Guitarmaking, tradition and technology : a complete reference for the design & construction of the steel-string folk guitar & the classical guitar / William R. Cumpiano and Jonathan D. Natelson ; photographs by Clyde Herlitz ; line drawings by William R. Cumpiano.

Author
Cumpiano, William R. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [1994], ©1993.
Description
387 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

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    Summary note
    Everything you need to know about guitar making including the preparation and planning, soundboard bracing, assembly, fingerboards, finishing and much more.
    Notes
    Originally published: Amherst, Mass. : Rosewood Press, c1987.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • The guitar's anatomy
    • Materials & tools
    • Preparation & planning
    • The neck & the headpiece
    • The plates
    • The soundhole rosette
    • Soundboard bracing
    • Side bending
    • Assembly I
    • Assembly II
    • Purfling & binding
    • The fingerboard
    • Final carving & finiting
    • Finishing
    • The bridge, & pinning the steel-string neck
    • Set-up
    • Troubleshooting & guitar care
    • Sources of guitarmaking supplies.
    Other title(s)
    Complete reference for the design and construction of the steel-string folk guitar and the classical guitar
    ISBN
    • 0811806405
    • 9780811806404
    • 0811806154
    • 9780811806152
    LCCN
    93006160
    OCLC
    28666078
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