The Great Guitar Build Off 2021 (GGBO 2021) - Full Build Of An Upcycling Acoustic Guitar

[@fatpotanga]

Wonderful! Not only was this a joy to watch for the level of skill and craftsmanship, but I love your workspace, the fact you’re in your slippers and hearing you sing while you work. You make it look effortless, the end result is stunning. Bravo!

[@jipes]

A stunning beauty, love the entire process with attention to the small details and the originality and aesthetic twists. Hats off Gabriele !

[@enricosatta5707]

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[@rusmanraharjo306]

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[@edgarfallas4046]

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[@СергейПирогов-е7р]

Я такого еще не видел, чтоб женщина в одиночку построила гитару от начала и до конца, нет слов одни эмоции, молодчина Габриэль, всего тебе самого наилучшего!!!

[@matt6288joyce]

There is something so soothing about watching a really skilled person doing what they were born to do. Your video also shows the incredible amount of work that goes in to creating an acoustic guitar! What a pleasure to watch

[@bran4588]

This is so inspirational! At home, with the minimal use of machinery, making a guitar that eats other guitars for breakfast, and singing in the process 😄 you're my idol hahahaha

[@CrazyDruidCaell]

I must say, I find the combination of stark professionalism and a certain home-shop vibe very interesting. I also much prefer this over watching someone do sloppy work in a fullblown workshop. Beautiful instrument.

[@ИванНикифоров-р5з]

Absolutely fabulous. So much patience and love for every little thing. Each handcrafted instrument keeps the warmth of hands and has a unique sound. Thanks a lot for making live instruments and for putting a piece of your soul into them. Best wishes from Russia

[@hscurt]

Of all the guitar building and guitar repair videos I watch, yours are absolutely my favourites. That’s a beautiful build. Thank you.

[@GabiM3112]

You're welcome. It's nice to see someone likes it. :-) [Humbled and blushing.]

[@chingletree5397]

This is probably the best-looking acoustic I think I've ever seen. Man alive you're doing good work.

[@pwman]

I absolutely loved this video. The attention to detail and the design and craftsmanship is wonderful!!! I am so envious of whomever will be the lucky winner of this guitar!!!

[@opidonorman8833]

One of my best guitar build video by far. I hope to someday be able to make beautiful instruments like this one. Lots of cool tone woods are available here in Uganda.

[@DJBuglip]

Finest luthier on the internet, imo. You do amazing work, true traditional craftsmanship, not one corner cut. Thanks for the education.

[@GabiM3112]

Well, as I said before, I'm not really a luthier but a hobbyist. But thank you very much for the kind words. Cheers, Gabi. :-)

[@havennewbowtow8835]

The sign of a master of their craft is they make it look oh so simple. It’s not. Superb build indeed.

[@derekpaul9945]

Gabriel’s this video was so inspiring! What a joy it was to watch! You’ve got an amazing talent.

[@1106Winter]

If this piece of art doesn't win I will eat my own shoes. This is so amazingly beautiful.

[@GabiM3112]

Thank you. :-) Well, I can always send you salt and pepper...

[@1106Winter]

@@GabiM3112 much appreciated!

[@user-ge6hf2xs4r]

That is a work of art that needs to be seen not just played!!!

[@ВалерийШумилейко]

Браво мастеру!!!! 👏👏👏

[@tonymurphy2624]

That's lovely. This year's competition is throwing up some exceptional builds.

[@owenmayes2128]

Thank you Gabriele, what a lovely, calming video in these strange times. Inspirational...

[@maurigonzalez8191]

please keep meaking videos like this, was so relaxing that i didnt realize it was almost an hour video. Anyway flawless guitar I truly love it. Saludos desde Uruguay

[@MrCytree]

I spent the whole video wondering why on Earth you left the circle inlay with an incomplete spot. It seemed so odd for someone taking such attention to detail and with such incredible craftsmanship. And then I saw that the neck covered that spot and it all made sense. Thank you so much for your work, it was entertaining and enjoyable watching your skills.

