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Old 01-15-2022, 03:33 PM
Fathand Fathand is offline
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I found the Grellier plan for an L-00 pretty good. There are also free downloads for a 00 and OM and ukulele.
https://www.grellier.fr/en/downloads.

My interest in building started about 45 years when my brother brought home the David Russell Young book. Lots of good info but might be outdated. I read every copy of Frets magazine and built my first banjo loosely out of the Scruggs book.

I started my first acoustic guitar build in 2019 after building a dozen banjos a flat top mandolin and a couple ukes. I have built 3 to date. I found this book very helpful, https://www.amazon.com/Acoustic-Guit.../dp/149220644X

There are several books out there and depending on your abilities and equipment may be right for different people.
You may find some at the library. You should probably read a few and watch build threads on the net and youtube videos so you have an idea whats going on before you start.
As info, I do not do kits or buy back/side sets, neck blanks etc. I cut everything from rough cut lumber with exception of the top. This creates a huge $ saving.

Good luck
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