Guitar building

A nice illustration from a Spanish edition of Popular Mechanics… Always looking for inspiration…

An older article I wrote that still generates a lot of interest and traffic today. One of my most linked to articles.

If you’ve ever thought of building an electric guitar but didn’t like the idea of needing a number of specialized tools, we’ve got a surprise for you. This method allows you to make an incredible instrument without any specialized luthier tools.

Self-amplified Guitar: Let’s build a guitar. An electric guitar would be nice, but a self-amplified guitar would be neat. I've always wanted to have an electric guitar —though I don't quite play it—, but it's (almost) no use without a proper external amplification & s…

Here is the back of the neck being prepared for the joint. After the fretboard gluing surface is prepared, it goes onto the spindle sander for preparation of the headstock gluing surface.

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How to Make an Acoustic Guitar: Look I'm building a guitar! - Me You're doing what now? - Quite literally everyone else Hi and welcome to my longest woodworking project so far. Let me tell you the story of how I ended up building an acoustic guitar with only little woodworki…

In this video, Dan Erlewine shares five secret tricks to spectacular guitar finishing using spray cans. #guitarfinishing #diy #woodworking #luthier