Introduction:

After several weeks of research I have decided to take on the task of building my own guitar! It seems most guitarists buy their "dream guitar" and in no time they are changing out parts, upgrading pickups, swapping out tuners, etc. to make it the way they want it. In recent years technology has allowed some manufactures to produce low cost but nice quality guitar kits. The hard part is done for you. They cut the body out and route it, they build the neck and install and dress the frets. This leaves it up to the builder to put their favorite finish on it whether it be stain or paint, gloss or satin and so on. It also allows the builder their choice of hardware like pickups, saddles, tuners and all that. SO, that said this begins my journey into building my first kit guitar. I am a little ambitious in that I will first attempt a copy of a Gibson ES-335 Semi-hollow body guitar. These are the style guitar that known artists like BB King and other use. I will try to keep progress noted here along with photos of the build! Wish me luck!