[GUITAR BUILD] The Balcony Stratocaster (full build + sound test)

Here's how I built my first guitar ! Built it mostly on my balcony using basics tools. hope you enjoy !
Guitar specs:
Alder body - 3 ply plastic binding
Flame maple neck - dual action trussrod - asymetrcal shape
Rosewood fretboard / mother of pearl inlays
22 Stainless steel Jumbo frets
25.5" scale / 10" - 16" compound radius
Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickup
3 positions switch
1 volume - 1 tone w/ push pull coil split
Vegatrem tremolo
Fender rollernut
Gotoh locking tuners
Homemade trem stopper
PU finish

[@mgcnashville6615]

Custom builder here. this guy did a good job. A lack of expensive specialty tools forced him to make custom jigs to accomplish specific jobs. The jig for a comp radius was simple and effective. Good problem solving and critical thinking skills as well. A person needs to be Intuitive in this game in order to achieve quality. Not everyone has that. Keep building man.

[@justinlafuente1782]

Thanks a lot 🙏

[@72Z15SS]

This is one of the things that I hope to do one day! Right now I just don't have the tools, or the space but might try a Kit Guitar first...

[@mgcnashville6615]

@@72Z15SS most kits are super poor quality. So don’t expect it to be anything amazing. But building is one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done. It’s great. Get into it if you can. You may look into a makers space in your area if they have one. It’ll have most the tools you need.

[@David-yl6bc]

The radius jig was smart.

[@bevo65]

+1 !!!

[@musiqueurbaine]

This for me, is the best video of a guitar built from scratch that I’ve ever seen!!! Everything about this video knocked my socks off. Fantastic craftsman, luthier, artist, designer,musician and much more…👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@joeblankenship377]

And it ain't 45 minutes long.

[@user-bd8bk1cg4z]

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[@MrNep2une]

I liked the fact that you accepted the mistake and turned it into a feature instead of feeling sad. Very nice work!🎉

[@deandee8082]

oh he felt sad, unless he is that kid on the devils hour, Isaac... DOH!!!

[@aleksmiha]

The sound is great! Amazing craftsmanship and I love the design, too!!

[@Zguegon]

Beautiful job! And a huge respect for your adaptability and your crafting tips!

[@vikramjitbanerjeetuki]

Huge respect for this dude not only did he make a fantastic guitar but he plays guitar as well as his luthiery 👍

[@drewflemingmusic]

This is so cool!!!! Beautiful work, great problem solving, gorgeous guitar, sounds excellent, and phenomenal playing!!!! My hat's off to you.

[@iaminbetweendays]

Wow! What an incredible job! Excellent sound check too.

[@steveo44]

Looks awesome and sounds great. I particularly like the binding and body colour. It looks like one of a kind and it is!

[@wolfenss4214]

Wow.. that guitar looks absolutely beautiful.. love the white stripes around it.. I just love this guitar! Amazing work!!

[@C36B]

I can easily say I love everything about the video, the process and the final result.

[@jordanmiller1804]

Great job! Seeing the custom built jigs was awesome.

[@miketaylor803]

brilliant - enough info to see how you worked through the build and all the jigs and techniques you used without ever getting bogged down and the result is just beautiful - thanks for taking the time and effort to record your build and share it with us. I particularly liked your trem stop idea

[@gelosoriano]

Beautiful! I love how you showed your mistakes and make it work for you. I love the Vega trem and your DIY stopper.

[@Aleph_Null_Audio]

Great build! Loved seeing all the jigs and clever problem solving. Thank you for leaving in the mistakes! It's encouraging to know that I'm not the only one that screws things up-and that it can be fixed. Also, excellent playing!

[@scambroselauntrellus3681]

I love it. Very good job making it not just another strat. It has its own shape and character.

[@jimmyz2098]

Wow! Unbelievable! Start to finish.... crazy good stuff! All the way to the jamm at the end. Tremendous talent. Wonderful.

[@chrisjscott]

Amazing work. Loved seeing how you worked through unexpected issues (upper horn, in particular; adding the lines as a graphic flourish to cover the seam line was very clever). And I'm FLOORED by the recessed vibrato system - that is SO cool.

[@manonbassguitar]

Beautiful & totally original. Love the back of the neck, love the trem stop, love the opposing fret dots locations, love the coil split (best pickup combo ever). Incredible & now I know what I want to do in retirement 🤘🏼

[@vyen9343]

Awesome guitar build! I love how you solved the problem with the bindings after you ran it through the planer. I started building a guitar with hand tools some years ago and it is still halfway finished in my shed. This inspires me to continue building. Great work! And a very versatile guitar too! So many different tones, from Pantera to Cyndi Lauper!

