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Valve Factory 1 Amp Kit Instructions
Make a Custom Bridge with CNC
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Make a Custom Bridge with CNC
Make a Custom Fingerboard with CNC
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Make a Custom Fingerboard with CNC
Valve Factory 18 Amp Kit Instructions
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Valve Factory 18 Amp Kit Instructions
StewMac Guitar Side Bender and How to Use It Step-By-Step
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StewMac Guitar Side Bender and How to Use It Step-By-Step
Robbie O'Brien Demonstrates the StewMac Side Bender!
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Robbie O'Brien Demonstrates the StewMac Side Bender!
Do You Really NEED a Side Bending Machine? Old-School Bending Iron VS. StewMac Side Bending Machine
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Do You Really NEED a Side Bending Machine? Old-School Bending Iron VS. StewMac Side Bending Machine
Making an Acoustic Guitar with Michael Bashkin
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Making an Acoustic Guitar with Michael Bashkin
Build Your Dream Partscaster Guitar
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Build Your Dream Partscaster Guitar
How to Build a Cigar Box Guitar Kit
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How to Build a Cigar Box Guitar Kit
How Sammy Brue used the COVID lockdown to electrify his career
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How Sammy Brue used the COVID lockdown to electrify his career
How to Build an Offset Hardtail Guitar Kit
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How to Build an Offset Hardtail Guitar Kit
How to Build an Offset Trem Guitar Kit
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How to Build an Offset Trem Guitar Kit
Jumbo-45 Acoustic Guitar Kit Instructions
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Jumbo-45 Acoustic Guitar Kit Instructions
Neck Joint Routing Template For Fender
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Neck Joint Routing Template For Fender
Why Dan Erlewine is attracted to repair magnets
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Why Dan Erlewine is attracted to repair magnets
Making a custom fire stripe pickguard to fit a baby guitar!
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Making a custom fire stripe pickguard to fit a baby guitar!
Gerstner Tool Chest Kit Instructions
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Gerstner Tool Chest Kit Instructions
Single-Cut Jr Electric Guitar Kit Instructions
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Single-Cut Jr Electric Guitar Kit Instructions
G-Style Electric Guitar Kit Instructions
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G-Style Electric Guitar Kit Instructions
Instructions for Mini LP-Style Electric Guitar Kit
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Instructions for Mini LP-Style Electric Guitar Kit
Instructions for Mini T-Style Electric Guitar Kit
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Instructions for Mini T-Style Electric Guitar Kit
Instructions for Mini S-Style Electric Guitar Kit
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Instructions for Mini S-Style Electric Guitar Kit
Self-adhesive Sanding Disc
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Self-adhesive Sanding Disc
Surrogate Body for the Erlewine Neck Jig
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Surrogate Body for the Erlewine Neck Jig
How to fit a Les Paul pickup ring to the curved top
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How to fit a Les Paul pickup ring to the curved top
WOODSTAX: Discover the perfect wood for your next guitar
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WOODSTAX: Discover the perfect wood for your next guitar
Final-shaping a neck with files and scrapers
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Final-shaping a neck with files and scrapers
The simplest custom build ever?
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The simplest custom build ever?
Does this bone nut fit my guitar?
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Does this bone nut fit my guitar?
How to install a Strat tremolo and get it right
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How to install a Strat tremolo and get it right
Fine tuning a bolt-on replacement neck
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Fine tuning a bolt-on replacement neck
Keep that body in shape! Go-bar/neck jig gluing rig.
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Keep that body in shape! Go-bar/neck jig gluing rig.
You need a bag of clothespins for your workshop!
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You need a bag of clothespins for your workshop!
Used guitars: great deals if you do some after-sale fixup
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Used guitars: great deals if you do some after-sale fixup
How to know a bridge will play in tune before gluing it on
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How to know a bridge will play in tune before gluing it on
Using a "swiss cheese knife" to fix the back on a 1923 Gibson
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Using a "swiss cheese knife" to fix the back on a 1923 Gibson
Final-shaping a D-18 or D-28 style guitar neck
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Final-shaping a D-18 or D-28 style guitar neck
Easy, affordable way to make your own custom-fit guitar case
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Easy, affordable way to make your own custom-fit guitar case
Workin' in the soundhole with the scissor jack and a mirror
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Workin' in the soundhole with the scissor jack and a mirror
Carlos Santana's Strat: repair and setup
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Carlos Santana's Strat: repair and setup
Banjo Killer? The scoop on forward X bracing for greater guitar volume.
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Banjo Killer? The scoop on forward X bracing for greater guitar volume.
