The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #51998 Message #1737061
Posted By: Grab
10-May-06 - 07:58 AM
Thread Name: Help: Building your own guitar
Subject: RE: Help: Building your own guitar
Long time back now, but just in case McGrath or others are interested, there's a build-your-own-mandolin book by a guy called Troughton (no, not the Doctor Who bloke!) which includes a list of places to buy stuff from. I've yet to get the time to do anything about it, but it might be worth checking out that one.
Even if you're not interested in building a mandolin, it might still be worth getting that book for its section on tools for instrument-making. Wherever there's some special tool you need (like steam-bending gear), there's instructions in that book for how to make it yourself from random bits of wood or metal. As far as I'm concerned, that section alone is worth the price of the book.
Graham.