You’re not encased in bubble wrap! Safety alert! Safety alert! Really like your videos. Keep them coming!

@TexasToastGuitars

5 жыл бұрын

I have been really sick after NAMM lots of stuff coming at you in the next few weeks

Thanks so much, you make it look so easy.

@TexasToastGuitars

4 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

Sunny evening and some snacks in my garden and a vid with Matt... It made my day :) Sadly i never will have the chance to meet him in person. Keep going bro!!!

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for tuning in my friend

Show some tips on how to get good re-saws of top wood. Blade tooth specs you've found most success with and so on. I have a bandsaw I need to order a blade for and I might as well order one that increases my success as re-sawing as that is what I'll be doing first.

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

I'll have to see what is on my saw right now. Generally speaking, I like to use a skip tooth for re-sawing but truth be told I just use whatever is on there. BTW I have had great luck with the Starret brand blades

Got to have some Texas Toast, Great video here, You remind me of my cousin Dale, I Dig your Style, , I want to touch this wood , A Better New Year to All, Cousin Figel

Had to go to San Francisco last week to get some parts... saw a few people there that were Flamed.

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

AND FABULOUS!

Nice job! I love that sander!👍😎🎸🎶

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah man we couldn't live without a thickness sander

@74dartman13

6 жыл бұрын

Texas Toast Guitars yep! Would take hours to do what that thing does in a couple minutes! I know! Lol😂

If you're making acoustics, and even if electrics, it's a good idea to "candle" that joint, that is, look at it with light behind it to see if there's any gaps. When it's perfect, not a glint of light will shine through. It doesn't need to be perfect, but it does need to be touching in most places from end to end. Another tip, kind of obvious to any experienced woodworker, is to joint both edges simultaneously with the book-matched closed face to face. This way any deviation from a perfect 90 degrees cancels out. It won't help with keeping things straight though, and will accentuate any gap. The gap should never be at the ends, but a slight one is acceptable in the middle. This is called a spring joint. Violin makers sometimes go for that on purpose.

I have a walnut topper wood at 1/2” thick. Is a band saw’s blade width less than 1/4” ok for a guitar top? The claro walnut top is so amazing, that I’d like to get two sets out of it, unless it would be too thin for a guitar top or bottom. Does this make any sense? This is my first build and I don’t want to destroy the wood selection. Is 1/2” too thick for a topper? Thanks for any advice!

I have that same Rikon bandsaw its awesome, you should check out there new over sized, spring loaded guide bearings they are amazing. Takes about 10 seconds to set up the guides and they work killer for re-sawing. They only fit Rikons too so you can make fun of your buddies who bought the wrong bandsaws.

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

That sounds really neat do you have a part number or even a link?

@Ibaneddie76

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Matt sorry it took a while to get back to you this video just popped up again, you can just go into your local Woodcraft and ask for the new Rikon bandsaw guides kit, they normally stock a couple sets in store. They are the new ones with over sized guid bearings and spring loaded adjustment. They'll know what you are talking about they only fit Rikon saws. I tried to look for the part number but I threw my box out when I replaced the set. Hope this helps somehow.

What if you don't have a thickness sander?

Hey Matt. what is the softest wood you would say to use for making a guitar body from, I have an old pine bed in my garage that is doing nothing useful. should I turn it into a guitar or just set fire to it?

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

You should always turn it into a guitar... you could still burn it later if you really wanted to. Plus, it would look boss on stage. Pine is a great wood we have used it on a few instruments

@mynx_uk

6 жыл бұрын

I guess it gets a reprise. time to get the shap cuttin stuff out. :)

@StMoritzGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Leo Fender started out using Pine

@stu-j

6 жыл бұрын

First telecaster was made from pine or rosewood I’ve made a few guitars from pine from the local wood shop in the UK a plank costs £8 for a 3 meter x 2 inch x 8 inch plank that makes two body’s. It’s great wood to paint or keep natural and just an oil finish.

Is this for an electric or acoustic? For an acoustic how thin would you cut it on bandsaw?

Hey man my names Brian by the way. I'm trying to go thru and watch all your vids. Lol like that will take forever... Im good be using your methods for site and give you credit wren I do get started on my. Luthiery journey. Well I've kinda been on it by learning. But more than that I really enjoy all the builders videos.

