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Shop Rounds | Bridge Design, Lattice Back Bracing, Kerfing, Cedar for Necks, Router Safety Tool

14 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Eric Schaefer Guitars

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I'm taking a look at some of the progress on guitar #85. I discuss lattice bracing versus ladder bracing, elegant and functional bridge design, why running the side braces up through the kerfing is advantageous,...

Installing Frets on Guitars #56 and #57

14 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Eric Schaefer Guitars

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I shape and level the fretboard radius with a radius beam, add fallaway to the fretboard tongue, glue the MOP fret marker dots, prep the fret slots, hammer and glue the frets, and finetune the fret ends. 🔴 Regi...

Shop Rounds - Pearl Rosettes and Purfling, Inlay, End Wedge Templates, Neck Angle Jig, Radial Rosette Maker Jig

11 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Eric Schaefer Guitars

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I've closed the box on Guitar #85 and I'm talking about planning your binding and purfling scheme. This particular scheme includes mother of pearl in the purfling and rosette. I have a wolf inlay to install on a...

Guitar Maker stepping out into Web3

11 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Eric Schaefer Guitars

Hey everyone out there! New to the Publish0x platform. Excited to contribute and move much of my instructional, how-to content on Lutherie (Guitar Making) over from youtube and other sources to a decentralized platform. It will be nice to see some th...

James Hetfield's burning guitar

4 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Aaronaa

     It so happened that I started the New Year with an almost 2-week vacation.It's been raining outside since yesterday, the weather doesn't make you go for a walk or leave the house unnecessarily.I decided to tidy up my works.I have completely forg...

Using the entire fretboard.

22 Sep 2021 1 minute read 9 comments 🍏🍎 Hungry 4 ApplZ 🍎 🍏

Here's a couple tricks I have for spanning the entire fretboard.   This is long winded and if you don't play guitar will be extremely confusing. So music is by nature a series of patterns which can be memorized and rearranged, which is how new songs...

Lively Up Yourself

12 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Flow of Golden Eon

It was an unusual early spring day. I say unusual because where we are located the start of spring hasn’t got a definitive start month/s. Nor does any other of the seasons. We are in the south of eastern Australia. That bit on the map that looks like...

Musical urges

29 Jun 2021 1 minute read 1 comment newb0Xsir

Do you ever have the sudden urge to just write a song? Or even just jam for a bit, possibly making a song in the process? My Monday wasn’t all that bad, but it’s been a hot minute since the last instrumental bit I made in Garageband. So, I’ve decided...

How I built my own guitar !

23 Apr 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Jon92

Have you ever imagined building your own electric guitar ? You know what ? That's possible and that's not even really difficult.A few years ago, I did a fully functionnal instrument even if I am really not a handyman. During this serie of articles I...

Songs I Love: You're A Witch - Harley Poe

3 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments The Sad King Billy

Punk lovers tune in. Hailing from Indiana, Harley Poe has been described as "horror folk" and its truly the most apt description there is of their style; with many of their songs revolving around the macabre and the uncomfortably grimy aspects of exi...