Custom Guitar Build - The Leviathan - Buckeye Burl Top

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This is my custom build of a guitar design I call the Leviathan, inspired by the Flying V, but with a few modifications for comfort and playability, as well as my own personal flair.
Body is: Alder and Buckeye Burl with epoxy resin to fill voids
Neck is: Maple and Purpleheart with Buckeye Burl inlay and headstock plate
Pickups: Rebel Yell set from Bare Knuckle Pickups
Tuners: Hipshot open back locking tuners (18:1)
Bridge: Schaller non-tremelo roller bridge - black
24 Frets: Nickel Silver
Build completed May 2019
Instagram: @orbitalguitars
Email: [e-mail]
Orbital Guitars Discord Server: / discord

[@OrbitalGuitars]

FOR SALE NOW AT www.orbitalguitars.com/shop

[@jimcoppa6946]

The shape of that guitar is so badass it looks like a customized Flying V with all the bells and whistles beautiful Bill thank you again you never disappoint build

[@cynicalsaint5690]

Proud owner of this #1 leviathan!!! I love it

[@SackKickingFatMan]

Cool build! I like the shape

[@giantsfan1925]

Nice job. I noticed in the burl that in the middle where the pickups are, it looks like a face

[@dylanwilliams2713]

Haha me to

[@jasonbossardt9453]

Wow! Very cool guitar! I love the shape of the body AND the head stock! Very nice design!

[@davidclark3603]

I am so impressed. You are absolutely brilliant at this! Thanks for the video.

[@ChaosPootato]

Beautiful! Really like the commentary, gives great insight in why you do things in that order

[@MrBaldypete1]

This may sound stupid, but when you put the first coat on the back of the guitar, it looked amazing.... really glad you decided to char the alder.

[@scottblair8625]

Never been a big fan of V style guitars. That being said that's one bad Motha! Very nice job!

[@jimcoppa6946]

That guitar looks like it has a face inside of it a Grimace face very nice and it's almost exactly Center good job very comfortable shape

[@sambryant5662]

Beautiful looking guitar. It has a nice, crisp sound too.

[@mindwaterfallakaleroythech75]

Very nice video. I especially liked the detail of the neck build. I also used the Schaller bridge very nice due to being adjustable in all directions as you said.

[@euriellmerret]

beautiful wood ! and beautiful guitar, also. Such an amazing work you did :)

[@massimilianopierini1597]

Your builds are always stunning

[@Jester-Riddle]

You are very skilled and artistic. Great Guitar Build again ! You are inspiring. Well done.

[@doknox]

Man that's cool as hell.

[@r.j.llewellyn2718]

Its beautiful and sounds amazing great job!!!!!

[@ratfel0ny]

15:31 he is in distress

[@stevemcgee6853]

You are Bad Ass, to say the least. Best I ever seen. Wish y knew about you when I had money. Gotta start saving$.

[@danielmoore381]

You are an insanely talented guitar maker. All of your pieces make me wish I could reach through the screen and yank em here lmao

[@ioannisplatikostas9676]

great build!!

[@christophereppig7156]

Baller, dude

[@williamdon3442]

Wow. Nice guitar.

[@filipinodoeverything7271]

I love your build so much your my inspiration for building nice sound guitar ❤️👌

[@robertbarker2458]

Thanks very inspiring

[@pf5915]

Great vid man. Thankyou.

[@bobbiec.allenjr3859]

Very proficient excellent job nice guitar awesome sound.

[@jonmartin2072]

You need to invest in a set of Forstner bits

[@jean-marcmolon4716]

Wel done!!! Greats from Belgium

[@Badstyles]

Another beauty!

[@justinpurba]

Nice! Soooo Michael Angelo Batio looking... I like.

[@Badstyles]

Fucking love it!

[@JMnyJohns]

Nice build. The rear strap lock position seems problematic - I'd think you'd put it on the tip of the top-rear horn to prevent imbalance. However, never built something like this so maybe I'm way off. Thanks for the vid.

[@subdeshlangthasa3142]

Can u send me the chart of instruction of electric ... instruments 😘

[@MihaiSorohan]

Nice.

[@jimcoppa6946]

If you knew my real name you would definitely have me do your demos

[@johnstitt2615]

After you do your play test at the end of the video do you still let the guitar settle in and tweak it some more before having the customer pick up their instrument ? Any details on that ? 👌🎸😎

[@opinologoamateur6429]

Que hermosa!!!!!!

[@israelvasquez7801]

Thats wicked! Ive wanted to get into building guitars any advice on where to start?

[@OrbitalGuitars]

I would say the biggest thing is to start with a plan laid out of all the steps to take in the build, and in what order; that should help you avoid most of the common mistakes. If you're looking to try out a build without putting a lot of money into it, you can get decent quality Mahogany of some species or other from most hardware stores, it's pretty easy to work with and fairly inexpensive. Allparts.com is a great source for all of the hardware for a build. The Crimson Custom Guitars youtube channel is also a great source of info on guitar building and they make a lot of tutorials. If there is any part of the process you want to know more about, they probably have at least one or two videos on that topic.

