
Step-by-step Guitar Making
A. Willis(Author)
Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 7. October 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-86108-696-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this title, the Sussex based author provides accessible text, clear instructions, step-by-step photographs and a full-size plan of the guitar. Readers will learn how to make a steel-stringed OM cutaway guitar with 14 frets from scratch, following the clear step-by-step photographs and straightforward instructions. Suitable even for woodworkers with a basic level of skills, this is a rewarding project to undertake and will no doubt become a family heirloom. Packed full of handy information and expert tips, close guidance through the whole process from choosing the materials to the final stringing up and a full-size plan of the guitar to follow, readers can't go wrong. Plus this revised and updated edition features new and expanded material on: power tools and jigs, bolt-on and dovetail neck joints, alternative ways of making a guitar body, soundboard bracing for a Classical guitar and much more.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
GMC Publications
Dimensions
Height: 284 mm
Width: 211 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86108-696-9 (9781861086969)
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Previous edition

Alex Willis
Guitar Making
Book
01/2007
Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd
€38.56
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Person
Alex Willis has been a boat builder, marine cabinetmaker, marine rigger, house renovator and is a self-taught guitar maker, repairer and restorer. He has demonstrated guitar making at shows and run workshops on guitar making. He lives in Westham, East Sussex.