Hi my name is Oli

This is Oli. A full dirty 33 years old.
I live in Belgium in a tiny village east of Brussels. Lots o' cows, farmland and weird people, but a great place to raise kids.

I pretend to be a freelance business consultant by day, I definitely am a father of two by night and weekends and I'm an enthusiastic guitarist when the missus allows it.
I own a crapload of guitars. Honestly. Mostly cheap stuff like epiphones, staggs or others I bought because they looked good, sounded great or just to mod them.
I have one true goddess, a 1965 Gibson ES335 that cost me an arm, a leg and good row with the Belgian tax authorities since I used their cut of my profits to finance the guitar. Needless to say, they were not happy. I keep it in a safe in my office. It cost me too much to have it smashed to the ground by my very curious 2-year old.

So I decided to start building. Out of interest, to see if I can pull it off, but partly out of vanity as well, just to have my name on the headstock, so I can brag about it.

Welcome along - keen to see how your build(s) go!

Yeah Hi Oli , welcome to the forums enjoy your stay.
Kimball

welcome Oli, look forward to seeing your build progress. Can you please post some pics of your 1965 ES335 ? Bet it plays and sounds as good as it looks !!
I'd love to visit Belgium but am a huge fan of the quadruple and sour/gueze beers brewed in Belgium. What are your favourite beers ?
I've tried the Westvleteren range(Westy 12 cost about $50 for a 330ml bottle to import here !), St Bernardus, Rochefort range and many sour/gueze beers brewed by monks in your region.
Best of luck with the build and ask lots of questions. I'll check out your build diary

Welcome OLI !! We need to see the 335 please!

Welcome Oli. Glad the taxman didn't confiscate your Gibson.