Are you interested in designing, building or repairing guitars? We all know you can't just grab a
piece of wood and start "It won't work" I have watched many people try this and when their
done they say I wish I new about that before I started. Problem's like Basic Design, Body
Woods, Scale length, Pickup Placement, Knob Placement, Cavity Routing, Tuning Stability,
Finish, Parts, Weight, Playability and the proper tools for the Job! Did you ever see what taking
the frets out of a neck wrong can do? Basically ruin the guitar.
After 3 years of writing I am happy to introduce my CD to the public. Over the years I have
been asked many questions about guitars and I try to answer them all. I checked every book
available and they just don't have the answer's. At that point I began writing one myself. It
took a long time with many rewrites but finally it's finished.
The CD Rom was programed in Director so it is a self contained movie that runs from either a
PC or Mac, The program is very large so to run it you need at least a Pentium II with a sound
and video card or a Macintosh G3 processor. It does run on slower machines but it kind of
drags along. You also need Apple Quicktime to run the CD properly and the CD comes with a
Quicktime Intaller.
The book has 265 pages all color and an easy to navigate menu to get around. It also has a ful
l sound track and built in Quicktime videos that show various procedures for making guitars.
I am not a graphic designer so the layout is basic not too much flash but allot of information.
The Idea of this book was not to teach you one way of doing anything but to give you ideas of
what can be done and let you figure out the best way to do it. One example would be making
a guitar body. Most books just give you a drawing of say a Strat and tell you step by step what
to do. My approach is totally different I explain all many ingredients and let you make the
recipe yourself.
To keep the cost down I did everything myself, I wrote the text, took the photos and videos
made all the drawings, programed the movie and burn the CD's myself. I did invest some
money in the programs and equipment but it was the cheapest way to go so I can pass the
saving's on to you. The Sound track was done by my good friend John Hodges just before he
passed away in a fire and I will be donating proceeds from all sales to the John Hodges
Memorial Scholarship Fund of Seaford Delaware.
The purpose of the CD on my side was to help people work on guitars but also I am trying to
upgrade my home shop to more modern equipment. Any money I make will go directly into
my shop. I have been trying to keep the cost down and I am set at a $29.00 price in the USA
with free shipping. Overseas orders will be $34.00 I am not setup for credit card just yet but this
should be setup soon. If your are overseas I am accepting money orders at this time.
I have checked other books and in them you get maybe one or two subjects that I cover for at
least this much.
The subjects are vast starting with "tools" and explaining all the different styles of production
from building by hand with limited tools to mass production in large factories.
The book also has chapters on designing electric, bass and acoustic guitars, detailed
electronics, all about pickups, wiring, guitar design from the initial idea all the way to having it
produced in a factory, general maintenance, factory repair methods, tools, jigs, templates,
fretting, making necks, carving solid tops, detail parts info, custom finish, trouble shooting and
more. Written in easy to understand every day language.
This book was written for everyone from new comers, builders or just guitar people.
My experience in the guitar business is extensive and for the past sixteen years. I have built,
repaired or customized guitars for many people including Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Larry
Mitchell, Andy Timmons, John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Frank Gambali, George Benson , Pat
Metheny, John Schofield, Paul Stanley, Gerald Veasley, Gary Willis and at least 50 more
people. I have also visited Japan, Korea and China over thirty times, and visited at over 25
guitar factories worldwide.
If you are interested in this type of CD book I am taking orders by credit card through
PAYPAL .Com or by money order. Paypal is a very secure way of doing business and if you
sign up you can get $5.00. After you make the payment the shipping instructions will be
emailed to me and the CD will be on its way. If you have any problems feel free to contact me at
alnico51@comcast.net
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