[@thorstenengel5912]

Awesome! A beautiful guitar, great build video and awesome playing with spot on timing! Congratulations!

[@AndrewGonzalesArtistry]

The whole color scheme and characteristics are so tasteful… from the binding, to the pickups and hardware selection.

[@davedavem]

Great job, man. Loved all the jigs you came up with! And amazing playing too!

[@richardlee6886]

The guitar was awesome, and guitar playing was even better, nice range of tunes!! Kudos

[@stevensobba1785]

Nice to see you enjoy your efforts at the end! In my eyes , your the “Great Guitar Build off” Champion of 2022! Perseverance, oops’ s , problem solving,Tremendous ! Thanks for Sharing , a total joy!

[@actcoolable]

Absolutely beautiful looking and sounding guitar. Respect on that build!

[@tubbysnowman]

Love the trem lock. that's a really interesting idea and well executed.

[@earthstrong-43.72]

Splendiferous job, man!!! It turned out to be a beautiful and versatile instrument. I would proudly play and exhibit that guitar. Kudos, and don't stop building. You have the gift, my friend.

[@helitonrodrigo2748]

great job done on the guitar. I praise the whole process of building and customizing it, success on your channel!

[@ezmac622]

You sir, are an artist. A labor of love.

[@mint-7422]

The quickly moving edits are kinda funny, the transition from showcase was legendary, and the playing with different varieties of genres is legendary. Good work. Gorgeous guitar.

[@uncleremus64]

Very impressive. This is one of the best build videos I've seen.

[@markpell8979]

Beautiful job, something to cherish and be proud of.

[@manoskf]

Bravo dude... Beautiful Construction focused in things that matter a lot... locking tuners, dual humbackers, bridge with locking option! Really meant for the player. The best I saw in 2022

[@MrKersey]

Amazing workmanship and a nice chord progression!

[@diodesDankessAndDives]

Ohhhhhh dang! With that vega trem too. Great job, this looks amazing and sounds great 👍

[@christophertodd6405]

It's a beautiful guitar. You did a great job recovering from the set-backs.

[@CallMeBigWorm]

Absolutely phenomenal build. The detail that went into the neck pocket, the tremolo, the pick up cavities, the pick ups, the neck and the body... it's insane! I absolutely love how it sounds too. Freaking amazing tone!

[@CallMeBigWorm]

Any chance it's up.for sale???

[@MrDmitryEremenko]

@@CallMeBigWorm Да! Интересно, за сколько денег?

[@dickstryker]

Looks good! Sounds good! Rock n Roll, man!

[@petedazer3381]

Wow! Very impressive work! And nice chops too!

[@jorgevillarreal1158]

That guitar is unique,and for my taste is just gorgeous,great job kid,keep music alive, God bless you 👏👏👍🕊️❤️

[@morrelljw]

Great build, great playing!! Awesome job.

[@christopherdounis6729]

One of the best build vids on this platform. So good to watch! Thanks for sharing your amazing talent and skills… and then… Pink Floyd, Mother… Queen, BoRAP… and Heavy Rock. Bloody hell. So good! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@heavenlyguitar5913]

Very well done! Just amazing. Your playing is good too. It looks and sounds just as good as any other guitar out there. Great job!

[@waylonwood86]

I love the planer mistake. Adds uniqueness and depth to the guitar.

[@jadamdavisart]

Awesome build and superb playing! Great job!

[@Mcqlfc]

What a beautiful guitar. Well done! I'm so jealous!!!!

[@carlosduarte7069]

Wow!! amazing build. Trem stop to alt tunings this machine does it all!! beautiful! congrats man!!

[@Tommyp65]

Outstanding!! Great craftsmanship, I love it. 👍👍

[@creativecomposites6193]

WOW! top skills and perseverance .The guitar looks and sounds amazing, very much enjoyed this thanks for posting:)

[@vogurt99]

Amazing guitar! I love the way you "stitched" together the part of the body that chipped off at the start

[@supercarjude7201]

Production values through the roof! awesome built. the diligence and craftsmanship is unreal ;p

[@gergemall]

Man you are talented. Very beautiful guitar and tones sound AMAZING. Really got me with the Brian May solo .

