I built a GUITAR out of CONCRETE. How does it SOUND?!

[@craftedworkshop]

Hope y'all enjoyed this one, I had a ton of fun building this guitar! // I've launched some new Crafted Workshop merch, check it out here: bit.ly/CraftedMerch

[@stunt-]

What song are you playing at 16:14 pls

[@wicketandfriendsparody8068]

Uh,,, it sounds solid as a rock 😂 prolly should’ve played that song.

[@gannon2020]

Hey my man is a Nashville boy home to country music im in Tennessee my self

[@tsmspace]

I wish you would get a mic really close,,,, and strum a few different guitars unplugged, and then side-by-side it with the concrete guitar,,,, then stick them all in the same amp, nice and clean, and side-by-side it,,, then give a little grit, then a heavy distortion., (try to be using basically the same pickup for the testing,,, like, neck only, or bridge only ,,,, I know pickups are all different too, but if you start unplugged, you might be able to see where the personality of the unplugged sound comes through just the same.

[@theojones6129]

When you drop your guitar and don't break the headstock, you break the floor

[@grzegorzmielcarek4359]

You've probably just started a huge discussion about what kind of concrete gives better tone. Thank you.

[@terencehealy5110]

🤣🤣🤣

[@pigpilot7275]

And what about the sustain?

[@Guitar.Jim_]

Quikrete from 1965-69, before they got bought out. New concrete is very shrill and thin sounding, it doesn’t have the fatness of the vintage concrete.

[@pigpilot7275]

@@Guitar.Jim_ Sakrete has ALWAYS produced better tone than Quikrete. What most people don't realize, and obviously you are one of them, is that the age of the concrete has absolutely nothing to do with tone, it's all about aggregate size! And 4 layers of sealer? That killed his sustain. Was I obnoxious enough to make it sound like a real tone wood debate?

[@zennyblades]

Yey

[@collinm9469]

Guitarist : Les Pauls are too heavy Concrete guitar : Hold my strings

[@lev7509]

No, HOLD *ME.*

[@parkerborchers1592]

😂ever held an epiphones sg those are so much heavier than Gibson sg's

[@dbodooley]

These hold my whatever jokes are expired. No more please.

[@meifungliew1637]

What if,he makes a concrete Les Paul

[@Til_What]

It's true that LPs are way too heavy, didn't notice until I switched to an Ibanez RG Prestige. Only had a traditionally weighted Gibson before.

[@straben2666]

This guitar: *exists and weighs more than a mountain* Les paul's: Finally a worthy opponent

[@lucius3345]

When your strat makes a les paul look like a 5 pound weight

[@D7oDR6KpRgqkcqlKAkCWjvlDy4x]

I would weigh my Les Paul but the only scale I have is a glass one made for humans... so it might be too heavy...

[@ShikharArora]

My tele weighs about 4 kg

[@BassPlayer9000]

You guys should try playing a show with a bass

[@bmoneybby]

The Log vs. The Brick

[@edwardfestor8726]

Can’t wait to hear how it sounds when it ages in! As we used to say, it takes a concrete guitar 20 years to realize that it’s not a sidewalk.

[@VitorPVTB]

Underrated comment!

[@martinkuliza]

we could call it THE ROCK OF AGES

[@omagodosgraves]

Hahahahahahahhahahha

[@cerealata9035]

Take this upvote and get out.

[@J.C...]

😂😂😂😂

[@basstrom88]

It's got a nice gritty tone that really cements everything together.

[@Nam3less564]

Sam Prudden HA “CEMENTS”😂😂😂

[@GMANIM]

I like what you did there. I think there's a trade mark hiding somewhere in here

[@vesatamminen1526]

rock solid

[@christopherfox13]

I see what you did there

[@khgc5290]

This joke gave me a stone cold feeling about humanity

[@K31TH3R]

Concrete: Best for rock music. Depleted Uranium: Best for heavy metal? Plutonium: Best for death metal?

[@jakeqwaninne8502]

i just commented , basicly , the same thing

[@cjgreen4331]

Cotton: Best for j a z z

[@Senystyn]

no, I think plutonium is just best for death in general lmao

[@LloOFFICIAL]

Hotel? Trivago

[@devilsoffspring5519]

Thin-wall 3D-printed body full of hydrogen: Best for Light Rock (Bad joke, but it was still a gas)

[@southofheck]

I love how he gives the audience little suggestions as if he expects everyone to try to make a concrete guitar at home.

[@Dani-El.]

What?! You're not following along?!

[@Cjopa]

I was considering making one myself within the first minute but then it went on, and on, and on, and im like hell nahhhh

[@Heartwing37]

Haha! These alternatives to wood for electric guitars crack me up! Concrete, resin, even various metal are gimmicky and heavy as heck….why?

[@meself349]

@@Heartwing37 I'm sure there are a lot of chiropractors out there wishing everybody would start playing these guitars

[@ileutur6863]

@@Heartwing37 aluminium guitars have been around since the 70s and they look and sound amazing. Same goes for clear acrylic

[@kennygore9]

Safe to say you’ve CEMENTED yourself as a truly unique guitar craftsman. Thank you for PAVING the way

[@razorbackblood06]

I think you might have left a few puns on the table.

[@FabianLanfold]

Looking forward to hearing how this concrete ages and sounds in 30 or 40 years, I love vintage concrete guitars. Nothing can compete with their tone.

[@HonorisFelinum]

such a solid instrument

[@lordrathut]

They have a really heavy sound

[@executorarktanis2323]

They rock

[@jimflys2]

Concrete actually has a curve to its hardening and curing of something like 50 years. The hardness does increase. so your comment is spot on.

[@alisaljic]

I hear saltwater helps concrete to crystalize and harden even more, or does that apply only to roman concrete that contains volcanic ash?

