Making a Premium Acoustic Guitar – Part 3 (Final!)

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Okay right. Guys, here’s the downlow. My laptop was fully incapable of processing the entire build in 4k and I subsequently will need to upgrade my laptop (long time coming regardless so I can keep this part of the business up to date for you lovely people). Sponsors are making this side of the business possible too which is great, so I will be able to do a FULL VIDEO as I’ve said before, of this ENTIRE build – BUT it will be incredibly long. I hope my new laptop will allow me to do 4K on it but we shall see, that would be nice!

What’s coming in the full video I hear you ask? Well, I’m going to answer the obvious queries you may have – what I’m doing exactly in each frame, some Lutherie technical specs, some of the choices I’ve made for the build, that kind of thing. I’m also going to include more unseen footage that I feel is only showable with audio description (times I’ve started making something else and had to change tack last min) but this was too confusing for these preview ones. So – ask away in the comments. Because sometimes when we get better at our craft, we forget to explain the simple things – which I really don’t want to do! And likewise, we’re always learning, so perhaps I’m not doing something the way you think I could do it better – and maybe I have a reason for it, or maybe I don’t. We can all learn something together!

On other business, if you saw anything you liked here’s a few links for you! I compiled a list of all the tools in the shop. Some are affiliate links, some aren’t, just so you know. I hope this is a good guide if you need to kit yourself out. It looks like Axminster in particular has changed it’s line since I got my stuff, so I’ve linked the closest models to what I got.

Big machines:

Drum sander: https://rb.gy/j1c8ma

Table saw: https://rb.gy/bg1fv4

Router: https://rb.gy/y14fjh

Bandsaw: https://rb.gy/mc3331

Pillar drill: https://rb.gy/8vlcor

Guitar side bender: https://stewmac.sjv.io/5goQn1

Router cradle jig: https://stewmac.sjv.io/baRAzM

Luthier vice: https://stewmac.sjv.io/WqBmae

Buffing wheel: https://stewmac.sjv.io/1rEqLz

Workbench: https://www.nbrhodesfurniture.co.uk

Tool wall:

Fret cutters: https://stewmac.sjv.io/0JWGgJ

Deluxe fret tang nippers: https://stewmac.sjv.io/RyB0xg

Fret hammer: https://stewmac.sjv.io/21j0E0

Mini plane: https://stewmac.sjv.io/EK9dmW

Fretboard radius: https://stewmac.sjv.io/QyJd5a

String spacing rule: https://stewmac.sjv.io/VyEOnE

Rule small: https://stewmac.sjv.io/B0xdrB

Rule: https://stewmac.sjv.io/B0xdrB

Fret scale: https://https://stewmac.sjv.io/AWmM9K

Brace chisel: https://stewmac.sjv.io/JzJdG2

Two cherries chisels: https://stewmac.sjv.io/3PxOMk

Straight edge: https://stewmac.sjv.io/b3zygb

Crowning file: https://stewmac.sjv.io/DK7gk5

Precision protractor: https://rb.gy/pcq6zf

Neck profiling gauge: https://rb.gy/k6t2tf

Lie Nielsen No. 5: https://rb.gy/iev3l1

Lie Nielsen No. 7: https://rb.gy/gebvtj

Matt Estlea Marking Knife: https://rb.gy/1skokq

Honing Guide: https://rb.gy/wku2se

Diamond sharpening stone: https://rb.gy/h6vyqf

Other stuff:

My camera: https://amzn.to/3Rh9kjz

Lens: https://amzn.to/4aZhGDf

Just a reminder that this video was sponsored by Woodworkers Guild of America! Thanks so much to them!