Trash to Treasure: My Scrap Wood Guitar Build

[@MarkGutierrez]

It's got a pretty sweet sounding mini-humbucker, I had to record some open-string chugs. Watch to the end for the demo in a mix.

[@draleigh8881]

That guitar is 🔥... wood! haha. your designs are wild man. too cool!

[@madeofnapalm]

Artpiece 😀 You have some of the most unique builds I've seen. Great riff too!

[@PujanDewan-id2ys]

I liked how you used the downside of the scrap woods to your advantage.

[@frankiechan9651]

This is precisely why I will be hunting through wood recyclers and places that demolish old houses or buildings - to look for gnarly old wood that has "seen things". I love the idea of recycled wood to build guitars - something that used to be part of a barn for 50 years or a roof beam of a house that was first built 100 years ago or the dance floor from an old pub or hotel. I wasn't expecting such a modern shape, but that juxtaposition of hugely modern contrasted with "trash" wood is genius. I love the patina'd weathering next to the glossy black acrylic and carbon fibre weave.

[@hannuhanhi183]

Always impressed of your understanding of form.

[@mikejones420]

Yeah, pretty sick guitar bro, awesome job.

[@matthoy2844]

Starting the trend of weather curves on guitars, love it.

[@ej1_drew]

love you're playing style and music it complements your creativity as a builder like nothing / no one else!

[@rob61091]

Beautiful shape

[@j.schaefer5622]

Really inspiring idea. The guitar looks futuristic and cool…

[@RandyLeonard-t1x]

Sweeeeet!!!!Mark G dropped a video!!! Awesome Man.🤙

[@frankwirt]

3D STEAM PUNK! Love it!

[@catch_this_mirage6564]

Impressive and unique. Great job. Bravo from France 👏🙂

[@micah_noel]

Rad! You’ve blown my mind once again!

[@dalgguitars]

Just beautiful! Fantastic job. Rock On!

[@matt6288joyce]

That is ART. Wow, what an exciting build, amazing work

[@RevoFoto]

That is one fine instrument! I love the different layers of color as well as the abstract shapes of wood. You sir are visionary and a craftsman. ❤

[@GRSTGuitars]

Mark, I love you art😊

[@DommoDommo]

Love when you upload, that thumbnail is CRAZY!! While ive got your ear, can you revisit the relay single string pickup and how to wire for 4 individual strings?

[@D_Morse]

Sure looks as if you had fun planning and refining this design; definitely a one-of-a-kind instrument!

[@realitystudioscustomshop]

Stunning work dude, you're a madman, I love it

[@GMx_1]

Amazing as per usual! What a gift you have, your guitars are genuine creative works of art. Did not like the fretboard accents but to each their own but the rest of it - If I had to pick only one guitar of your designs I really do not know what I would pick, there are just so many amazing builds. Cheers

[@77MetalMessiah77]

I am in awe and inspired. Thank you!

[@darrentatem429]

Wow. A little bit Ken Parker, a little Sam Maloof, a little Escher. A lot of Mark Gutierrez. Personally, I'd like the edges softer and rounder (Maloof) but damn dude....what a build. You inspire me.

[@ferslashpop]

Wooo that guitar its beautiful

[@simonpark843]

Looks and sounds amazing.

[@JacquesPatry]

great design, love it, tank you Mark 👌👍

[@SweetTGuitars]

Killer guitar design brother. It is indeed mighty nice for scrap wood. Awesome!✌️&💙

[@chadwilliams8583]

Damn!!!! I love it Mark

[@bluesbuster2000]

Like this. Nice guitar. Great Shape.

[@LosPompadores]

What an awesome design again

[@GahMehGrrrr]

Looks great.

[@davecronce3127]

Love the concept! It would be awesome if you had some slow shots of the whole guitar without all the blurry effects. It's a work of art! Show it off!

[@alanagottalottasay997]

love designs like this where the "how and why" limitations exceed the outcome....even when the outcome itself is as impressive as this....and the end riffs are a great punctuation to it all....fork yes dude....

[@barrychristian4050]

That's a really cool build, proving you don't need really expensive exotic hardwoods to make an awesome looking guitar. You may have to accept that the black acrylic will always be " dirty" unless you have OCD lol

[@smizznoe]

great build!

