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Koch Verlag

Building Electric Guitars: How to Make Solid-Body, Hollow-Body and Semi-Acoustic Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars

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Everything from the first steps of design to the final set-up of of solid- body, hollow-body and semi-acoustic electric guitars is covered step by step in this book. It also contains a section about winding your own pickups. Read more


Publisher ‏ : ‎ Koch Verlag; 2nd edition (September 1, 2001)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 236 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3901314075


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 70


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 0.5 x 9.69 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #882,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,204 in Woodworking Projects (Books) #2,364 in Guitars (Books) #30,203 in Crafts & Hobbies (Books)


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    • If you can only afford one book on guitar building - this is it!
I have all three of what are probably the most recommended books on building electric guitars and if I had to keep only one, this would be the one. That's the main good news! Other positives include fact that almost exactly half of the 200 plus pages are dedicated to discussing the various factors that go into deciding the how/what/why of building your own custom creation. Martin goes into the various decisions regarding wood selection (body & neck), elctronics, scale length, neck construction, peghead style, finish type, etc., etc. He also goes into details, with a separate section on each, for specifically building the bodies for a solid body, semi-hollow body and hollow body type electric guitar. While he does show various stages of construction on numerous guitars, he does not show construction of a particular guitar start to finish. He does however offer two guitars plans on his website (one is shown in greatly reduced format on page 234 with a photograph of the finished version on page 213). Based on having his book and the information detailed on either of the two plans (Yes, I bought them, inexpensive at 10 Euros each) anybody who can work a saw without cutting their finger off could build their own guitar. Negatives are, as mentioned in some of the other reviews, all photos are in black & white, relatively poor quality and small (because they've tried to include too many photos - do we really need seven photos showing how to get your solid body blank cut out of a log plank). Other than that, this is an excellent book and one you could use by itself to make yourself a very nice guitar that wouldn't look like any other guitar! That's the reason to get this book! If you're just going to make another Telecaster/Stratocaster/Les Paul clone, you might as well just look for a good used model of one of those and buy it. However, if you've seriously wanted to "make your own" and do all the exotic electronic wiring options you've heard people talk about, while making it out of some exotic wood you couldn't afford any other way, with a wild transparent "burst" finish - this is the book for you! Enjoy the ride! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2011 by Xavier De La Pluma
    • Great reference book, some reservations.
I bought this book and the Hiscock book so that I could build an electric guitar from scratch, not as a kit. It is possible with just this book. However, it reads like a textbook more that a how to, "step one: step two:" kind of book. If you think you are going to buy this book, follow a simple step by step procedure and build a guitar then this is not the book for you. If you want to learn both the how and why of guitar design in order to design and build your own instrument then this is the right book. I am almost done with the two guitars I designed and built based on the information in these two books and the help of [...] and I would give the potential first time guitar builder (like me) the following advice... 1) You need at LEAST: a bandsaw, a drill press and a table saw. I also used my chopsaw, vertical belt sander, jointer and planer. 2) I have been woodworking for 25 years and selling my stuff for 15 and I found building a guitar neck to be quite challenging. It was fun, but challenging. So if you are a first time woodworker, heads up. 3) Knowledge of CAD or drafting is a big plus since you need to be able to create full size templates. Also drawing things accurately and full scale is the best way to figure out some things like the depth of the neck pocket. So, in a nutshell, if you want to design your own guitar from scratch and are confident in your woodworking skills this a must have book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2010 by Amazon Customer
    • Shouldn't be your first or only book
Be prepared to read extremely small print. Keep in mind this book is translated, so it is occasionally difficult to understand the meanings of a sentence until you visualize a comma here and there. This is one of the few authors that says wood type does matter on electric guitar building. Most authors say it doesn't matter because it's all about the electronics anyway. This is the only author who's put a reality check on having to wait moths for wood to equalize in moisture content before you can use it at a 10% moisture level. His opinion differs from other books, saying the work area humidity needs to stay between 50-70%, while others say 40-50%. Like every other guitar book on the market, it's occasionally very difficult to see what the author is trying to convey in a black and white picture. Some of the pages just jump right through major portions. "Cut the top and glue it on". Some parts are detailed. This IS the only book I've seen explain the information needed to determine the depth and angle of a neck pocket. That one piece of information is worth buying the book, in my opinion. Besides neck angle, the chapter on design is what makes this book worth buying. Look elsewhere for inlay information. Like all other Lutherie authors, he skips around instead of describing things in order. For instance, he describes filling grain after staining. He skipped details like telling you to brace the tremolo block while tuning. Do not make this your first or only book. Granted there are some excellent details contained in his information, but details can make or brake a guitar build. (Page 227 is a copy of pg 226) Be sure to purchase this book, but only after or within the following combination: Dan Erlewine: Guitar Player Repair Guide Leonardo Lospennato: Electric Guitar and Bass Design Brian Forbes: Acoustic Guitar Making (This book is 70% about using or building your own tools, 30% about guitar.Well worth it.) ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2014 by Russell A. Barber
    • valuable information
So far so good, I’m learning and that is why I bought it
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2021 by Shastafan

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