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If yoüve ever wanted to make a guitar, you've probably been overwhelmed quickly. The Boxmaker¿s Guitar Book takes you back to basics with the simple reminder that all woodworkers and maker¿s know how to make boxes. From that building block, you can create a beautiful guitar that sounds good, too.With simple construction techniques, author Doug Stowe breaks down the guitar into its component parts so you can mix and match to create your own unique instrument. Yoüll learn how to create sound holes, necks, frets, nuts, tail pieces, bridges, and all the pieces you need to complete your musical masterpiece.
The 15 easy projects in
The Boxmaker¿s Guitar include more than just a flat-sided box¿try your hand at a scissor-tail or K-body design, or even a ukulele. With a minimal investment of time and tools, you can have a sweet-sounding box guitar to strum on your own or give to a friend.
About the author
Doug Stowe has been a self-employed woodworker since 1976. In addition to working is his wood shop, Stowe teaches children at the Clear Spring School a program called "The Wisdom of the Hands,” a course dedicated to the concept that working with one’s hands is essential to learning. The author of eight books, his most recent is
The Guide to Woodworking with Kids published in 2020 by Blue Hills Press. He also writes for
Fine Woodworking and other woodworking magazines.
He currently lives with his wife Jean on a wooded hillside overlooking the beautiful historic community of in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Summary
If you’ve ever wanted to make a guitar, you've probably been overwhelmed quickly. The Boxmaker’s Guitar Book takes you back to basics with the simple reminder that all woodworkers and maker’s know how to make boxes. From that building block, you can create a beautiful guitar that sounds good, too.
With simple construction techniques, author Doug Stowe breaks down the guitar into its component parts so you can mix and match to create your own unique instrument. You’ll learn how to create sound holes, necks, frets, nuts, tail pieces, bridges, and all the pieces you need to complete your musical masterpiece.
The 15 easy projects in The Boxmaker’s Guitar include more than just a flat-sided box—try your hand at a scissor-tail or K-body design, or even a ukulele. With a minimal investment of time and tools, you can have a sweet-sounding box guitar to strum on your own or give to a friend.
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Marketing and Publicity Highlights
Targeted comp mailing to national woodworking, craft, & lifestyle magazines, including Popular Woodworking (circ. 150,000), Fine Woodworking (circ. 220,000) This Old House (circ. 960,000), Mother Earth News (500,000), Family Handyman (circ. 1,150,000), and Popular Mechanics (1,200,000)Targeted comp mailing to national guitar publications including Guitar World (130,000), Guitar Player (104,000), Total Guitar (50,000), and Guitarist (25,000)Targeted comp mailing to key cigar box guitar, woodworking, maker, and DIY bloggers and websites including Cigar Box Guitar.com, MAKEzine.com, The Wood Whisperer.com, and MakeSomething.TVAd campaign in Woodcraft magazine (Circulation 100,000), Popular Woodworking (150,000), and Woodworker’s Journal (125,000).E-newsletter promotion to 600 woodworking clubs.Targeted social media promotion through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. 
