Hi from Houston Texas. Looking forward to my first build!
Hi everyone. I am looking to get in to building my first guitar and found Pitbull Guitar kits on YouTube and talked about in other forums. Most of the reasonably priced kits that I found in the US that I was interested in building, got bad quality reviews so I decided to go with a Pitbull kit for my first build. I can see how building your own guitars can get addicting. They are like fishing rods where you have different ones for different styles of fishing. I built custom fishing rods for a long time and have something like 67 fly rods, Spey rods, surf casters, spinning and casting rods along with tons of flies that I have tied. I haven't even built my first guitar and I am already thinking about 4 more guitars and 1 bass that I really want to build lol. I have owned about 6 electric guitars when I was younger and then started sticking to only playing my acoustic guitars through the years. I recently purchased a new electric guitar and had to change out all the pots and pickups to get the sound I wanted. I had to change the pots because they were covered with solder all over them to the point where it looked like someone sneezed solder all over them. So instead of spending a bunch of time with braid and a pump to clean them up, I decided to just replace them. So I started thinking about building my own guitar from a kit so I could make it the way I want it to be from the start and save some money. I started buying books on setting up guitars and doing work on them so I started my tool collection for building. I am a Gunsmith and also do a lot of wood working so I already have a ton of files and tools. But there are always more tools needed and who doesn't like buying tools lmao. I really enjoy reading the posts here and the builds that you all post look amazing! So now I have the addiction lol. I am recovering from back surgery right now so my standing and sitting time is limited so building a guitar will be a great project to pass the time and keep me busy. I really need to build an elevated amp and pedal board stand so I can reach everything while I am on my back in bed where I play my guitar most of the time these days lol. Have a great day everyone!
