Solid Body Archtop Guitar made from Skateboards (Sk8 Paul)

[@Delaterius]

I also would have accepted Les Hawk

[@timsway]

OOOHHH!!!

[@SeraphimKnight]

"You wouldn't believe the garbage they want us to sell in these videos!" Don't worry Tim, I watch enough youtube to know exactly the sort of garbage they want you to sell in those videos, and that's why I skip the ad bits literally every time. I appreciate what you do.

[@timsway]

lol, fair enough. I wish I could get the google ads out, too, but the algorithm has no incentive to share my work if I do and no one sees them if I do.

[@SeraphimKnight]

I think the most insulting thing about google ads is that they used to pay a fairly decent wage to the youtubers but nowadays google has decided that the people that create the content for the platform don't deserve a living wage for the work that they make... If it was still like the old days I'm not sure people would even take on shady sponsorship deals. Unless it's for a genuinely good product it's lose-lose for everyone.

[@agoodballet]

I pay for the KZbin subscription so that I don’t have to see the BS adds. I can’t stand it when people make the adds part of their video but if it gets them paid so be it. I skip that part anyway. I don’t mind when it’s their product they’re selling but I don’t want to hear about some dumb cell phone game or shaving products when I’m watching people build cars, guitars etc.

[@PaulieHo]

Skateboards are the new hollow core door! 😉

[@jimbecker5675]

Not only looks good, but has a nice sound, too. Nice and rich.

[@stevesoldwedel]

Using some of the colored scraps for a headstock veneer would have been a cool touch, and maybe dyeing the backside of the neck yellow (or one of the other colors). Still came out good looking.

[@timsway]

I thought about doing a veneered headstock cover but lost interest when I started thinking about some of the things I'd have to do to make it happen right. Lol.

[@cliffadelman]

Tim You are The BEST! We all love you brother. THANK YOU!

[@faroironandcustoms6577]

Very nice one Tim. I mentioned in your last vid I had finished my third bass. I sourced all of the wood, made router templates, neck, and sourced all of the parts. It all started with the bass kit I got from you a year ago. I'm almost ready to try to make my own necks. I think the kit with the neck is the perfect place to start for someone who is up for the challenge of that level of wood working.

[@timsway]

Awesome! Yes, necks are tricky. Best to learn the other stuff first instead of all at once.

[@ViewtifulSam]

Excited to see more of your pickups!

[@pleasetakemynamenow]

Thats a pretty guitar! Thanks!!

[@Jeff.mp3]

Awesome video, looks amazing

[@salmonti9707]

I like the fact that you just dive in on whatever you wanna build.... No fear and that is good ! Since I build stuff usually just for me if I succeed or fail it doesn't matter. Good inspiration dude. Keep building.

[@timsway]

my ONLY superpower is I'm not afraid to fail :)

[@Gatherersmusic]

Soon as I saw the thumbnail I thought woby design, great collab 😃

[@skewedmaker]

Looks great and sounds amazing. I always enjoy how you show how you pivot when something doesn’t work out as expected and you still manage to turn it into a thing of beauty. I’m interested in seeing what you do with your guitar kits as well as what the next iteration of your depth gauge looks like.

[@timsway]

cheers. I have a couple of the old style still in stock but that'll be it. It may be a while before I get to it. Still formulating ideas.

[@justaguyinadress]

Tim, this turned out beautifully. I have been watching for a long time and I have to say, your playing is really developing into something truly unique. I always appreciated your humble approach in the demos, full of bum notes and such (I am the same in that matter) and I really wanted to express how much I am enjoying your guitar noodling. The pickups have also* (*edit) really come a long way since the beginning. Fantastic work dude, you're an inspiration.

[@graemelliott3942]

Looks like a punk rockers axe! Or a beach rockers like the “Ventures”

[@rindred]

As a sucker for P-90s, I heartily approve.

[@georgeshaw8925]

Great looking guitar Tim.

