Their story, in their words….
Over the course of about 6 weeks with £400 I built a guitar.
Before I could even buy anything I researched the techniques and methods necessary to build a guitar. First off if anyone wants to build themselves a guitar you can find a huge amount of content online for such a niche hobby. There are forums, youtube channels, dedicated websites and brands providing help and tutorials.
Secondly, I spent countless hours watching videos and reading up on all the decisions to make and all the methods to know. Before going insane I decided I was ready so after my mocks with a week of school left to use the DT department I had everything ordered.
I glued the planks together, routed all the cavities, band sawed the shape of the body, sanded, sanded some more, a whole bunch more of sanding, applied grain filler, drilled all the pilot holes, painted the primer and paint on (with just a bit more sanding in between) and soldered the electronics together and constructed the rest of the guitar together. I’m not mentioning a lot of prep stages and still haven’t clearly communicated how much damn sanding there was but it was a hefty, hefty project.
Having finished I have thoroughly learned the significance of prep, planning and accuracy whilst building. Although I acknowledged having good building etiquette was important I didn’t practice this etiquette when building anything, if it worked at the end it worked (this can be seen by the rubber band holding one of the pickups in place), but this project demanded that problems be fixed correctly.
“A good job takes just as long to do as a bad job.”
This could not have been possible without the Mark Evison Foundation to whom my many thanks go out to.
