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How did you learn about building the guitar? I'd love to see pics/see design plans. Electric or acoustic?

• krschultz 16y ago
  Also there are books, googling around there is plenty. I actually have a store near my house that supports home built guitars and the guy there was really helpful, but that doesn't scale at all. http://buildyourguitar.com/resources/links.htm http://buildyourguitar.com/resources/links.htm
• krschultz 16y ago
  Well my father has built about 10 guitars (acoustic and electric), so that is kind of cheating. Electric are definitely easier. Much like a computer the hardest part is figuring out what to buy because there are so many options. Figure out what kind of wood, what kind of neck, what kind of pickups etc to get the sound you want. A lot of people just knock off a common setup like a Les Paul or something well known. I'd recommend buying the neck off the shelf, then it really comes down to just making the body which is general woodworking type stuff. (The block of wood heavily influences the sound so obviously you order one specifically for guitar building). The electronics are straightforward. The most technical part is the paint. You probably want to spray, I guess you could stain but in my case we had an aircompressor and a spray gun so it was too hard. If you want to get more advanced, you can start to inlay stuff, I inlaid my name in mother of pearl on the neck, that was tough, but that is not necessary to build your own guitar, that was just for fun. Actual build time is not that bad. If you have the tools it is cheaper than buying one, if you don't have the tools it is more expensive.