April-May Contest

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Yes I know I'm late so this one will be for both April and May!

So let's get started and everyone hit your bookmark folder and search engines again. What your looking for this time? Build sites and tutorial sites of course!

The old basic rule's apply:

1. The site must not be listed currently on Project Guitar.com

2. Post only the home page website address of your entry

3. First to post a site claims it for the point count.

4. You must post which catagory the link will fit in to.

Now on to the prize, just about the most common problem people come up with when working on a guitar doing a custom job for the first time is they don't take the time to practice and experiment on something else first!

Even I use an old beater neck to practice on as pictured here!

The winner will get a new neck to practice on so you don't have to trash your own! It is factory finished with some of the toughest stuff I have ever run across so you can even practice removing finishes!

Contest deadline is May 31st but remember rule 3

[john 0]

http://europa.spaceports.com/~fishbake/

This site has it all! , strat les paul , homemade pickups , various electronics etc...

For some excellent info on hardwoods , tonal char. Strength, etc...:

http://www.rampartguitars.com/

to visit the hardwood description section go to:

http://www.rampartguitars.com/Tonewoods.htm

For those of you wanting to build a brian may replica

http://www.boardsprep.com/mp3/introduction.htm:

Thats all for now.

[tsl602000 1]

http://www.saunalahti.fi/ruokanga/making.htm

photo description on the building of a PRS style guitar

[tsl602000 1]

building an archtop guitar

http://www.dave.weimer.com/

[LGM Guitars 1]

http://schrammguitars.com/

There are about 15 different tut's on this page, if I list them all individually, do I get 15 points? (build site, repair, refinishing)

http://pweb.jps.net/~kmatsu/

Lots of little tool tips and beginning luthier tips here (repair)

http://www.cumpiano.com/Home/Classes/Roset...williamson.html

rosette tutorial (build site, inlay)

http://www.jeffbollbach.com/luthier_rant11.htm

upright bass soundpost tutorial / tips (repair)

http://www.stringworks.com/bridge_placement.htm

bridge placement tutorial for stringed instruments (repair)

http://www.calebsmusic.com/

maintenance hints (repair)

http://www.fretnot.ws/

repair / maintenance (repair)

http://vintageguitarpro.com/

A site for the vintage guitar enthusiast offering articles and info on collecting, repairing, and restoring. (repair, refinishing)

http://www.forloversofwood.com

Wood supplier (supplies)

http://www.guitarmaker.org/

The Journal of Fretted Instrument Construction & Repair (repair, build sites)

http://www.cybozone.com/fg/

links, tips, etc, all in one. (kinda everything)

http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/pagelist.html

site with lots of info on lots of things luthier wise (repair, build, etc)

http://www.luth.org/

this one MUST be on this site already, but I couldnt' see it, (mind you, I didn't look all that hard) (prolly don't count but could fit anywhere)

http://www.guitarnotes.com/guitar/makers.shtml

little bit of everything (repair I guess)

http://www.buildyourguitar.com

guess what it's about (build site)

http://herb.members.beeb.net/byo1_images.html

building site, sometimes the pics show (build site)

http://www.guitarsite.com/

basic info, you need to search the site a fair bit, but there is some interesting stuff there (repair)

http://www.liuteria.org/

Lots of different guitar makers listed worldwide, some good ideas to see here. (unique)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4469/

TONS of stuff here, good site, to bad it's geocities pop up hell (build, repair)

http://guitarrage.virtualave.net/guitar/co...hiers_home.html

nearly step by step guitar building site (build)

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~dehartcg/hobby.htm

includes hand made tools, cutaway views, lots of stuff for guitars. (build, repair)

http://www.carvingpatterns.com

not really a guitar site, but wood carving tips that would prove very useful for necks etc (build, repair, inlay)

http://www.stringsbymail.com/basics.htm

the basics of choosing guitar strings. (repair, strings)

http://www.milburnguitars.com/fpintro.html

French polishing tutorial (finishing)

http://www.proulxguitars.com/custom_projects_1.htm

tutorial for making a neck template (build, repair)

http://www.pacificsites.net/~dog/StringTen...sionApplet.html

string tension calculator (strings)

http://www.inlay.com

Lots of inlay info, not on guitars, but it can all be applied (inlay)

http://bumpy.braille.uwo.ca/ag/articles/pearl-1.html

pearl inlay tutorial (inlay)

http://www.am-wood.com/finishes/french.html

french polish info (finishes)

http://www.shavings.net/FRENCH.HTM

more french polishing stuff (finishes)

http://www.angelfire.com/il3/jkumorek/index.html

guitar kit construction (build site)

