Guitarmaking Book
For the Small Shop
Available on Amazon and Other Booksellers
The Phoenix Guitar Company's Guide to Guitarmaking for the Small Shop by
George S Leach, is an easy to follow, step by step approach to building your own guitar. This is the book we use in our guitarmaking classes here at the Phoenix Guitar Company. It describes all the steps involved in building a steel string, archtop, and classical guitar. This is a must have book for any guitar maker's library.
New Downloadable Chapters now available
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Stiffening The Guitar Sides
This is the first additional chapter to my book "Guitar Making For The Small Shop". I hope you find it useful and more chapters will be coming.
The Bevel: Part One
Preparation and Re-Profiling the Sides
The Bevel: Part 2
Preparation and Gluing the Top
The Bevel: Part Four
Carving, Gluing, and Trimming the Bevel
The Bound Headstock
Framing the headstock with binding and purfling
The Bevel: Part Three
Binding and Sacrificial Layers
The Mold
The use and functionality of the Phoenix Guitar Company Mold.
There is a set of videos describing the building of this mold on my youtube channel. Click here to watch the first video of the series.