July 24-25, 2027
Make Your Own Guitar Parts: Fingerboards & Bridges
with John Ressler
$575
$20 material fee payable to John
About this Workshop
Guitar fingerboards and bridges are the most difficult parts of a guitar to make. Super-tight tolerances, plus various scale lengths and neck widths, create a challenge for most guitar builders. In this class, John will demystify these challenges and demonstrate how to make these parts using simple calculations and templates. Students will have the opportunity to make their own fingerboards and bridges using practice blanks. In the workshop, students will use jigs that John will bring, but they will be able to copy these to make for their own use at a later date. John will also show how to make fingerboards and bridges without the use of jigs. Rosewood blanks will be available for an additional fee.
Key Points
- How to figure fret placement for fingerboards
- How to slot fingerboards
- How to properly taper the fingerboard
- Lay out a guitar bridge
- Proper shape of a bridge and its effect on playability
- Review various styles of fingerboard- and bridge-making jigs
- Proper wood selection and its effect on tone
About the Instructor
ENROLLMENT DETAILS
Make Your Own Guitar Parts: Fingerboards & Bridges with John Ressler
July 24-25, 2027
$575.00
Online Registration Starts December 1, 2026
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