Adding SMOKE & LASERS to the Cyberpunk Guitar pt 2 of 3

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

44:19 Where do you think Ben should put the Skull cast?

[@patrickwilliams3108]

Well ... I really think that you're at the "kitchen sink" on this guitar. What would the skull cast add versus how much of a distraction will it cause? Will it bring something to the instrument or break up the already existing great lines? Does it add to the aesthetic of the piece and it's design rationale or is it just "getting dressed up to get messed up?"So, my vote is: find something else to do with it.

[@scottishgentlemen6038]

Headstock, or fretboard inlay. There is frankly more than enough already going on with the body of that guitar. Ben, you're stressing me tf out with those lasers pointing at your eyes. 😂

[@dh88comet]

On the front scratch plate by the bridge pickup so it looks like part of the plate sort of pressed through.

[@davedavem]

On another guitar!

[@JackBealeGuitar]

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[@davedavem]

I love the look of the cable routing on the back

[@letz_getschwifty9785]

That's seriously cool Ben, absolutely crazy build!

[@foamcow]

This guitar is much like the Cyberpunk game. Didn't work right at the start but got made a lot better a while later.

[@MarcSiqueira]

I love how this is going, specially the exposed wires and the switches on the top of the horn, i think it fits the theme so well! Really awesome guitar!

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Thank you very much!

[@Kevin-nr9lj]

This makes me so happy. My favourite Crimson build is getting better and better

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Thank you so much. Glad you're enjoying it.

[@normbarrows2]

I used to route wires externally like that on my experimental builds. I too used to use CA glue, but found it tears up both the finish and wires if you have to undo or redo the work. I later switched to using small brass nails bent to create mini hold-down brackets. The nails can be removed and re-installed without messing things up.

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Amazing advice, thank you very much.

[@cheapskate8656]

One could also use aluminium tubing. Make them look like industrial piping with brackets an all. I do think the way Simon did it looks cool though.

[@ianthomson9363]

I love the new additions! I always liked the original guitar, but I too am a sucker for smoke and lasers. I wasn't sure about the wiring on the back, but it's been done so well I'm now converted. The copper mesh looks great and as I'm in the planning stage of making a new clear acrylic backplate for my bass I'll be most interested in what you do with yours and will probably steal the idea.

[@vikkijohnson5117]

Sam, your wiring jobs are beautiful.

[@rayrayokmusic]

Love to see it finished Ben!

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Thanks, me too!

[@shoffdk]

oh my.. I have learned so much from you ... happy trails friend

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@plexibreath]

Ben, you really should try to get this guitar as a prop in a Sci Fi movie.

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

That would be awesome!

[@ZenLizardTV]

This is one of my favorites. I wish I had asked to sit down and play it (unplugged) while I was there. I was too busy building a guitar that I now play every day because I just love playing it.

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Sorry you didn't get to play this one, but I'm so please to hear that you're still playing the one you built yourself!

[@ZenLizardTV]

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars And I’m gigging with it too, I failed to mention!

[@derekgibson2589]

I don't know if it's been suggested before but the next time you're within reach of Sheffield you really need to visit the Hawley Collection at the Kelham Island Industrial Museum and drool over the old hand tools on display.

[@bronsoncarder2491]

Personally, I don't feel like the skull is necessary. The guitar is already pretty busy, kind of a lot going on. lol This was one of my favorite projects you ever did, and it's awesome to see you returning to it. Back in the day you had this orange aerospace hexagonal mesh stuff that you thought about putting in the... F holes? I guess is kinda what those are? lol I was very disappointed when you chose not to do it. I thought that was gonna look really cool. I don't suppose you still have that stuff around? Maybe you could try to work it in somewhere? I really like how the new wires look, they really accentuate the cyberpunk vibe. The new switches are a little shiny though. I hate to suggest this, because you have a proclivity for taking things too far, but perhaps you could find a way to dirty them up some? (Please don't burn them! lmfao) Great work guys. Final suggestion; perhaps after you're done upgrading the Cyberpunk guitar (which I'm just now realizing is really appropriate, given that Cyberpunk 2077 has been massively upgraded since the start of this project as well lmfao), you could build a sequel? Start from the ground up building something new, with Sam's electronics knowledge in mind?

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Thank you. I'm really glad you've enjoyed this build. All good suggestions. Part 3 is still in progress so all I can say is, wait and see what happens next...

[@bronsoncarder2491]

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars DLC Featuring Idris Elba? lmfao

[@LilSirAxolotl]

That's some Zaddy Rizz you got going on there with those grey sideburns Ben

[@ERWebster]

I also don't think the skull is necessary. Cool idea that could live wonderfully on a different build. The changes you have made so far are outstanding IMHO, and there is a really nice balance and cohesion to the elements on the guitar now. It fits the over the top cyberpunk aesthetic perfectly. ... The skull and bones needs to be on the t-shirt of the person playing it. 😎

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Cool idea

[@frankiechan9651]

At 13 minutes I felt sure I was about to watch Ben glue his lips to the wires. How cool would it have looked if each of the wire coverings was different colours? Then at 45 minutes I definitely thought Ben was going to blind himself by having a laser shine right into his eye - pushing back the project a few more months. It does look amazing though.

[@PaulCooksStuff]

Skull on headstock. Maybe even on the back of the headstock (an "its for the player, not the crowd" kinda thing)

[@rudisentosa6765]

Awesome guitar...🤩👏👏👏

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Thanks ✌️

[@wombat6]

Congrats on the weight loss by the way! I'm currently on that journey myself and it's not easy, but health is too important to just let it slip...

