How To Build an Electric Guitar - Making the Body Blank

I show you in detail how I process my lumber and glue up a body blank.
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[@themicdfiles1865]

I have two big slabs right now..one dark walnut, one maple...I build tables, cabinets, etc. Never built a guitar but decided I want to give it a shot. Both slabs are beautiful pieces, so I think I'm going to use the dark walnut for the body and use the maple for the neck. I also have a pile of old red and white oak, but I feel that's too heavy. You have a pretty sweet shop setup, minus that chop saw. I've got a Powermatic table saw, old school Delta Jointer, old school Atlas band saw, and a Dewalt 13" planer..wish I had the sander you've got...I think I can get the blank tight enough with the planer and belt sander. Good video! I'll see how my first shot at this turns out. Thanks, man!

[@miguelalexandre4485]

True! Can't wait for the next video I've been waiting for this one and it was worth it dude! Keep up the amazing work 👌

[@chriszaferes6418]

Your videos are definitely informative! I like how you did the masking tape on the body blank, you are the first I've seen do that.. AWESOME!

[@EbonyPope]

Can I also just cut a blankb out of a single piece of wood if it's big enough? I mean so that I don't have to glue anything together. Or is it a problem concerning the end grain? I haven't ever tried cutting a body blank before.

[@JohnAdams-xc5yk]

Having worked in a commercial wood shop, when we glued up blocks like you did we made crown up crown down than glued them, it stops any kind of warpage

[@believitornot9775]

Perfect job

[@johnloffredo]

Thanks so much for this video!

[@tclark5481]

I'm curious, why not use pegs or biscuits or some other "structural" piece to help the 2 halves stay together?

[@crazyrees23]

Can you stack wood vertically if it isn't thick enough?

[@javanthomas4122]

Great video. Would love to see more

[@javanthomas4122]

Why do you have to put the body through a thickness planer

[@samwilson4700]

The worst part of this is waiting for the next episode to air 😟

[@landonlyons7951]

If you put packing tape or tuck tape on your paint sticks, wood glue won't stick to it. I always kept a box of shims with packing tape on them at my work bench

[@EbonyPope]

Can I also just cut a blankb out of a single piece of wood if it's big enough? I mean so that I don't have to glue anything together. Or is it a problem concerning the end grain? I haven't ever tried cutting a body blank before.

[@Viktory2k1]

Hello everyone! I have a question, in the corner leaning against the wall, what kind of wood is the tallest one and that short one? Thank you. I am not good at telling wood types.

[@twagner6155]

I don't understand why you made your comment about the blade being half a degree off if you squared the blade to the table. The joiner is supposed to have the fence square to it's table and then run the wood against the fence to square the joint.

[@robertkeel3336]

The main reason to compound the cut is a lot of squares can be off just ever so slightly so when you set your blade up it might read 90° but in reality it's 89.9°. if you compound the cut it makes it cancel out and be 90° but if you don't compound the cut it will double the one tenth the blade is off and make your glue joint 90.1°. this is a method recommend by many of the best woodworkers because it works and works well. If you blade isn't perfect this will fix that, but if it perfect then it doesn't affect the cut.

[@rudybigboote3883]

A jointer makes this step unnecessary.

[@twagner6155]

As the man said the joiner makes this step unneeded. That's the point. I'm a cabinet maker.

[@rudybigboote3883]

T wagner yeah man. I build bass guitars and after I cut the two boards to length I true up one edge on each board with a jointer and perfect glue joint every time!

[@twagner6155]

You got it Mr. Rudy.

[@edition-deluxe]

You aren't wearing safety protection! Not without a mask when you are running that saw--fine sawdust in your lungs can be as bad as Asbestos. I'm still loving the video, just had to comment right away bc my woodworker friend just died a pretty agonizing death from just that.

[@stephenchawngthu]

9:42

[@BaconatorJames]

dumb question - why two pieces glued together? Why not one solid plank?

[@grovebold7361]

Centerline

[@BaconatorJames]

@@grovebold7361 thank you, but is centerline only for cosmetic reasons? I've only begun playing 2yrs ago.

[@michaelgervais2901]

S Also...sometimes it's hard to find a full sized blank.

[@landonlyons7951]

A full size blank would be hard to find a clear chunk, so a higher expense. And you would have more of a chance of it being cupped or twisted, Which would equal more waste.

[@joeblough261]

Dude I've been wondering this for 20 years and nobody ever gives an answer that makes sense to me. I've also watched 10 videos and they all use 2 pieces but they don't really explain why. I feel like an idiot but I still don't get it. It doesn't seem that it would be so hard to find one solid plank big enough. Last week I bought a beautiful Les Paul-style guitar with a quilted maple top, an ocean burst finish. You can see the seam on the body, but I didn't think twice about it b/c almost all guitars I see, including super expensive Les Pauls, PRS, etc. have that. Not all, but most, if it's not a solid paint color. So then my wood-worker neighbor sees it and says, "Oh I'm surprised there is a visible seam" and starts talking about all this woodworking jargon like book matching, etc., so he got me all questioning myself as to how prevalent the visible seams are which started on this internet rabbit hole. I pulled up a bunch of $5k - $10k guitars on Reverb for sale that all have a clearly visible seam, so that proved my point. I want to email him the links to put him in his place, but I want to also understand the how and why. I also don't get why there is a separate top instead of just using the solid body that's already there?

[@jimf4754]

What yoi did on the tablesaw makes no practical sense. Then you went to the jointer? You're backwards dude. If you want a half degree, just set the jointer