Home made Custom Guitar and Bass Guitars

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Heres some custom guitars I’ve built at home that we use in our band Radix Bloom. If youre interested in having one made just contact me and I’ll see what I can do for you.
Using my V2 winder …semi-manual operation. Scatter wound.

Reader Comments

hey I want to start making guitars I was wondering
how did you learn to make yours

#1 
Written By Deshantin on February 13th, 2013 @ 8:17 am

Do they sound like Alembic bass guitars?
Do you have a video playing them ?

#2 
Written By Fili2009able on February 13th, 2013 @ 9:09 am

Nice video. But you should of played them so we can hear how they sound.

#3 
Written By bwbk007 on February 13th, 2013 @ 9:44 am

awesome!

#4 
Written By casper morgan on February 13th, 2013 @ 10:02 am

Your guitars are very interesting ! ! Cool design and very good construction. Beautiful !! Congratulations !!

#5 
Written By emersonluizdossantos on February 13th, 2013 @ 10:43 am

I hope to do this someday. Also with recycled junkyard type items.

#6 
Written By Mason Walsh on February 13th, 2013 @ 11:31 am

I would LOVE to buy a bass from you but… i’m only 15 and no job :/

#7 
Written By Crismej91 on February 13th, 2013 @ 12:08 pm

gorgeous.

#8 
Written By explosiveginger on February 13th, 2013 @ 12:31 pm

Dude you had me already, breaking out the rattle snake strap put me over the top. I am a fan!

#9 
Written By 1777DK on February 13th, 2013 @ 12:43 pm

Amazing!! If I had money, I would soo buy a bass from you!!

#10 
Written By DamnedTheMan3 on February 13th, 2013 @ 12:56 pm

good price for one similar to your 5 string if i was ever going to make a guitar i would use australian ash wood for the surface of the body. who knows it would look cool if you used it on one of your guitars. i would like to see how one like that would turn out. i dont think i could get one like your 5 string if you made it because it would cost P&H as well because im in Australia.
Merry Christmas!. ill keep it if i ever do want one.

#11 
Written By The911SONIC on February 13th, 2013 @ 1:26 pm

@The911SONIC Hey bud, I would charge $6,500 for one similar to my 5 string. I’ve been told my guitars are worth $14,000 to $20,000 as they are easily as good as Alembic guitars. However I would much rather put them in a price range that some musicians can afford not just millionaires lol. If your still interested please e-mail me at alanderguitars@hotmail.ca with some specs and your budget who knows we may be able to tweak the price : ). Cheers!,
Adam

#12 
Written By RadixBloom on February 13th, 2013 @ 2:19 pm

How much would something a bit like your 5 string bass cost to make?

#13 
Written By The911SONIC on February 13th, 2013 @ 2:34 pm

this must be you job
best customs i see :D

#14 
Written By sipimanify on February 13th, 2013 @ 2:52 pm

Friggin’ PACKED control cavities. Astounding work, man. Some of the best I’ve ever seen.

#15 
Written By CyValkarion on February 13th, 2013 @ 3:38 pm

and a video of you playing em?

#16 
Written By MrTURBOJOHN on February 13th, 2013 @ 3:48 pm

u could make some serious money making guitars because those basses are just ridiculous way better than anything ive seen at guitar center

#17 
Written By Brian d on February 13th, 2013 @ 4:11 pm

o.o Man I want one of those basses

#18 
Written By delcorbo on February 13th, 2013 @ 4:12 pm

amazing.. 

#19 
Written By PepeChrumky on February 13th, 2013 @ 4:40 pm

I’m in the process of designing my guitar at the moment, ready for when i finish my my 2×10 cab and tube amp head build.

I love those contrasting stipes on the back of your guitar and neck. Which woods did you use?

#20 
Written By naycnay on February 13th, 2013 @ 5:04 pm

So beautiful.

#21 
Written By Diamond Dust on February 13th, 2013 @ 5:36 pm

Is there any way to get a guitar made thats under 1500? >_>

#22 
Written By Arthur Riddle on February 13th, 2013 @ 6:35 pm

Make me a bass!!

