I discuss the potential of CITES II updates for 2019 and specifically appendix II rosewood and how these changes affect luthiers and traveling musicians. I also give a nice little rant about rosewood obsession at the end.
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All Rosewood is under Appendix II protection of CITES. What is CITES? How does it affect us as luthiers, instrument dealers, and traveling musicians? I answer all this and more in this informal guide. Disclaimer: This is not an official source on CITES.
CITES Guide for Luthiers and Traveling Musicians from Eric Schaefer on Vimeo.
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I discuss a selection of tools that have been a very welcome addition to my shop. These tools are not the “necessary” tools of luthiers, but rather, tools that make guitar building more efficient, more precise, or just plain fun.
The Tools:
– Rolling Pin Sander from Elevate Lutherie
– Robo-sander
– Japanese Curved Edge Mini-Saw from Stewart Macdonald
– The Radial Rosette Maker
– Shinto Rasp
– Komelon Speed Cut Saw
To purchase the Radial Rosette Maker jig visit: https://ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/
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This episode is about improving comfort and efficiency in your guitar building workshop. I share 3 “hacks” that I’ve used to alter my environment for a better flow.
1. Radius dish workstation
2. A go-bar deck that goes
3. Workbench lightbox
My instructional article for building the workbench lightbox: https://ericschaeferguitars.com/install-a-workbench-light-box/
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That’s right. The concept of tonewoods as applied to solidbody electric guitars is a myth. I explain how the original concept of tonewoods as applied to acoustic guitars is taken out of context and used to infer that the choice of wood for a solid body guitar actually matters.
Please share this video with someone you love, who still believes in the fallacy of electric guitar tonewoods.
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Today’s topics include:
bending florentine cutaways, sourcing guitar plans, creating headstock inlays, deciding the dimensions of a mortise and tenon, installing fretboard inlays on a finished guitar, radiusing fretwire, and radiusing the soundbox.
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In this series, I talk about bending guitar sides with a side bending machine as opposed to bending by hand around a hot pipe. I talk about the pros, the cons, and the practical tips on bending wood. And I demonstrate my side bending procedure with the side bending machine.
In this third and final part I demonstrate the way that I use my fox-style bending machine to get perfectly bent sides without any scorching.
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In this series, I talk about bending guitar sides with a side bending machine as opposed to bending by hand around a hot pipe. I talk about the pros, the cons, and the practical tips on bending wood. And I demonstrate my side bending procedure with the side bending machine.
In this second part I talk about the necessary items for side bending including the thermal blanket, the controller, the bending slats and more.
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In this series, I talk about bending guitar sides with a side bending machine as opposed to bending by hand around a hot pipe. I talk about the pros, the cons, and the practical tips on bending wood. And I demonstrate my side bending procedure with the side bending machine.
In this first part I talk about the machine itself, designed by Charles Fox, and I talk about building the forms and waist press shoes necessary for using the side bender.
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I use a lot of Sapele here in the shop! I talk about my experiences and those of my students with using Sapele including how it bends, how it carves, the aesthetics, and it’s mechanical properties.
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