Fretboard Inlay - "El Negro Especial"

[@darkooo94]

This is the most beautiful fretboard I've ever seen.

[@stellabelikiewicz1523]

It is insanely satisfying to see how your work is made! There is something about the combination of traditional art forms and modern technology that speaks to a beautiful world of truly infinite artistic possibilities.

[@davidrees1840]

wow, I thought I had enough guitars until I saw this -absolutely gorgeous.

[@mcclellandwoodworks]

Beautiful Inlay work. You and I do it pretty much the same way. Love that design!

[@dbyrum8772]

John, Thank you, I loved the video and even got inspired & started creating some models so that i could hopefully attempt to make some for myself. I've been programming CNC Machines for 20+ years & was super impressed with all your tool path's & added detail work to make life just a little bit easier for installing the other components and finishing👌💯💎🎶🎶🎶🎸

[@asabovesotabelow]

. ....i randomly watch a lot of handmade guitar videos and this is a really awesome design, a real piece of art mate,,

[@junulock]

Absolutely beautiful looking inlay work. With such fine and intricate details you must have the patience of a saint to get through the hours of work this takes.

[@mahmoudali308]

Stunning process 🥰❤😎 Thanks for sharing

[@Preso58]

Wow! That's truly beautiful. A digital craftsman at work.

[@huntercochran9839]

I actually work for a company that builds CNC machines. I build million dollar machines everyday and to watch how you work is very cool. CNC is the future. It makes truly beautiful pieces if used properly. Great work. Cheers.

[@dannyandrews76]

Hunter Cochran , what's the name of the company you work for? I'd like to check them out online if possible. Thanks.

[@nicolashrv]

The problem with CNC is you spend more time learning to use the software properly, than actually doing the job. For example, I won a subvention for some 3D modeling pieces. They gave 20 of those......turns out they had to cancel it, because NO ONE knew how to make the piece they needed on the Solidworks or Autocad (actually I was the only, I managed to learn it in full speed) They actually did it later for free for me.

[@dirtboy896]

I used to machine motormounts for haas vf series machines on a bridge port mill

[@markdennis6464]

Magnificent workmanship & patience

[@MarkLindsayCNC]

There are no words, John. Truly glorious work. I learned more in this video than I've learned in the last 2 years. Thank you very much for posting it, and I'm happy to see you back!

[@gregorycarrillo6303]

the magic of the cnc maching beautiful fret board

[@chipoverbaugh5919]

I am in awe of your skills...absolutely beautiful!

[@mattltech]

Tedious, time consuming work, but absolutely gorgeous results!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@ryansaunders683]

Very enjoyable video! I love your level of craftsmanship and succinct manner of speaking. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@fancydeeldo]

what a fucking fantastic end product. rock on whoever gets this piece of art

[@karlalton3170]

Beautiful work mate , i bet it looks stunning in real life 😁😁🤘🤘🤘

[@WW-1995]

Astonishing results.

[@foxdenham]

Artisan craftsmanship man. Respect.

[@edh1293]

Beautiful work! Outstanding!

[@Mark-iq6hi]

I have never seen a more beautiful work of playable art. You sir are a true master!

[@robomclaren9512]

this just gave me another reason to start making me own guitars... mate thats bloody beautiful

[@fizzguitar3761]

I'm in love! It looks so beatiful!

[@kevin-haggerty]

Holy dude that is some amazing work !!! Rick on !!

[@michaelkennedy2190]

How much dose a fretboard like that cost U.S. dollar's? Beautiful work!!!

[@mikefinley4367]

Capture the images and save. Now do a little research into luthiers in America you find skilled and comfortable with and send the images to asking for a quote. On top of any costs you will have to pay to ship your instrument to them and pay for return shipping which I suggest you insure in shipping. The other option is to take the images and enlarge as needed, copy onto thin plastic sheeting and hit the hobby store for exact knives and cut out your stencils and practice before doing it on your instrument. Patients in a world where we have been catered to with instant gratification is required. There are plenty of helpful inlay videos on KZbin.

[@THUNDERWORX]

Wow... beautiful work!!!!

[@Ibaneddie76]

WOW, BEAUTIFUL GUITAR, AND INLAY WORK MAN. YOU ARE REALLY TALENTED.

[@gustavoramirez2330]

Es un trabajo maravilloso, muchas bendiciones. Its a beautifull work

[@studioguy2003]

That is Beautiful!!! Great work!

[@marinoagallo]

recommendations for bits? just starting to get into CNC and need helpful info like that … feeds and speeds too if possible … brilliant work … thanks for posting!

[@anthonycongiano8890]

Incredible work!

[@Htfhjooffhgghwwwwdf]

Love your work.👍

[@BioStuff415]

great work... thanks for the video

[@mark5150ty]

Wow that looks amazing

[@bobbydbuilder2873]

Machines did all the work.

