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Guitar Build, Repair & Performance videos by Blues Creek Guitars and LaSalle ToneWorks.
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bend Torrefied Maple
Blues Creek Guitars presents In the Shop with John Hall. This is another video documenting how to bend woods, taking 1 species at a time, and going through the procedures, temperatures, etc. for each. This video focuses on bending Torrefied Maple
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Bluescreek Guitars - Quick Tip - Finishing, Pore Fill and Seal coat
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John Hall, Blues Creek Guitars, shows another quick tip on finishing, pore fill & seal coat.
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bend Cuban Mahogany
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Blues Creek Guitars presents In the Shop with John Hall. This is another video documenting how to bend woods, taking 1 species at a time, and going through the procedures, temperatures, etc. for each. This video focuses on bending Cuban Mahogany
Bluescreek Guitars - Quick Tip - Brace Radius Jig
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John Hall, Bluescreek Guitars, shows you haow to quickly make a guitar brace radius jig, so you can get consistent radius in your braces
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bend Birdseye Maple
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John Hall runs through bending Birdseye Maple for Guitar Sides
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bending Bloodwood
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Bloodwood is one of the more difficult woods to bend. John tweaks his bending process to ensure a good bend for Bloodwood.
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bending Sycamore
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Blues Creek Guitars presents In the Shop with John Hall. This is another video documenting how to bend woods, taking 1 species at a time, and going through the procedures, temperatures, etc. for each. This video focuses on bending Sycamore
Blues Creek Guitars - Sunburst Prep & Discussion on L-00
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John Hall, Blues Creek Guitars, discusses preparation for spraying a Sunburst on a guitar, and uses an L-00 as an example
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bending Flamed Myrtlewood
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Blues Creek Guitars presents In the Shop with John Hall. This is another video documenting how to bend woods, taking 1 species at a time, and going through the procedures, temperatures, etc. for each. This video focuses on bending Figured/Flamed Myrtlewood
Blues Creek Guitars - Compression Fretting With Bar Frets - Part 2
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John Hall, Blues Creek Guitars, presents Compression Fretting with Bar frets. John details discusses the differences between normal frets and bar frets, compression fretting, and shows you haw to execute this. This video is Part 1 of a 2 part series.
Blues Creek Guitars - Compression Fretting With Bar Frets - Part 1
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John Hall, Blues Creek Guitars, presents Compression Fretting with Bar frets. John discusses the differences between normal frets and bar frets, compression fretting, and shows you how to execute this. This video is Part 1 of a 2 part series.
Blues Creek Guitars - Martin D-42 Top Crack & Separation Repair Video
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Another Repair video from John Hall, Blues Creek Guitars. John shows how a guitar top was released form the neck block from a previous repair, and cause the top to shift down and crack. John repairs the cracks and the shifted top.
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bending Bindings Puflings
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Blues Creek Guitars presents In the Shop with John Hall. This is another video documenting how to bend woods, taking 1 species at a time, and going through the procedures, temperatures, etc. for each. This video focuses on bending Bindings and Purflings in a stack to ensure purflings do not roll and bend incorrectly
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bending Birdseye Maple
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Blues Creek Guitars presents In the Shop with John Hall. This is another video documenting how to bend woods, taking 1 species at a time, and going through the procedures, temperatures, etc. for each. This video focuses on bending Birdseye Maple.
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Highly Figured Walnut
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Blues Creek Guitars presents In the Shop with John Hall. This is another video documenting how to bend woods, taking 1 species at a time, and going through the procedures, temperatures, etc. for each. This video focuses on bending highly figured walnut.
