His love for his work makes me want to cry. Love when people love their work. 🥲

@zielonyludzik2513

2 жыл бұрын

You are just clever human, greetings ✌️

I've owned one of Paul's guitars for over a decade. I have to say, this Hauser style spruce top is extraordinary. I've played a good number of guitars since buying his, so I have a good sense of comparison.. Paul's guitar keeps showing me the depths of possibility of my own playing. It hasn't reached MY, or its limits, by any means. I'm not a dilettante; I take my playing seriously and have a teacher and practice several hours a day. Paul's guitars are very, very good. Mine holds up well, or better, against a guitar that I own by a justifiably famous luthier, Michael Thames. I also love my Thames guitar! My point is that Paul is easily in the same league as more famous luthiers. And no, I've never met Paul. This is entirely based on my experience with his guitar.

This video is five minutes and thirtyeight seconds of inspiration. :)

This makes me want to run outside, find some wood and start trying to make guitars. Too bad it's almost 1 am.

@ianbraganza3065

3 жыл бұрын

It's never too late

I used to build with all hand tools. I once made the frets from scratch as well as pegs instead of tuners. Now I'm going to build again for the first time in 12 years. I still have all the hand tools but now I have POWER tools too. Yea! I don't do rosettes, binding or purfling. Inlays in the top or back weaken the joints/wood and end-grain doesn't glue strong. I paint my instruments for decoration. Hide glue all the way but this time no shellac - "Mountain" finish from Earthpaints.

@parkerzayden7689

2 жыл бұрын

you prolly dont give a shit but does anyone know of a method to get back into an instagram account? I stupidly lost my login password. I would love any help you can give me

@makaivictor8795

2 жыл бұрын

@Parker Zayden Instablaster :)

@parkerzayden7689

2 жыл бұрын

@Makai Victor I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and I'm trying it out atm. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.

@parkerzayden7689

2 жыл бұрын

@Makai Victor it did the trick and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy! Thanks so much, you saved my account :D

@makaivictor8795

2 жыл бұрын

@Parker Zayden glad I could help :D

I have to agree with you I have been wood working for as long as I can remember and while working with hand tools it relaxes me and slows me down which makes me put more thought and pride into my work.

This video is so inspiring. Becoming a luthier with epilepsy can be hard but knowing how much more I can do by hand to save me from causing damage to myself or the guitar is awesome! So thank you! Keep the vids coming

@LamareGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Julian. I have recently started making a new series of videos called A Luthier's Handtools. You can find them on my KZread channel. I hope you enjoy them too!

I'm a Luthier that hand builds guitar too and I starting in 1998, I was ten when i built my first guitar. I'm glad that somebody else builds guitars by hand and I'm not the only on

@thedarknights2576

8 жыл бұрын

Holy crap I can't spell. (started* one* Guitars*

@thedarknights2576

8 жыл бұрын

Ranger Manager 365 Gibson makes epiphone so it might be a epiphone les paul. Im working on a soundstick so goodbye.

@thedarknights2576

8 жыл бұрын

what?

@thedarknights2576

8 жыл бұрын

gibson makes les paul ookay and gibson makes epiphone les pauls therefore its a epiphone les paul

@thedarknights2576

8 жыл бұрын

well you did say that your english sucks

thank you for sharing, I 100% agree on using hand tools. I make pottery so know the importance of this. Well done to you.

Really excellent video to get an idea of how a luthier works. Thank you.

Really fantastic!

Your Doing Fine Work I must Say. Great to see someone doing something they really love.

to be ever learning, ever striving is my personal goal

Amazing work! You re admirable brother! Thanksss for being there!

Masterful craftsmanship

Excellent! I very much share your passion for the classical guitar, and I really appreciated your tasteful, elegant presentation of your craft. May you be blessed in your endeavors and pursuit of beauty in form and function!

This is amazing, I also love the "Box that Sings" short movie about violin builders in Australia. Seems to me that violin builders use far less tools than guitar builders.

very interesting indeed. You appear to have a deep love of your art and possess loads of patience. You must derive great joy when you see your instrument played by a gifted player. I hope you can pass the skills of your craft to others.

