Building a CYBERPUNK 2077-inspired Custom Guitar FULL BUILD

#luthier #guitarbuilding #guitardesign #guitarbuilder #custombuild Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonC... and Ben's home workshop. In 2020 Ben embarked on an ambitious endeavor - inspired by the game Cyberpunk 2077 - he would turn a simple Kit Guitar into an epic masterpiece. Did he succeed? You decide... Chapters: 0:00 Cyberpunk 2077 Introduction 0:36 The design concept & Kit guitar 1:33 Is it too drastic to cut the whole body in half? 2:05 Cutting facets into the body 3:00 Work holding is key when hand carving 3:40 Design changes already? 4:20 - Cutting a body in half by hand - this sucks 5:27 Opps, Accidental gap means more material to be removed 6:50 Playing with Acid to practice etching 7:54 Routing the control cavity 8:14 Carving the sound holes and internal cavities 11:09 Designing the finer details with a 2077 theme & metal working… 13:42 Design and inspiration 14:52 Yet another design change… 16:44 Playing with LED light effects & more inset metal plates 18:12 How to work the recesses around the control knobs 19:40 Prepping and gluing the aluminium plate to the body 20:20 Clamping to a curved surface is complicated! Triton’s Pocket Hole Jig Clamps come in handy! 20:55 Declamping and cleaning up the residue 21:12 Hand carving the bevelled edges 21:40 Shed Digressions…. 22:10 Beginning the tedious sanding process 23:38 2 into 1 with perspex and lights! 24:59 Using turnbuckles in an unusual way 26:01 All those tiny details that take so much time - to such good effect 28:50 The making of a one-of-a-kind fretboard 33:31 Now for the finishing, electronics, and hardware 35:58 Finishing the headstock and fret crown and polish, finally the strings 39:49 - and - it buzzes! 40:57 Backplates and aging the guitar - the result 44:09 Conclusion Check out our new Discord server for Guitar Building Goodness here   / discord   Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @crimsoncustomguitars   and don't forget the Luthiers Question Time Podcast, available on all good platforms or through this link https://luthiersquestiontime.buzzspro... Ben's livestream camera set up includes: the Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro, Prime Cameras (Front facing and over bench) Canon EOS 250D, suspended from the ceiling (bench side) Canon EOS 90D and on the movable tripod a Canon M6 Mark II http://www.cameracentreuk.com/crimson Music used in this video from Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra... ___________________________________________________________________________________ We'd like to thank our partners for helping to make this video series possible. Triton Tools - http://www.tritontools.com/en-GB ISOtunes Bluetooth Hearing Protection - http://bit.ly/36YmKro Wagner Meters - https://www.wagnermeters.com/ Leatherman - https://www.leatherman.co.uk/ Workshop Heaven - https://www.workshopheaven.com/ Support us by supporting our Partners, and at the same time get yourself a great deal with ISOtunes. Use code "CRIMSON10" for 10% OFF with this link: http://bit.ly/36YmKro ___________________________________________________________________________________ WEBSITE: http://www.crimsonguitars.com VINTAGE TOOL SHOP: https://bit.ly/3oA8uQK Luthier’s Tools & Supplies: http://bit.ly/LuthTools Guitar Building Courses: http://bit.ly/LuthierySchool Kit Guitars: http://bit.ly/KitGuitars EXTRAS channel: https://bit.ly/3gQmul1 SOCIAL Instagram -   / crimsonguitars   Facebook -   / crimsoncustomguitars   Patreon -   / crimsonguitars   OTHER Ben's Vintage Tool Shop - https://vintagetoolshop.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben Stay tuned and stay awesome! ___________________________________________________________________________________