Not all luthiers utilize these handy jacks as they are used to hold the pre-bent guitar sides tight against an inside form. I do use the inside form and I love it for many reasons. I won’t go into that right now as that will be another article, but I can say that I feel [...]

Bending Guitar Sides Source: Guitar Building Articles/The Guitar Sides The Art of Bending Guitar Sides This article is intended to act as just an overview of each of (3) methods of bending guitar sides that are available to you. I know that there are additional devices and method that are available an if you are [...]

Thickness Sand or Plane Your Guitar Plates Source: Wood Preparation One of the harder operations in guitar making is getting the top plate and back/side sets to a consistent thickness. If you posses either a good thickness planer and or a thickness sander, you are all set and you need not even be concerned with [...]

Guitar Wood Supplier Links Source: Guitar Wood Selection We have put together a rather comprehensive listing of guitar wood suppliers. Some of these suppliers handle mostly back/side sets, other mostly top tonewood. Some have a large selection of both and the really large suppliers also handle guitar hardware, luthier tools, benders, books and lots of [...]

Guitar Building Handtools Source: Guitar Building Tools One of the first things that comes to mind from first time guitar makers is,what are the minimum tools that are required to make a guitar and what experience is required? The purchase of your tools is one of the most important decisions that you will make. Buying [...]

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 [...]

Rules To Live By In The Guitar Shop: If you are building your first guitar, you should have a basic knowledge of woodworking tools, their function, capacity and a knowledge of how to use them. If you don’t I would suggest getting your hands on a good woodworking book and do some in-depth studying on [...]

Woodslicer Bandsaw Blade from Highland Hardware. Give yourself a break and use this great bandsaw blade. If you decide to get serious about guitar building as a hobby or as a profession, at some point in time you will want to explore merits of resawing your own wood blanks. Now I’m not talking about logging [...]

Go Board Clamping Tool Jig One of the guitar specialty tools you should have to do without. Have you ever heard of a “Go-Board“? That is the slang term for a great jig or specialized guitar making tool that will quickly and efficiently let you glue the braces on your top and back plates. If [...]

Guitar Building Outside Mold Source: Guitar Jigs & Molds // Ultimate Guitar OnLine on Facebook Ultimate Guitar Building. The information source for all of your guitar building needs. Guitar making, guitar construction, guitar building or lutherie, whatever you call it, all boils down to the same thing – how to make your own guitar or [...]