Step-by-Step Guitar Making
Fox Chapel Publishing, 2006.
$22.95; 144 pp.
Step-by-Step Guitar Making
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that book looks awesome!
There's a project I keep trying to find time for, I have two sons who are musicians. If I make a guitar then I don't have to keep complaining that they take mine!
I'd love to add this project to my collection.
have been interested in attempting a guitar... a how-to book like this would be a great reference.
I could use this book to add yet more information, on something else I have never attempted, to the vast void between my ears.
I've played guitar for years and always wanted to make one. This book like just the "tool" to help make that dream come true.
I am building a set of built-in shelves that this book would look great upon....
I would certainly love a copy
instrument making is a very interesting outlet for woodworkers; I've experimented by making a guitar which I posted in the gallery and there is a LOT to making it not just a piece of art, but also very playable - my first attempt was more "art"!
Some fantastic luthiers in our Guild, and I'm getting more and more interested... this would be a great start!
I am in the process of making an electric Guitar thinking that it would be easier than an Acoustic. After I have this one built I am going to try fabricating an Acoustic model.
Having no prior knowledge on how to build Guitars, this book would certainly be helpful.
Gilknot
Sign me up!
This would be a wonderful prize. I have been wanting to take a local class at Woodcraft to make an acoustic guitar for my stepfather as a present. I hope I win.
I can't Play but I can build.
I play the guitare for about 15 years. It was my #1 hobby until I began woodworking.
My dad plays and i build so it is a perfect combination!
I guess I'm in... not that I can afford another expensive specialized facet to my hobby
Love to have this book
I've tried to play guitar for 30 yrs. and have always loved the sound, look,and feel of all types of guitars. Building one would be very cool.
Maybe this time is a winner.
Former boatbuilder, yacht interior outfitter, computer network engineer, and guitar maker extrodinaire Alex Willis is a man after my own heart. His meticulous attention to detail and apparent passion for the highest-quality tools and craftsmanship make the sharing of his guitar-making skills all the more appealing. Sign me up for his book!
Building an instrument always seems so difficult. I would love to tackel this one
Sign me up as well. I have three sons who all learned to play well on bargain basement guitars. I would love to make each of them an heirloom guitar.
This looks like a great book to me, I'd love to have it and even possibly make a guitar. Looking at the ones I own, I figure that it's a fancy box with a neck, kidding. sort of.
I would love to have this book, Thanks for sign me up!
My husbands favorite past time is the guitar. He also just inherited a ton of wood working equipment from my uncle. I would love to win him this for Christmas!
Making an acoustic guitar is on the niggling at the back of my mind 'To Do' list. Count me in.
I'm still working on my first Dreadnought. This book would be a great addition to my library.
--Mark
This would be great.
looks really good, would love to win this
i want to win this
I have been wanting to try making a guitar. This would be a great start to that goal.
That's awesome i am learning how to play a guitar.
This would be a fun project. Sign me up to win the book please.
Fine Woodworking always comes through with top quality articles and information! I am very interested in guitar construction and would be very happy to give this book a new home (or shop, as it were).
Looking forward to the mysteries revealed!
I remember looking at books on guitar making about 30 years ago. I finally wound up making a pair of mountain ducilmers. Maybe with this book - and 30 more years - I will finally build a guitar.
My son is really into guitars at 15 I think he would ove this
I have played acoustic guitars since childhood. I have owned several over the years, and my wife has put a moratorium on purchasing guitars (my two boys also play and when all lived at home, we had 9 of them between us). As an avid woodworker, I have always wanted to build one. This might just be the chance.
I've tried to make kit guitars before. It would be nice to have a good guide to make a really fine guitar. I would love to win this book now that I have more of a shop set up.
I would like to have this as a reference. I am planning on building an acoustic guitar for the worship leader at my church and this would help
I play a little guitar and I enjoy a little woodworking. With this book I can learn both.
I am in the process of setting up shop now to build my first guitar. I have built my jigs and I have ordered some speciality tools from Stewart-Mac. I started playing in the 7th grade and now that I am older and have more time I plan on building instruments not as a hobby but to see if I can build a better one or as good as Martin and others.
My 16 year old son has been asking what it would take to build his own guitar and this book looks to be the answer.
We made a deal that if I help him build he would teach me how to play.
I'm currently building solid-body guitars - this would help with the next step! Please put my name in the hat!
This is a skill I would love to learn.
This is a skill I would love to learn.
This would be an awesome book to win. It's always nice to add another skill to your repetoire. I have built an electric guitar which turned out to be a great instrument. It's been in my mind for a long time to build an acoustic.
I have a good friend that builds Guitars and Mandolins. I would be great to get this book and be able to build a Guitar like my Friend.
I would like very much to win this book
it would add to my wood working skills.
I would like to build a guitar.
