willliam_q Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 I am looking to start building my first guitar soon and i dont know which book to buy to give me the best advice. I am looking to build a strat replica just to start off with. It will hopefully be a stevie ray vaughan tribute. ie left handed trem on a right handed guitar, texas specials and SRV inlayed on the 12th fret. the tutorials on this site would almost be enough to tell you how to build a guitar anyway but i want a good book for more advice and references as the more knowledge i have b4 i start the better! Ps the tutorial on removing a fretboard by Kevan Geier is excellent. it did take me about 1.5 hours to get a rosewood fb off an old rockwwod strat copy but it did a great job! I am using the neck on my first guitar but am puttin on an ebony fb. The neck is flatsawn so i may replace it later but its still very straight after about 7 yrs of lying about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 martin koch..... i almost got hat book from amazon 3 times.... i was just to cheap... but i read up alll the reviews... and from what i've heard on here, the martin koch book seems much better then the melvyn hiscock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 I have the Hiscock book, but I don't have the other one, so I'm not gonna say which one you should buy. I think you can learn alot from both of them. Hiscock book is great to get started with if you want the in's and out's of guitar building. The only thing is don't look for specific details and exact measurements for everything he does, it's more of a guideline that will help you design your guitar. That being said, it's a really good book and I did learn alot from it. I think I'll order that Koch book next week, you can always stand to learn more... lol.. but as far as which is better.. I don't know at them moment and I'm sure that there is some memeber who can give you the pro's and con's of each book. I don't see how you could go wrong with either one myself. Matt V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw_guitars Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Hi, I have both books. It doesn't matter which book you buy. They're both great. If you can afford it, I should say buy both! serously, In my opinion both books are great. Hiscock is a little easier to read (for me) so if I had to make a choice I would go for hiscock. Gerard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsl602000 Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 William. Sorry, can't help you on the books.. I used all the info on projectguitar.com to build my strats. Don't buy Texas Specials if you want that Stevie sound. I'd recommend Van Zandt Vintage Plus or John Suhr V60LP pups.. really.... I know..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 i'd listen to him.he REALLY wants to be....oh wait...wrong thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 I have both books. If I had to keep one and give up the other, I would keep the Kotch book. It seems to provide a bit more technical details but either book is good to have. I think having both would be a great thing for a beginner. I know they helped me quite a bit when I wasn't quite sure about something. Having two sources helps when you're nervous about doing something and two sources show a different view on it (both pictures and approach) really helps. Anyway, I would get the Kotch book first then get the other. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 I have both books. Both are great. If I had to get only one I would get Martin Koch's book. He has more detail covering pickups and hardware. You can also buy it as an E-book on the web and print it like I did which is far more convenient than waiting for a bookseller to order it or get it by post. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 Not sure about Hiscock (damn, that sounds weird), but Martin Koch can be reached easily by e-mail, and I'm sure if there happens to be anything in his book you have a question about, he would gladly try to answer your question by e-mail. Here is Martin's website : http://www.buildyourguitar.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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