The building process behind a custom electric guitar, which will feature black stained ash body with an Chaos Cross engraving, "Wotan's Knot" or "Valknut" mother of pearl fretboard inlay, Gotoh GE1996T Floyd Rose locking tremolo and SG381 tuners, with Zead Labs "Scorpio" pickup.
Intro and outro music recorded and performed by Niclas Olsson, used here with his permission.
Intro and outro video recorded and edited by Niclas Olsson, used here with his permission.
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Signal chain for the intro and outro guitar tracks:
VALKYRIE → Savage Drive (Airis Effects) → Guardian of The Wurm (KMA) → Grindstein (Klirrton) → Engl E570 pre-amp in the loop of the Grindstein.
All music from YouTube audio library.
00:00 Intro
00:21 Build starts - headstock angle
03:47 Headstock and fretboard outline, truss rod
05:28 Body woodworking - center / top wood
08:05 Fretboard machining & gluing
10:59 Body sides & outline milling
14:20 Routing for hardware & electronics
16:12 Shaping the body bevels & neck
19:37 Fretboard inlays, engraving the sigil
20:52 Fretboard radius, fret install, tuner holes
23:44 Fret ends, sidedots, deeper cutaway
25:35 Finishing wood grain & wear, output jack
26:50 Finish sanding, stain, lacquer
30:01 Blood for the Blood God - decals
31:19 Assembly starts - locking nut & fretboard
32:25 Hardware & electronics assembly
34:48 Tuners install & strings
36:22 Beauty shots
36:54 Nicals' playtest, specifications
38:15 DSLR photos, the end.