Hand carving a Bass body & neck with Angle Grinder Ep 2 | Making a Custom Bass Guitar from Scratch

[@93californication]

Yes! More basses please, this looks great

[@user-ky4uo6kj9p]

this Dude rocks!as bass builder too)

[@markpayne1789]

I'm a music buff and have always been interested in how instruments were made and built particularly the bass guitar this is very intriguing.

[@jfo1344]

As a bass builder who's been watching this channel for years, I'm stoked to see a dedicated bass build! I built a neck out of a super wormy piece of oak once and I used an air compressor to blow the sanding dust out of all the holes prior to applying the finish. Love the build and I'd love to see a neck-thru bass in the future!!

[@robkennard1867]

Looks like I'm not the only one who uses the router only to realise afterwards that every drawer in the workshop is open and now full of debris!

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

oops!

[@robkennard1867]

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I have a comment below here which I assume is SPAM?

[@duncanthompson957]

Why is this channel so so so appealing?

[@chrisclark_music7101]

That body is giving some serious Abasi vibes. Coming along great~

[@JeffGillis-lv1rz]

Ben, your creativity, innovation and master craftsmanship inspires beyond measure. All your KZbin and crimson content is excellent. You’ve become so familiar it almost seems like your a friend though obviously we’ve never met.

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Wow, thank you so much!

[@MrOccamRazor]

Yes, building a BASS!

[@robinfawcett7973]

Looking great! Love it.

[@nixielee]

I can hear the tools and the beautiful sound of wood, and even voices without background music. Great decision. Keep that up.

[@Furtheronmusic]

Got to say it again - that should become the descendant bass production model

[@hscurt]

Thanks for this build. I’ve been hoping to see a fretless project and am really enjoying it.

[@ironblast5]

This bass looks amazing

[@billsguitargarage]

Love the idea for the "frets". That body is just amazing.

[@cecilhoward3005]

Been watching your videos for awhile now. You have inspired me to build a 5 string bass . Keep up the awsome work.

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

That's amazing, I'm so glad. - BC

[@SweetTGuitars]

Love this Bass. I am glad you send the center piece with the rear cavity template. It works great if you use a thin cover and need reinforcement under that thin cover. I used it on one of my latest builds and I'm so glad I had that center piece! Peace and Love.

[@claudevieaul1465]

It's looking amazing already!!! Especially glad you went with the single-cut shape, since that will also give you options when this bass turns out to have some neckdive - you can position the strapbuttons accordingly 😎🙏

[@emm_arr]

"Burn it ... perfect" Sounds like ideal samples for a techno track.

[@craigsummerville8823]

Hey, Ben! Top tip for cleaning out the burr grinding wheels and burr bits. Don’t use a brush to get the wood bits out. Burn it! That’s right, take your butane/propane torch and have some fun! It won’t hurt the bit/wheel and it’s easier than using a brush.

[@lermz3]

Such an awesome bass! Excited to see more bass builds on the channel!

[@raymontella2251]

At first I saw that body shape and thought, darn, he ruined that beautiful wood, then you cut out the shape and I went pretty cool and once your carved it…man that shape rocks beautiful work. PS I use that grinder on my last neck and I’m never going back to the all hand work Beautiful builds thank you 🙏

[@DanPeacock]

"Soup. Not Tea." Judgement free zone. You want to dip your buttered bread in your tea, you do you. :D Can't wait to own it. (It's my lie. Let me tell it how I want.) Fingers crossed.

[@Yonder.]

This is such a cool bass

[@craigsummerville8823]

Ben, if you’re fishing about for a challenging build you might consider a resonator-style (aka Dobro) guitar. Don’t think I’ve ever heard you mention one. Of course, if you wanted to take that to an extreme try a Brahms guitar. Now that would be crazy.

[@aquajew3000]

The shape has got a definite Tosin Abasi vibe.

[@hereas1]

Yay bass, love the shape oh did I mention yay a bass..

[@LisaHarsh]

So happy that Talitha got those photos included in this edit. Thought Ben might veto that! Enjoying watching my bass being built again.

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

😆 Ben doesn't often get to see the edit before it's public...so, sssshhhhhh, he still doesn't know 😇 - TC

[@LisaHarsh]

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I wish we had the love button too. Great job Talitha. Miss having you on the streams

[@davidgallagher8573]

Yay a bass, wait what we can win it ????? Count me in. Got my tks

[@JansenX12]

Fretlevelingbeam. Or as Ben call it "The Everything"

[@BLBlackDragon]

You're right. You *don't* build enough basses. (LOL) Looking forward to your fixing that. I always love it when you start carving with the angle grinder.

[@miguelcamacho2869]

More basses indeed, please! Can you also make a headless, fan-fretted one next? Ideally with sound chambers. I think that is my dream bass: with a J pickup configuration.

[@HalbeEllgr]

Bonjour Benito. Love the channel and vids as always. More so loving the bass builds 🙌🙌 Should you ever read this, I've always wanted to see a carve similar to the Warwicks or Spectors where they have a belly curve on the back and a curve on the front, I'd love to see that done. Challenge laid down!

[@tonywoodford8296]

Love the look 👍

[@nadiapaiva8170]

MORE BASSES MORE BASSES MORE BASSES

[@gyrosphinx]

I love the shape, would be really cool to see another offset bass thing with 24 frets or something.

[@67shoot]

Looks very nice!

