Step-By-Step
Guitar Making
Revised and Expanded
by Alex Willis
Softcover
210 x 275mm
191pp
Published by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd, East Sussex UK
R.R.P.$34.90
ISBN 987-1-86108-696-9
Extract from back cover of book:
Making an acoustic guitar is much easier than most people suppose, and this straightforward guide shows you how. With basic woodworking skills, a modest work space and only a few specialist tools, you too can make an instrument fit for the concert platform.
The guitar described is a steel-stringed OM cutaway model with 14 frets to the body joint. It is ideal for the fingerstyle player, giving good projection in bass, middle and treble ranges. All the stages are fully illustrated with colour photography and clear drawings. The book also includes full-size plans of the whole instrument.
Photos: Colour
Units of Measurement: Imperial and Metric
Contents
Introduction
Part
One - Planning and Preparation
-
Guitar anatomy
- Tools and equipment
- The workshop
- Health and safety
-
Building methods
- Schedule of operations
- Wood selection
- Adhesives
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Fittings and accessories
Part
Two - Guitar making step by step
- The templates
and solera
- The neck and endblock
- Alternative neck joints
- The soundboard
- Soundboards for classical guitars
- Ribs and linings
- The back
- Assembly
- Purfling and binding and inlay
- The fretboard
- Shaping the neck
- The bridge
- Classical guitar bridge
- Finishing
- Final stages
- Troubleshooting
- Care and Maintenance
- What next?
Glossary
Conversion table
Fret positions
About the author
Resources
Index