An Apprentice Guitar Builder’s Journal — Germany

The Accidental
Luthier

Building a classical guitar. One mistake at a time.

Build Milestones

Step-by-step milestones

A focused checklist for each major stage of the build.

Plan & research

Active 78d

Milestones will be added soon for this step.

Build a Workbench

Done 23d

Milestones will be added soon for this step.

Acquire tonewoods

Done

Milestones will be added soon for this step.

Making The Neck

Active 45d
  1. Preparing the neck plank
  2. Cutting the scarf head join
  3. Joining the head to the neck
  4. Inserting a reinforcing strip
  5. Making the heel block
  6. Gluing the head plate