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08-14-2012, 04:10 PM
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Hey Brad. I just pulled a couple of my books of the shelf. I can't say whether they're the best or not but:
* Guitar Player Repair Guide 3rd Edition - Dan Erlewine (great all around book, moreso for includes electrics) * The Acoustic Guitar Handbook, how to buy, maintain, set up, troubleshoot, and repair your guitar - Paul Balmer. These are both available at Amazon so you can have a closer look. 
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08-14-2012, 05:23 PM
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The best that I've seen are two by Don Teeter. Not sure if they are still published. One by Hideo Kamimoto also quite good.
Tom
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08-15-2012, 09:34 AM
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Not a book, but an on-line encyclopedia of guitar how-to's and construction knowledge, including tools, procedures, and case histories: Frank Ford's FRETS.com http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/pagelist.html
 FRETS.com has been around for a long time and has been a treasure trove for many of us weekend tinkerers. And be sure to check out Frank's FRETS.net (http://fretsnet.ning.com/), a forum for builders and repairers, professional and wanna be, like me.
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08-15-2012, 09:45 AM
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I've also got Erlewine's book and it does have good, well organized advice. As Dru had mentioned though, it's got a lot of electric content and I'd say more so than acoustic.
Frankly, between general searches on the internet and in particular, the good people on this Build and Repair subforum, I hardly ever open that book anymore.
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08-15-2012, 10:49 AM
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I found the Erlewine and Balmer books used on Amazon for less than $10 for both, so at that price I ordered them. The frets.com web site is great also. Thanks for the heads up. Of course the combined knowledge of the fine members of AGF have been a lot of help. On that subject, I am going to build a replacement bridge with some rosewood I have. Any advice or things to look out for? I do plan on making it overall about 1/8" larger to cover the old footprint. Getting rid of the saddle box and screws also. How about which glue to use? I have tightbond and liquid hide glue. I will be putting a new bridge plate on also. I am concerned about the old bridge pin holes in the top. Plug and sand them too?
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08-15-2012, 12:11 PM
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 This is part of his section on Glues from FRETS.com (referenced earlier): http://frets.com/FretsPages/Luthier/.../hideglue.html He also has a section of Bridges, including this step-by-step on making a new one: http://frets.com/FretsPages/Luthier/...018bridge.html Hope this is helpful - please post some snapshots when done!
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08-15-2012, 04:50 PM
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I have one by Irving Sloane printed in 1973. There are newer editions here
http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Repair-...+repair+sloane
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08-15-2012, 09:53 PM
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EDIT - And yes you can still find them for sale.
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