setting up the guitar Getting the perfect set up

[tippie53]

This is my latest youtube tutorial.
I'm soliciting your positive or negative feedback.
I can't know what I'm doing right or wrong if I don't hear from you folks.
So let's hear from you soon and don't worry, I have thick skin.

[thronson]

Feedback to tutorials ...

I've been watching your tutorials and quiktips on youtube since you started posting. I have found them quite good. Your composer and projection are pleasing. Your not so corny that one cannot watch the video multiply times. Which I find that I needed to do with the dovetail series ... it took four times through before I got it. When I get to actually making your kit guitar, no doubt, will be watching these all again.

One thing I notice on the electric guitar kit from lmi, that I needed to go back to the video for measurements and explanations. The voice was just too corny for repeated viewing. Kind of like those "how its made" shows from canada. Yours are more like the pbs woodworkers corner. I'm sure you could have your own series there ... I digress ... here's a suggestion ... perhaps glen could post measurements mentioned on the youtube video description section ... also tools and supply used.

Please avoid close ups of your belt area ... and prancing around in those cut offs ... (humor)

T

[tippie53]

you don't like my choreography ?
that is an excellent Idea. I will try and do that in future Vids. We have a new dovetail vid coming out that will make them more understandable.
We are here to get you the best info we can. We do this without any real plans and I try to make it like you are in my shop. Glenn and I are so glad you see that and enjoy them.

I certainly will in future vids lay out the tools used and the critical measurements.

[Danl8]

Excellent video! I have already applied the information to good effect on my current projects. Thank you, thank you!! The only suggestions I could make regarding improvement would be involve inserting more macro views where useful, but I know that exponentially increases the complexity and aggravation of doing these.

[johnnparchem]

John this is an excellent video. Setup has been one of my weaker skills so it was really good to see your process from start to finish.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

I don't have time right now, but I will watch this. I need to learn to do this better as well!

Kevin

[mnmusic]

My opinions on the video.

• Too much time spent watching you go find a tool.
  A lot of the closeup shots are out of focus. The focus landed on your pants instead of the guitar part being shown.
  At a number of spots in the video you say "can you see this?" and most times I had to reply to myself "no" because the camera did not zoom in to show a closeup of what you were trying to show.

There was a lot of useful information presented in the video so I hope my comments don't get me banned.

[tippie53]

thanks for all the comments.
I may actually reshoot this vid with the advice given. I do this for you guys and Glenn and I are not pros at this and you know that but we love doing this.
I do want you all to know we want to make the best info videos we can

[Diane Kauffmds]

I love your videos; they're clear and concise. There are 2 things that come to mind:

1. I have a degree in applied mathematics, so I know what you mean when you say "geometry", in relation to the guitar neck, fretboard, and bridge. However, I would do one of two things:

a. give a brief explanation about what you mean when you say the term on your videos.
or
b. do a short video specifically on guitar geometry; then you can just refer people to the geometry video, rather than repeating yourself on subsequent videos.

2. This video in particular, should have been shot closer. I would have framed it much closer to you and the guitar, with more closeups on the guitar, especially when you were trimming the wood.

[tippie53]

1. I have a degree in applied mathematics, so I know what you mean when you say "geometry", in relation to the guitar neck, fretboard, and bridge. However, I would do one of two things:

a. give a brief explanation about what you mean when you say the term on your videos.
or

I have tried to be concise but sometimes the mouth keeps going. What I am referring to here is the neck angle in relation to the point of the saddle. In the end you would like to see 7/16 in to 1/2 in of total string height at the saddle/bridge. Too much can over stress the top and too little won't allow you to get all from the guitar you would like. You are trying to match the fretboard plane to the string plane in such a way to get the proper string action height at the 12th fret all while holding the string height. This is what I am referring to as the geometry.

b. do a short video specifically on guitar geometry; then you can just refer people to the geometry video, rather than repeating yourself on subsequent videos.

I like this idea and we will do that.


2. This video in particular, should have been shot closer. I would have framed it much closer to you and the guitar, with more closeups on the guitar, especially when you were trimming the wood. I think we have gotten new cameras and we are playing with the angle and frame. It is a learning process for sure.