Oh no! He's going to hurt my legs!

I finished* my guitar last weekend. I'm not 100% happy with it. The nut that I cut is cut a little too deep (which causes a little fret buzz when the low E is played open), the pickguard doesn't fit the pickup covers as well as I'd like and I'm not certain that I like the pickups I wound for it. I say I'm not certain because they sound okay...but I don't have a decent comparison for them -- I also don't play them through a decent amp. Most of the time, I don't actually even play through an amp at all, actually. The neck feels really good, and it plays in tune about as well as can be expected (it is pretty commonly known that guitars aren't 100% perfect along all frets unless you either use an individual fret for each string or something else that is ultimately WAY too much work for too little gain). I love the colors and the overall look of it -- I'm just worried that I'm too "simple" when it comes to guitars to really be able to rate the guitar very well.

My next projects I'd like to undertake are (with possible time-frames):
cut a new nut -- whenever I get tired of the one I have...maybe tonight
build an amp -- possibly before we move, but maybe not
build a case -- same as the amp. I would probably build an amp first, though. Also, I would build a case because the guitar is odd in its dimensions/shape and I don't want to search for something that will sort of fit.
build a new neck for Erin's dad's guitar -- after Erin and I find a house (probably) I would like to wait until then, at least, just so I'll have a garage to build in. I might see if Kerstan will let me work in his condo's garage, though, if it looks like it will be a long time. Erin's dad's guitar is a Peavey Patriot from the 80s, I would guess, and it needs some fretwork. I could probably re-fret it, but I'm scared of doing that on a decent neck, so I could just build a new one.
new guitar -- I would LOVE to build a archtop hollowbody as my next real experiment, but I might build a bass first.

I'm tired of posting. That's how this tends to go.

screaming at the wailing wall

My guitar is/was nearly done...but I made some fuckups today.

1) I had wound pickups and only needed to mount them into the body, then hook up electronics, then I would be done...I chose to mount them with threaded inserts and fucked up when I drilled for them, so I had to plug the holes and will try to redrill.

2) while I was charging the magnets for the pickups, I broke not one but BOTH of the pickups. I might not have enough magnet wire to re-wind them...which will mean ANOTHER delay.

3) I just realized there isn't an access hole to the jack...it used to run into the trem route, but that doesn't really exist anymore...

I feel really frustrated and down that I was so close and now I'm so far...I might try to re-wind the pickups tomorrow (the only way to see if I have enough wire is to run out part way) and I will definitely try to get the mounts right...

eph.

I'm a lot like you were

I can't help but feel disconnected sometimes. I mean, I've got friends, family (kind of), Erin, but I mean beyond that. I don't really feel like I'm growing up...The things I'm interested in right now are so similar to the things I was interested in during high school. For instance, throughout the latter half of high school, I spent a lot of time skating (not very well) and dreaming of being able to build an electric guitar. I also spent quite a bit of time playing video games. Right now, I AM building guitars, I would love to spend a lot more time skating (it's difficult to find a time/place...which is complicated) and I've also recently bought a PS3 and have started getting back into playing video games.

I'm just not interested in the grown up stuff. I'd love to buy a house (we are waiting until Erin graduates and we know more about our finances). We want a dog, but want to wait until we have a house. Other than that and having a nice career, I don't care for it. I don't feel any strong urge to get married, I absolutely 100% do NOT want kids.

I guess I'm just worried about being stunted or something. I'm happy with where I am, but I don't want to get a facebook or anything to keep closer tabs on people because I really don't want to realize that I'm broken. Ignorance is bliss.

My birthday is Sunday...I'll be 25...that sounds old.

Oh yeah, Erin gave me a new skateboard, I finished that guitar neck and have ordered parts for pickguard, knobs, electronics, etc., so it should be finished within a month. It plays really well. Getting the neck set up nicely made me REALLY wish I had nicer tools (a nice rasp and a set of nice nut files being at the top of the list).