FULL GUITAR BUILD in 42,000 YEAR OLD New Zealand Kauri

Welcome to CRIMSON GUITARS HQ https://www.crimsonguitars.com/ Start to finish, in a single video, watch this 42,000 year old New Zealand Kauri go from a large piece of timber to a beautifully finished guitar. #luthier #guitarbuilder #kauri #fullbuild #guitarbuilding Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0.17 Beginning the whole process. Sawing up this beautiful wood 1:56 A beautiful Fender will donate all its electronics to this build. 2:45 The neck - strips of black veneer and Kaurie 4.00 The body - making a hollow body from very soft wood - so much sawdust 8:30 The top is made to fit perfectly 9:36 The neck and headstock are ready to be shaped - and braces are cut for the top 11:24 Putting a bevel on the F hole - glue the braces 12:22 Finalising the shape of the guitar 13:16 Finessing the bracing, adding a bridge plate 17:20 Gluing the binding to the top 19:32 Gluing the top to the body and smoothing out the kinks 21:54 The downside of Kaurie - a very soft wood - bring on the Cactus Juice 24:15 Binding the F hole 30:25 Working on the neck - inserting carbon fibre rods and truss rod 34:04 Measuring and cutting frets - as well as the fretboard inlays 36:10 The wood is still too soft so back to the drawing board - flooding it with superglue 37:03 Inserting the frets, Crimson Logo, and side dots 40:41 Working out the routing for the neck and pick-up cavities 41:08 Finishing and fitting the neck 43:25 Superglued - lacquered and now strong enough for the bridge and electronics 46:45 Neckplate, tuners, control knobs and strings 51:59 The last of the finishing touches 53:09 Conclusion Check out our Discord server for Guitar Building Goodness here https://discord.gg/N82ZFTzAJ6 Join this channel to get access to the perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdD1Cqxr8aINzWs1agg3tEQ/join Ben's camera setup includes: the Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro, Prime Cameras (Front facing and over the bench) Canon EOS 250D, suspended from the ceiling (bench side) Canon EOS 90D, and on the movable tripod a Canon M6 Mark II Any music used in this video from Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/31qosr/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 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 WAGNER METERS - https://www.wagnermeters.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ WEBSITE: http://www.crimsonguitars.com DAILY GUITAR DRAW: https://dailyguitardraw.com/ DORSET GUITAR MUSEUM: https://dorsetguitarmuseum.com/ GREAT GUITAR BUILD OFF: https://greatguitarbuildoff.com/ VINTAGE TOOL SHOP: https://bit.ly/3oA8uQK LUTHIER'S TOOLS & SUPPLIES: http://bit.ly/LuthTools GUITAR BUILDING COURSES: http://bit.ly/LuthierySchool EXTRAS CHANNEL: https://bit.ly/3gQmul1 ___________________________________________________________________________________ SOCIAL Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crimsonguitars/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CrimsonCustomGuitars/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/crimsonguitars ___________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben Stay tuned and stay awesome! ___________________________________________________________________________________