Every guitarist dreams of owning a handmade instrument, but for most, the cost is likely to be prohibitive. The alternative - building your own fine guitar - is not as difficult as you might imagine, given some skill, patience, and the expert guidance of a master luthier. Every step of construction is fully covered, from choice, selection, and preparation of woods, to consideration of size, bracing, and tonal qualities. Each step of the building sequence is clearly photographed in color, with variations to the standard ...
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Every guitarist dreams of owning a handmade instrument, but for most, the cost is likely to be prohibitive. The alternative - building your own fine guitar - is not as difficult as you might imagine, given some skill, patience, and the expert guidance of a master luthier. Every step of construction is fully covered, from choice, selection, and preparation of woods, to consideration of size, bracing, and tonal qualities. Each step of the building sequence is clearly photographed in color, with variations to the standard design shown to enable you to personalize your instrument as you make it. Briston, England-based Jonathan Kinkead has been building guitars for nearly 30 years. His craft is born out of experience and intuition rather than a strict following of technical detail. The resulting beauty of form and distinctive tone have earned him his reputation as one of the world's most respected independent luthiers.
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Great Book in a beautiful shape. Maybe a little slow shipping speed, it took 54 days to come to my home.
TomOM
Feb 12, 2009
Excellence w plans
Took this out from library and was so comprehensive and easy to follow w/o being intimidating... good pics for illustrations easy to follow directions for the newbie or wannabe luthier... like the approach of not needing a woodshop full of high $$ woodworking equip. to complete a project comparable to a Martin or Taylor...assuming you pay attention to detail.
... Returned loan to library and bought my own cc... and ebayed an OM kit from asaa (an ebay seller of Martin kits) great price for the publication!
billj
Oct 30, 2007
Acoustic Guitar
I bought two copies of this book. One for my son, who is building an acoustic guitar, and a copy for myself to be used as a reference book. My son was using a copy of the book from the local library but was having trouble because the book was always on a waiting list. If you are interested in either the practical aspects of guitar bulding or the theory of the acoustic guitar you will find the book to be of value.
