Build Your Own Acoustic Guitar: Complete Instructions and Full-Size Plans [With Plans to Make a Kinkade Kingsdown Acoustic] (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780634054631)

Every guitarist dreams of owning a handmade instrument, but for most, the cost is likely to be prohibitive. The alternative - building your own fine guitar - is not as difficult as you might imagine, given some skill, patience, and the expert guidance of a master luthier. Every step of construction is fully covered, from choice, selection, and preparation of woods, to consideration of size, bracing, and tonal qualities. Each step of the building sequence is clearly photographed in color, with variations to the standard design shown to enable you to personalize your instrument as you make it.

Briston, England-based Jonathan Kinkead has been building guitars for nearly 30 years. His craft is born out of experience and intuition rather than a strict following of technical detail. The resulting beauty of form and distinctive tone have earned him his reputation as one of the world's most respected independent luthiers.

Author: Jonathan Kinkead
ISBN-10: 0634054635
ISBN-13: 9780634054631
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2004
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.52w x 0.51d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/01/2004 pg. 178

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