Hello there @stephen, sounds like you’ve already gotten great advice and encouragement. This is a super cool place to be, welcome!

I’m *just* manly enough to go into Screwfix 🙂 I don’t want to get laughed out of a lumber yard for building a guitar and not a house 😉 @stephen No, don’t think like that. The lumber yards I’ve been…   Read more»

making a neck still looks intimidating @stephen Firstly, welcome 🙂 Secondly, please don’t let wood intimidate you! I’d previously put together a kit guitar, finished it nicely and learn how to do a proper fret job on it. It plays…   Read more»

I hope my next project will be something along the lines of starting with a body blank, perhaps with a ready-made neck – making a neck still looks intimidating! @stephen Yep, I’ve done that a few times. Start with the…   Read more»

@stephen perhaps with a ready-made neck – making a neck still looks intimidating!  Making your own guitar neck for the first time is a daunting thing, but once you get started, it’s not so difficult. Just follow the steps that…   Read more»

@stephen Welcome to the forum. I’m going to swim against the tide and say that building kits is harder than starting with blank pieces of wood and templates. Seriously though kits, particularly acoustic ones, tend to have all the parts…   Read more»

@stephen Sorry Stephen, that was terribly dimwitted of me, I apologise.  You’ll get used to Boo. Eventually …. 😆 😆 😆    Welcome Stephen!  Kits is a good place to start in that there’s normally plenty of learning opportunities with…   Read more»

@stephen Sorry Stephen, that was terribly dimwitted of me, I apologise. 

Welcome @stephen. Enjoy the ride. 
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Hi @stephen and a welcome from me in SCO to the group. Post us some photos of what you’ve done so far. Just one question: Where and what is “NI”?  Boo  @boo  NI is just across the water, regardless of…   Read more»

@stephen  Hey Stephen, welcome to our guitar making community, glad you could make it.  Yep, it’s a very typical story, I played in bands and then had to get some real work to pay the bills too. 🤣  I also…   Read more»

Hi @stephen Welcome to this awesome community!