[@knedy]

Great looking guitar! And I am looking forward to more pickup making videos, I have been wanting to get into that myself so can't wait!

[@christopherguzzi1316]

Very cool project start to finish. With what little guitar work I do, winding pickups by hand works fine. You just have to pay attention to number of wraps or test the ohms until it is what is wanted. I'd like to see a cheap but good sounding amp build.

[@Francois_L_7933]

I was looking at the soldering and I thought I'd share a trick I learned from my dad. I take the stripped wires and just poke them in the flux before soldering. It puts just the right amount of rosin on them and makes the little box of flux last forever.

[@timsway]

Excellent tip

[@mccypr]

You wound your own Pickups! It looks and sounds great! Thanks! 😎✌️🌞🎻🎸

[@anggitpribadi1008]

The curve on the guitar make it looks really cool !. Please, tell us more about the journey of new perspective pickups. Have a good day

[@timsway]

I will soon!

[@STAY-GOLD-VINYL]

Tim your channel is so underrated and I hope this new year brings you many many more subscribers and business opportunities!! Your guitars are art and I don’t seen others doing the same creativity. YOU ROCK ON BROTHER!

[@timsway]

thank you for the kind words.

[@sgsax]

Ben makes some stunning art in this medium and is a lot of fun to watch. I once tried winding a single-pole pickup using wire I reclaimed from a wall wart power supply. It didn't go well... You were much more successful in your first try. As usual, the guitar looks and sounds great. Thanks for sharing!

[@timsway]

From what I've found, reclaiming the wire for winding cam be problematic (I've messed around too). Right now I'm just buying that new until I get better

[@BaronQ]

Great work Tim and your editing of many hours' work to a satisfying watch is equally good!

[@timsway]

thanks. Time, practice and patience, like anything I guess :)

[@carlwilson8456]

Beautiful musical creation as always Tim

[@andybungert]

I've been out of sync with your stuff, glad to see I came in at the beginning of your pickup creation journey.

[@stevenharrison488]

An absolutely beautiful build love it 👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@TriodesPs111]

since your getting in to making pickups, i dont know if you learned this already or not but its a good idea to always use the stop end of the coil as your ground connection and the start end of the coil as your output. doing so allows the outer most turns of wire to act as noise shielding for the coil because they would be closest to ground. you'll get better noise control this way

[@timsway]

yes. that's the way I've been doing it. Still a lot to learn, too.

[@TriodesPs111]

@@timsway i should also mention this matters more for hot pups with higher resistance. i dont notice much of a change in noise with lower resistance coils when i flip the leads around

[@alholz7836]

My drill press stop is broken, so i usually put a big piece of blue tape on the bit where I want to stop.

[@centerfoldstands2750]

Great sounding (and looking) guitar Tim! Nice stand too :)

[@timsway]

it works real well for symmetrical guitars like this and looks sharp

[@guitarbobification]

What a fun guitar! Makes me want to play right now!!

[@jokermtb]

Ending the vid with ‘ANARCHY’ is a nice touch

[@timsway]

this guitar kind of wants to do that type of stuff :)

[@Chris.Wiley.]

The pickups sure sound good on your first try. I imagine if I tried this they wouldn't sound nearly as good!

[@timsway]

Thanks man. I think the next set will be better :)

[@opensourceq]

are you gonna make a video about that diy looking pickup winder??

[@timsway]

yes, once I get a little more experience. The winder is $200 on ebay.

[@jokermtb]

I thought a jack in the box was going to pop out when the winding was complete

[@janisvaskevics93]

Nice! Screams of punk rock - Greenday or Foo Fighters. Looks grrrrrreat!

