I Built an “EXPLODED” GUITAR out of EPOXY RESIN and COPPER PIPE

Learn how to build a custom electric guitar from scratch! This electric guitar has a neck-through Wenge body and neck, plus epoxy resin "wings" connected with copper pipe! I couldn't have finished this guitar build without my buddy Grant Batson! // Check out the NEX L1 Pro! www.indiegogo.com/projects/fa... #sponsored
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[@craftedworkshop]

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[@SimplyAlteringMaterials]

REALLY nice job guys!! I love the way this guitar turned out!! Is the raffle also for international viewers, I'd like to know because I'm from Canada and I'd like to purchase some tickets. 😁

[@religiousabuse]

gorgeous guitar, a few notes from a guitarist tho: 1. those pickups better sound great, as they seem to be important to the guitar's shape, if they don't sound great, it would be very difficult to take them out and replace them with a preferred pickup. 2, replacement parts on this seem like they might be a pain as things break you might have to replace them. 3, the fretboard seems a little high above the body. other then that, fantastic job and id love to buy and shred the hell out of this guitar, it looks like it would play very nicely

[@BlackHeart37498]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 SOUNDS KILLER BRO ROCK ON

[@alfiecooper7322]

Luv u

[@nicholasoutland2396]

This was a stunning piece of work. Felt very ol' school "Boston" (the band, not the city)! Just found your channel and love your work! Hello from an ol', legally blind dabbler and lover of the art of woodworking from the eastern coast of NC!

[@MakeSomething]

Whoa! That radius jig!! This is awesome!

[@craftedworkshop]

Thanks man! Grant is a pro, was so cool picking up some of his years of knowledge.

[@7R15M3G1]

David we are waiting on your guitar now too

[@Sig721Tau]

@@craftedworkshop I would've used clear epoxy in and around the copper tubes. It'll give that steam punk vibe while making it look like the pipes are floating in the air. I mean, the extra copper color that you had added makes it too orangey. The color throws the aesthetics off. However, I do like the shape of the headstock.

[@stelinaturner1982]

No joke! That was a great example of their ingenuity and craftsmanship.

[@AutitsicDysexlia]

That moment when you blow on your phone to get the dust off the piece. "Full Immersion POV: Achievement Unlocked"

[@SatanSupimpa]

18:56 Now you can't unsee it

[@colinhayward7011]

AHAHAHA

[@69XxXDqrkKnightXxX69]

Dammit

[@attempt58]

it looks like a huge eared face

[@ravendemo4980]

I took me a second. lol

[@dvweiss]

Princess Leia!

[@johnryan1698]

Can we take a moment to talk about Grant’s shop apron

[@pmelchman]

Leather By Dragonfly makes custom / bespoke leather workplace aprons.

[@batsong]

lol! I made this one from a buffalo hide I'd had lying around for years.

[@marniemarnie2629]

No

[@BarronVonSchnoot]

No

[@matlockcrowl3396]

No

[@kevinkingrey4067]

I really enjoy watching your projects. I very much appreciate that you include mistakes and oversights in your narrative. This helps people to learn how important that is to the creative process. Well done, cool stuff!

[@cadavrelane3100]

I didn't believe I would think much of the guitar when finished, but you've managed to make me want it desperately. absolutely beautiful

[@jasonwitt8619]

WOW, what a masterpiece and the work you guys did on this build is par none. I would love to own this fantastically crafted instrument.

[@spencervoisin7622]

Crazy how much modern tech went into this, overall I’m mind blown this is awesome!

[@OskarCzechowicz-OmniMusician]

18:58 That “kill me” face

[@theRandy712]

I love that wood, I think the pickup surround might be my favorite design touch

[@mboyer68]

Love the copper, never seen that before. You guys had a number of genius moves... but the magnetic pickup ring?? That's high mechanical design genius level!!! Brilliant! Great editing also. Thank you for taking us on your build journey.

[@Mephiston]

I know its a year later but if you like that sort of thing check out crimson guitars on youtube.

[@dustylaperriere9019]

Loved the build... the he played and my heart melted with the tone.

[@lifeanywhere]

23:20 someone listens to John Mayer. Fantastic work on this one dude.

[@grillsimon4548]

Awsome guitar 🎸 and awsome work have never seen such a beautiful guitar and copper pipe 😉

[@reddevilsuperstar]

Wow that a sick looking guitar, very creative with the copper tubing, and the epoxy gave this a great finish touch.

[@WickedMakers]

Excellent build, man! 😄 We’ve never built a guitar but kind of inspired to try it out now. 🤘🏼💀

[@Inklessemissaries]

Solid work! Appreciate the attention to detail, and the romex pinning was a genius idea!