[@slothandturtle8036]

“I built a guitar out of concrete. How does it sound ?” - It sounds heavy bruh.

[@acomou3562]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😂 👌

[@Asteroid.92]

Shitttt😂😂

[@MrKago1]

Would kill your shoulder after a while. Definitely not a gig guitar. Then again, it is it's own security system.

[@uncutgemsadamsandler6064]

There’s that word again, heavy. Has the earths gravitational pull changed?

[@leonardoalmeida6786]

It was the comentary i was searching for

[@AirmanKolberg]

A guitar made of concrete will sound exactly as you imagine: hard rock.

[@quima5844]

Its pr fucking heavy

[@tancredoroquebolanos189]

[@jly4life]

@@tancredoroquebolanos189 wtf

[@jmagowan12]

Was looking for someone till comment something like this. Haha xD

[@patrickshea7073]

Hard rock, only because heavy metal would be inappropriate.

[@maliciousbugman]

I can concretely say that this guitar rocks pretty hard. Overall, pretty solid.

[@BobAndGlueSticks]

Very good

[@tradito]

noice

[@lookg4981]

🤣🤣

[@martinkuliza]

it sounds like your opinion is pretty much set in stone

[@_LordShadow]

Some concrete feedback is always good!

[@MichaelBuilds]

I AM SOOOO MAD! I wanted to be the first person to make a concrete guitar!!!! Lol 😂. You beat me to it and you did a phenomenal job man!

[@MichaelBuilds]

We should do a Collaboration someday when this whole COVID thing blows over 👍🏻

[@deebo1186]

Get this man to the top

[@tombworld9012]

Well, the way has been...paved.

[@lamantetalbert4051]

I was thinking about making a wooden one. 🤔

[@ianmusicofficial1972]

@@lamantetalbert4051 hahaha

[@krisandketo]

"This process is a huge mess and I definitely recommend doing it outside if possible." Bro thanks for the tip there, I'll definitely make sure to seal the concrete on my next homemade concrete guitar outside instead of indoors.

[@kristianhaverasmussen8558]

F@ck i did it indoors! I guess i’ll just do it outside next time. Hope my mom doesn’t get too mad when she see that i sealed my concrete guitar on her carpet in the Living room

[@ckmoore101]

Yeah, I don't understand why so many you tubers, think its necessary to tell people to do things that are universal truths... things that if someone does not already innately know, then they have zero business doing anything that requires sharp edges, or power tools. "Be sure to cut this safely." No shit sherlock, thanks for stretching 3 mins of actual helpful information, out to 35 mins, due to disclaimers for morons. Don't get me wrong, I love that these people give us this info, and take time to document their projects, its just that it makes no sense why they feel the need to provide, way, way too much "instruction". Thats why Jimmy Diresta kinda broke the mold with his then, very unique, style of zero instruction, and sped up video, with no annoying music. We had no idea what were were missing, and the You Tube fabrication project community exploded with similar style videos (thanks Jimmy!).

[@frankbizzoco1954]

Its true. Buy it's very "rock n roll" to go against the establishment and do it indoors lol.

[@caerdwyn7467]

@@ckmoore101 Liability. If he doesn't, some sleazebag could sue for slightly less than it would cost to defend, typically about ten thousand bucks. It's called "shake-down lawsuits" and it happens all the time. It makes ABSOLUTE sense to include it, because it's self-defense. Every time you see something like "DO NOT PUT THIS IN YOUR HAIR" on glue it's because someone actually DID exactly that... then sued.

[@ileutur6863]

@@ckmoore101 congratulations on missing the entire point of the comment

[@munkeynutzmcgraw4680]

That guitar has a solid foundation for creating music

[@alexsmythemusic]

10/10

[@rwxstudio7173]

Do you have concrete evidence? 😆

[@nellyb1594]

Nice

[@nikitavolkov5783]

you mean concreteating music?

[@Olegstuff21986]

C'mon man, the type of CONCRETE matters, surely! You gotta get raw, vintage concrete, sun-aged to perfection! To get that REAL, VINTAGEY tone!

[@kenwilson6850]

And the glue, don't forget the epoxy type and genuine pine for the dowels.

[@voornaam3191]

And the guitar player must absolutely think about having extravagant sex in a canyon, last weekend, or the music is not cool. One can hear such things.

[@MrDgeece]

It depends of wich quality of water is used, for exemple the rocky moutains bottled water offers a cristal clear sound, with hillbillies harmonics; The mississipi water offers lazy sounds, and you can't do nothing at all to avoid that 🙂

[@johngerson7335]

Fred Flintstone called, said he wants his Jimi Hendrocks guitar returned to him. Immediately!

[@ibji]

Has Eric Clapstone put in his custom order yet?

[@jeffsadon552]

In bedrock

[@OverlandOne]

Well played Sir.

[@Dragonstar-Metal]

I hear the Rolling Stones are interested. 🤪

[@Dubdsy]

Give Ringo stone his drocks

[@purpleguycraft]

We had Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, now we have *Smooth Concrete*

[@KafinSulthan]

LMAOOO

[@SealHero]

This!!! 😂

[@dogsbodyish8403]

Concrete Zeppelin?

[@bookworm8368]

Refer yourself to Erotic Cakes

[@coppershortsword1990]

Primal Concrete Sledge

[@Sleepgarden]

"you know Paul, when we asked you to bring a heavier sound to the band....I think this isn't what we meant"

[@LicMegags]

Lol

[@VirtuousWanderer]

Imagine a heated disagreement tho...

[@fortisch]

underrated comment

[@zandyknope2907]

I know I shouldn't be astonished because this channel is literally called Crafted Workshop, but the craftmanship is amazing. This is the first video I've come across from this channel and it's abundantly clear that you've been doing this for a long time because you thought of every detail and the finished product is awesome. You've gained a new subscriber.

