My Canadian friend brought me a Norman guitar with a lifting bridge, a belly bulge, and long run-out splits in the soundboard beginning just forward of the belly bulge. These are all symptoms of the same problem: too much tension at the bridge.…
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Quartersawn Vs. Flatsawn: Guitar Bracing
Quartersawn Vs. Flatsawn: Guitar Bracing This is an excerpt from “Roughing Out the Braces” http://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/ Transcript: Now we are going to rough out our brace blanks from billets of spruce. Before we get started with that we just need to…
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Joining the Plates
Eric Schaefer Guitars’ Online Guitar Building School This is a free video from the “Building an OM Acoustic” Course. Click here for more free video tutorials. Was this useful? I would love to hear your questions or comments! I…
Thicknessing the Plates
Eric Schaefer Guitars’ Online Guitar Building School This is a free video from the “Building an OM Acoustic” Course. Click here for more free video tutorials. Was this useful? I would love to hear your questions or comments!…
Making the Rosette
Eric Schaefer Guitars’ Online Guitar Building School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40fGHGK-yPw This is a free video from the “Building an OM Acoustic” Course. Click here for more free video tutorials. Was this useful? I would love to hear your questions or comments!…
Installing the Rosette
Eric Schaefer Guitars’ Online Guitar Building School This is a free video from the “Building an OM Acoustic” Course. Click here for more free video tutorials. Was this useful? I would love to hear your questions or comments! I…
Tools – Eric Schaefer Guitars – Online Guitar Building School
Eric Schaefer Guitars’ Online Guitar Building School This is a free video from the “Building an OM Acoustic” Course. Click here for more free video tutorials. In this lesson we will discuss various tools around my shop. This is…
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Making a Shooting Board
Eric Schaefer Guitars’ Online Guitar Building School This is a free video from the “Building an OM Acoustic” Course. Click here for more free video tutorials. Lesson Transcript: The shooting board is a jig used in conjunction with a…
Making a Guitar Mold
Eric Schaefer Guitars’ Online Guitar Building School This is a free video from the “Building an OM Acoustic” Course. Click here for more free video tutorials. Lesson Transcript: For this course, we are going to use an outside…
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Jointing the Plates
Eric Schaefer Guitars’ Online Guitar Building School This is a free video from the “Building an OM Acoustic” Course. Click here for more free video tutorials. Was this useful? I would love to hear your questions or comments! I…
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