Thanks Brian. I’m definitely watching all the videos first, including the “design your first guitar” course. And yeah, definitely so many questions

@kalimar Hi and welcome to the forums, like you I’m just started on my first scratch build, so a bit nervous and excited about the journey ahead. There’s lots of great advice to be had from experienced builders right here…   Read more»

Awesome book and really nice person. I ask him hordes of question and he’s always attentive. His sketchy setup serious is also lovely. Dead simple

That’s great. Yes start with a TOM. Get that under your belt first.

Awesome. Thanks for that!

@clinton thanks so much for all of that. Since this is my very first build I’m going to go ahead and purchase a TOM bridge só I don’t need to make modifications for the course. However, I really want to…   Read more»

@swepri for my very first build I want to follow the course. So I opted to purchase a TOM bridge and 3×3 tuners. However I’ll still use my P90 pickups

Nominal routing depth for neck pockets for fender style bridges with 21-22mm thick neck blanks, 5-6mm fretboards. Start off at 18mm, check to see where you need to go route deeper 0.5 to 1 mm at a time to attain…   Read more»

Here is a tip. When in doubt we are here for you.

@kalimar I use neck blanks that are 40mm thick and I consider that a minimum thickness for my necks. They have a 9 degree headstock angle in 3+3 format, with a small volute. The first one I built was laminated…   Read more»

@kalimar Are you going to make a set neck or a bolt-on? If you make the set neck like in the course (starting with about the same blank size), you will have plenty of material in the heel area to…   Read more»