Selection of the guitar top plate tonewood is one of the most important steps you can make in the wood selection process. The top is the most influential piece of wood that shapes the guitars volume and tone color attributes. So follow these tips and if you find some great tonewood stock, load up on it and use if for many years to come.
If you are interested in building your own custom guitar, the best place to start is with a great set of guitar plans that is detailed, shows you all the detail you required, well dimensioned and illustrated and very very accurate. Available as PDF downloads in both metric and decimal inches on the same plans. We have a great variety of guitar shapes, bracing patterns, guitar jig plans and lots more.
Guitar Kits are becoming quite sophisticated over the past several years. It is a great way for a budding luthier to get their feet wet without full immersion into the field of luthiery and can be a stepping stone approach on your way to building a built-from-scratch handmade guitar.
If you decide to build your own guitar, you are undertaking quite a project. This article will help you cope with some of the experience questions, tools and general woodworking knowledge that is involved with making your own guitar.
You can get a lot of satisfaction and reward from searching for and re-sawing your own instrument quality wood. You can often save up to 70% by doing this, and stock your guitar shop with wood that will last you for years, if not decades, like I have. Learn some of the tips and secrets for doing this.
If you are currently making your guitars with plans dimensioned with fractional inches, consider converting the dimensions to millimeters. This will make measurement, addition and division of measurement much easier and more accurate.
It is a well known fact that you can hurt yourself much easier with a dull tool vs. a sharp one. This chisel honing guide takes through the process of truing up the chisel edge and utilizing the array of sharpening stones from medium grit to extremely fine grit and finally to leather strop.
A lot of guitarists and luthiers alike enjoy arguing about such things as to the importance of bridge pins used on a guitar and whether or not wooden pins contribute to the sound of a well built guitar.
Glossary of Luthier Terms Source: General Information Glossary of Luthier Terms: The guitar making profession as in any profession has its’ share of unique terms that apply or are are used as standard terminology. The list in this article is intended to give you insight to learn about these terms and exactly what they are [...]