[@sgsax]

Really interesting and unique design here. I really like the copper accents, they look good with the wenge. Thanks for sharing!

[@konstantinonassis7015]

17:38 this is borderline genius, i love it!

[@andrewmarske7915]

I listened on repeat to the guitar at the end for a solid 5 minutes straight

[@benjaminstrobel3622]

Fantastic video. Thank you for being so specific and detailed.

[@gusntroll]

This is an authentic ART lesson. Thanks for showing us. Good work!

[@Bozemancurtis]

I think the most impressive part of the video is your guitar tone! You have a good feel for soloing. Thanks for making. I'm also a guitar player that's making the Jay Bates miter station.

[@judas587]

Wow man . Love it . Gonna try this

[@ksgtrpkr]

Great that you went with a neck pickup instead of a bridge that is usually used in one pickup guitars. I like the layout with that, super cool!

[@torineg.847]

Awesome design..Also nice to have a workshop and all the equipment to make what you want..

[@BearMaked]

Wow! You guys crushed it. This is amazing.

[@ManNamedEd]

INCREDIBLE Build!!! Wow it turned out Beautifully!

[@yfz450rider39]

All wenge. Crazy!! Love wenge, such an awesome feeling wood.

[@frederickleach9092]

What a stunning piece of work! Wow! Well done you guys.

[@rudybigboote3883]

That is the coolest and most original guitar design I have seen in a long time. You guys killed it! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@wimpy_the_punk2094]

I love it. Personally, I would have made the bottom wing out of aluminum. It think that would looked bad ass. Just a personal preference, though.

[@boroborable]

such piece of work and craftsmanship and lovely guitar.

[@rubiomonocoatusa]

One of a kind build guys! Incredible work!

[@batsong]

thanks!

[@markbundy1694]

Gorgeous Piece Of Art!!! Excellent Build!!!

[@HamadaElMnsour]

Great project guys. Looks like it was Teuffel inspired. Why didn’t you cut another fretboard cover to anchor those frets properly?

[@SchysCraftCo.]

wow that's a amazing design great video as always John keep up the great craftsmanship and work make on my friend

[@troytaylor1985]

That is a great sounding build. I like the way it turned out.

[@wbwillie]

i'd love to build a 7 or 8 string version of this, i love the look of it

[@mikeylam]

Radical video, awesome results! I just want to play it once

[@JewishCircumcision1155]

All this hard work and it pays off. Amazing sounding and looking

[@Zogg1281]

Wow, that is a really sweet looking AND sounding guitar!! I keep coming across guitar building video's and at this rate I think I'm going to have to learn how to play the guitar as I've got so many idea's about what I'd do if I built a guitar....... or 10 guitars!! My first one would be a charity shop guitar (I've seen quite a few nice looking ones in charity shops near where I live) that I would dismantle and re build to get a feel for it and to experiment on...... that might be the last one as well depending on if I could get my head around playing it when it's finished LOL 😅👍

[@RenoLaringo]

It sounds as fantastic as it looks ! Wel done sir !

[@SONGSTICKS]

Wow... what an awesome guitar ! Love that ! Wish I'd come across this video sooner so I could have entered the raffle. The kit you've got in that workshop is fantastic and you have something else I dream of.... space ! Brilliant build guys... dead impressed !

[@thematthewlondon]

18:58 help me johnny-wan kenobi, you're my only hope

[@janana4330]

this is my dream guitar and wanted something like this for a long time

[@petedazer3381]

Wow! Excellent job guys.

[@finaljesus]

this is such a beautiful looking guitar i love it’s different that’s for sure io would order one of these

[@InteractiveRealm]

I love the copper accents and that pickup cover.. I just would've liked to see some of the resin on the bottom wing too to balance it out. But pretty cool looking as is too. Awesome work on this!

[@batsong]

That was the original plan, but we had one week to build this and the epoxy solution for the bottom "wing" created a time-crunch problem. I was on vacation while we built this. We may do it again with improvements. As this was a "brainstorm/experimental" piece, lots of new ideas/solutions presented themselves as we journeyed through the process. I'm excited to do a "round 2".

[@gelosoriano]

That's a great looking guitar! Sounds great too!

[@ltdanyj]

Great episode!!! Really neat to see you problem solve on the fly!

[@c.a.g.1977]

if a guitar can be pretty than this one is. That wengé is really beautiful!

[@ewangreen9406]

of course guitars can be pretty

[@julienriegel8246]

Y’all are so talented! I’m amazed!

[@craftedworkshop]

Thanks a lot!

