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Adjusting the Truss Rod on a Santa Cruz Guitar
Fully Compensating a Guitar Saddle | Deep Dive!
Guitarmaking Q&A | Fixing Soundboard Bulges, Making Templates and More!
Acoustic Bridge Removal Masterclass
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I bring you a deep dive on removing acoustic guitar bridges with just a heating blanket and some spatulas.
We focus on the technique of working the spatulas off of each other to carefully and cleanly separate the bridge from the top with minimal damage.
Guitar Making Q&A | Wolf Notes, Shop Humidity and Sealing Cracks
Guitar Making Q&A | Side Bending and Adapting Guitar Plans
Guitarmaking Q&A | How a Guitar’s Tone Evolves Over Time
Guitar #119 | Final Reveal and Delivery
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, we are taking a critical look at Guitar #119 and delivering it to the customer!
In this episode, you will learn about:
– Difference between 000 and OM size
– Red Cedar as a Topwood
– “Dirty Koa”
– Steinberger gearless tuners
– ‘straight pull’ tuner configuration
– making radial offset rosettes
– the bridge as a brace
– Parisian Eye Bridge Pins
– Making a Backstripe
– Lattice Bracing vs Ladder Bracing
– How this Guitar Sounds
– Why Musicians wear Dark Sunglasses
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2 Military Vets Building 2 Guitars in My Shop
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I have 2 Special Operators in the US Military joining me to build their own guitars!
You’ll also pick up many Lutherie tips and tricks! We cover bridge gluing; nipping, filing, bevelling and deburring the fret ends; saddle slot routing; shaping and crowning the saddle, chamfering bridge pin holes; Fitting bridge pins; Fitting tuners; and Nut Slotting
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