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.
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