Mitch Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Out of the guitars I have done so far the shortest time has been 3 months. My current build (telecaster shape) has been 7-8 months so far and I think I will be finished in the next week maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmth Builder Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I'm on a year and counting on my first built : slow and steady... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 7 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattharris75 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 (edited) 3 months...But I am averaging more like a year and a half. Edited February 18, 2009 by mattharris75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foil1more Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Well, total time for mine was five months, from the time I designed it to the time I played the first chords. Taking out the time from mid September to Christmas break (where college stole my time), I probably built it in about 2 months. A lot of that was working 5-7 hours at a time, 3 or 4 days a week, for a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenspoke Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 5 days to build and two weeks to finish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 my first bass was done in a week, generally i try not to rush things though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotYou Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 (edited) I've been working on one for about 7 or 8 months and it's not finished, but I just started another last week that'll probably be done before that one. I guessing it'll take three weeks. That will be my fastest if it works out. I was going to sell that one that's taking a long time, but I don't think I can part with it and I'll never get enough for it to make up for the time I put into it. I can honestly say I'm looking forward to keeping it though! It'll be like Christmas when it's finished. Edited February 18, 2009 by NotYou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Paper Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I bought some wood like 3 years ago. I have since been reading and reading, and i did a drawing, that's about as far as it's gone. So sad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 This isn't from scratch . . . but this is sorta funny. I got some custom P90's made by Clint Searcy, and when they came in the mail I wanted to hear them real bad, but no guitar to put them in. So I took an old Charvel neck, and a hunk of construction grade pic (2x12) and hacked out a working guitar in about an hour. I laid the neck on the body, traced it then cut the neck pocket freehand with the router. screwed the neck on and routed one hole freehand where a pickup could go. Screwed a flat bridge on, even drilled through the body holes for the strings and used ferrules! Wired the pickup with a volume, and that was that. Unbelievably rough, but it actually sounded amazing. Pine is a very resonant wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 My build with David was done in 2 weeks flat (not including spraying the finish... heck I haven't even done that still!!! Too cold to be sprayin' nitro here!). But I mean... that was a COMPLICATED build! Fully carved inside and out, archtop braced, veneered carved top, bound a bunch of it, including top and side purflings... I mean the works! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narcissism Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Ormsby said in another post that he has a personal goal of 20 guitars a year. This year he may have gone over that. My bass has taken me 8 months. I didn't build the neck though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae3 Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Ormsby is a guitar building machine though. The last one a did, took 5 months I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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