[@eeeeee3220]

This gives rock n roll a whole new meaning

[@drawbootiful8665]

LMFAOOO

[@sci_pain3409]

play a sick guitar lick on your concrete 6 string and then roll around on the floor, sounds like a concert i’d go to

[@yuuyjaaj6721]

Concrete n’ roll

[@lordrathut]

@@sci_pain3409 play sick licks on a guitar made out of tongues 😳

[@fernandojuarez329]

It’s been wood n roll all this time.

[@3eowvlf]

"I built a GUITAR out of CONCRETE. How does it SOUND?!" sounds heavy bruh

[@sigitnurwicaksono]

Suitable for heavy music

[@canadianroot]

I imagine him playing variations of songs. For example, Come on, I Lean

[@idhammami]

It looks HARD, both in appearance and idea.. 🤔

[@Kaaosification]

So what kind of music it would be suitable for? Please provide some concrete examples.

[@dangeorge809]

@@Kaaosification Hard Rock? Heavy Rock?

[@razordu30]

"Holy crap, I have to do this!" "19 pounds" "Nevermind!"

[@philipethier9136]

Les Palsy has nothing on this.

[@602gaming]

Me (a Brit): Wow that's so cheap!

[@whoknowswhocares885]

Then you can’t handle rock for rock n roll

[@jacrispy3275]

@@602gaming - you smartass. I love you. Lmao

[@werehold]

My Agile Scepter 9 weighs 11 lbs. 😖

[@dinitroacetylen]

The funny thing with electric guitars is that magnetic pickups read the oscillation of strings and nothing more. Ok, technically a pickup is mounted on the body, so it is oscillation of strings relative to the body. But strings are light and flexible, whereas wood is heavy and rigid. The principles of momentum conservation dictate that the oscillation will distribute itself so as to favour the motion of something light and flexible. Long story short, the body barely oscillates compared to the strings, even if it is balsa wood. So, the wood barely contributes to the signal. And denser material will make its tone contribution even smaller.

[@EricTViking]

Absolutely right. There was another video on YT where a guy made a guitar where he could swap out the bodies really easily. So he made about 6 bodies ranging from mahogany to pine, to part of a modern door that is veneer over cardboard. He captured the waveforms for a chord played on each, and they were still exactly the same. Tonewood is a complete myth. The tone comes from the pickups and the players technique.

[@utterdisaster603]

@@EricTViking its also worth mentioning that the tone is probably most effected by amps and speakers as well

[@EricTViking]

@@utterdisaster603 definitely most affected by the amp / speakers 👍 Easy to forget that 😂

[@cheenu711]

@@utterdisaster603 and the player. The wood has nothing to do with any of it in the grand scheme of things. I've noticed a pattern. The very best guitarists never gave a shit about wood or whatever. They found what was available to them and made the best of it. Heck ain't talking bout love came from a "defective" body.

[@brianbatie6650]

There should, however, be a noticeable increase in sustain, as the kinetic energy from the string oscillations doesn't transfer to the body, so less energy is dissipated into the guitar body.

[@jaden8243]

Luthiers hate him, see how this guitar builder got rid of his neck-dive forever.

[@ronbarzilai5705]

And introduced body-dive in the process

[@nathanjasper512]

Thanks, my spine collapsed, and I'm an inch shorter now.

[@boazcohen7992]

LMAO That comment is amazing.

[@brucedickinson4125]

This man does a better job on this than most concrete company’s do on flatwork

[@haaazzziiim]

Dude hahahahahah

[@MajickPalindrome]

unloading for a gig: bass player: damn dude this guitar is heavy af! whats it made from concrete? actually it is.

[@funsimulator7246]

FYI for anyone else making this, use those plastic plugs that are used for mounting stuff on concrete walls/brick instead of the dowels.

[@craftedworkshop]

Not sure they'd work for the super small screws but probably a good idea!

[@DarksladeDiaries]

Obviously intended for playing hard rock.

[@jayess1382]

nice one

[@cbollayt9966]

...

[@heartagramskater21]

Winner!

[@heartagramskater21]

His steel bodied guitar is for the metal players

[@DarksladeDiaries]

@@heartagramskater21 Well played, sir. Very well played.

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

As an actual observer of your one wheel crash, I'll let every one know....it was EPIC! Darn near ran it out before going ass over elbows 💪 But you made that road rash look good, Johnny😜

[@shable1436]

Let me second how bad it can get, i took my brothers one wheel out "off roading" which i thought was a thing to do after mastering the open roads. Road rash is always nasty, but digging rocks out of your arms and thighs suck equally as bad. You know that last little bit of control you feel as the one wheel seemingly veers out of control cause you over compensated your reactions to hitting an unseen mud holes on a dirt road? Yeah that happened 😉

[@lukegillespie2474]

@@shable1436 f

[@ericfermin8347]

The adiabatic force coupling is what really did him in... Epic

[@soundwave3216]

Having worked with concrete my whole life. This is by far one of the COOLEST applications for that material. I don't know if the creator will read this or not. But another thing you can try is polishing the concrete body of the guitar. It's using a concrete polishing wheel, it's kind of like a grinding wheel same family. By polishing you would pull out all the aggregates within the concrete to the surface. Still following your procedure of sealing afterwards and etc. ~ as a guitar player, I appreciate the creativity of your materials and making a playable instrument as long as you have some muscles.!

[@leokimvideo]

Brutal sound

[@carolinehoyau9817]

Step one: craft the guitar Step 2: carry it Step 3: craft a new back

[@Kimoto504]

There was an empty box in one of the shots that said "bionic back brace". That's the secret sauce.

[@86thsamurai]

Giving "We Will Rock You" a literal meaning.

[@perezisabella3943]

Unfortunately, only Hulk can play this guitar for a whole gig.