[@whaguitars]

Awesome man!

[@-ljk-]

how come the wood looks like that? Super cool!

[@patricio-n9k]

Absolutamente genial!

[@chrisdefazio2779]

That is great!

[@michaelgalindo9162]

Ingenious

[@gothridercreations]

It's like a sexy jigsaw puzzle, love it 💛

[@normbarrows2]

Like a Dali jigsaw puzzle - very cool! Body bend at the heel joint when the heel is < 20 mm thick, or 20mm wide and 20 mm thick is the only issue I've ever had with flat body (< 21 mm thick) guitars. You know all that cool curvy stuff would be SO much harder without all those neat CNC toys. Impressive fit and finish. Loved the way you hid the wiring - always a challenge on a thin body build. I've been going with rear mount and rear routing covered by 1 mm material. The Neuteck jack is trick. Ordered one from Sweetwater to check it out. I've been using conventional jacks rear-mounted with a small (15x30mm) electronics box cover over the back where it sticks out. I tried barrel jacks, but they need a 20x50mm footprint on the guitar vs 25x25mm footprint for a conventional jack that sticks out the back.

[@MarkGutierrez]

Hey Norm, good to hear from you. Always love your comments. Sorry to hear about your shop and channel. What do you have brewing?

[@normbarrows2]

@@MarkGutierrez Rebuilding a 12-string electric that survived the fire, doing an archtop-ish build, and a copper HW tailtuner.thing. You know how it is - once you have the basics down, it all about the art/vision builds, and experimenting with materials, parts, and methods. The pin and epoxy method you used for the body was a newer method for you, right?

[@brettbunke9096]

Awesome

[@micksguitarsarecool]

awesome. i love seeing things like this, using technology and machines to make something that is super unique, and would be super hard to make with just hard tools lol. Question - how did you get the frets into the resin without cracking it? did you oversize the slots or file the barbs off the tangs? or magic?

[@MarkGutierrez]

The opposite. I made the fret slots THINNER!. I used wood glue to "glue" in the frets and fill the voids, just like I normally would. Nothing different in the process.

[@slinkytreekreeper]

Classy build. Shame we can't find a CNC and laser machine in the trash too :)

[@MarkGutierrez]

lol 🤣

[@muisiuwai]

Great inovative guitar again and great music at the end as well. Must thumb up!! BTW, may I know what is the headless guitar bridge you used in this project and is it stable?

[@MarkGutierrez]

It's an overseas bridge I picked up a few years ago. It was sitting in my box of goodies for a while. I painted it gold and added thrust bearings to it. It's as stable as any other overseas headless bridge. You can find them on eBay but there are definitely better ones out there.

[@DevilAndSons]

Great video Mark, I love seeing your process. What band was that in the middle? Was it Marilyn Manson?

[@MarkGutierrez]

Yeah, Marilyn Manson.

[@RuthlessMojo]

Hey Mark. Great build. Your approach to guitar building is very much like mine. Was the piece you were playing at the end an original composition? It sounded like “Where is my mind?”. Very cool.

[@jesusmachado9087]

Whats that bridge and headpiece hardware you are using ?

[@MarkGutierrez]

Headpiece is something I picked up on ebay or amazon years ago. It was sitting in a box unused for awhile. It's all brass. Works really well. amzn.to/4fqdwqx The bridge is also an overseas piece that I got on ebay years ago. I sanded it down to the brass and painted it gold. It's alright. There are better ones out there.

[@marcopandozziliutaio]

Cool! very good ps have you been to the Marilyn Manson concert?

[@zynosgd9982]

cool looking design but it seems to me like the lower side of the guitar might turn out very uncomfortable when playing in a regular position because it might poke into the leg.

[@hanhtar9062]

Ausgezeichnet!

[@ClinToneCust23]

Where are you in Texas? I’m building guitars in Lumberton North of Beaumont.

[@MarkGutierrez]

Hi, nice to meet ya. I'm in Austin.

[@TheM00ndawg]

you might be able to put car polish on the acrylic? Might stop it marking up? hope the wood holds up. this one deserves to last.

[@peachmelba1000]

The hostile architecture of the floor-facing edge of the body.

[@Furiora]

you know what? for "scrap wood" that's a beautiful grain pattern. Almost looks like Lacewood.