I got a hair on my paint just as I thought it was finished and looked great.How should I go about removing it before clear coating??
@IPGuitars5 күн бұрын
Ah damn! Hate when that happens. Only way really is to carefully try to lift it out with a scalpel. You'll need to scuff sand anyway before clears so that should do away with any raised edges from pulling the hair out. If it's any consolation, I had a white and transparent white guitar under finishing once. Our spraybooth wasn't exactly a "clean room" so I spent hours picking off dust, hair, and other particles in between coats. It was a nightmare.
@sebwoolley6887 күн бұрын
Great vid! Quick question..... Don you mark the scale length along the edge of the fretboard or the path of the string?
@IPGuitars7 күн бұрын
Thanks! Along the path of the string. I have a new revision of this video coming up very soon that is a bit more clear on the matter than I was here :)
@sebwoolley6887 күн бұрын
@@IPGuitarsperfect! Thanks dude 🤘
@jamiewilson69008 күн бұрын
Looks incredible! I have a hb sg kit and was goingg to go for cherry red but im tempted to go for this now as purple is my fav colour. Do you know how it would react with shou sugi ban? I refinished an old cort bass a while back and did that,used tru oil on the body which sent it red,then used a red mahogany stain on the neck to get it to match as it was maple.
@IPGuitars8 күн бұрын
Oh cool! And yes I do know. I did the same on the 100% pine build. Burned it, sanded away the charr, and applied the same stain but in cherry red. Works really great and with some finish applied it gives a really cool effect. Did it with some serving platters and green too.
@flatroc19 күн бұрын
I find it odd, regarding the sanding process. You initially scuff sand so the paint has "something to grab onto". Then more and more attention is put into a smoother surface for additional paint and clear coat. What is these last coats grabbing on to ? I am planning a guitar finish with no sanding. Just using a soft cloth and a product called liquid sand paper. I'll see...
@IPGuitars9 күн бұрын
Yeah, a bit misleading there. Sorry about that. The idea with scuff sanding is to yes, scuff the surface to give the next layers something to "grab onto" however as you go about scuff sanding your goal is to get to as smooth a surface as possible (e.g. no orange peel texture). You are still using the same grit sandpaper to do this so the "scuffs" are still the same depth that that sandpaper cuts. This is what the final layers are grabbing onto as well. The aim of the smooth finish is after the final coat to be able to flat sand and then begin polishing, working up through the grits. Please do let me know how the liquid sandpaper works out, I am very curious! I suspect that it is just a very coarse polishing compound?
@silviopimentel724710 күн бұрын
😮 it has natural delay? Wow didn't know pine came with natural delay! Not the ones I tried. Weird
@trance915810 күн бұрын
Does this apply to bass guitars as well?
@IPGuitars10 күн бұрын
Yeap, same principle applies to bass as well
@trance915810 күн бұрын
@@IPGuitars I thought so .. great. Thank you.
@Junmartinez-hy5kq13 күн бұрын
No need the glue sir,?
@Junmartinez-hy5kq13 күн бұрын
No need the Glue, sir?
@IPGuitars10 күн бұрын
Depends. I have nowadays started putting glue as well, it does help. Especially if there is a lot of tear out from pulling the frets
@arroncajigas426018 күн бұрын
What do u do?? I can't catch it...
@IPGuitars14 күн бұрын
For pots with a split head, use a flatheaded screwdriver to very carefully open up the gap slightly. That makes the knob go on a bit more firmly
@kensanders261724 күн бұрын
Love the channel
@kensanders261724 күн бұрын
A little confused? Is it "Icarus? or Ikearus?
@IPGuitars22 күн бұрын
Icarus
@gunsinposes10725 күн бұрын
Amazing vid and beautiful sound. Side note: you should make something like a moderne
@IPGuitars25 күн бұрын
Thank you! And the Moderne isn't quite my cup of tea to be honest😅
@Gabe-b8m27 күн бұрын
I loved it man, the guitar looked awesome. If you make another build video, you should make an Explorer style guitar.
@IPGuitars27 күн бұрын
Thank you! Out of the next 8 or so builds, there isn't an Explorer-ish shape in there yet, but we'll see if I would make one in the future 😉 Closest I have is the 3-string bass I made in 2019, which was closer to a Thunderbird style shape.
@Gabe-b8m27 күн бұрын
@@IPGuitars Amazing man, I'll be looking forward to your next videos.
