Sanding, Staining and Hand Applying Finish Ep 3 | Making a Custom Bass Guitar from Scratch
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 Published On Jul 16, 2022

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Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonC... and Ben's home workshop. In this video series, Ben is building a custom single-cut Bass Guitar from scratch and it was filmed in front of a Livestream audience on the Crimson Guitars EXTRAS Channel.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:33 The neck is unclamped
0:46 The start of a ‘shed-load’ of sanding…
3:09 Fixing a ‘shake’ in the headstock with dust and glue
4:48 The OTHER Masking Tape & Superglue Trick!
6:52 Hand carving the headstock logo
9:22 Fixing router tear out on the neck
11:14 Finessing the headstock volute with rasps & files
12:08 Adding to the back chamfer
15:02 Using scrapers to perfect the back curves
16:18 Moving on to the back plate
17:39 Oops! Wrong camera & a Backplate mistake
21:52 It’s time for Stain and issues with oil finish
24:27 Applying Amber Spirit Based Stain & bringing out the figuring
27:30 Fun with dust and a recap
29:22 Applying Wipe on Guitar Finishing Lacquer/Varnish
34:12 Applying finish to the neck & Headstock
36:17 Conclusion

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Ben's Livestream camera set up 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
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Music used in this video from Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra...
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Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben
Stay tuned and stay awesome!
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