guitars , the art

malcoholic

Hello everyone
I am from port elizabeth , and I am here to hopefully broaden my understanding and skills into what makes a good guitar , how they work, how to get them into the best working order and comfort and playing in perfect tune. Setting up and or repairing or making guitars is an art, its a science. Its exciting

beardedmoose

Welcome to the nuthouse mate. im sure you will find alot of advise here. Hit up Tjoklit Thunda and a guy called Lapdawg, theres another oke here called Chabenda, Or another wizard called Allan Ratcliff. You can even ask myself (Though i have been playing more than building the past year. But theres alot of amazing builders on this forum im sure you'll learn alot.

Shibbibilybob

If you are wanting the science behind it all, and don't mind getting a little dirty with some maths, then this book is fantastic: http://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Guitar-Richard-Mark-French/dp/1441944966

Don't expect anything definitive (there are many factors that make a good guitar, and all of them need to be nailed, even one thing off can ruin a good guitar, so it's subtle, and there is no one-size-fits-all solution).

It is very thorough though, and discusses exactly how each element affects the overall sound (but in isolation).
Totalling up all of the elements and their influences is really hard, because certain things counter the influence of other elements, and the system as a whole always will respond differently to a sum of it's elements working in isolation (because they don't work in isolation).

Still, incredible book.