DIY Guitar Making – Details, episodes & analysis

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DIY Guitar Making

Eric Schaefer

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Frequency: 1 episode/25d. Total Eps: 85

Luthier Eric Schaefer dives deep into acoustic guitar building techniques, sharing secrets of the craft so that you can step up your lutherie game! From soundboard bracing to neck angles to fretwork, no stone is left unturned. Sometimes it is a solo show that delves into a particular topic. Sometimes it is a Q and A show featuring member's of Eric's online guitar building course. Sometimes it is an interview with another luthier, woodworker, or guitar repair tech.

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🇨🇦 Canada - How To
21/06/2026
#80
🇨🇦 Canada - How To
20/06/2026
#60
🇨🇦 Canada - How To
19/06/2026
#53
🇨🇦 Canada - How To
07/03/2026
#62
🇨🇦 Canada - How To
06/03/2026
#41
🇬🇧 Great Britain - How To
02/01/2026
#87
🇬🇧 Great Britain - How To
01/01/2026
#47
🇫🇷 France - How To
28/10/2025
#77
🇫🇷 France - How To
09/10/2025
#96
🇬🇧 Great Britain - How To
05/08/2025
#70

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https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/
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https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
26 shares
https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Fui0XnhXKJ8inSOfOg42A
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAc-TSV4SAA&amp
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First Luthier Q&A in the New Shop Location!

Monday, July 28, 2025 • Duration 01:07:18

To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:
www.diyguitarmaking.com

For information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit:
www.ericschaeferguitars.com

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Q&A | Harp Guitar Resto, Fretboard Polish, Top Cracks, and More!

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 • Duration 55:31

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Resawing for Lutherie and Q&A

Thursday, October 17, 2024 • Duration 01:47:03

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Guitarmaking Q&A | Setting up your Lutherie Shop and More!

Saturday, August 31, 2024 • Duration 49:24

In this episode of DIY Guitarmaking, I answer YOUR questions!

🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/

🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/

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Q&A Building Jigs and Forms, Fretboard Polish, Rosette Cutters

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 • Duration 20:56

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!

Questions/Topics:
- tonewood suppliers
- Electric Guitar neck angles
- Rosette cutting jigs
- What material to use for molds forms and jigs
- What do you use to oil or polish up the fretboard?

🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/

🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/

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Q&A | Buying or Building Side Benders, Where did EVO Gold Fretwire Go, and More!

Monday, June 24, 2024 • Duration 42:00

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!

Questions/Topics:
- Fixing cracked sides
- Sharpening plane blades and chisels
- Buying or building a side bending machine?
- Using cactus juice to harden wood
- Bending tips for Wenge
- How much nut relief to use on a bass guitar
- Is EVO gold fretwire discontinued?
- Unboxing videos are stupid
- How much I charge for my guitars

🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/

🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/

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Q&A |Side Bending Tips, Joining Bookmatched Pairs, Controlling Shop Humidity and More!

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 • Duration 53:54

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!

Questions/Topics:

- Introducing my new "Florentine Cutaway and Advanced Binding/Purfling Methods" Workshop! (https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/florentine-cutaway-and-advanced-binding-purfling-methods-workshop-build-options/)

- I have Wenge for sale! email me at eric@ericschaeferguitars.com

- Where to find prefab materials like bent sides and slotted fretboards
- side bending tips to avoid splits or scorching
- recommended thicknesses for bending sides
- alternate jigs to joining boards
- How to control humidity in your shop
- How to control humidity in your guitar showroom
- Removing frets without a soldering iron
- Finding parts for building a side bender
- Using fiberglass arrows as gobars
- Question of the week: Is there a specific tonewood that blows your socks off!?

🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/

🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/

To find the "DIY Guitar Making" podcasts AND videos all in one place visit:www.diyguitarmaking.comFor information on the Hands-on Guitar Building Workshops and online guitar building courses visit:www.ericschaeferguitars.com

Q&A | Fixing Finish Runs, Installing Mylar Pickguards, Making Cutaways and More!

Sunday, June 2, 2024 • Duration 31:14

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!

Questions/Topics:
- What is the best way to fix a finish drip?
- How to install a clear mylar pickguard without bubbles
- The most expensive lutherie tool yet!
- Go bar rods from home depot
- Building a cutaway as a first guitar
- Radial offset rosettes

🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/

🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/

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QA | Refretting with Larger Fretwire, Buying Go Bars, Wild Grain and more!

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 • Duration 29:42

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!

Questions/Topics:
- Should you use Carbon Fiber Rods and a Truss Rod?
- Making your own bulk binding strips
- wild grain versus homogenous grain
- Buying go bars
- Changing fretwire size when refretting
- Where to buy a gramil?
- Issues with small soundholes

🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for a 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/

🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/

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Q&A | Taptuning Tops, Tonewood Myths, Best Guitar Brands, and More!

Saturday, April 27, 2024 • Duration 52:13

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I answer YOUR questions!

Questions/Topics:
- Mount Gretna Outdoor Art Show
- Favorite Guitar brands/companies
- Fret slotting saws
- Marketing your guitars
- How many pounds of pressure do go-bars produce?
- Inlaying into dark woods as opposed to light woods
- Lazy builders
- Jim Lill debunking electric guitar tonewood debate
- Neck profiling jigs do accomodate all profiles! (I got this wrong in last QA!)
- Am I going to build a 12 string?
- What notes/pitches do you listen for when taptuning?
- What is a leg tapering jig?
- What 'YMMV' means and why I can't keep up with the internet
- Why nobody is watching my Refretting Masterclass video that I worked so damn hard to make!?
- Buying instruments for the aesthetic value of the wood/materials
- Johnson Paste Wax and the Everything Shortage caused by that which shall not be named!

🔴 All episodes available at diyguitarmaking.com
🔴 Register for an 9 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/
🔴 Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/
🔴 To commission an instrument from Eric: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/instruments-ordering/

🔴 Check out the Radial Rosette Maker Jig: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/

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