Hi Peter Yes you're not wrong. I'm more of a jazz guitar fan and for whatever reason, we're not as into headstocks as it seems Fender and 'other', players seem to be? I'll make a point of doing so next time. You're not the only one to have mentioned this. Cheers!

Interesting thought.

I love Guilds and I think you're right. Good ears!

Hey jose’ It’s an auction, so there there are no prices :) I could add the hammer prices but that’s a lot of work. I’d have to add or search through over 300 lots Thanks for watching.

Hey there. Very different. Almost opposite ends of the Ibanez scale. The Gb quite heavy. It’s 16.5” at the lower bout and typically over built in the GB anti feedback way. The Jp-20 is light, has a longer scale length and slightly more mid focused sound. It also feels a fair bit smaller. Hope that helps?

@@archtopheaven9549 perfect 👍 🙏

Hey Tom. Not sure about Larch. I’ve not come across it yet but sounds interesting. I’ll try and keep an eye it for it. There are a few species that are just too heavy. I think ash is one of them. I think that’s why they go for swamp ash which I believe is lighter? Certainly they make for heavy necks.

Hi David. Two years ago I was a decorator. I had no idea about any of this; literally. Your kind words and support is very touching. I might be able to pull it off. I’m certainly going to act as if I can :) I have use of a friends workshop buy it’s not an entirely stable situation. Thank you for taking the time to write.

Hey daegabmusic. Thank you for your encouragement and taking the time to write. I've just started a new series called 'Making A Laminate Jazz Guitar'. I've just posted episode 1. You may enjoy it. Kindest Regards

Thanks PNO. I very much appreciate the feedback Kindest Regards

Thanks Tomblaza, I don’t disagree with you. My next iteration will be slightly toned down but the more this one sits on the guitar, the more I’ve grown accustomed to it. I’ve actually just mounted a 11000 DeArmond RC on it and it looks puka! I’ll do a follow up vid. Cheers!

Thank you rubiera for you kind words and I'm glad you're enjoying the channel. I wonder if I can sneak some 'modern British industrial' elements into my own guitars? It's a design period (50's Britain) that I'm very fond of. I think scale is really important and when designing in CAD, one can spend too long fussing over getting a perfect curve, when those types of details are almost never seen at a glance. Size and proportion is much more obvious. I think personally the next iteration will be slightly smaller and then I will have a comparison. I agree with you, that the original does look a but small. I think D'Aquisto's pickguard's are great at separating his work from those before and that's another design element that's really important. I'm very envious that you've played the 'Rocket Convertible'. There are a few archtops I haven't played. A Monteleone and a real Benedetto being 2 of them. I can only imagine the tone and balance. Thanks for sharing and kindest regards.

Thanks Sleeko. I appreciate the support.

Hey Rublera I didn’t. That hammer price makes it about £4k which seems ok’ish for the UK. You would expect at an auction to walk away with a bargain but the prices are often slightly over the normal market rate. L5’s are mad currently but I expect when Gibson starts making them again, as they are now releasing, the price will go down. Keep your eyes on the UK market though. We’re expecting a sterling crash this year and the $ purchasing power should be huge.

Don't remind me lol

Thanks Steve. Comments of support always put a pep in my step. It’s been a really hard col of weeks, which may get detailed in my next video, so every little helps :) Cheers

Everything to some degree makes a difference. That is why we have F1 cars and why we have Lada’s. The green part of the poplar on the knife cut veneer is pif wood, which is softer than the white wood. So you have a sheet with two changing densities and acoustic properties. My veneer is consistent through out and is therefore objectively better, if you want to use consistent wood with consistent properties, in your veneering. How much difference it makes in the final product is hard to say because there are unknowable variables that makes a guitar sound the way it does. But all things being equal, if you use the finest materials, you stand a better chance of having more control and having more control stands you in chance of making a better sounding part/guitar.

@@archtopheaven9549 was it ever objectively measured, compared? its not an f1 car to lada, rather f1 car body parts with a different paint.

@@Lvvcassss That’s a fair comment. My framing off ‘objectively’ was in regards to consistent properties through a sheet of veneer. If the veneer has differing properties, then It is objectively less consistent. Whether or not this has a difference is up for debate but given that there is inconstancy there and one can make a strong claim that soft and weak wood does not have good sonic properties, one can draw through reasonable conclusions, that the more consistent stable veneer, is objectively a better part. Of course one can disagree. I respect your pursuit of the truth.

Thanks Jess. I’m still too deep into R&D to know costs yet. My heart wants to make the best guitars in the world and sell them £500 because a big part of my motivation to do this, was being annoyed at some of the bigger manufacturers and their quality/price ratio. Realistically I wouldn’t be able to make that many, or earn any money and or create the right desirability. It’s likely more realistic that the guitars will be around the £2-3k range. I’m also hoping to sell kits and supply other luthiers, so it might end up being a strictly b2b operation. That would make my life easier but might be hard to get going. If you have any suggestions I’d be happy to hear them?

Hi Rubiera It’s a plausible thought but much more likely, that the top has changed shape over time and or the original forma, was carved by hand and not very accurate. The beauty of CAD and scanning is you can start to see how tops behave over time because you can simply start drawing straight lines in CAD and aligning everything. Even the slightest deviation becomes immediately apparent. Thanks for your message

Very true Jack.

Time and lack of practice? :)

Glad you enjoyed it. I'm going to get round to producing more videos like this so stay tuned!

Hey sorry for the late reply. Ibanez did make the GB200, which is 16.5" wide but otherwise they don't seem to stray too far into the 17" market, if at all. There are 17" Ibanez but you would have to go back to the late 70's to early 80's. The same era as your GB20. Several models that spring to mind are: Ibanez FA800, FA700, FA300, 2460, 2470, 2471. Hope that helps.

@@archtopheaven9549 thanks for the information. I live in Tokyo and always keep my eyes open for a larger jazz box but with Ibanez they do stay on the smaller size. My favorite period for these jazz boxes are that late seventies early eighties models. Yamaha made some interesting guitars around this time as well. Hey thanks again for the information.! Domo.

@@archtopheaven9549 I was at my local second hand guitar store here in Tokyo and I ran into the most beautiful GB5 George Benson jazz box and it is a 17” guitar made in 95 the selling price was ¥540,000. So, yes, Ibanez does make a 17” jazz box with a spruce top and it is gorgeous. Took some photos as well.

Thanks Arnleg65

Thanks Mitch. Must have been along day :) Kind Regards

I've seen a lot of sellers refusing to budge on prices and for what ends I'm not sure. Maybe pride, stubbornness etc.. Makes you wonder if they're in business to sell guitars or not? I suspect these maybe commission sales where the seller has no motivation to lower the price and the shop has the space on the wall. However time and space is money.

Those sort of guitars dont go to players they end up in the hands of investors ...

@@nolslifegren At the moment, the only one investing is the shop.

I had the owner of NO-Tom guitars at my workshop a few weeks back. Interesting people no doubt.

Quality over quantity would be good. You kinda get guitar blindness after about two hours.

Joe, it's not my fault you make great music :)

Yes there comes a point where you're too scared to pull it out the case.

@@archtopheaven9549 If I had it I would play it anyway :)