Building an acoustic guitar
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Details of guitar building. Building of all parts, assembly, bindings and purflings, fingerboard, varnish.
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Book 2
Building of a classical guitar
First part : Building of the components of the guitar
Guitar building process can be divided into three main steps : the first one consists in making each element taking part of the instrument, the second step is the assembly of the guitar and then, the third, is the finish (set up, varnish).
Chapter 1 : Before starting
This chapter focuses on the materials that are needed for the classical guitar building process, the building of the solera.
Chapter 2 : the soundboard
This chapter details how to make the master piece of a guitar : the top or "soundboard".
Chapter 3 : the neck
This chapter describes how to make the neck of the guitar
Chapter 4 : the sides
This chapter shows how to prepare and bend the sides of the guitar.
Chapter 5 : the back
This chapter is about how to build the back of the guitar
Chapter 6 : the bridge
This part is about the bridge building process.
Second part : guitar components assembly
It's the more exiting sequence : bring all pieces done until now together to make something that begins to look like a guitar !
Chapter 1 : gluing the neck on the top
Chapter 2 : Gluing the sides on the top
Chapter 3 : back assembly
How to glue the back on the guitar body.
Chapter 4 : Bindings and purflings
Making the bindings and purfling, how to prepare the guitar, how to glue them.
Chapter 5 : the fingerboard
How to make the fingerboard, how to glue it on the neck.
Chapter 6 : finishing the neck
Finishing the neck (thicknessing, rounding, etc.)
Chapter 7 : Gluing the bridge
Fixing the bridge on the guitar.
Building a steel string guitar (folk)
First part : Building of the components of the guitar
Book 3 : useful informations
Other usefull informations for guitar building (bibliography, links etc.)