Fretworn
21-05-2013, 02:33 AM
Ok. I've ordered a kit. I've been wanting to make a guitar since I started playing as a teenager and I finally convinced the "boss" to let me do it - as a 43rd birthday present to myself. Lurking around this community message board for a few weeks finally convinced me that Pitbull was the way to go, as there is a great knowledge base here that is willing to help if I get in trouble.
I've decided on the TL-1TB as I find Tele's suit me best and I haven't had a guitar with a tremelo for 4 or 5 years. I originally considered to double cutaway with the jazzmaster style tremelo, but the volume and tone knobs are is a strange place, and the Tele was a bit cheaper.
To work my way up to doing this I've built a cigar box guitar and a lapsteel over the last year, but they were both fretless, so I'm a bit nervous about that aspect of the build. In the end I'm just hoping to get a decent, playable guitar.
I've decided on the TL-1TB as I find Tele's suit me best and I haven't had a guitar with a tremelo for 4 or 5 years. I originally considered to double cutaway with the jazzmaster style tremelo, but the volume and tone knobs are is a strange place, and the Tele was a bit cheaper.
To work my way up to doing this I've built a cigar box guitar and a lapsteel over the last year, but they were both fretless, so I'm a bit nervous about that aspect of the build. In the end I'm just hoping to get a decent, playable guitar.