How to get started in Lutherie! I discuss things like having basic tool skills, learning to sharpen, whether or not you should build from a kit or from scratch, and whether or not you should specialize in acoustic guitars or go broad and build electrics, ukuleles etc... Recommended books for new builders: William Cumpiano's "Guitarmaking: an Art and Tradition" Alex Willis' "Step-by-step Guitar Making" David Russell Young's "The Steel String Guitar: Construction and Repair" Jim Williams' "A Guitar Maker's Manual" Also recommended is a subscription to "American Lutherie" magazine: https://luth.org/journal/ and/or a subscription to "Guitarmaker" magazine: https://www.asiartisans.org/content/magazine.html More advanced books for further refinement later on in your Lutherie journey: Ervin Somogyi's "The Responsive Guitar" Ervin Somogyi's "Making the Responsive Guitar" ? Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/ ?Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/ ?Check out the online course: Tru Oil Finishing: A Method for Acoustic Guitar: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/tru-oil-finishing-method-acoustic-guitar/ ? Subscribe for weekly guitar making tips: https://www.youtube.com/c/EricSchaeferGuitars?sub_confirmation=1 New episodes are released every Friday at 10am ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWtL90eTTi0

That's right. The concept of tonewoods as applied to solidbody electric guitars is a myth. I explain how the original concept of tonewoods as applied to acoustic guitars is taken out of context and used to infer that the choice of wood for a solid body guitar actually matters. Please share this video with someone you love, who still believes in the fallacy of electric guitar tonewoods. ? Subscribe for weekly guitar making tips: https://www.youtube.com/c/EricSchaeferGuitars?sub_confirmation=1 New episodes are released every Friday at 10am ? Register for an 8 day Hands-On Guitar Building Workshop in Bernville, Pennsylvania: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/learn-to-build-your-own-guitar/ ?Check out the online course "Building an OM Acoustic": https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/building-an-om-acoustic/ ?Check out the online course: Tru Oil Finishing: A Method for Acoustic Guitar: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/course/tru-oil-finishing-method-acoustic-guitar/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V76yWZ3-OuM