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16 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Eric Schaefer Guitars
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I show you how I modify c-clamps to make the perfect clamps for installing the kerfed lining on an acoustic guitar. 🔴 Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
