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The tools and raw materials that are used for guitar making are as follows:

• Frame: It is used to make the middle portion of the guitar body.

• Plywood: It is used to make the main body of the guitar.

• Adhesive: It is used as a binding agent to stick guitar parts.

• Nail: It is hammered to the plywood parts for stronghold.

• Decolam Sheet: It is trimmed into the intended size to be stuck at the edges of the guitar body.

• Bronze Strings: It is fixed at the neck area known as the truss rod.

• Varnish: It is used to give glossiness to the guitar after smoothing.

• Sandpaper: It is used to smooth the neck and body parts of the guitar.

• Hand Drill: It is used to drill holes at the neck portion with hands.

• Hammer: It is used to hammer nails to the guitar.

• Handsaw: It is used to cut wood plank into required shapes.

• Hacksaw Blade: It is used to trim extra surfaces on the frets.

• Coping Saw: It is used to trim extra pieces of wood placed at the middle portion of a guitar body.

• Cutting Plier: It is used to trim brass strips and bronze strings.

• Nylon Strings: It is used to fix the bridge that runs through the fretboard and join the tuning pegs for a
  combination of sound.

• Dust Collection: It is used to fill up small gaps in the guitar.

• Tuning Pegs: It is used to adjust the strings to a balanced pattern at the end of the frets.

• A Band Saw: It is used to shape the body of the guitar.

• Steel Scale: It is used to measure the size of the parts used for the guitar.

• Pencil: It is used to mark the size as per the measurement.

• Mini Scrapper: It is used to carve a shape at the guitar’s neck.

• Wax Sticks: It is used to cover the nail holes on the guitar.

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