@Bikilable28 күн бұрын
Посмотрел с удовольствием все 2 часа ! Ещё было бы хорошо понимать о чём говорит автор .
@IPGuitars28 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for watching the whole thing! Would be awesome if I could have this with subtitles in different languages
@SenfMustard28 күн бұрын
Thanks for this. I have a question in regards to glue - I’ve seen some use it after the fret is installed down the sides and they scrape away the excess - you don’t do it here, do you not need to? Thanks in advance
@IPGuitars28 күн бұрын
You don't "technically" need to. It is something that I have started doing however, but instead applying CA glue in the slots, hammering in the frets, spraying accelerant and then cleaning up the residue. Mostly it is for that added extra support to slots that have been opened after pulling out frets.
@IPGuitars28 күн бұрын
What do you think about taking the format back to this? Building with commentary. Nothing new, but something I haven't done in a long time.
@TheLoner70503Ай бұрын
The problem with pine is that it has to be very, very dry because otherwise it splinters easily. But I don't see why pine can't be used as a material to make the body of an electric guitar. The neck would undoubtedly be made of maple, since it is harder and withstands the tension of the strings better.
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Absolutely right. And pine bodies have definitely made a sort of resurgence in the last few years! It's actually pretty cool to see. Still wouldn't recommend a neck, even though I have run into a few. And I mean, heck, mine is still in great condition after all these years (against all odds).
@muurimcАй бұрын
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Got some soldering and installation hints from this.
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
And thank you for watching! I'm glad that you found this video helpful
@naattxxnaattxx7055Ай бұрын
Great video, here's my opinion There were little differences here and there, but Im pretty sure a little turn of the bass knob would make a much bigger difference than buying a new expensive guitar. Besides, if every wood sounds unique, then why buy the more expensive ones? Also, now im interested in why jim lill had no difference in his video. I wonder whether you or him made some mistakes. Either way, im not buying an ultra-expensive guitar while i can get another that sounds the same for much much cheaper.
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Might be that there were small differences, but I'll still attribute most to the whole picture with emphasis on construction. Incredibly hard thing to test for, but I have ideas... we'll see if they come to fruition. Now to address a couple of things: Why buy the expensive ones? Essentially the more expensive stuff (while they might be made of more expensive materials) boils down to craftsmanship. For instance anything made by hand will cost more due to the hours of actual labour put in ($/h). The more skilled or renowned a craftsman becomes, the more value is added to their work (more years experience at a job=better pay). That is 100% the case with the smaller luthiers and workshops out there, but also within the custom departments at bigger brands (though let's be fair, if it gets a stamp on the headstock from Gibson/Fender etc. it'll hike up the price even more so). You should get a guitar that inspires you. That's all it REALLY boils down to. If a cheaper guitar makes you want to play and feels great, then that is awesome. Collecting guitars is another thing, but not gonna get into. And then there is wanting a guitar from a certain maker to support their craft. Whatever floats your boat, as long as you pick up a guitar and pluck away :) Then about Jim Lill's video, which is a great video, but I do have my issues with it. He took a bolt-on design, with pickups installed so that they are suspended (pickguard/bridge) and bolted strings and the bridge onto two other surfaces. At face value when it comes to the string interacting with the pickup and resonance carrying over, he changed nothing/very little. I would love to see the same done, but with a set neck/through-neck with direct-mounted pickups. These three construction methods clearly have a different sound to them. Even with just pickups installed in a pickguard/surrounds, if you pit a bolt-on and set-neck together with the same parts, they will sound different with the bolt-on giving a bit more "twang" to the sound. I would love to recreate what I described, and perhaps one day will, but need the time and resources to make it happen in a much more controlled way than in this video. Thank you for your comment! Always great to hear different opinions on this matter 👍🏼
@PrimeTimeEpisodesАй бұрын
Do I have To Use a Heat Gun or will that ruin the guitar ?
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
I haven't used a heat gun in about 9 years I don't think. It won't ruin the guitar, tons of people use that method, but you do need to be careful about the fumes as well as accidentally burning the wood in spots (that will be hell to sand away).
