Acoustic Guitar Made Entirely of Closet Doors

[@kaioklesson6561]

No one: What is your preferred choice of tonewood? Me: Closet door

[@timsway]

hahaha

[@iavathar2120]

😂😂

[@red_doggo7219]

You should play The Doors. Or did you?

[@VeryUsMumblings]

He played 'Easy like Sunday Morning' by the Commodores. But don't tell the copyright police. (Comma Doors, get it?) :)

[@steamboatwillie8517]

Or something by Handle?

[@kingleonidas9672]

Red_Doggo I see what you did there 🤣

[@SimoneOrtisi]

Red_Doggo 😂😂😂

[@GeoffBosco]

Plot twist: on the day those doors were made, the factory just happened to have a big ol' pile of Honduran mahogony and sitka spruce lying around...

[@commonsensibility2051]

Geoff Bosco . I like the plot twist.the only explanation possible! Lol.

[@peterbrownwastaken]

Nice work. Love the neck.

[@timsway]

Thanks man! That's my fav part too :) I didn't realize you were still on my patreon. I'm honored. Thank you very much for the support!

[@kasondamien9895]

pro tip : you can watch movies at flixzone. I've been using them for watching all kinds of movies during the lockdown.

[@cyrusthatcher5936]

@Kason Damien yea, been using flixzone for since november myself =)

[@ncreb86]

Sitting at work, no customers all day. This is the rabbit hole I'm glad I climbed down. Great work, Tim!

[@timsway]

Haha! Grab a carrot and strap in. I've been making this videos for years!

[@markstikkel4385]

Wow ! That blew me away ! I just put a bass guitar “ kit “ together and had a blast as I’m recovering from a recent surgery ... I loved every aspect of your build. ! Stik

[@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar]

Im going to make a hollow door from my old Martin D-28

[@timsway]

hahahah!

[@rickeydenler2385]

Great Job im retired now i was in the piano and antique restoratin business for 40 plus years i saved some red spruce from hundred plus year old upright pianos out of sound boards already aged and i have some walnut from a old antique bed thats older than the piano wood, and some very old mahogany too i have alot of wood working tools already now i am building specialty tools like moulds and aradius dishes bending machine and a binding machine now i cant wait to get started i have always wanted to do this but busniess would not let me i have already completed some foot drums to play with my harmonica and guitar I lost my wife of 38 years who was everything to me to cancer recentlyi know were shes at and i know were im going but i have to ocupy till then feel like this and my music will be good theropy for me. Thanks for the wonderful video !!!

[@MrMinecrafter720]

No one: Absolutely no one: Door: Tim: well that looks like the perfect material to make my first acoustic guitar from.

[@patsox2004]

Love the laminate neck. Best part of the guitar. Thanks for the idea.

[@jimbob6395]

Not many people in this world can make a nice guitar from old doors and play it as well. Very impressive, you must have the patience of a saint. Their is hope for this world after all.

[@timsway]

thank you. I wouldn't say it's a "nice" guitar but it is a guitar and it works! :)

[@JackmanWorks]

Alright Sway, we get it, you have a laser!

[@timsway]

you noticed?

[@GregsGarage]

probably the coolest guitar project you've done so far. Awesome work Tim.

[@timsway]

thanks bro. I'm just glad it worked!

[@MrRoach-yo3mz]

I'm with you, Greg! ... so cool

[@Faroukmallah]

thank you for this awesome work.. enjoyed every second

[@A.M......]

You've invented a new genre of guitar playing: ASMR Flamenco

[@bjdenil]

Love that you use so much reclaimed wood!

[@timsway]

Cheers! Lately I've been in to using locally felled wood, too. Guitars are small so sometimes you can get them out of the firewood pile :)

[@bjdenil]

@@timsway Do you have a kiln? How do you get the firewood dry enough for use as guitar necks and bodies?

[@timsway]

@@bjdenil no kiln, just patience. It usually gets close enough, especially if you partially mill it first.

[@rodrigocastro7651]

Wow Tim this job is amazing !!!! Love when you play the guitar finished !!!!

[@andrewdavies1312]

Looks like it's 70 year old. Good job and it sounds nice

[@icedeemon]

I love the background table saw sounds throughout the first few minutes. Made me think someone complained about the shop noises whilst watching a shop video and you just did that out of spite and it made me smile. Excellent build as always Tim!

[@timsway]

Haha! That's the cnc churning away. I like to keep some of it as I'm documenting reality, but I turn it down so it's not too deafening :]

[@chasmenear7130]

The absolute BEST aspect of repurposing!!! Kudos Tim! Keep me posted on the fretless 4!

[@danielshade710]

This so amazing. It's like making a car out of a barn. Or making a soup bowl from a medium sized rodent. Just so useful and clever and ultimately, the route to the best musical instruments. I saw Yoyo Ma plays on a cello made from a broom handle and a shoe now.

