(Guitar) Strings Attached: From UTF-8 to EADGBE
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Builds custom electric guitars over six months while streaming on Twitch, learned woodworking through four years of evening school and becomes a licensed carpenter. Uses Fest (Festool) tools, a pendulum router for fretboard radiusing, float glass and micro‑mesh down to 1 micron for sharpening, and installs a truss rod to counter ~46 kg total string tension on a Fender‑scale neck. Fret placement needs sub‑millimeter precision (1 mm error audible), intonation remains a compromise unless using CNC true temperament frets, and a planned 34 mm switch fails to fit a 32 mm body so a €35 super‑switch goes unused.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:43Why is a software dev. building guitars?
- 5:17Craftsmanship
- 13:29Technical bits
- 24:15Myths
- 33:01Irreversibility
- 43:15Outro
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