Making an archtop guitar
By: Robert Benedetto
Edition: Second edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781574243550
Subjects: Guitar; Construction
Other titles: Archtop guitar
Notes: "The definitive work on the design and construction of an acoustic archtop guitar."

Arching templates and contour maps (4 leaves ; 55 x 28 cm folded to 28 cm) bound in.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Wood selection; title: Making the body mold; title: Carving the top and back plates; title: Cutting the 'F' holes; title: Bracing the top plates; title: Bending the sides; title: Neckblock and tailblock; title: Linings and side braces; title: Gluing the back and top plates to the sides; title: Cutting the body mortise; title: Body binding; title: Scraping the re-curve; title: Making the neck; title: Fitting the neck to the body; title: Dressing the frets and fitting the nuts; title: Finishing; title: The fittings; title: Set-up.