Guitar
- Shaping Aluminium Pickguard
A few days ago, I was asked about how I made my aluminium pickguard, here is a quick overview of the tools I use, it might interest unskilled beginners such as I was one year ago. So I work on 1,5 mm alu plate, and I start with cutting roughly with a...
- Ok, Serious Stuff Now
So I've been postponing the making of my guitar projects probably also because, well, I just have to start from zero... Drawing and designing I can do easily but about guitar technics, the further I've been so far is restringing - and not as...
- More Elaborated Sketches
You might have noticed that in my last sketches I'm been busy with beveled designs. Unless it's deliberate - like for the minimal telecaster - I realize that I don't like so much plank guitars, but I'm not into arch-top either - so beveling...
- Visionary Lutherie
The other day, I stumbled upon an interesting and very inspiring website: KTL guitars . It is run by a Norwegian luthier, Knut Tore Ljøsne, who builds a number of very different guitars - different from one another as well as different from all the rest....
- Background - Why And How
Over the last years, I've become more and more interested in building guitars rather than (just) playing them. I never got around to actually building anything, but I took a couple of guitars apart and put them together again. I also discovered, that...
Guitar
more sketches
Since I didn't really have time to start building guitars lately, I mostly designed many - a good creative practice full of promises for the future, but still my projects are already decided and I will go back to them soon - I hope to be ready to work in summer because next fall I have some shows where they could have their part...
I intend to build these guitars with aluminium fronts - and though I love Zemaitis guitars, I didn't think of engraving them until I found out about beautiful Moollon guitars and pedals... So it might be an option about which I start to think - but another thing that I'll have to learn...
I intend to build these guitars with aluminium fronts - and though I love Zemaitis guitars, I didn't think of engraving them until I found out about beautiful Moollon guitars and pedals... So it might be an option about which I start to think - but another thing that I'll have to learn...
- Shaping Aluminium Pickguard
A few days ago, I was asked about how I made my aluminium pickguard, here is a quick overview of the tools I use, it might interest unskilled beginners such as I was one year ago. So I work on 1,5 mm alu plate, and I start with cutting roughly with a...
- Ok, Serious Stuff Now
So I've been postponing the making of my guitar projects probably also because, well, I just have to start from zero... Drawing and designing I can do easily but about guitar technics, the further I've been so far is restringing - and not as...
- More Elaborated Sketches
You might have noticed that in my last sketches I'm been busy with beveled designs. Unless it's deliberate - like for the minimal telecaster - I realize that I don't like so much plank guitars, but I'm not into arch-top either - so beveling...
- Visionary Lutherie
The other day, I stumbled upon an interesting and very inspiring website: KTL guitars . It is run by a Norwegian luthier, Knut Tore Ljøsne, who builds a number of very different guitars - different from one another as well as different from all the rest....
- Background - Why And How
Over the last years, I've become more and more interested in building guitars rather than (just) playing them. I never got around to actually building anything, but I took a couple of guitars apart and put them together again. I also discovered, that...