Why build your own guitar?

 I’ve been playing the guitar for over sixty years. If that sounds like a boast it’s not for I’m still nowhere as accomplished as anyone ought to be after all that time. The first guitar I ever tried to play was a home build so that at least, is one reason to be building a kit guitar now after all those years.

In fact, my principal motivation to build a guitar has little to do with my own playing but much more to do with the fact that two years ago my third-oldest grandchild asked me to teach him and now his younger brother wants to learn as well. 

So as you can properly understand and maybe empathise with me, I’m not a teacher nor have I ever had a single guitar or music lesson myself. Nor am I an experienced carpenter, joiner, or even a keen DIYer. I don’t have a man-cave, a carpentry shed or even a garage. All my work was done in our kitchen/living room.

All of which I hope encourages you to find that someone perhaps quite like you has tried to build a guitar and enjoyed the experience.