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching glad to hear you are enjoying the videos Brian, we make a lot of similar ones so you probably don't have to see them all hahaha. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help you out or if you have any videos you would like to see... I'll try and do some

@docoluv9

6 жыл бұрын

Texas Toast Guitars tyty man

Great video. I’d like to see you make an off set guitar like a Talman style. I think that would be a fun time

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Kyle, thanks fir watching. We do lots of offset guitars mostly Jazzmaster and Jag style and you are right they are really fun.

@beardedcatguitarplus9485

6 жыл бұрын

Well that’s cool I’ll have to look threw lol thanks for your response I love your channel

@beardedcatguitarplus9485

6 жыл бұрын

Lol I stand by it though you should do a Talman 😉 they’re oddly comfortable

Do you have an opinion on some of the 'exotics', like Bocote' , Bubinga, Coco Bolo or Goncalo Alves? Too pricey, difficult to work, availability...?

@TexasToastGuitars

5 жыл бұрын

I love bocote They all come with challenges but they are pretty neat woods.

@TexasToastGuitars

5 жыл бұрын

I would not use those woods for tops unless someone payed in advance

Where can I find a sheet of flame or quilted maple that I can veneer onto an existing guitar body?

@TexasToastGuitars

3 жыл бұрын

Lots of places even ebay

@rockinrob2004

3 жыл бұрын

@@TexasToastGuitars I thought you had a "specific" place you bought yours from? I have a 1984 Fender MIJ Foto-Flame that the wrap is peeling & cracking. What would YOU suggest? Thanks, I appreciate your thoughts

A pancake with maple dust, sounds yummy, maybe a little glue instead of maple syrup, since we already made it of maple flour.

@TexasToastGuitars

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds great for breakfast or lunch

A good tip to use for book matching is to place the piece next to a mirror. Sometimes, the best duplicated pattern isn't at the sawn off edge.

@TexasToastGuitars

4 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea!

@jimmpanik3402

4 жыл бұрын

@@TexasToastGuitars kzread.info/dash/bejne/ha19ydlppcfZhJc.html

Hahaha! (I would be the safety trolls worst nightmare!) I want to see Matt in a beard and hair net in the next video. That ponytail is asking for trouble.

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Not to mention I am rocking Daisy Dukes and sandals

@ChickNGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Texas Toast What? I thought that was standard shop uniform... 😂

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

it is this summer

@MagVair

4 жыл бұрын

I think Matt might be safe in a rubber room!? 😋😂🤣😂 But short of that coveralls and a full face motorcycle helmet should sufice? Maybe that could be the next video????? Matts safety video...?😋👍

@MagVair

4 жыл бұрын

@@TexasToastGuitars you just made me blow coffee out of my nose.....😂🤣😂🤣

Interesting that you could rely on the jointed edge that you did before re-sawing to close the centre joint the way it did. Do you find that this always works, or does the wood sometimes move enough after re-sawing that you have to rejoin the centre? I can see that this shouldn't move that much, if at all, but wood is wood... So to speak!

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

I haven't had problems with this technique if nothing else it helps to have a flat edge to ride on the bandsaw table. Give it a try and see what you think. Of course, you can do it later as well if it doesn't give you the results you want. I always clamp it dry before gluing to check.

"What do you put on your pancakes?!"... haha

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

It probably isn't the same thing but I have never had a bad experience with woods that have stuff you can eat on them... Oh man I could go for some pancakes right now. Thanks for watching Homes

Lol "not ridiculous paul reed smith kind of flame maple top". Sometimes I scan the maple wood library at the local big box lumber store when I'm there to pick something else up and see what people have sorted out, sometimes I find good flame and buy it! Tip: go in October as they get the whole year worth of maple stock then.

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Oh cool, that is good to know

That was cool. Now tell me how you match from the middle going out at a slight angle giving it a slight arrow effect. I think it's called Chevron but not sure.

@TexasToastGuitars

3 жыл бұрын

Same way, you just need to find the right lumber to start with

Good job with the Gibson Fan shirt, should keep Agnesi from hovering...