@PrimeTimeEpisodesАй бұрын
@@IPGuitars ok thank you
@TheLookingOneАй бұрын
Interesting. For straight string pulls, where do you plan the location of each tuner peg in relation to the peg's string line? - Put the centerline of the peg on the string line? - Put the tighten edge of the peg (during righty-tight tuner turns of the tuner knob) on the peg's string line? - Or some other placement of the tuner peg in relation to the string line? Do you need to account for the diameter widening as the more of the string wraps around the peg? During design, what diameter do you use for the peg (not the hole to be drilled) in order to properly place the machine head in relation to its string line?
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Fantastic question! So essentially I account for the first string wrap, so from the point of view of the side of the tuner shaft. The exponential diameter growth or added string winds I haven't come to notice as making all that much different to necessitate taking into the equation. I'd rather have the tuners look more cohesive between one another and the edge of the headstock than have to worry about all of them being incrementally at different distances. So simply put: commonly the shaft of the tuner where string wraps around is 6mm, so account for 3mm away from the point at which you drill the whole.
@chrisparker6282Ай бұрын
so much work!
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
It is, but all worth it :)
@rebeccaabraham8652Ай бұрын
I sometimes use an Amplug3 headphone amp into a 10W or 60W powered speaker for playing small venues or jam sessions. Don't knock extreme portability - when you start getting old - and lugging a nice valve combo around becomes more than stupid. PS - great guitar!
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Oh cool! And definitely can get behind the extreme portability.
@wombatauАй бұрын
Those are pretty good tools, where did you go to do the woodworking? Is it like a community place?
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Yeah this was a makers' space in Espoo, Finland where I did the larger processes. Unfortunately it was closed in 2019 :( nowadays I use another similar space
@wombatauАй бұрын
@@IPGuitars That is amazing, I wish we had these places in Australia. We have something called Men’s Shed and Men’s and Women’s Shed, which is a community type of thing but for antisocial people or people who just want to do some things and go it’s not so much fun.
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
As an introvert-leaning person, the fact that there are these places for antisocial people sounds great😅 but get where you're coming from. Makers' spaces are amazing when you aren't able to have a shop for yourself, I struggled quite a bit in the time between workshops.
@wombatauАй бұрын
@@IPGuitars In the current house I’ve been doing the work on my guitar by dragging power tools out onto the lawn on dry days. The other day I was bitten four times in a row on one leg by the same spider 😂 Still beats socialising 😂😂😂
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Ah, that brings me back to how I started off!😂
@sahanjayaweera9337Ай бұрын
Hi man, So after the paint you apply clear coat (is it okay if its just clear paint ? ) then after sanding you apply satin clear coat ? I’m a little confused. Please help.
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Apply paint/sealer, then for final coats apply clear coat. In between sessions, scuff sand to prepare for new layers. After final layer, flat sand and polish (if need for polish). Your clear coat is what you want your end result to be, gloss, satin, or matte. In this video I had to do it twice as there was some miscommunication between satin and matte.
@sahanjayaweera9337Ай бұрын
@@IPGuitars Awesome. Thanks man. Love your work. Keep it up !
@trance9158Ай бұрын
Excellent video... going to do rosewood fretboards on all 3 of my basses
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Sweet! Lemme know how it turns out
@robertlambrecht6535Ай бұрын
So I just got home from Walmart with a sander and have started sanding the back of my telecaster and it's looking great so far 👍🏼
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Awesome! Be sure to check back in, I wanna hear how it went and turned out!
@robertlambrecht6535Ай бұрын
@@IPGuitars I sure will
@syntheticsunАй бұрын
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video! It was exactly what i needed to install my fishman's in my parts caster. Your step by step and your diagrams are awesome!
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
I'm very happy to hear that this was helpful!
@yohanngeffroy4101Ай бұрын
You're not supposed to use an hammer, that's why you've destroyed the fretboard. You're just have to slide slowly the spatula.
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Oh yeah, most definitely agreed. But I was not trying to really salvage the fretboard here. However you're right and I should've atleast said in the video that if you do intend on keeping the fretboard patience is key.
@mauriciojuan-uv3qvАй бұрын
Muy Buena
@mauriciojuan-uv3qvАй бұрын
Fierro de Guitarra!!!
@mauriciojuan-uv3qvАй бұрын
Hermosa Guitarra
@mauriciojuan-uv3qvАй бұрын
Eres un excelente Luthier Constructor, pude observar como saben trabajar tus manos.Deberias mostrar mas tus construcciones.Desde ya muchas gracias y muy bueno tu trabajo.