[@New_Zealand_Music]

Absolutely stunning guitar. Reminds me a bit of Jansen New Zealand electric guitars made in the 60's and 70's, where they couldn't always get the parts they needed. So modified car parts, copper pipers, hand wound pickups with random magnets and so much more, you name it, it's probably on one of them. They are stunning (just like yours!) and Highly collectible in in my country. Thank you for the nostalgia. So beautiful. And a wee bit steampunk, nothing wrong with that, you are an amazing craftsman and designer. I would ditch ALL of my electrics just for something this beautiful. Lost for words :-) Just checked out your channel, it is amazing, total fan.Sub! Sub! Sub!

[@militiza1780]

so beautiful!!!! loved it!

[@lavapirate]

has a steampunk vibe to it... really cool. But wow, what a build. Makes those stewmac guitar kits look like a cakewalk by comparison.

[@ianvicedomini2648]

Looks amazing and sounds awesome mate. Great project and awesome video

[@maximusheronimus23980]

awesome build !!!! "next" the custom amp with cabinet

[@andreadigiovanni8655]

It's really beautiful... I love it!!!!!!!!!!!

[@caspersmith7112]

beautiful sound

[@pebbleman54]

Awesome design for a guitar! My only change would be to change out the white tuning keys with a copper colored ones.

[@chrismacolley]

Beautiful guitar awesome sound

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic work, dude! Beautiful guitar! 😃 Nicely done!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@andrewlewisohn6851]

Really nice work. Loved hearing you play at the end too. Quick question, how are you making the connection from the quick connect hose to the port on spindle sander? Thanks!

[@dudeman71213]

Love this and wish I had an opportunity to buy raffle tickets when this was available! Great charity, great guitar, great guys. Thanks for another incredible build!

[@joshuac1364]

Wow that thing sounds great

[@larrystiner6576]

Incredible job you are the man.

[@Joni_Tarvainen]

3 am and I'm watching guitar making videos. Good times!

[@JoeHamilton]

Damn using Nolly's Archetype plugin! That's sick.

[@danieljbdj]

Congratulations, guys👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@javanthomas4122]

Sounds fantastic. Way to go

[@ADPuckey]

16:59 "which was... quite a bit shorter" absolutely perfect line read

[@lewispower2273]

been looking for a great design for a fretboard radiusing jig, think I found it!

[@craftedworkshop]

Glad you like it! Grant is a wizard with that kind of stuff.

[@jacobpinacle7289]

Sounds like magic

[@devanggiri8482]

You built awesome! You played awesome!

[@brucewrandol]

Sounds real good.

[@wwilliee]

Very entertaining video! Thanks

[@jollygoodbeard13]

Kinda like a steam punk wood fairy Guitar.....beautiful and awesome build

[@MultiTom1956]

Absolutely work of art 👌👌

[@evilutionltd]

If you set the wood up diagonally on the X-Carve, you aren't limited by the 1m x 1m dimensions, you get closer to a 1.4m distance of cut. (minus the width of the router and limited by the wood blank shape).

[@RobinLewisMakes]

That's beautiful!

[@arturo8917]

Awesome build 👏🏻

[@idfkdontaskme2165]

This guitar is beautiful!!!

[@RetroTuna]

very cool guitar great work guys.

[@bryarwykert4099]

I would love to see what the guitar looks like once the copper oxidizes that would give it a amazing contrast with the wood

[@darrylbutt2570]

That is an awesome build.

[@blankpool]

It must be an honor to play a guitar that was made with that much care and attention

[@giosaia]

This guitar is amazing!!!

[@nordyfamily]

Great stuff

[@ijahtom4129]

Wow, what an amazing build. Congrats and more Raspect o

[@jimpike3489]

The workmanship put into that guitar was amazing, how long was the total build time? I am not a guitar guy but she looks cool. How much would she have cost for materials and your work time. Very interesting video, thanks for sharing.

[@trikermansbike]

Hi great job on the guitar 🎸 love it thanks.

[@JaimeRodriguez-pg3zs]

That is a Beauty of guitar

[@johngrant5749]

Would be interested to hear how it sounds clean without the FX.

[@Hy5st77]

Love this!! So informative and cool, you got yourself a sub and like 👌

[@alecwegge8869]

Not gunna lie, I was a bit skeptical before you put on the final finish, but wow did that turn out beautifully. Amazing build!!

[@metaller1317]

Looks great, but I think it would look even better if the copper pipes connecting the wings to the body would point at each other. And I would've tried to align the bridge and the tailpiece with the copper pipes (I don't know if you can have these not at a 90° angle to the strings but if yes I would've tried to do it)

[@anthonyb5279]

Very cool!

[@BearMeat4Dinner]

Dude I want one of these!!!