[@psemond72]

Spoken like someone who’s never tried to use a CNC machine....

[@robertmizek3315]

Great video and a great approach to Methodology. Thanks for posting. I suggest that anyone planning on cutting pearl be very careful not to breathe the dust. VERY BAD STUFF IN THE LUNGS! Ebony dust isn’t good for you either.

[@peterkung6793]

Your work blow me away. Although there is CNC machine now available, it is still very complicated and time consuming and need a lot of patient. I wonder how those craftsmen in the old days could do this work by hand tools.

[@theoldtimefiddler]

the answer to your question is the craftsmen still do it with hand tools. machinists do it with cnc

[@gm-lb9oe]

Still do all of my inlay by hand and no filler either thats cheating in my book, I take my time, even if it means 3 hours on 1 piece :)

[@hkguitar1984]

Fascinating.If you saved the MOP dust could that be mixed with epoxy and used in some way? At the very least you could most likely sell the MOP dust with out much trouble. Thank You, you are a true Master at what You do.

[@wald3mar]

Very nice work..!

[@jerrybates5791]

Amazing Art

[@kevinbutler525]

absolutely gorgeous finished. another question... where do you get your shell blanks?

[@Woods_Hiker]

one time I'm glad there was an audio track overlaid :D to cover- up the @8:30 Thanks

[@orphanuprising]

Beautiful.

[@zippy3711]

I do the same thing, with no electricity. Nice stuff

[@macguitars]

Beautifully done, Could you tell us the cut speed and depth per pass

[@fleds8517]

Nice Equipment. How about try doing that by hand.

[@teresapoudrier494]

Thats jus nuts.

[@inkslinger6156]

How much would u charge for a custom inlay job to a Warwick

[@gustavoramirez2330]

Good afternoon.I have been trying to make the lines on the fretboard but the drills breack...can you tell me What kind of drills do you use Thaks

[@MaSa-st7pj]

30:23 haha so funny :D

[@hkguitar1984]

Could this type of inlay pattern be completed using abalone?

[@mikepancerny6913]

What was the glue that was used to hold the inlay down, it released with warm water. Thanks!!!

[@timbreraguitars]

Olá, estou com um problema com o Vetric Aspire com relação as medidas. Ocorre que os desenhos dos projetos gerados nele a cnc executa com um tamanho muito menor que o real em milímetros. ultimo teste fiz o desenho com 2000mm² para a maquina executar com 100mm². Poderia me ajudar? Agradeço muito

[@dannyandrews76]

awesome on cnc. Only thing is pearl dust is toxic not to mention how bad it smells. My brother cuts it underwater.

[@stenonemarangers]

that is F**King Awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@tonyshelton6164]

What kind of CNC do you use

[@OO7FIVE]

Nice

[@The_DropBear]

Hi John, beautiful work mate, I noticed you are based in Australia? Just curious, if i pay you, would you be interested in doing my fretboard and inlays on your CNC? I have the design done up in fusion 360 but I dont have access to a CNC. if that is something you could do for me could you please, reply with a contact email for further enquiries Thanks Dan

[@rchinell]

what kind of glue do you use to stop the inlays to the mdf when milling?

[@polestanycosta9445]

where did you find all those perfect and rectangular pieces of pearl?

[@shaynefitzgerald7928]

Sounds like Bob Marley was Smoke'in Lemon Grass, man!!

[@gtukiole]

really clever

[@davesaenz3732]

What is the model of this machine? Where do I get one. ?

[@hunterfitzpatrick8389]

Do you save the Pearl dust for crushed inlays?

[@Eumldeuml1234]

How deep and how fast do you cut with the 0.5 mm endmill (in ebony I suggest)? Btw amazing work! Looks very nice! :)

[@1967250s]

Slow setting epoxy?

[@FPChris]

5:48 how are you gluing down the MOP? A layer of CA? or spray adhesive? Thx.

[@jeremym8748]

I would use epoxy. It's inlay so if you accidentally sand too much away, the image isn't ruined

[@leonelmolinajr2]

Do you have a company website?

[@kirkgreenman1386]

What a Puzzle. What cnc are you using?

[@Ogscottyp]

Imagine this before CNC.

[@dunboozin]

Can I have all the left over pearl dust ?

[@kevinbutler525]

Nice work! what type of glue do you use to secure the pearl to the mdf whilst you are milling?

[@TomMolstad]

Yes. Awesome work. What glue? Thanks.

[@SouthernOregonCoast]

yeah . . . it's hot water soluble but what is it?

[@gm-lb9oe]

My guess, hide or fish glue :)

[@realitystudioscustomshop]

God Damn!

[@evanfehr3819]

Where do you get your shell?