[@jettramel]

Love it, not so scared to build one now, I had a maple back & sides Guild Jumbo F-50 but someone thought they deserved it more than myself, miss that ole girl, I loved watching you make this modern Jumbo, top notch.

[@lrblouie]

This is a great example of why a fine guitar is so expensive!!! Beautifully done!!!

[@micheloderso]

Wow, ich bin begeistert. Da stimmt alles, von der Videoarbeit über die handwerklich, wirklich meisterhafte Ausführung zum fertigen Produkt. Danke für dieses tolle Erlebnis....

[@IvanMidwing]

Truly a work of art! Nice attention to detail and looks great, guess tonal properties and Playability is great too :) Cheers!

[@aufderreise4938]

Liebe Gabriele, wenn wenn das Video sieht, kann man nur erahnen, wieviel Arbeit und Zeit dem dem Projekt steckt. Und das geht auch nur mit viel Wissen und Erfahrung, und nicht zuletzt mit einer sehr gut ausgestatteten Werkstatt, die du dein Eigen nennen kannst. Ich ziehe den Hut vor deinem Fähigkeiten. Weiter so! LG Thomas

[@davidjessee7701]

Wow! You really know your shit!!! I especially like the relief cut on the top of the body. I bet it makes it very comfortable playing..especially playing while setting down.. its a beautiful guitar

[@CUONGMUSIC]

Thank you for sharing great techniques manufacturing. Wishing you health and happiness. I'm waiting for your new video!

[@edco6436]

Amazing job, very well done Gabriele.. Pure Art!

[@andyschultz3113]

Beautiful guitar and an inspirational video. Thank you for sharing your creativity!

[@philipford75]

Loved this video! Amazing job! Great skills!

[@sscra9693]

Hello Gabriele. Your videos are very inspiring. I have appreciated your creativity and quality of your guitars and the ingenious tools and jigs you have made. I have been daunted by feeling I could not build a quality instrument at home, but you proved to me that it can be done and without extremely expensive tools. Thanks and I look forward to watching more of your videos.

[@GabiM3112]

Hi there, I hope you're getting on well. Maybe you can show us your process...? Cheers, Gabi.

[@basementmidi]

Simply amazing. What a wonderful video to watch. Thanks for sharing!

[@thierrybezias7222]

Bonjour Gabriele, je viens de découvrir votre travail, et j'ai beaucoup apprécié cette vidéo. Travail magnifique, instrument superbe, vraiment que du bonheur !!! Merci de nous faire partager tout cela !!! Cordialement, Th. Hello Gabriele, I just discovered your work, and I really enjoyed this video. Magnificent work, superb instrument, really that happiness !!! Thank you for sharing all of this with us !!! Sincerely, Th.

[@garywhitt98]

Beautiful craftsmanship from a sure-handed luthier. Thank you!

[@rider132]

I stumbled on this after I put a pickup in my acoustic guitar. I was feeling pretty good about myself doing my own work. My lofty opinion of my luthier skills has been put in check haha. Kind of like changing a lightbulb and thinking your an electrical engineer.

[@paulwhickerthetallvicar]

Beautiful work. The arm carve was a revelation, really wasn't expecting that.

[@renegadechic]

Incredible! Its a great competition, and I watched so many videos last year but to be honest I think I enjoyed this more than any of the ones I watched, despite there being some exceptional builds. When the build went from looking like a more standard acoustic, to then adding more and more detail and complexity I was hooked, and the final result is modern, yet still classy and tasteful. You would be a worthy winner!

[@danmacmillan5114]

Great video! It is wonderful to see your process and craftsmanship. Beautiful!

[@denislamadeleine1181]

I really enjoyed watching your build and wish you could do more videos. Your guitar turned out beautiful and looks so comfortable to play. Your attention to detail and selection of materials is outstanding. Please do some more builds for us to watch. Thank you.

[@LindskogTed]

This is the most beautiful guitar you've made of all the ones we've seen on the channel!

