My guitar building book shelf

Every author chooses a different approach or a different style, and one has to keep trying to learn from more then just one source to constantly widen one's horizon. Since there are not that many it's possible to own (like me) almost every book on guitar building.

Acoustic guitars

Making Master Guitars, Courtnall
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Classical Guitar Making, Bogdanovich
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The Guitar Maker's Workshop, Middleton
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Guitarmaking, Cumpiano/Natelson
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Build Your Own Acoustic Guitar, Kinkead
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The Bouzouki Book, McDonald
Buy at mcdonaldstrings.com

A Guitar Maker's Manual, Williams
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The Steel String Guitar, Young
No longer available

Steel String Guitar Construction, Sloane
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Step-by-Step Guitar Making, Willis
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Gitarrenbau, Koch
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Gitarre selbst gebaut, Hromek
No longer available

The Making of Stringed Instruments, Buchanan
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Electric guitars

Making an Archtop Guitar, Benedetto
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Making A Laminated Hollowbody Electric Guitar, English
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Build Your Own Electric Guitar, Oackham
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Make Your Own Electric Guitar, Hiscock
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Electric Guitar Construction, Hirst
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Constructing a Solid-Body Guitar, Siminoff
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Make Your Own Electric Guitar & Bass, Waring/Raymond
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Building Electric Guitars, Koch
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Guitars, Design, Production and Repair, Donahue
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It's easy to Build Your Own Lap Steel Guitar, Koch
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E-Gitarrenbau, Koch
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Build Your Own Electric Guitar, Foley
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Guitar Finishing STEP BY STEP, Erlewine, MacRostie
Buy at www.stewmac.com

Electric Guitar Mechanism: Complete Edition, Yutaka Takeda
Available in Japanese only! Buy at .co.jp

eBook: HOW TO Create A Factory Guitar Finish With Just A Couple Of Spray Cans!, Gleneicki
Buy at www.paintyourownguitar.com

Ich baue mir eine elektrische Gitarre, Brosnac
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