Guide to Guitar Building

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A complete guide to building a electric guitar or bass, and some instructions about repair and setup.

In the Basic Guitar parts section you can find the names for most guitar parts.

The Construction section and the Dimensions section Explain about different types neck and hardware constructions and dimensions.

In the Downloads section you can download CAD and DXF drawings of my guitar projects, visitor submitted drawings,routing templates, calculation sheets, CAD-software, and much more.

In the Photo album you will find photo's of my projects, as well as guest submitted photo's.

The very extensive Materials section and the Hardware section helps you choose wood types, and hardware types (e.g.. bridge, pickups, etc.).

The Tools section explains about most luthier tools and how to use them, as well as power tools "required" for guitarbuilding.

In the Tutorials section you can read and submit helpfull tips and tricks.

Then there is the weblinks sections. Here you will find guitarpart suppliers, links to other builders and interesting sites.

A very useful addition to this site is the shop. Here you can shop around for books about guitarbuilding.

There's also a forum for those with interests in group discussions about guitarbuilding and setup, keep it interesting and open to others : post guitarbuilding related questions only on the forum.