MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL ON BUILDING AND FINISHING GUITARS

[Jingle-Jangle]

The first 5 videos are up. They show me painting a five-color burst on a jumbo acoustic that I built. My aim in doing this is to make professional information available to anyone interested in improving their building and painting skills.

http://www.youtube.com/mrstudiocalifornia

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Future topics will include paint chemistry, prepping bodies, making bodies and necks, geometry, set ups, fretting and re fretting, and as many topics as I can put up.

Thanks to all who have given so much encouragement and feedback!

 

[MedianMusic1]

Informative videos and excellent work on the acoustic finish. It's kind of hard watching you paint without a mask. The voice-overs you recorded when you did wear a mask sound good...

 

[Jingle-Jangle]

My spray booth draws all the fumes away from me--I spray into the fan/filter.

Yes--I did wear a mask for the clearcoats, and the voice over was much easier to hear. So, you know what I'm going to do in future. These are the first videos I've done on painting guitars, so I'm learning how to video as I go!

Thanks for posting!

 

[Cagey]

I'm also impressed. But, I would offer some constructive criticism, since what you've done is so close to great you could almost sell it.

Don't lecture for 10 minutes, then spurt, spurt, spurt, and you're done. All the hard work of imparting valuable information gets lost in the blah, blah, blah. 90 seconds (or less) into the lecture you've lost half or more your audience, with more to follow. Some scripting to create appropriate break points where you can later edit in short clips of the full act to demonstrate a point you've made will hold attention better. Then, finish with the full act to give the full impact of how it's done. Make a point, demonstrate. Cause and effect. Make a point, demonstrate. It's a video. People want to see something happen, not listen to a lecture. But, if you mix it up properly, the video reinforces the knowledge imparted, and associations are made. People will learn. That's the point, right?

 

[SixString]

I'm also impressed. But, I would offer some constructive criticism, since what you've done is so close to great you could almost sell it.

Don't lecture for 10 minutes, then spurt, spurt, spurt, and you're done. All the hard work of imparting valuable information gets lost in the blah, blah, blah. 90 seconds (or less) into the lecture you've lost half or more your audience, with more to follow. Some scripting to create appropriate break points where you can later edit in short clips of the full act to demonstrate a point you've made will hold attention better. Then, finish with the full act to give the full impact of how it's done. Make a point, demonstrate. Cause and effect. Make a point, demonstrate. It's a video. People want to see something happen, not listen to a lecture. But, if you mix it up properly, the video reinforces the knowledge imparted, and associations are made. People will learn. That's the point, right?

Well said