[@tallbeachyblonde5862]

Under rated comment

[@izziesixx15]

😂😂😂

[@101Meeko101]

that was one concrete performance, think this achievement will be set in stone.

[@nellyb1594]

Nice.

[@unherolike]

Cementing his own legacy.

[@barbmcelderry9164]

@@unherolike ah-

[@blakeclarkson9954]

Just a tip, if you make another one, you should use some of the concrete patio and slab stains they have available on the market! You can create some really cool patterns with a lot of different colors!

[@BaconFrisbee]

Best part is, when you pass on, you've got your tombstone ready-made

[@sleepytoucan]

That took a dark turn

[@MentalMickey999]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@VipulChagotra]

@@MentalMickey999 lol😂😂😂

[@Mr.CliffysWorld]

THAT is a great idea !!!

[@bigsandwich1238]

That's actually badass

[@SALEENS7GTR5]

* goes to smash and break guitar at the end of a concert * * smashes through stage instead *

[@NicoCS_]

lmaoooo that’s funny asf

[@Derek8888]

I’m in tears 😂😂

[@markcheetah4960]

Haha! And the crowd goes wild!

[@ChaseThePinballWizard]

lol

[@FastRedPonyCar]

* Tears rotator cuffs and drops guitar on pedal board

[@lartensgrill6106]

Bassist: my bass is so heavy 🙄 Guitarist: Awesome concretocaster 😂

[@ivanriverooo]

Hahahahhahahahahahahahhaahaahahahahahhaahaahahahahhahahaahhaahhahahabababababahahahhahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was looking for this comment before entering it myself! Should be pinned!!!

[@angelcarrilfernandez1537]

Hahaha

[@BoundaryElephant]

This is very cool. This exercise definitely makes the statement that the guitar body is an aesthetic element. If want great sound, it's about strings, pickups, amp, and player as you said. The other elements just need to be good enough to not get in the way.

[@nicknile1638]

The whole “tone wood” thing is true and if you think it isn’t, you’re absolutely right

[@davidnorris7287]

💀

[@anom3778]

Yeah i don't see a difference but he was playing with effects. I would love to see a better comparison

[@millmoormichael6630]

Completely disagree, I’ve played now more than 30 years and the wood has a big part to play how the guitar sounds and especially feels. I guess for me a slight difference in a sound might be decisive how a track fits in a mix, also not even starting about the feel and the resonance.

[@turolretar]

Tone wewd

[@theonismithcreations8554]

@@turolretar I want that...

[@ace1887]

i should be doing highschool distance learning. but i just watched a guy build a concrete guitar for 20 minutes. worth it man

[@Anthony-wr2sm]

Haha I am also here during college distant learning. Very educational video so we're okay..

[@lightwarriors7778]

Wait...as in "social distancing"?

[@ace1887]

@@lightwarriors7778 yeah, thats America man

[@lightwarriors7778]

@@ace1887 I live in Nashville and didn't know they were forcing this kinda bs on everyone. Wow, sad world we're living in...are you being tested on it? If so, that's the ultimate brainwashing

[@Anthony-wr2sm]

@@lightwarriors7778 I live in Ireland and all colleges need to do lectures and practical sessions online for at least the next 3 weeks.

[@tatsuuuuuu]

if a rock musician gets really mad onstage and tries to smash it, he'll end up leveling the stage instead of destroying this guitar.

[@KC9UDX]

Need to make one with springs so it slams into his head.

[@paul_fredrick]

Although making the form smaller would have been cheaper, it would have produced a thinner form with more give, which would lead to deformation when the heavy concrete mix is poured in.

[@lucassobris]

It’d be so fitting if you played another brick on the wall with that guitar

[@davesaenz3732]

🤣

[@detroitrockcity3389]

Durh hurh hurh so fucking funny say it again

[@Blaonk_]

@@detroitrockcity3389 who pissed in your cereal?

[@Titant2]

Or Encased in Concrete from Cannibal Corpse

[@jeremylaughery2555]

Stone Cold by Demi Lovato!

[@jibbs_aim]

Not playing Primal Concrete Sledge on this guitar is criminal

[@Adam-wl8wn]

I just commented this, not suprised at all that I wasn't the first! 😂👍

[@AshAntares]

Damnit i was going to comment that you beat me to it😂

[@yannisgouras4482]

As a huge dimebag fan I agree 👍😂

[@goremadeit3624]

i just commented this scrolled down and seen this comment you beat me lmao i want to see him play Primal Concrete Sledge on this

[@machupikachu1085]

Live that twisted dream! :D

[@山本五十六-u3b]

Imagine If the straps broke and that dropped on your foot, yikes.

[@rabidmoonmonkey1090]

*through your foot

[@cjgreen4331]

Through the floor*

[@thegaminggamer7220]

@@cjgreen4331 through the basement

[@abhim.g5608]

@Matt Wretched through the floor of the universe

[@jmavstv8117]

@@abhim.g5608 through the black hole

[@bettertvreceptionwithfoilf7100]

There is a material called avonite. It's similar to Corian, the sandable countertop material. It's a little more brittle than corian but light passes through it. Either one can be wet sanded and Polished looking similar to glass or marble. One or more of these materials used in combination might be interesting for a guitar..

[@destructoWizard]

I like how he phrases this video as a tutorial as if we came here expecting to be ready to make a concrete guitar.

[@FirstLast-vv6lv]

As someone who does concrete for a living, it seems like you know a little bit more than the average person. I really enjoyed this video!

[@kba]

Netflix : Are you still watching? Someone's daughter : 4:24

[@t-yoonit]

Yo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@My_Naginta]

You deserve an award

[@LeeFromAsia]

Oh god the dread, I hope Netflix will be long dead when my daughters are old enough for that

[@PleiadeezNutz]

​@@LeeFromAsia Don't worry, netflix almost certainly won't exist, so I'm sure everybody will just stop having sex.

