This is the best guitar that's been built for the ggbo22. I think it's my favorite guitar ever, actually. This guy absolutely killed it.

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much, It means alot to hear that!

this is one very elegant looking guitar. So many awesome ideas! I really like the two-piece Fretboard with the Neck showing through on the twelfth fret

The chambering/weight release on this guitar is insane. Very cool and clever.

This guitar looks really nice and sound wonderful. Well done.

very elegant, that flamed redwood top is amazing

Tom, That is the most beautiful guitar I have ever seen! That is a fantastic volume control idea.

Excellent build. It's a beauty.

Absolutely stunning guitar, Sir. Good luck to you in the competition. Someone is going to win a great instrument. Merry Christmas from the UK 🎄 ✌🏻🤙🏻

Beautiful work young man!!

Great job! Beautiful guitar.

Very beautiful nice clean lines sounds great good luck.

Simplicity is beautiful 👌 great design and concept, and that top is stunning 🤘 awesome work 🎸

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed it

Really cool design!

beautiful work my friend...clever and unique....excellent

You truly seem to work by the verses on your vise! Thnk you for sharing :-)

Great job on the build! I really like the 12th fret marker design, super cool and unique 👍

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

Thanks I was trying to keep the design simple so that the redwood top would be the centerpiece.

Beautiful guitar.

The hidden volume controls are a great idea, keeping it looking very clean. You use some beautiful, stripey mahogany combined with the figured redwood really makes your design stand out.

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, that was my goal for this build

Very inspiring, great video

nice. that thing is killer

That's great. classy.

Outstanding! Fantastic scripture reference. Way to be! Rock on! 🤟😺🤟

Excellent build beautiful scripture very awesome

@Kdschaak

Жыл бұрын

I found that bible spam to be off putting.

I love it. I'd be plugging it into an old Marshall 50. I have a sneaking suspicion it'd squawk...like Leslie West squawk.🚀 '

Magnifique!!

Wow Nice clean build,nice pickin to,, Love the scripture on the vice,Godbless

Hello Fellow Professional competitor. Love the guitar. It's nice to see someone else build a guitar, instead of letting a machine cut it all out and then assemble it like paper dolls. Good luck in the competition.

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I was surprised how many competitors were using automated processes in their builds. I cant say I blame them either, but I enjoy all the hand carving and details

Beautiful guitar. If I didn’t already have two redwood guitars, I’d be all over this one. Even with redwood guitars, most aren’t curly redwood (plain sinker is most common).

Super design, I really love those cutaways; and the hidden pots, my only worry is that sticky pad, haven’t had a lot of success with those in the long term. I would like to see something a little more permanent. But it’s still a beautiful thing.

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

I agree, it will be interesting to see if its still there in a couple years. I actually had to replace what you saw in the video because it fell off after two days. I ended up sanding the contact area and cleaning it, then reattaching the controls with an industrial adhesive tape and it has been very solid since then.

Oh very nice! I would love a template of this to attempt a build! I like that it is a lot of hand tool work!

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

I’m going to refine this design in the next iteration but feel free to copy the shape of you like

That's genius

If you have to pay for a chance to win a guitar, it’s Not - A Giveaway!

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

Technically you can enter for free, its just inconvenient and difficult if you live outside the UK. I can see how it would be misleading though, unfortunately I don't make the rules on this one.

She’s a beautiful work of art.

that is a sexy lookin guitar!

Awesome guitar build! Thanks. BTW what’s the name of the song you played?

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was just messing around there, I wasn't playing a real song.

Love the volume control. What brand is it?

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

It's made by Schatten and I think its called the mini thumb wheel. It can be combined into many different layouts just like a traditional pot.

That is a RAD guitar. You are very talented. I’ll be buying a raffle ticket for this one. Also, loved the Colossians scripture 🤘

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really appreciate that coming from someone who knows guitars. I bought a couple tickets for yours as well.

Very nice build. The multi-level design is awesome, coupled with the side rolling pots. Gorgeous top. But I'm left with one very important question... Where the hell did you get that big ass bottle of Tru-Oil? 😆

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! That bottle took a while to find, I realized I was in trouble when one of the little bottles barley got me through the first two coats. That redwood top is a sponge and a film finish would be much better in the future.

