How To Build Bradley Nowell's Guitar - Sublime Guitar -

[@michaelkozma5929]

Never clicked on a video so fast. So nice of you to build that for your friend Eddie, he's in all his glory.. what a beautiful guitar! Brad Nowell is one of the most underrated guitarists and artists to ever grace this Earth. He had an IQ of 142 by the time he was only 12 years old, he attended a school called MGM Mentally Gifted Minors. Eddie has good taste in music.. if you can't tell, i'm a huge Sublime fan too. I'll be making a replica of Brad's guitar, thanks for posting.

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Agreed! Amazing player and songwrighter!

[@charliemardones]

Awesome! I love it! I need a guitar like that 🫶🏻

[@shaunbotts]

Amazing! Would you be willing to build another, and how much if so? You have no idea how many years I’ve been looking for this!

[@rmcmunoz2]

How much would you charge me to do this same one ?

[@donnix1192]

Dude, you are an incredibly talented builder, that Brad guitar is phenomenal. The guy was such an underrated player, for me he is one of the best players from the 90s decade. When you ad a drummer like Bud, that was an amazing reggae player but had the versatility to quickly and cleanly transition to punk rock drumming. I’m a bass player Eric is one of my inspirations to start playing. Those three guys were magic together(the addiction would hurt the live shows at times but man they always played their guts out), a real shame Brad never got to enjoy his hard earned success. I hope your friend enjoys that amazing tribute!

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Agreed! And thank you!

[@AriqAlok]

This is legendary! I've been subbed to Eddie's channel for years due to all the amazing Sublime content he posts!! Unreal to see this connection and friendship -- big up for the Nowell Family Foundation donation plan too, you're a good dude.

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Been friends with Eddie since we were in diapers, he's a good dude!

[@metalman462]

What a rad friend you are to give such an awesome gift, and what a rad friend killing it on the guitar like a boss DJ, a boss DJ ain’t nothing but a man, no trouble no fuss, I know why, itttts sooo nicceee…… I wish I had some friends

[@beefsoda1]

Ed loves that guitar.

[@EddieVilla]

Ha ha i love how stunned I was!!! Lol thanks again!!! Great Video!!!!

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Had a blast making it! We've gotta jam again!

[@sabss_13]

awesome build, and such a beautiful present, you're a great friend dude

[@djb6496]

Damn. That is a beautiful guitar and sounds great.

[@davecochran]

RIP Dan McDonald. He built Eric's green bass as well

[@erikkibler3466]

I play a lefty strung right handed and always dreamed of having one of these.killer job man.the Lou dog accoutrement on the headstock is absolutely killer😊🤟

[@rauschguitars]

What a great gift - you are a good friend!

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Thanks!

[@MrBloo-dy6yp]

Dan McDonald used to work on that guitar when we worked together at the Long Beach Arena. We worked the swing shift in the Electrical Shop. He would shape it and sand it during his break.

[@DoItYourselfDad]

That is awesome! Dan's a legend

[@endenon]

Hi, I know you have not reply on questions about selling one of this art pieces. Just trying again. Would build and sale one? Thank you!

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Sorry, I'm not able to go into production on these, I wish I had the time and the space though,

[@BA-vv4jy]

Anyway I could I commission you to make me one? Would be willing to pay upfront.

[@BA-vv4jy]

If you're interested shoot me a price. [e-mail] No worries if not though. Had to ask just incase. Thanks, Brady A.

[@RYAN_SESSIONS]

Will You craft Me one of the same? If You sold replicas, I would Buy them. Praise to You, talented Sir. Call this model, Eddie.

[@jenna_jayy]

Newman all the way

[@Fender420]

👍👍

[@mrmcburgur5059]

Anyone know what gauge of Electric guitar strings that Bradley used?

[@DoItYourselfDad]

I wish I did

[@17Codiferus]

Pro Tip: Use whatever suits YOU the best. Whatever microtonal difference there is between gauges can be accounted for with EQ and would be lost in a full-band-mix context anyways. Even the legendary SRV switched away from his infamous 13's after one of his favorite techs demonstrated it was less demanding of his fingers (on brutal show schedules) with minimal tone difference. Guitar players are a superstitious/ideological bunch trying desperately to avoid the obvious truth: the overwhelming majority of any players sound is coming from the players themselves. Gear choice has _far_ less impact on the music (within reason, a blues jr is never going to be a slo-100) than most of us are comfortable admitting. There's a mountain of evidence out there of iconic musicians sounding remarkably like themselves through completely random rigs. Keep on jamming.

[@isorokudono]

Dude, what Fire Company are you with?