Scraping, not sanding, to prepare wood for finishing
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Scraping, not sanding, to prepare wood for finishing
Go-bar decks: fast, flexible gluing
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Go-bar decks: fast, flexible gluing
How to install a Fender style (bolt-on) neck
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How to install a Fender style (bolt-on) neck
Installing an old-time banjo dowel stick
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Installing an old-time banjo dowel stick
Use your drill press as a planer to make custom bindings
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Use your drill press as a planer to make custom bindings
1937 Pre-war Dread-18 Acoustic Guitar Kit Instructions
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1937 Pre-war Dread-18 Acoustic Guitar Kit Instructions
1933 Pre-war OM-18 Acoustic Guitar Kit Instructions
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1933 Pre-war OM-18 Acoustic Guitar Kit Instructions
1937 Pre-war Dread-28 Acoustic Guitar Kit Instructions
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1937 Pre-war Dread-28 Acoustic Guitar Kit Instructions
1933 Pre-war OM-28 Acoustic Guitar Kit Instructions
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1933 Pre-war OM-28 Acoustic Guitar Kit Instructions
Body-Built Acoustic Guitar Kit Instructions
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Body-Built Acoustic Guitar Kit Instructions
StewMac Cutaway Ukulele Kit Instructions
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StewMac Cutaway Ukulele Kit Instructions
Single Cutaway Electric Guitar Kit Instructions
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Single Cutaway Electric Guitar Kit Instructions
Erlewine Neck Jig Instructions
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Erlewine Neck Jig Instructions
StewMac Premium Solid Wood Tenor Ukulele Kit Instructions
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StewMac Premium Solid Wood Tenor Ukulele Kit Instructions
StewMac Ukulele Kit Instructions
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StewMac Ukulele Kit Instructions
Fiddle Kit Instructions
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Fiddle Kit Instructions
Triple-O Guitar Kit Instructions
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Triple-O Guitar Kit Instructions
Dreadnought Guitar Kit Instructions
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Dreadnought Guitar Kit Instructions
Delta Resomaster Assembly
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Delta Resomaster Assembly
Blues Resomaster Assembly
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Blues Resomaster Assembly
OM Guitar Kit Instructions
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OM Guitar Kit Instructions
T-Style Electric Guitar Kit Instructions
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T-Style Electric Guitar Kit Instructions
S-Style Electric Guitar Kit Instructions
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S-Style Electric Guitar Kit Instructions
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar Kit Instructions
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Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar Kit Instructions
F5 Mandolin Kit Assembly
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F5 Mandolin Kit Assembly
Bolt-On Necks
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Bolt-On Necks
Electric Guitar and Bass Assembly Guide, Part 5: Setup
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Electric Guitar and Bass Assembly Guide, Part 5: Setup
Electric Guitar and Bass Assembly Guide, Part 4: Wiring and Shielding
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Electric Guitar and Bass Assembly Guide, Part 4: Wiring and Shielding
Electric Guitar and Bass Assembly Guide, Part 3: Hardware and Neck Installation
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Electric Guitar and Bass Assembly Guide, Part 3: Hardware and Neck Installation
Electric Guitar and Bass Assembly Guide, Part 2: Tools and Supplies
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Electric Guitar and Bass Assembly Guide, Part 2: Tools and Supplies
Electric Guitar and Bass Assembly Guide, Part 1: Introduction
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Electric Guitar and Bass Assembly Guide, Part 1: Introduction
EMG ACB Banjo Pickup Installation Instructions
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EMG ACB Banjo Pickup Installation Instructions
Truss Rod Routing Template Instructions
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Truss Rod Routing Template Instructions
Build-Your-Own Pickup Winder
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Build-Your-Own Pickup Winder
Pickup Winding with the Schatten Pickup Winder
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Pickup Winding with the Schatten Pickup Winder
L.R. Baggs FIVE.O Ukulele Pickup System Instructions
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L.R. Baggs FIVE.O Ukulele Pickup System Instructions
Switchjack Endpin Jack
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Switchjack Endpin Jack
'66 D-Reverb 22W Amp Kit Instructions
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'66 D-Reverb 22W Amp Kit Instructions
'62 Brit-Plex 45W Amp Kit Instructions
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'62 Brit-Plex 45W Amp Kit Instructions
'81 Brit-800 50W Amp Kit Instructions
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'81 Brit-800 50W Amp Kit Instructions
'65 P-Reverb 15W Amp Kit Instructions
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'65 P-Reverb 15W Amp Kit Instructions
'64 Reverb Unit Kit Instructions
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'64 Reverb Unit Kit Instructions
'66 Brit-74X 18W Amp Kit Instructions
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'66 Brit-74X 18W Amp Kit Instructions
'59 Tweed 15W Amp Kit Instructions
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'59 Tweed 15W Amp Kit Instructions
'57 Mini Tweed 5W Amp Kit Instructions
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'57 Mini Tweed 5W Amp Kit Instructions
Bending Sides With a Bending Iron
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Bending Sides With a Bending Iron
How to install a skin banjo head with Dan Levenson
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How to install a skin banjo head with Dan Levenson
StewMac Safe-T-Planer Instructions
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StewMac Safe-T-Planer Instructions
Dulcimer Kit Instructions
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Dulcimer Kit Instructions
GuitarMakers: Sammy Brue Builds His Own Touring Guitar
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GuitarMakers: Sammy Brue Builds His Own Touring Guitar
Do-It-Yourself Resophonic Guitar: Introduction
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Do-It-Yourself Resophonic Guitar: Introduction
Do-It-Yourself Resophonic Guitar, Part 1: Constructing the Body
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Do-It-Yourself Resophonic Guitar, Part 1: Constructing the Body
Banjo Building Instructions
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Banjo Building Instructions
Special sandpapers for luthiers
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Special sandpapers for luthiers