Did Rhett Shull Like His Tidalcaster?

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In this video, Chris and Matt road trip up to Nashville to visit Summer NAMM and hand deliver Rhett Shull his new Tidalcaster.
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[@RhettShull]

Thank you guys so much for this, you really knocked it out of the park for your first electric build. It’s a beautiful instrument!

[@DriftwoodGuitars]

Thanks for being willingly do this with us!

[@schism6600]

I want a tele now

[@gabrielpascoli1612]

Are you gonna get a Trainwreck?

[@johncravalho8812]

Big Sound + Big Playing = Rhett’s kickass Tidalcaster! @driftwoodguitars you guys are awesome! I want one now :)

[@robbiefrench8]

Its easy for him hes the coolest guy you'll ever meet, he's so genuine

[@druwk]

Hope that Rhett does a proper review on his channel? The natural resonances produced by this guitar are really intriguing. The platform for the pickups makes a difference. The guitar seems to have its own thing as far as the sound? Didn’t come across as a total Tele clone. Love that you guys are pushing at the boundaries of materials, but keeping a traditional vibe. Keep pushing!

[@fiddlix]

Absolutely amazing. Congratulations Driftwood and Rhett.

[@thejeffersonlee]

As he was talking about hitting 14K subscribers, I literally saw the count tick up from 14.2 to 14.3. Great work guys! You're living my dream!

[@armandomorales3809]

I've always ever since I've started guitar had the same fundamental beliefs you guys have about how to build a guitar. I am 100% purchasing one with the idea of a electric guitar built with acoustic principals.

[@jasonkaram1034]

My favorite nugget of Rhett Shull vids is that he always jams little known Stones groove monster 'Slave'

[@RhettShull]

It’s my favorite stones song.

[@karlsnell2166]

You guys are making great content for anyone who builds, repairs or plays guitar. Thank you.

[@russclewley6945]

It was really great to see you give that guitar to Rhett. Your expressions were priceless.

[@larscw74]

It's really cool you guys took us all on your trip. When I just started watching your content, you were just over 5k, having people from Rhett Shull's channel checking out your content would most likely up those numbers too. In a couple of years from now, you will be looking back thinking about how happy you where with 14k being at a totally different number. The number doesn't really matter, it's the fun you have while doing it.

[@Zane_Doe]

Hey! I know David! (Gump reprazent!) He's done some work for me. He's built a handful of custom amps for some players around here and they are always blown away with his stuff. Very rad to see him on YT. David, if you see this, WHAT UP!!!

[@DriftwoodGuitars]

Awesome! We’re going to do a special video about the amp because it deserves a much longer look. Hoping to get David on the phone for it.

[@davidedwards7172]

Long time no see. I hope to be doing a follow-up video with them. I hope things have been well with you.

[@Zane_Doe]

@@davidedwards7172 I been good! Hope you've been well!

[@davidedwards7172]

I've had my ups and downs. But overall still doing pretty well, all things considered.

[@Zane_Doe]

@@davidedwards7172 Good to hear, man!

[@warner631]

How awesome to have your amp get tested by Rhett too. Congrats on the awesome living example of making the world a more beautiful place without being super worried about money.

[@timmotel5804]

A custom built guitar and amp together. They both sound great. Your guitar build is beautiful and sounds wonderful.

[@Bangkokguitar]

That was so awesome, as are you guys! Great job on your channel and your skills are so good while you both remain so grounded and modest! Many blessings to you both and I look forward to seeing you grow as a company! Peace!

[@400_billion_suns]

Sounds fantastic, both acoustically and plugged in. Beautiful work!!!

[@ItsMrMcFly]

The guitar came out amazing guys! Can’t wait to see the progression of your instruments.

[@dougberry5003]

Amp is awesome.. Rhett makes that Guitar sing nicely.. Nice job Chris & Matt..

[@jeb3358]

Can't wait to see a video from Rhett about it. I've loved watching the process of building it.

[@sapelopelo]

That sound man. I wasnt expecting that tone. Unbelievable sound and roundness. Thats a ringer

[@nofcustoms4663]

I love how he designed it and all the small details he put in to it that made a big difference.awesome job

[@tonybrooks476]

He was always going to love it.

[@jennifer6833]

Can you please do more build episodes?!? Rhett’s always amazing!

[@twohandsguitarcompany]

Thanks for letting us all tag along on this journey, guys…it’s been fun. I love listening to great electric guitars (and players), and although my focus is strictly on building acoustic guitars, I absolutely appreciate what you’ve done here. I don’t subscribe to many KZbin channels, but I find all of your content so enjoyable, that I decided to be one of the 14k+ Driftwood (guit)Army. My shop is a little over 100 miles from yours…just across the Florida/Alabama line…so one day I think I’ll make the short drive and meet you two in person. joel

[@DriftwoodMatt]

Thanks, Joel! Comments like this keep us going. We’d love to meet you sometime!