[@stevewight1409]

Lol...I'm a carpenter/builder in ont. Canada. And a hack guitar player/builder. We removed some spruce 2x4s from the 1950s from a house and I basically did what u are doing in it video...worked out great. I used a neck from a cheap guitar tho....wasn't ready to tackle that on first build.....thnx for the vid.

[@johnnyrockmelon5514]

Wow. Some of your methods are ingenious. Best guitar build video I've seen. I have all the wood for a build but I find getting started a little bit daunting. You certainly have put this in perspective for me. Time to get glueing I think. Beautiful guitar too and it sounds great. Really well done.

[@GabiM3112]

Well, try out the steps with a scrapwood guitar first and you'll learn a lot from that. My first one form scrapwood took me about 6 months, building from time to time between my real work and life, with only the ordinary tools I had at home. Now I need a week for a guitar, in between real life and work, so you certainly will get the idea of it quickly. Something that helps me is to always remember that with a material like wood you almost can fix anything that goes wrong. ;-) Good luck with your first build.

[@barnseyb6031]

Lovely video. I like the mix of jigs and freehand. There is a part of you that will always remain with this guitar. ❤

[@alanblott4559]

Thank you for sharing. Looks great and sounds wonderful. Quick note....... Your humming on some of the shots was so relaxing and therapeutic. Take care, be well and be blessed for sharing your skills with us.

[@manolosantana4314]

An unbelievable amount of work and even more patience and passion. Chapeau! 👍

[@leevespa4564]

Absolute pleasure watching you work…beautiful guitar 👍

[@jamesakers1175]

Some really beautiful work. Sounds great too. A very different way of braces and such thinking outside of the way most guitars are built.

[@toddbeeman5933]

Stunning guitar! Great video! The finished piece sounded incredible! Sending peace & love from Missouri, USA -Todd

[@TheGreatestJuJu]

Clearly their first time doing this... what a beaut!

[@revelkramiii3588]

You are a very skilled and talented person, it was a pleasure to watch, thank you.

[@ronniejarvis2679]

Fantastic build. Loved that you showed the process of creating an arm bevel. Great to see an acoustic entry to the GGBO. Keep up the great work

[@alphonsejohn8728]

Wonderful work l love guitars 🎸 especially the bass

[@BLJKPLR]

Beautiful guitar build. I love watching you build these guitars, learn a lot, it's fun just like playing music. Keep building, soon I will be trying this on my own. I have a great teacher in you the rest I'll figure out in time. Thank you:)

[@FrugalFixerSpike]

beautiful , and it sounds so good!! My build at least stays in tune for now, breaking down for the flames install now!! Way behind due to shop fire!!

[@quietpls]

Beautiful guitar. It is a joy to watch the process.

[@nonatomoura7309]

Um lindo trabalho tá fico muito feliz de ver uma pessoa com você fazendo esse grande trabalho esse grande instrumento

[@curupirauirapuru3368]

Its amazing Greeting from Brazil 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@bldallas]

So cool! Really great job!

[@joefrondbanzukiinstruments5079]

I enjoyed this very much. It was a comfort to see I am doing things much the same way. Even have the same bandsaw!

[@berberlowish]

When I saw the intro video I thought it would be nice to watch the build, but you really blew my mind!!! Gorgeous guitar, very thorough craft and detailing, Congrats

[@coolfouad74]

Well done, Turned out a beautiful end result - I love it! Thanks for sharing :)

[@vagata123]

Nice video and wonderful craftmanship.

[@blkjckgtr3075]

Beautifuly done and amazing carpentry skills,love the comfort carve awesome build Gabriele,Cheers!

[@timmack2415]

I can't even imagine! That guitar is gorgeous!💥

[@BoneheadGuitars]

Stunningly gorgeous work.

[@duanevigue1603]

Gorgeous guitar. Fantastic job!

