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In this episode of DIY Guitarmaking, I answer YOUR questions!
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
- tonewood suppliers
- Electric Guitar neck angles
- Rosette cutting jigs
- What material to use for molds forms and jigs
- What do you use to oil or polish up the fretboard?
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
- Fixing cracked sides
- Sharpening plane blades and chisels
- Buying or building a side bending machine?
- Using cactus juice to harden wood
- Bending tips for Wenge
- How much nut relief to use on a bass guitar
- Is EVO gold fretwire discontinued?
- Unboxing videos are stupid
- How much I charge for my guitars
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
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For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit:
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
- Introducing my new "Florentine Cutaway and Advanced Binding/Purfling Methods" Workshop! (https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/florentine-cutaway-and-advanced-binding-purfling-methods-workshop-build-options/)
- I have Wenge for sale! email me at [email protected]
- Where to find prefab materials like bent sides and slotted fretboards
- side bending tips to avoid splits or scorching
- recommended thicknesses for bending sides
- alternate jigs to joining boards
- How to control humidity in your shop
- How to control humidity in your guitar showroom
- Removing frets without a soldering iron
- Finding parts for building a side bender
- Using fiberglass arrows as gobars
- Question of the week: Is there a specific tonewood that blows your socks off!?
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit:
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
- What is the best way to fix a finish drip?
- How to install a clear mylar pickguard without bubbles
- The most expensive lutherie tool yet!
- Go bar rods from home depot
- Building a cutaway as a first guitar
- Radial offset rosettes
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit:
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
- Should you use Carbon Fiber Rods and a Truss Rod?
- Making your own bulk binding strips
- wild grain versus homogenous grain
- Buying go bars
- Changing fretwire size when refretting
- Where to buy a gramil?
- Issues with small soundholes
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for a 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit:
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
- Mount Gretna Outdoor Art Show
- Favorite Guitar brands/companies
- Fret slotting saws
- Marketing your guitars
- How many pounds of pressure do go-bars produce?
- Inlaying into dark woods as opposed to light woods
- Lazy builders
- Jim Lill debunking electric guitar tonewood debate
- Neck profiling jigs do accomodate all profiles! (I got this wrong in last QA!)
- Am I going to build a 12 string?
- What notes/pitches do you listen for when taptuning?
- What is a leg tapering jig?
- What 'YMMV' means and why I can't keep up with the internet
- Why nobody is watching my Refretting Masterclass video that I worked so damn hard to make!?
- Buying instruments for the aesthetic value of the wood/materials
- Johnson Paste Wax and the Everything Shortage caused by that which shall not be named!
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit:
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
- Do headstock templates include space for the nut?
- A jig for profiling necks with a router
- An audio example of a student's guitar
- Choosing fretwire with the right tang size for your fret slots
- Leg tapering jigs for the bandsaw
- A case for titebond over hot hide glue
- Bevelling fret slots
- Why Strats and Les Pauls sound different
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for a 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR Questions!
Questions/Topics:
- hide glue vs. titebond
- fish glue
- how deep should purfling be inlaid?
- inlaying turqoise
- The "Best" Guitar show
- Using waxed wood strips like Teflon strips
- Top thickness
- french polishing and tru oil
- fastening latches to molds
- the neutral zone for a dual action truss rod
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for a 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit:
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
– What do you do with your scrap wood?
– Buying pre-bent sides
– Best heating blanket for side bending – radial rosettes – thicknessing backs as a resonator or a reflector – Thicknessing tops
– Plate gluing jig
– laminated sides
– inlaying Opal for fret marker dots
– What is the purpose of a shooting board
– modifying an existing guitar to increase the bass response
– inlaying mother of pearl without teflon strips
All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
Check out the online course “Building an OM Acoustic”: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/ Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/
To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
- Chisel Sharpening
- source for dyed purfling strips
- bridge wood
- amp repair
- mesquite for fretboards?
- happy accidents
- what to do with "mistakes"
- the role of patience and focus in nut slotting technique
- bird's eyes on silver maple
- why does sugar maple burn so easily?
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
- Can backs be flatsawn?
- a miter box design for cutting scarf joints
- Best wood bindings to replace white plastic bindings
- Best topwood for a parlor size instrument
- using slotted or unslotted bridge pins
- building a light box/ light box alternatives
- the 14th fret hump
- sourcing backstrip material
- fixing soundboard tearout along the binding edge
- lint free cloth in the Netherlands
- flatsawn maple
- The 'Best Guitar Show' in Altoona, Pennsylvania, February 25th
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit:
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
- Tasmanian Blackwood
- Radial rosettes
- Binding the inside of the soundhole
- Making radius dishes
- Paste wax for preventing glue from sticking to jigs
- Pinless bridges
- Box elder for guitars?
- What is your sharpening process for chisels and planes?
- Inexpensive Wenge
- Avoiding lint and dust in finish
- more on shattered saddles
- Stewmac's customer service
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
- Soundhole Binding
- Bone nut/saddle porosity
- Saddle height
- vacuum bags for laminating sides
- solid linings
- fixing misplaced fretboard dots
- carbon fiber humbucker covers
- sanding the contour of the bridge wings
- how to deal with lint and dust in the finish
- flat sawn lumber for sides
- maple as a back and side wood
- shooting boards
- spline joints
- difference between rosewood and walnut
- Why my saddles extend out toward the bass side
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
- Soundboard cracks and humidity
- Eastern White Cedar for Tops
- Purfling materials for a headplate
- How deep to cut your nut slots
- The role of patience and perseverance in lutherie
- more suggestions on what I should build next!
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit:
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Topics/Questions:
- Slide Guitar Nut Compensation
- Buy a planer or a jointer first?
- Stewmac side bending machines
- What should me next build be?
- Best way to store wood
- bridge plates
- Quilted Mahogany
- Soundboard radius in the upper bout
- More about "The Tree"
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit:
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Topics/Questions:
- Flattening the top radius in the upper bout to glue the fretboard tongue
- Bending solid linings or laminating solid linings
- What is the lowest fretboard radius used for acoustic guitars?
- Bosch Colt trim routers
- The story of "The Tree" mahogany
- Measuring top deflection
- Countersinking tuners
- Stainless steel frets
- Aluminum bridge plates
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I am answering YOUR questions!
Topics include:
- What Material Choices have made a noticeable difference, tonally?
- An Acoustic Bridge replacement
- When to Install Frets?
- Adding Compensation at the Nut
- What's the next Build?
- Uses for the Planer
- Buying Fretboards versus Making them yourself
And More!
🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com
For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit:
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