Have any of you built a guitar? I’m curious to hear your experiences.
I’ve assembled three, usually with some help. Every time I buy parts, even from the same place (so they know they’re going together and should not screw it up), there’s something up with the parts. For example, my 3rd one, they cut the nut too low and it needed three shims to raise it. I didn’t know how off it was (I could just tell it wasn’t right) or have the shims, so I took it to a pro, who fixed that and then re-did my setup.
If you’ve never built one and always wanted to, I have a video showing how easy most of it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUBhO5E-OEU&feature=youtu.be
Rand
Full streaming audio of my instrumental guitar albums is available at http://www.randyellefson.com, or download me playing "Dee" by Randy Rhoads at http://www.randyellefson.com/music/serenade/Dee_Randy_Ellefson.mp3
So many parts on a guitar need fitting, that you will almost never find anything off the shelf that works. Neck angle, fret height, bridge height, screw placement... Its all a little bit different from build to build.
Paul B
Hi, yeah I've made my first guitar and I've had a few problems along the way, just bad cuts few mm out here and there that I've had to fix, I find the most challenging is spraying and lacquering - quality is in the finish!
That's mine so far