[@micahchambers5096]

Love me some responsibly sourced medium rodent soup👌👌

[@jim34morrison]

It sounds pretty excellent. Very cool project. Thank you for sharing this!

[@redbed1604]

I'm so glad that you built this guitar! I've wondered for a long time if those old mahogany closet doors could be used that way. I'm glad that I'm not the only one!

[@jollytreepin2168]

A masterpiece by a guitar making master I love your builds, thanks for sharing Jolly

[@anastasiocatalan416]

I love your work. Such a beautiful craftsmanship 👍🏼👏🏼. Please keep posting more videos.

[@timsway]

thanks! ok!

[@mccypr]

Thanks much for posting this video! I’m seriously planning on getting into banjo building. I think I’ll copy a basic Tackhead. I think that you’ve proved to me that my idea of using plywood to build my first neck is good.

[@buschovski1]

really like the tone of the guitar. good work man

[@robr471]

Another amazing job. Awesome work. Keep showing us that miracles in manufacturing ate possible.

[@alanrisk6556]

Bravo with the hammer made out of a drumstick at 5:29

[@DrFunke]

Damn it Tim, you’re taken away all my excuses! I’ve been putting off my acoustic build for years because I haven’t found the right spruce for the top. Bastard. Love you man.

[@timsway]

haha!!

[@themongoloid8944]

Hey Tim, you are doing what I am wanting to do. I am in the process of building a guitar the same way that you have put the closest doors together EXCEPT I wanna cut each piece out so that it can be reproduced with a 3D printer with materials like copper or aluminum and then glued together. Otherwise exactly like you are doing. My girlfriend and I freaked out when we saw this because i searched all over the internet and KZbin a couple of months ago when i started my projects. ROCK ON BROTHER!!!!!

[@timsway]

awesome man. I can't wait to see yours. tag me in it when it's done. for more inspiration, search for "the body snatcher" 3d printed guitar. cool concept

[@quintas66]

Nice work. Also, love the Vic Firth mallet.

[@interpolagent9]

I love this so much. Such talent and creativity. Beautiful work!

[@garagedweller7159]

You are a very multi talented man. While I most likely never have the equipment that you have ,I still enjoy watching you work your craft. You are also a very talented player. I have been playing for over 40 years and enjoy playing everyday,it is such a great stress reliever. I would love to be able to purchase a guitar from you for my collection,you can never have too many,lol.Maybe one day. Thank you for the content.

[@Kharnscustomringsthings]

Tim, I absolutely love your channel. You have inspired me in so many different ways! I love that you take reclaimed wood and make it into musical instruments

[@timsway]

thanks man! That's my mission - to inspire others to think differently about "reclaimed."

[@sergiomunoz1528]

I love the way you made this guitar, this neck will never twisted .Good idea the nylon strings , with good bohnes you have a good sound ( sorry for my poor english)

[@BeInspiredwithDominic]

I bet this pun has been made before, but I can't help it. So you made something from doors to cover the doors on. What an awesome upcycling experience. Thanks for sharing, Tim!

[@timsway]

I. Very deliberately did NOT play a Doors song just to leave room for that comment :)

[@BenjaminEarlMusic]

I really hope to see you do more acoustics in the future. Great work.

[@timsway]

I'm sure I will be!

[@samaker4]

After all these years, still one the most innovative channels on KZbin

[@timsway]

hey, thank you!

[@KM-ws8qs]

You can design, make, & play guitars. Out of what I see (sadly) in construction dumpsters. What an oustanding talent you are! Beyond impressive.

[@RodCissan]

Cutting little stripes on the inside of the sides of the guitar was a great idea, thanks for that!

[@timsway]

thanks! That was my big "aha" moment when designing this project that I'm particularly proud of :)

[@RodCissan]

@@timsway yeah I was like duuuh why didn't I thought of that before haha very cool keep up the great work

[@mikepurdy5734]

This is the one and only time I've seen anyone make something useful out of those awful doors, (apart from a bonfire). Out of the closet and into the studio. Just wonderful!!

[@timsway]

thanks man! I have some older vids/attempts that weren't as good but less effort. More to come!

[@jrand2631]

Brilliant work Tim - I love you're using reclaimed materials to make your guitars - less waist of our fast declining natural sources. A huge thumbs up! 👍🙂

[@timsway]

thank you! there is no shortage of these awful doors in the foreseeable future :)

[@javanthomas4122]

I like how you show how you can make a guitar out of things no one would probably think of.

[@timsway]

thanks for all the kind comments across my videos! That is my mission, to push the envelope of materials. While maybe doors aren't a perfect solution, they do work and maybe it'll encourage other makers to step away from the new, exotic and environmentally/socially harmful materials often used in instrument building.

