Crimson Custom Guitars | 5 months ago
Welcome to CRIMSON GUITARS HQ https://www.crimsonguitars.com/
In this episode, Ben completes the guitar - watch until the end to hear a sound check.
This is the guitar that Ben originally built while at the Glastonbury Festival in 2023. https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/ @GlastonburyOfficial
#luthier #goldleaf #soundcheck #customguitar #glastonbury
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:37 Using a small scraper to clean up the gold leaf
4:27 On to the finish - well - actually, it's hairspray!
8:17 Next Ben applies a coat of Renaissance Wax using Crimson Tissue Roll
13:25 Fitting the tuners and finessing the nut
15:09 D'Addario 11-52 gauge strings
17:02 Time will tell if this hand-tool construction will be strong enough.
18:11 Introducing our new Compact neck rest: https://www.crimsonguitars.com/collections/new-products/products/new-neck-rest
19:00 Explaining the neck joint
20:12 The top has not moved that much! Filing the saddle and checking the action.
22:22 Sound demo from one of our students
25:38 Conclusion
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Ben's camera setup includes: the Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro, Prime Cameras (Front facing and over the bench) Canon EOS 250D, suspended from the ceiling (bench side) Canon EOS 90D, and on the movable tripod a Canon M6 Mark II
Any music used in this video from Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/31qosr/
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We want to thank our partner for helping to make this video possible.
TRITON TOOLS - http://www.tritontools.com/en-GB
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Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben
Stay tuned and stay awesome!
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