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Follow guitar builder Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars through every phase of every guitar and bass he builds through the blog at crimsonguitars.com, this video is an over view of the past weeks work. This week we focus on the remarkable detachable twin neck guitar Ben is currently building, it is a six string guitar on one side with a six string bass on the other and both necks have fanned frets..

The weekly video blog from Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars, custom guitar builders from the UK.

a guitar builders weekly video blog, today we look at the newly completed stratocaster type guitar and some awesome custom metal inlays. A guitar builders dream.

A video blog to accompany the Crimson Guitars photo blog at crimsonguitars.com/workshop diary/300112 Follow every stage of every custom guitar build through the diary and in the video master luthier discusses the weeks work and talks about the often times esoteric life of a guitar builder.

Fred Wisdom, the critically acclaimed jazz and blues guitarist picks up his new PAF Hollow signature guitar hand built by Crimson Guitars and puts it through it s paces. The guitar is a completely hollow fixed neck les paul type instrument loaded with a Floyd Rose tremolo system and a pair of bespoke scatter wound pickups. Please forgive the slight sound quality issues.. I still haven t quite figured out the best recording set up for my workshop.. but we sure did have fun shooting! :)

A short video blog to accompany Crimson Guitars workshop diary following every facet of each hand made guitar built in his UK workshop. The diary that this video accompanies can be found at www.crimsonguitars.com/workshop diary/230112 In this video Ben talks about the custom built PAF Hollow guitar and about the benefits of using a fanned fret system when building a guitar or bass.

The fifteenth and final video of the series and of over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video the hardware and wiring is completed, the guitar is setup and plays for the first time! One bespoke hand made guitar built over just 25 working hours. Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The fourteenth of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video the focus is on the lacquer finish, it is rubbed flat and then buffed up to a gloss finish.. Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The thirteenth of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video the hardware positioning is finalised and the lacquer applied! Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The twelfth of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video the dust really settles in as the carving is finalised and the entire instrument sanded through the grits. Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The eleventh of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video the dust flies! The recessed padouk control cover is fitted and finally the entire guitar is carved, the front is les paul inspired while the ergonomic back contours are meant to make for a more comfortable instrument. All our rough carving is done using an angle grinder with a metal workers sanding disk attached.. scary but very very effective! Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The tenth of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video the excess top and body wood is removed and we make new templates for the direct mounted Bareknuckle humbuckers, the pickup cavities are then routed out. Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The ninth of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video the clamps come off and the mother of pearl inlays are done. Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The eighth of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video the side dot inlays are installed and the fret ends tidied up, finally the book matched bubinga top is fitted and clamped in place.. all the ingredients are finally together! Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The seventh of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video the headstock shape is finalised, the tuner holes drilled out and the headstock veneer glued in place.. Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The sixth of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video, with the wings glued to the through neck the fret boards compound radius is finalised and the entire fretting process starts, they are marked out by hand and cut using a combination of hand saws. Finally using a combination of hammer and glue each fret is installed in the guitar. Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The fifth of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video the through neck and body become one! Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The fourth of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video follow Ben as he finalises the shape of the chambered padouk body and hand cuts a compound radius into the ebony fretboard. Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The third of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video follow Ben as he marks out the neck dimensions and break angle and cuts these out, followed by the preparation and fitting of the ebony fretboard. Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The second of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. In this video follow Ben as he joints the book matched bubinga top destined for this custom guitar. Check out our other videos for more guitar building and luthiery tutorials and please share this video with everyone you know!

The first of 15 videos and over 2 hours of footage following Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars as he builds a custom guitar from start to finish. After an introduction to the project we go through the timber selection process and start machining the body and neck, there is much noise and band sawing at the start of a custom guitar build.

Ben custom guitar builder at CrimsonGuitars.com talking about, and walking you through, the process of cutting the nut slots on your guitar, whether you re modifying your stock guitar or building a custom guitar of your own the string height at the nut of your guitar is incredibly important and too many people rush this final job and end up with a poorly playing instrument the could be amazing. We hope you enjoy our series of videos on every facet of guitar building and customisation, there is much more to come.. please share this with your friends. :)

This guitar is based on the Robert Fripp signature slim model and has been updated with the newest hardware and electronic systems, these are a custom made ball bearing tremolo system built in house at Crimson Guitars, graph tech piezo loaded string saver saddles that feed into the ghost acoustiphonic piezo system and the ghost hexaphonic MIDI system. Ity also has the Fernandes sustainer and a set of bespoke hand wound pickups built by Wizard pickups in the UK. This custom guitar was entirely hand built by Ben Crowe at Crimson Guitars in England, from the custom hardware to the finishing we keep everything in house and in our control. The demo is the longest we ve ever shot, but as there are four separate pickup systems I hope you ll bear with us on this one.

Ben Crowe of Crimson Guitars talks about some of the myriad of different materials that you can make a guitar nut from and how this will affect the final sound you get from your custom guitar, from corian and graphite to ivory or bone each material has its pros and cons and Bern gives a rough guide on what you can expect before you add it to your instrument.