Make Your Own Electric Guitar 
asked by allnet on November 21, 2006 2:14 AM
The electric guitar is the musical instrument of the last 30 years. In that time, names like Fender and Gibson have acquired an aura--and a price--that are truly remarkable. For some, however, it is not enough to buy a guitar--the challenge of designing and hand-making a unique, customized instrument is the dream. Since 1986, these people have turned to one book: Make Your Own Electric Guitar. Written in a clear, relaxed style, it covers every facet of guitar design and construction, as well as electronic theory and practice, and full woodworking and wiring techniques--all supported with plenty of photos and diagrams. Now in a revised and expanded edition, Make Your Own Electric Guitar will enable any musician or enthusiast with basic woodworking skills to create a uniquely valuable instrument.
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First of all, I'm not Jeannine; I'm her husband-she bought the book for me.
I have been wanting to build a guitar (and bass) for a very long time, and have been gathering information from a variety of sources. But this book covers it all as far as construction goes, and its not too bad on the finishing side of things. It covers 3 different types of neck construction, and flat top and carved top bodys. Definately money well spent.
I have been wanting to build a guitar (and bass) for a very long time, and have been gathering information from a variety of sources. But this book covers it all as far as construction goes, and its not too bad on the finishing side of things. It covers 3 different types of neck construction, and flat top and carved top bodys. Definately money well spent.
reviewed by freedrink on November 22, 2006 3:02 AM
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This book answered all the questions I had about building an electric guitar. It lays out all the basic measurements you need including Scale Lengths, Neck and Head sizes, nut and bridge sizes, etc. And it tells you what you need to know to modify each of these to make the guitar your own. If you have no idea how to work with tools and wood you should start with a Wood Working book, But if you have basic knowledge of wood working this book will tell you every thing you need to know to use that knowledge to build your very own and hopefully Original Guitar.
reviewed by benzdrives on November 23, 2006 6:06 PM
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Although the superficial first chapters are geared to the clueless, they do provide the background knowledge that anyone would need before hitting the middle part of the book which gets down to the nitty gritty and shows the actual building of an electric guitar, and that's what I bought it for. This book comes close to being all you'll need to get you going!
reviewed by skywalker on November 28, 2006 10:45 PM
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I have built one other guitar in my life 15 years ago and otherwise have little experience. This book walks you through the guitar building process step by step. The guitar I built with this book for under $500 far exceeds the quality of any factory guitar. I will never buy a factory guitar again!!!!
reviewed by avi on November 29, 2006 5:29 AM