TALK HOW TO BUILD BETTER PARTS GUITARS

Building a guitar from parts is a fantastic way to learn how to maintain and repair stringed instruments. But depending on the style of instrument you’re making, you’re likely to encounter a host of common issues that we techs deal with on a daily basis.

Expect to touch on things such as bridge placement for proper intonation, how to align the string path, soldering in pickups and, if you’ve chosen non-standard hardware, maybe even routing. Even brandnew necks may require extra fretwork so they’ll play cleanly all the way up the neck. After that’s done, you’ll need to finish the nut slots on that pre-cut nut you bought that was 100 per cent supposed