Building a custom electric guitar like no other!

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Dave Dickens

Күн бұрын

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@thatonedynamitecuber 2 ай бұрын

I actually thought I was watching someone with 300K subscribers. You deserve more subs

@DaveDickens 2 ай бұрын

Thank you I appreciate your comment! Cheers Dave

@juanantoniotorrecilla3956 Ай бұрын

This is the most amazing build I’ve ever seen for a guitar. Thanks for sharing it!!!

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

Wow thank you! Cheers Dave

@guitarzleo Ай бұрын

Amazing job!!!! The bird artwork is astonishing and that sliding platform you made for the pickups genius!!! Congratulations!

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers Dave

@latrovaBR 24 күн бұрын

It's outstanding! Thanks for sharing the process! Greetings from Brazil

@DaveDickens 24 күн бұрын

Thank you! Cheers Dave

@AxelShelleyMusic Ай бұрын

Brilliant work and incredibly satisfying to watch!

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers Dave

@rudisentosa8238 Ай бұрын

Awesome guitar….. 🎉🎉🎉

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers Dave

@RuffTymesBob Ай бұрын

This one was one of my favorites! God bless and keep doing Dave things!

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate your comment! Cheers Dave

@GahMehGrrrr 9 күн бұрын

I had wondered about a similar idea before. Well done

@DaveDickens 9 күн бұрын

Thank you. The movable hidden pickup idea was experimental. Ironically because the pickups are further away from the strings and picking up vibrations from a wider area, the tonal effect of moving the pickups is reduced. The overall effect is a warmer tone more akin to an acoustic guitar. I’ve seen guitars with movable pickups on the top but they look a bit strange. All interesting stuff though! Cheers Dave

@GahMehGrrrr 9 күн бұрын

@@DaveDickens I dislike scratchplates and pickup rings. I don't mind the direct mounting legless parker guitars. I have 2. My idea was to mount under a maple top from the rear of a thru neck. I haven't built one for 15 years now. It's tricky where I live.

@ghosthawk65 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant. Thanks Dave 😎

@DaveDickens 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers Dave

@robinleebraun7739 2 ай бұрын

That hidden pickup insert and adjustment system was brilliant, Dave.

@DaveDickens 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers Dave

@greylocke100 Ай бұрын

@@DaveDickens You should patent it if it hasn't been already.

@stevesstrings5243 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant!

@DaveDickens 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers Dave

@andrewmize823 Ай бұрын

I'm planning on building some guitars in the near future, so every video I watch is part of the "research and design" process going on in my head. It's very informative to see how people with different taste in aesthetics and overall design bring their ideas to life, and there are some really great concepts at work in this build.

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

Thank you, I produce weekly videos showing my step by step process. Its not conventional and probably not the most efficient. I believe the best way to learn is to start building and mistakes are just part of the learning process. All the best with your endeavours. Cheers Dave

@coregeek Ай бұрын

Such an inspiring build. Sounds as good as it looks! Now, I want to try my hand at that type of hollow body.

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

Thank you! Go ahead and build! Cheers Dave

@brettbunke9096 Ай бұрын

Amazing work with that said I would much rather hear more of you talking about the building an less time lapse an music . Brilliant work nonetheless 😊

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

I agree, my weekly videos are mostly talking with the occasional music clip when I have to wear a mask. Cheers Dave

@davidnash4393 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic! What talent 👍 I'd love to know how you got the switch and volume pot in there.

@DaveDickens 2 ай бұрын

With a lot of patience 😂 . I used string to pull them in through the end and through the hole I had cut in the central section. It took ages. Thank you for watching. Cheers Dave

@colinhall1216 Ай бұрын

looks remarkably like one of my designs on a LP type guitar i built awhile ago, but i used blue paua abalone for the kingfisher catching a fish

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

That sounds really cool, I love to see a photo. Cheers Dave

@colinhall1216 Ай бұрын

@@DaveDickens Do you have any form of contact/app I can send photos through? Cheers Colin

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

If you go on to my website, the link is in the description, there’s a contact form and I can get back to you. Cheers Dave

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

Hi Colin I would love to feature your Kingfisher guitar in an upcoming video. I will be making a modification to mine and making a video on the process. It would be great to show a photo of yours. If you are on instagram you can message me at footstepguitars or send an email to info at my website. Sorry I don’t give out the full email address to keep the junk email out. Cheers Dave

@colinhall1216 Ай бұрын

@@DaveDickens i've sent a message thru your instagram site, but can't send anything until u accept the invite, thx

@DJBLUEPHOENIX Ай бұрын

Awesome build! Two links out of your watch strap?

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

😂 unfortunately my old watch is no longer used, its rechargeable battery died (after many years), good news I have a new one and this one fits 👍. Thank you for watching. Cheers Dave

@ElliotCole333 Ай бұрын

Beautiful work dave. It really is unique. How was the sound of it for you? Sounds versatile to me. Regards, and all the best.

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

Thank you! The sound is quite different from a normal electric because the pickups are further away from the strings. It’s a softer tone, more like an electro acoustic guitar. I hoping to do an update video soon where I will replace the preamp with an improved version. Cheers Dave

@ElliotCole333 Ай бұрын

@DaveDickens I can definitely hear the acoustics of the guitar through the pickups. I've done such things in the past, like hiding pickups in a Telecaster under the pickguard, you just need really high output pickups I guess? Love the design very much, elegant shape! Good on you sir, must be fun to have a workshop like that, I'd be building guitars all the time. I used to build guitars in Denmark Street London, "tin pan alley" but that's a long story.

@andriilytvynenko602 Ай бұрын

Hi, great job! Good sounding guitar. You not need to make such amount winding of a string around tuner's cilinder or the winding will work as a clock's spring changing length of the string. 2-3 turns are enough. Have a good music projects!

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

Thank you, you are right and I have changed the way I wind strings. Cheers Dave

@Dreamdancer11 Ай бұрын

Well yes..thats what i call an actual custom build....i make my own guitars but those are essentially strats cause i love strats....cant really call them unique though..hehe...your build is very cool...

@DaveDickens Ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with Strats, I’ve not made one but modded a red squire Strat which is lovely. I did built a tele style, and that’s my fav guitar at the moment. Cheers Dave

@Dreamdancer11 Ай бұрын

@@DaveDickens I know there is nothing wrong with them..on the contrary..i absolutely love them...but when i build one i dont feel like its a super custom build and not some cookie cutter stuff....but then again iam not a builder....i just enjoy anything about strats...lol....