Fret Crowning Files (Luthier’s Guide)
The importance of doing great fret work on your guitars can not be over stressed, and having the right fret crowning file can help you do your best work in less time and with less frustration. I believe quality fretwork plays a large part in making your guitars feel more comfortable and look great too. If you’re a guitar player, …
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Luthier’s EDGE Meet The Member – Karan Singh
Luthier’s EDGE Meet The Member: Karan Singh Can you tell me a little bit about your background (your story) and how you got started making guitars? My profession in an earlier life was running workshops on Team Building and Leadership Development for different organizations, as a consultant. I would also coach them one on one to help them …
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The Luthier’s Cabinet – The Art Of Lutherie Podcast #6
A Luthier’s Cabinet can help protect your guitars, improve your guitar shop workflow and improve your peace of mind during the building process (Blueprints)
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A Simple Guitar Finishing Trick – Art Of Lutherie Podcast #5
A simple guitar finishing technique specifically for French polishing resinous woods like cocobolo PLUS we take it a step further with a great bonus tip too.
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Luthier’s EDGE Meet The Member: James Orr
Luthier’s EDGE Meet The Member: James Orr When did you start building guitars and why? When I was in 10th grade I was playing guitar in jazz band, and the music store I went to for private lessons hosted clinics for Taylor Guitars all the time. I remember going to see Pat Kirtley, Doyle Dykes, etc. That was back in …
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Best Way To Install Frets: Guitar Fret Press VS Fret Hammer
When it comes to installing frets each luthier has his or her own preferences on methods and tools to use. However, If you haven’t built your first guitar yet the conflicting information from various sources can be very confusing. It doesn’t have to be complicated though, and in this article, my goal is to look at two of the main …
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What Is The Best Glue For Guitar Building? (Luthier Glue Guide)
Maybe you never really thought about it much or just used whatever adhesive was recommended in your instructional lutherie book or course, which is a great place to start – I know I started out that way. But as I grew as a luthier and gained experience, I began to discover a secret that helped me improve and refine my …
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Making Master Guitars: An Awesome Book Every Luthier Needs!
One thing that I believe is important to keep in mind as I build my guitars each day is that I am only able to do the work I do because of the men and women who came before me. Those skilled craftspeople who were brave enough and generous enough to share their hard-won wisdom with the rest of us, …
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Get Better Tuning Stability & Sustain: Optimizing Guitar Tuning Machines
I find that many times the act of refining the smallest details of my guitar can yield big improvements in design. A mistake that is easy to make as a luthier is to feel like the path to improving your guitar consists of some monumental task like a total redesign of your bracing, a new body shape, or a radical …
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The Guild Of American Lutherie: Meet The Maker Tom Bills
This morning I had an amazing experience as I sat quietly drinking a coffee and reading the latest issue of the Guild Of American Lutherie magazine. Sitting here today in my workshop at the same bench I had when I first joined the GAL (Guild Of American Lutherie) back in 1998, I couldn’t help but reflect on all the years …
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