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Scot

Post subject: New Member

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:59 pm

Walnut

Joined: Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:04 pm
Posts: 34
First name: Scot
State: CA
Zip/Postal Code: 91776
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Hello OLF members,

As you can see I am a new member here. I have been lurking here for awhile now. So I just wanted to introduce myself before I started fireing off questions for you all. I used to play bass 20 plus years ago. And a little bit of guitar. Then I stopped after I severely injured my index fingertip. (I never used a pick for bass and found it kinda hard to strum the strings of a bass with a fingertip that is ubersensitive. I never felt comfortable using a pick) So I gave up the idea of playing bass forever.

So now it is 20 something years later and I am picking up the guitar again. Starting from basically scratch all over again I have found I can now use a pick with no problems this time around. So now I'm interested in music all over again.

I currently have a MIM Fender strat that I have been modifying a little. I bought it specifiacally to Mod. I also have a Squire Strat that I have modified and I found an old Les Paul copy that has been hiding in my closet for over 24 years. I have recently tore the LP down to its basic components. It is a bolt on neck so I removed that, and everything else including all the electronics. The wireing was a joke. Some joints were not even soldered. Just wrapped in hopes that they would stay put.

In tearing my guitars down I have become interested in creating a guitar from scratch. This is something I wanted to do 20 years ago but could not offord to attempt at that time. So now the time is right and I am here in search of a place to learn.

I am basically in the research phase of the projects and look forward to learning all I can from you all in the future!

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SteveCourtright

Post subject: Re: New Member

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:20 am

Koa

Joined: Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:17 am
Posts: 1937
Location: Evanston, IL
First name: Steve
Last Name: Courtright
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Welcome, Scot. Looking forward to hearing about your experience in building your first. It is quite a trip!

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"Building guitars looks hard, but it's actually much harder than it looks." Tom Buck

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LanceK

Post subject: Re: New Member

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:36 am

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Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:02 am
Posts: 8551
Location: United States
First name: Lance
Last Name: Kragenbrink
City: Vandercook Lake
State: Michigan
Zip/Postal Code: 49203
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

HI Scot

Welcome to the OLF!

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Scot

Post subject: Re: New Member

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 12:35 pm

Walnut

Joined: Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:04 pm
Posts: 34
First name: Scot
State: CA
Zip/Postal Code: 91776
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Thank you, and I look forward to learning from you all here on the board.

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