Keen to get started

[Benj]

Hi all,
My name is Ben, from Perth, WA, I'm 24 years old and over the past 2 or so years have been addicted to modifying my guitars.

So far they have only been fairly low key mods - replacing bridges, pickups, nuts, rewiring etc, but I want to get more involved and start creating my own guitars for myself and possibly to sell on in the future.

The idea of starting out with blanks and creating something unique really appeals to me and scares me at the same time, as my woodworking skills are slim and I've had no formal training. I work full time as an insurance broker and my guitar-building would be restricted to evenings and weekends.

Would anyone be able to provide me with some guidance as to where some good places to source blanks (or kits if you think that I should start with ready-cut at first), and possibly just some advice in general?

Thanks in advance.

Benj

[Kim]

Hi Benj and welcome to the ANZLF.

For really good wood give Tim Spittle a call. He's up in Bassendean so you may get an invite to drop in and see his stock..and mate, its worth the drive even if your miles away cause he has HEAPS more stuff than he shows on his site and he's a really nice bloke..

You'll find his contact details here: http://www.australiantonewoods.com/

Cheers

Kim

[Benj]

Thanks mate, Im in Stirling, so fairly central. I'll see if I can take a drive there sometime next week. Cheers for the welcome!

[Nick]

and possibly just some advice in general?

Thanks in advance.

Benj

Don't do it! Run for the hills!
Welcome to the forum Ben, my rather tongue in cheek comment was meaning you may be addicted to tinkering now but once you start building, it's worse, and can be more expensive than a crack habit . I started building 25 years ago, have more guitars around the house than I either have time to play them or places to store them and still there's more I want to build I find I'm making up excuses to build the damn things plus I make a few for customers so it's always nice to use the excuse that someone is paying me to build another .

[simso]

Hi benj, come out and see me.

In clarkson.

I would recommend you build a kit first, yes I can do you a deal on a kit guitar to start with.

Have worked with quite a few aspring local builders, some have been successful some have not.

Steve

[Sergy]

Would anyone be able to provide me with some guidance as to where some good places to source blanks (or kits if you think that I should start with ready-cut at first), and possibly just some advice in general?

Benj

Hi, Benj
Look here -
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Kits.html
http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/Secondprodu ... ument+Kits
http://www.bluescreekguitars.com/shop/i ... cPath=1_48
http://www.guitarfetish.com/Guitar-And- ... _c_74.html
http://www.grizzly.com/products/category/235040

Kits a good way to start, but your unique guitar out of this difficult to do.