The owner of this 12 string chose to have his guitar overhauled with a new soundboard, tasteful inlay, a special finish and more.
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What should have been a simple bridge repair ended up being a complete remake of a Mahogany archback dreadnaught Guild 12 string.
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This Guild needed a neck reset but an opportunity arose to spend way more time on this guitar than I had originally intended.
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By the winter of 2014, my venerable 1980 Guild F-412 12 string was in need of a neck reset. The time had come to put things right.
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My favorite 12 string needed a neck reset along with a new soundboard, new binding, frets, tuners, pickup and a complete refinish.
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During Christmastime of 2012 I was able to spend some invaluable time with master luthier John Greven in his shop.
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Thanks to a Let’s Talk Guild meet-up in Nashville, Tennessee in April 2013 I was privileged to spend a Saturday with George Gruhn.
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Spending a week with master luthier Kent Carlos Everett was a career-altering event, as it took my guitar building to a whole new level.
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This pickup from James May Engineering is a passive, brideplate-mounted, multi-transducer pickup with on-board feedback suppression.
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With so many pickups from so many manufacturers available, and so many differing needs amongst different players, where do I start?
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How to replace an onboard preamp / pickup system with an L.R. Baggs Anthem Stage Pro (when the existing opening is too large).
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How to make a custom acoustic guitar body mold, a wooden form that holds the precise shape of the guitar body during construction.
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My pegboard rack is housed in a sturdy shadow box frame made with hand-cut dovetails, and uses magnets and plastic accessories.
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A completely non-instrument-related topic: This is how I made my kitchen table made from 100+ year-old Southern Pine floor joists.
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The right wood, worked the right way by the right person becomes more than simply the sum of the parts.
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I have owned many handcrafted and factory-built guitars. I build guitars mostly by hand. Here are some thoughts on the topic.
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