Off the Wagon

[telemnemonics]

Blown away by the welcome here! Thanks a ton everyone!



I have no idea what I’m looking at here

Museum piece, African thumb piano.
But I was referring to my have some projects take a reeeeaaaalllly long time to complete...

 

[telemnemonics]

I used to make some bodies and necks from scratch and still love all manner of woodworking.
For guitars I assemble from parts now, but do plenty of routing or modding of parts and apply finishes, basically best and cheapest is the goal, while partial disability makes work harder.

Here is my most recent assembly, got another on the way.
Ultralights are now needed if I want to play them standing.

 

[thunderbyrd]

welcome and enjoy!

 

[Stringbanger]

Welcome to the fold! As an initiation, we would like to see pics of your guitars.

Sb

 

[Alex_C]

Welcome! I've only assembled guitars but I understand the drive to build one from scratch. All the best on your journey toward luthiery.

 

[57joonya]

Welcome, all I make is sawdust but thanks for the (country) band name alert "

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all i make is sawdust is a great song name !

"Off the Wagon".​

 

[Happy Enchilada]

Here's an anthem for goin' off the wagon:

 

[Double Stop]

Welcome! Sounds like you've found a nice passion in your life. That's cool.

 

[Forum Refugee]

Museum piece, African thumb piano.
But I was referring to my have some projects take a reeeeaaaalllly long time to complete...

I always called them mbiras, but maybe that's just what they call them in one part of one country in Africa (Zimbabwe I think? Maybe Botswana?).

I'm intrigued about your ultra-lights. It's off-topic for this thread I guess, but if you want to tell us more about that either right here or via DM I'm all ears. What do you do to reduce the weight? Does it cause neckdrop (I think they call it?) or other balance issues in the finished guitar? I like the look of the guitar in the pic you posted.