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DIY Guitar Making — 86 episodes

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The MOST EFFICIENT workbench Setup I've Ever Built!

2

Using Figured Woods for Guitar Tops | The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

3

Tru Oil Finish Application on Guitar #116

4

Q&A | Truss Rod Length, Mouse and Carrot for Finishing Application and More!

5

Q&A | Another Tool Company FOLDS, Headstock Repair, and More!

6

Q&A | Jigs, Top Deflection, Guitar Shows and More!

7

Q&A | Truss Rods, Alternative Side Bracing and More!

8

Q&A | When can you call yourself a Luthier? Harbor Freight Go Bars, and More!

9

Q&A | Compound Fretboard Radius, Carbon Fiber inserts, and MORE!

10

Q&A | Nut Materials, Neck Movement and More!

11

Q&A | Repairs on Cheap Guitars, Bandsaws for resawing and More!

12

Saddle Intonation, Chladni Patterns and More | Guitar Making Q&A

13

Guitarmaking Q&A | Fixing Soundboard Bulges, Making Templates and More!

14

Guitar Making Q&A | Wolf Notes, Shop Humidity and Sealing Cracks

15

Guitarmaking Q&A | Side Bending and Adapting Guitar Plans

16

Guitarmaking Q&A | How a Guitar's Tone Evolves Over Time

17

First Luthier Q&A in the New Shop Location!

18

Q&A | Harp Guitar Resto, Fretboard Polish, Top Cracks, and More!

19

Resawing for Lutherie and Q&A

20

Guitarmaking Q&A | Setting up your Lutherie Shop and More!

21

Q&A Building Jigs and Forms, Fretboard Polish, Rosette Cutters

22

Q&A | Buying or Building Side Benders, Where did EVO Gold Fretwire Go, and More!

23

Q&A |Side Bending Tips, Joining Bookmatched Pairs, Controlling Shop Humidity and More!

24

Q&A | Fixing Finish Runs, Installing Mylar Pickguards, Making Cutaways and More!

25

QA | Refretting with Larger Fretwire, Buying Go Bars, Wild Grain and more!

26

Q&A | Taptuning Tops, Tonewood Myths, Best Guitar Brands, and More!

27

Q&A | Sizing Fretwire, Neck Profiling Jigs, Electric Guitar Tonewood Myths and More!

28

Q&A | Purfling Depth, Instrument Glue Recommendations, Mold Making and More!

29

Q&A | Resonating vs Reflecting Backs, Top Thickness, Scrapwood uses, and more!

30

Q&A | Chisel Sharpening, Mesquite for Fretboards, Happy Accidents and more!

31

Q&A | Scarf Joint Jig, Choosing Top Wood for a Parlor, Using Slotted or Unslotted Bridge Pins...

32

Q&A | Radial Rosettes, Soundhole Binding, Pinless Bridges, and More!

33

Q&A | Saddle Height, Lint in Finish, Why is My Saddle so long?, and More!

34

Q&A | Shrinkage Cracks in the Top, Purfling Materials, Nut Slotting and More!

35

Q&A | My next build, how to store wood, planers vs. jointers, and more!

36

Q&A | Aluminum Bridge Plates, Bending Solid Linings, Fretboard Radii for Acoustics, "The Tree" Mahogany, and More!

37

Q&A | Nut Compensation, Buying a Planer, Bridge Repairs and More

38

Q&A | How much Inlay is Too Much, Making a Saddle Slotting Jig, Tool Flatness and More!

39

Q&A | Woodstock Show, Gluing Frets, Automotive Finishes and More!

40

Wood Pickguards, Learning CNC, Florentine Cutaways, and More! | Shop Talk with Robert Livingston

41

Q&A | Smelliest Woods, Haze in Finish, Best Wood and Tool Suppliers, and More!!

42

Q&A | Luthier's Mercantile is Closing!!!

43

Q&A | Using Pine for Guitar Tops, Shop Injuries, Roasted Flamed Maple and More!

44

Q&A | How to Install Abalone Purfling

45

Q&A | How Soundbox Depth Affects Tone

46

Q&A | Should you use Nickel Silver, Evo Gold, or Stainless Steel Frets?

47

040 Q&A | Hand Cut Binding Channels

48

Q&A | Lattice Bracing

49

Q&A | Will I Build Enough Guitars Before I Die?!

50

Q&A | UV Cured Finishes

51

Q&A | Titebond vs. Hide Glue

52

Q&A | What has the Greatest Impact on Tone?

53

Q&A | How to Make a Radius Dish

54

Q&A | Are Flattop Guitars really Flat?

55

Q&A | What do YOU use Scrapwood for?

56

Q&A | Why use Carbon Fiber Neck Reinforcements?

57

Q&A | Do Pickguards affect Tone?

58

Q&A | Can I Build a Guitar without a Radius Dish?

59

Q&A | Cutting All your Nut Slots with just ONE File!

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Q&A | How Long does it take to Build an Acoustic Guitar?

61

Q&A | Preventing 'Ghost Vibrations' from your Truss Rod

62

Q&A | Should I Finish the Inside of the Soundbox?

63

Q&A | Are Equal String Break Angles at the Nut Important?

64

Q&A | Is AAAA Engelmann Spruce Better than Grade A Sitka?

65

Q&A | Do I need to Pore Fill before Finish?

66

Q&A February 18 2022

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Q&A plus A New Guitar Speaks for the First Time

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Guitar Making Q&A from February 2022

69

Q&A | Buffing Tru Oil, the 14th Fret Hump, Best Woods for Side Bending

70

Q&A | Backstrip Woods, Headplate Thickness, and Butt Joints

71

Q&A | Teak Tonewood, Jackplane Angles and Katalox Necks

72

Guitar Making Q&A from October 2018

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Guitar Making Q&A from August 2018

74

Chisels and Planes for Luthiers

75

Handsaws for Luthiers

76

Measuring and Marking Tools for Luthiers

77

Clamps for Guitar Making

78

Buying Equipment for Guitar Making

79

Torrefied Wood Explained

80

Understanding Guitar Body Sizes

81

Q&A - Natural Harmonics, Reverse Kerfing, and Bevelling Side Braces

82

Analyzing the Guitar String

83

Interview with Jim Harris

84

Sourcing Wood for Guitar Builds

85

Fretting

86

Introduction and the Role of the Soundbox