Thanks! I just made space in my workshop bookcase for this book - now if I only had room to make this...
I don't even play the guitar, but for some crazy reason, I have always had a desire to make one. It's a wonder to me how one can take wood and shape it to make such a wonderful sound.
I'm a guitar player, why not a guitar maker?
I've always wanted to make my own guitar. As well, being a left-handed guitar player limits one to
very few guitars out there. So if I can make my own, that won't be an issue.
I've acquired several guitars through the years in various stages of disrepair; face/back side separation, to neck warpage, to sculpted backs and filleted faces and missing pieces of marquetry. Always challenged regarding "best" way to mend (or, in a few bold situations, continuing to make amends) while trying to at least "do no harm" to what could either be a collector's piece, or a "beach guitar." I'm far from being able to listen to a stringed instrument then being able to remove mass from the inside face to change the quality of an instrument's sound, as a luthier might, but the fun of it all is in the trying.
Here's my address to send it to!
I've acquired several guitars through the years in various stages of disrepair; face/back side separation, to neck warpage, to sculpted backs and filleted faces and missing pieces of marquetry. Always challenged regarding "best" way to mend (or, in a few bold situations, continuing to make amends) while trying to at least "do no harm" to what could either be a collector's piece, or a "beach guitar." I'm far from being able to listen to a stringed instrument then being able to remove mass from the inside face to change the quality of an instrument's sound, as a luthier might, but the fun of it all is in the trying.
I started playing guitar in High School over 45 years ago. I was a victim in a near fatal car crash and was totally paralyzed for several months. I have fought my way back and can now play guitar again. I was an Industrial Arts teacher and taught Woodshop for many years at a school for handicapped children. I would love a book on how to make a guitar. It would be great therapy to make my own.
I really enjoy reading your articles, keep up the good work!
About to start my 4th guitar - this would be a great addition to my puny library on the subject.
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I've played for years and thought about building one.
My grandson Addison is learning how to play and an instrument made with my own hands would make a wonderful gift,
I've played one for years and have done restoration on others, but I would like to build one.
As a woodworker and acoustic guitar fan I have for many years wanted to build my own guitar. Why not? For me it's because building a flawless piece without instruction, well I consider it out of reach. Given the proper instruction, however, I think I would give it a try. I believe building a flat top acoustic guitar would be my supreme challenge. This book could help me get it done.
I've got some nice, tight-grained Sitka waiting to be turned into a top.
I have been playing guitar for over 40 years. The thoughts of building my own guitar has crossed my mind many times, but it has always seemed too difficult.
Just starting to build my own guitar in November. This would be a great resource to the books I have already purchased.
Good Luck everyone,
Mike
what better way to add to my knowledge than to build a guitar with the help of this great how to book. a perfect gift for the holidays and hand built as well. the book would be a valued addition to my library of how to books.
I owned a guitar ( a cheap one) as teenager and I broke the neck one night when I sat on it because I had been drinking. I was quite upset with myself and wanted to try to fix it. I knew nothing about fixing guitars but I liked to take things apart to see how they work and then was often able to fix things. I could not fix my guitar though. I kept it for a long time after that. I came across a guitar shop and went in and asked about fixing guitars. I told the shopkeeper that I had taken the guitar apart to try to fix it. He laughed at me and said that is like me taking the engine out of a car because it is not working. I know nothing about cars he said laughing again. I said thank you and left the shop somewhat sheepishly. The guitar was thrown away. I did buy another one to use for singing with my class at school. I would love to build a guitar in my retirement which is now very close.
Building an acoustic guitar is an idea I've kicked around over the years, but never seriously until lately. This looks like a good addition to the library.
I started guitar lessons a couple of years ago, 50 years
later than I first thought about it. I've been thinking about
building a guitar and also repairing an ancient one I rescued
from someone's trash. At any rate I'll have to check out the book whether or not I'm the lucky recipient.
I think I'll just buy the book.
I repaired guitars for 15 years, but have never built one. This may inspire me to take that next step!
Thanks, I'd love to have a chance at winning this book.
I would to love to make a guitar to fill the void of Norm on T.V. Thanks for the offer.
I have been looking for something just like this! I really hope I win!
My son has done a lot of rebuilding guitars. This would be an excellent book for him.
Looks like fun!
I would love to win this book. It sounds great. [email protected]
Please enter me into into the contest. Thanks!
i really would love to win this book, thanks!
I would love to win this, thanks for the chance!
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I'm new to this "Beg for a book bit" but I'm not above it. Please make me the lucky winner of the making a plywood guitar from scratch book and I will be the happiest person on this list of beggars. On a much sadder note we will all miss Norm as he gave us wannabes hope.
This would be so cool!! Please pick me!
A want this Book...!!! Please, pick me..:)
Retired and need something to do between lathe projects
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