[@LeeFromAsia]

@@PleiadeezNutz lol, I'd rather have another term being tossed around that I'm oblivious to than "Netflix and chill" that I know the connotation of.

[@TruthSurge]

prob great for... HEAVY metal? no? Turned out cool and sounds nice too!

[@svgs650r]

Your ‘Cretecaster would have sounded much better if you had used the “tonal” Portland cement and cured it in a high pressure steam chamber

[@frielux]

theres the first discussion

[@alisaljic]

There's a video out there that proved the body does not really affect the sound of electrical guitar. Its the choice of pickups and onboard electronics that sets the sound and tone of your instrument. The body is there to just help hold everything together, to provide ergonomics and to look good. If I manage to find that video I will post a link.

[@robertsteinberger]

Shielding tape, like a concrete wall wasn't enough.

[@fernank017]

ehh the plastic is till thin

[@midi510]

@@fernank017 The pickguard has it's own shielding.

[@FirstLast-vv6lv]

Concrete is weak when free like this

[@timbrowner6643]

Shielding tape is for groundibg the electronics so it doesn't buzz

[@joermnyc]

@@FirstLast-vv6lv yeah, it’s not a reinforced concrete (though he’d need some tiny rebar in most of this.)

[@ThePbutler35]

I own a concrete company, and would be interested if this is for sale. Cheers.

[@Jowls2024]

Sorry guitar players only!

[@robsimmons6742]

@Feeds Ravens because The Quarrymen has already been taken by some of those British moptops

[@Kimoto504]

LOL, I'd build you one.

[@roberta6641]

it actually pleased me to hear you accidentally left the body laying around to cure. 80% of concretes strength is obtained in the first 24-48 hours and the rest comes in over time. so really 10 months is exceedingly good as it give it time to fully cure and dry out.

[@robertdirocco1885]

I built a guitar out of air, and everyone can play it

[@OElitecorp]

Underrated comment

[@lolozeeee]

I play it all of the time

[@festival3051]

Thanks man. I always play it after dinner. Though I'd like a refund please as it always smells when I rip a fat riff

[@robertdirocco1885]

@@festival3051 Thank you for your purchase!! Unfortunately you purchased the limited edition flatulence model which is made to the purchasers specifications only. Due to that level of customization we are unable accept returns.

[@dr.falcon7567]

Well played

[@actually5004]

This guy: "Tone wood doesn't really matter." PRS: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@robertyeung55]

Imagine Pete Townsend wants to smash this guitar on stage, lol, oh my back....

[@MobiusBandwidth]

@@robertyeung55 he'd smash the stage!

[@immastranger6752]

Yes PRS .. you're a joke 🤣

[@restricttheopennotes]

2 people buy PRS guitars. The occasional really good guitarist. People that literally cant play guitar.

[@elsenorx·hace.10.años]

@@restricttheopennotes I recently joined several guitar owners fb groups and they have tons of them and you are right 😄 they can't play shit

[@CraftyOldGit]

The concrete guitar sounds brilliant, and must be almost as heavy as a Les Paul.

[@iLumberjack]

Exactly my thought. Haha well done.

[@thomastyler5582]

Lol

[@davidlucky178]

Yeah, because that super extra weight 😂

[@Kimoto504]

LOL, came here for this. Not disappointed. My thought was, "so, he made a Gibson Strat..."

[@bohma7519]

Probably twice as heavy!

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

So many creative ideas that. The metal plate with the holes. Using the tape to protect the concrete. Using the electric saw without a saw-bit attached to vibrate the bubbles away... this adds up and it's amazing like the project itself :D

[@bryantherocker]

THAT GUITAR IS CLEARLY MADE FOR HARD ROCK MUSIC

[@sergeyv4908]

For heavy styles and stoner actually)

[@jlobiafra]

@@sergeyv4908 did the joke go over your head?

[@truefaceofevil]

@@jlobiafra I think he was adding to the joke...

[@sergeyv4908]

@@truefaceofevil indeed

[@rybrosh_56]

I see what you did their

[@daffawaffa]

That dowel plate you used to trim down your dowels is so simple yet effective, I'm absolutely going to use that for my future projects

[@martinskanal]

Creative!!

[@Mike-gt1cs]

Proving that you can indeed fit a square peg into a round hole - if you hit it hard enough

[@Justin_collier]

I see these videos in my feed and can’t stop watching lol

[@DavidBello]

I REALLY enjoyed the way you shot and narrated this whole thing. Made it an almost therapeutic watch and interesting all the way through

[@meself349]

I think that's a good analogy about how this is therapeutic. Sitting in a psychologist office and getting psychotherapy is just about as boring. And they call that therapeutic also.

[@bry2k]

BONUS FEATURE: Set it on fire during epic guitar solo finale and it's TOTALLY FINE!

[@christopherwineholt9165]

@Freedom of Information pffft Hendrix proved that fire is 100% safe no matter what

[@truthmanifestingtruth]

Yeah...who needs a fretboard?!🤷🏾‍♂️

[@ko.ko33]

yes yez lifting is a a cake walk in tha park ! ... PRATICE 8 HRS A DAY 4.. 9 HRS THEN PLAYING IT IN THA N PARK OR ON STAGE FOE 4 HRS.. THEN COME BACK 2 THA DRAWING BOARD!!! DING DING DING DING!!!!!!😊

[@christopherwineholt9165]

@@ko.ko33 is this what drugs is?

[@c.p.1589]

I'd like to hear one made out of Louisiana swamp concrete or Honduran concrete if you could find some.

[@myysticranger]

Opus Caementicium is the Stradivarius of concrete.

[@DennisLP]

I'm from Honduras and i don't know what's special about our concrete.