#23 
Written By drelovecenyrocks on February 13th, 2013 @ 6:53 pm

Your basses are insane. 0.0


#24 
Written By IdimmuXul on February 13th, 2013 @ 7:41 pm

you are my inspiration

#25 
Written By mapleleaf123456789 on February 13th, 2013 @ 8:32 pm

I’ve always wondered how the wire holds up to the acceleration/deceleration associated with winding around a variable radius. Every 90 degrees of rotation, the wire goes from zero velocity to maximum velocity……

#26 
Written By ROCKSTARCRANE on February 13th, 2013 @ 9:31 pm

As a general rule what kind of ratio should one use between the number of winds to make the pickup not sound awful? (With as few secrets as you can give away, of course.)

#27 
Written By DepecheMoses on February 13th, 2013 @ 9:56 pm

This vid gets my vote for the most boring on YT.

#28 
Written By Gort Newton on February 13th, 2013 @ 10:25 pm

like, no.

#29 
Written By Gort Newton on February 13th, 2013 @ 10:39 pm

interesting


#30 
Written By cbricel20 on February 13th, 2013 @ 10:41 pm

A little trick that I learned was to wrap the pickup wire around my lead wires then solder both at the same time I put them in the grommet. It cuts down on time and is much more efficient than trying to thread the pickup wire through those little holes. AjinAnaheim

#31 
Written By Aj Yenser on February 13th, 2013 @ 10:52 pm

No, magnets have polarity. The coil has polarity only in as far as which way it is wound/wired. He was referring to reading the DC resistance of the coil. It doesn’t matter which way you connect the leads from the VOM.

#32 
Written By DavidRavenMoon on February 13th, 2013 @ 11:20 pm

Bottom coils is out of phase with the top coil, so they cancel hum together.

#33 
Written By DavidRavenMoon on February 14th, 2013 @ 12:07 am

You don’t wind to resistance, you wind by number of turns. Thinner wire has a higher resistance per foot, so winding to the same resistance will make a brighter pickup with less output.

#34 
Written By DavidRavenMoon on February 14th, 2013 @ 12:45 am

It does it you go fast enough and are squeezing the wire tightly.

#35 
Written By DavidRavenMoon on February 14th, 2013 @ 1:07 am

I love curious George.

#36 
Written By jakatak on February 14th, 2013 @ 1:49 am

im new but what do pick ups do exacly????

#37 
Written By xXZOMBIE666Xx on February 14th, 2013 @ 2:11 am

What will happen if I use 45 gauge wire in a pick up and wind it up to the same resistance as let’s say 43 gauge,
I know I will have less output, but do you know what is does to the sound?

#38 
Written By nangyala on February 14th, 2013 @ 2:15 am

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#39 
Written By abrumy on February 14th, 2013 @ 2:19 am

im a little confused, what you made was a humbucker with 1 row of magnets? is the bottom coil dead? its a jazz bass im assuming, so you could get a single coil sound without a hum?

#40 
Written By utookmynames on February 14th, 2013 @ 2:59 am

What is the stuff you dipped them into?

#41 
Written By Johnathon Smith on February 14th, 2013 @ 3:00 am

Its not clear about the bobbins and the wire. Are they wired in one continous coil somehow. As in the wire doesnt get cut but is threaded through to the second coil. Also if they are wound as seperate coils is direction a key issue?

#42 
Written By outofslumber on February 14th, 2013 @ 3:41 am

Ive been trying to find any videos showing the transition with the wire from the 2 boobins. I dont see it here either. Is there some sort of notch or something the wire sits in when its going to be moved to the next bobbin. Also on a 6 string guitar with a stacked pickup I was under the impression you could tap the coil(s), but am I right in thinking you can only tap a coil that has 2 distictly seperate coils. i.e 2 start and 2 finish wires?

#43 
Written By educate1self on February 14th, 2013 @ 4:13 am

What gauge of wire are you using?

#44 
Written By Ridin24z on February 14th, 2013 @ 4:58 am

first of all pickups have to have polarity to be magnetized
and second of all you can use a multimeter to check if your leads have good connections to the pickup

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#46 
Written By moreenthimu on February 14th, 2013 @ 5:38 am

Ramirez Hello, I have learned a lot from your videos and their techniques, you are a wonderful artist, I want to know is, how many Valter have to be ready to give the pickup.

#47 
Written By ardsj1 on February 14th, 2013 @ 6:36 am

is the wire just copper wire

#48 
Written By LittleTurtleTV on February 14th, 2013 @ 7:32 am

wait… what happened to Dr. George???

#49 
Written By luckyjinxer on February 14th, 2013 @ 8:25 am

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