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GUITAR sa GUITAR AMPLIFIER & ELECTRONICS xx MUSICAL INSTRUMENT How to make old-time rhythm band instruments. Instructions included for making: maracas, a rubber-band guitar, a slide whistle, a washtub bass, a tom-tom, clacking spoons and a xylophone. Music trio. A collection of elegant, sculptural accessories for a musician. (1) Guitar stand. (2) Footstool. (3) Music stand. Create a classic guitar. Part 1. An overview of the project including materials and tools required to build a 6-string acoustic guitar. Est. cost: $275. Create a classic guitar. Part 2. Making the top, back and sides. Create a classic guitar. Part 3. Create a classic guitar. Part 4. Preparation for finishing. Create a classic guitar. Part 5. Polishing the finish and installing the hardware. An electronic musical instrument which produces the same effect as an electric guitar being played using a slider bar. This effect is often associated with the Hawaiian guitar. How to make decorative mosaic rosettes, the design which surrounds the sound hole of many fine guitars. Guitar joinery. The balance between structure and tone. A guitar builder discusses the problems of having enough strength in a guitar while retaining enough lightness to sound properly. Using the hot-pipe method of wood bending to bend guitar sides. Plans for both an electric bending iron and a propane torch bending iron are included. How to make a guitar rosette from a single piece of end grain taken from a whole log. Guitar binding and purfling. Decorating edges with thin wood. How to cut the rabbet and attach the binding and purfling. How to make an assembly form and a bending form for guitars, vielles, and similar instruments. Includes tips on building a vielle, wood bending, laminating, etc. Tips on the cause and cure for lacquer blush on guitars. Tips on gluing the bridge to the soundboard of steel-string acoustic guitar. Guitar maker's inlay. How one craftsman incorporates decorative inlay pictures on the peghead of his guitars and mandolins. How to repair "bridge lifting" on a steel-string guitar. Building a steel string guitar. An overview of the fine points. Part 1. General theories of guitar design. Assembly of soundboard (top) and back. Building a steel-string guitar. Part 2. Guitar body construction. Bending and purfling the frame. Completing a steel-string guitar. Dovetailing and setting the neck, fretting, and making the nut, bridge and saddle. Advice on correct adhesives to use in guitar making. Chart for calculating guitar fret spacing. Fender Telecaster in leather. Description of the steps involved in covering the body of an electric guitar with hand-tooled leather. Guitar repairs you can make, including wood repairs, restringing, neck alignment, etc. Learning to play the guitar. Try some slide guitar. Tips on playing a Hawaiian style "lap guitar". How to repair and adjust a guitar purchased at a garage sale or flea market. Where to find bargain guitars, a fingerboard chart, plus other tips. Simple musical instruments fashioned from recyclables. (1) Rubber-band guitar. (2) Oatmeal box drum with wooden drumsticks. (3) Xylophone made from metal pipes. (4) Water-glass chimes. Quality guitar for $20. Steel guitar costs less than $20 to build. Electric baritone guitar is tuned one octave lower than an ordinary electric guitar. How to custom-build your own solid-body electric guitar. Design is based on the classic Fender Telecaster, but features several improvements. Simple brackets made from scrap wood hold guitars or banjos by their neck. A description of what it takes to build stringed instruments from kits. Three mail-order kits (two guitars and a mountain dulcimer) described. Tip on cutting the camber on a guitar finger-board. Sound workmanship. Tips on using the router in the making and repair of electric guitars. Rain forest friendly guitar. How to replace traditional materials with alternatives from renewable sources. Patterns and tables illustrate the dimensional changes required. Making curved sides for musical instruments (fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, ...) by fabricating a two-piece bending mold from plywood or particleboard. The thin wood is prepared by heating in an ordinary oven prior to clamping in the mold. Making a traditional dreadnought acoustic guitar. Materials have easy working properties. There are no ornate inlays, complicated rosettes, or bindings. Knitted guitar strap with floral pattern. How to make an accoustic guitar. Full-size pattern included along with detailed instructions. | |||||||||
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