BluesCreek Guitars - Quick Tips - Home Made Archtop Brace Clamp
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BluesCreek Guitars - Quick Tips - Home Made Archtop Brace Clamp
BluesCreek Guitars - Quick Tips - Bolt on Neck Threaded Inserts
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BluesCreek Guitars - Quick Tips - Bolt on Neck Threaded Inserts
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - East Indian Rosewood Cutaway
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Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - East Indian Rosewood Cutaway
Blues Creek Guitars - How to Repair Lifting Pickguard on a Vintage 1934 Martin 0-18 Guitar
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Blues Creek Guitars - How to Repair Lifting Pickguard on a Vintage 1934 Martin 0-18 Guitar
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bending African Mahogany
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Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bending African Mahogany
Blues Creek Guitars - How to Make Your Own Guitar Fret Pullers
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Blues Creek Guitars - How to Make Your Own Guitar Fret Pullers
Blues Creek Guitars - In the Shop with John Hall - Buffing
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Blues Creek Guitars - In the Shop with John Hall - Buffing
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bending East Indian Rosewood
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Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bending East Indian Rosewood
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - How to Make a Bending Stack (Sandwich)
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Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - How to Make a Bending Stack (Sandwich)
Blues Creek Guitars - How to Set Cutaway Side in the Mold
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Blues Creek Guitars - How to Set Cutaway Side in the Mold
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - How to Bend Cutaway Side
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Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - How to Bend Cutaway Side
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bending Torrified Figured Maple
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Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bending Torrified Figured Maple
Blues Creek Guitars presents In the Shop with John Hall - Converting a Martin D 28 to a D 45
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Blues Creek Guitars presents In the Shop with John Hall - Converting a Martin D 28 to a D 45
Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bending Brazilian Rosewood
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Blues Creek Guitars - Bending Reference Library - Bending Brazilian Rosewood
Blues Creek Guitars presents In the Shop with John Hall - Quick and Easy Repair Side Crack
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Blues Creek Guitars presents In the Shop with John Hall - Quick and Easy Repair Side Crack
The Pragmatic Luthier sent me here for some instruction. I have been instructed! Many Thanks!
Great video, Very helpful. Thanks for making it!
Nice shop,wish I’d known more about making guitars early on. It’s a very satisfying line of work.
Thank you John for the making of This video.
At 15:30 you mention that when cutting a specific wood you want to adjust the router speed so the ‘heat’ goes into the chip instead of the top, back, sides or the cutter. What do you mean by the chip?
ok when you work on something , you have the TOOL , WORK and SCRAP ( CHIP ) so when you are working on this, sanding , routing etc , be aware of the heat. Is the tool getting hot??? is the work getting HOT so you adjust tool slower speed or faster feed , WORK same thing slower took faster working , and when you do this , the chip is where the heat goes , this lestens scorching the work , and lengthens tool life.
this is the actualk piece that I used for the ASIA Symposium , those that attended , you can now see the process at it actually happened
If I understood that correctly, I think the layout was: stain, shellac, 3 x aquacoat, shellac, nitro for the body, and just shellac + nitro for the top. Which sounds pretty ideal to me, but I wonder wat alternatives there are to aquacoat for the people who are a bit leery of it.
good video, I've had a guitar with a lifted bridge that I haven't been able to play in nearly 8yrs so i'm gonna go for it
It is nice to see how you layer your sealer and filler. What type of shellac flakes do you use? Do you use a clear Aqua Cote filler?
I get the super blonde shellac abd clear aqua coat but it can be stained if you choose
Awesome, I have heard mixed reviews on the aqua coat,I haven't had the balls to try it because of the reviews after seeing it does work pretty well I'm gonna try it so thanks again
been using this a long time , it is a great product. .
Thank you . great info
the machine is designed for the ridgid none of the small routers will fit.
Thank you for the great video.
Great video John !
Do you know of a kit to recreate his 12 fret D28?
Would you reccomened anything other than windex? Its not readily available here in the UK. Cheers
yes try a 10% mix using water and ammonia
I've talked to ya on the phone and I'm email I was supposed to come and by a bending machine from u last April but rest assured I'll be coming up this tax time,, I'm Mike from York county
we will be here and thanks
Thank you Mr. Hall for your Expertise .
side thickness?
.075 in is normal side thinckess to bend
Expert tips, thank you John Hall for making this video!
Thanks for telling us what kind of glue
Brilliant ,.... not sure why I did'n come up wit this myself , but sure glad John did and shared it.
Very cool idea! Do you set it to the desired finished radius, or a bit more, to handle the top/back wanting to stay flat?
Cool
I love jig videos.
Fit the nut in the slot tight and there's no need for glue... No time wasted on it drying..... Keep on working.... Get it done.
Thank you John.
Very cool, John!
Hello please tell me why you use windex instead of water? Does it make the wood relax or prevent staining?
Windex uses ammonia this is a natural cell softener and aids in the wood cell to collapse
@@bluescreekguitars3346 Thank you Sir.
