almost been 3 years! this series is like toy story, each part gets better and never lets down.

who's watching this in November 2020? this is a masterpiece!

This is the best video on a custom guitar build I have ever seen. So much good help. No one else explains the bit about routing. Well done sir.

I don't normally sit through half an hour videos but I just couldn't stop watching. Brilliant overview! You are a true craftsmen :)

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Subliminal !

@mehdimalmsteen5889

10 жыл бұрын

***** Hello Fletcher My Name is Mehdi im Guitar Player And Work in Shavings Wood longtime im Searching For Work in guitar Company Can u Help me

What a fantastic experience to watch that. Gorgeous result, congratulations!

impressive work with wood , I have seen the entire video without blinking. you are a great professional. thanks for upload video

I watched several good guitar body routing, body build videos recently, this one is the best so far. Pace of the video, editing & explanations was bang on for me too. Lovely work Sir!

Best build video I’ve seen, this is priceless. Thank you

Every single video you put up is incredible. I learn something new every watch without fail. Please never stop doing what you are doing.

the little filler block you use it rout the deeper cavity is brilliant idea!

Beautiful job! Really enjoyed watching the master craftsman at work.

Wow very nice. It is a pleasure to watch someone of your caliber build a guitar. I now have a greater appreciation for that style of guitar now. I never realized just how labor intensive it was to craft a body for a Strat style guitar - in sharp contrast to a Telecaster for example without the round over and contours. I can see that the Strat was really intended to be an improved and more user friendly guitar than the Telecaster - it just feels like it was intended to be in the hands of a person.

Like everyone here, your videos are a fantastic resource for people making guitars. I'm making my first guitar, a 72 Fender Telecaster Deluxe and keep your channel in the favorites. I'm a shopfitter & joiner but still learn a lot from your routing tips and use of doubled sided tape. Thanks for taking the time to share with us.......

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

10 жыл бұрын

Cheers Koops !

Hi David, the more i watch your videos the more i think you have the patients and care of an angel, many regards.

Thanks again for your detailed vids! Always a pleasure to behold the craftsmanship!

Killer work by the way. One of the best DIY jobs I have seen on here.

It is very rare down here. 20 years ago I used to find 1x12x 36-60" mahogany from the old closet shelves. People remodeled and just tossed the old shelving in the trash. 1x12 is not good for much. 2 blocks south and the shelving was all clear pine. That I loved for amp combo cabs. I still pull that stuff from alleys every so often. The last lot I had to fight over with my father. It became a weather station housing. So I lost, but I lost dad a year ago. I love that cavity detail you did!

These build vids are just awesome. I just ordered a block of alder for my first ever guitar build. If it turns out half as nice as this one i'll be happy!

How do you keep the body from moving while your routing it? In the 21:00 range it appears to be just sitting on the table.

You should definetly make a DVD. Your strat building series are better than the most of the guitar building DVDs out there !

Sir, you're extremely crafted, I admire your accuracy and precision.

@chrishayes7771

5 жыл бұрын

M'sir, you're so m'crafted m'sir

Awesome! Love your attention to detail!

That was a pleasure to watch, master craftsmanship! The belly contour looked like a right chore and ball ache but the guitar looks excellent and a brilliant video there was a few times I was about to ask myself "yea but how are you gonna..........?" But before I could finish the question in my head you went and answered it! I can't believe anyone has disliked this video!

you did a great job!!!... and thank you for sharing the experience with us.

Amazing..a real piece of craftsmanship

Great craftsmanship!

You make it look easy, man. Beautiful work.

I just ran across this. Great project and great Job.

This is quite simply a pleasure to watch. Perfect video. Thank you!

Wow, that's all I have to say, I've just searched your name via phone as using KZread on my ps3 at the moment, video 1 was recommended to me, so sat and watched it, I have not moved its that good.. You go so far into detail it is unreal.. You have a new Sub.. Keep up what your doing dude..

Enjoyed watching you Sir from Quebec ! Well done !

Thanks for the great videos. You do beautiful work and explain things very well.

