Welcome! I am looking to re-grow my absolute favorite community here on Lemmy - to kick it off, I’m sharing my first build that I finished in April.

It was a dream come true to finally be able to build up a workshop and try my hands at this. It took 4 months of weekends and the occasional lunch breaks, and I had so much fun, I can’t wait to get going on #2 and dive deep into this craft and all it’s secrets.

I could just post pics on one of the ‘guitars’ communities, I’m hoping this community can become a forum for people who really want to discuss the techniques and the process, not just the final product. Please comment or post if you’d like to see the same thing!

  • mauns@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Awesome, same boat - took RIF off my phone home screen and took an evening to try to figure out what’s going on over here.

    A bigger community will always recommend to start with a kit first so that’s definitely not a bad route, but there are more ways to shake that tree. The biggest part is to get some practice with the tools and techniques before you cut/stain/etc your best wood, but you can always do that with scrap wood as you go, doesn’t have to be a kit.

    A pre made neck is an great compromise, it has the most fidgety and slow bits to make.

    Good luck! I hope you get the time to try it out, very rewarding and worth the time.