Lutherie Guides

All About Guitar Inlays – Design, Carve, and Embed Inlays
This is a big subject, but we’re going to try to distill things and send…

Guitar Neck Profile Guide
Perhaps one of the most overlooked (or unrecognized) features of a guitar is its neck…

Neck Pitch – Why and How
For a beginner guitarist, neck pitch (tilt) is nowhere on the radar when it comes…

Build Log: Semi-Hollow Acrylic Top Flying V
While this may be the first build log published on Electric Herald, it's certainly not…

How to Intonate a Guitar (or Bass)
While this article deals specifically with standard single scale instruments in mind, you may use…

Guitar Repair Tools Guide [Purchase List – 2020]
Thinking about repairing or modifying your own guitar? Interested in becoming a luthier? We can help you get started with this extensive tool list.

5 Effective Ways to Easily Sell Your Custom Guitars
A helpful guest article discussing some of the ways luthiers can market their custom built guitars, both online and offline.

Guitar Design Video – Adobe Illustrator
A video demonstration showing the complete process of drawing a guitar template in Adobe Illustrator.

JTB-II / Free CAD Files for an Original Guitar Model
A free CAD model set for an original guitar: the JTB-II.

How to Draw a Guitar Template – Adobe Illustrator
Learn how to draw a guitar template using Adobe Illustrator – for use in lutherie, CAD / CAM, and template making (Difficulty: Intermediate).