[@javanthomas4122]

@@timsway i,m new to guitar making. So i,m learning as i go

[@javanthomas4122]

@@timsway i made a guitar for a friend of mine from a pice of wood would love to show you if i can send it to you

[@timsway]

@@javanthomas4122 awesome! you can email me via newperspectivesmusic.com

[@grantkoeller8911]

My mind is blown away !!!!! There is literally nothing Tim can not do!!!!

[@timsway]

There are a ton of things I can't do! I'm not real good at remembering people's names, I'm a terrible landscaper and plumber, my check book is usually out of balance, I stopped shaving because I cut myself every time, i have a little trouble setting up the DVD player...

[@MrRajay2U]

Your an inspiration Tim, love your work and channel.

[@jamesadams6288]

I love that neck. I have an old 12 string Framus (made in Bavaria) with a laminated neck; steel strings don't faze it.

[@kalalothar]

I live in France ; got a 12 string "Framus" , back and sides made of beautiful "Zebrano " , bought it in 1968 ... the neck is made of laminated white hardwood.... However it's tone was rather poor ,obviously because the braces were about 4 times too heavy ...and the bridge was heavily screwed onto the sounboard ! I finally bought a D28 a year later ...

[@andybungert]

Tim, this is simply incredible! I had to double take at how the neck was made and I'm in love with the multi-ply build!

[@timsway]

thanks! the neck came out better than expected :)

[@tommypetraglia4688]

8:58 Sweet old Stanley router. The look, the feel the weight of old tools. Was it your father's?

[@timsway]

got it from a trash pile. It just recently died, finally, but I plan to rebuild it.

[@sdmdo]

Amazing work Tim!

[@yvonleger8008]

Surprenant ,,, comme recyclage de de vielles portes , c’est tout à fait réussi bravo !

[@arnolddealiii4259]

Nice work! You can lower the strings by correcting the neck angle. Fender in the 70’s were bad for this and required a neck shim to correct the neck angle. By doing so don’t be surprised if you need to make a new saddle that raises the strings.

[@adammono1839]

Really amazing work. Great that you kept the finish too. Really tells the story

[@timsway]

why sand? they're prefinished :) thank you

[@williamkerr3350]

Work that magic Mr Away,such a great counterpoint to all the shredders

[@Wordsnwood]

Yup, the lines on the neck are very nice. Quite impressed what you managed to do with three doors!!!

[@timsway]

Three Doors (taken) Down? :)

[@ralphbenites1312]

Like the Vic Firth drum stick hammer. Awesome job on the acustic guitar. With the right tools you can build any guitar

[@red58impala]

Tim. I can say with 100% honesty that your closet door acoustic guitar is the best sounding closet door acoustic guitar I have ever heard! Keep taking risks and putting out awesome content like this.

[@timsway]

but it's not as good as the next one will be! :) thank you

[@sgsax]

Once again demonstrating that one person's trash is another person's guitar. Gotta say, it sounds better than I was expecting. Thanks for sharing!

[@timsway]

exactly! Well, my guitar, at least...

[@marco_the_maker]

6:20 is that Jimmy Direstas’ face on the saw?

[@timsway]

lol. yea. my buddy Dave (elm city vintage) makes buttons and fridge magnets with makers; faces on them. The bandsaw seemed like the right place for it.

[@RosaStringWorks]

Nice job.

[@billvilla7799]

Once again Tim...Well Done!

[@Trapomeomy]

Awesome work, thanks for sharing.

[@TomPetersonRefuseReuse]

Very cool! Hollow core doors are the pallet wood of the future 😉.

[@scottreeves6932]

Tim has made hollow core doors the pallet wood of the present.

[@tearsofsoy4091]

Best song played with one of your guitars so far. Really enjoyable on a Sunday morning 😊

[@timsway]

thanks!

[@knockoutproductions4701]

οne of your best videos thus far

[@Bboy10011]

I'd love to hear the full recording of the first background track

[@rddss8311]

Cool,next time a acoustic bass with the same style neck!! I dig the neck design.

[@DanDjurdjevicplus]

I wonder how it would sound if you somehow kept the cardboard packing between the ply exterior panes of the doors?

[@johnpick8336]

Great video...really enjoyed your background soundtrack ! Thank you for posting !

[@mikehartman3527]

So when do I get my new closet doors?

[@danieladamczyk08]

That drumstick mallet though. Project vid?

[@bigguns711]

The drumstick Hammer totally makes me want to see a project build of it.

[@timsway]

I built that on instagram stories a couple years ago. I was just messing around with my metal lathe I don't know how to use. I figured why make a handle when I have all these drumsticks laying around. LOL

[@chrisadams628]

You have some of the coolest ideas for builds. Loved this one!

