EPIC Guitar Build From Leftover Wood Scraps

I made this custom guitar with leftovers and scraps from other builds. It was really fun and I hope I provided enough information to inspire you to tackle your own custom guitar build.

Build video for the guitar stand / hanger:    • EPIC Guitar Stand Build - With Plans  

Here are the build plans for the guitar stand at the end:
https://www.thewoodenhobbyist.com/sto...

Check out these other guitars I've made:

Custom Telecaster -    • How To Make A Telecaster Guitar From ...  

Custom Bass Guitar -    • Making A Bass Guitar From Scratch - P...  

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00:00 Intro
00:14 Wood Choices
00:25 Milling and Glueing the Top Panel
01:49 Why I Chose These Woods
02:25 Explaining What Woods Will Be Used For The Body
03:08 Preparing the panels for wood sandwich
03:55 Cutting Out The Initial Guitar Body Shape
04:26 Flushing The Guitar Body To A Template
04:46 Quick Grain Reveal
04:59 CA Glue And Tone
05:20 Drilling And Routing Neck Pocket And Pickup Wells
05:50 Intrusive Thoughts Take Over
06:56 Big Mistake And How I Fixed It
07:48 A Big Unfixable Mistake
08:04 Choosing Grain For The Neck
08:32 Routing The Truss Rod While Complaining
09:21 Milling The Fretboard
09:55 Cutting The Fretslots
10:32 Gluing The Fretboard to the Neck Blank
10:55 Cutting, Flushing the Neck
11:20 Headstock Work
11:45 Adding Padauk Binding to the Fretboard
13:30 Add Brass Rod Inlays
15:35 Shaping The Neck
17:09 Adding Fretboard Radius / Bending Fretwire
17:40 A Genius Idea?
18:00 Installing And Dressing Frets
20:15 Neck Grain Reveal
20:33 Working On The Nut and Headstock
21:10 Fitting The Neck To The Body
21:23 Adding Finish To The Neck
22:15 Hardware And Copper Tape
22:42 Hiding Mistakes Like A Sneaky Snake
23:09 Adding Finish To The Body
24:13 Fixing The Unfixable Mistake
24:30 Beauty Shots and Sound Test