@DJBuglip

Жыл бұрын

I had ordered that bottle for this archtop in my profile pic, the 8oz, and Amazon lost it. I complained. So they found me a bottle and sent it. 32 oz. I'm an amateur, I'll have tru oil for years. But that means Amazon has a 32 oz. bottle of tru oil if you can find it.

@BoneheadGuitars

Жыл бұрын

@@DJBuglip That's awesome. But I've had little bottles dry up on me. I wish it was easier to keep it for the long haul.

@MooCow2X2

Жыл бұрын

While I’ve not tried the real thing. There’s a recipe for tru-oil. It’s actually very similar to danish oil with a little Japan drier thrown in. I think it was 5 parts thinner. 3 parts oil poly. 1 part linseed or tung oil. And a splash of Japan drier. Edit, Japan drier optional

@BoneheadGuitars

Жыл бұрын

@@MooCow2X2 interesting. I’m gonna have to look into that.

I don’t think I could build it in 20 minutes.

Clearly has a sharper chisel than I do😂

😮20 min. He he

Gorgeous wood! Couple of thoughts: - It looked like you measured each fret from fret-to-fret. If so, that runs a high risk of propagating errors. You're better off if you measure the fret-to-nut distance for each fret. (Susan Gardner has a video called "Making a Fret Position Template plus an explanation of fret position and nut compensation". Well worth watching.) - Tune your bandsaw. :) And keep on making gorgeous guitars!

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, I was nervous about making the fingerboard the way I did, you can watch the video about making the neck and I explain why I did it that way. Basically I didn’t have a ruler that was accurate enough and long enough for the whole fingerboard. I was able to compensate for any mistakes when I was crowing the frets so it does play in tune all the way up

What bridge is that?

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

It is a Gotoh 510UB bridge/tailpiece, I found if through allparts

Those volume control knobs seem like a pain to access, especially while playing.

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

Ideally they would be back a little further but you get used to it after a few minutes.

Lovely looking guitar but those hidden controls are a real negative. You can’t get at them very well when sat down, like in the video and very slow to use in a live situation, can’t flip between neck and bridge for a solo for instance. I like the idea of hidden controls as they produce a nice clean look but they are where they are on most guitars for a reason. Seen a few try’s at it and had a go myself but it always compromises usability and that’s just a no no for me.

@pwguitars

8 ай бұрын

Impressive

Collosians 3:23-25: Thou shalt not believe in fairy tales.

im pretty sure thats sepele not mahogany ???

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

That is entirely possible, It was sold to me as African Mahogany and depending on how technical you gat Sepele and Mahogany can be considered the same or vastly different.

@terrycampbell141

Жыл бұрын

@@tomgrantguitars great job on the guitar!!!your an awsome craftsman the best part is sharing your faith happynewyear!!!

The wood looks nice, but the headstock design reminds me of those $80 plywood guitars they used to sell. The hidden volume knobs are pretty much useless. This is very underwhelming coming from someone who supposedly builds guitars for a living. Despite the nice looking wood, it still looks extremely cheaply made.

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

Funny you should say that, the headstock was actually was inspired by a vintage Japanese guitar I have that has one of the best feeling necks I've ever played.

Fantastic build and subscribed. Rom 15.13

Will you show me how to build a guitar in paradise? Ps. 37:21

Whatever you do, do it heartily, as unto the Lord and not unto men. Hand make a guitar that a skilled player can bring a clear voice from that the Lord Jesus can use. Long live the hollow-body voice!

Tru oil then a French polish? That's really nice man. I'm blown away at the level of your craftsmanship, particularly (no offense) given your young age. Kudos on an outstanding skill set. Beautiful guitar, man, you do nice work.

@DJBuglip

Жыл бұрын

I didn't notice a pickup selector switch. Are they both always on?

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! The french polish wasn't originally part of the plan until the Truiol went sideways on me. If you watch the episode on the finishing process there were alot of things that went wrong that I had to go back and fix.

@tomgrantguitars

Жыл бұрын

@@DJBuglip short answer: yes. Each pickup has its own volume control so you can blend the two pickups however you want or turn one of them down to zero.

This sounds record in line?