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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
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
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
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
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! 🔴 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/ 🔴 Che...
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 "Buildi...
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 Wor...
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 like bent sides and slotted fretboards - side bending tips to avoid splits or scorching - recommended th...
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...
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/lea...
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/p...
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...
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, Pennsyl...
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 strip...
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, Pennsylvan...
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 -...
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.co...
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 s...
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