CannaWood Mark III - my most complicated build (yet)

[@PranjalShekharMusic]

This is not a guitar, it's a piece of art.

[@massimotogni]

I have seen hundreds of videos on guitar building but nothing has impressed me as much as this one. A masterpiece. Kudos, especially for the originality and out-of-the-box construction.

[@jtmurr]

that's the coolest headstock i've ever seen. amazing work

[@puzzleheadedfox]

Totally, but I'd be too scared of dropping it and breaking it to do much more than hang it on the wall.

[@tsmith8567]

Ned Steinberger originally patented that idea

[@tonynightingale4400]

An absolutely well crafted amazing true instrument inspired by a genius and made by an artist.

[@K7classicrockfan]

This is not only an amazing guitar, it's a work of art, dedication at it's finest!

[@THEDARKILLERS46]

You, sir, are insane, congrats on pushing the limits every time, you are an inspiration

[@syedhaider7121]

Amazing skills and finishing. Mastery level. I loved every seconds of this video. Thanks for sharing.

[@pwrouzaud]

The most unique build I've ever seen.

[@RayBecker]

The design is absolutely Brilliant. The amount of Labor is Insane. Only a multi-millionaire could afford a guitar like that. This is Art that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Well done!! 3D laminated lattice bracing, French polishing...if you're not getting $35,000 to $45,000 USD for that guitar then you need therapy. Dyed rope binding. That guitar is insane. Now I see the headstock. The shape might give away the Client. If it's who I think it is, yeah, he could afford your guitars. My numbers are too low. That guitar has to be close to $100K Can't stop commenting as I'm watching; carbon fiber sheets in the neck and headstock. I'll bet that a man could stand on that neck and it won't break. Great builders don't have to glue in frets and you know how good a builder is by how little he has to level the frets. I think this is one of the two or three greatest builds I've ever watched. That guitar will last several lifetimes. My God, you are really that good man.

[@cannaguitars4593]

I need to hire you as my salesman 😃

[@sb-ez2ss]

He will wished he had have applied a tiny amount of glue when seating the frets as the seasons change believe you me.

[@RetroPlus]

I remember watching the original mk1 build video and just being in awe, and this is even more impressive. You really put your incredible luthier skills on full display here!

[@Whi2010]

Wow! That's an amazing guitar that I really desire. The sound quality is fantastic as well...

[@logansfury]

I have seen several Luthiers on youtube, but you stand out. Watching this build and all the meticulous care that goes into creating a master instrument was fascinating.The end result is one of the most beautiful guitars I have ever seen, and I own an Ovation flagship super-shallow-body cutaway electric-accoustic 12 string with flameburst top color from the early 1990's - not an Adamas, but the most expensive of the Ovation line at the time. I believe it was $1,600.00 new from the store at the time. It's still in pristine condition. I wish I could afford to have your guitar in a stand next to mine!

[@ASTRIG100]

Che spettacolo! In quanto a bellezza, insuperabile. Bravo.

[@loytunes]

Such a majestic and gorgeous build. Can't wait for the steel string version!

[@Alkemi7jtm]

Absolutely gorgeous!!! Beautiful craftsmanship. - If you leave the lid off when you’re heating the dye, it won’t explode 😉

[@simoncross1677]

I like the sound, and it looks spectacular. Admire your creativity! Well done brother.

[@pejon2269]

This is so crazy. Your patience, your effort, hard work. Thank you for sharing the idea. I have a lot of experience with acrylic and other plastics and thermoforming them. What would be perfect here for making a series of them if you had the convex part of the exact mold and just sandwich them together. But the vacuum bag worked pretty well. Nevertheless this is revolutionary. Thank you again.

[@cannaguitars4593]

yeah, two heated aluminum molds to press the veneer, or even solid wood plates together would be much better. Maybe someday I'll try that.

[@Charles-Darwin]

Your fretwork is impeccable, as is the guitar. "Don't judge a guitar luthier on the relics they produce, but by the erosion on their fret filing block"

[@cannaguitars4593]

-Sun Tzu 😄

[@tuderytumba4192]

Ну тут лайк сразу. Красота какая получилась.

[@grolezz]

Just happened across your video this evening. A delight for the eyes and ears. 👍

[@الراوي-س8ش]

You are genius man, you did perfect job and a great piece of art.

[@nicksalvatore5717]

Incredible craftsmanship

[@johnsee7269]

Wow! Truly something different and magnificent! You have sculpted the most beautiful guitar in existence! A significant work of art! Black Bird was a little fast but in one respect... It's inconsequential that it actually functions...

[@cannaguitars4593]

If you can't play very well you try to disguise it by playing too fast, I guess :D

[@gregholmberg2]

Wow. Really impressive. I love the innovation. Sounds great too!

