Author Archives: ShannonGuitars

We have added a new page to the website featuring our special artists that play our Shannon Steels and guitars! Go check it out, and if you want to be a featured artists or you know someone who wants to be featured, send us an email: artist@shannonguitars.com

Drill bits make holes. Simple enough, but the shapes, sizes and precise location of said holes can make the difference between a guitar that sounds perfect, and one that is impossible to tune properly. Different style drill bits aren’t required, but help get the job done more efficiently rather than having a one size fitsContinue reading “These Drill Bits Are The Drill Bits That Shall Pierce The Heavens! – Featured Luthier Tools.”

New gear is available over at the gear store (link at the top of the page) We have a new, totally unique design not at all remissness of a known brand here in Tennessee and is completely original in all ways… so please don’t sue. With this new parody design you’ll be showing your supportContinue reading “New Gear Over At The Gear Store!”

Dremels come in all shapes and sizes and are a versatile tool that can help carve out those hard to reach places or help shape any wood workers project. Here at Shannon Guitars, the dremel’s primary use is to carve out bevels, and to help smooth the wire holes in the pickup and control cavitiesContinue reading “The Dremel, a Hand Carving Must Have – Featured Luthier Tools”

Precision is key to building high quality guitars and lap steels alike. With accurate measuring tools such as calipers, rulers and using everyone’s favorite high school subject geometry, building playable instruments is possible. Not to get into the nitty gritty, but without accurate scale lengths or realistic dimensions, the sound and play-ability of the steelsContinue reading “Measure Twice, Cut Once! – Featured Luthier Tools”

The wood jointer is an invaluable tool for creating clean edges that are perfect for gluing together multiple pieces of wood that can bond extremely well and look sharp as well. Most use the jointer to create perfect 90 degree angles using the back fence as a guide, but it also can create multiple rangesContinue reading “Beware the Jointer! – Featured Luthier Tools”

This week’s featured tool, the wood planer, is one of the first tools used in creating a lap steel, by flattening the wood along with cutting it to the proper thickness to spec. As a small piece of trivia, the first few ShannonSteel™ lap steels were made without access to a planer and were sizedContinue reading “Wood Planer – Featured Luthier Tools!”

Here at Shannon Guitars, the most crucial of all tools for creating guitars and lap steels is the wood router. The wood router allows carving of the cavities for pickups, controls, and also is critical for rounding edges, or hollowing out the bodies of the steels and guitars. Routers come in all shapes and sizes.Continue reading “Wood Routers – Featured Luthier Tools”

What can be said about the band saw that hasn’t been said before? The band saw is one of the most used tool here at Shannon Guitars. The flexibility of cutting body perimeters, and use of cutting tight turns makes it a must have for any shop. Also the band saw is a great toolContinue reading “The Band Saw! – Featured Luthier Tools”

Greetings Master Builders! Today’s Featured Luthier Tools is our laser engraving machine! The laser engraver allows a way to etch intricate designs right into our lap steels and guitars. We have done designs such as skulls, planets, rose patterns and more. With the engraver, the most common use is etching our logo and the layoutContinue reading “Laser Engraver – Featured Luthier Tools”