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Muchas gracias! I'm forgetting all my Spanish right now, but yes, thank you for such kind words
@mauriciojuan-uv3qvАй бұрын
Gracias por tu tutorial
@mauriciojuan-uv3qvАй бұрын
Good brother!!!
@ikigai47Ай бұрын
Thanks for this! I don't know why but light colored fretboards (that aren't maple) annoy me. Like Indian Laurel. When you played the guitar later, did it stain your fingers at all?
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
I do get that yeah. And no, no pigment lifted off onto my fingers. This is why the prepwork and oiling is important. It will reduce any of the loose pigment on the surface.
@ikigai47Ай бұрын
@@IPGuitars Thanks
@quillaume2390Ай бұрын
Hi, nice info about staining. Looks very good. What is exactly the drying time before a second layer...?
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Thanks! And drying time really depends on what you use. Spirit-based or water-based and how much you put on. Water-based will dry slower, spirit-based will dry quicker. But the more you put on the longer it will take to dry. You can see or feel when it is dry. A good rule of thumb: rather have many light coats that one really heavy coat to build up the finish you want.
@quillaume2390Ай бұрын
@@IPGuitars Thanks. What drying time did you use on this guitar with this Crimson Stain....?
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Hard to recall, but if memory serves this was the spirit-based so I wanna say anywhere between 5-20min between layers. I think I put the oil on like atleast 8h later.
@quillaume2390Ай бұрын
@@IPGuitars Thanks again. I am still thinking about which stain could be the best. Spirit based or water based stain (for the the Fretboard). I want to use the stain for an old classical guitar which i have sanded to bear wood ( Fretboard).
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Up to preference really. Most of the time I like to use water-based because they don't smell, so easy to work with even in an apartment building
@frankiechan9651Ай бұрын
Either you were pushing the body blank through too fast, of that bandsaw REALLY needs a new blade 😋 Same with the belt sander on the headstock 😋😋 Or was that burns from the bandsaw doing the rough shaping? I didn't notice at the reveals, that you'e also an afficionado of having the strap button on the back-side of the upper horn, father than on the tip of it. Is the nut still from your Grandad's stash of brass that you inherited? Was it much easier making 2 guitars simultaneously? Mind you - you always seem to have multiple builds on the go at any one time anyways.
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
The bandsaw blades at the workshop are 90% of the time DONE😅 yeah, it was barely cutting, but I had to get this done. And those burns were from the bandsaw again on the headstock. Yeah, I really don't like the look of (or understand why) having the strap button at the end of the horn. Or like I kinda "get it" but it just doesn't work in my opinion. Yupp, same brass still :) there is NO WAY I can actually use that stock up in my lifetime. I find that doing multiples is easy to a certain point. If you're doing similar processes and you have everything set up, why not do all the ones at that point at the same time? When it gets to details, that's where deadlines start dictating the priority builds.
Ай бұрын
awesome building montage
@IPGuitarsАй бұрын
Cheers!
@lookingbehind63352 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGGVpXyjmMpmd6cfeature=shared This should clear things up for people.
@calvarelocus2 ай бұрын
Thanks
@CarbonGlassMan2 ай бұрын
I have a bit to learn about guitar repair/building. My son's bass guitar was a right handed bass but he's left handed so I made a copy of the body, but in a left handed mirror image. It was a cheap bass but it looked & played great. Then I was given an Ovation Balladeer that had the spruce top destroyed, so I made a carbon fiber top for it. I tried to get the bridge in the same place, but I didn't know about scale length, so I didnt' measure. It plays okay, but it does not play nearly as nice as it did before the spruce top was broken. Nice job on that guitar. I love building things.
@IPGuitars2 ай бұрын
Those sound like two very cool projects! Shame about the scale length, would you be able to remove the bridge and put it back into its correct position?
@CarbonGlassMan2 ай бұрын
@@IPGuitars Yeah, I can remove it. I glued it to the new top, but it's a glue that will get soft by heating it. When I made the carbon top and glued it to the body, I decided that I wouldn't set the bridge myself, so a friend that worked at a music store that had a lot of experience doing work to guitars said he would do it for me, but he passed away before I got him the guitar. It's possible that I got the scale length correct. I made a template of the broken guitar top that still had the bridge somewhat attacked to it. That template is how I located where to drill the 2 holes for the location pins in the bottom of the bridge. I didn't get something right, but I'm not sure what I got wrong. That guitar played as easily as an electric guitar before the original top was broken. Now it plays like a cheap acoustic.
