Welcome to Ed’s World of Guitars Howdy, and welcome. I have had a lot of fun building, playing, and even modifying guitars. I am not a luthier, but I do play one on TV. One of the things that I wanted to do with this site is share my experiences, good and painful both, with other people who might share my enthusiasm for guitars. One thing that I have been doing is collecting web sites of guitar related stuff. There are lots of URLs here, but this list should not be considered complete. If you know of a missing site, let me know and I will add it for the future. My building logs/blogs The Yellow Guitar The Blue Guitar The Orange Guitar The Walnut Guitar Bigsby Tele Guitar The KoaCaster The Beat Caster The Black Walnut Guitars Josie’s Guitar The Tube Amp G&L ASAT III (part 1) G&L ASAT III (part 2) G&L SC-2 My Bass project My Gibson bass project My Lap Steel project I have learned a few things building and modifying the above guitars, and I would like to share some of those ideas. Start at the end. By this, I mean: What do you want to end up with. Just saying a “Tele” is not enough, because there are so many variations on the theme. Do you want one that is historically accurate, or do you want one with a modern neck? Things like that. How much are you willing to spend on the guitar? Because, it is usually cheaper to a complete guitar buy off the shelf, if what you want is pretty standard. I figure that Gibson, Fender, G&L, et al, spend about $0.25 on parts for every $1.00 that you and I spend. And don’t forget to figure in the price of tools & stuff like that. Some books on guitar building, finishing, and electronics will be very useful. Make sure that you have plenty of extra stuff to practice on. Like extra woods to make sure that you have the correct dye/stain color. In May of 2007, Keith J. Soper, took on an interesting project for a school paper. He wanted to determine if there really is a difference in sound between a Telecaster made of Ash vs Alder. This is an old and contentious issue. I think that Keith has done a good job of advancing the science on this issue. Of course, it won't stop the wars amongst the "true believers." Anyways, here is the paper. Read it and enjoy.

Howdy, and welcome. I have had a lot of fun building, playing, and even modifying guitars. I am not a luthier, but I do play one on TV. One of the things that I wanted to do with this site is share my experiences, good and painful both, with other people who might share my enthusiasm for guitars.

One thing that I have been doing is collecting web sites of guitar related stuff. There are lots of URLs here, but this list should not be considered complete. If you know of a missing site, let me know and I will add it for the future.

My building logs/blogs

The Yellow Guitar

The Blue Guitar

The Orange Guitar

The Walnut Guitar

Bigsby Tele Guitar

The KoaCaster

The Beat Caster

The Black Walnut Guitars

Josie’s Guitar

The Tube Amp

G&L ASAT III (part 1)

G&L ASAT III (part 2)

G&L SC-2

My Bass project

My Gibson bass project

My Lap Steel project

I have learned a few things building and modifying the above guitars, and I would like to share some of those ideas.

1. Start at the end. By this, I mean: What do you want to end up with. Just saying a “Tele” is not enough, because there are so many variations on the theme. Do you want one that is historically accurate, or do you want one with a modern neck? Things like that.
2.How much are you willing to spend on the guitar? Because, it is usually cheaper to a complete guitar buy off the shelf, if what you want is pretty standard. I figure that Gibson, Fender, G&L, et al, spend about $0.25 on parts for every $1.00 that you and I spend. And don’t forget to figure in the price of tools & stuff like that.
3.Some books on guitar building, finishing, and electronics will be very useful.
4.Make sure that you have plenty of extra stuff to practice on. Like extra woods to make sure that you have the correct dye/stain color.

In May of 2007, Keith J. Soper, took on an interesting project for a school paper. He wanted to determine if there really is a difference in sound between a Telecaster made of Ash vs Alder. This is an old and contentious issue. I think that Keith has done a good job of advancing the science on this issue. Of course, it won't stop the wars amongst the "true believers." Anyways, here is the paper. Read it and enjoy.