So satisfying to watch, you're a real craftsman 🙏

Hi Nicolas, The templates I use at 24:13 are made by me , Ive never seen templates like those available for sale. They are easy to make though. The measurement at 23:35 can be anything really, depends on how deep you want your contours to be. I marked about 1/2 the depth of the body

I never see any other videos by other builders that sands with the right types of blocks (laziness lack of knowledge it's hard to say) to keep the shape rite.after being an auto body tech and painter for over 25 years countless hours of shapeing and finishing body filler and primer it's good to see someone d o it Properly!

Awesome craftmanship! Congrats!

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Edward Makazich Thanks Edward

Great workmanship.Love watching the vids.I do own a Bullet Strat.But seriously thinking of building a one off just to see if I can do it.Thanks for giving your time,and knowledge.I know it's a while back, but it's still a great how to do it set of vids.

Well the body I built is pretty much done. Just have to spray some paint now. These strat vids are very helpful and inspirational. Hope to see more in the near future!

Wow that was cool. Never realized how much work goes into making a body blank

Very nice build,and nicely detailed filmed.

Hi Nic, the one I use on my router table is an Upcut. Very happy with it, worth the money. Leaves a nice clean finish

Love your precision and attention to detail. The guitars I have made from scratch have less than perfect work under the pick guard.

Awesome videos. The detail you go to is incredible Very much looking forward to the completion:-)

Great work.Thanks from Italy!!!

Thanks mate, just orderd some. Your videos have been extremely helpful

It is nice guys like you that allow me to be a type of apprentice- I cant thank you enough. I have just one short question: You did not show how you attached the MDF templates to route out the front & back of the body, so they dont move around on you. Thanks and cheers mate!

Thanks David, once again your wise and helpfull advices help us a lot in building better instruments ! Great contributions. Best, N.

Hi Randy, Yes you can get by with 1.5" without any issues if you are building a hardtail.

Inacreditável você é o melhor que eu já vi. Parabéns bela guitarra 👏👏👏

I can't even imagine what kind of moron would dislike these videos. And my god, the stupidity of some of these comments, I understand why you don't do more videos. Great work David!

Great tips (the mdf router pilot guide inserts for the deeper wells in the control and trem cavities are a brilliant idea). Little unnecessary distracting chatter (picture=1000 words), well-lit clear video. Nice looking instrument at the end of the series. Thanks for the effort.

You need a couple of 1/2" diameter flush trim router bits with the bearing at the top - One with a cutting depth of 1 1/4" and a shorter one about 3/4". I used a roundover bit with a 13mm radius and the spring cavity was routed down to about 20mm

Very impressed, thanks for posting.

when you tap that mahogany it gives such a beautiful sound

Thanks I missed that part. I have a wood instrument I had made in Puerto Rico and your video is going to help me fix the fret board. The instrument is made of one solid piece of wood. The fret board is twisted probably beyond repair but I think I can make the majority of the scale work. Until I can find the wood and make one myself. Thanks again.

excelente video y una muy prolija forma de trabajar.. felicitaciones!

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

8 жыл бұрын

+michel leon Muchas gracias. Me alegro de que hayan disfrutado el video

Genius at work!

No, David, I didn't miss that point. But it's huge investment in machines and tools and work space. I do enjoy all your video's as I see that you are on top of your craft. Thanks a lot for explaining!

Great work

Hi, I started with a rough sawn 2" thick piece of mahogany - I thicknessed the wood down to 1 1/2 inches for the body blank.

I'm sold - great videos.

What a masterpiece you created here, I'd wish I could get to this level as I have two huge slaps of koa wood that I'd love to make some Telecasters out of and maybe a ukulele or two if there's enough. You do good work mate, I enjoyed this video very much!!

@justanotherdummy3448

8 жыл бұрын

he is the best wood worker if seen on KZread and if watched a lot of them he's a perfectionist! IMO.

Hello Fletcher thanks for shsring the videos. They are great. Fletcher do you have a video on how to cut the whole for the jack plate input whole?

Great attention to detail...

genial tu trabajo, te felicito!!!

