Clear and easy to follow. Packed with excellent photos and diagrams. All the information you will need to construct a fine classical guitar.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Construction Theory
3. Fan Bracing
4. Humidity
5. Wood and Materials
6. Tools
7. Construction Forms
8. Bending Form
9. Work Board
10. Boiling Trough
11. Guitarmaker's Clamps
12. Purfling Cutter
13. Glue
14. Planing the Wood
15. Jointing Top and Back
16. Bending Sides
17. Side Assembly
18. Neck
19. Joining Sides to Neck
20. Linings
21. Soundboard Construction
22. Back Construction
23. Gluing Top & Back
24. Alternate Assembly Method
25. Purfling
26. FretBoard
27. Bridge
28. Gluing the Bridge
29. Rosette
30. Finishing
31. Guitars by the Great Makers
32. Bibliography