[@Yuckayucka14]

Love the channel

[@oakvikinger]

Looking fabulous Ben! I have a glut of reclaimed greenheart sea defences... may make an interesting instrument

[@hurtee1807]

Hi Ben, I heard you method of carving the C shape in the neck by bisecting the faces of the neck multiples times now and I think it’s a good approximation towards a pleasing shape. If you want to make a neck that has more of a half circle / half elliptic shape geometrically you should rather go 7/10 (or exactly: 1 over root of 2) from the corners in / towards the fretboard and with the next face 6/10 and then continue with halfs. It would make the neck more „Fendery“ and less „Gibsony“ IMHO. I hope this comment reaches you and maybe you can experiment with this new approach. Try to draw a circle and a square around it and use the method - you will know what I mean. Greetings from Austria

[@151554]

Fantastic! Thank You so so much!

[@gabrielbilhalva3431]

This headstock looks like Peavey headstock for Predator Series.

[@VoyeurGuitars]

I'm loving how this one is turning out. As a bass player, I'm kinda biased. 😉 I just wish I had some extra money to buy some raffle tickets.

[@johnsidoti3215]

true.. you don't do enough basses :) how about a semi-hollow archtop next

[@davegibson4157]

I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!! BRILLIANT!!!

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Thank you so much!

[@edkovac8978]

Very nice, I wonder if Charles Berthoud could play it once finished

[@atakdragonfly1675]

Aww just fill in a few voids on the front and back... Not every one of them. To have it only on the neck would be a travesty! An even dispersal. I love this wood!

[@Furtheronmusic]

If I tried that brass truss access trick 9d simply epoxy the truss rod and screw everything up.

[@frodedyb4866]

Maybe you should get you’re self a leather apron?would look nice on you too.

[@paullawson300]

Love the channel and the fact you are now doing a bass. Because of you I now have 4 custom bas guitars and am now working on 5th. :) Swift question ... my 5th build is one that someone else started and didn't want to finish, so I've taken it over. it is a through body neck bass, which has the neck already carved to shape... but the fret board is still a slab of rose wood. Is it best to shape the fret board first (cut to size and radius) or is it better to glue to the neck and carve in situ? ... keep up the good work Ben

[@thomasrogers4534]

Try epoxy in syringe and squeeze in (I grout tiles this way with empty caulking tube)

[@gerrykavanagh]

As an amateur that has done what feels like 100m^2 of tiling in my house… this blows my mind. Such a good idea. Much less wasteful, and that wiping off of dried grout no longer a problem.

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

The only thing cooler than that truss rod insert would be a 70s style bullet truss rod adjuster

[@Claymansd]

That headstock is very Peavey T-series.

[@rmee5165]

Ben, here is a life hack... tape down the shop-vac hose in the area you are grinding the wood...(19:00 min. mark) it will cut down on dust everywhere,...including your eyes.

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Thank you, great life hack!

[@briw4647]

Instead of putting glow in the dark pigment, if the body was darker, gold pigment epoxy would look good . Next time maybe

[@Frankt1100]

One question if you don't mind - do you ever do raffles for a left handed build? I'd love the chance to get one of your guitars but there's no point in me bidding on a right hander as I can't play it

[@IainThacker]

You definitely don't build enough basses :) I think this design would look epic headless.

[@angusmackay7281]

Where can you buy those super long flexible drill bits? I've never been able to find them.

[@alanmurdock4319]

What I have been wondering since the first episode is: will the body, with all the spalling and voids in it be strong enough for the string tension?

[@codyjay5634]

little ben

[@r7bishop421]

hello ! what's the "head" that you use on the angle grinder to carve the body ?

[@zeffneeson7599]

Can I ask what that cutter is in the angle grinder please . I’ve been using the flappy sanding type discs which are cool but that one looks like it could be much more accurate for contour carving

[@UrbanSkyProject]

Nice work, I am planning on reshaping a guitar neck from a C to V profile. What tools/method would you recommend to acheive this?

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

Try these - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4SbpZ6KoNCXqsk Also you can check out the full playlist on Guitar Necks: kzbin.info/aero/PLp6z5fUMeeAZDHOM1_45XwI_L7EmHF9UG DC

[@UrbanSkyProject]

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars thanks!

[@JLeppert]

Man... Your accent is funny. What is this "centimeter" measurement you're using. It seems way more intuitive than what I'm using.

[@flapjack413]

Ben, what type of abrasive disc are you using to do those body bevels? I recently used an angle grinder to do the forearm and belly carves on a build, with a flap wheel (probably about 120 grit), and holy crap, that thing moves wood scary fast... almost went too deep in a fraction of a second a few times! That looks a bit more controllable, would love to try!

[@FaceToupee]

The brand is Saburrtooth I believe

[@robertmansell3667]

😍She will be Mine,oh yes she will be mine 👌

[@BadenAW]

Would it really be a Ben Crowe build if he didn't carve the hell out an instrument when its an option?

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

you got me!

[@doublepick]

Where can we buy the raffle tickets?

[@sickboy481]

Link in the description.

[@picklofamily]

Shouldn't say spooge. It means something different here in the US. 😆

[@Electromeo07]

OH...I hate when people show photos of me when I was young...it's so strange...was I ever that young...Is that even me because I have changed so much through the years.

[@ThumpandtheGroove]

So.... the acoustic guitar build? 🤣

[@amoredexx]

i love u

[@John-qw4jf]

Bench Hook? Oh no !!!!!!

[@alexvath2838]

Wait.. that pic. 67 was it? Is that the boss?? How old is Ben? Because I can't wrap my head around the idea of this guy being around 60. He's too young

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

I believe is was '87

[@alexvath2838]

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars that makes more sense 🤣🤣

[@moogoomoogoo5990]

A raffle seems like a lot of work. Why don’t you just send it to me.

[@Projacked1]

Hmmm is Ben stealing words from other KZbinrs? 'Extravaganza' ...only Uncle Doug uses that.

[@richardjagger6920]

Please don't drum we are wearing a phone