[@gianny9484]

Fantastico progetto Tim👏🏻👏🏻 Complimenti 👍🏻💪🏻 Bellissima chitarra 🎸❤❤❤

[@ecalzo]

WOOWOWOW... very nice i know and follow both of you .. i'm very happy you did a trade or collaboration.. very nice products come out of your shops Man .. All the best to both of you .. and to Jimmy Diresta ;-) .. i saw you have his ice pick.... Hi from italy

[@timsway]

cheers. I also have his old table saw. lol

[@VoyeurGuitars]

Nice build Tim. It was also good to see you sand that red back off. Sometime it's nice to know that some of the more experienced builders still struggle with the same stuff us beginners do. 😎

[@timsway]

If you're not messing up, you're not learning. :)

[@guitfidle]

Nice job Tim!! FYI, in the industry they call that a German Carve.

[@Mistertbones]

Sounds nice! Great clean tone, but distorted, it sounds killer.

[@garagemonkeysan]

Great video, cool story. The guitar is awesome. Those pick ups sound rad dude. Mahalo for sharing! : )

[@nicolassanchez3099]

Goood to see you back 💖🐎💖

[@timsway]

I never left! The algorithms will mess with what you see unless you click the bell on my channel

[@billvilla7799]

Hi Tim! It's been a while since I have dropped in to see what you are up to. Glad to see your creativity and skills continue to grow! Love the cool stuff you do...keep on creating!

[@colinsnyder3082]

Super interested in the pickup winder!!!! Do you have a video about that?

[@timsway]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqS9k2Wmr9-sr5I

[@colinsnyder3082]

@@timsway thanks Tim! You’re the best!

[@moonboogien8908]

We know the world is coming to an end when a "Raid: shadow legends" advertisement pops up on a Tim Sway video.

[@peteholder7134]

Did I hear Richard Thompson at 14:32? My respect for you keeps going up Tim.

[@timsway]

I have to admit I didn't seek him out, Spotify decided that was who I should listen to next based on the alt-country playlist I had rolling - it was a good choice.

[@peteholder7134]

@@timsway His back catalogue is an embarrassment of riches. Enjoy.

[@stubrakon9683]

Looks awesome Tim! Reminds me of Gibson Zoot suit SG that I thought looked ace and wanted.

[@sapelesteve]

Very nice work on that guitar Tim! I would veneer the headstock and inlay small skateboards into the appropriate sections of the neck. Now that would be very cool! Looking forward to your video about how to do the windings for the pickups... 👍👍🎸🎸👏👏

[@SMee67]

Awesome end product👌🏽 Happy New Year to you and your family, mate.👍🏽 🎉🎊2022🎊🎉

[@davebauerart]

The guitar looks great! I think maybe dying the edges before the whole thing is glued up would be the only way unless you masked and dyed each layer after!

[@timsway]

exactly...

[@TotalBoat]

This is so rad!!!

[@fortj3]

The color scheme has a bit of a hippie/psychedelic vibe. I dig it.

[@tylersambo9032]

Highly approve of your choice of music while winding the pickups, Nighthawks at the Diner is in heavy rotation for me right now.

[@timsway]

That album is in my top 3 choices for the"you only get one album stranded on a desert island" trope. (the other two are Operation Ivy, Energy and Beethoven's 9th conducted by Leonard Bernstein)

[@claytonlevibrown]

sounds like it needs a setup pretty bad; everyone always goes all in when they do these types of guitars, a regular pickguard and knobs that stand out instead of all the camouflage, would be my take on the idea,. such a great number of custom things done here, well done.

[@andybungert]

Also when and where is this art gallery exhibit event you spoke of? I doubt I can come out east but info is good :)

[@timsway]

It will be July and August in Ridgefield CT.

[@ilovejapanesemusic3858]

Damn I love the red it looks good oh well,

[@thundersnow819]

What about old wheel knobs? I feel horrible theres not many ways to recycle them.

[@TortugaUruguaya]

Love your videos! Keep it up

[@Chuck-Bob]

Nice job man.