[@theprisonier]

Awesome amp and that tele is a big surprise, could be the pair of the year.

[@kurtwestphal]

the combination of pickups, sustain, neck joint and a very wide range amp, create a beautiful sonic template for Rhett, he forgot in the video the role of the sustain the neck joint and volume in how the overall signal chain sustain is impact. this is an absolute beautiful creation your guys! congrats

[@Jeff-m5x3j]

Here’s an idea. Try adding a piezo into the D-tube to see what you get out of it.

[@Sammywhat]

10:19 The proud Papa giving away his daughter to a right axeman of the highest caliber! 😍 Love that you and Matt are taking us along on this journey - not just location-wise, but the refinement process of what appears to be a stellar guitar. This is pure gold guys!! Thank you and all the best in your endeavors!!!

[@benja1378]

your dad - daugther analogy is disgusting wtf?

[@Sammywhat]

@@benja1378 Really? Why?

[@toddbeeman5933]

Holy eargasm, Batman! Chris, it's blatantly obvious you craft some of THE MOST stunning guitars in the world, and that applies to your acoustics AND electrics now.. but your devotion and passion regarding innovation, voicing techniques, and overall attention to every detail, has resulted in astonishing tone, beautifully-resonate harmonic characteristics, and certain tonal aspects that are limited to an extremely exclusive group of highly sought after guitars! Seriously Chris and Matt, you guys are creating something special.. and I feel like I've understated its significance. You both should feel incredibly proud of what you've accomplished, and prepare for where it will potentially take you! The amp you were given on the way to Rhett's is killer! Sounds great and looks super cool! Sending peace & love from Missouri -Todd

[@DriftwoodGuitars]

That’s incredibly kind. Thank you so much.

[@briandesjardins728]

Man that thing sounds SO SICK! I've never heard a guitar with such a deep growly snap to it. Well done bro, that's a win on a win.

[@DRChevalier]

I only found your channel about two weeks ago and have been following the 3000 Year Old Guitar build. I am loving the channel. What I like about your design values is the assertion that to be good plugged in, an electric guitar also needs to be superb acoustically and superb acoustically first. I've been a player, not a builder for nearly 50 years and was coached by a great teacher early in my life to always audition electrics unplugged first. That process has never let me down and for the few that I bought over the internet without playing them first, I have been both lucky and not. Same make and same model shipped the same week can sound very different acoustically. This is a beautiful looking instrument that sounds great and from this great distance sounds amazing. No relic fakery and I'm really impressed. Perhaps someday you can sell one to a certain fellow in Canada Thank you for the incredible work

[@xdoctorblindx]

Looks and sounds fantastic. Great work, guys!

[@MrSordan]

That amp is ridiculously good! So is the guitar!!

[@belzedar997]

Just want to say, keep up the good work. You are currently one of my favorite youtube channels, I watch a-lot of guitar content building being my favorite.

[@guppybill]

Haven't heard Rhett play with hair like that in a long time. Nice rig, too. Sounded like it was inspirational.

[@joemcgraw5529]

Nice to see Rhett on your channel and seeing him play the Guitar for the first time ,and also to watch your channel grow with awesome content love everything you guys have done so far

[@joemcgraw5529]

Its a shame Namm was a bust ,Im working on getting my Guitar repair Business Legit been doing it for years by word of Mouth but need to start advertising especially so I can get into Namm next year hopefully

[@1963jesse]

So happy for you guys that this worked out so good!

[@BrettPapa]

Awesome stuff guys! Sounds great!

[@christopher-miles]

welcome. welcome. hi. hey, hi, HELLO! what's happening? how's it at? me too! you good? wellcome; i'm brett papa. that's you. LOL!

[@DriftwoodMatt]

Thanks, man!

[@jake1234321]

Guitar sounds amazing, enjoyed the journey with this guitar and hope to hear some updates from Rhett in the future about it. Keep up the good content guys!

[@TheBigburcie]

That guitar/amp combination sounds sick. I'd love to see it stress tested in a studio situation where the amp can be gunned and play with the resonance of the guitar.

[@jakeward3209]

That guitar sounds alive!!

[@markkinney5030]

It’s a beautiful instrument for sure! sweet tones oh man

[@mediumstudio]

headstock design is fantastic, man

[@Kevin.odonnell]

Happy for you guys :) I have enjoyed this adventure of yours

[@bldallas]

That guitar sounds amazing! I love the P90 sound, in particular. Great job!!!

