Luthier guitar

An older article I wrote that still generates a lot of interest and traffic today. One of my most linked to articles.

A nice illustration from a Spanish edition of Popular Mechanics… Always looking for inspiration…

From a Canadian luthier with a background in furniture design, this unique guitar is brimming over with engineering innovations – but what on earth is it going to sound like?

Luthier Patrick Hufschmid

How to measure your guitar's string height, or "action", as well as a list of average measurements for low, medium, and high guitar action.

Twenty-one Guitar Construction photographs by David Antony Reid, Luthier. Photos of guitars as a work in progress.

Now that I've finished up the headstock face (but it still needs lacquer) I thought I'd move on to fretting. Basically a fret is a small len...

If you've ever thought about building your own acoustic guitar from scratch, here's everything you need to know about DIY guitar kits.

The Luthier community on Reddit. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place.

This is a one and only guitar. I had the rosewood on hand and decided to see what this structural configuration would yield; both structurally and musically. The Honduras rosewood mainframe is comp…