[@juanowar]

I would say, build your first guitar out of MDF and see where you´ve been wrong, because you´ll make a lot os mistakes. Then, when you know you messed it up, then try with playwood. When you are shure you know exactly how to doit, use good wood. I build guitars since 2006 and I still make some mistakes.

[@brunoCondor]

Nice build and some problems fixed well..but..despite i like the body shape, you said you improved the acces to the 24th fret ? It sure doesn't look that way. Next time i would shift everything at least 2 inch more to the outside. I've made the same mistakes when i started out building guitars 35 years ago Greets from Belgium.

[@Hellsing2161]

Very nice guitar. Ive been wanting to build one for years now. Did you buy the wood for this online or local? the prices for stuff like this seem to be all over the place depending where you look. I used to be an aviation machinist so hopefully my metal working skills will transfer over to wood working.

[@Hellsing2161]

I like the work you do. So you got a sub from me.

[@OrbitalGuitars]

I get most of the wood I use online, for the bulk lumber I use www.woodworkerssource.com/ for some of the more specialized pieces I use www.gilmerwood.com/categories/31-musical-instrument-wood/products and then there are some sellers on ebay like Kimball Hardwoods, which is where I got this piece of Buckeye Burl

[@Hellsing2161]

@@OrbitalGuitars Thanks for the quick feedback. I'll definitely be checking them out. It might turnout to be a turd but I'd still like to try making my own guitar.

[@gilmour73]

I'm also a machinist who wants to build a guitar. Wood definitely seems more forgiving

[@OrbitalGuitars]

@@gilmour73 It can be, but it's also worth keeping in mind that no 2 pieces of wood are going to behave the same way. Some can have defects that aren't visible on the surface, or variations in density that you don't know about until you start working it.

[@lonec1777]

How do you know where to put the frets, how long the fret board should be, and where to put the bridge?

[@kjemradio]

Did you have any type of chip out with the purpleheart wood? I've heard that purpleheart and Wenge can be brutal in doing that. Stellar guitar!

[@OrbitalGuitars]

There were a few small chip outs on the surface that went over the jointer because the blades on it were dull, and it gave me a fairly nasty splinter at one point. I would recommend not working with purpleheart if you can avoid it, it's just not worth the trouble, especially considering that the color will just fade to brown over time anyway.

[@bernalisonanouk]

Hi. Nice build! I only recently discovered your KZbin channel and I'm working my way through your videos. But can I ask about your fret hammer please (starting around 12:25)? It looks different from any other that I've seen - is it one you built yourself or did you buy it?

[@OrbitalGuitars]

Thanks! I got my fretting hammer from Crimson Guitars www.crimsonguitars.com/store/fretting-hammer-dead-blow-option/

[@bernalisonanouk]

@@OrbitalGuitars Thanks! I'll check it out

[@JJBitter]

What finish product was used for this beauty?

[@sean33313]

I wonder how a bass would turn out! also let me play it!

super cool ! would you do a giveaway on a guitar you make ? it would be very nice :p

[@OrbitalGuitars]

I'm not against doing some kind of giveaway, but it would need to be for some kind of milestone for the channel in order to justify it. Maybe for 10k or 100k subscribers

[@ElectricMonkey99]

Did you make this pick up cavity templates?

[@Swanlord05]

How much to build?

[@jamesortega8681]

why did you use a non adjustable truss rod

[@OrbitalGuitars]

It's a double-action truss rod and it adjusts in both directions.

[@georgetempest9627]

Crimson Guitars luthier school?

[@OrbitalGuitars]

I have seen many of their videos, but have never been there.

[@dylanwilliams2713]

There’s a face on the top

[@peachmelba1000]

Great job. I like the headstock quite a bit, but a six in line would have suited the instrument better, and the torch job on the back just looks a bit amateurish, imo. Why not just use a dark stain in that case? Great looking top wood.

[@tysonelliott8362]

You need to make an ASMR channel

[@vallaraltebengchheng4291]

Nice job.. Just subscribe your channel... But the place is very dark..

[@matthewmiller8849]

19:32 momo

[@Astrid620]

Poor guy, he lost his nose

[@tbonbrad]

Funny, I think this is beautiful looking as wood but it would be an ugly looking if it were a paint pour.

[@vallaraltebengchheng4291]

Very nice job

[@MegaStamandster]

Nice build! But, please stop using gloves with spinning type power tools.

[@jmbs7791]

I really can't understand. When I see a guitar, I see one object. When you finished yours guitar, the neck look like something you find somewhere and apply in a body guitar, simpli doesn't match. If you make a neck with same ou similar wood as body and burn it to, the results is must great.

[@helikoptarhelikoptar9237]

आफताब आदिब

[@alexreimer4798]

Сам то слышит что не звучит гитара как и остальные его паленья, порожек доже не подогнал проточки поскреб и прилепил как есть, там высота струн на первом ладу пол сантиметра

[@BEGOTT3N]

Beautiful work. But guitar deserves better guitar player..

[@verdammnis93]

2800? r u fken serious??????

[@OrbitalGuitars]

It says $2500 on my end, but what would you prefer?

[@rickfeith6372]

The build looks very well done...but the shape is just wrong

[@Swanlord05]

Are u High?

[@edwardprzydzial]

ugliest guitar i've ever seen. no way. lol...