Music

So do you want to build a guitar or what?

Here’s the deal… I wouldn’t try building an acoustic guitar to start off with. Why? Well, it’s just too hard.

Think about it: you have to glue every piece together. Even if you have a kit, you still have to shape the wood just perfectly, and the humidity has to be just right. Were you born with a sixth sense for this sort of thing? I wasn’t.

So it’s better to start off by building a solid body electric guitar that you know will probably end up playing and sounding real fine, than it is to end up with a clunker acoustic.

Here’s how you do it:

• Make a parts list. Look at a guitar that you already have. Write down every conceivable part you can think of.
• Find suppliers for your parts.
• Practice by taking apart and reassembling a couple of guitars.
• Build your new guitar.

There are great resources out there for learning guitar building. Once you’ve got your new guitar, use Team Method Guitar to learn how to play it.