[@rudiyantohalim736]

Wow....woww...that's the only thing that Rhett can only said. For me, that means the guitar was so awesome. Hopin that u guys can do more vids on electric, and hoping someday I can play one of your build. Keep on rockin man 🙏🤘🤘

[@darrenkerton9837]

Really enjoyed this series, thanks guys from the UK. 🎶

[@stonephilips9361]

Beautiful guitar..both sound killer…It needs to go out on the road.

[@veepeein4712]

I like this vlog format.

[@pierheadjump]

Thanks Driftwood ⚓️. Dead Nuts!!! That’s what I’m taking about! 😎

[@mojo6778]

I think for your first electric build you hit it out of the park. That guitar will be very special to Rhett being #1 and acutally a Beta guitar as you are already talking about making a few changes to the next builds. Congrats on a beautiful looking and very resonant sounding first build, and that amp sounded killer!

[@hrlarson]

That Trainwreck clone sounds amazing!

[@TSFAHTPS]

Lovely guitar guys! love the flush control plate idea, super classy :)

[@kaijrix]

Thumbs up fo sho. Great episode.

[@stevefearon9337]

Tone forever, guitar and amp heaven

[@unit01studio66]

These video's were great - the entire series, and you pulled off an amazing sounding guitar. I am excited to see what you do in the future.

[@jlore6344]

This guitar is so amazing. Love everything about it. dang!! Keep it up fellas (until I can afford one).

[@undeaniabletruths5551]

"How much it means to make something and have that go on in the world and mean something to someone else" That's it exactly.

[@RogerThat902]

Beautiful guitar and the amp sounds amazing! I wish you both all the success in the world, you guys seem like great people.

[@davidledford3522]

I have that same t shirt cept mine is blue

[@byerh]

Nice job - The guitar sounds great! - You are definitely on the right track.

[@14djfunk]

Did some research regarding the D tubes since I was curious. Maple wood (silver to sugar respectively) has a Modulus of Elasticity (MOE) ranging from 7.9 to 12.6msi (million lbs per square inch). The carbon fiber for those D tubes has an MOE of 33msi. So the increases are in the order of 2.6 to 4.2 times stiffer than the maple alone. Also carbon fiber is a lot less susceptible to the effects of time and/or cycles under tension (aka creep stress) in a less that ideal environment. 100ish lbs of string pull isn't much but over of lots time and humidity fluctuations it will shift. I think it's interesting that sugar maple is the stiffest... possibly due to the crystallization of the sap fortifying the wood fibers? I do know if that's the reason, but if so, then it's gaining stiffness much in the same way that the resin is fortifying the carbon fibers.

[@DriftwoodGuitars]

Wow thanks for researching that! Very interesting

[@keenaheaton8853]

If you compare growth rings of sugar maple to other types of maple, sugar maple’s rings are incredibly tight. There is a massive weight difference between two similar sized boards. Interesting thought about the sugar content of the board, I hadn’t considered that.

[@14djfunk]

@@keenaheaton8853 I didn't know that about the growth rings, that's cool though. I did read where they make baseball bats out of sugar maple because of its density.

[@14djfunk]

@@DriftwoodGuitars maybe you guys can help answer what type of maple is the industry standard for guitar necks?

[@TribalGuitars]

Fantastic guitar! The natural projection on that... Whew!

[@kgamaseg]

Great tones! That would be what I call an "Iced tea Tele". The burst looks like iced tea. Nice.

[@thenormalyears]

yes thats brilliant haha it really does look like ice tea

[@schism6600]

Beautiful work

[@jamesandrassy8612]

Wow, Amazing build. Sounds killer

[@RobYoungband]

Why no truss? Great sounding & looking guitar. Love the flush with the body control plate.

[@MDN1505]

That guitar completes Rhett's arm. Its a part of him and he is ONE with the guitar!

[@DJBuglip]

Dayum. When you amped that thing, Rhett, the stink-face was just unavoidable. Nice sounding axe, y'all. I still wouldn't trade ya though, ;)

[@gabrielpascoli1612]

Broooooo you got a Trainwreck I'm so impressed with the tones, please do an review of that amp. also amazing work on this tele, is unbelievable probably the most loud unplugged guitar I have ever heard.

