DIY Guitar Making
Luthier Eric Schaefer dives deep into acoustic guitar building techniques, sharing secrets of the craft so that you can step up your lutherie game! From soundboard bracing to neck angles to fretwork, no stone is left unturned. Sometimes it is a solo show that delves into a particular topic. Sometimes it is a Q and A show featuring member's of Eric's online guitar building course. Sometimes it is an interview with another luthier, woodworker, or guitar repair tech.
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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:
www.ericschaeferguitars.com
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?
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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 gui...
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 eric@ericschaeferguitars.com
- Where to find prefab materials ...
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
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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
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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...
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 St...
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
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 res...
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?
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
...
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 f...
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
- m...
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!
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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"
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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
- St...
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!
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