Guitar making

From maple and mahogany to ash and alder, electric guitar tonewoods each bring unique tonal qualities. This beginner-friendly breakdown explains what each wood contributes to your guitar’s sound and feel.

Setting up the bridge and neck is one of the most important steps in building an electric guitar kit. This guide walks you through proper alignment, so your electric guitar plays smoothly, stays in tune, and feels right from the start.

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In an electric guitar or bass, it's usually necessary to 'ground' the strings. By this, I mean that all the strings should have a path to ground — a wire that connects them to a ground point inside the instrument. Usually that ground point will be the back of a pot or the sleeve of the ou

Build your own E75-style hollow body guitar with Mahogany Body and Neck, Spalted Maple veneer, F-Holes, and Florentine-style single cutaway. Specifications Body Type: Hollow w/ F-Holes Hand Orientation: Righty Neck Joint: Set-In Number of Frets: 22 Nut Width: 42 mm 5th fret neck width: 46 mm 9th fret neck width: 49 mm 12th fret neck width: 52 mm 22th fret neck width: 56 mm Scale Length: 628mm / 24.75" Cutaways: Florentine-style Single Body Center Block Material: Mahogany Body Material on...

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Are you using the right glue for your guitar building? Learn what glue works best and how these choices can improve your guitars in strength AND sound.

Accurately rout binding channels, great for arched tops!

How to make an acoustic guitar series post, taking you from start to finish making an acoustic guitar. In this post, the heel cap is made and glued in place. Happy building.

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How to Build a Strum-Stick Musical Instrument: Here are the complete steps toward building a 3-stringed musical instrument, taught and inspired by the Andy Mackie Music Foundation. the instrument has a dulcimer's tuning, and sounds & plays beautifully. I teach a musical instrument building c…

DIY Jelly Jar Guitar Amplifier : the North Georgia Jelly Amp: You love to play guitar and you love your amplifier collection. But, what if I told you that you could make the most unique guitar amplifier known to modern man. From the hills of North Georgia comes the Jelly Amp. Sure there may be some commercial …