New Guitar Making Section

Please visit the new Guitar Making section of the web site. This section has been added to provide information on guitar making and possibly answer some commonly asked questions. Main topics currently include wood, tools, and guitar building techniques. An outline of the entire section is given below complete with links to all the guitar making content. This section will be appended with new material in an ongoing basis, so check in regularly for new information to help with your guitar building efforts.

Each section contains entire pages covering related topics. Get facts about materials, advise on necessary tools, and how-to instruction on a variety of guitar making methods and techniques often including a video demonstration. Here is the current table of contents of the new guitar making section:

Guitar Making Information

Guitar Making Kits & Supplies

Get the confidence you'll need to make a guitar. J.S. Bogdanovich Guitars offers a full line of guitar making products which include guitar plans, jig and fixture plans, templates and molds, work boards, luthier tools, guitar wood, as well as a highly respected book and dvd box set filled with all the guitar making instruction necessary to get the job done right.

Templates, molds and work boards and jigs are necessary to make a guitar and will take time to build accurately. Having these products will enable you to get started right away working along with the book or dvd box set on the guitar, without spending months of prep work building all the molds, templates and workboards you'll need to get started. You will be able to work on your guitar with full confidence knowing all these things have been created with ultimate accuracy.

Click here for a complete list of guitar making kits & supplies.

Plane Making Video - Free Shipping!

Now you can make your own guitar and work boards with planes that you have made yourself. J.S. Bogdanovich Guitars has released a plane making DVD. This one disc video demonstrates the construction of a curved bottom plane known as a compass plane and the most commonly used plane in the shop - a bench plane. Both these planes can be used in guitar making.

The compass plane is used in guitar making to create the dished surfaces of the work boards used to make a guitar. Both the back work board and the classical guitar solera have dished surfaces. The compass plane will make dishing these easy. The bench plane is used for many aspects of guitar making such as joinery, thicknessing, and surface preparation.

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BUZZ-OFF™ Fret Leveling Kit - Free Shipping!

This kit is a must have for anyone interested in fret leveling on a guitar. Originally develop to quickly level frets on new guitars this handy luthier tool is used on every guitar made in the shop here. The kit is very popular with guitar players looking to save some money by doing some fret work themselves. The kit will work on any type of guitar, is very easy to us,e and is very reasonably priced. The kit will enable you to locate any high frets, then easily level, crown and dress the frets. If you are experiencing buzzing due to a high fret this kit will do the trick. Everything is included to get the job done, and anyone can do it. You don't need to be a guitar maker or repair person to use it. Watch a fret leveling demonstration video of the kit in use.

Guitar Making 10-DVD Box Set Getting Rave Reviews -
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The guitar making 10-DVD box set is now available with free shipping! We will ship the DVD box set anywhere in the world free! The 10-DVD box set is receiving rave reviews from customers and publications all over. Read the customer reviews. Everyone agrees, this is a top quality production. The video series is the first of its kind on classical guitar building and is sure to be a valuable asset to any guitar building or woodworking enthusiast. Click here more info and see a preview of the Guitar Making DVD.

This DVD series will not just help you to make a guitar but will guide you in making a great classical guitar. This essential tool will help you create a truly high quality instrument.

Here is an excerpt from a review, "Everything is of a highly professional nature that will leave the viewer feeling that they've got something that will be entirely worth its value as an instruction, and a reference for the future ...Almost 15 hours! And it will go by without notice. Viewers will find themselves waiting for the next time they will sit down to watch more." - Guitar Maker magazine. Click here to read the full review...

Order your copy of Making a Concert Classical Guitar online, or call today 828-398-8704, we look forward to hearing from you.

J.S. Bogdanovich Guitars carries an full line of guitar building products including templates, molds, work board, tools, and wood enabling you to work right along with the book or the DVD box set helping you build a quality guitar. Click here for a listing of all products