[@cannaguitars4593]

thanks Greg :)

[@DarkArtGuitars]

Amazing work as always! You really don't like making your live easy, don't you :D Every time I watch one of your videos I learn so many new techniques to try out. Amazing to see all the things you're using your CNC for, gotta coppy some of them ;)

[@cannaguitars4593]

I already decided not to do it like that again. Yet my new process won't be less complicated, I am afraid. It seems like I can't help it. ^^

[@nv1493]

The video editing involved was a tremendous project just on its own, but it so well described this beautiful build.

[@cannaguitars4593]

took like a week to edit alone 😅

[@thedude4395]

Very nice. I love the vacuum clamp, so many uses.

[@shockthefox]

I watched every second of this… and I am constantly mesmerized by your work. Well done 🤘

[@cannaguitars4593]

Thanks for pulling through :D

[@maurolimaok]

Really a piece of art. I'm in love.

[@javierluna-c8l]

Es un trabajo súper bien echo, y la guitarra quedó hermosa y se escucha muy bien. Felicidades y que gran trabajo.

[@nikolagechevich1429]

Bravo...Bravo...Bravo!!!!One the BEST guitar for me!!!!!I am KOCE from CROATIA....(One of the best in my country.....Beleve me!!!!!BRAVO!!!!!

[@erickoliveira7039]

*Awesome ! Congrats my friend 😃🙋🏻‍♂️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻*

[@misho2184]

Your attention to detail is amazing! You got more sophisticated tools than Taylor, Martin and Gibson combined! But this is next level. Who is programing your CNC machines? (If that's you, then you are a luthier with a few University degrees)! Years ago, l saw very similar design for a bass guitar on KZbin. Maybe it was you again. VERY similar design. Still wondering HOW you calculate the bridge positioning - and it always sounds perfect? I've made a "few" (around 500) electric guitars in my life as a labour of love, (hobby) - but you are a different level. Making an Electric and Acoustics gutars are different games. YOU ARE A MASTER! AN ARTISAN! (One day, these guitars will be museum pieces). The level of "elbow grease" you put in your guitars is unbelievable! Keep going and keep posting mate, just recording and editing of this videos requre a lot of time and knowledge. I hope that your guitars are in a $25K - $50K range accordingly to the attention to detail you put in them. I might contact you soon for another custom project, as l'm moving from Australia back to Europe permanently due to health reasons. I would like to add one of your masterpieces to my colection. You are "the" Stradivarius of our times! Pure perfection!

[@cannaguitars4593]

Hey, thanks for all the praise! And yes, I do everything myself. The video you've seen has probably from me. I try to put the bride in the center of the top.... And the guitars are about 5k. Feel free to contact me via email. I am not checking my socials too often. Check out my website for that. Cheers!

[@catalinboeriu7661]

Never see something like before! Congrats!

[@lamarcooley7348]

.......OUTSTANDING....... Sir.

[@johnstafford8405]

Thank you for the vid and innovation ,the sound is fantastic.

[@hosoiarchives4858]

I love this so much

[@jacobthellamer]

The cnc looks really useful for the lattice bracing! looks much more consistent than the way I do it.

[@cannaguitars4593]

The fixture was the main problem since the router bit is pushing the braces really hard in one direction. A proper table saw setup would be better I think.

[@dominiquedesbiens4383]

Hou!! Quel réalisation magnifique et Qu elle technique

[@frizzyll]

😮😱 Mio Dio !! È stupendamente favolosa!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏🥇🎸👍

[@wellingtonsilva8903]

isso não é um trabalho, é terapia e obra de arte.

[@matveyzero1]

Perfect! Excellent technical solutions.

[@stewartsimpson9364]

Fantastic to watch, thank you for sharing👍

[@AlexanderArisga-me7pg]

Nice craftsmanship.very good.

[@MarsG0Dofw4r_]

Lucky client, what a work of art my man! Absolute artistry.

[@StarchyGuy-g3j]

Sounds so good man!

[@cannaguitars4593]

glad to hear!

[@ex-subsailor3480]

Damn fine work! Beautiful!!

[@dalgguitars]

Nice shop space, beautiful windows!

[@cannaguitars4593]

unfortunately I just hear the news yesterday, that I'll have to move out soon 😭

[@fotgamil]

Congratulations on the wonderful work.

[@higheriam]

Nice design. Looks and sound great. Thanks...😊

[@beerdeddi1]

Oh my god, this thing will be worth billions of dollars in 200 years!

[@al.writer]

There is a “master” and there is a “virtuoso”, so it's the latter! Bravo!!! it's hard to even think about it, let alone materialize it

[@ninobenjamin9020]

Nice piece of plywood furniture or decoration!

