At this moment I have made one guitar and I am in the process of making two more. I intend making six guitars initially, after making these six guitars I am hoping I will have gained enough knowledge and abilities to consider myself a guitar maker and maybe at a stretch even a luthier.
I will make an entry on this site now and again with any pearls of wisdom I think may be of use to anyone else thinking of making a guitar.
Today’s advice is: Only make the guitar you want after you have made a guitar. Although this may seem contradictory it is not, read it carefully again. There is wisdom behind it. I think what I am really saying is do not try making the guitar you want as a first guitar. Just try to make the best guitar you can. Make the guitar you really want as the second or third guitar you make. I learn’t much more than I thought I did when making my first guitar. Now as I am making two more guitars it just seems to be going so much easier, not faster, just easier.