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Fancy making yourself a ‘guitar shelf’ – Then here is a how I repurposed an old guitar and made something I have wanted in my man cave for a long time.

I have written this step by step tutorial which will show you exactly how I made a Guitar Shelf for next to nothing in 5 simple steps – so you can make a similar guitar shelf for your home, she shed or man cave.”Trust me, It’s a great conversation starter between you and your friends.”

Step By Step Guitar Shelf Tutorial

Upcycling is something that we should all do. It protects the environment and equally helps us save money whilst we turn something old into something new and useful.On top of this upcycling is fun and if you are the creative type you will seriously love this simple yet effective project.

Materials Required For The Project

Old Acoustic Guitar

Small Flat Head Screwdriver

Tape Measure

Handsaw 14″ preferably

Drill

Wood Glue

Modge Podge or PVA Glue

Plywood offcuts approximately 1 X 1 foot squared.

Gold Acrylic Paint

2 X Screws & Wall Plugs

Step 1# – Removing The Front Of Guitar

The first part is tricky – you have to remove the front of the guitar away from the base of the instrument.

You need to be careful because the glue is fairly tough but by slowly presing a small flathead screwdriver into the guitar near the seem you can work the front away from the base.

Once the guitar face is loose, using the handsaw cut along the lower neck of the guitar like I do in the image below. Once you have done this, the guitar front detaches fully from the base quite easy.

Step #2 – Measuring The Inside Of The Base For The Shelving

Every guitar is going to measure differently inside of the base cavity.So grab your tape measure and place this inside of the hollow part of the guitar.

Now I made three shelves for the inside of my guitar. I began by measuring at the top Just under the neck of the guitar, then in the middle section before taking my last measurement 4 inches down from the middle.

It may be best you score with a pencil where you take the measurements to ensure the pieces fit once cut.

Measuring the shelving this way allowed for a small shelf with less space and two larger shelves with around 4 inches of clearance in-between each.

See the below image to see how the shelves look when they are cut to size.

Step #3 – Attaching The Plywood To The Guitar To Make The Shelving

You now need to attach your plywood to the inside of the guitar. To do this I laid the guitar flat before positioning each shelf inside where I had scored a line when I was measuring.

Once in place I used wood glue to secure the plywood in place. I ensured there was enough to keep the shelving firm – this way it will hold accessories once it’s complete.

Dry time depends on the brand of wood glue. To fully cure most take 24 hours, so just be patient and follow the instructions which are normally on the rear of the glue bottle.

Allowing the product to fully cure will make your shelving stronger long run.See the image below for shelving placement.

Step #4 – Applying Paint To The Guitar Shelves

At this stage I chose a Gold acrylic paint to apply to the inside of the guitar base.

Apply the paint evenly ensuring that the shelves and inside base are completely covered.

Follow dry times on the paint of your choice again allowing for it to fully cure.

Step #5 – Further Guitar Shelves Decoration Idea

As you can see the guitar looks brilliant with just paint on it. We decided to further decorate the shelves using old music manuscripts.

You could do this too maybe using any of the following:

Newspapers

Magazines

Wallpaper

Photo’s

Fabrics

We used PVA Glue dipping the manuscript into the substance which I placed into an old paint tin to mix the glue and manuscript together.

Once the manuscript paper had soaked the glue into it – we then placed individual 2 inch squared pieces inside of the base covering the shelves and base.

Once this was attached, we left it to dry for around 4 hours.As you can see from the image below it looks amazing.

Step #6 – Decorate Your Guitar With LED Lights.

So our guitar shelves look great in the front room when the lights are low.

We purchased some cheap fairy lights which I think adds a great touch to the guitar shelves. And I did to attach them was use a little bit of blue tack to hold them in place.

You could do this or simply glue them in place. I like to change things around in the home and found the blue tack the best solution in case I ever wanted to remove or change the lights in future.

See the below image of the guitar lit up at night.

So, that’s how to make guitar shelves. It’s actually far easier than it looks and I am sure you will make something equally as nice if not better.

If you would like any tips regarding this guitar shelf project please feel free to leave a comment below.

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