What to know before you build (Ep 1 - Acoustic Guitar Build) 

Adam, your montage caught my eye. I sat in stunned wonder at the tools, and your composure. At 59, my goal is to teach myself how to build and repair guitars. I have my fresh pot o joe on, your videos playing, and I'm looking forward to learning from you, Sir. THANK YOU so much for sharing this journey with all of us!

Guitar turned out awesome man! Excited to follow along with this one.

I just found your channel. I’ve been framing houses for 20 years and I’m confident that I can do just about anything. My father is a Master Guitar player. I want to build him a Guitar. But I saw that canoe and I’m just impressed. You’re the Man Adam.

Good stuff, Adam! Great distillation of the process. I can't wait to see the rest of the series.

Just started thumbing through this series. You are an amazing educator and presenter. These videos are packed full of detailed and helpful tips but you are also concise and to the point. Well done. I hope you keep posting stuff like this.

Hey Adam, keep on coming back to your videos. Thanks for doing these man. I watched a lot of good videos out there...your videos for sure are one of my favourites. Cheers from Toronto.

Adam, one of the reasons I enjoy your videos is that you make a short video that shows that anyone can do these projects. You just have to go and do it. Thanks for this, your guitar sounds great!

You reallllllly made it by hand! O.0 the whole thing. Amazing

Cool looking forward to watching the series. I was waiting to see you smash the guitar!!

Worksharp is the best ever. I have no links with them. I made a guitar many years ago. It wasn’t anything like as expensive as you report. I used rosewood and ebony and spruce. So don’t be put off by the price. Great video.

I'm so glad I found this. I wanted a new woodworking project to take on and your video helped me decide that this isn't for me. I love the process, but it's definitely not something I would enjoy making at the moment.

I am trying to repair a severely damaged guitar but I really liked it was my favorite its not an expensive model an Alvarez RD-20 cutaway. People had told me to throw it away and go get another one but its not easy for me to just give it up. I fell on it due to some medication I was taking that made me dizzy, I fell on it and the fold up stand got pushed through both the back and the top. A repair is much different than a build the sides are still good, but must replace the back and the top the tools required are pretty much the same. Your videos are very helpful to me and I appreciate you sharing them. Also have subscribed to Eric Schaffer's channel thanks.

Sweet man, nice and simple explanation

The Side Monitor Soundhole puts your ears in the audience while you play. Every nuance of your instrument projects toward your ear not away from it at 90 degrees. This gives you a sonic perspective that will bring out the best in your playing.

Congrats on getting Worksharp to sponsor you! Looking forward to this series! I'm working towards making an Irish Bouzouki, but it's taking me a while to accumulate the tools to get it done. One of these days I'll get it done, and if I clean my shop, I'll video it.

Great video

LMI,They Rally rocks.

awesome job! I thought it was funny knowing how much work it involves when you quickly explained the process steps of building made it sound so easy! Im happy for you dude! I kno how stoked id be finishing a project like this!

DAMN dude, that CANOE. Very nice. I've built a full sized airplane, restored several cars, etc. and that is some pretty work. I'm thinking about building a guitar, looks like your vids will be a good place to start. I will look at some professional luthiers, as well, obviously, but I'm hoping a beginner builder will have tips and lessons learned the pros may not think to voice. I'm interested in learning to play, and figure if I build my own I will have more invested in the whole process. Cheers.

Watching you...I would love to build myself a guitar one day

Sound cool, ....liked and subscribed. bye

Nice video series! Just a Quick comment about the costs... Yes, you can build It in a way cheaper cost with recycled materials, diy tools and hardware from china... i've done a ukulele on a budget of about 20 Bucks and i'm finishing a electric guitar on the same budget.

I plan on making a bass the size of a guitarron with a longer neck to get a better range of sounds while having a good volume.

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Man, I'm super lucky then. My dad is a carpenter and he owns every tool that I need to start building my first guitar!

How many hours did it take you to build the guitar? What use did you use? Good video btw

just finished my first guitar build. I've always wanted to build a cedar strip canoe. how would you compare the "doablility" of the canoe compared to the guitar?

Super!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why dont you use dove tail to join neck to the body?

I don't see any link to that other luthiers website or RU-vid channel that you mentioned at the beginning.

i was planing to do it in school cause we can decide what to build like free and yeh

A lot of "premium" US made martins cost 2 grand. To have a instrument you built yourself, and the knowledge from doing it, is priceless IMO Have you thought about making money building guitars?

Hello adam, can i get the template paper? please

Se eu comprar um violao seu, voce envia para o Brasil?

where did you get the plans?

I ha e been watching you videos for awhile and im a big fan are they any way you could bild me a guitar and hand sine it

Hello, im not making an acoustic but im working on a les paul style electric. I gotta make some drenches in the guitar, should i use a router or something else?

What is that song you end on...Neil? CSNY? EDIT: Needle and the damage done :) - NY

This should be interesting!

Do you giveaway guitar

How can i get free this acoustic guitar plans? Please help me. I wanna make my own guitar.

When you talk about tools and such could you give us the prices especially in Canadian dollars as this is where I live and I need to know. I am a disable person in a wheelchairs I have to start saving right away. I am on a fixed pension and they fix it so you can not live on it (hahaha that’s a small joke, ve very small

Ive heard Luthiers say that building a little Mandolin is even harder than building a Guitar.

I came from Junior Silveira's Channel

Why is there an extra hole in your guitar?

Any books that you recommend on the subject of building a guitar?

Random question, are you canadian? Your accent sounds so familiar? Idk

Go Ducks!

this should be nice.

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2 grand? That's too much in my book!

I hope viewers of this video realize it is not a good introduction to the process...yes...I have built a acoustical guitar...actually 2