[@TheTrophyStore]

HNY Tim, Great job, I liked the "Pickup winder" would love to know more about how the pickup works, did a quick KZbin it is spook action at a distance. I make my own tools too, so also liking the sneakie hand shadowing on the center tool (Hope it works on metric ) :) I realy like my lasers and love to use them with my CNC, would you look at getting a metal 3D printer if you had the work for it? Roy

[@timsway]

I will make a video about pickups fairly soon. I always planned on making my own winder from an old sewing machine but this one was only $200 on ebay with a counter and everything already, so it's an affordable way to get in the game. I don't know much about 3d metal printers. I think if I were to make investments in more large, hi tech tools, I'd be interested in a laser that can cut metal. While additive manufacturing makes more sense than reductive, in my case reductive is an easier way to use "trash" and reclaimed materials.

[@finaljesus]

i am new to your channel and i really like your content you have some interesting ideas mad wood working skills tim thank you for your videos

[@timsway]

Welcome!

[@WraythNight]

DUDE!!! I'm trying to get a bass guitar made on vectrix also. I am having so much trouble learning it however. Can you recommend a better tutorial for a bass? All the ones I found they imported a model. I need one from the start.

[@timsway]

I sometimes make videos for vectric's channel. Here are two that might help you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q36riI2Nhpp2eKM kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWa3q3lnoJWJjZI and here's one from my channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3KQqmd-rJmte7c

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

Nice pickguard. Every piece of the buffalo.

[@MilesMcNallyLuthierie]

Where did ya get that winder? I've built alot of the parts of guitars but pickups is one I've wanted to take a crack at and haven't guitar turned out great, I've wanted to do a skateboard guitar myself

[@timsway]

It was on ebay for $200. I was going to make my own from a sewing machine but found this GREAT and affordable option. Highly recommended.

[@MilesMcNallyLuthierie]

@@timsway I too dabbled with the idea of the sewing machine one but coming by one that functions enough to build one out of let alone the time to retrofit it turned out tougher than I initially thought 😅 I will definitely have to look into that.

[@timsway]

@@MilesMcNallyLuthierie ye, that was always the thing holding me back. I didnt want to spend 50p$ on a winder and the retrofit seemed like a lot of work, sourcing a counter. Etc. Now that I've seen this, I feel like I could make my own but it is totally worth $200 to not have to.

[@MilesMcNallyLuthierie]

@@timsway I feel like I could throw one together too, but only ever dabbling in winding not sure how accurate it would be and fear that I'd spend all that time putting one together to have functional but not what I'm looking for pickups because of the trial and error involved in putting one together and lack of experience doing pickups. You may just have convinced me to get one, I've already found it😅

[@reesecunningham7187]

if you put some white binding on that i would buy one from you

[@jan-a26]

4:44 That made me laugh. I used to be cocky when it came to hand drafting, but would end in disaster. When I tell other people to measure again I reply with the same comment.

[@timsway]

It is amazing how often I do things I know I shouldn't be doing but I'm still surprised by the result :)

[@Bucketheadland1]

Great stuff 👊💪

[@Elektronijaenis]

Anarchy in the Skate Park! What's next? God Save the Hollow Core Doors? Hmmm... Or maybe you need to save the hollow core doors for some Robby Krieger riffs. :P Nice to see you building pickups now too.

[@jralanmorgan]

Hey Tim, I apologize if I miss it, but what scale do you usually craft?

[@timsway]

Usually 25.5” but I’ve done others and a lot of compound scales

[@nickyd9361]

5:58 That's my motto 🤣

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Nice one 👍 😎🎙🎸✅

[@ff-qf1th]

I bet tony hawk can't pull off this tone with his boards!

[@opensourceq]

archtop made me think this was gonna be a hollowbody\big ol jazz box but still seems like a cool axe

[@timsway]

I want to do more of those in the future and have some ideas. Here's one "legit" semihollow archtop bass I made: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gp3LmXqPaNZlgck

[@heymrguitarman7637]

A headstock veneer would've topped it off nicely for me

[@timsway]

I agree and considered it. I may still go back and do one, before the art show.

