Too many Cool Features to be a Success | Taylor Solidbody Teardown & Setup

#guitarrestoration #guitar #guitarbuilder #luthier #guitarra Just how good is the Taylor Solidbody Guitar? Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonC... and Ben's home workshop. In this video Ben is taking a closer look at the controversial (?) Taylor Solidbody guitar. He's going to carefully take it apart, see what makes it tick and then put it back together, maybe a little better. Rajani Amps - https://rajaniamps.com/ Chapters: 0:00 Introduction & this guitar could be yours! 0:55 Introducing the Taylor Solidbody 2:59 A closer look at this guitar 3:36 Cardboard box - comment below 3:58 Unique neck joint 6:30 Removing the neck to investigate the joint & pocket 8:36 Looking at the pickups and pickup surrounds 10:05 Moving on to the Bridge 14:37 Taking the Bridge apart? 16:14 The Incredible journey of a humble grub screw 16:55 A closer look at the Saddle 18:52 A closer look at the electronics 20:47 How was this guitar routed & finished? 21:48 The neck and Fret work 23:23 A quick & dirty Fret Level, Crown & Polish 26:51 Getting a good shine with a Buffing wheel 27:44 Finishing off with some Fretboard Restorative 28:54 Reattaching the neck, Strings & things 30:07 Ben’s final thoughts & how she sounds 34:40 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! ___________________________________________________________________________________