[@stuartbarker9373]

Wonderful! I watched pretty much all of the build videos in GGBO 2020 and I'm certain you would have made the top 5 at least. I've kept fairly up with GGBO 2021 and IMHO you're a country mile ahead of all of those to have made a video so far.

[@TortugaUruguaya]

You left me totally speech-less, incredible!

[@jurgenzoller4407]

An hour of amazement! That was wonderful to watch!

[@Billbobaker]

You make me want to build an acoustic guitar. Great videos thank you for sharing them.

[@GabiM3112]

Hi there, Bill. Well, I suggest you get started, then. :-)

[@itsnotadodgerog2050]

Yep, not into Guitars, more a bass man, but the meticulous attention to details and that birds eye maple...Sweet Accent! Thanks for sharing your passion with us..

[@mccypr]

Very nice! You make it look easy. Thanks!✌️🌞😎🎸

[@Vei2aC]

thank you so much, watched every minet, and enjoiyed every minet, what a beautiful intrament, i hope it survives manny manny years, and enjoiyed by manny people.

[@richardfrankland8183]

Great video, enjoyed that. About to go and watch the 2022 version! As a fellow builder its great to see the way others do it. Was very impressed by the simple side bender. Love the fretboard inlays.

[@nathanprather279]

Beautiful. What an amazing art form!

[@martinlouden9005]

A really beautiful guitar. Best of luck in the competition.

[@dcallan1]

Outstanding! I really enjoyed your guitar building process.

[@ShawnHeath]

Wow, you make it look so easy. Beautiful work!

[@reedfail7640]

Very, very nice work 👍👍

[@RogerioDuarte]

I'm impressed what beautiful work.

[@larrycortner6321]

Love watching your videos, You do great work and most of all great deeds of humanity helping Kids .Kudos to You .

[@TheFamilyWoodworker]

I dig the accuracy of your craft... and the makeshift solutions too. 2 thumbs up on the car battery as a bench weight. Very pretty result.

[@guitarsofold100]

Superb Work Gabriele!

[@tonyk1081]

That was amazing, great job!

[@HowdiesWoodwork]

beautiful guitar and wonderful video - thanks for sharing!

[@URKOVAI97]

That's an outstanding job... congratulations, you create wonderful masterpieces with tons of dedication and love

[@ProfileP246]

Refreshing to see a lady do what I do. I've been wanting to keep every one I built for the last 12 years, hasn't happened yet I know what you mean. Loved the video thanks.

[@jimmytree1936]

Confident, deliberate artistry. Thank you!

[@davedavem]

Good word for it, completely agree!

[@bobclutton6523]

great work, thank you, I build Ukes a cross over between tenor neck and frets on a baritone body shell, may not be ethical, but I love the sound, you showed me a few good tips, thank you. Bob in North Queensland Australia.

[@thissonedupuie3263]

I was mesmerized through the entire video, job well done.

[@sgriffett541]

incredible... beautiful... I could watch you build all day... so inspirational... thank you

[@LosPompadores]

Beautiful build, as ever

[@Jester-Riddle]

Intriguing Build. Enjoyed watching this a lot, including some differing approaches at times to what I've seen before ... You have superb skills !

[@floydloonie4880]

wow!! Great sounding guitar, and it looks just as nice . I am impressed with your skills as a luthier.

[@CMRWoodworks]

Awesome. I really enjoyed watching the build! The guitar looks awesome!

[@igorkuznetsov4057]

Milady, you are great! I admire your beauty and your skill!!!

[@bluesingmusic3443]

Beautiful guitar. It was a pleasure watching this video. Superb luthiery!!! Well done!!!

[@vladimviktorov2698]

Спасибо, было интересно, есть кое что новое, чего не знал. Гитарка супер . Респект, ай лайк ит !

[@MrTimothyhalliday]

That was mesmerising truly a master of your craft. Thank you for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@gimliman6]

Loved the video, and so nice to see you incorporate the Laskin arm rest and top hole. Beautiful work. I just built my first guitar from a kit and am about to give a full build a go. Should be interesting.