Build of my dreams

[asbjoern]

Hello out there.

Im about to start the build of my dreams, and i need your help to do it. First I have a couple of questions.

Armbevels
I plan to build an arm bevel. Is an arm bevel a random piece of wood with veneer on the outside or is it the special wood hole though.

Plan
I need a plan for building my guitar, but i live in europe. Is there anywhere where I can buy a steel string acoustic guitar plan in Europe.

Rosette and inlay
I really want a nice rosette and a nice inlay on the fretboard. I really like the fretboard inlay on tailors loa with cutaway, but please send my pictures of your favourite rosettes and inlays.

[Wade Hampton]

Asbjoern, I'm neither a builder nor a repairman. But here are a few websites you might find useful.

First is Frets.com, written and maintained by Frank Ford:

http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/pagelist.html

Scroll down the page and you'll find a list of articles you should read. Frank is a repairman rather than a builder, but you will learn an immense amount about the craft.

It's like a graduate seminar on the subject, and it's all time-tested.

Seriously, take at least a couple of weeks to go through and read those articles, longer if your English language skills make it hard work. (From your name I presume you're Norwegian.)

Then there are two businesses that specialize in luthier's tools and supplies, the first being Luthiers Mercantile International:

http://www.lmii.com/

the second being Stewart-MacDonald:

http://www.stewmac.com/

Both of these companies will gladly sell you all sorts of lessons and tutorials.

But Frank Ford's Frets.com is free, so start with that.

There's also a "Custom Shop" subforum on this website here:

http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...splay.php?f=38

There's a higher percentage of builders who participate on that subforum, so you'll probably get any technical questions answered more quickly over there.

Hope this helps.


Wade Hampton Miller

[printer2]

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton

There's also a "Custom Shop" subforum on this website here:

I think Build and Repair might be more appropriate.

http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...splay.php?f=44

You do not say which size of guitar you want to build. Here are some free ones you can get printed out.

http://www.grellier.fr/plans.php?lang=en

You might have some luck if you ask people to post the rosette images in this thread.

[Wade Hampton]

After I suggested that Asbjeoern look in and post in the Custom Shop subforum, Printer wrote:

Originally Posted by printer2

I think Build and Repair might be more appropriate

Ah, good point. That one slipped my mind. That's also a good place for this sort of query.


whm