Introduction

About a year ago at the age of twelve the idea of building a guitar first occurred to me. At the time it seemed like a near impossible project for somebody to attempt without years of woodworking skill and a workshop full of tools. And so I neglected the idea of building a guitar and instead started with a far less daunting project - building a ukulele. Building a ukulele allowed me to utilise all of the skills involved in constructing an acoustic guitar however with a much lesser amount of materials meaning less money wasted if things went wrong.

I started the project in February and finished it about six months later. The project needn't have taken me so long but I only worked on it on and off with long breaks in between. After the first month or so progress slowed greatly as I was disappointed in the quality of my work and so didn't much feel like continuing with it as I felt I could do a much better job if I just started again. 

To the left: the ukulele I built last year

More than a year after staring the ukulele project the the thought of building my own guitar occurred to me again. In the process of building the ukulele I had learnt a lot from my mistakes and had also built up a small collection of tools in my garage making me in a far better position to attempt building a guitar and so at the age of thirteen I decided that I'd attempt to build a guitar.

This blog is meant to encourage any one who is interested in to engaging in this hobby and to prove that you do not have to have an extensive workshop and wisdom in order to build a guitar.

The view of my "workshop":

Although I do have a few bench top power tools such as the drill press and the bandsaw these are not compulsory to build a guitar. This can be proven by reading  Steve Summerford's blog on building a guitar in his kitchen.