Post a pic of the first guitar you ever made
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Paduak 000 made from scratch with Charles Fox and George Morris Summer 1980
Freeman Keller
Poster Extraordinaire
Steve Holt
Friend of Leo's
Here's mine. Walnut body, maple neck. I've made a new neck for it since then, but this is the first iteration.
crazydave911
Doctor of Teleocity
It's not in it's original condition, was converted to 4 string but then again, a piece of DF trim and a 12" lakeside BBQ grill wouldn't fit here 
I hacked my first one out, too. A DF rafter, Jigsaw, various sanding blocks, a 10" sander... I had to go buy a router to do the pockets..
It worked out OK and it has been through many hands, played shows, it's had plenty of use since day 1...
first pic..
these days..
It worked out OK and it has been through many hands, played shows, it's had plenty of use since day 1...
first pic..
these days..
Made it out a wine crate when I was 18 years old. As you can tell, it survives, but I'm not risking tuning it up since the neck might cave the top in if I do.
Fine craftsmanship from yours truly back in 1994. It was meant to be a lap steel since I had no way to actually put frets on that neck.
pope858
Tele-Meister
Had a chance to build this OM out of Rosewood and a Redwood top at the Colorado School of Lutherie in Denver about 8 years ago. Great experience! It came out really, pretty good! I gave the guitar to my daughter.
crazydave911
Doctor of Teleocity
I love redwood tops!
Telecaster582
Tele-Afflicted
I love the surfboard control plate on that guitar! I also like the idea of using a glue bottle for the cutaway, as I'm currently using a Lincoln Log.
Telecaster582
Tele-Afflicted
Here's mine, first pic was the day it was finished February 17 2022
Crafty Fox
Tele-Afflicted
My first (of 3) resonator was started in 2000 and finished about 10 years later!
The back inlay is a 100 year old design detail from architect Chas. Rennie MacKintosh, from my hometown, Glasgow.
The construction is AM Cherry laminated body, biscuit bridge, Am maple neck.
It sounds great but weighs a ton! And if my fingers were a few inches longer I'd be able to play as a normal acoustic. I gave it to a good arty/craft friend.
The back inlay is a 100 year old design detail from architect Chas. Rennie MacKintosh, from my hometown, Glasgow.
The construction is AM Cherry laminated body, biscuit bridge, Am maple neck.
It sounds great but weighs a ton! And if my fingers were a few inches longer I'd be able to play as a normal acoustic. I gave it to a good arty/craft friend.
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I built one like this when I was 17, but sold it. I built this updated neck thru version back in 2010. I've built 38 more since then.
ghostchord
Tele-Holic
Built the body but bought a neck:
Maybe will revisit this one (make a neck?) at some point but right now it's hanging behind me on the wall. It's got some decent pickups and I wired those as volume/volume with coil split...
Maybe will revisit this one (make a neck?) at some point but right now it's hanging behind me on the wall. It's got some decent pickups and I wired those as volume/volume with coil split...
ChazFromCali
Tele-Meister
Geez, I'm impressed some nice looking guitars! You actually make the bodies too?
It's almost more than I can do to put together pre-cut parts and add all the bits & pieces.
Respect.
It's almost more than I can do to put together pre-cut parts and add all the bits & pieces.
Respect.
WingedWords
Friend of Leo's
I've got no pictures of my first build, an all maple neck through Strat (way too ambitious) or the second, a classical - not too bad. It's still around, but no pictures on hand.
Here's the third and fourth, built together in the late 80s from Melvyn Hiscock's book and very soon sold to buy bits to build more. But I lost my workshop, jigs and most tools in a fire soon after so didn't really get back into it. Putting together partscasters scratches the inch now.
These were mahogany bodies faced with rosewood and bound with tulipwood as I remember. Maple necks and rosewood fingerboards. Hardware and pickups were mostly Schaller and ESP - there wan't a huge choice back then. I wish I still had the 2 HB one.
Here's the third and fourth, built together in the late 80s from Melvyn Hiscock's book and very soon sold to buy bits to build more. But I lost my workshop, jigs and most tools in a fire soon after so didn't really get back into it. Putting together partscasters scratches the inch now.
These were mahogany bodies faced with rosewood and bound with tulipwood as I remember. Maple necks and rosewood fingerboards. Hardware and pickups were mostly Schaller and ESP - there wan't a huge choice back then. I wish I still had the 2 HB one.
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Reynman
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Sapele and hard maple boards. Documented somewhere on here.
Not so long ago, actually...