Hi John. Do you recommend a ‘corded’ trim router or a battery operated (cordless) for this task? Thank you
I use corder but I don't think it matters too much
At 1:00 you said, “I jointed the edge so I know my edge is true”. Ken Parker uses what’s called a “Spring Joint” when he joins his top and back plates on a shooting board with his no. 8 Stanley plane. As you know, a spring joint is where the plates are planned in such a way where a slight gap remains in the center. The top and/or back is then clamped together with the center clamp(s) used to close the remaining gap. This ensures that both the outer edges of the top and back plates never separate due to changes in humidity. Of course Ken builds archtops and not acoustic guitars but was wondering if you recommend this method for use in joining acoustic guitar tops and backs? Below is the video link of Ken Parker explaining the use of the spring joint starting the process at 11:15 but I recommend watching the whole video in order to connect all the dots. Thank you John! ua-cam.com/video/uBDwFnex71k/v-deo.htmlsi=sfVcBrNiWyPf4Wtk
John, did you ever try the hand method using a gramil? Just curious if using a gramil is another viable alternative?
Hi John, are there any plans on how to build that binding jig? I like your method versus rotating the guitar body around the fixed router position.
I think www.michelettiguitars.com/Images/Binding_Fixture_Thm.jpg
Thank you cool video!
By wet paper do you mean you had wet wax paper?
no you can't make wax paper wet use untreated butchers paper
I pray my guitar never falls into the hands of this man. Lol
Thank you John for letting people know that you can rough out your saddle without an expensive thickness sander .. I already knew this , howevits great to see people post this on the web .... I have learned a lot from you over the years... thanks for posting all your videos... BTW, your video that explains how to set dovetail necks is the the best on the web .... and thanks to you I would rather set a dovetail neck than a mortise and tenon ...bolt on ... Because you don't have to bolt it on to check neck angle over and over ... I also use a sanding block to do the job like you show . And chalk instead of carbon paper .. it's so fast .... Now as a luthier I'm the only one doing neck resets that all the local luthiers shy away from.
glad you found this helpful
Mr John. I’m fixing to be bending maple sides. Right now I have it right under .100 . Should I get it thinner? I’m Super nervous about it
yes as in the video .075 follow the ideo use weight
Hi John, that was a fantastic tutorial on bending figured woods. Ken Parker (of Parker Guitars) gives an in-depth video series on bending wood. He uses epoxy and linen on the top side of a bend (part where wood expands) to prevent cracking. His method is shown in part 2 of the link below. Just curious what your opinion is of this methodology. Part 1 ua-cam.com/video/uwlFHIGr3tE/v-deo.htmlsi=7ftlDDIT28rn4J54 Part 2 ua-cam.com/video/vjsSIwAikGU/v-deo.htmlsi=-QuYQNp7_KbP8U1k
that may be his method but wood will bend without this extra step. I find the weights help a great deal in telling you when the wood is ready.. Its all about temp control and working with the wood. Ammonia is a natural cell softener and is better than plain water. 275F is a good all around temp Also Ken is making Arch tops. they use a different bracing system. Few if any steel string builders use this method. Ken builds a high end Arch top and he was a great person to talk to the few times I had met him. A class act
Nothing about the gluing needed learned except WHICH GLUE. I still don't know that. :)
Titebond wood glue
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Beautiful wood indeed!
What is involved in "cycling the temperature"?
by cycling I am refering to run the heat cycle again. so you take it to 300F and then set your controller so you maintain 250 to 275F for 10 to 15 min. This helps to set the bend
Thank you.
Thank you! Worked great and is very simple!
I do appreciate the conciseness of this video, but I clicked on it to find out what kind of glue to use. There are many adhesives so it would have been good to include the particular one. Still, I admit the technique is helpful and recognize this gent as a professional.
Thank you Sir! I'll be attempting this on my old classical guitar 🙏
01:09 D-18, result 23:01 23:31 D-45, result 50:58
The neckset is the most important step in building a guitar. If you are a novice I would recommend a trained luthier either do it for you or do it along with you. The last thing you want to do is have to steam the neck back off and do it again. If you are "skilled" you could probably do it yourself. I set the neck with the fretboard taped on and the bridge in the proper place. I use a ruler, straight edge, and a piece of string to simulate the two outside E strings. I measure and check everything " over and over and over"...then glue on the neck.
I own 12 of these with no inention to learn to play... Just love them .🎉