Learn to build your own electric guitar with this step-by-step guide, including tools, patterns, and expert tips for unlimited customization.
This course is all about building your own electric guitar, packed with step-by-step videos and expert tips. You'll learn how to create patterns, use the right tools, and customize your instrument—whether it’s your first or next masterpiece!
A step by step guide to making a set neck electric guitar with virtually unlimited scope for customization
Welcome to 'Build Your Own Guitar'
Inside is a complete step by step video for building your very own first (or best yet) guitar. I will guide you through the entire process starting with making your own set of patterns - these are among the many secret 'tricks of the trade' that enable you to make high quality instruments - faster and easier.
I will show you how to use your patterns to make one or a hundred guitars!
This course also includes my ebook on Tools and quick-start pages:
Tools for your first guitar
Wood and Parts for your first guitar
Patterns
How hard can it be?
There are about 50-60 jobs to make a guitar - each one should take 10-20 minutes on average - it takes a certain level of commitment... and yes, it can be hard work.
If you want to be a guitar maker (or just make one for yourself) then I truly believe this is the best possible start you could get - short of actually working in a guitar workshop.
What's in it for me?
Over eight hours of video - this course is the final product of many years of building guitars, running courses and writing to create a real and accurate instruction manual.
16 years of experience teaching over 400 student to build has taught me a lot:
how to break the process down into easy chunks
the right tools for the right job
the best order to do them in for best results
the most efficient way of doing each job - saving time and wasted effort
It is my aim to pass as much of this to you as I can - and save you a lot of time and heartbreak... this course is the next best thing to being here at my workshop.
Who is it for?
To get the most from this course it is highly recommended that you have already completed my other course Design Your Own Guitar - this is why it is included here for free.
Important!
I do recommend using a pre-made fretboard for your first build but have included two methods of making your own - just in case you are determined to do it the hard way!
You can ask me any question directly - or start an open discussion with our enthusiastic students. Remember you can watch the films over and over again.
Thanks for your interest in Build Your Own Guitar - Enrol now and get my other course 'Design Your Own' FREE! or watch the free previews to get a taster.
See you in the course!
Make your own set of patterns
Use your patterns to make a guitar
Use your new skills to make one or a hundred guitars!
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My name is Mark Bailey and I run my own guitar making workshop - Bailey Guitars. I have devoted my life to building guitars and I’ve taught over 400 people how to do it.    In my youth I worked in a guitar factory alongside some of the best guitar makers on the planet, including Patrick Eggle who makes some of...
Very happy with this course. I signed up a few years ago and have now made 5 electric guitars and a bass. Every time I do a new one, I whip through the videos again as a reminder. The course is well set out and full of information. Big thumbs up from me!
This was exactly what I was looking for in a guitar building course. I've only watched the course so far but now getting my tools and materials together to start the build.
Outstanding course Mark. The number of unintuitive tradecraft tricks that you share in this course is priceless. I'm ready to watch it a second time, only this time I'll be buying the wood and hardware and building one up! Thanks so much. This truly is a GREAT course.
Great course! Simple instructions and good advices on jigs.
An excellent course, extremely well put together. I'm blown away by the quality and the fun way it's presented. I'm loving Mark and his approach to teaching. Can't wait to finish my first guitar.
This course is absolutely excellent! I have watched it all the way through twice and it has given me the confidence to undertake my own build. It is a great resource too as I often refer back to certain parts for clarification of what I am doing. TOP JOB Mark!
The content is comprehensive and informative.
The production quality meets my expectations.
The instructor's delivery is interesting and engaging (and appropriately humorous at times) :-)
Both courses have a very high standard of tuition and anyone with a little familiarity with using tools could design and make an electric guitar from watching the two courses.
Explanations as to why certain things are done is given, which I love as that gives a better understanding of everything involved. There are also lots of top tips that you can only get from someone with long and deep experience.
All in all two excellent courses.
This course is for anyone who wishes to build guitars .It was worth the wait ,Mark did a fine job covering all the detail of building a guitar with a teaching approach that anyone could understand what was being covered . Along with his other course how to design a guitar ,a person has all the information one would need to design and build guitars . Thanks Mark and Udemy for making courses like this available .
This is simly the best course on building guitars. Mark really shares all the informations, camera shots are great as well. I'm really happy with the course, as I'm planning to build guitar for a long time and this one was missing.
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Graham H.
Great course! Very well presented!