Talent and dedication

beautiful guitar indeed

Masterful techniques, very interesting. Thanks for the inspiration. We are old musical buddies of Rich Prenkert, Luthier.

This video not only is very interesting and beautiful but also very calming

Beautiful work!

Fierté française d'avoir un luthier aussi remarquable 🙏 keep going 😊

Thanks for the video! Hand made guitars using solid woods are something to be desired and owned. The thought of power tools ripping through the wood, the high rate if waste removal and the heat generated is a big concern to me. You will have more dimensional stability and more secure joints. Less trouble when dealing with say a bridge tilting and such. These problems will occur mainly because of the nature of wood and factors beyond your control. Nice to know that knowledge is also shared between luthiers. Please continue and enjoy your work!

vraiment magnifique,quel passion et fierté de ce belle instrument

Work of art

Thanks . They are beautiful ....

Very inspiring! Keep up the good work.

I like your work great job!!

Omg!!! I need one. I will save up to buy one soon!!!

Paul thank you for sharing this lovely and inspiring look into your world of handbuilding classical guitars. This presentation was very well done and the instruments are both stunning to look at as well as to hear. There was some very nice playing too I think by you (non?). And I feel it is important that the builder play reasonably well, because of the many nuances in feel, playability and sound that may need final tweeking. J'aime beaucoup aussi le version en Francais. Fantastique!

amazing work

I'd like to come & learn from you and make a guitar along side you as you build your next one. It's one of the best ways to really learn and get a proper understanding of the process.

beautiful

amazing video I also love to make guitar focusing on my classic which trying to careful making better without destroying my guitar

great video. must be very special to own something that one worked for one month to create with that eye for detail

Must be so satisfying.

Amazing,.

what a cool story....

Damn that guitar is pretty.

Hey Paul, great to see no routers in this video...Good man.

this is the coolest video on youtube

Nice video.

hi! thank you so much for this video ! one question: from where i can buy the tool you are using?

Nice my friend.;-),,,

I'm sure this guitar will bring a lot pleasure to their owners

Eres un gran gran artista!

You have an online course? Been looking for one which almost only using hand tools.

Hello brother. Congretatulations to share your wisdom with us. How much cost a guitar like this? thank you

is a amp included?

wow.. wonder how much your guitar cost?

I don't think it takes any longer to build with hand tools,You just have to know how to use them.Nice video.

@steveroslund7215

5 жыл бұрын

It also take much less space in a small shop.

hello thanks for video, may iknow what tools that u use at minute 0:41?

@LamareGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Julio, it's a dial caliper and it's used to measure the thickness of the top and back.

Nice looking guitars with a lovely tone. A quick question if you would be so kind. As a keen amateur could you please tell what electric bending iron you use ? Currently I still use the hot pipe method but feel now it may be time to change. Thanks,. midge.

@LamareGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

I use the LMI bending iron.

I have a quick question. Where do buy tonewoods? Do you buy them in big sheets them mill them down? So overall just wondering where I can buy tonewoods thanks.

@punkaholicmember

9 жыл бұрын

I don't know where you live, but i live in Europe and buy my tonewoods in Germany or that region (Mittenwald). Very superb quality and easy to work with. Mostly they are bought as a pair (left and right side mirrorred) and join them together. If i were you I'd do some research on how to actually build a guitar: the costs can get up very easily. But on the otherhand, it is massively satisfying to complete a build.

@Erowens98

7 жыл бұрын

Just google it. You can find good wood all over the place. But if you can find a local mill you should, always better to hand pick your wood rather than take what you are sent. The word tonewood is really more of a marketing term, any kind of wood can make a great instrument. It's just a matter of building it to accent to woods natural tone. Though there are woods that as a general rule produce better sounding instruments, like African blackwood for example. But that's not to say and instrument made out of generic softwoods can't sound good if made well. Be adventurous with your wood choices and find what you like best, For me, i love the combination of black Walnut and sugar maple tonally. But as this video stated, even within the same log there is lots of tonal variation. So in other words just buy from your local lumber mill, if you want to try something special than the internet is your friend. But you can learn all the skills you need on generic softwood and who knows if you will find something special about those woods.

