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  • Learn How to Create Handmade Guitars and Handmade Violins on DIY's Handmade Music
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    Music lovers listen up. If you’ve ever been curious about how handmade guitars and handmade violins are made, then you need to check out DIY’s Handmade Music, where renowned luthier Lynn Dudenbostel and others demonstrate how to construct handmade classical guitars and other stringed instruments.

    Handmade Custom Guitar
    Using the skills of a woodworker and the passions of a musician, watch as expert luthiers hand craft handmade custom guitars on Handmade Music. You’ll get the step-by-step process of building a variety of handmade classical guitars, handmade acoustic guitars and handmade bass guitars. You’ll find out how to select the wood, cut, carve and assemble the handmade guitars, even handmade electric guitars, and finally, how to play them. Watch as luthier Lynn Dudenbostel shows how to build a handmade classical guitar styled like a Martin D-28- by hand from raw wood.

    Handmade Violin
    If you’re interested in making a handmade violin, watch the five-part handmade violin series, which focuses on the all the steps of building a handmade violin. The first step in the series of creating a handmade violin is creating the rib structure, which is demonstrated by Chicago School co-director Becky Elliott. Elliott continues to demonstrate throughout the five-part series until the handmade violin is complete.