How to Build Your Own Guitar

This book was written to show that there is an easier way to make a guitar I have many books on building instruments but they were written by musicians not wood workers All too often they are following a method many years old but we now have power tools and there are wood shops where we can get boards planed to the correct thickness The glue of today is far superior to the horse hide glue of yesteryears I use two brass screws to secure the neck to the body For me building a guitar is a fun project When I am finished they look so nice and sound even nicer Because of this I decided to write a book on how to build a guitar and use many pictures to show better details Here in the Northwest we have spruce though it is becoming harder to find Our local Maple makes good back and side wood A logger friend brought me some quilted Maple and asked me to make him a guitar The finished guitar was outstanding It is a fun project to go searching for wood to build an instrument although one needs a bit of patience and happy attitude