Guitar building, testing and learning resources

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So, after two attempts to build DIY guitars, having watched quite some hours of raw video materials on building guitars, sound tests, and other stuff, I have seen and found several good quality and several so-or-so materials, be it video or audio-only. This post is a quick summary of the best sources (which doesn't necessarily mean the best for you, I'm open to other suggestions on good videos on the topics).
As a disclaimer, I am not affiliated with any of the below shops, channels, etc, I just recommend them as a simple viewer. They don't even know that I exist.

Building guitars

  • Ben Crowe @ Crimson Guitars - probably the most/best recommended European guitar building tools shop, custom guitar shop and luthery shares quite some tips, tools used, new ideas for guitar building, and carefully documents several custom guitar builds, so it's a fine source for information. I don't even dare to think how fun their guitar building courses could be (shortest being 3 day guitar building course, up to the 3 months long one, not counting the shorter guitar repair and maintenance courses). Check out their site for everything they do, and/or check out their youtube page to see their awesome videos. If you are just starting with building guitars, you will just be staring at what's possible, but don't start with anything similar seen at Crimson guitar
  • Guns and Guitars - Dan Thompson's two hobbies being obvious from the name of his site/channel he is on a quest to find/build guitars on a budget, sharing his tips and tricks on where to find budget kits, budget tools and budget electronics for building your dream guitar (or bass) on a budget.
  • Darrel Braun Guitar - Darrel's guitar collection seems endless and ever-expanding, he shares sound demos, comparisons of all sorts, kit builds, and lots of tips and interesting tests you probably don't want to try out (debunking myths by splicing an electric guitar body in four pieces to see how it changes the tone and/or sustain)
  • Brad Angrove - Mostly guitar finishing tips, but also has other painting tips, kit guitar builds, kit guitar upgrade recommendations, Brad's channel is worth checking out

Building pedals, amps and tools

Guitar reviews

  • Chapman & the Captain from Andertons - search youtube

Learning to play

Playing guitar



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