Not entirely finished with this one yet, but it is playable.
Two of my motorcycling friends conspired to give a slab of maple from a 150-year-old Indiana barn. It was being sold off to a Kentucky-rifle gun maker for stocks, but I was given a piece t
Read more…I just finished up my second build. A pastor friend of mine had played my acoustic, fretless first build and asked me to build him one. I said okay.
Then he said, "I want a four-string, fretted, electric guitar."
Uhhh...I don't know how to build one
Read more…Found a busted pink guitar at Goodwill for $2.00. Bought it thinking I use the neck on a different project, but then found a second for $8.00. Turned that one into a baritone uke by stringing it in the middle of the neck with the upper four strings
Read more…A friend's mom just gave me a box that she thinks is about 50 years old. She had heard I started making guitars and thought I might like it.
The liner advertises cigars for $.15, so her time frame might be right.
The liner raises the question..
Read more…Keeping it simple. Using an Oliva box and a red oak neck. Will probably keep it fretless. 24.5" scale.
Closet thing to this is a bass refinish I did last summer. Have another refinish in the works, but my air compressor decided to crap out on m
Read more…Spotted a cigar store in a local strip mall. I had never paid any attention to it until today (and likely wouldn't have but for all you folks and your amazing builds.)
"Sure, we sell the boxes. $5.00 for the wood finish, $3.00 for the paper cove
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