Month: March 2020
Q&A – X-bracing, Taptuning, and Lattice Bracing
Q&A – Buffing Tru Oil, the 14th fret hump, and the best woods for side bending
Restoring an Old Craftsman Jointer
A friend gifts me a rusty old jointer! In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I remove the rust, level the the infeed and outfeed tables, level the fence, set the infeed table coplanar to the outfeed table, and clean the cutterhead.
Q&A – Backstrip Woods, Headplate Thickness, and Butt Joints
Mario’s Guitar Speaks for the First Time
Reflections – On Steel String vs. Classical Guitar Culture
Updates from Quarantine
Cost of Getting Started in Lutherie
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I break down some estimated costs for tools, jigs, parts and materials to get started in acoustic guitar making. I also talk about the cost of education in lutherie.
Getting Started as a Guitar Maker
How to get started in Lutherie! In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I discuss things like having basic tool skills, learning to sharpen, whether or not you should build from a kit or from scratch, and whether or not you should specialize in acoustic guitars or go broad and build electrics, ukuleles etc… Recommended […]