Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonC... and Ben's home workshop. This is the new midweek series where Ben builds a unique fanned fret / multiscale kit guitar. This is the brand new Uncut, Fanned Fret Kit Guitar from Crimson that Ben has been looking forward to launching or a long time - https://www.crimsonguitars.com/produc...

In this episode, Ben is designing the headstock and creating a sliding Dovetail back plate. The neck carve will be non-traditional and faceted, with a bit of experimentation...

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction and recap
0:17 How this guitar got its name
2:00 Headstock design
7:09 Creating a sliding dovetail backplate
11:11 Routing for the backplate
13:30 The importance of doing a test
13:50 Luthiery = knowing how to fix mistakes
17:15 Shaping the backplate to fit
21:30 Back to the neck
23:45 Hollow headstock or not?
27:12 Carving the neck
30:49 An 'Oops' moment
32:18 Conclusion
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