Doing three all at once is not that difficult keeping the videos in order is a nightmare as im prone to forgetting to video parts and keep the sequence flowing, also with all the dust floating around I'm living in a mess day after day and that's not my style also the storing of them until sold is a bit of an issue for me.
The Darker nights play a role in this as well even though the lighting in the van is good my eyes are not so the nights will be for playing and learning come to think of it I have not played the mouth-organ for about 2 months now.
The car-boots have also come to a end for this year I managed to get rid of a lot of items i had been carrying about with me and had not seen the light of day for a few years the space gained will come in handy for storing some wood for the next few guitars.
Below is a video of how I mark and fit the dot markers to my guitars this is how I do it and not how it should be done if your making a guitar you do it your way. Its all about whats works for you having the correct tools helps but they are by no means necessary I have only the most basic of tools at the moment a few sharp chisels a coping saw and now a dremel type machine which is a god send and a good set of wire cutters they are all making things a little easier. I will be picking up the cigar box for guitar No 2 the Dutch Barge its still being worked on and Dave at CIRCLE OF FIVE In Bude is doing some unique work with the sound hole covers for me which you will see in my next video.
Please if you do watch my Videos add a few comments and let me know if they are helpful.
Video Marking and Placing of the dot markers.
Video Fretting the Fingerboard.
Please remember all the work in my videos are me doing it my way and by no means intended to tell you this is the correct way.
If you have limited tools and work space you do have to adapt to suit.
I now have the boxes back for guitars 2 and 3 and the hardware to finish them both the next stage will be to fit the pickups and the tail piece to both .
Below is a very short Video of me checking the the boxes fit the necks correctly before I do any more work on them .
Dutch Barge Video 1A
Dutch Video Part 2
These Guitars are now finished and are for sale to subscribers of this Blog and my you tube channel for the frist week The Price will be £300. each.
Email me @. bricktorubber@gmail.com
Video of the Finished Guitars.
Easy to make Guitar
I have watched these guitars being made over the last few weeks and have been blown away by their quality. I have played them myself and can say with full confidence that the sound and tone are remarkable. It is true that Steve constructed these instruments with basic hand tools, inside his van and in various lay-bys, which in my view shows how gifted the guy is. The cigar box guitars he has made are true vanguards of the genre. There are many of these guitars on the internet and eBay but in my opinion searching there would be a waste of your valuable time, because not one of them is a Sea Breeze Blues Guitar.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words Andy.
ReplyDeleteMy Guitars are individual handmade instruments and the boxes and timber used may sometimes be reclaimed or recycled at the moment only the ones i make for myself are from reclaimed materials,
Some of guitars that I will have for sale in the future may have some reclaimed parts this will help to show their innate beauty through signs of age with dents, holes, or other natural markings. These imperfections need to be seen as special and unique traits that add to the look and feel of these one of a kind rustic old time and very majestic instruments.
Made with a very minimum amount of hand tools and in condition's that are very testing, but this allows me to get the feeling and the looks of a truly home-made instrument that could of been made in the last century.
Also I do not have any set plans each one is treated as if its the first one and hopefully not a clone of the last one made.