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Fret Length

Frets

Nut

Tuning Pegs

Headstock

Neck

Wires

projects

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and don’t forget to make your own amp by

upcycling an old tape deck (page 112).

Along the way, you’ll discover lots of interesting

music tidbits, scattered on the bottoms of the pages and

throughout as sidebars. Keep your eye out for photos of

professional musicians jamming on their own handmade

instruments, info about other simple instruments you can

cobble together, and who knows what else? The King of

the Cigar Box Guitar, Shane Speal, chips in periodically

with fascinating historical information and other rubber-

meets-the-road experiences with the instruments. Don’t

forget to flip through the amazing galleries of handmade

music instruments near the front (page 10) and the

back (page 118)

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there’s plenty of inspiration to get you

going! Before you dive in, take a moment to familiarize

yourself with the Anatomy of a Guitar, below

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it’ll help

you keep your bearings when you get into the thick of

building. Let’s get started

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and remember, there are

no rules! Build it ’til you like it.

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