Mitch Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Hi everyone I'm Mitch and I'm new to this forum. I'm a little bit of a guitar making noob (I'm on my second guitar now). I completely forgot about introducing myself before I started posting so sorry about that. TTFN Quote Link to comment
Mitch Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) That´s OK, Mitch, welcome to the forum. How about sharing your first build with us? Ok, here goes. Go easy on me i'm only 14. It's a les paul shape (roughly) with a 24 3/4" scale length. The body is a single peice of cherrywood and I bought that from a local woodyard for £5 (around $10). The neck is cheapish (bought off ebay) and made of maple (of some odd chinese sort) and it is bolt on. The finish on the front is plasti-cote spray paint and danish oil on the back and sides. Overall I'm not 100% happy with this guitar and I think I could have done better and spent a bit more money on it. There are quite a few rough edges and the finish is a bit lumpy. The electronics are okay but its a bit buzzy and there are some feedback problems. Oh and I forgot to mention the back cover looks like male genitals . I'm really gonna try and take my time on this next one and I'm gonna try not to go "oh that'll do" as much as possible. EDIT: I never noticed that white thing in the bottom right corner before on the last photo. I think its the camera wriststrap. Edited January 9, 2009 by Mitch Quote Link to comment
dpm99 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Mitch, you'll be hard-pressed to find many people that had built a guitar by age 14. You should be proud. Make sure you post updates on your next build! Quote Link to comment
shredforbread33 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 (edited) Hey Mitch! I wanted to say I'm 14 also. And your guitar looks pretty awesome for a first build. You should see mine.. it's, uh.. less than perfect. -Marshall Edited February 1, 2009 by shredforbread33 Quote Link to comment
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