Comments on: Make your own guitar?

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By: Neodymium

Neodymium — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:14:08 +0000

I think building a guitar certainly is feasible for a novice. Perhaps it’s better to have a luthier do the fretwork though.

By: Cheap Guitar

Cheap Guitar — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:52:11 +0000

Building your own guitar with a kit is a great way to put your own touches on your instrument.

You can get a quality guitar kit with a quilted maple top for a fraction of the cost of buying a name brand one. You can end up with a guitar of higher quality depending on your building and finishing skills.

This site has about ten build your own guitar kits

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:27:56 +0000

I really believe it’s worth trying, we got some sweet sounds out of a tele kit we bought from Grizzly and are working on the second tele with a special neck! It’s a bit of a challenge for beginners, but there are many guitar modifications that can be done with the proper tools!

By: Ovidiu

Ovidiu — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:24:52 +0000

I loved the kits that Carvin used to sell here at about $700, a bit too expensive for a kit, but the stock pickups were good and the sound of the guitar assembled this way was great.

By: Allan

Allan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:38:48 +0000

Kits are available from several sources.
Stewart McDonald, WD, even Grizzly tools has some very nice kits.
Allan.

By: Dot in DC

Dot in DC — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:44:50 +0000

Very neat idea! Like a prefab house.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:34 +0000

Where can a person buy a kit?

By: Allan

Allan — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:38:49 +0000

Danny, very timely discussion, as you know I’m working on a walnut strat body right now. This is probably the 12th guitar I’ve built, all the bodies from raw wood, but I’ve only tackled one neck from scratch. It was a disaster, so I’ve relegated to buying necks. I don’t know how to post pictures here yet, so I won’t bore you with those, you can come by and see the results any time.
Fortunately, I have quite a woodworking shop, and build custom furniture as a hobby, which migrated right into building a few guitars. None have come out to be show pieces, but they played well and sounded great. And that’s what counts.
Don’t be disillusioned, you sure as heck won’t save any money by building one yourself, but the satisfaction sometimes overcomes some of the flaws.
later, Allan.