How To Add A Small Roundover To A Guitar Top By Hand
Sometimes you only want a small roundover on the guitar. In this video, I show how to make one on a guitar top by hand. […]
Sometimes you only want a small roundover on the guitar. In this video, I show how to make one on a guitar top by hand. […]
In this video, I show the process of building a guitar neck rest caul. I use scarp wood from the shop to make a laminated […]
In this simple, step-by-step tutorial, I cover how to 1) carve the truss rod channel, 2) install the truss rod, 3) glue the fretboard and […]
These clamps are excellent for gluing guitar tops because they span the whole width of the guitar body and apply pressure across the their length (well… […]
For daily photo updates on my current builds, visit my Jakalian Guitars Facebook page This will be a custom Telecaster build with the following specs: […]
This method of carving a neck pocket has always given me great results and is nearly foolproof if done properly. Watch the video below to […]
At some point in the build process, you will want to keep the guitar body elevated in order to reduce the chances of scratches and […]
Commercial fret-leveling files are a great investment for luthiers that are making or repairing guitars. But for the casual builder, they can be expensive. These […]
The basics steps are: make wooden plugs create the inlay cavity on the fretboard glue the dot inlays into the fretboard cut them flush and […]
This is a very simple jig, it has a base and two fences. The bolts allow fine tuning of the centerline and also hold the […]
The video is in 3 parts: 1) How to measure and determine the starting position of the scarf joint; 2) how to make a table-saw-scarf-joint-jig […]
I glue the walnut top of this Gibson Explorer-like body to the mahogany bottom using a home-made press machine. Related posts: A Clamping Method For […]
In this video, I make a jig to join two pieces of walnut that will become the top of a Gibson Explorer-like guitar. […]
There are many, (many!) photos on this page of the process of building a custom Gibson Explorer guitar. Enjoy! For daily photo updates on my […]
I’ve always had a miserable time making humbucker routing templates, they are never perfect like the cnc-made ones that you can buy. I know, I […]
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, […]
(See video at the end of this article: How To Make A Guitar Body Template) Get into the habit of making templates. They are not […]