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Armadhello

Post subject: Brand new

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 5:50 am

Walnut

Joined: Fri Oct 06, 2023 5:47 am
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First name: Nicolas
City: Paris
Country: France
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Hello, I'm brand new to lutherie and this forum. I'm looking to eventually build an electric guitar completely from scratch, but I have exactly 0 idea how to start. Any advice>

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SteveSmith

Post subject: Re: Brand new

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 6:26 am

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Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:36 am
Posts: 7375
Location: Southeast US
City: Lenoir City
State: TN
Zip/Postal Code: 37772
Country: US
Focus: Repair

Hi and welcome to the forum. Probably the easiest way to get started is to build a kit from a reputable supplier like StewMac.

Steve

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Chris Pile

Post subject: Re: Brand new

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:57 am

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First name: Chris
Last Name: Pile
City: Wichita
State: Kansas
Country: Good old US of A
Focus: Repair
Status: Professional

Welcome, Nicolas. One thing you did right was come here.

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Jim Watts

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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:41 am

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Location: United States

Welcome, get yourself a copy of hiscocks’ “ making an electric guitar”
It’ll get you going.

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Kbore

Post subject: Re: Brand new

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 2:07 pm

Koa

Joined: Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:19 am
Posts: 528
Location: St. Charles MO
First name: Karl
Last Name: Borum
State: MO
Zip/Postal Code: 63303
Country: United States
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

After you get a book or two, buy a beater and start by re-fretting it, then do a complete set-up. This will give you a soft-start on accumulating/ assessing the needed tools and set-up skills. Most everything else can be done with basic tools, if that is your desire.

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dofthesea

Post subject: Re: Brand new

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:31 pm

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Posts: 784
Location: Napa Valley
First name: David
Last Name: Foster
City: Napa
State: CA
Zip/Postal Code: 94558
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

What Jim said.

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Chris Pile

Post subject: Re: Brand new

Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:49 am

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Plenty of books here at this link - including the Hiscock book Jim recommended. Cathy will sell them to you for pennies on the dollar.

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipM ... NLTEQ2WWJ3

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