[@hamedzandi3827]

Hi. How are u. What’s name of with one ☝️. That’s shell are ? And if I whant to bye what’s call that thanks ?.!

[@thecentralscrutinizerr]

Now do it all by hand. No power tools allowed.

[@rickydeez7251]

Where can i get this music??

[@chriss2452]

Why didn't you cut out 30:19-30:35 from the video? I thought this was serious work.

[@newelement_]

Does it come with a slave?

[@옥동스타일]

CNC rules!!!

[@fabricioefb2322]

MUITO DO CARALHO!!!! SHOW FODÁSTICO!!!!

[@jasonkrohn5416]

Congratulations you can complete a puzzle.

[@psemond72]

Congratulations, you’re an ignorant jackass.

[@richardcarlson737]

Nice work but the machine did it all ,nice gluing job though.

[@estebanzeenni2425]

I thought it was harder do , but of course a computer make it easier. doing it manually is more complicated

[@mikebillot5221]

sexc!

[@robertschaeffer5861]

'' PRIMO ''

[@fratonder2774]

WTF AT 30:25 ?

[@neuro518]

Let's see. $11,000 for the Roland CNC, at least $50,000 for the "larger" CNC, since it probably needs to be a 5 axis with at least a 20" bed for this kind of work, $15,000 for tooling and set up, $4,200 for Autocad, plus 6 months to learn how to use all this crap. Maybe a video on how to capitalize a inlay business would be more useful.

[@nicolashrv]

Wow! You want him also to inherit you his house, so you don't have to work? What about studying and work to get money in order to start your own business and the capitalize from that?

[@frontbum420]

Your a real grateful fellow !

[@ryansaunders683]

Good idea neuro518, make one!

[@StreetArtistsOfTheWorld]

Thanks for the prices, damn! They are expensive!

[@Scott-pr9qg]

Wow this is awesome. I wonder bow many hours he had in that.

[@jest2927]

muy mal explicado

[@charliebowen5071]

I don’t think cnc counts as your work... it is not the same craftsmanship and effort. A machine done piece is sterile and lifeless.

[@psemond72]

Give it a shot, see how you do. Start from nothing, design the fretboard, build it in some CAD software, create the toolpaths (correctly to get a perfect fit), then send it to the machine and finish it (with all the required tool changes). Of course you’ll have to know what speeds and depth of cut you’ll need based on each individual material used as well as how to secure them to the wasteboard. I’m leaving out a bunch of other considerations. We’ll be waiting for your video of the finished result that looks anything even remotely close to a perfect as this....

[@charliebowen5071]

@@psemond72 again.. that's machining. Not creating something by hand!!

[@psemond72]

@@charliebowen5071 again...give it a shot and then tell me it doesn't take as much craftsmanship and effort. You don't know what you're talking about. Just another blowhard purist who probably can't do this kind of work with EITHER method.

[@charliebowen5071]

@@psemond72 shows your intelligence that you insult people.. I never said it wasn't a skill I said it's not handmade... machining can be learned on a course. The feel under a hand plane is totally different. I respect the skill but if someone showed me this and said hand made that's a whole different ball game to what you are doing

[@psemond72]

Charlie Bowen coming from the guy who felt compelled to denigrate this gorgeous work. You deserve to be insulted...

[@mercedesvilla8774]

and where is the love? the soul? all the work is by the machine...where is the work by your hand?...

[@kyatzz]

It's not made with love if he cuts the pieces by machine? If he were to do all those things by hand his work would either be absurdely expensive or he wouldn't be making enough money to live of. The inlays are incredibly detailed and meticulously assembled. If you were to watch the video you would see that he does plenty of stuff by hand, he assemles the inlays with tweezers and sands it with allot of different grids going up to 1200. Those things are all sped up, but trust me they take allot of time and no shortcuts are taken. It's a work of art and very clearly made with love and passion.

[@valsteppe7754]

kyatzz I agree. If you did all the work with hand tools, well there's no soul in the tools. So scratch that. Do all the work with your fingernails. But wait, fingernails are dead tissue! No soul there. You can't do this kind of work without some soulless things.

[@theoldtimefiddler]

Exactly mercedes. while it the results are beautiful, it only takes a fraction of the woodworking skills to do this with CNC. any engineer or machinist fluent with autocad could create this. as far as sanding it down and finishing, it does take some skill, but can be learned by anybody by watching youtube videos. this is not inlay art, but a demonstration of machine shop skills. this video shows autocad and CNC setup skills, followed by assembly and finishing skills. where's the inlay artist?

[@rydertilidyer1136]

mercedes villa Just shut up lol

[@nicolashrv]

the love was in learning the computer software to have the machine made the copy for you

[@rca245]

Man that’s really racist

[@ebandcamp]

Amazing work !