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Friday was the last day of the semester. I passed, but it did come down to the last 15 minutes. I have to say that I'm not sure I'm going back. There's a heavy emphasis on repairs. While useful, they're not what I'm there for. Also, building while using $40K industrial machines won't help me much on...

https://youtu.be/7Oo2H-W7d6A

So... so... much information... my brain hurts.

I just started the luthier program at Musicians Institute and have a question for y'all. In class I've asked a couple questions about using Pine and have been told that it doesn't make a good wood for a build because it's "unstable." When I pushed for clarification I was asked why I was &q...

Thanks! Will do...

Last night was just 4 hours of lecture covering different options for custom builds. Most of it I already knew, but still interesting. Curiously, we'll be dealing with repairs and custom work at the same time.

I start at Musicians Institute's Guitar Craft Academy. It's going to be Hellish working and going to school full time... I won't sleep for 6 months... but I'm pretty excited!

Thanks again fro the responses. I just finished reading the book Gordon recommended. I have to admit that the section on pickup switching options gave me a massive headache. haha! I've done a lot of soul searching and discussions with my wife. She's actually pushing me to go to MI. Yeah, it's expens...

I'm guessing that most builders here are self-taught, or had other woodworking training?

I've suddenly got it in my head that I want to build electric guitars and am seriously looking into this program. I went to GIT there way back in the day and enjoyed my time there. Having a hard time finding reviews of the builders program. Does anyone here have any insight?

I too love a guitar that you can feel the notes reverberate through the entire instrument. One of the things that is fueling my desire to build electric guitars is that feeling. A couple of my favorite memories of playing shows is when the neck of my Les Paul reacted to my hitting a chord a certain...

I saw the second video and was quite surprised to see the results. Then I heard his conclusions. My response: "what?" In the second video his conclusion is that the waveforms show no significant variation. I watched the video believing that wood made little difference in a solid electric ...

Here's the video from Will. He constructed 3 "guitars" out of different "tone woods" and swapped out the same guts for each: https://youtu.be/svmOQuNC1Uw This guy cracks me up. Made a Strat body out of a kitchen counter top and swapped out parts from a Squier for his comparison: ...

Lately I've found myself falling down the You Tube rabbit hole on this. Will's Easy a guitar has some pretty compelling videos supporting his claim that the species of wood plays no role in tone. It's the density of the wood that plays a role, but mostly it's the nut and bridge that influence it mor...

I found another book that I thought was great, and have recommended it several times. "Electric Guitar Construction" by Tom Hirst. This book is aimed at beginner builders, and takes you from drawing body shapes, to making templates for both the body and neck. It is quite complete as it ta...

You guys rule. Thanks for the info. Diving into You Tube tutorials and just got the Martin Koch book. Right now I don't even know what I don't know.

Great to "see" you here! Not long ago, I was the newbie, and was welcomed warmly. I have learned an awful lot since joining too. Look around. There is plenty of info in all of the threads. What kind of electric guitar do you want to build? Let us help. Thanks! I've got a couple in mind, b...

Hey everyone, Really glad I found this forum. I've recently gotten a hair up my rear to build guitars. In research mode at this point. A few years back I put together a partscaster... er, a partsmaster (Jazzmaster with P90s). I realize it's not the same thing as building from scratch, but it got me ...