@TexasToastGuitars

4 жыл бұрын

The good people at Gibson have no idea who I am and couldn't care any less and will not care any more

@ThePercolators2014

4 жыл бұрын

​@@TexasToastGuitars LOL! Believe me, lots of people at Gibson know who you are...first hand knowledge. (Good news is they think you're hilarious)

What do you put on pancakes? LMFAO LOVE IT!

@TexasToastGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

I like blueberry pancakes

just measure the body of the guitar you want to do, divide its width in half and add roughly 1/4 inch. No need to trace 1/2 a body line because that line wont even matter if you have to joint off 1/8 or so to square up the surfaces to be glued. Your going to have to re trace a new body line again after you get done gluing it up because the jointer removes material "where the centerline is"from the body line you just traced. In the end, your just tracing 1/2 a body line on there for nothing only to do it again after you joint it.

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

We do a lot of things for videos (visual aids) that we don't do in real life... I'm sure you undersatnd

Good video.... the only thing that I would have liked to see is maybe a nice clear still shot of the top at the end of the video so we can see how well the book match looks. I know it looks good, but in the video you're kind of moving it around a little and there is some light glare, so it makes it difficult to see the grain pattern ect.... probably doesn't help that I'm not wearing my glasses tho... 😜

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Slow down there partner... You skipped ahead quite a few steps. The top is only sanded to 60 grit in this video. Stay tuned and I'll have more of what you are looking for coming up. Sound good?

Nicely figured, but not hippie wood. I like it !

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

You know how I feel about hippie wood

I think the safety weasels would like to send you to the "collective farm" for retraining! As for Fender, I get it. It's a bummer, but I understand! No need for retraining there!😆

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure I'll get rounded up for re-education some day

The word cops will allow the term S style. They are everywhere😁

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

We got into a spot of trouble with the good people from Fender a few weeks ago

Blood type mother slim nice clam mother a go by isle well done

@TexasToastGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

If I had a dollar for every time I've said that

Matt is that the technique you'll be doing on mine?

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Very similar, I'll do a few videos on your guitar project as well with a few tricks

@aandc2005

6 жыл бұрын

Texas Toast Guitars ok thanks

Ignore the safety dorks! I don’t watch your videos or any others to sharpen up on my safety bullshit. Does anyone look at safety tutorials? I didn’t think so. Keep being you!

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Josh, I 'll keep on doing my thing. I do get a lot of "you should do this differently" emails. it cracks me up

I LOOOOVE rhe comments on safety..!!!!...dumb people are gonna be dumb no matter what ya say...hahha!

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

The safety guys crack me up too

Just realized I say Stratacaster.

@TexasToastGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

That's cool

big fan of pov clips here, the segment was too short

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my friend, I'll see if we can do some more POV videos... I'm always looking for the stuff that people want to see.

Cool, now do the same without any power tools and hand planes. Come on!!! :)

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

If you think that is sexy you should do it.

I find it hilarious that ppl are complaining about safety issues. Some ppl just have no life.

@TexasToastGuitars

4 жыл бұрын

You got that right amigo

Safety shmavty

I bought Woodglut once and now I have lifetime access to thousands of woodworking projects.

@TexasToastGuitars

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, go there

@janeromnicki6598

3 жыл бұрын

@@TexasToastGuitars Yeah 🤙✌

Hmmm, safety stuff……those are the same people that use safety glasses and ear protectors for a battery powered drill. F&“%k them I say.

@TexasToastGuitars

3 жыл бұрын

Most of the time I think people have nothing better to do than question how other people live

Safety Nazi's piss me off ...mind your own business. On a side note: My next investment is a thickness sander. Tired of getting slight tear out using the surface planner even after changing out the cutter head to a SHELIX Helical Cutter Head.

@TexasToastGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

I want to get a SHELIX heads for my other tools they are nice. The thickness sander is one of the most used tools in the shop. I don't often tell people they have to get one to build guitars but I should. It is really a key tool

Yer lucky you made those safety remarks all the way back in 2018, you try and joke with the weirdo woke mob these days and they'll seriously come after you haha. Shit's getting weird. Every time I see that Jet pin router behind you a little tear drop rolls down my cheek like the Italian Indian in the old anti littering commercial from the 70's. That thing is boobies beyond, I still have my homemade one I built a while ago, it works great but I don't have the cool pneumatics like the cool guys do.