Rhavin Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 I absolutely love playing guitar, and wish to learn how to build them from inside out. I'm 17 and really havent any experience with building anything like a guitar and would just like to know how some of you got started, or any suggestions for me on how to get started. Are there kits or something for practice, or should i try order bodies or stuff online and putting that together? Right now i'm trying to at least learn basic stuff like wiring diagrams and setting up my guitar (which i'm still horrible at). Point is, i'd really love to learn how to do some of the incredible things that you guys do with guitars, and any help that you all could provide would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavin Posted October 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 (edited) Read. Get a saga kit and have fun! Saga kits:www.universaljems.com www.torresengineering.com Edited October 9, 2004 by AlGeeEater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dugz Ink Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 This site has a lot of tutorials and articles... but that should be obvious. When I first became interested in building guitars, I went Googling. I bookmarked the first useful site that I found that explained the basics of building a bass. I liked that site because it was simple enough to kickstart my brain. Use your favorite search engine to find more home-made sites about home-made guitars. Also, companies like Warmoth and Stewart McDonald have a lot of technical information and design diagrams on their web sites. Spend an evening cruising through their sites and you'll learn a lot about the various instrument parts. D~s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_here Posted October 10, 2004 Report Share Posted October 10, 2004 I've never actually "built" a guitar. I mean, what qualifies as: "guitar-building?" I have, however, "made" a Carvin-Bolt-On (Strat-style) guitar from their kit. It was a lot of fun and is a decent looking & playing guitar (if you don't mind it's distinct "Mark Knopfler-ish" tone....which has to do with the ebony neck + the large body routing---the thing's almost a hollow-body)!!! I've heard lots of good about Saga kits. With (these kinds of) Kits, one wouldn't learn much about wiring as they're basically already wired & ready to go. You would learn about "finishing" and the basics of putting-a-guitar-together (assembly). The Carvin Instructions (for the Bolt-On) are pretty good/ clear & to the point. Stewart MacDonald catalogs are free...and I'd also recommend them (just for all the free info). Plus they have stuff ya might need! I know I (surely) have.... I'm currently stepping up my "guitar building" in my buying separate parts to "make" a more customized guitar. But this (still) wouldn't be "building" in the stricest sense of: "Luthiery." The pros do it from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavin Posted October 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2004 (edited) Well yea...eventually i want to be at the point where i can build from scratch, so that i can make completely custom guitars. Right now though i guess i'll start with a kit and a lot of reading. I was wonderin gif anyone had suggestions for kits other than saga though, because saga already has everything prewired and i was hoping to get a kit where i could do all that stuff on my own. Edited October 10, 2004 by Rhavin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_here Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 OK. How's about this? Go to a pawn shop & buy a really cheap/ trashed-out/ lame guitar. Then put new "pups" (pickups) in it and fix everything else. Adjust the neck, intonate & repaint it & what-else-have-you. If ya mess up...you've only lost a few bucks. And you've learned a lot (from yer mistakes). No? Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 Not if ya gotta buy 70 bucks a pickup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_here Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 AlGeeEater- What a moniker..... Naaaah, Rhavin could rewind the existing pups & make em Red Hot!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 well, for seymour duncan 59's in canada are bout 100 bucks a pop, so if you can find something on Ebay, that be a good bet too Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhavin Posted October 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 Actually that's a good idea that i'll try. I just gotta find a used one with single coils, because i still have my strat pups (because i've already replaced all three on my strat). Thanx for the idea man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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