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~coleman/...alculations.htm

fret calculations (build, repair)

I'm tired of this, I'm quitting for now LOL

[Guest AlexVDL]

Hey Jeremy, do you really need a neck to practise your inlays on???

You're so good you don't need to practise at all

[tsl602000 1]

Good point Alex,

Let's slap him too with the yew wood...:-)

[LGM Guitars 1]

LOL!!!!!

[Dan 0]

http://www.finocchioguitar.com/

http://www.cumpiano.com/

http://www.lmii.com/

http://www.alliedlutherie.com/

http://www.americanschooloflutherie.com/

http://www.luth.org/index.htm

http://www.guitarmaker.org/

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/skgs/sk/Index.htm

http://www.flatearthguitars.com/Restoratio...on_Series1.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/3d/tutorials/lespaul/lp.htm

http://www.frets.com/

http://www.stewmac.com

http://www.midwestguitar.com/

http://www.mimf.com

http://www.guitarspecialist.com/frontdoor.htm

http://www.guitarrepairshop.com/

http://www.superiorguitar.com/

http://www.gv.net/~hvguitar/

http://dgr-guitar.netfirms.com/

http://www.axehaven.com/

http://www.sonfatherguitars.com/guitar_repair.htm

http://www.1freespace.com/jsd/StrictlyStrings/

http://www.wrightguitar.com/pages/318450/index.htm

http://www.chrisbsmusic.com/guitmaintip.html

http://guitar.about.com/library/weekly/aa010899.htm

http://www.geocities.com/chrisdavis_1/MUSI...ICJUNCTION.html

http://www.brookdalemusic.com/nwslttr/how_guit.htm

http://www.bethel.k12.or.us/schools/cascad...itar/maint.html

http://pweb.jps.net/~kmatsu/

http://mysite.freeserve.com/GuitarGuide/page5.html

http://www.danmansmusic.com/guit_tips.htm

http://axearmoury.tripod.com/guitarmaintenance.htm

http://www2.tcaps.net/wsh/webpub/jeremyw/exam/exam.htm

http://playtheguitar.com/maintenance.html

http://users.powernet.co.uk/guitars/setup6.htm

http://www.fqms.com/instrument_care.htm

http://www.somervellguitars.com/page4.html

http://members.tripod.com/~wood_notes/guitars.html

http://www.ryanguitars.com/kevin.htm

http://pweb.jps.net/~kmatsu/htmlpages/kits.html

[LGM Guitars 1]

that's kewl dan, but most of em are already on the site

It's getting tough to find links that aren't already here, this site is very thorough already!

I guess that deserves a thumbs up to bri

[Dan 0]

Yeah i figured. I give up. Too much hassle.

[KeithHowell 9]

http://www.guitarbuild.com/

Quite a few free plans and info

[tsl602000 1]

hmmm....

I'm pretty sure this link is not on the projectguitar.com website.

Interesting project:

http://www.corneli.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm

[Guest AlexVDL]

Very cool site... can't wait how the MDF guitar will sound like

[tsl602000 1]

hmmm.yeah, but I'd never ever consider to use MDF in a guitar....

[westhemann 462]

what is mdf?

[tsl602000 1]

I think it's Medium Density Fibreboard.. stuff you make cheap furniture with

I got another cool link btw:

www.gitaarbouw.nl

[tsl602000 1]

another one:

http://www.aspeguitars.com/engels/htm/proc...cesinimages.htm

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Winner to be announced soon (soon as I go through all the links and weed out the links already featured).

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And the winner is LGM Guitars!

Don't worry folks the neck will be back up as he has already told me he is going to do something special to it then return it for another contest

BTW to the folks that though Project Guitar.com had just about every tutorial on the net already Look here