[@DoItYourselfDad]

haha!

[@jeremydodd1907]

holy shit i want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@maderasymaterialesmagdalen5771]

Quieres construir una para mi ? Hasmelo saber para ponerme en con tacto con tigo, estaré atento

[@Hunter-xw9pl]

Man, such a beautiful thing you shared online. The gesture and craftsmanship here is something you don’t see very often. I appreciate you putting this out there! I may have to take a crack at building one myself now. 🤙🏼

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Thank you! It was a lot of fun to build this one. If you decide to give it a shot and have questions let me know!

[@shredhead4604]

Can I pay you to build me one just like that, I will. 🤙🤘🎸🤘

[@beefsoda1]

Awesome

[@laurieshick1448]

So AWESOME. 😁 I'm a Diehard SUBLIME FAN. 💜 My Favorite Band. EVER. SUCH A GREAT GIFT, JUST BEAUTIFUL. GREAT, GREAT GREAT. HE plays Great Too😁

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Thank you!!!

[@erikkibler3466]

Also what an awesome friend.I can’t imagine somebody making me something that thoughtful.

[@noeaguilar893]

So cool that's the shit good friend

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Thank you! It was definitely a labor of love.

[@THCMusicBlog]

this is great! Nowell often doesn't get the respect he deserves

[@runnningonempty]

BADDDDDassssssssss!

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Thanks!

[@eddiehollowell6780]

Awesome guitar! Love the video! I would love to see EVH video!

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Thanks! I’m working on editing it right now

[@eddiehollowell6780]

@@DoItYourselfDad can’t wait

[@urufushinjiro]

If you want to make another custom piece that's really different I've been looking for something for a while and there is almost NOTHING out there like this outside of super custom stuff. I've been looking for a fretless, short scale, hollow/semi-hollow body electric bass. You would think that there would be more like that, even as niche as those specs are, but there's almost nothing on the internet like that. I think it would make a really unique project.

[@ThebSharpsBAND]

Sooo…. How much to make me one? 🙃

[@stylesdangerfield]

Nice! Came out awesome. I didn’t even know brad had a custom guitar like this.

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Thanks! He's a lot more known for his acoustic, I havn't gone down the rabbit hole of making acoustics yet!

[@stylesdangerfield]

@@DoItYourselfDad both seem hard. Looks great.

[@metzgr3257]

I am so glad I came across your video. It have inspired me in so many ways. Thanks!

[@DoItYourselfDad]

You are so welcome!

[@heirrose1606]

Wow just beautiful What an amazing friend You can see future of him rocking out by the sound of it

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Thanks! Eddie is currently Ras1's guitarist, he's definitely rocking out!

[@andrewlambie2885]

can I be your friend too?

[@brucecoleman7412]

Great job!

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Thanks Bruce!

[@edgardaniels1402]

Awesome guitar build and for such a deserving friend that’s obviously a huge fan!! Y’all definitely did justice by Bradley, both of you!!

[@alanderendinger]

tremenda!! suena igual!!

[@northmainewoods1]

Amazing dude!!!

[@daveyboy8907]

Nice

[@gwilkins4617]

Where is Bradly’s original guitar? Who owns it now. A museum ?

[@DoItYourselfDad]

The family still owns it, Brad's son just played it on stage. Check out Eddie Villa's channel (the guy I gave this guitar to). He has footage from Jakob Nowell playing it on stage with the rest if sublime: www.youtube.com/@EddieVilla

[@gwilkins4617]

@@DoItYourselfDad sweet thx

[@keystonekid92]

So flipping cool!

[@Verichai]

I have admired this guitar for years...I never ever knew until this video that the routing for the tremolo was sculpted out in that wave-like pattern that blends into the bubble artwork...really cool!

[@johnny535is]

So cool for Eddie !!! Great video .

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Thank you!

[@HarryKenyon]

Why not set up electronics for overall tone and volume

[@DoItYourselfDad]

Just how we chose to do it, it’s all in tact and an easy mod if that’s what he wanted. He has another guitar setup this way so that’s how we did it.

[@HarryKenyon]

@@DoItYourselfDad it’s super cool, I was just curious

[@TheUshman007]

Wow, what an amazing friend you are. I'm not a musician at all but I love this video. I will say that if you know someone with a cnc milling machine for wood or metal can create some amazing designs in just about any material. Even the pick guard. For future reference. Thank you Sir for the video.

[@DoItYourselfDad]

I would loooooooooooooove a CNC!

[@askiltoftenes2026]

Been waiting for a video like this forever!!!!!