[ajcoholic]

Yeah but I would much rather build a guitar that I enjoy playing.

Why not teach yourself? Buy some good books on the topic and go at it! Thats what I did 20 odd years ago. And there is a lot more stuff now (books, dvd's etc) available now.

Guitar building is not "hard" its just a set of skills you need to develop and even if you take a course and build a single guitar it will take MANY more to develop into a decent builder IMO.

The schooling is just the start - to give you a good base from which to begin the real learning process. You can only learn by doing...

AJC

 

[ajcoholic]

Melvyn Hiscock's Make your own Electric Guitar
Tom Hirst's ELectric Guitar Construction
Dan Erlewine's books on fretting, nut cutting, set up, adjustment and wiring

That will be 99.9% of what you need. Then there are specific books on finishing techniques, inlaying shell, etc. Specific stuff you can read up on if youre interested.

Remember most of guitar building is plain old woodworking. Keep your tolerences tight and remember what is imoprtant to end up with a great playing instrument. The rest is cosmetics.

AJC