Danstinyexplorer

3 hours ago, ScottR said:

I think that is pretty dang cool, and a great project for a father and young son. My son was only a a bit shy of thirty when I build him his first guitar. Was finding a three string bridge tricky?

And welcome to the forum.

SR

 

 

Strangely enough I clicked onto evilbay and the bridge was the first rear loading one I saw. The 3string concept came from there! As it happens the bridge could comfortably fit four strings, as there is a big gap between each piece. Finding a 3 string pickup was the tricky bit.

Ok so you can laugh really, Sitting down to rework it to accept a fourth string now the young one’s fingers are starting to do their thing. The strat volume knob is coming off and will be replaced with an African Blackwood one that I’m cutting today

Hello. I just stumbled on the site and thought i'd stop and say hello as it looks a useful resource for a complete novice (in every sense!).

My little one wanted an electric guitar but every part of learning to play blows his mind. I thought we could have a bit of fun together and knock up a tea chest esque soundbox twanger stick type affair. It ended up going a little off topic and we knocked up this little baby monster out of an old oak table leg and a slab of counter top. Not having a workbench made it a challenge as building a guitar on a stone doorstep is not without its pitfalls but we cracked on with it anyway and ended up with this gnome sized 3 string 26" long fretless pocket sized metal guitar thing.  He loves it and is starting to find his fingers, I now find myself thinking about making a sensible full sized guitar and hopefully picking up a few shreds of knowledge  to get this and the next one sounding a bit better! 

If you can bear with me I'm sure mk2 will be a bit more in keeping with some of the other starter guitars here.

Ta