Ep 1 - Fretboard Layout and Fret Slot Cutting - Making a Modern Multi-Scale Electro Acoustic Guitar

Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonC... and Ben’s home workshop where he is currently building the modern multi-scale NEBULA 2.0 Guitar. In this episode, Ben is prepping the raw materials, configuring the fretboard layout, and cutting the fanned fret slots.

The original Nebula guitar featured here -    • Burning Bridges and an Invisible Tail...   was so well received that it sold immediately...twice.

In this series, Ben will be building the new and improved Nebula 2.0 as a custom order.    • Making a Modern Multi-Scale Guitar - ...  
Different from the original, this guitar will have a multi-laminate neck, modern fanned fret, and semi-hollow, electro-acoustic beauty. This series should be about 10-12(ish) episodes.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:46 Nebula 1.0
1:28 Your custom guitar
1:48 Raw materials
2:30 The design - Ben has a type...
3:02 The fretboard
3:17 Wood prep with Triton
4:07 HAA - Handplane Addicts Anonymous...
4:33 The MOST important centreline
5:13 Working out the Parallel Fret
9:24 How to radius with a hand plane
11:23 Work-holding
12:57 Masking tape and Superglue trick
14:59 Using a hand plane to radius the fretboard
16:52 Radius block and levelling beam to the radius
19:41 Marking the fanned fret positions
21:45 Crimson's Fret Slot Spacing Rule
23:27 Safest way to cut fret slots
26:04 Conclusion

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Stay tuned and stay awesome!
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Stay tuned and stay awesome!
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