Do-It-Yourself Resophonic Guitar: Introduction
Al Rorick guides you through constructing a 1920's National Triolian-syle resophonic guitar while saving time and money.
IN THIS ARTICLE
| • Constructing the body • Making the neck • Final assembly |
A-RESOPHONIC
StewMac originally printed a series of guitar construction articles in their catalogs back in 2000. Author of this article, Al Rorick, is part of the R&D team here at StewMac and enjoys building one of a kind instruments.
"I have built a number of one-time-only instruments (called "one-offs" in the trade). This green guitar was inspired by this late '20s wood-bodied, yellow National Triolian. I came up with some short cuts that made it less expensive and easier to build, without sacrificing sound."
Al breaks the assembly process down into three steps:
More In This Series
| Introduction | Do-It-Yourself Resophonic Guitar |
| Part One | Constructing the Body |
| Part Two | Making the neck |
| Part Three | Final assembly |