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A new book and museum exhibition celebrate the work of North Carolina luthier Freeman Vines. His handmade guitars are crafted from found materials and hunks of old wood, including some from a tree once used for a lynching.…
Read more…Here's a nicely-done article about building a solidbody electric guitar from plywood. Total build: body, neck, fingerboard, everything. I'd call this a "found-material project", related to cigar box instruments, but I think his neck construction…
Read more…I haven't ever built a CBG with F-holes because I wanted something "edgier" and less "traditional". Who wants their gnarly home-built instrument imitating a violin, right? But I'm changing my mind, based on this article. Turns out, that shape…
Read more…Here's a quick video that shows the basic techniques and tools for building a violin. A lot of them are applicable to CBGs - neck shaping, gluing, finishing, etc. - and the ones that are specific to violins are still amazing to watch. You'll…
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