This is the first guitar I ever built and I probably bit off a bit more than I can chew. It’s playable, but definitely not in the rotation.
Specs:
- Neck: Maple, with 12 inch radius rosewood fretboard and clay dots
- Frets: Jescar FW47104, equivalent to Dunlop 6150 (medium-jumbo)
- Tuners: Fender locking tuners
- Nut: GraphTech TUSQ XL
- Body: 2-piece alder
- Bridge: GFS roller bridge
- Pickups: Custom-wound Saturday Jazzmaster style pickups
- Tremolo: Fender Jazzmaster Tremolo
- Finish: Hand-rubbed dye, Water-based Wipe-on Poly
“You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don’t bite off more than you can chew. It’s a dangerous world.” - Ozzy Osbourne
I learned a lot here, mostly that I should know my limits and take things one at a time. This project got overwhelming pretty quickly as I was trying to build everything from scratch without truly understanding what makes a guitar play great. I also made the mistake of spending too much on parts/hardware for a first guitar. I also learned that I truly hate soldering.