[@bobsegar1242]

that fingerboard radius jig IS FREAKING GENIUS OMG

[@andresantel2137]

Sounds beautiful and looks beautiful

[@elecrocity]

What an amazing video! You are brilliant. Awesome playing too!

[@earthlingsunite1405]

Fanfreakintastic - what a beautiful build I can almost smell the woodworking

[@danrao3707]

Very impressive with the build, tone and playing.

[@MartinMaat]

Real nice work and a stunning result.

[@gcatwyo]

That's impressive! Start to finish.

[@timmyv694]

That’s awesome !!! Love the way you routed out for the trem:) Ive always hated cover plates👍🏻

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

The way you created and positioned that neck rout template is absolute genius!!!!!!!!

[@GuilhermeSilva-rp2it]

That solution is very cool and creative, I have never seen that before.

[@morihiko86]

Amazing buliding idea and techniques. Very helpfull for my project.

[@craiglizt8074]

I wasn't expecting the killer playing too! That thing sounds fantastic

[@Hoops17101]

Dude. Wicked video start to finish! I hope it feels as good as it looks and sounds!

[@irtazamehdi2856]

This is inspiring! Excellent job!

[@barruzza]

Its a work of art. Amazing. Simply gorgeous.

[@alharris1508]

Absolutely Beautiful....and the guitar sounds awesome too...well done

[@jayberwocky1]

Very inspiring! Thank you so much for posting!

[@davidlingard7369]

Wow what a beautiful looking and sounding guitar,very nice playing as well.

[@samwhiteaway1991]

That was so satisfying to watch. Great, great job.

[@dj_tmc]

Thanks for sharing this on our FB group! Very inspiring! Also, the planer accident and your solution was great. I honestly think it s abetter piece because of your creative problem solving!

[@justinlafuente1782]

Thanks a lot ! Yep the chamfer at the back and the two stripes on the upper horn were not planned actually but I'm quite happy how it turned out !

[@lordseph]

That is so gorgeous!!

[@barrymaher1575]

Beautiful work and great videography as well.

[@AljosaPismonosa]

Wonderful job and great selection of music (Nick Johnston is my fav)!! I would love to see more guitar building and your great playing skills.

[@sagyed]

Superbe ! Et le chanfrein suite au problème de dégauchisseuse donne encore plus de cachet à l'instrument. Et le trem blocker intégré... Juste parfait. BRAVO !

[@pvdguitars2951]

You are so talented in everything you do. I wish you a very bright future brother ! 👍🙏💕

[@chadith]

Wow! Beautiful. I also really like how the back of the neck is NOT rounded. If you think about it, it really doesn’t need to be rounded. Great work dude.

[@SomedaySam]

I enjoyed every moment of this. Thanks for sharing.

[@KeithKong973]

I want that guitar! You did a great job it looks and sounds beautiful.

[@kbchef9205]

Well done. 👏👏👏Great job. Looks beautiful.

[@thysdreyer6886]

Well done Justin , superb wormanship!

[@9-volt247]

I like your guitar builds very much! Please make more!

[@ChadwickRider]

Rad build... the trim blocking feature is so creative, love it ... drop D here I come!!!

[@kevinleetreetimefpv111]

That's really nice. Love the way it turned out. Planning on building my first before long. Thanks.

[@deadjus]

I love the DIY trem stopper. Other companies need to adopt this.

[@jaderene]

This was an amazing and awesome build!!!! I would love to see more incredible videos by you of woodworking and guitar builds🤯💗!!!!

[@afanaskinanton]

Wow! Wow! Wow! Its beautiful!

[@Inspector-71]

Impressive build, well done mate!

[@tommycato6368]

That's inspiring, the build, video editing and playing. Very clean design and probably pissed off neighbors on the floors below. Thank you!

[@smokepeddler]

This is a really nice guitar. Top notch. Well done.

[@bobkabala8407]

beautiful job

[@darrelloxford7101]

I like the way you got your trim in the back of the guitar really cool

[@matthewmacdonald9851]

Very impressive, looks and sounds great.

[@georgewilson2865]

Looks and sounds amazing.

[@FullBazaar]

Awesome ! Made my Day ! Congratulations !

[@ijahtom4129]

Very good Job o and ! finally some one who really knows how to use the Vibrato/trem. Thanks for sharing o. Well wishings everytime

[@thesay5663]

Excellent player excellent guitar build, all round excellent

[@natsterjam]

First Guitar! It's a beauty! Kudos to you ❤

[@doubtannihilator2895]

Actually can't tell what's more impressive, creating or playing skills of this young man👏👏👏👏🤚👏