Design Resource
Guitar Making - Dum Dum, Kolkata
Musical Instrument Making
by
Prof. Bibhudutta Baraland Srikanth B
Tools and Raw Materials
The tools and raw materials that are used for guitar making are as follows:
• Frame: It is used to make the middle portion of the guitar body.
• Plywood: It is used to make the main body of the guitar.
• Adhesive: It is used as a binding agent to stick guitar parts.
• Nail: It is hammered to the plywood parts for stronghold.
• Decolam Sheet: It is trimmed into the intended size to be stuck at the edges of the guitar body.
• Bronze Strings: It is fixed at the neck area known as the truss rod.
• Varnish: It is used to give glossiness to the guitar after smoothing.
• Sandpaper: It is used to smooth the neck and body parts of the guitar.
• Hand Drill: It is used to drill holes at the neck portion with hands.
• Hammer: It is used to hammer nails to the guitar.
• Handsaw: It is used to cut wood plank into required shapes.
• Hacksaw Blade: It is used to trim extra surfaces on the frets.
• Coping Saw: It is used to trim extra pieces of wood placed at the middle portion of a guitar body.
• Cutting Plier: It is used to trim brass strips and bronze strings.
• Nylon Strings: It is used to fix the bridge that runs through the fretboard and join the tuning pegs for a
combination of sound.
• Dust Collection: It is used to fill up small gaps in the guitar.
• Tuning Pegs: It is used to adjust the strings to a balanced pattern at the end of the frets.
• A Band Saw: It is used to shape the body of the guitar.
• Steel Scale: It is used to measure the size of the parts used for the guitar.
• Pencil: It is used to mark the size as per the measurement.
• Mini Scrapper: It is used to carve a shape at the guitar’s neck.
• Wax Sticks: It is used to cover the nail holes on the guitar.
