Tutorial Ep 3 - How to Carve a Les Paul Style Guitar Top by hand - finishing gouges/thumb planes.

Welcome to Crimson Guitars kzbin.info... and welcome to Part Three of a short series of tutorials from Ben at Crimson Guitars www.crimsonguitars.com teaching you how to hand carve a Les Paul style guitar top.
In this episode, Ben focuses on finishing gouges with a shallower sweep (we use the wonderful tools from Ashley Iles www.ashleyilestoolstore.co.uk ) and goes on to explain how to use violin makers thumb planes to finalise the guitar the carve on the top.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:51 Now to tidy the carving using gouges with a shallow sweep
2:18 Violin makers' planes or thumb plane
8:32 Continued in Ep 4
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[@awonderingoneil206]

Watching this carving is hypnotic, to think so much skill and attention goes into such a simple detail is amazing.

[@dairybarnwoodworking215]

Those little planes look like a blast! I've been a woodworker for years and have recently became interested in guitar building. My first venture is going to be a kit guitar which I think is a good place to start. After that I plan to build a Tele or Strat(something with a flat top), but eventually I plan to hand shape a Les Paul top. Can't wait!

[@samrodriguez4491]

Thank you. I’ve watched this video about a thousand times, I’m about to do my first carved top with binding 😁 -SamRodriguezCustoms

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

You can do it! B

[@Billo1281]

Man thanks for this relaxing video. Reminded me of watching Mr. Rodgers when I was a child many moons ago. Great work. Thanks.

[@wheezer7]

Purely a spectator sport for me,but i find this absolutely fascinating! Your skills are very apparent,can't wait to watch part 4!

[@budandbean1]

Man, this is so relaxing with just a bit of nice music and the scraping of the planes... Ben you need to do a entire video of this...

[@loganmiller3710]

Buddy Martin id love to see him stream some stuff

[@bridwellworkshop]

It's like luthier porn... um, yeah.

[@colderwar]

Buddy Martin Yep, I was just thinking that actually. Very good for the blood pressure :-)))

[@TomKrall]

Sah jelly of the fellow who gets a video of their build to accompany the product. Looks nice.

[@CountryHouseGent]

A joy to watch a Master at work. More more . . .

[@lion39]

Please sir, can we have some more? :) Loving the series.

[@trident1314]

This is proper custom stuff...no cnc. In site....awsome ben

[@dkmcl2]

Just watched part 4 before part 3. Enjoying your videos some much. Nice! Very nice!

[@walterrider1612]

Ben! again thank you. hope i have let you know that i enjoy your videos. this is an entirly new for me. much to learn

[@kueby23]

Wow, thats an art! Wonderful! Thanx for share.

[@kindnick58]

Great work man, looks awesome!

[@WindingDreams]

The time is 02:10 and this is so nice to see. The woodworking is beautiful almost to the point where it is hypnotizing.

[@mattrgee]

More please! Great work.

[@oblaty]

great great video(s), I love my thumb (violin maker´s) plane, I´ve got one 40mm with curved bottom and I use it as much as I can. Definitely have to buy a few more, bigger ones. I don´t even use chisels/gouges when hand carving the tops, the thumb plane is a great help when carving :)

[@danielredman9475]

nice to learn names of new tools. my old boss sent me to the builders merchants, and told me to ask for an industrial reach-around.

[@walterrider9600]

thank you Ben

[@ezrocks4u]

That body has beautiful grain! It'll look spectacular when finished.

[@ashleysmith3106]

The thing that I miss, watching these videos,is the wonderful smell of freshly worked wood!

[@rickhugill8060]

I've been using hand tools for forty-five years and the experience of making a controlled cut into wood with a razor sharp tool can only be understood by those who have experienced the pleasure. No sanding dust, quicker results, and a tool burnished surface. Beware though, your most important tool eventually wears out; your hands! I now pace myself, let power tools do more of the rough work, and keep on shaping.

[@brunogiuntoli2604]

Awesome work, as always. Did you went all the way through the maple top on the bottom side?

