If you’re looking to improve your instrument making — whether you’re just starting out or refining your craft — these ebooks and videos were made for you. Each one distills practical insights from years at the bench, with clear explanations and no fluff.
Whether you’re after guidance on headstock backstraps, or running a luthier business, you’ll find tools here to help you build better instruments, avoid common pitfalls, and move forward with confidence.
They were all written on the road, between builds — the kind of advice I wish I’d had earlier on.
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Making a living in lutherie:
money and marketing
A practical guide to looking at your marketing efforts, and understanding how to tweak what you are doing so it works for you rather than against you.
62 pages. A pdf.
Making a living in lutherie:
from amateur to professional
A practical guide to running your own shop, a guide to dealing with some of the common pitfalls that beset luthiers.
156 pages. A pdf.
I could do with reading myself from time to time…
The luthier blog ebook
The Luthier blog ran for about a year and LOADS of top makers contributed to it. The posts cover all manner of topics from giving guitars away(?) to dealing with your first customer. A great read if you’re interested in making or repairing musical instruments. Timeless advice from professional makers. And not just me.
234 pages. A pdf.
Between the ideal and the possible
Dave Best took the photographs and I write/rant about instrument design. A beautiful book with lots of great pictures to drool over.
136 pages, and is an actual book. A real one. Soft bound and high quality.
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