Keep these things in mind when your building a guitar

Jul 21

So, your obsessed with guitars to an almost unhealthy point – there the first and last thing you think about during the day. You get withdrawal symptoms every day you dont play and your living of tins of beans in order just to save the money to buy a new guitar. But you want to now have a go at building your own axe -so just what do you have to consider when making one?

The price of building your guitar. This isnt going to be cheap -you’ve got to consider the prices of the wood for the body and the neck, the pickups, the electronics if your building an electric guitar, this is going to be pricey for you. Think about the tools you are going to need do build your dream guitar, as special tools will be needed for cutting out the body.
Practice. If you’ve never held wood cutting tools before, practice is really something you should be considering. In whatever you do you wont be amazing straight away, and if you start on expensive wood, any mistakes you make can be costly to your wallet. By learning to use the tools and praciting you’ll save yourself more time when doing it on your expensive wood. Once you get to the point of making you guitar, all the practice will pay off.
Wiring. Primaily a point for the electric guitar builders out there, as once youve completed work on the body, you’ll get to the electrics. Try very hard not to electrocute yourself, as getting the wiring wrong can do just this. Get a qualified electrician to overview your handywork or do it for you before you put the electrics into the guitar.

These are just a few things to consider, but if thats too much work you can always just buy electric guitars from these guys.