Building an Acoustic Guitar in your Kitchen

This blog is intended to show that it is possible to design and build an acoustic guitar with minimal tools without a dedicated workshop. I tried to document the construction process with photos and brief descriptions of each step; hopefully this site may help answer questions for beginners or may point others to some of the useful sites I have linked to this blog.

The Neck

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With the body sufficiently coated in epoxy, I decided to postpone the 15 coats of lacquering and sanding and lacquering and sanding for a fe...

Carving the Neckshaft and stuff

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I guess I didn't take any pictures of the neck heel carving process, which was the next step. Basically you spend a while turning a bloc...

Headstock Logo Thingy

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Just as with the soundhole rosette, I agonized a little about what I should do for a "logo" on the headstock. Throughout the const...

Fretting and Headstock Finishing

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Now that I've finished up the headstock face (but it still needs lacquer) I thought I'd move on to fretting. Basically a fret is a s...

FINISHING: Lacquering

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Ha! I'm finally there--lacquering! The end is in sight... Actually this part seemed pretty intimidating at first, since I have to actual...

FINISHING: Lacquering Hiccup

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This might be more of interest to the potential builder: I ran into a potentially serious problem about midway through the lacquering phase....
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