[@denisdv-records8275]

Самый лучший мастер на планете! Это самое лучшее что я видел! Моя мечта детства делать гитары! Моё уважение!

[@cannaguitars4593]

Спасибо, мой друг

[@FlipDahlenburg]

The best master on the planet? With laminates, he is probably in the top thirty.

[@magnolia972]

Der Korpus erinnert mich ein bisschen an Emerald Gitarren aber nichtsdestotrotz eine sehr schöne und aufwendige Arbeit, mit vielen kreativen Detaillösungen und naturbelassen eine angenehme, warme Optik. Wenn es einfach wäre, würde es ja jeder machen. 👍🏻 Die CNC Fräse bringt da wirklich Erleichterung….Kopf, Hals, Inlays usw. Das einzige das mich stutzig gemacht hat, ist das Bracing der Decke. Schwingt das noch 🤔 Die Nylonsaiten benötigen ja nicht so viel viel Gegenhalt. Klasse!!!

[@cannaguitars4593]

Wenn es einfach wäre, dann könnt's ja jeder. Das hat mein alter Schreiner Meister auch immer gesagt :D Hab einiges probiert bei Nylonsaiten. Steif und leicht scheint mir die besten resultate zu geben.

[@magnolia972]

@@cannaguitars4593 Danke! Das Ergebnis klang ja auch gut. Das da mal irgendwann die Decke nachgibt ist dann eher unwahrscheinlich 😄

[@cannaguitars4593]

@@magnolia972 win-win :D

[@AntonioSanchezFernandez-z5p]

Magnífico...verlo ha sido como asomarse al futuro...enhorabuena!!!y gracias.

[@JohnnyUtah26]

Beautiful design

[@vale0504]

Stuanning, u r an artist

[@zonzontsai4479]

nice work!!

[@nenugass]

Exelente trabajo, muy bonito cuerpo de la guitrra, muy bien 💯‼️

[@MrBab917]

Elle est magnifique ta guitare bravo

[@logansfury]

Oh Wow, I made it to the end of the video where the instrument is played. That axe just sings!!!

[@jaquesaulait]

Ausgezeichnet. Und sehr interessant.

[@JensAndree]

Guitarist and engineer here. This is hands down the most beautiful and well engineered and built "modern" acoustic guitar I've ever seen! I'd love to test it and hear if the bottom end really sounds as fat as it does in my head just by looking at the design?! Awesome is the only word to describe it! Greetings from a neighbour Swede p.s. going to bingewatch all of your videos now... ;)

[@cannaguitars4593]

Greetings from germany! I did my Industrial Design exchange semester in Gothenburg. Best time of my life!

[@андрейпатрушев-г6ы]

this is just cool

[@gavinalmeida1994]

Beautiful

[@dasonmusic]

I the move is the humbucker and the jazz vibe.

[@prodmus1]

Amazing and beautiful job, great instrument!

[@darylfortney8081]

Dude's redefining the art

[@malimundu]

Genius😮

[@diandomang]

Beautiful guitar

[@cho4d]

incredible.

[@jemari_el]

Damn, that's beautifull ...

[@reigunxchannel502]

Wow ❤

[@c3N3q]

I'd show this video to the people who say using CNC is cheating... 🙃 Very impressive, sounds as good ss it looks, and it's a real beauty. 👍

[@cannaguitars4593]

It actually makes things harder (at first) and take 2x times longer. Unless you build multiple guitars at a time. But it opens up many possibilities like the neck inlay.

[@ВладимирНемов-ы9е]

Amazing!

[@ЕгорКузмич-ж3з]

Отличная получилась гитара! Только один момент не учтён... Колки расположены не перпендикулярно струнам. Думаю, со временем могут возникнуть некоторые сложности из-за этого. Хотя не факт... Желаю Вам дальнейших творческих успехов.

[@isaacsada5691]

soooooooooooo good

[@albertopellegrinet8472]

Wow...😍

[@masterskay_na_naberezhnoi]

👏👏

[@alsetalokinalset]

Really really nice work 👍 Which surface finish are you applying?

[@cannaguitars4593]

french polish

[@arthurboardman1253]

Very beautiful guitar. Congratulations. Is it on sale?

[@sbalget]

Looks don't matter much to me since i go for how things sound as priority... But god damn that is beautiful...

[@Çetinçetin198]

Great! How do you choose trees?

[@DouglasThompson]

Super cool build, I will say the jack being in the rear like that would make it a no-buy for me because when I sit and play guitar, I use my left leg and have the guitar sit between my legs. It's best in the position like an electric guitar would be imo. That allows you to get the neck in a more natural position for your wrists.

[@Zekespeaks]

This is truly a beautiful piece of work but I have a random question for you. I do keep my thumbnails slightly long to help in my work but cut the rest very short regularly as they get in my way and drive me nuts. What is the purpose of your finger nails in your work or do they just not bother you?