[@c.p.1589]

@@DennisLP Old growth.

[@sylvieslug]

ive only ever noticed one difference in what material the guitar body is made out of and thats sustains, and its literally just that a heavier bodied guitar will have longer sustains. i bet this thing kicks ass.

[@necronorris]

I was typing about tone wood right when you started talking about it. With acoustics and classicals, tonewood absolutely plays a role. But with electrics I am also in the camp that it really just adds to the cosmetics of the guitar.

[@cobgod1415]

Exactly. With an acoustic, it will absolutely make a difference, because the wood is how the sound resonates. With an electric, the only thing that is amplifying your sound is your amplifier, which gets the sound from your pickups, not the wood of your guitar.

[@necronorris]

@ hmm. Thats interesting.

[@Saurondor]

What matters is the speed of sound through the material. Concrete and wood have similar speeds 3700m/s vs 3900m/s (www.engineeringtoolbox.com/sound-speed-solids-d_713.html). So standing waves would be similar, but become more distinct at higher harmonics. For example at 1kHz the wavelenght is 3.7 and 3.9 m. 20cm difference. At 5kHz it's 780mm and 740mm that's 4cm apart, about an inch and a half or just about the distance between the bridge and middle pickups on a strat. So a node or antinode could move from one pickup to another depending on the material. The difference would be very subtle, as the movement of the strings is more significant than that of the pickups vibrating with the body. But it would become more evident with higher distortion which greatly amplifies low power signals and compresses high power ones. That is the input from the strings is compressed and the small oscillation of the body becomes more evident. Now as the article points out "There is no recognized independent effect of species of wood on the speed of sound. Variability in the speed of sound relates to the variability of modulus of elasticity and density." This is probably due to growth rates due to variations in weather. Slower growth means denser wood and vice versa. So wood affects tone, but what's affecting tone can't be bound to one type of tonewood. Thus explaining why tonewood seems to be both relevant and irrelevant at the same time.

[@necronorris]

@@Saurondor awesome explanation. Thanks man. I am going to check out that article.

[@Saurondor]

@ that's like saying all delays are the same. I mean if you have a dotted eighth delay set does it really matter if it's digital, analogue or tape? It matters if one pays attention to those small details. This reminds me of a video of a guy looking for a particular analogue delay. He found the sound in the newer Waza Craft Boss delays. As it turns out these have this particular bucket bridge circuit that had little spikes in volume on the leading edge of the signal or something like it. All the others he had tried had similar circuits but lacked that feature which gave the particular sound. Of course most people couldn't tell the difference. Which takes us to the point of whether tonewood matters or if we can't tell the difference. Take a look at Tim Sway's video time wood tester one guitar to test them all. I recorded the audio send did a frequency plot with audacity. I can tell you that while the guitars sound similar the frequency plots do have differences one can clearly visualize. These are particularly more present at higher frequencies and in the -60 to -80 dB levels. For example the spectrum of poplar vs swamp ash has a visible drop of 3 to 5 dB in the 7800 to 8200Hz range. Swamp ash being lower. Now apply a 20 dB boost to that and run in through distortion and that frequency range is up to -40 dB, the whereabouts of the 1kHz frequency range in the original track and 1k is now at -12 dB. Thus those scoops become more significant the more one boosts the guitar.

[@heycheckthisout2565]

I hate it when the strap of my concrete guitar breaks and it falls on my toe.

[@rbenm]

Panties and legs? Or dirty mind

[@chillybeatz4697]

Hannibal Barkas yes

[@Nam3less564]

Oof size large

[@melodica5407]

You should definitely try doing spin with it!!

[@jono4708]

I HATE when that happens!.....Billy Crystal

[@constantinosschinas4503]

the cheap and effective way: few mm of brushed silicon, then plaster to fill the bulk. like 30x cheaper, plus better mold rigidness and precision.

[@spamspasm8183]

Molding a strat causes a lip. How do you demold with a rigid plaster mold? I mean for a one off I guess that's okay but what if you want a reusable mold?

[@constantinosschinas4503]

@@spamspasm8183 the lip (guess you mean the fillet at the bottom of the body) would be filled with a thicker silicone, then plaster.

[@richfamousstyle6945]

You’ve cemented your place in guitar build history!

[@OneWay4D73]

I would love 2 studies: can people actually tell the difference in tone woods, blind folded, and a frequency spectrum analysis for the same shape, same electronics, but different materials.

[@marshallpjesky3645]

There might be a slight difference that a computer can detect, but it doesn’t matter. Tone wood is a myth designed to sell guitars.

[@Harmonic14]

@Harry. B. Renner. jr. No you can't. lmao

[@marshallpjesky3645]

Harry. B. Renner. jr. That is an incredibly arrogant statement to assume that everyone is tone deaf. If you want to believe there is a difference then that’s your opinion, but it’s a fact that very few people are tone deaf.

[@fernank017]

@Harry. B. Renner. jr. only about 10% of the world's population are tone deaf. You're a moron. You can't tell the difference.

[@DovidM]

Studied have been done. People who believe tonewoods make a difference on electric guitars don’t trust the results.

[@Jimjolnir]

A good ol' guitar luthier friend of mine (RIP) told me, when talking about different pickups and different woods, etc. "I could make a guitar out of concrete and you wouldn't know the difference. It's all in the pickups; the electronics." Coming from a man who built guitars his whole life, and for what it's worth, was very zen/spiritual, I'll take his word on that... And now I get to hear what he was talking about.

[@dutchmcfadyen5867]

Sounds like a smart guy!

[@aquathemage1680]

@@dutchmcfadyen5867 yeah. Tone wood matters much more on non-electric instruments like acoustics and drums.

