So, when I was a teenager, I was convinced by my grandfather that building guitars was an easy and fun thing that anyone could just "pick up".
My grandpa was also a shop teacher for 30 years, and an ingenious renaissance man by any means.
I, in turn, convinced my own father (also a master-woodworker) to give me a hand with this project.
What I ended up with after a couple of months was this neat little 5-string fretless number:
Since I've always loved the Gibson T-bird, I built the body in the style of a quazi-reverse thunderbird.
Features include:
-Schaller tuners
-Gotoh Bridge
-Basslines active J-style pickups
-Maple neck w/purpleheart fretboard
-*oak* body sprayed with Pehlam blue nitro
As for the tone, I've never played an electric with a tone as similar to an upright. Brilliant sustain, big, bold bottom-end, but the chunky neck makes it a difficult beast to play.
I haven't built an instrument since, but I've done some refinishing recently- so hopefully it won't be my last