[@paulcowart3174]

You can buy these now The guy who worked under the TW guy is reproducing them now w great results

[@gabrielpascoli1612]

@@paulcowart3174 where can I buy that amp Sunds unbelievable

[@paulcowart3174]

@@gabrielpascoli1612 Not sure of the fellows name but if you look up TW clones you should find him...or go to Pete Thorns Utube page where he is playing an original TW and there is some info there that will point you in the right direction

[@nocinbike8240]

Sounds (even on Mobil) and looks soooo cool and beautiful.

[@jimmygrant3151]

I have one guitar out of 15 that has a great resonance that you can truly feel throughout the body and is very loud unplugged. Interestingly enough, it was made in a custom shop in China, of all places. My other guitars are your typical Fender's, Gibson's, and custom builds etc...They all sound great and are expensive, but the China one tops them all as far as resonating. So I get what Rhett is saying. It will be nice to see what he has to say about it on his channel. I hope he is fair and objective. Like Donkey said, only a true friend would be honest.

[@superglootheband]

Very sweet! I would add DeArmond pickup from Curtis Novak on the neck, Pull Pot TB, through body block and Tremelo, this would bring the harmonic range even further through the body and neck really step up its magic!

[@vasocreta]

that is one good looking (and sounding) guitar. Dang!

[@scottakam]

Guitar sounds as good as it looks!

[@johnvcougar]

Great style, tone and acoustic properties. Hmmm, you could be onto something, lads!

[@larrycortner6321]

Looks awesome. I would love to be able to play it for myself. I always like to play guitars in a clean amp to really hear the true tones . And if you wire the pickup straight to the output jack bypassing pots it's amazing the extra tone and volume you get .Try it .

[@droidfan]

Not a Tele fan..... but wow... that is just a work of art! I have a headstock problem/issue/psychological trauma? Dunno..... but that one is gorgeous! Congrats on a museum piece that happens to sound amazing.

[@DriftwoodGuitars]

Thanks for that!

[@maverick5162010]

That was sooo awesome!! You guys hit one over the top!! :)

[@craigwilliams6145]

I enjoy the little performances as well, so please keep them going. I'm learning a lot overall. Thanks for that.

[@tymeryder7264]

Love the video. Rhett made it rock, no surprise. It is an amazing guitar.

[@msbrech]

Gorgeous guitar, guys!

[@Gaslight.Guitar]

Super cool guitar. Congrats Rhett!

[@gregmize01]

BEAUTIFUL JOB!

[@rijstaffel]

The guitar is great, no doubt! Tell us more about the amp! I love how it responds to the volume of the guitar.

[@DriftwoodGuitars]

We put up a video last week about it. Go check it out!

[@rijstaffel]

@@DriftwoodGuitars Thanks!

[@Hikaru109Ichijyo]

you know its good when Rhett gives his signature. "Yeah!"

[@johngrandile3670]

It sounded amazing!

[@vaughncook8815]

Introducing the Shullwood Tidalcaster, has a nice ring to it don't ya think...

[@SkyscraperGuitars]

Beautiful guitar gentlemen! I didn't see the t-shirt link you mentioned... I'll catch it on the next round. And congrats on selling out your first batch of Tidalcaster guitars. There are going to be A LOT of happy players out there when they are released into the wild.

[@beatmasterbossy]

I've been playing over 20 years and I have 3 pedals. I've never had more than that. Ideally I'd like 6 or 7 max on my board.

[@beatmasterbossy]

...plus a footswitch for the amp.

[@davidjones2705]

Thank you Guys loved following you over here in England going to enjoy more of your channel thank you very much

[@DriftwoodGuitars]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@erpringle]

I don't care how straight the neck is now, wood moves. It grows, it shrinks, it has a mind of it's own and that's a fact. If you can't adjust it, it's disposable. Amp sounds good.

[@HighDesertGarden]

Such a nice guitar. Good job.

[@mediumshreddercheese]

Nice work fellas!! Psyche is high!

[@lorisgiovenco5545]

it would be interesting to change the neck (classic and wiht d-tube) on the same body to "measure" the impact of the tbone joint on the resonance

[@Impractical_Engineer]

The best guitars are loud acoustically. Tone wood and quality construction is real.

[@markguynn7254]

Thank you guys! It is a pleasure watching you. Also, you guys are really quality musicians! I own a number of boutique acoustic guitars . The guitars you have shown and played sound as good as any of the ones I own . Ryan and so forth…

[@rogerledoux4741]

Not sure about not having a truss rod but truly only time will tell.

[@amberwoodstudio]

Smokin guitar 🎸. Loooooove that amp too

[@thedutchdjentleman]

Congrats on 14k!

[@NefMed]

This is the beginning of something beautiful... congrats pals. Godbless.

[@cfreeman5631]

Nice guitar AND Amp. very nice Job guys.