Latest Guitarmaker Podcast Episodes
Q&A | Buying or Building Side Benders, Where did EVO Gold Fretwire Go, and More!
DIY Guitar Making - June 24, 2024 20:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Questions/Topics: - Fixing cracked sides - Sharpening plane blades and chisels - Buying or building a side bending machine? - Using cactus juice to harden wood - Bending tips for Wenge - How much nut relief to use on a bass guitar -...
Q&A |Side Bending Tips, Joining Bookmatched Pairs, Controlling Shop Humidity and More!
DIY Guitar Making - June 12, 2024 03:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Questions/Topics: - Introducing my new "Florentine Cutaway and Advanced Binding/Purfling Methods" Workshop! (https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/florentine-cutaway-and-advanced-binding-purfling-methods-workshop-build-options/) - I...
Q&A | Fixing Finish Runs, Installing Mylar Pickguards, Making Cutaways and More!
DIY Guitar Making - June 02, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Questions/Topics: - What is the best way to fix a finish drip? - How to install a clear mylar pickguard without bubbles - The most expensive lutherie tool yet! - Go bar rods from home depot - Building a cutaway as a first guitar - R...
QA | Refretting with Larger Fretwire, Buying Go Bars, Wild Grain and more!
DIY Guitar Making - May 22, 2024 19:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Questions/Topics: - Should you use Carbon Fiber Rods and a Truss Rod? - Making your own bulk binding strips - wild grain versus homogenous grain - Buying go bars - Changing fretwire size when refretting - Where to buy a gramil? - Is...
Q&A | Taptuning Tops, Tonewood Myths, Best Guitar Brands, and More!
DIY Guitar Making - April 27, 2024 02:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Questions/Topics: - Mount Gretna Outdoor Art Show - Favorite Guitar brands/companies - Fret slotting saws - Marketing your guitars - How many pounds of pressure do go-bars produce? - Inlaying into dark woods as opposed to light wood...
Q&A | Sizing Fretwire, Neck Profiling Jigs, Electric Guitar Tonewood Myths and More!
DIY Guitar Making - April 21, 2024 15:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Questions/Topics: - Do headstock templates include space for the nut? - A jig for profiling necks with a router - An audio example of a student's guitar - Choosing fretwire with the right tang size for your fret slots - Leg tapering...
Q&A | Purfling Depth, Instrument Glue Recommendations, Mold Making and More!
DIY Guitar Making - March 22, 2024 19:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR Questions! Questions/Topics: - hide glue vs. titebond - fish glue - how deep should purfling be inlaid? - inlaying turqoise - The "Best" Guitar show - Using waxed wood strips like Teflon strips - Top thickness - french polishing and tru oil - ...
Q&A | Resonating vs Reflecting Backs, Top Thickness, Scrapwood uses, and more!
DIY Guitar Making - March 17, 2024 23:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Questions/Topics: – What do you do with your scrap wood? – Buying pre-bent sides – Best heating blanket for side bending – radial rosettes – thicknessing backs as a resonator or a reflector – Thicknessing tops – Plate gluing jig...
Q&A | Chisel Sharpening, Mesquite for Fretboards, Happy Accidents and more!
DIY Guitar Making - February 21, 2024 21:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Questions/Topics: - Chisel Sharpening - source for dyed purfling strips - bridge wood - amp repair - mesquite for fretboards? - happy accidents - what to do with "mistakes" - the role of patience and focus in nut slotting technique -...
Q&A | Scarf Joint Jig, Choosing Top Wood for a Parlor, Using Slotted or Unslotted Bridge Pins...
DIY Guitar Making - February 07, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Questions/Topics: - Can backs be flatsawn? - a miter box design for cutting scarf joints - Best wood bindings to replace white plastic bindings - Best topwood for a parlor size instrument - using slotted or unslotted bridge pins - b...
Q&A | Radial Rosettes, Soundhole Binding, Pinless Bridges, and More!
