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5 Awesome Tricks For More Precise Guitar Headstock Binding
Basics Of Headstock Binding If done properly, adding wood binding and purfling to the...
How To Use A Veneer Thicknessing Tool To Improve Your Guitar Binding Work
I love the experience of installing the bindings and purflings on my guitars and having...
How To Make Guitar Purfling: Part 2
Now that we've talked about many different options and important details regarding our...
How To Make Guitar Purfling: Part 1
There are many different options when it comes to choosing the wood purflings and...
Guitar Side Sound Ports
One of the things I absolutely love on virtually any guitar is a side sound port. In my...
Laser-Cut Wood Guitar Bindings Review
If you build or repair guitars then you've most likely heard of Stewart-MacDonald, I...
Acoustic Archtop Guitar Bracing – Bob Benedetto
On a blustery day In the fall of 1997, I rushed into a small bookstore searching for a...
How To Fit Archtop Guitar Braces
Fitting the braces or tone bars for an archtop guitar is a critical skill to master for...
How To Make Shellac With A Coffee Grinder
I was working on my guitars that are in the process of being built today and realized I...
Precision Guitar Purfling Techniques Part 1
Installing your guitar purfling neatly and precisely in the bindings of your guitar is...
How Does A Guitar Work? Guitar Physics Part 2: Bridge & Top
In How Does A Guitar Work? Part 1 we looked into what is going on with the guitar string...
How to Cut A Guitar End-Graft By Hand
On most steel string or classical guitars the end-graft provides an opportunity to get...
Guitar Tonewood Supplier: Hibdon Hardwood
I was thinking that it might be a helpful resource to the readers of...
How Does A Guitar Work? Guitar Physics Part 1: Strings
The first step to being able to make the right adjustments to your guitar, to take the...
Jim Olson Guitars – Shop Tour
Click or Swipe To see the Olson shop tour photos: James Taylor with his Olson guitar My...
Hand Carving An Archtop Guitar: Time-Lapse Video & Photo Timeline
This Time-Lapse Guitar making video shows the process I use for sculpting the back of a...
Magnetic Mapping For Floating Guitar Pickups
Getting the best amplified sound from your guitar can be tricky sometimes especially if...
Monteleone Guitars Field Trip
Click or swipe to see the Montelone shop tour photos:An important part of being an...
The Elevated Fingerboard Guitar
Check out the Luthier's EDGE membership HereThe elevated fingerboard design for steel...
Voicing the Back
Voicing or tuning the back plate of an archtop guitar is a very delicate and import task...
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