My name is Tom and I've been building and finishing guitars for 5 years now.I've been playing for over 30 years.5 years ago I had a work accident ( I work with glass,I make leadlights) which slashed my left wrist, severing an artery, 8 out of the 10 tendons and most importantly 2 out the 3 main nerves that control your hand and fingers.At the time I could not even hold a guitar so I found these kits on ebay and have been making them in the meantime.The artery and tendons healed long ago but the nerve damage is still not right.I cannot form a clean open chord or barre chord but can muddle around the neck to some degree.
I buy cheap guitars off ebay and respray them with crazy colour schemes.I've built 14 kits so far.My usual finish is Auto acrylics with Tru-Oil necks,although I am now using stains and finishing oils.I usually replace the kit hardware with roller tune-o-matic bridges ,Tusq nuts and various name pickups,Seymour Duncans,Dimarzzzios,Tone Riders and the stock pickups which sound fine but lack the 4 conductor wire cable so you can't coil split them.
I am now fully experienced with most guitar electrics,including the most important part.Working out where the problem lies when something does not work the way it should.
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