[@paulsonntag7122]

Ben, Where do you purchase your flame maple from in the UK? I bought a set recently but payed a ridiculous price for it on eBay, I cant seem to find any local places that deal in nicer woods so I'm a bit stuck. Wonderful job on this guitar by the way, it takes a lot of skill to work with such highly figured wood without tear-out.

[@mikeward1721]

You can sure plane quickly!

[@npet6842]

How many hours does this take for the carving/sanding ? Why do you cut the cavities before rather than after carving the top ?

[@mattomon1045]

Mr Ben i loved the video and I'm glad you lost the vest!

[@normbarrows]

i keep thinking a drawknife might be useful for custom shaping guitars by hand.

[@danmar007]

These are interesting videos. BTW, are you intentionally delaying your 100th podcast? :-)

[@brianmccarthy8734]

Ben. Love your technique. What brand of violin makers planes are those? They look great.

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

They were hand made by a guy local to my old college.. I'm afraid he's not making them any more. B

[@brianmccarthy8734]

@@CrimsonCustomGuitars thank you

[@menofsticks]

Why does a vibrato bar bridge affect the amount of curve on the top compared to a TOM style bridge? It doesn't seem like it should matter what the bridge type is.

[@SweWince]

I'd love to see a tutorial on how to do hollow bodies

[@steelwarrior105]

Are you a guild member? If you aren't, become one and then go watch the Robert Fripp build, it's a hollow body solid rosewood beauty. If you are then just go watch it

[@carlkrebs1]

by the way , you wouldn't happen to know whats happened to Robert sorby and henry taylor tools would you ? are they going out of business ? or do you know by chance ? I use their tools and Ashley illes .....but all of a sudden in the last year or so.....its almost impossible to find many of the henry taylor tools or sorbys ?

[@timhallas4275]

Is it required in Britain that a man of a certain age wear a tweed or herringbone vest?

[@jfgu]

could this be done with a rasp and sand paper? cool vids !

[@tomahoks]

jorge gomez ugalde Take a look at Gibson factory tour and see the monster machine how they sand Les Pauls. Violent.

[@timtaylorguitarnut]

ahhhh, you ended with a cliff hangar!!! Hurry and post more

[@steelwarrior105]

What type of body wood is that

[@tomahoks]

SteelWarrior115 Mahogany with maple top. Hes carving maple.

[@seanhornibrook]

Also what?! Also have a ZOMBIE COMING UP BEHIND?!?!?! OMG the suspense....

[@RiotBadger]

Talk about a cliffhanger!

[@smudgetherealmc]

Watching this in 2020 - who is that young man I’m seeing? 😉

[@CrimsonCustomGuitars]

oh lol!! This was so damn long ago! :) B

[@sefton1972]

I've only just noticed its left handed.

[@johnnypk1963]

How bout a sharpening lesson for those gouges and palnes, Ben

[@mvyper]

Check previous video. 😊👍

[@bridwellworkshop]

I think I'm getting a man-crush... love your vids.

[@carlkrebs1]

REAL CRAFTSMANSHIP .

[@SuperCarver2011]

Looks good in the hands of a skilled craftsman, but as I mentioned, in Pt2, this is probably beyond the skill level of most wannabee guitar builders out there.

[@mikebaliardo]

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[@philatco10]

FFs ben......cnc + sanders?

[@Venge94]

I bet them thumb planes make your fingers ache lol

[@IPGuitars]

Conor Well, if you're not used to them you WILL develop blisters and might get some cramps in your fingers :D although, I barely noticed. I used the thumbplanes for like 3 hours straight and afterwards was like: "Oh... damn, would you look at that?" I had blisters on three of my fingers, worst of which, the thumb (big surprise right?). But I didn't really care, they are amazing tools and they were fun to use. You kinda lose yourself in the work really :D hehe -T

[@anthonystark5412]

I've just recently watched a few of your videos, and I have what might be considered a major gripe: Your products are too cheap. You really need to bump up the sticker price.

[@philatco10]

That's bollocks......what happened to the angle grinder! Come on..... Let's have some tools for the 21st century!

[@roberthelmick9574]

He seems a bit... befuttled in his videos. Poor fella.

[@nathanpearce7169]

Finally he put a hat on. That shit was gross looking