[@nagaramrajesh9581]

Very good and nice presentation and good information to make a guitar with anything 👍👍🤘👏🙏

[@joshwiley881]

I really really really enjoyed this one. Great work.

[@timsway]

Thank you!

[@TMNT39]

Awesome, Tim - as soon as I saw the notification I was super excited to see you tried your hand at making an acoustic guitar. Looks great, thanks for the video and all the awesome stuff you create!

[@timsway]

hey, thank YOU!

[@ACHPKP]

Thanks for this Video! Now that the Neck is permanently set, and can't adjust the angle : One can lower the High String action, by sanding the Bridge itself, and the Saddle. Also routing (lowering ) the Saddle pocket by 1/16 " will help. Be sure to " Rat File " Grooves on the Bridge,( using a Dremel), on each side of the saddle, (where the strings rest), to prevent the strings touching the Bridge wood, and are then able to vibrate Properly.

[@timsway]

The problem is the body is 1/2" thinner at the neck than the tail, so the top slopes up as it goes away from the neck. It's not a setup issue and there's not enough wood on the top to set the bridge low enough into it. I just screwed up! This is just a prototype, I'm already on to the next one :)

[@keeper__88_]

This is a beautiful guitar. Truly inspiring.

[@standswithfish]

I enjoy innovation in music styles and handmade instruments. Your choice of materials, equipment, and score were top notch! Thoroughly enjoyed the vid, new sub!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

A Nylon Strung Dreadnaut made from Doors. You could get a Steel String sound by using Thomastik KR116 Strings.

[@JayKughan]

Haha.. that's super awesome man. Glad you have this a shot. Love watching you bring your ideas to life. Rock on! 🤘

[@timsway]

thank you!

[@graysongood3790]

Tim... it brings me great joy to say. I think your on to something with this one. Great stuff. Keep it up. 👍

[@timsway]

thanks man!

[@gk6993]

You are an artist. Simply beautiful.

[@johnmadere]

Great build! And I enjoyed listening to you play with yourself. Wait...I meant the demo...

[@gm3153]

I used to have a hollow wood door like that lol! Very good video and well done:) Thinking about upcyling some piano wood I have for a telecaster build I have in mind as a project for the summer. Videos like these make me very eager with anticipation!

[@timsway]

I've made some guitars from pianos and old pump organs. Great reclaimed wood to use for new instruments

[@gm3153]

@@timsway that’s awesome!! I am glad to read that because I have seen other peoples arguments in favour of only using ‘proper’ tonewood online and as much as I understand what they mean I still think I prefer the upcycled approach more. Feels more rustic and diy. Hopefully I can do the same as you! Will be watching your channel for inspiration along the way:)

[@JohnMadeit]

Amazing that it made from hollow core doors. You know what the say when one door closes Tim's probably running off with the other door. 😆

[@thewabisabicollective7170]

Wow! Excellent work! It’s a really neat idea and good inspiration! ~Beauty & Peace ~ Kyle-

[@FigmentsMade]

The laminated neck is fantastic! Very cool.

[@timsway]

Yea it is. I already started cutting out some more :)

[@amyrogers7628]

It’s amazing that with time and talent, you can turn small strips of what was essentially garbage into something that might as well have been solid wood all along.

[@TOMPDUDE]

I like your channel so much that I watched the advertisements all the way through.

[@timsway]

woah!

[@amritjanardhanan]

Awesome build! I would've at least put a plastic nut and bridge, but your setup sounds great.

[@fredn2735]

Awesome ! You can play the doors on it if you want

[@mr.c1563]

Absolutely Amazing. Fantastic craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing....

[@eln74]

Awesome Mr. Sway tnx for making it possible....!!!

[@maverickdallas1004]

I'd bet you could build one heck of a steel-slide resonator (Dobro type) guitar! The laminated neck made in the square-neck fashion for steel-slide would never warp!

[@joslynstuff]

talk about up-cycling ...fantastic

[@HyperChallenge0]

So you finally made it Man, I love the music. Great Job!

[@MySedimentsExactly]

Honestly I just love these videos man. That guitar looks so cool.

[@timsway]

thanks!

[@loveenough1]

That’s great! Ply is underrated. You get a great sound out of it with your playing. True craft, or art, or whatever ✌️

[@timsway]

thanks!

[@eliflynn7282]

Man I would love to just play one of your guitars for 5 minutes. Mine are ok but yours are masterpieces man. Great work keep going

[@timsway]

cheers. you are welcome to come try them out anytime you're in Connecticut.

[@ammon1993]

What song is played at 10:55 I'm sure I have heard it before

[@timsway]

Actually that's lionel richie, easy like us day morning. I forgot that was in there :)