Preferred Suppliers Of Guitar Building Parts, Tools & Wood
The following list was created by the members of the Project Electric Guitar Facebook group. It highlights the preferred suppliers of guitar-building parts, tools and wood. […]
Planning & Design
Inspirational, Motivational And Creativity-Boosting Documentaries, Movies, Shows & Books For Guitar Designers & Makers
For me, guitar-building is fundamentally a creative endeavour. Even though it requires a lot of technical skills in woodworking, fundamentally, the underlying inspiration and motivation […]
The Making Of A Laminated Neck Blank
In this video I prepare the pieces and then glue and clamp a laminated neck blank for an eventual guitar neck. Related posts: The Neck […]
Eight Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your First Guitar
You want to build your first guitar!? You’ve been watching videos, reading about it and constantly thinking about it. I know how you feel. I […]
A Reflection On Trees By Herman Hesse
For those of us working with wood, we sometimes forget where it came from or even what it is. We obsess about wood grain directions, […]
Guitar Design With Inkscape
I used to design my guitar ideas on paper. Then I started to use Photoshop and it worked much better for me, I could design, modify […]
Electric Guitar Related Websites
Books about Electric Guitar Building Make Your Own Electric Guitar by Melvyn Hiscock Building Electric Guitars by Martin Koch (personal favourite) Make Your Own Electric Guitar & Bass by […]
The Mahogany Body
I traced and cut the body shape from a piece of mahogany blank. As you can see, I also cut the electronics cavity hole. […]
Planning and Designing an Electric Guitar
Update: I no longer use paper and pencil to draw the design of my guitars, instead I use a program called Inkscape. See how I […]