[@mattsmitchger259]

I finally had to find out for myself. Put a Duncan JB in a Strat and Epi LP. I couldn't tell a bit of difference. Others claimed they could. I guess it comes down to whatever people gotta tell themselves to justify cost so they dont feel like an idiot for spending too much.

[@dutchmcfadyen5867]

@@mattsmitchger259 I think there's a lot of truth to that. I have only recently been ble to afford better quality guitars myself, and a way I used to compensate for this was to just re pot better pick-ups and always used the best strings. String quality also has a ton of value when it comes to tone also and it doesn't seem to be a big part of the conversation in the scene for some reason. I am talking electric btw.

[@mattsmitchger259]

@@dutchmcfadyen5867 I'm over it. I now have a $200 Jackson with $300 worth of parts(Duncans/locking tuners) on it and an Epi SG i got used for $200 and upgraded the parts. Love it so much I don't even want a Gibson anymore. And I don't have to baby them. Anything happens to them, I go right out and get another one. The money I wasted on crap I used to believe...🙄

[@goose8447]

"hey man, nice concrete design on that guitar how'd you do it?" "concrete"

[@alanjagroop1282]

Watch de video

[@FuraFaolox]

@@alanjagroop1282 Reread the comment.

[@Vortexafternoon]

Wow. Awesome build. I sprayed a build of mine (wood), with American Accents rock finish spray. Easy way to get a concrete like finish.

[@pelimies1818]

This concrete guitar sounds like my ’70s Gibson Les Paul; it only weighs lighter..

[@datamouth]

"how does it sound?" " heavy."

[@j.pabloquinche3283]

That joke was bad af but made me laugh, nice

[@metalgear1977]

Heavy Concrete plays Heavy Metal 😂

[@iplaysdrums]

@@j.pabloquinche3283 Same here

[@cobgod1415]

I heard it's good for Hard Rock.

[@zodak9999b]

That's a cool guitar, but I can imagine the "tone stone' madness that you've unleashed on our future. "If you want to play surf music, your aggregate needs a lot of coral or it won't sound right" and the whole sand vs river rock vs gravel debate.

[@Lamefoureyes]

underrated comment

[@danw1955]

Too funny... needs more limestone to get that 'island sound', if you're gonna do Jimmy Buffet tunes, like Marguaritaville, etc. :-D

[@jitsroller]

Lol core samples and stress tests, would become a common part of your guitar build.

[@aunderiskerensky2304]

then you have your midwest math rock with dakota shale formation rocks. gotta make sure to get at least one fossil in the mix too.

[@hobojesus9817]

@@aunderiskerensky2304 for that classic rock sound

[@_EightySix]

At first I thought the guitar had a high gloss coating on it. That would totally set that thing off. Sounds really good. Awesome video.

[@michaelombres6204]

I may have missed this, but it looks like the neck is just being held to the body with epoxy. Why no screws? Were you afraid that the neck cavity would break?

[@angeleaterstudios1004]

The epoxy might hold better and more evenly in comparison to screws. Given the weight of the guitar body, screws could be viewed as a pressure point, putting all the stress on the neck instead of on the epoxy. If something breaks, you'd rather it just be the epoxy instead of the entire neck snapping in half.

[@lumityandowlhousefan]

@@angeleaterstudios1004 true.

[@jasonyoung6420]

"That's gotta weigh somewhere in the 15-20lb range" so roughly the same weight as my Les Paul? Concrete is the ultimate tone wood.

[@junes2k]

Once again proving that it's all abut the pickups. Great build.

[@dmv1023]

Others have probably mentioned this, but the fret board is probably more important than the body from the standpoint of tone wood in an electric guitar. I have read that it has to do with how much the fretboard reflects or absorbs the sound waves produced by the strings. In my experience, maple fretboards do sound a little brighter than rosewood or ebony. That said, it may be questionable how much that gets captured by the pickups. Still, thanks for the cool video. it definitely shoes that the body material does not matter too much. You have awesome skills!

[@davesaenz3732]

We now have "concrete" evidence that wood doesn't really affect your tone.(For electric guitars).

[@T-Dawg-lp2sh]

....just....just don't

[@kennethguitarfiend4493]

With electric guitars!!!!!!

[@kevind6379]

Tone-crete

[@chrisyeomans5547]

Blasphemy

[@davesaenz3732]

@@kennethguitarfiend4493 Yes, with electric guitars only.

[@chrishorn8755]

lol. I have done construction all my life, and it took this to make me realize a reciprocating saw could be used for a jitterbug. That is awesome and you are awesome sir. Thank you.

[@johnbattista9519]

“I built a guitar out of concrete, how does that sound?” Sounds heavy

[@FlightDynam]

Hah, nice dude

[@jazzram_]

He has to be very djentle

[@kameronmuller137]

I'm a little confused, how will changing what an electric guitar is made of affect how the amp produces the sound? Wouldn't it make more sense to try and make a concrete acoustic/classical guitar where the sound actually interacts with the body of the instrument? Dope idea tho❗️

[@CKT1138]

You're smarter than about 99% of guitar guys lol A solid body electric guitar is all pickups, strings, pick, amp. The wood is completely irrelevant.

[@dileepmallick]

@@CKT1138 What about the fretboard?

[@CKT1138]

@@dileepmallick I doubt it. The fret is made of metal, and the only element imparting any dampening to the strings is the fret.

[@Joe-hm1zk]

@@CKT1138 I can maybe see an argument about how the different woods change the vibration of the strings, but yeah it's pretty funny listening to guitar salesmen try and create all kinds of bullshit buzzwords. I just heard a gibson rep the other day in a video talk about how the satin finishes on their cheaper guitars "make the instrument breathe more". Like even IF that was the case, why would they be "compromising" the tone of their higher end models by not having them all be satin finish? It's all snakeoil.

