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Hi, just wanted to say that you videos are excellent very well explained and educational. I am building a new guitar with Steinberger tuners, I am wondering if you have a video that shows how you locate and position these steinberger tuners to get a straight string pull. I would greatly appreciate your advice.

Just put together my first side bending jig, worked well for the first test piece.

Whether tonewood matters a little or not. I dunno. But what I do know, is that if it does, its very little difference which you could get with some knob changes. I have never seen someone recognize some kind of 'tonewood in blind tests. In fact I saw some people preffering "lesser" tonewoods in those tests.

Very detailed video! One of the better ones in regards to cutting binding channels. The part at 8:35 where you explained the relationship of the kerfing to the binding channel was excellent! Thanks Eric!

You need a longer straightedge to sand with. Yours is too short. Thats why you are sanding the back concave. If thw straightedge is always longer on both ends then the back you will never not be perfectly flat.

The company in Germany that makes EVO gold can't get the material they need as it comes from Russia.

There's no need to apologize for wanting to make a living with your hard work. Thanks for all you do, good sir. :)

That was great! Thank you for making this video!

That was great! Thank you for making this video!

That was great! Thank you for making this video!

I'm a fan of Paul Sellers' method of sharpening chisels/blades. I'm still working on mastering this method but I've some great results with some practice and not so great early on. Narrow chisels I do find it easier to use a guide for sharpening my chisels.

If you think the StewMac bender is the Cadillac, visit a ukulele factory and watch them dry bend ukulele sides. Very impressive! Figured woods, no problem!

Regarding sharpening... Based on Eric's experience I purchased a Worksharp 3000. It has worked well for me. My main plane is a LeeNeilsen low angle jack with a 2" wide blade. The blades I use on that plane (a toothed blade for thicknessing figured woods, and a standard straight blade that I use to shoot book-match joints) are easily sharpened on the Worksharp 3000, but 2" width is the machine's limit. It works well on all my chisel blades. I did purchase 3 CBD discs and for the Worksharp. I mostly use those rather than the sandpaper on glass discs that came with it. I keep the 1200 grit CBD disc loaded in the machine and strop with a very fine abrasive after grinding. This has made sharpening quick and so I sharpen without hesitation.

thank you Eric . here is a heads up i will admit to watching some unboxing videos. reason is there is so much in woodworking / guitar building i do not know . my background is Navy trained machinist ( in navy lingo machinery repairman) i was on a sub-tender making parts for subs and ships / boats after my hitch was up i kept at that job making things for the oil inderestie for a total of 10 yrs . bottom fell out. went to electronics school and fixed main frames , servers, computers .and cash registers for 20 yrs . bottom fell out again . then finished up as a corrections officer for the county sheriffs office what fun lol ( no) . yup i am an old geezer lol 71 . i retired and set up a wood shop . not played guitar in long time so i thought i would learn how to build classical guitar for a start but got side tracted due to wife"s and my health. i Love your vids you seem pleasant and your info is great. thank you oh i do not wear Tee shirts however i have one of yours .

Hi, how Watts?needed in shouldering iron thanks

Some of the people who ridicule a player for spending $10K on a PRS with a full factory warranty would think nothing of spending even more for a pair of 1950s PAFs that might short out on them after six months. And how many RUclips tonewood deniers are pickup winders trying to sell their overpriced boutique stuff that’s made from plastic, magnets and wire, just like the mass-produced stuff from Asia? It’s impossible to prove that something doesn’t exist, and the tonewood question is never going to go away.

You can demonstrate scientifically that something exists by locating, defining and exhibiting it, but because the Universe is infinite or something like that, you can never prove that something doesn’t exist. Great minds like Isaac Asimov, Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson could never tell us how matter came to exist or why gravity exerts a force on objects that possess mass. I wonder how many tonewood deniers are boutique pickup winders trying to get us to buy their overpriced wares, which are made from plastic, magnets and wire, just like mass-produced ones?

The video shows him waving his hands and NOT his face as he is talking... Isn't that odd? Tell us what a sunken concavity' is and what a regular wristwatch looks like ...

Thank you so much for imparting your wisdom and experience. I am 21 and would love to make my own electric guitars. I appreciate you for helping me reflect on what my intentions are so that I can narrow my focus. Definitely interested in lutherie as a hobby/side-hustle. This is important stuff regarding me finding out where to start and what my expectations are. Thank you again dude for your help

Thanks Eric, I always enjoy watching your videos and have learnt much from them. I like the tip for marking bolt hole in body. however, I tend to use 2 bolts, and drill body first then take the brad point drill bit and push through hole from inside the body to mark the neck, this is also very accurate, and works well for me

Hi Mr.Schaefer.Did you make your side bender?

