Guitar Making Tip No. 122 -Sitka Spruce for Your Braces
Guitar Making Tip No. 122 is about Sitka Spruce. Sitka Spruce has the highest strength to weight ratio of any wood. This makes it...
Guitar Making Tip No. 162 Grading a Guitar Top
Guitar Making Tip No. 162 is about Grading a Guitar Top. There are a lot of things that go into grading a guitar top...
Guitar Making Tip No. 219 – Steaming Out a Dent
Guitar Making Tip No. 219 is all about steaming out a dent. It's painful when you accidentally dent your lovely Spruce guitar top. It's...
Guitar Making Tip No. 143 – Checking the Center Seam
Guitar Making Tip No. 143 is about checking the center seam. When you join your plates, you need to prepare the edges really well....
Guitar Making Tip No. 254 – Soundhole Label Template
Guitar Making Tip No. 254 is about making a soundhole label template. As you make acoustic guitars, you will need soundhole labels. Instead of...
Guitar Making Tip No. 179 – Gluing the Braces
Guitar Making Tip No. 179 is about gluing the braces. You do not have to glue down all the braces at the same time....
Guitar Making Tip No. 23 – The Guitar Making Notebook
Guitar Making Tip No. 23 is about The Guitar Making Notebook. As you build, it's beneficial to keep a notebook. This is a place...
Guitar Making Tip No. 16 – Building a Custom Guitar
Guitar Making Tip No. 16 is about building a custom guitar. When you make a guitar yourself, you get to create exactly the guitar...
Guitar Making Tip No. 12 – Take a Class
Guitar Making Tip No. 12 is called take a class. One of the best ways to jump start your development as a guitar maker...
Guitar Making Tip No. 47 – Standard Grade Wood
Guitar Making Tip No. 47 is about standard grade wood. On your first guitar, there are several benefits to using standard grade wood. It...
Guitar Making Tip No. 124 – Locking the Brace Ends
Guitar Making Tip No. 124 is about locking the brace ends under the kerfing as you build your guitar body. The more you can...
Guitar Making Tip No. 30 – Lessons Learned From Error
Guitar Making Tip No. 30 is about lessons learned from mistakes. When you make a mistake, the only time it's bad is when you...
Guitar Making Tip No. 206 – The X Brace
Guitar Making Tip No. 206 is about the X brace. The spread of the X brace has a big effect on the stiffness of...
Guitar Making Tip No. 231 – Preventing Plate Scratches
Guitar Making Tip No. 231 is about preventing plate scratches while carving and sanding the internal braces. There is one easy trick that you...
Guitar Making Tip No. 181 – Edged Tools and Guitar Making
Guitar Making Tip No. 181 is about edged tools and guitar making. Edged tools are wonderful to use, and they connect you to the...
Guitar Making Tip No. 101 – Become a Student of Guitar...
Guitar Making Tip Number 101 is become a student of guitar making. In the beginning, you will not be able to spend all of...
Guitar Making Tip No. 36 – Tour a Shop
Guitar Making Tip Sumner 36 is about taking a tour of a guitar maker's shop. You can learn a lot, and find inspiration for...
Guitar Making Tip No. 48
Guitar Making Tip Number 48 is about the build. The overall quality of the build will be much more of an indicator of success...
Guitar Making Tip No. 54
Guitar Making Tip Number 54 is about building a guitar mold. One of the easiest ways to get going in guitar making is with...
Guitar Making Tip No. 55
Guitar Making Tip No. 55 is about building jigs. You should build as many jigs as possible in the beginning. This is one of...