[@cannaguitars4593]

I can't work without fingernails. Every time one breaks I try to glue it back on with superglue ^^But they are dangerous when it comes to the frenchpolish though. And for playing I need them of course.

[@RickyPLopezMusic]

That was really cool. I'm personally growing very fond of this wood model of yours. How would you approach a steel string version of this build? Do you still use I-beam bracing?

[@cannaguitars4593]

Actually, I am already working on the next evolution of this concept. And it will be a steel string. The i-beam bracing was kind of a dead end since the weight saving is negligible compared to the inflexibility in tuning freedome it comes with. But the Lattice in this video works like an i-beam since the material in the middle is much lighter. The Steel will have a traditional solid top + x-bracing, since that's what my client want's to go for. Also, I will use solid wood for the back next time. Plan to make a video for it as well. Stay tuned ;-)

[@RickyPLopezMusic]

@@cannaguitars4593 oh sweet! I'm super excited to see what happens when your super thin but stiff top design is married with solid wood back and sides.

[@Kasmost2223]

สวยงามอยากได้👍👍👍👍👍

[@wbwillie]

good to see my Dad wasn't the only man to use inner tube rubber for clamping LOL

[@cannaguitars4593]

it's free! :D

[@ДерекКорвис]

Красивый дизайн, интересно сколько времени заняло изготовление?

[@АндрейГалкин-й5ч]

Чувак не в теме акустики

[@ДерекКорвис]

@@АндрейГалкин-й5ч я не в теме. Просто интересно сколько времени занял весь этот процесс из кучи технологических цепочек

[@АндрейГалкин-й5ч]

@@ДерекКорвис Быстрее , чем делать обычную. самое долгое заготовка древесины. Его плюс , что не пошёл стандартным путём. Но гитара на мой взгляд не удалась.

[@chongshaohong2969]

Sorry if this question has already been answered, but why not make the back out of just the final wood veneer, so that it's less risk in sanding away the top layer and exposing the different colored wood below?

[@cannaguitars4593]

I like the light wood on the inside. But yes, it would have helped to make at least the top two layers from the same wood. I obviously didn't plan to sand through the veneer. But it would have been helpful, yes :-)

[@daovision]

Masterpiece

[@wagnerdipaulamusico7032]

MARAVILHOSO INSTRUMENTO

[@acousticjeremy5074]

The guitar sound was unpredictable

[@zvonimirtosic6171]

I don't get it; how do you know if you won't need bracing adjustments and compensations somewhere? You never bothered to show how woods (back, sides, top) respond to tap, and how you adjust thickness and mass correspondingly, and based on what? There are no two identical soundboards, no two identical back and sides that allow working blindly on established design and without testing. (At least we saw nothing). How do you decide the exact weight of the bridge, based on what? The whole purpose of hand-making a guitar is audible testing of each step and subtle detailing.Therefore, this looks more like modern architectural approach than real instrument-making.

[@stu-j]

H9w do you know he didn't 'tap' test the top?weight of the bridge makes no difference on a solid top strung with silk and steel! Oh I forgot all acoustic guitars should look like old Martins or gibsons from the 40s or 50s! I'm sure after reading your comment the customer wants all his money back! Get your tools out and show us how you would build a modern acoustic!

[@zvonimirtosic6171]

@@stu-j Because the details were not shown, that is why I asked. For a custom build guitar, I wish to see those details, to reassure me that the instrument is really hand made, and hand tuned to perfection.

[@Handle-this-15]

Naw when the first guitars were being built they didn't have all these modern methods and they are definitely instruments. They used trial and error. An original Martin is definitely a guitar not just old architecture

[@harrykoo]

I think it is the part or marketing and commercials - compensations and adjustments. No artisans do it in acoustic way. Its’s part of aesthetics and subjective. Guess you dont have right to accuse him of uploading his journey of guitar making.

[@craftsmanwork.John.Calderon]

WHATEVER MAN GO 😂GO AND SEE IF THE PIG ALREADY HAD THE LITTLE PIGGY ´S 😂

[@grahamharper6759]

Is that some kind of danish oil or shellac you finish it in

[@cannaguitars4593]

yes, shellac

[@patrickpeeters2637]

just a tip : put some vaseline on the pins, they will loosen much easier. Great build anyway...

[@cetrodeferro2115]

Show!

[@СергейКостюк-д8о]

гитара конечно красивая но это только для избранных для тех кто может себе позволить такой иструмент.Респект и уважениечеловеку!

[@cannaguitars4593]

200 часов работы в Германии стоят недешево :-)

[@DonaldZalewski-j8i]

Its to exspensive to bring it out of the house are you going to make a case for that