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JojoPG — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:02:58 +0000

Hey everyone,

Joining here per a recommendation. After painting, modding and setting up my own guitars over the past year I realised there was nothing stopping me from building my own. As a lefty, all the interesting stuff has a price point that I'd rather spend developing a cool skill. £1000 for a Mustang? It would only feel worth it if I got to build the thing myself.

I'm interested in weird pickup combos, hand-painted bodies (I'm an illustrator), weird Fender designs and weirdo guitars from the 60s. As a member of gen z I'm also required to be into offsets. My general goal is to mess around building myself a couple instruments and perhaps some bodies to decorate and maybe even sell (they'd better not be strat-shaped for now lol). Among many things I'd love to build one of the Fenders that never got a lefty - the Meteora, the Sixty-Six, the Maverick, the Venus and especially a 50s-style Musicmaster, 22.5" scale and all. I've been inducted into a hackspace here in London (although I'm new here, lived in Scotland my whole life) and joined here per the recommendation of the founder. Looking forward to chatting with people. If anyone has any experience making lefty shapes (especially from righty plans); painting on bodies (as in, painting designs with a brush and traditional artists' materials - oils, gouache, acrylics, even egg tempera) and safely finishing them; wooden and metal pickguards; alternative or interesting wood sources (even if I were inclined to believe in 'tone woods', I'd still be interested in what they have to sound like compared to everything else!); or minimal plastic in builds (especially regarding paint and finish), please hit me up!

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New acoustic member here...

HuskyWorkshop — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:16:52 +0000

Hi everyone, just signed up for the acoustic build course. Quite excited to see how that goes! I've made a couple of electrics and have just finished a major rebuild on my resonator (new neck, neck stick, biscuit and saddle). The moral of this tale is don't lend your guitars to folks who might drop them! Couple of images of the revitilised Gretch Honeydipper.....

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Anonymous — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 06:09:02 +0000

Hi from another newbie in Scotland - Justin

justinw — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:05:55 +0000

Hello everyone, I've been wanting to make guitars for a long while. Looking forward to being flooded with great information and motivation. Does anyone know if there are any in-person gatherings of guitar makers in Scotland? Greetings from East Lothian.

Justin.

Hello everyone, newbie member - Andy

Andrew Orton — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:51:13 +0000

Hi everyone

Wow, wish I'd signed up sooner. Some awesome builds I've seen and hope I'll be one to present here eventually, lol. Having been on a course elsewhere, as fun as it was I'd wish I'd arrived here first, but hey ho here I am better late than never

Thoughts on building a 24 " scale, with trem, would this pose a problem, any thoughts / advice greatly received