Hii Everyone Myself Emmanuel Katto (Emka) From Uganda... I love to joining the Guitar Making Community.. 😊 ❤️

This wouldn't be important if I was making a double cutaway or no cutaway - it’s only significant if the guitar is not symmetrical across the centreline. But if I’m making a concave mould, then the m...

@russ baddumtish! 🤣

@jamesbisset Can you see what it is yet? Once the back and front is on, is the cutaway going to trap the mould in place? I've been making the moulds for my acoustic and was wondering if that would ...

@jamesbisset The mould is mirrored?

It was at the point where we decided to use the mould as a jig, that I realised I’d made the most profound, blindingly obvious mistake right at the very beginning of this build. And no-one seems to ha...

Finally getting down to the actual building of this guitar! Unlike solid sides, these laminations have rough, uneven edges and are not yet cut to size. So one edge was sanded flat on a sanding board, ...

Got the frets in yesterday and today I got on with side markers, carving the neck, volute and heel a bit and also got the neck pocket routed. I was thinking of adding a tiny angle to the heel so I cou...

@chrishamilton Oh, and don’t forget the output jack as well 👍🤣

@brie Thanks Brian. That's good advice. I'll do that before ripping it all out and starting again.

@chrishamilton Hi again Chris, Was just thinking about your electrics problems, the most likely culprits are probably the volume and tone pots and the pickup selector switch. Try cleaning these with ...

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I picked up that book mentioned earlier, so I'll be digging into that while I figure out what I want to do with the electronics as I rescue the old Yamaha.

@chrishamilton Welcome to the community from someone even closer, I live along the road near Falkirk, although I'm a bit further west just now over in Argyll.

Hi Chris, Welcome to the community from someone even further north!! Sure you will find answers to all of your questions. Happy soldering👍😃🎸 All the Best, Brian.

Welcome Chris from about 70 miles further North.

@chrishamilton welcome to this great community!

@chrishamilton Welcome! The book Russ recommends is very good, covering most of the stuff needed to wire a guitar or troubleshoot it.

Thanks @russ I haven't seen that book yet but I'll check it out. I only rediscovered the guitar the other day, then after a restring and plugging it into an amp on Sunday discovered the shambles of t...

Today I was able to sand back and get a look at how things were going, so far pretty good. Had to add a tiny bit more resin in a couple of spots but it's getting there. Attachment : 20230501_15372...

Hi everyone, I'm Chris, a Build Your Own Electric Guitar maker from about 20 years ago... which is frightening to think that it was so long ago. I was chatting with Carol over email recently and she m...