Episodes
To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:www.diyguitarmaking.comFor information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit:www.ericschaeferguitars.com
Published 10/17/24
Published 10/17/24
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/ 🔴 Check out ...
Published 08/31/24
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 "Building an OM Ac...
Published 08/13/24
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 Workshop in Bernv...
Published 06/24/24
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 [email protected] Where to find prefab materials like bent sides and slotted fretboards- side bending tips to avoid splits or scorching- recommended thicknesses ...
Published 06/12/24
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-build-your...
Published 06/02/24
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/learn-to-build-y...
Published 05/22/24
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/pitches do you...
Published 04/27/24
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 9...
Published 04/21/24
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,...
Published 03/22/24
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...
Published 03/17/24
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,...
Published 02/21/24
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 -...
Published 02/07/24
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...
Published 01/13/24
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...
Published 01/05/24
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Questions/Topics: - Soundboard cracks and humidity - Eastern White Cedar for Tops - Purfling materials for a headplate - How deep to cut your nut slots - The role of patience and perseverance in lutherie - more suggestions on what I should build next! 🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com 🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania:...
Published 12/16/23
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Topics/Questions: - Slide Guitar Nut Compensation - Buy a planer or a jointer first? - Stewmac side bending machines - What should me next build be? - Best way to store wood - bridge plates - Quilted Mahogany - Soundboard radius in the upper bout - More about "The Tree" 🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com 🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania:...
Published 12/10/23
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Topics/Questions: - Flattening the top radius in the upper bout to glue the fretboard tongue - Bending solid linings or laminating solid linings - What is the lowest fretboard radius used for acoustic guitars? - Bosch Colt trim routers - The story of "The Tree" mahogany - Measuring top deflection - Countersinking tuners - Stainless steel frets - Aluminum bridge plates 🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com 🔴 Register for...
Published 11/26/23
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I am answering YOUR questions! Topics include: - What Material Choices have made a noticeable difference, tonally? - An Acoustic Bridge replacement - When to Install Frets? - Adding Compensation at the Nut - What's the next Build? - Uses for the Planer - Buying Fretboards versus Making them yourself And More! 🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com 🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania:...
Published 11/21/23
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
Published 11/06/23
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
Published 10/30/23
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
Published 10/23/23
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
Published 10/17/23
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
Published 09/12/23