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The wood binding on a classical or acoustic guitar not only protects the edges of the guitar from damage, it acts as a decorative element and kind of a signature by each individual luthier as a method of showing their guitar-making talents. This step by step tutorial will give you the necessary information to product professional results in the installation of your next guitar binding job.
Guitar Side Template Source: Guitar Plans Shaping the Sides For Back Plate: The diagram above indicates the Guitar Side Template that I made for the Ultimate Guitar Building Dreadnought guitar. Note that there is a straight side, which would be the Guitar Top Plate, and an irregular side, which would be the Guitar Back Plate. [...]
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Go Board Arch Mold Source: Tools & Materials Go Board Arch Mold: If you use a Go-Board Gluing Tool (and you should), I would advise that you make arched molds to glue up your back bracing. You will need to make a mold for each of the different back contour that you are using. This [...]
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Classical Guitar Head Block Shelf Source: Guitar Building Articles – The Guitar Neck Tools & Materials Required: Laminate Router: Carbide Router Bit Vernier Calipers Guitar Plans Head Block Shelf for Classical Guitar This may seem like a trivial subject to cover, but come to think about it, one one of my first guitars, I didn’t [...]
Rough Cutting the Guitar Neck Source: Guitar Building Articles – The Guitar Neck Tools and Materials Required: Band Saw Table Saw & Miter Gauge Japanese Pull Saw Coping Saw Rough-cut The Neck – Acoustic Guitar: Tip: This step should be completed after you have cut your neck joint, whether that is a mortise and tendon [...]
