Hi to everyone I'm starting to build a classical guitar with a set of free plans for a cassical Torres model. Well, it's my first one, and I don't wan't to...
Hello, I'm a new member. In some ways still a rookie at Guitars ..lol..I was hoping I might meet some people that really know the guitar. I would like to do...
Check www.stewmac.com for guitar repair videos. Also check out www.frets.com for related info on repair. Your Alvarez is a acoustic right? "Fender Family" to...
Hmm, never heard of that before, that Alvarez is in the Fender family. At first I thought maybe Fender had bought them up too, you know Fender owns Guild, ...
The Late Juan Alavarez was a Madrid guitar maker who learned from the Legendary Marcel Barbero.His son is still making.(Check Zavelatas.com) At some point his...
Does anyone have any info on Antonio Duran? I understand that he is a guitar builder from Spain who builds classical guitars with only his left hand as he lost...
... Bill, I admire your determination. There's really no reason why you couldn't build excellent guitars with only one hand. When you think about it,in most of...
Doug, You can check out Borders Books and Amazon.com, they have books on guitar repair, building, wiring, and refinishing. They might also have some videos. ...
hi, I have a very old telecaster with a blonde nitrocellulose lacquer finish. This is a very old instrument (50's) and the body is covered with hairline...
There is a product available from Stew Macs and other places called cello solve. It melts and re-amalgamates the existing finish. Check out Frank Ford's site...
Paul, This is normal behavior, it's called crazing or checking. One of the main causes of this cracking of the finish is caused by changes in the environment...
I found a beautiful handmade guitar at a local pawnshop that unfortunately has been quite abused. It has a cigarette burn on the spruce top. It has a laquer...
how deap is the burn? if its not to deap, you may beable to sand the burn out and refinish the whole top? ... From: ajchance [mailto:ajchance@...] Sent:...
It all kinda depends on the age of the guitar. IF it's old, you are better off leaving the burn there. Refinishing an old guitar is a risky proposition and is...
Thanks for the prior suggestions for my finish dilemma. I'm attempting repairs project initially to work up the nerve to tackle a project from scratch. I...
My son and I are building a flat top semi hollow electric guitar and we have a question about applying the plastic ivoride binding. He wants to make a comfort...
Hi Fran, I used to do this on tele bodies, it worked fine. The tricky bit was cutting a neat slot and I found I had to do the compound bend by hand, I never...
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I picked up an old Lotus guitar for a few bucks as a project guitar and I am in the process of putting in new electronics. I thought this might be the ideal...
I picked up an old Lotus guitar for a few bucks as a project guitar and I am in the process of putting in new electronics. I thought this might be the ideal...
I am new. I am a bass player, and I want to build my own bass. I have a question. I am planing on making it a neck through bass. I am going to use a carvin...
The key to a good glue joint is to have both surfaces as close as you can to being perfectly flat. If you do this you don't need dowels. The Carvin necks...
I am replacing binding on a repair job and am curious if anyone has an idea of how I might cut the plastic binding down to a thinner thickness. The strip is...
I made a tool once for cutting thin strips of laminate. It was a sliding T shape like a scratch gauge only it used an xacto blade with the tip snapped off and...
Hello, All. I have a friend who is interested in the guitar played by Sting. The bouts seem to be more equal in size than a Torres pattern would have, and they...
I bought some plans from LMI for a Martin O body guitar that was very "parlor" like. Try also Larivee as his catalog does have bout and wasist sizes and ...
I have an old (mid-1970s) Aria 6-string acoustic that has more sentimental than cash value. Unfortunately, the bridge finally gave way a couple of months ago,...
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