[@Rowsdow3r]

Just for aesthetic reasons I don't like maple fretboards. I'd love to have some of this kits with rosewood or richlite

[@timsway]

I went with maple as I was having the necks made in a factory and maple is the most sustainable of the common guitar woods around the world. Rosewood is not environmentally sound, so that's a no for me. Richlite however is pretty cool and better ecologically (and ethically) speaking but expensive and more prone to break cnc router bits. In the future, I think I'll make the necks here, so I would use wood that grows near me, which would probably be maple again, but I might look for something else for the fingerboards. I agree maple is a little "boring" looking.

[@duxxck]

Tim you should make a "Ad-request roast" where you roast the garbage that people want you to sell us. :)

[@timsway]

LOL. but bad press is still press :)

[@karabarkdull2929]

Cool I like it

[@haroldmagilicuti4754]

That paddle neck looks wonderful ! I have almost no true options its all parts or warmouth if I want a neck that does not warp and can be dialed in properly tuned exact tension as well as angle and intonation all of this magic others might not understand. Can one perhaps buy a maple paddle directly from you? Or should I just continue to curse at the high dollar fish neck company that has banned me knuckle down and just buy Japanese all parts necks as per usual? I have not had much luck aside from Japan! Your shop is amazing!

[@timsway]

I did not make this paddle neck, I bought it from an overseas factory and agree they are not all that great, but I've also found the terribly expensive ones are not much better than the less expensive ones. I get asked to make just necks a lot and have considered it, but with my particular tooling and process they are too expensive. I will be looking in to ways of doing it in the future for my kits and possibly individual retail.

[@haroldmagilicuti4754]

@@timsway Thank you Tim..As long as they don't bow at what is it 440 E? All parts have the best paddles Rock Maple from 160 to 220.I have 3 Vox phantom HH. Tributes projects on my table now all three Nick's Auto Parts from Japan. You are a bit of an inspiration many of your builds are out there especially the hollow-body Beetle bass thing makes me want to keep building.Thx Tim!

[@haroldmagilicuti4754]

Auto correct.All 3 paddle necks are all parts Japan. Best OEM strat, tele and LP necks period!

[@johngrant5749]

Immediately after you mentioned no advertisements a KFC ad popped up 😄 great looking guitar especially the laser cut multi colours. How about a body build like that? Although Woby Design has already set the bar high.

[@timsway]

LOL. For years I had the google ads turned off, too, but no one sees the videos when they are posted that way. No incentive in the algorithm to show them if they don't make any money. I did a neck like that and Woby did a body. I also did some hollow core door guitars that way . It's a lot of work and I lack the skateboards to do it. If you search "skateboard guitars" there are a few people doing it with amazing results.

[@johngrant5749]

@@timsway they do look fantastic. As for the ads I can’t find an ad blocker for the iPhone. 🤬

[@davidmurray9193]

Modern pillar drills are crap, miss the old school stuff, that is a cool pillar drill and remember using those ones, rocking horse shit to buy 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@racheltiffany9892]

Yeaaaa

[@aldinoprakasa1454]

I thought sunburst colour and glossy finishing will make it better dude..

[@Guilhem74]

God save the queen!

[@timsway]

We mean it, man...

[@garageworkshop2591]

Les Pride guitar

[@TimSamoff]

👍👍👍

[@alanblott4559]

We dig it as well....... Dad e o

[@thundersnow819]

LES SKATE WHAT ABOUT A SLAPPY BASS? Could go a couple ways.

[@thedanksavatron7782]

Nissssssssssssssssssce 🍻

[@josephzummo9685]

You should have never cut the edge should have stained the outside edge with some color

[@amandaestremera9968]

get that fucking ad money tim! don't leave money on the table!

[@timsway]

lol. But at what cost? Should I make Amazon affiliate links so I get a penny for every additional dollar I make Bezos? Should I take "My Pillow" money? Exxon dollars in my left hand while I tout sustainability in my right? Some things are more important than money. For me, my body of work that I can feel proud of is much more valuable.

[@olivier3847]

this is not what you would call an archtop...the top is still flat, only the edges are rounded off

[@michaelpinho7353]

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