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
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
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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
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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?
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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
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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!
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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"
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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
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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!
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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