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Books : Make Your Own Electric Guitar

by: Melvyn Hiscock


Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 787 EAN: 9780953104901 ISBN: 0953104907 Label: NBS Publications Manufacturer: NBS Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: 1998-10 Publisher: NBS Publications Sales Rank: 12759 Studio: NBS Publications	Average Rating: List Price: £18.50 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £18.49 You Save: £0.01 ( 0%) Prices subject to change.
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- If you buy one book on the topic make it this one.
Well written book. It tackles all the wood working side of building an electric guitar.
Basic wiring diagrams and explanations are included as well as a section on pickup selection, however for the true DIY build a book or information on pickup winding will have to be sourced. All you need is this book, time (about 250hours) and knowledge of wood working to build a guitar. I am currently re-reading this book as I plan my second guitar. A brilliant book for advice and reference.

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- Excellent introduction
Knowing things is only the first step of writing a book. Deciding what to include and what to leave out and how to organize it is equally important. This book has all the essentials of solid body guitar building and is very well written.

The first couple of chapters describes the basic guitar parameters and planning steps as well as the general approach for the woodwork. The next part describes three different guitars which covers most of the methods/styles found on electric guitar/basses. ... Read More

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- Excellent introduction
This book has been an invaluable resource for my first attempts at building an electric guitar. Melvyn Hiscock writes with a relaxed and somtimes humourous approach while still managing to explain in a comprehensive way many of the more complicated issues. Even as a complete novice to electrical wiring I managed to follow the wiring diagrams and explanations with not too much difficulty, and although the section on finishing isn't as comprehensive as it could be it does go a long way to describing the various ... Read More

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- very very good
A belter of a book. Assuming you are reasonably OK at woodwork, and know one end of a guitar from another - otherwise you wouldn't be considering a project like this in the first place, Melvyn does not waste time explaining which end of a chisel is the dangerous end, or spend 50 plus pages showing examples of his work. He demonstrates a few styles of guitar - eg a bolt on neck, a through neck, a carved top etc, you could copy one exactly, or (more fun) design your own around his principles.

He explains ... Read More

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