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Making Acoustic Steel-string Guitars Did you enjoy this video? Please rate and leave a comment for us! (｡◕‿‿◕｡) Meet Michael Greenfield, a musician who began tuning, repairing, restoring, and making guitars in the 70s and since then has become a seasoned luthier of bespoke guitars. Having experience with vintage and antique guitar repair and restoration, he brings a unique insight to his craft, creating personalized musical instruments and functional works of art for artists, collectors and those who deserve the very best. His workshop is based in Montreal, where we visited over a period of 5 months, filming as he and his apprentice, Julien, transformed slices of spruce, ebony, mahogany, and other tree species into glistening guitars. It was all of our collective vision to present the process in the most candid, down-to-earth fashion, so in this hour-long documentary you will see all the glue, smudges, shavings, dust, and callouses. His guitars feature Florentine cutaways with spalted beech rosettes, violin-style body purflings and simple decorative purflings along edges, Laskin style arm rests and rib rests, amongst other features. This documentary follows several different steel-string guitars from beginning to finish. As Michael puts it, the guitar still thinks it’s a tree until it receives its first set of strings and that is when the instrument is born. After many months of work, the magical moment when we hear a guitar’s first notes is like hearing a child’s first words. Visit Greenfield Guitars on the web ~ Official website: Michael’s Youtube channel: Facebook: Amazon Links ~ 🎸Making master guitars: 🎸Guitar picks: 🎸We shot this video on a Panasonic GH3: 🎸Using a Benro tripod: Subtitle Credits ~ Laos: Daosavanh Bannavong Thai: Varatit Kiratikit, of Kirati Guitars Visit Kirati Guitars on Facebook: Additional Subtitle Contributors ~ Enzo Mendez, Ivo Cabrera Music Credits ~ The music featured in this film is by musicians using only Greenfield guitars and used with their permission. If you enjoyed the music, please check out the links below: “Mountain Air” composed & performed by Scott A. McAllister Listen to the full song here: “Prelude to cello suite No. 1” Bach - cover by Scott A. McAllister Listen to the full song here: “Impossible Story” written, arranged & performed by Brooke Miller Listen to the full song here: Official site: Youtube channel: Her Facebook page: “V’la L’bon Vent” arranged and performed by Lizzy Hoyt Listen to the full song here: Visit her site at: Youtube channel: Facebook: On Amazon, “New Lady on the Prairie” album, featuring the track “V’la L’bon Vent”: Stereokroma ~ 3 ways to support Stereokroma & our projects 🎸Buy us a coffee: 🎸Buy art by Karolina: 🎸Buy merch from umami: 00:00 Intro 00:44 Forming Rim Sets 02:44 Sanding Rim Set 03:03 Gluing Rim Set 04:58 Wood for Guitar Soundboard 07:00 Inlay Rosette 10:06 X-Brace 12:14 Gluing the Brace 13:25 Julian Sanding 13:55 Signing Soundboard 14:11 Gluing Soundboard 15:05 Carving Braces for Guitar Back 15:29 Gluing Label 15:56 Gluing on Back 16:04 Sanding 17:54 Michael's Mahogany 18:24 Cutting Guitar Neck Wood 19:58 Slot for Truss Rod 20:46 Gluing Block to Neck 21:21 Cutting Fingerboard 22:19 Julian Installing Purflings 23:59 Neck Geometry 25:30 Fitting the Neck 26:02 Installing Truss Rod 28:20 Gluing Fret Board 28:43 Carving the Neck 29:50 Correcting Backbow 32:04 Installing Frets 34:21 Opening Nut Slot 35:20 Adding a Heel Cap 36:53 Adjusting Neck Angle 37:46 Julian Sanding Neck 39:05 Masking for the Bridge 41:32 Base Coat of Finish Sanding 43:09 Layering Finish 43:47 Buffing 44:30 Removing Masking Tape 44:53 Attaching the Neck 45:25 Gluing Bridge 46:34 Installing the Tuners 46:46 Fitting Nut & Saddle 47:38 String Slots 49:23 First Strings! First Sound! 51:07 Setting the Action 53:15 Dressing the Frets 53:46 Polishing the Frets 54:37 Bolt Cover 55:00 The Nut 56:23 Final Touches 57:06 The Case 57:48 Outro © 2016 Stereokroma Creative Services G.P.
