skibum5545 Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 What books out there are good for teaching someone how to build a guitar or bass? More specifically, what's the best book for a step-by-step (in order ) guide to making a neck-thru guitar or bass? Any response is a helpful response (within reason)! Keep in'!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Guitar Building Tradition and Technology - Cumpuzano/Natelson Build your own electric guitar - Melvyn Hyscock Bob bennedetos book. Please excuse the spelling, this should get you throug Amazon. or the library where ive gotten them all in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Building Electric Guitars - Martin Koch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_ed Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 I would also suggest many of the threads in this forum, the tutorials on the main ProjectGuitar website, and if you want to read about a rank amatuer building guitars, try here. This is my site, and you will find that I expose not only the things that I do right, but also the many things that I do wrong. And Take care. Guitar Ed Good decisions are the result of experience. Experience is the result of bad decisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 I got Build Your Own Electric Guitar by Melvyn Hyscock and I think its a pretty good book. Also isn't that expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted May 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Thanks for all the tips. What I am looking for specifically though is step-by-step instructions on neck-through construction. Any good books for that in particular? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Mailloux Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Melvyn Hiscock's book is seperated in three step-by-step projects: fender-style guitar, gibson-style guitar and neck-through bass. All the info you'll ever need to get you started. I got the first edition in'87. There's a second edition now which is supposed to be filled up with more information than the first one. But even the first edition is a pretty damn good book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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