@daniels1293

7 жыл бұрын

im about to mill down a branch that fell in my yard off a walnut tree into a neck

@dragoncelso7747

6 жыл бұрын

hod it go?

@patriciajrs46

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Springer , Is it possible for you to take multiple pieces, join them, and make a belly plate and/or back? Just thinking that you might get much more out of it than just a neck piece.

Paul, I just wanted to say that was very inspiring. You build a really nice guitar with your hand tools. I am a luthier student and doing mostly repair while I finish my studies and look for a place to set up here in Central NE. I know I will be using a lot of hand tools but have not decided to go one way or the other. Would you have a piece of advice on using hand tools in lutherie? Thanks for your time.

@thibaultjabergguitars3598

6 жыл бұрын

Haha funny how small the internet is at times :P

@jeffreymuckey2205

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Buddy, I love watching vids like this I learn so much. But C'mon you are 3 guitars ahead of me. Slow that learning down boy and let me catch up to you. :P

@thibaultjabergguitars3598

6 жыл бұрын

Haha, Ok I will! :)

@jeffreymuckey2205

6 жыл бұрын

Must be the time difference Huh? lol. You just made my night buddy.

@LamareGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jeffery, there are several useful links and an article I wrote about handtools on my links page: lamareguitars.com/links/ I have also recently made some more videos about a luthier's handtools.

This video made my day! Thanks! For posting this! Do you build vintage instruments?

@LamareGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

I focus on classical guitars, especially those by Herman Hauser.

I wanna buy this gutar in India.

Why classical guitar has wider fretboard than standart steel guitar??

Hello Paul ... I'm from Brazil and I've been working as a luthier for 5 years. I now want to invest in the handcrafted production of guitars and drums in a totally manual process. Could you help me by indicating a list of tools and supplies needed for this noble activity? My congratulations for your work that serves as a reference for what I want to do here and much success on your journey

@mathias841

3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to hear about it too !

@LamareGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

On the links page of my website lamareguitars.com/links/ there is a link to an article I wrote about my handtools. An Article by Paul Weaver about Handtools for Luthiers. I hope you will find it helpful!

Nicely done. What do you make your scrapers out of? Do you make your own? Or buy them?

@LamareGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Patricia, I have made several scrapers out of used saw blades and I have also purchased a couple. Scrapers are among (my many) favorite tools!

Check out the guitar maker from Cologne named "Thomas Regn". He is doing it verry well and the best i've ever see. He makes guitar which costs over 6000€. But that is it definetely worth.

can you give me a Plan pleasse ?

What is the name of the tools you used ? Can u explain ? Possible Only hand made tools for making guitar

@LamareGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

I have a new series of videos on my KZread Channel about A Luthier's Handtools. There you can have a closer look at each tool I use. I general though, I use common woodworking tools like handplane, chisels, handsaws and also several luthier specific tools. Thanks for watching!

hey man, how many can cost one guitar like these?

@GrulbGL

10 жыл бұрын

***** '-'... need to review how much is in my piggy bank ...

I want to start building steel string acoustic guitars :)

@m4r1ush.60

3 жыл бұрын

I know I’m almost a decade late but go for it, I bet you’ll do great

what planer have you used?

@LamareGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

I use Lie Nielsen handplanes for the most part.

Hello Paul, did you shoot this your self or someone else did? Very beautiful footage

@LamareGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

Cliff Etzel made this video for me. Please do check out his website: www.cliffetzel.com/

I want your guitar

wish i could play one someday really nice

What are all the tools you use?

@LamareGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

Please let out An Article by Paul Weaver about Handtools for Luthiers on my links page lamareguitars.com/links/ and the new series I've made on Handtools: kzread.info/head/PLg5lXlyhWDweCiudLBqveWq24JsjdCVjt

I am a custom Maker of Hand made Knives Camp knives and using edge tools . Paul you said a mouth full as I learned the Art of the hand forged Knife ive always wanted to learn the Art of making acustic Guitars .. but I know nothing of geometry . have you thought about making a aculpted.Arch top round or oval hole L1 Gibson sculpted ladder bracing .. snake head .. would be interesting and big big bucks .

@LamareGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

For the moment I am focusing on classical guitars, but later in life I hope to branch out and try making other instruments as well.

plane please

Now then...Did you make the Rosette completely before placing it?? Hmmm..... ^..^

That heel shape is gnarly. The rest is damn beautiful though

@thedarknights2576

8 жыл бұрын

its a classical guitar, its suppost to look like that

hire me bro

Do you really use no machines at all, not even a bandsaw to cut out the neck blank?

how can anyone become a classical guitar maker? how can anyone learn this craft? Thanks for this video.

@orestesdd

10 жыл бұрын

Understood! Thanks.

@Erowens98

7 жыл бұрын

KZread and online forums are the best places to learn if you are not able to study at a vocational school. I personally studied traditional furniture making for many years in a vocational school. And with the skills i learned there i basically had all the basics of luthiery down. After 3 years of study i produce top notch guitars (as well as fine furniture), hopefully some day on large enough scale to live off of.

@LamareGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

Learning to build guitars is a slow process, but one that I believe most people can do. I would recommend building your first instrument in a luthier school. There are several in the US and they have all the tools, which makes things much easier.

How much do you charge on average?

@B3NC0N

8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Mc Donald website says around 4000

@thibaultjaberg4658

8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Conquest That's actually quite cheap. A hand made guitar costs between 10000 and 12000 over here.

@thibaultjaberg4658

8 жыл бұрын

Is that for Steelstring guitars?

@Erowens98

7 жыл бұрын

Thi J+ that really depends on how long it takes to build. For one months work 4000 is very fair. The higher price for the 10000-12000€ guitars come from them taking 3 months instead of 1. The speed of the work varies with a lot of factors.

As the years have gone by your what 22

I am already content with the idea of living off a mediocre career for +10 years in order to save up enough for a small shop where I can build guitars. Well, off to work :(

So this is what Little Finger does in his free time before betraying Starks for fun.

Give me one please😂😊😢😭

The obsession with "all hand tools"" is going to severely limit your output and income, and for all the wrong reasons. Few if any clients will be willing to pay you for the inefficiency of roughing everything out in a way that takes 4x as long while producing at best the same, but often inferior results. Save the hand work for where it counts and it will add value to the instrument.

@Beargrizzly76

8 жыл бұрын

All goods points but it's also down to personal satisfaction. I build as a hobby, and the ones I've made 'by hand' have been far more satisfying than when I've used power tools and machinery. At the end of the day, money isn't everything to everyone. Also, there's too much obsession, in my humble opinion, with perfection. All of these mass produced guitars are so perfect these days. Even the small, one-man-band guys are trying to produce guitars that look like they were made by a machine. What's the point? I'd rather see the maker in the finished instrument, if that makes any sense at all. Certainly, the guitars I've played over the years that had the most 'mojo', the most character, where the ones that were slightly imperfect. Anyway, just my two pence worth...all the best!

@Erowens98

7 жыл бұрын

If he builds these in a month like he said, then clearly the hand tools aren't a massive bottleneck for him.

@jimmacbrayne3578

6 жыл бұрын

@Beargrizzly76 - There's a great deal of sense in what you say. I too am a hobbyist and have built entirely by hand in the past, but now use bandsaw, table saw, drum sander and router. There's no way I'd want to go back to cutting binding and purfling channels by hand, though most other tasks I could happily cope with if necessary :-)

Trouble being that as a business using only hand tools takes too long. You need to get $20k or better per guitar ... and that's a hard sell.

You don’t learn a great deal from this video. The guitar looks nice though

Hello Paul ... I'm from Brazil and I've been working as a luthier for 5 years. I now want to invest in the handcrafted production of guitars and drums in a totally manual process. Could you help me by indicating a list of tools and supplies needed for this noble activity? My congratulations for your work that serves as a reference for what I want to do here and much success on your journey.

@LamareGuitars

Жыл бұрын

Hi there, I have written an article on the subject, and also you can now find some more videos on my KZread Channel about the handtools I recommend. Here's the link to the article. theluthiersworkshop.blogspot.com/2012/08/paul-weaver-2nd-post.html