Fretting

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Questions/Topics:
- Chisel Sharpening
- source for dyed purfling strips
- bridge wood
- amp repair
- mesquite for fretboards?
- happy accidents
- what to do with "mistakes"
- the role of patience and focus in nut slotting technique
- bird's eyes on silver maple
- why does sugar maple burn so easily?



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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!

Questions/Topics:
- Can backs be flatsawn?
- a miter box design for cutting scarf joints
- Best wood bindings to replace white plastic bindings
- Best topwood for a parlor size instrument
- using slotted or unslotted bridge pins
- building a light box/ light box alternatives
- the 14th fret hump
- sourcing backstrip material
- fixing soundboard tearout along the binding edge
- lint free cloth in the Netherlands
- flatsawn maple
- The 'Best Guitar Show' in Altoona, Pennsylvania, February 25th 

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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!

Questions/Topics:
- Tasmanian Blackwood
- Radial rosettes
- Binding the inside of the soundhole
- Making radius dishes
- Paste wax for preventing glue from sticking to jigs
- Pinless bridges
- Box elder for guitars?
- What is your sharpening process for chisels and planes?
- Inexpensive Wenge
- Avoiding lint and dust in finish
- more on shattered saddles
- Stewmac's customer service

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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!

Questions/Topics:
- Soundhole Binding
- Bone nut/saddle porosity
- Saddle height
- vacuum bags for laminating sides
- solid linings
- fixing misplaced fretboard dots
- carbon fiber humbucker covers
- sanding the contour of the bridge wings
- how to deal with lint and dust in the finish
- flat sawn lumber for sides
- maple as a back and side wood
- shooting boards
- spline joints
- difference between rosewood and walnut
- Why my saddles extend out toward the bass side

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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!

Questions/Topics:
- Soundboard cracks and humidity
- Eastern White Cedar for Tops
- Purfling materials for a headplate
- How deep to cut your nut slots
- The role of patience and perseverance in lutherie
- more suggestions on what I should build next!

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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!

Topics/Questions:
- Slide Guitar Nut Compensation
- Buy a planer or a jointer first?
- Stewmac side bending machines
- What should me next build be?
- Best way to store wood
- bridge plates
- Quilted Mahogany
- Soundboard radius in the upper bout
- More about "The Tree"

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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!
Topics/Questions:
- Flattening the top radius in the upper bout to glue the fretboard tongue
- Bending solid linings or laminating solid linings
- What is the lowest fretboard radius used for acoustic guitars?
- Bosch Colt trim routers
- The story of "The Tree" mahogany
- Measuring top deflection
- Countersinking tuners
- Stainless steel frets
- Aluminum bridge plates

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In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I am answering YOUR questions!

Topics include:
- What Material Choices have made a noticeable difference, tonally?
- An Acoustic Bridge replacement
- When to Install Frets?
- Adding Compensation at the Nut
- What's the next Build?
- Uses for the Planer
- Buying Fretboards versus Making them yourself
And More!

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🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/ 

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