Relaxing Build Montage - Watch me Craft a Custom 8-String Headless Guitar

[@DarkArtGuitars]

How do you like this more relaxed, slower paced format? Too slow or just right?

[@bobweiram6321]

Very much so!

[@kikki5544]

perfect !

[@MatiRec]

Too *good* correcting your mistake

[@mariolafontaine5853]

Just perfect format!

[@TheRealGrudu]

Une autre œuvre-d'art! Fantastique savoir faire, une vraie beauté !

[@StyL0s_]

Absolutely gorgeous guitar! I love more extreme shapes, wengé necks and I love guitars with beautiful exotic woods on display. You seem to give a lot of efforts in your builds. Good work! glad youtube suggested this channel

[@eitanmetcalf6198]

Very cool design! Been wanting to build a guitar with similar woods like this, except Spalted maple instead of buckeye burl. Very enjoyable to watch and learned a couple things that will help me improve as a new builder also. Maybe after my next deployment I’ll use some of the extra cash to commission a build from you.

[@jesseforeman834]

I enjoy the new direction you have decided to go. I’ve been subscribed for years now. It’s really neat to see you work and use some of the machines you have made and modified over the years. It’s also neat to see you work with some of your new equipment. Your work is beautiful!

[@DarkArtGuitars]

Thank you very much!

[@pietrovincenzobernasconi4008]

Simply fantastic!!!!

[@SinysterSoundsOfficial]

Looks incredible!! And the wood choices are perfect.

[@CroshVine]

I was like "that seems way too wide." Then I saw your hands.

[@Guerrerosmusic]

Wonderful!!!

[@humbertholzmann674]

very nice guitar. How you consider using epoxy to seal the wood instead of regular acrylic, poly urethane or grain filler? Wouldn't the resin suffocate the wood and therefore its resonant timbre? Then I saw that even when gluing the fretboard you don't use wood glue but still resin. Why? Thanks in advance for the replies.

[@DarkArtGuitars]

It always depends on the wood used. Some woods are so soft that they will damage very easily without any resin impregnation or other stabilization (buckeye burl can be one of those). In those cases there isn't much resonance to begin with (think of a sponge) so the epoxy can only help. If the wood is quite solid then any finish or grain fill will be so thin an minimal that it doesn't make a huge difference (the influence of the wood is fairly small on an electric to begin with). I tend to choose the glue and finish for what makes the most durable guitar.

[@russellnunn6541]

I really enjoy your content.

[@mmmikem]

Your channel has become my go-to for guitar related stuff nowadays. I really enjoy your rational approach to things, your pickup video was really interesting irrespective of the outcome! I'd like to ask, what has been your experience with headless bridges/hardware? I'm looking at making the plunge and trying to build a headless, but I often read people recommend avoid cheap options, with the only alternatives being around 300 euros.

[@DarkArtGuitars]

Headless bridges are expensive, that's just a fact. There are many small parts that need to fit with fairly tight tolerances for it to work well, so it's not cheap to produce. While cheap ones "work" they tend to be a nightmare to tune and have the hardware strip out the second time you use it. The cheapest good option would be Nova Guitarparts. I used them on most of my builds and am very happy for the price. Should run you about 200 euro I believe. You can get them on their ebay store, or reach out directly to avoid ebay fees.

[@mmmikem]

Yeah that's fair! Super, do you import those from the US? I've only seen them at Ploutone. I'm very tempted by the RIviera bridges, but I'd only give those a bash if I manage to win with a cheaper option to start with!

[@DarkArtGuitars]

@@mmmikem I get them directly from Nova Guitarparts in Brazil, no point going through ploutone if you're not in the US. They ship internationally at quite reasonable rates.

[@IceCreams62]

Incredible work, my compliments. Now to improve your productivity you need to add a RapidChange ATC.

[@DarkArtGuitars]

An ATC is definitely on the bucket list. Maybe this summer if all goes to plan.

[@IceCreams62]

@@DarkArtGuitars Very good and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg, check their web site

[@randywilbur3189]

I like this format. Very cool guitar other than a couple design choices that I didn't care for. Just my personal opinion though. Im sure a lot of people would love it

[@DarkArtGuitars]

That's what I love about custom guitars, they only really have to please one person and can therefore have much more unique designs.

[@randywilbur3189]

​@@DarkArtGuitars Agreed 100%. Keep up the great work

[@Guitar_Builder]

How long did it take you to build your shop, did you buy all your tools with the guitar $?

[@DarkArtGuitars]

I've been building my shop for a few years now, mostly by making videos on here. But end of last year/beginning of this year I did a big overhaul to set it up more for guitar building. I had to invest some $, but all in all it wasn't too bad as I already had my CNC and many other tools I collected over the years. While you definitely don't need all these tools to get started building guitars, if you want to be productive enough to make some money with it, you first need to invest some to get the tools that speed up the work. Kind of a chicken and egg thing ;)

[@bobweiram6321]

Did you get Mayhem as a client?

[@DarkArtGuitars]

I wish :D

[@matereny]

Price?

[@DarkArtGuitars]

This one is sold. A similar one would be around 3200chf (~3500usd)

[@DJTIKTOK.]

" 28.7.2024 " 🤴🏻❤

[@garywalling4341]

'Craft' you used a machine for practically everything, piece off cake if you've got all the equiptment. I 'craft' mine by hand with 'one hand' (I've had a stroke) don't even use a sander. 😃

[@DarkArtGuitars]

I wish the machine did everything. But in reality it's about the same as when using a handheld router with templates, still lots of fine tuning by hand after. And that is not to mention then many hours it takes to program the machine to do what you want. So overall I think it's actually about a wash in terms of time and difficulty (for a one off), just a different way of approaching the problem.

[@nicolashrv]

Man........youtube is getting UNWATCHABLE......is not even 1min into the video and two advertisements of 20sec each, first which CAN'T be shut down.....and already had to wait for 2 advertisements before the video starts..........worse part is the advertisements are repetead over and over, so you are watching the same garbage 6 or 7 times every half an hour.

[@Hell_to_pay]

As I was reading this, I got an ad, coincidence

[@recordlabeldao7820]

I dont get ads bc I have premium