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Custom-make your own electric guitar and learn how to install the ground wire on your solid body electric guitar in this video guide to making musical instruments.

Expert: Frank Pope
Bio: Frank Pope, founder of FBI Guitars, been building guitars for more than 10 years and has constructed more than 30 finished products.

Filmmaker: Charles Stewart Jr.

Duration : 0:1:25

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Creating a stain effect can change the look of your electric guitar in this free video guide to making musical instruments.

Expert: Frank Pope
Bio: Frank Pope, founder of FBI Guitars, been building guitars for more than 10 years and has constructed more than 30 finished products.

Filmmaker: Charles Stewart Jr.

Duration : 0:2:13

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Professional guitarist and skilled craftsman will show how to level the fingerboard by a when building a homemade electric guitar in this free video guide to making musical instruments.

Expert: Frank Pope
Bio: Frank Pope, founder of FBI Guitars, been building guitars for more than 10 years and has constructed more than 30 finished products.

Filmmaker: Charles Stewart Jr.

Duration : 0:2:32

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Learn how to cut v shaped notches for the frets when building a homemade solid body electric guitar in this free video guide to making musical instruments.

Expert: Frank Pope
Bio: Frank Pope, founder of FBI Guitars, been building guitars for more than 10 years and has constructed more than 30 finished products.
Filmmaker: Charles Stewart Jr.

Duration : 0:2:10

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blues guitar track everyone knows about i think…born under a bad sign

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Learn how to do guitar setup and intonation on a homemade solid body electric guitar in this free video guide to making musical instruments.

Expert: Frank Pope
Bio: Frank Pope, founder of FBI Guitars, been building guitars for more than 10 years and has constructed more than 30 finished products.
Filmmaker: Charles Stewart Jr.

Duration : 0:2:2

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Find out from an expert guitarist and craftsman how to inlay fret notches for a homemade solid body electric guitar in this free tutorial video guide to making musical instruments.

Expert: Frank Pope
Bio: Frank Pope, founder of FBI Guitars, been building guitars for more than 10 years and has constructed more than 30 finished products.
Filmmaker: Charles Stewart Jr.

Duration : 0:3:56

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VintageCityGuitars.com plays their 1957 Gibson Les Paul Special. You can learn more about this guitar at VintageCityGuitars.com

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Learn how to mount the posts on a homemade solid body electric guitar in this video guide to making musical instruments. Learn how you can build your own Les Paul or other model of electric guitar.

Duration : 0:1:11

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Learn how to buff a homemade solid body electric guitar in this video guide to making musical instruments.  Learn how you can build your own Les Paul or other model of electric guitar.

Duration : 0:1:13

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