Taking Shape- The Building of a Bass - Video 2 - The Great Guitar Build-Off 2022

It's another year and another build-off! This year, we're ditching a pair of strings and making the neck longer. That's right, it's BASS time!
In the second video of the series, we're cutting things to shape and doing some more gluing.
Merch excuse! - it's on its way, but I want to put some finishing touches on some things to make it all as good as possible! Watch this space (and Instagram) for when it lands, which will be before the next installment. I promise. For real this time. 😊
My shop:
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/AwenLutherie
Reverb: reverb.com/shop/awen-lutherie
Social Media Links:
Facebook: / awenlutherie
Instagram: / awenlutherie
Check out some of my other video playlists:
GGBO 2021 - Jazzmaster Style Neck-Through, Semi-Hollow, Carve Top, Multi-Scale - • Jazzmaster Style Neck-...
GGBO 2020 - LP Style - • LP Style Greenheart an...
How to Build a Guitar Cab - • How to build a 1x12 Gu...
Homemade to Handmade Guitar Rebuild - • Homemade to Handmade -...
Short Tips, Tricks and Tutorials - • Short Tutorials
I am a guitar builder (and now teacher) from Ireland, but currently based in the South of England working with Crimson Guitars. I am a teacher and a luthier and I am currently loving my job and the direction my life is going. My guitars are built by hand, from the heart and with love in every shaving.
If you like what I am doing here on the Tube, please like and subscribe to our channel. This is another of hopefully many more videos, cataloguing my journey forward into the world, and I hope that you might share this journey with me!
Thank You for being a part of this.

[@cloverthecalf]

Oooh l recognise the plane at 7:40 ish! Nice to see you using it after restoring it recently. I love how the bass looks so far, and the choice of wood. Can't wait to see your next steps!

[@rayrayokmusic]

It is really nice to see your channel. I appreciate your work.

[@the_algorithm]

Safety glasses when tapping a joint with CA glue... Get that in your eye and you will not have a good day... or week... Love the build, very relaxing to watch.

[@AwenLutherieCustomGuitars]

Thanks for watching! Very good point about the safety glasses, I've heard horror stories

[@discostu2282]

Watching with a home made pizza. No cup of tea today. :) Birdseye necks are stunning, this is no different. Great stuff Sean.

[@robertr4193]

Love the shirt. LOL. Much better head stock design than the one on the template you started out with. It would be nice as a reverse head stock design I think as well. You need some light colored pencils to draw on the walnut or other dark wood so it shows up better when you go to cutting out the shapes.

[@LisaHarsh]

Love that shirt. Enjoying learning from you.

[@fatpotanga]

Interesting only taping the business end of the truss rod up. I’ve not seen that before. I’m s l o w l y wading through my first build so a useful tidbit to tuck behind myself ear.

[@AwenLutherieCustomGuitars]

Taping the rest really isn't necessary. It's not detrimental, but not needed. So long as the workings and threads of the truss rod aren't gunked up, it'll work perfectly fine.

[@BBGuitars]

Loving the work so far! Playing catch up on a few weeks worth of youtube videos, youve probably got another one to watch by now Im sure! I ordered a shirt too, stoked!

[@AwenLutherieCustomGuitars]

Thanks so much for picking up a shirt! I hope you like it when it gets to you! Enjoy playing catch up, I'm sure there's a ton of stuff to watch

[@BBGuitars]

@@AwenLutherieCustomGuitars I think by tomorrow I should be caught up on what a lot of people are doing in their videos. Then once thats done spend some time cracking into my build and filming... Never recorded anything before so a bit nerve racking...

[@dnizy]

Its quite refreshing to see a single piece neck in the competition this year. It seems like everyone is doing a multi-laminate.

[@jatna77]

Sorry if I missed it but how do you measure the truss rod channel depth such that the truss rod is perfectly flush with the top of the neck? Is your router that precise in depth setting? OK, I re-watched it. You just insert the truss rod into the depth stop thing on the router and click it down. I am amazed that that is all it takes.

[@jonahguitarguy]

Looking good! It does not appear that you took straight string pull into consideration when laying out the tuner locations. Maybe you did off camera and thus the extra lines?

[@jlphoto1143]

Hello from Canada. New Subscriber (