@IPGuitars2 ай бұрын
If you're unsure of the scale length, the easiest way to check is measure from the nut to the 12th fret. Then measure from the 12th fret to the bridge (where the strings make contact). These two measurements should be the same.
@JayceAllanGuitar2 ай бұрын
Here's the thing no one really talks about. If "tonewood" is a thing, and wood affects the tone of a guitar then...wait for it...ALL wood is "tonewood". You can't say that wood affects the tone of a guitar and then claim that only certain woods effect the tone of the guitar. Either wood affects the tone or it doesn't. But that's what tonewood afficianatos claim, that only certain woods are "tonewood". That in itself creates the mythical quality to the term tonewood. Not only that, you can't predict it. Tone can be different in the same species of wood from tree to tree and region to region. My guess is, the "tone" impact from wood is simply due to the different density of wood.
@IPGuitars2 ай бұрын
THIS! You hit the nail right on its head. It quite literally makes my blood boil any time I hear the "you can't make an instrument out of this wood" and the holy Mahogany-Maple-Rosewood trinity. And also right that the biggest difference really is the density (and moisture content) of the wood. While I adhere to "it all being a part of the recipe" I in no way sign off on only some woods being acceptable. Hell, a guitar I made years ago sounded AMAZING and it had a birch body, oak top, holm oak fretboard, and a neck made of scrap mahogany skirting boards.
@JayceAllanGuitar2 ай бұрын
@@IPGuitars I’d think guitar makers would want to experiment with different woods. I think guitars were made from the holy trinity of tonewood and that simply became what people expected.
@IPGuitars2 ай бұрын
Fortunately, in the last few years experimentation has become more common and slowly but surely the guitar community is moving away from "If it ain't made like it was in the 50's and 60's, it ain't a good guitar." Funnily enough, it's been bass players who've always been more experimental.
@turbomunch2 ай бұрын
Pass
@johnnydswing2 ай бұрын
Excellent video! I’m a big believer of sanding, the heat gun is nuts. 👏👏👏
@gramgram81392 ай бұрын
No relief cuts is wild
@IPGuitars2 ай бұрын
There is a belly and access carve 🤔
@robinlawson7012 ай бұрын
It looks decent. Not so sure on the longevity of the neck & fretboard. Nice build. Novo use Pine on their $4000+ guitars, only on the bodies I believe.
@IPGuitars2 ай бұрын
Yeah pine bodies are actually surprisingly common. Even Fender brought it back for some models. While I definitely would not recommend a pine neck or fretboard in any case, I did make a video on this guitar now 4 years later. It's still holding up👌🏼
@kingtrey44432 ай бұрын
are plywood body guitars like vester stage strat good
@IPGuitars2 ай бұрын
I've heard that Vesters are good, people seem to like them. Average guitars, kind of like other cheap guitars of the 80's
@frankiechan96512 ай бұрын
Looks like it was a great show, and a great showing for IP guitars. Bet it must have felt good to have many people pick up and play your guitars - cold and with no foreknowledge - and liking them. Who was the maker at approx 5 mins into the video? (setup section) The shapes are familiar or at least reminiscent of Uquendor or Orbital guitars.
@IPGuitars2 ай бұрын
It really was a great show. Felt suuuper weird in a way, but made me smile when people actually liked the guitars and asked a lot of questions. Definitely won't be my last Tonefest :) That maker is J.P. Skeba. He said he's been making guitars for about 2 years now, learning from watching people on KZbin. I see the resemblance as well and JP did mention Uquendor as one of his influences.
@frankiechan96512 ай бұрын
@@IPGuitars Thanks - As you've noted yourself, it's difficult to break away from the typical LP or Strat shape and still make it appear balanced and attractive - so the envelope of possible shapes is shrinking daily and similarities of non-standard shapes will continue to pop up. Of course it felt weird - You're laying yourself wide open at these shows. It's not like the YT audience that knows you and has seen the creation and evolution of your guitars. Glad it was positive though - a "public" but still kind of safe space.
@IPGuitars2 ай бұрын
Pretty much yeah, Uquendor also asked me about my AFTER HOURS guitar as it bears resemblance, however that it solely inspired by Devin Townsend's Stormbender guitar and I started building it in 2016, waaay before I saw his guitars😅 But yes, all-in-all, 100% happy with how the show went.