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Congratulations! Keep up the good work.

[@Tonehunt]

Probably been asked a ton of times, but what drill bits are you using? They look supreme!

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing.

[@redrockax]

Loving the G-Shock!!! 😁

[@spaceoilguitars]

Hey Ben! What drill bits are you using? Feel free to list them all in a video 😅

[@adamcone6856]

When you are done with the guitar, you should work with Gunship to write a song for the official reveal song.

[@jackjarvis6644]

Maybe use magnets for the backplate for quick access?? Or would that fuck with the pickups?? I don't know, but I do vape and find that magnetic covers are commonly used on devices where you need to swap out batteries at regular intervals.

[@davedavem]

Can't wait for Season 2 Part 3!

[@stephenhursey1506]

I can't play a guitar but it's the building and improving the guitar till your unable to improve your build any more and you're able to say that that peticuler guitar is the best it can be. So to see Ben look outside the box and find inspiration from learning new skills and to overcome their problems is fantastic to watch and I hope it inspires other luthiers into looking at their own builds😊👌🧡

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Cool, thanks!

[@stephenhursey1506]

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I watch you because you are the guitar builder who teaches and show everyone what you do even your mistakes and unlike American luthiers they seem to just repair gibson or fender guitars which as they're supposedly in American eyes the best in the world why do so many gibsons get broken necks and why is it that the only thing that they seem to be able to do to to make their guitars stand out is buy changing the Finish the American luthier seem to not be able to look outside the box or is it that their afraid that they will be sued by Gibson 🤔🤣🤣

[@dirksw1220]

Magnet attach for the backplate?

[@slicker1444]

Can the skull and crossbones live between the picks or would that interfere with the strings ? To complicated matters could it be inlayed there ?

[@ryanpettifer7371]

Hi Ben, how about smoked perspex covers

[@vincentvandervaart8019]

Is this a good idea taking all that wood out on the upper horn?

[@alexdarknation9703]

So cool to see the project live on ! Is it still that noisy when you plug it into an amp ?

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Not at all! Franco worked his magic with the LED wiring.

[@slicker1444]

Put tinted acrylic in the the other hole you don't want to put mesh in ?

[@shaunemurray5820]

BEN!!! Can I teach you leather working?!? Imagine the custom straps you could make!!

[@julianavery963]

Look out for snipers, Ben!

[@joeyclamz2408]

EXCELLENT!

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Glad you think so!

[@jonfortner3919]

I would have painted thoes cloth wires with a blacklight reactive paint. different color for each

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Amazing idea! Maybe for the next one

[@Ermuggo]

I think you can use a soldering iron on heat shrink tube, just don't use the tip.

[@rolty1]

I'm a bit surprised at all the batteries, why not just have an external power supply?

[@davedavem]

I've never seen a vape up close. But I was thinking, surely it has some kind of reservoir that needs filled...

[@peterjones3100]

reservoir, a coil of resistance wire through which a cotton wick runs, which needs to stay wet and a cool air blown over the coil to stop it burning the cotton. This whole thing is an I'll-thought shambles.

[@lordbodford1]

Can you not channel out for the wire

[@ianwelburn7514]

Why not just a hinge and magnets?

[@bronsoncarder2491]

With a classic Push-to-open system? I would love that. lol

[@kmm64]

Ben - just burn the bloody thing. It was the product of a chaotic mind and I don’t want to see you driven there again.

[@micah_noel]

Was 200% certain you’d have to remove the strap button…

[@JackRoadkill]

For the love of God, Ben - turn those bloody lasers off before you blind yerself!

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Oops...

[@slicker1444]

Why not switch to lithium ion battery ? At least leaving it for long periods of time you will not run the risk of a battery leak and battery acid ruining the guitar ?

[@allanhocquerelle1044]

Battery leacking would , in fact, add more steampunk aspect to the build😁

[@slicker1444]

@@allanhocquerelle1044 Touche, A catch 22 ? Just think of the ease of charging it ? But then again there is nothing easy on that guitar !

[@jacobherr6117]

The first time a vape was used for something good

[@JackBealeGuitar]

Your beard is mighty Ben, but could you shave with a chisel

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

If I sharpened it first....:D

[@JoeThornhill]

This feels so weird and wrong, lol. I really thought you'd feed all those wires through the necessary cavities. Maybe drill some holes just as a channel from one cavity to another. You know, like in a guitar.

[@peterjones3100]

I don't get why you continue with stuff like this, you undoubtedly build some beautiful and aesthetically pleasing guitars, but when you start on gimmicks like lights, foil, smoke etc... it all turns to shit and makes you look like an amateur builder, which you're clearly not.

[@WolfmanZeroX]

im sorry but this is just awful the laser and smokemachine are so incredibly useless that i dont even know what to say about it. Yeah lets stick some smoke and a laser that will hit the player in the face while playing in the guitar becasue thats a good idea...... Holy crap this is bad

[@TonyBell-kn6nl]

What a mess , a total bodge from start to finish !

[@paulbeckwith5981]

Yawn, your vids nowadays are sooo boring

[@jimbobjimbob8275]

The channel content does seem to have changed, and not for the better. I used to really look forward to a Crimson vid, but now not so much

[@paulbeckwith5981]

@@jimbobjimbob8275 It seems like he run out of ideas and his posturing and posing in front of the camera annoys me, I want to see a channel about guitar builds, with much less padding and much less Ben