[@mikeyerian2562]

I'd love to see how you'd have a concrete acoustic guitar. Are you gonna reinforce it? Or make the concrete 2 inches thick? It would probably weigh much more than a solid concrete electric.

[@bronxxmetal]

Unfortunately, only Hulk can play this guitar for a whole gig.

[@davidlucky178]

Gig it one day and you'll have backpain for one week 😂😂

[@benedictul]

Pretty sure Petrucci could do it without breaking a sweat. Herman Li, on the other hand, would break his knee on it.

[@Otatsuke]

Hold my milk...

[@byoung1520]

Hulk thrash!

[@Kevin-if6vp]

Sick build, I've wanted to try this for a while now and you made it look like a blast. Funny how ppl thought concrete would make it sound any different tho.

[@AffiBlues]

Ah, I don't know about that. For years we've been told, how much importance the tonewood had - almost like a religion

[@Mornomgir]

Its good that this didnt "exist" a few decades ago when wacking people with the guitar was fairly common practice.

[@krunchy1736]

The only thing that really effects the sound of electric guitars, as you mentioned, are the pickups and various electronic set ups. The way to test how a concrete guitar sounds vs wood it would need to be made into an acoustic guitar.

[@johnnyghoul8100]

or use piezoelectric pickups because then your using the mechanical vibration (tone) of the instrument

[@clarkburr]

I've been telling people this for years but they would rather believe myths like string gage too.

[@rodsmolter5046]

Agreed, but you will have some claim that they can hear big differences not only in the type of body wood but also the neck and fretboard of an electric guitar. I say nonsense.

[@Thinginator]

I wonder if you could make a wire frame to spread the concrete onto so that you could actually make the shape of an acoustic guitar with concrete. I think that’s how a lot of concrete structures with complex shapes are made.

[@glenbard657]

*affects

[@pbgf0411]

Need to hear it without ANY effects, just dry tone.

[@Swordfish90390]

No you don't. You hear exact what it sounds like around 16:02. There's not nearly enough reverb to change the tone.

[@kierancallahan7756]

electric guitars are designed to have no resonance or tone of their own. this is why modern electric guitars have solid rather than hollow bodies. any resonance produced outside of the pickups causes feedback.

[@kannonfps]

@@kierancallahan7756 that's actually the main reason i got my electric guitar instead of an accoustic one :') i can play at 4am without issue haha just plug it to an audio interface and you good to go :D also i'm not shredding i'm a beginner so i guess that's also why i can play at 4am without being a pain in the ass 🤔

[@kierancallahan7756]

@@kannonfps haha hell yeah jam in your headphones as loud as you want

[@beowulf1417]

@@kierancallahan7756 this would be news to the ENTIRE electric guitar industry just saying...In fact I'll just leave this here... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZzCcmt9nbNjgpo

[@lpjunction]

"How does it sound?" "It sounds heavy." A regular bowling ball is 6 pounds to 16 pounds. A 19-pound neck bending slab requires its own stand.

[@Kimoto504]

Nah, it requires a professional trainer to write up an exercise/workout routine for the player. He's going to be buffed by the time he can play it for a couple of hours without periodic back and neck massages back stage.

[@masterzen4701]

@@Kimoto504 so using it makes you stronger?

[@jakemoresea7415]

@@masterzen4701 Yes. It's exercising your neck and core at the least

[@masterzen4701]

@@jakemoresea7415 ok thats one way of becoming super human, cool

[@intraterrestrial5035]

*laughs in quint tenors*

[@angrycat3525]

You hit the nail on the head regarding "tonewoods" - as Jack White proved with his electric 2x4 in "It Might Get Loud", you don't even need a guitar! Great work on that axe, my friend; however, I have one question: with a body that weighs in at almost 20 lbs., how does it compare to, say, a Les Paul? Personally, I never liked them because they were so heavy - when I'd take it off, I'd feel my left shoulder rise somewhat.

[@BigFatCock0]

Jack White did not invent the Diddley Bow

[@Mr.CliffysWorld]

I have a Les Paul and an ES-335 among my collection and I play that ES-335 as much as I can live because it is so much lighter than that heavy Les Paul LOL and it actually stays in tune better but Les Paul's are infamous for not staying in tune . Lol but yes I agree, Les Paul's are heavy and after playing that Les Paul it's a treat to play that hollow-body. I have played for 46 years and the old left shoulder wants to play the hollow body the whole set ,every set it seems now a days .

[@johncollins5552]

@@Mr.CliffysWorld Les pauls are so heavy, there must be concrete hidden in them somewhere haha!

[@KidAgainHobbies]

i know this is an older video but that clean tone your getting at the start of the video sounds really good.

[@craftedworkshop]

Thanks! I used a Boss Katana for all of the sounds, great little amp.

[@davidnorris7287]

Alternate title: I built a Les paul that looks like a strat

[@maridinchisty1127]

Hehe

[@aydinentwistle5598]

exactly what I was thinking. hahaha

[@_riceboii]

waited for this comment

[@AimingWanderously]

I dunno man, everyone says LPs are so heavy but I think they haven't played Teles. I have both a Tele and LP, and the Tele is by far heavier.

[@axelfoley3376]

@@AimingWanderously Les Pauls are usually above 10 pounds and teles weigh in at about 8. Of course some vary which might be the case for your guitars

[@JonnyBuilds]

Let me know when you're ready to hop on that Onewheel again!

[@timothywilliamrose]

GUITAR MADE OUT OF A ONE WHEEL

[@zurielsmithson6946]

@@timothywilliamrose n o

[@destruction7367]

Tim Rose woah why do you have a music note beside your name in your comment

[@timothywilliamrose]

Destruction 736 because my page is music!

[@jc_nilsson]

16:16 How could you NOT play "Like A Stone"? 😅

[@John.McMillan]

You get some serious credit just for instantly showing how it looks and sounds instead of taking 15 mins