background music. Mahalo for sharing! : )
thanks for the kind words and continued support!
Beautiful Bass!
I would love to see your workshop, so many awesome machines!! Sweet bass today, dare I say EPIC?
come by any time - just call ahead of time to make sure I'm there :)
tim sway All depends on your location of course!
I'm angry at TH-cam for not showing this video the day it was released.... I love this build! The bass notes at 3:52 are amazing.. So deep and growly. Keep up the good work my friend!
thanks!
It just popped into my head to try it, so one search later, of course Tim Sway already did it.
Lol. I'm far from the first corian body, but maybe first neck/fingerboard?
Love the creativity of the lettering on the neck and head. The carvings of the theater masks and scene really give the body character. I would like to see a follow-up video if you do attempt to give an aged look.
noted!
I think it is outstanding. Well done
Togaman makes his GuitarViol instruments with the frets sculpted as part of his fingerboards. I don't know how he does it but it is striking. As if the instruments he builds aren't striking already.
Hot damn that's awesome, Tim!!
My immediate thought on seeing "Corian bass" was "this needs sink knobs on the pots" hahaha
Cheers
I like that idea, doesn't go well with the greek theme, but would be a cool guitar none-the-less!
The Dan Armstrong bass had an acrylic body. I think Corian would work fantastically as a body material only, with a regular wood Fender style P-Bass or jazz neck complete with truss rod. Bolt on style or even a set neck (Gibson style) bass build. I love your bass body chambered out for weight savings. This would be incredible, embracing Corian as a valid body material.
You are actually brilliant. You’re one of the most creative people on TH-cam.
thanks Carmelo!
Amazing imagination, skill and raw creativity! Love to see what you are going to do next!
Hey Tim! Absolutely love the creativity and passion you put into your builds. I always look forward to see what you are going to do next. Oh, and thanks to the insight on how you came to build this bass!
Another beautiful piece of art !
WOW! Really stunning! Thank you!
Cool looking guitar, love the Greek letters.
I don't know why all these people are complaining....it sounds good to me.
Keep up the good work.......Tone Deaf Dave
+1 Sir Duke intro demo.
incredibly stylish
just outstanding
That's Awesome! Miss making TV shows with you. I love how you have that reverse circular saw and table saw. Maybe I can set my plasmacutter up to do that! Great Guitar!
nice to hear from you! how have you been? I think you do have a reverse plasma cutter. it's called a welder? lol
Cool. It will be interesting to see how long the frets hold up. I built a Corian body bass a few years ago. I made it thin and hollowed out as much as I could and it was still definitely a sitting down instrument.
It's heavy but all in all this weighs one lb less than my 76 fender bass (10.12 lbs) so in the ballpark.
This is why I asked the guy who fitted my new kitchen to leave all the offcuts in my garage. If you want to do another one but with a bit more marbling effect, they're yours for the ridiculously high cost of shipping heavy slabs! Nah, I'll just probably hack them up for shelves and coffee tables (the limit of my skills...).
right, free Corian: $200 to ship. lol. I plan on doing more. I'll keep my eyes open locally :)
Thumps up for your Greek Inspiration !
A cool art piece.
Hmmm... I wonder what kind of tone my kitchen counter would produce? The carvings are very cool and really like this build. Well done!
I have worked with corian for 13 yrs and draw back on using that material is that it does not resist extreme hot or cold temperatures or extreme stress . I would use the corian as inlay strips into wood .
fun idea.
Greek here....... It looks very cool.
Pretty accurate lettering also.
Corian frets...that's when I knew it was an art piece! However, with the face of a neck nearly always being a 'laminate' perhaps [with the right material/composite] maybe a 'stick-on' fret board including frets could be CNC/laser cut/3D printed and just glued on [replacement being an easy process too]. You could be onto something. As for the 'artwork', yes it needs a bit of stone like distressing and marbled with black veins to get the full on stone effect.
My first guitar had built-in frets too, but the fingerboard material was plastic. A couple of months later it turned into a fretless guitar...lol. The body was made from plywood.
So amazing how you are able to bring your love of music together with saving the planet as well as making something few could conceive and yet even fewer bring to completion. Enjoy your vids. Stay safe and well. Cheers, David
I am living the dream, my friend! :)
FYI, if you have any corian left over it makes excellent zero clearance tablesaw inserts etc. I'm mid-way through filming a video on this now.
excellent idea!
Scratches to easily.
One of your best affects, awesome!!!!
How cool is this build, wow. Mr. Sway would you please travel all the way to were marble carvings are made and give them your CNC bass carving program instructions so, just like this corian bass, a new entirely made out of marble bass could be born, maybe there'll be some weight issues, but like you said, just for fun, thanks...!!!
That’s flippin’ awesome, Tim! We’re just having fun here. If it every breaks you can just epoxy it back together and claim it is a restored classic.
It's so tempting to rub in the dirt and hit with a chisel...
The man is back
Tim, really cool. I thought about using corian for an electric guitar body years ago, you finally did it. The only thing is when you did the neck also in corian, that’s when I thought that might not work. To boot, you cut built in frets(!!?). Except for the neck I think it’s great. A wooden neck would be more appropo. But you know that, like you said it’s “Art”. Love what you do.
yea, I've seen corian bodies and wanted to do thast (still will with the rest of the counter). But for this I wanted to push it to the limit!
Stunning! You are an artist!
Might I suggest it would be interesting to build an instrument with the neck and scale of a guitar, but with each string agitating it's own strohviolin/phonofiddle-esque apparatus, with the 6 horns forming the body of the instrument? And to complicate it further, add 6 monitoring horns on the side of the body...
Noch die kanelirung vom Hals hinten die mit der Kopfplatte eine Säule ergibt, wirklich meisterlich
Danke!
absolutely wonderful! You inspire me. thank you
Jane’s Addition was so cool!
You could paint a jazz bass pickup white. If you put regular frets in that it would be a functional art piece. Would have been fine. I think the buzzing is down to the frets...assuming you looked out for bridge and nut clearances. I like it.
This is one of the coolest projects ever.
I love the idea and I think the bass would feel awesome in your hand. I'm also convinced you should be able to get a better sound out of that thing with different settings. ..
I'm surprised that neck held up to the tension of bass strings. Figured it would have warped like hell. Corian is tough stuff.