Category: Guitar Repair

Fixing Mistakes on Guitar #86

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I am preparing my new Parlor Guitar prototype for the finishing room. The first step is circling back around to all of the little nicks, indentations, tearouts, and all other blemishes. In this

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Evaluating Repairs on a Cheap Guitar

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, we are taking a look at a cheap Carlos Brand Acoustic Guitar and diagnosing the necessary repairs. 🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com 🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop

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Repairing a Deep Soundboard Chipout

Oh no! I accidentally chipped a huge chunk of wood out of my guitar top! In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I will attempt to repair the gouge. 🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com 🔴 Register for an 9

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Q&A | What has the Greatest Impact on Tone, 16 Fret Guitars, Parlor Plans, Fixing a Sunken Backplate

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I’m answering YOUR questions on the element of guitar making that most influences the tone, adjusting neck to body joint dimensions, sourcing guitar plans, fixing a sunken backplate and more! 🔴 All episodes

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Final Day of a Guitar Build Workshop at Eric Schaefer Guitars | Inside Look at what Students Learned

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I’m taking you along with me as students Mike and Tom complete their 9 day acoustic guitar builds. Tips on fret end dressing, saddle routing, saddle shaping, fitting tuners, nut slotting and more

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Fretting – Podcast Ep. 2

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I cover some fret installation basics including fretboard materials, fretwire selection, hammering frets versus pressing frets, securing fret ends, dealing with chipout, and gluing in frets.

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Les Paul Refret with Evo Gold

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I refret a Gibson Les Paul with evo gold fretwire. The main focus of the video is on removing the frets, levelling and radiusing the fretboard, installing the new frets, bevelling and dressing

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Upgrading a Cheap Banjo by Replacing a Fifth String Friction Peg with a Geared Peg

The fifth string tuner on a banjo is often a cheap friction peg and can be upgraded to a geared tuner. In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, watch as I make this easy modification on a Harmony banjo.

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Q&A – Teak tonewood, Jackplane Angles and Katalox necks

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making: Can you use Teak as an instrument wood? Standard angle or alternate angles for jackplanes? How does Katalox compare to Rosewood for guitar necks?

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Making Mistakes as a Guitar Builder: A Critical Look at my Worst Guitar

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I take a critical look at the worst guitar I ever built. I point out flaws and discuss strategies for improving and avoiding some of the common mistakes that luthiers make. Mistakes include

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