Building a kit guitar at the moment
So I've been watching a lot of vids about finishing technique.
This came up. Sweet instrument.
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 23:13,
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I've known a few people who built kit guitars. Great components, hard to keep in tune.
Maybe that's in one of the videos...
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 23:15,
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It's easy to build one
It's not easy to build one well. Components tend to be gash - horrid plastic nut, crap machine heads etc.
The really hard bits are doing a good finish if you aren't an experienced spray painter and doing a really good set up. A well set-up guitar with decent machine heads and a reasonable bridge will stay in tune. I've done one before and it played well with a little help on set up from a semi-pro guitarist mate. The finish was shiiite.
THe world of guitars is as full of voodoo bollocks as hifi.
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 23:38,
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Maybe they get wet subpar neckwood in kit guitars?
Just a wild thought.
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Fri 24 Feb 2017, 20:16,
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I'd be worried about it getting dinged up
which it inevitable will if you plan on using it.
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presferatu, Fri 24 Feb 2017, 0:33,
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^ this
I've played guitar and bass in various guises for nearly 20 years, and not once have I been remotely tempted to splash out on something that is either a) expensive or b) lovingly-crafted. Not that I don't appreciate the effort or craftsmanship, but I somewhat disagree with the fetishisation aspect.
I see them as tools, nothing more, and they ARE going to bet bashed up if they're used more than once a year. My current workhorse bass (proudly a Squire btw, may as well be a Fender, just without the prestige pricing) is 12 years old, has been rewired a couple of times, and is chipped, scraped and gaffer-taped to fuck. It may not be pretty but it gets the job done, and I have no intention of replacing it anytime soon, even with another £200 Squire job.
And lastly, this is my own personal aesthetic sense I realise, but seeing bands playing instruments like that just looks cooler than pristine works of art, to me.
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Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Fri 24 Feb 2017, 10:52,
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I bought a new guitar and within 20 mins of it's first gig I'd dropped it on a stand and tore a chunk out of the front.
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Fadgebadger (1 like), Fri 24 Feb 2017, 11:15,
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Did you pour lighter fluid over it?
And set it on fire just before drowning in your vomit?
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Lol, war wounds
At one gig years ago, I tripped and fell sideways into the drumkit, denting the body and bending a machine head in the process. It's still like that..
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Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Fri 24 Feb 2017, 12:46,
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