Long time listener, first time caller...

[tommycarlos]

Hi everyone.

I have been lurking and drooling and considering and putting off and riddled with indecision for a while now... but now I have finally ordered a JZ-1 to attempt to make into a playable instrument. We'll see.

I imagine I will have lots of annoying questions and make lots of questionable decisions... but I am excited to finally dive in when it arrives this week.

I'll start a build diary to document my failures and lack of patience

🎉🎸

[ILRGuitars]

Ask away Tommy. Good luck. Take your time, plan, measure twice and have fun.

[Brendan]

Welcome along Tommy - hope the build goes well.

[wokkaboy]

welcome to the forum Tommy. Sure your JZ build will turn out fine. Ask questions in your build diary and take your time

Where are you from ?

[Fretworn]

Welcome Tommy

[tommycarlos]

welcome to the forum Tommy. Sure your JZ build will turn out fine. Ask questions in your build diary and take your time

Where are you from ?

I am in Melbourne.

The closest I have come to building a guitar is a partscaster Jaguar I have been hacking away at (replacement neck, sonic youth level relicing, etc).



So this should be an interesting adventure (particularly the soldering, hah).

[Fretworn]

I would have thought there was not enough gaff tape or drumsticks to be a Sonic Youth relic.

[tommycarlos]

I would have thought there was not enough gaff tape or drumsticks to be a Sonic Youth relic.

It has more gaff on it now than it did in that photo

[FrankenWashie]

I'll start a build diary to document my failures and lack of patience

🎉🎸

I think that summarizes just about everybody's first build diary! Welcome aboard mate.

[Andy40]

Welcome to the forum Tommy, I like the headstock flame, is that a veneer?