DIY Guitar Making - January 13, 2024 02:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Questions/Topics: - Tasmanian Blackwood - Radial rosettes - Binding the inside of the soundhole - Making radius dishes - Paste wax for preventing glue from sticking to jigs - Pinless bridges - Box elder for guitars? - What is your s...
Q&A | Saddle Height, Lint in Finish, Why is My Saddle so long?, and More!
DIY Guitar Making - January 05, 2024 18:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Questions/Topics: - Soundhole Binding - Bone nut/saddle porosity - Saddle height - vacuum bags for laminating sides - solid linings - fixing misplaced fretboard dots - carbon fiber humbucker covers - sanding the contour of the bridg...
Q&A | Shrinkage Cracks in the Top, Purfling Materials, Nut Slotting and More!
DIY Guitar Making - December 16, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Questions/Topics: - Soundboard cracks and humidity - Eastern White Cedar for Tops - Purfling materials for a headplate - How deep to cut your nut slots - The role of patience and perseverance in lutherie - more suggestions on what I...
Q&A | My next build, how to store wood, planers vs. jointers, and more!
DIY Guitar Making - December 10, 2023 03:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Topics/Questions: - Slide Guitar Nut Compensation - Buy a planer or a jointer first? - Stewmac side bending machines - What should me next build be? - Best way to store wood - bridge plates - Quilted Mahogany - Soundboard radius in ...
Q&A | Aluminum Bridge Plates, Bending Solid Linings, Fretboard Radii for Acoustics, "The Tree" Mahogany, and More!
DIY Guitar Making - November 26, 2023 14:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions! Topics/Questions: - Flattening the top radius in the upper bout to glue the fretboard tongue - Bending solid linings or laminating solid linings - What is the lowest fretboard radius used for acoustic guitars? - Bosch Colt trim route...
Q&A | Nut Compensation, Buying a Planer, Bridge Repairs and More
DIY Guitar Making - November 21, 2023 16:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I am answering YOUR questions! Topics include: - What Material Choices have made a noticeable difference, tonally? - An Acoustic Bridge replacement - When to Install Frets? - Adding Compensation at the Nut - What's the next Build? - Uses for the Planer - Bu...
Q&A | "The Tree" Mahogany, Bending Solid Linings, Fretboard Radii for Acoustics and More!
DIY Guitar Making - November 21, 2023 16:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one pla...
Q&A | How much Inlay is Too Much, Making a Saddle Slotting Jig, Tool Flatness and More!
DIY Guitar Making - November 06, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com
Q&A | Woodstock Show, Gluing Frets, Automotive Finishes and More!
DIY Guitar Making - October 30, 2023 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com
Wood Pickguards, Learning CNC, Florentine Cutaways, and More! | Shop Talk with Robert Livingston
DIY Guitar Making - October 23, 2023 04:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com
Q&A | Smelliest Woods, Haze in Finish, Best Wood and Tool Suppliers, and More!!
DIY Guitar Making - October 17, 2023 14:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com
Q&A | Luthier's Mercantile is Closing!!!
DIY Guitar Making - September 12, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com
Q&A | Using Pine for Guitar Tops, Shop Injuries, Roasted Flamed Maple and More!
DIY Guitar Making - September 10, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com
Q&A | How to Install Abalone Purfling
DIY Guitar Making - September 08, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com
Q&A | How Soundbox Depth Affects Tone
DIY Guitar Making - September 06, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com
Q&A | Should you use Nickel Silver, Evo Gold, or Stainless Steel Frets?
DIY Guitar Making - September 04, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com
040 Q&A | Hand Cut Binding Channels
DIY Guitar Making - August 28, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com
Q&A | Lattice Bracing
DIY Guitar Making - August 21, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com
Q&A | Will I Build Enough Guitars Before I Die?!
DIY Guitar Making - August 14, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com
Q&A | UV Cured Finishes
DIY Guitar Making - August 07, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTo find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit: www.diyguitarmaking.com For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit: www.ericschaeferguitars.com
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