I love the look of wenge, but have not had any luck bending it. I haven't tried doing sides with it, but did attempt using wenge for binding and gave up after several unsuccessful bend attempts, both over a form and attempting freehand on a bending iron. I gave up after a few attempts and switched to mahogany for that particular build. Purpleheart and bloodwood also have given me trouble with bending, but I did manage successful sides with bloodwood. Honestly it may have just been my technique, so do you have any bending tips specific to wenge and similar brittle, splintery woods?

Do you have videos of the “rough milling early steps”, it seems the parts you are leaving out are some of the most difficult and certainly most important parts. A bad beginning can doom a job to failure before you even get started and all work is for naughty. For example, isn’t making the sides and properly sizing, cutting and clamping them become one of the most critical steps? If done improperly the top and back won’t fit properly, won’t sound appropriately and may cause those joints to failed prematurely. Similarly, the top and bottom blocks won’t glue properly and look atrocious if the sides aren’t properly set in the jig. I could rattle on about almost every piece, but do you videos for all the steps to get to the “beginning” of this video?

Just wanted to say that I really enjoy your channel. You don’t know it, but you helped me make my first guitar. I love how clear and thorough your explanations are, and appreciate your pleasant, cheerful, friendly way of presenting things. I also appreciate you showing your mistakes and how you fix them. It helps to take the stress out of learning. Many thanks. I’m going to purchase something from the store as a way to show my support.

How about bass guitar? Same nut relief?

I believe that you can get side sets bent from StewMac

Where are you getting EVO gold Eric ? I can’t find them anywhere. Every time I try to purchase them, they say they’re discontinued. 😢

thank you eric .all ways watch your stuff for years . agree with you on the unboxing tools . how ever take em with a grain of salt all info is good . just remember they are hawking stuff. ii do think ziricote is pretty stuff. at one time you used katalox for finger boards and bridges are you off that wood now or is there a reason for not using it now ? i do not think i have missed an episode .

Fantastic explanation.

I really can't stand unboxing videos anyway.

Doesn't

i want to know, how much price for one custom guitar it's is Bro??? I ll hope i got the answer..

quiero una de 12 cuerdas cajon ancho saludos de la mochila sinaloa

que marca es su guitarra saludos de los mochis sinaloa esta elegante

que elegante esta el diapason delgado diseño no tradicional yo uso guitarra doserola de 12 cuerdas se miraria interesante con ese clavijero delgado saludos de los mochis sinaloa

Why the bone bridge is pointy? To cut your hand while playing?

Great work as always ,I hope ur vacation was great with ur little ax also I live in Pa as well any humidity tips u can give me ,I just want my guitars to last as long as possible,,, thanks

Great video but the music is too loud? Could you turn it off when you are speaking?

David (RE Falcate bracing and Gore's book) Assuming you have a library network available, borrow it from the library. Thats what I did and the full sized plans came along with the loan (you may need to do it as a inter library loan since not all libraries have it)

hello, I'm just a 16 year old boy trying to fix my uncle's old guitar, and I don't really have the tool to heat the fret wire. What would the consequences be and is it still okay to remove the fret wire without heating it?

Love Western Red cedar, wenge is beautiful too.

Great tips on the Mylar pickguards. Thanks!

It’s fairly easy to get all the parts including blankets from Amazon. Enough people have bought parts you can basically fill your cart with just their suggestions. Built my own for just $100.

Ziricote (Sir i ko tay) is awesome.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the gramil and Tomy Hovington's video. Now that LMI is no longer around to offer the gramil, I'd be curious to see other's solutions regarding how they would approach how to build one. If you build one I'll definitely watch the video and if you don't, I'll still keep watching. Thanks again!

thank you Eric . last time i looked at bending machines it was 750 ish eek now days . why audio your not that hard to look at .

I tested the Stewmac benders... Not terribly impressed. I don't want to spam your comments, but I am making/selling a version that is basically the next evolution of am LMI bender. I started working on it a couple years ago when I sorted out how to do cutaways on an LMI machine. I didn't move it forward out of respect for LMI, but when I found out they were closing shop, I decided to wrap up design and start production... It's under a grand... I'm also selling the components (temp controllers, blankets, slats, rollers, etc) at a reasonable price so if someone is going the DIY route they can get the bits and pieces they need. BTW... Your advice on the cutaway is spot on.

The bending jig is very flexible and can be adapted to different shapes. Whether that is worth the money remains to be seen and is personal. Not for me it isn't ;-)

I purchased 6mm fiber glass arrows online in lots of 20, cut off the flights and arrowheads. Slipped on 6mm table ends and now I have excellent rods for a fraction of the price. 😊

Thank you for this. THIS makes and has always made sense to me.