Guitar Making Methods & Techniques
In this section you will find useful information on a variety of topics on guitar making methods and techniques. Currently, the techniques covered include side bending and laminating, making laminated linings, and the guitar's solera. This information is may hopefully answer some of the more commonly asked questions and will assist with your guitar building efforts. New topics will be added as they arise.
Customers that have watched the videos and read the book keep me busy with questions all the time. I am happy to answer them, but sometimes it takes a while with all that is going on here. This section will hopefully answer some of those questions as well a provide a source for guitar making information in general. Some of these topics will include videos demonstrating the process or method being discussed. There are many topics to cover so we'll take them one at a time. A list of topics can be found in the left side bar under the heading guitar making techniques.
Side Bending & Laminating
This page covers the guitar making techniques most often used to bend the sides of the guitar. The guitar making techniques covered include steam bending and laminating. There is also a video demonstration on laminating sides.
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Making Guitar Linings
Surprisingly the choice of guitar linings on a classical guitar will have a profound effect on acoustics. There are a number of methods employed by guitar makers to create linings. In my experience solid linings offer the best solution. In this section see how to make a set of linings for a classical guitar by the method of laminating.
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Making the Classical Guitar Solera
Making a proper solera is paramount to creating a quality guitar. The final set up of the instrument depends on the accuracy of the solera the guitar was built on. This page provides instruction on completing the solera kit offered here at J.S. Bogdanovich Guitars.
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