I was going to the drug store and saw a couple yard sales. One had a sign saying "Free Wood". A couple of 6 foot by 3"x 1 1/16" pieces of maple, and some monster 1 7/8" think planks of Mahogany were stuffed up in the rafters and stashed in a boat house. I am elated about the Mahogany. It is that OLD stuff that is really light. It is all old wood too. I got a router/saw table with no fence for $20 too. I got a couple thick planks of the Philippine Mahogany too. It is also light in weight! Score!

Amazing work, really enjoying the videos

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks David

No one will ever appreciate that cavity detail, unless it is a repair person like myself. I will say that I would tip my hat to anyone who made it look that nice. I would also assume they used a CNC Router. I dug out one of my genuine Strat bodies to compare to the BC Rich. The body and arm cuts on the BC Rich are extreme. That one was my last decent thrift store find. Now everyone knows about Goodwill's web site, and now eBay has better prices.

Really impressive,great job! Congrat!!! ;)

Man, that's an awesome score ! I'd never come across anything like that here in Australia

Hi, The round over bit I'm using is metric 13mm , 1/2" or 9/16" would do the job nicely as well. The router bit I use is a spiral uppercut trim bit, I gave a rundown of it in detail in one of the neck building vids. Cheers

Que bueniiiisimo esas Guitarras y donde se Fabrican y me gustaria entrar a trabajar. Creo que uno puede aprender si es posible ó no???.

Great video! Above you show all of the needed depths except for the Spring pocket on the back. I figured out already that the Tremolo block goes all the way through. I suppose I'll have to borrow a friends stat and measure the depth of the spring pocket. Your videos are very helpful.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

3 жыл бұрын

5/8" for the spring cavity

@johnburens3395

3 жыл бұрын

@@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars thanks!

Thank you sir.

Good job man.

I can highly recommend a shinto file for the comfort cuts and belly carve, that's what I use. Cracking tool

really nice vids....i enjoy the detail...

that is the correct way to make a guitar good job!!!

great video. I am diving into guitar building and want to know what size bit you use on your routing table.

Hi Nigel, I get my timber from all over the place, I'm always on the lookout on ebay etc. The figured stuff and fretboards etc come in from USA usually and the mahogany I buy from Trend Timber. Good luck with your build !

Amazing skill!

Hi Chris, I would measure the middle of the neck pickup cavity, measure the middle of the bridge pickup cavity, join the lines together

You have some serious skills! Watching you cut out the body was very impressive. Very steady hands. I probably couldn't have pulled that off without some squirrely zig-zagging.

G'day Dave, nice piece of mahogany you got there ! The router bits are CMT brand and there is a 3/4" long & 1 1/2" long (cut length) both with a 1/4" Shank

Very nice work. I was enjoy watching this :)

Exelente como todos tus videos! de qué madera es el cuerpo?

Thanks Fletch

Very nice! Thank you!

Yep, Aussie :-) Everything is Airfreight from Stewmac, great service. I can order it on a Friday and have it delivered on a Monday or Tuesday in Australia..

Excellent work-one day I will attempt this :)

Hi David, thanks for all your great videos. Can you tell me whether your spiral router bit is an upcut or a downcut bit? From what I've read, a downcut spiral bit leaves a better finish but I'd like to know what your experience has been. I've been experimenting with climb cutting to avoid tearout but I'd rather shell out for an expensive spiral cutter and use push cutting which is much safer!

Great videos, I'm learning a lot. One question, how do you select the grain pattern on the wood for the best strength? I want to make a solid colour guitar so grain look isn't important, but stability is. I have access to lots of maple but not large pieces so I'll have to glue up 2. Should I go towards quarter sawed or face sawed? Thanks!

Amazing !!

very smart work.. thank you..

Great video

Amazing work! What bit do you use for the roundover?

hi david and thank you for the full description , please i have a question,1- what is beter alder wood or mahogany? 2- where can i get the templates and full scales measurements to make a stratocaster. thank you my friend

tú é o cara ,meu velho!!!!

Hi David what size round over did you use on the edges ...Excellent Videos very well done thank you....

This is very impressive work, if Fender see this i reckon they would be as equally impressed as i am :)