During September and October 2014 I attended a three-week intensive course to build my own acoustic guitar. As people will quite possibly be directed to this website to gain an understanding of the process, I thought I’d cap the experience off with this overview. Click here to go to the Guitar section of this website, which starts with this overview […]
This is the final entry about a three week intensive guitar building course I did through the Australian Guitar Making School. Click here to read all entries in this series. —— At the end of the previous entry, I’d just started shaping the neck of the guitar using a tool called a spoke shave. The final days were all about
This is the entry for Day 15 of a three week intensive guitar building course I’m doing through the Australian Guitar Making School. Click here to read all entries in this series. —— Trimming The Neck Today was (almost) all about the neck of the guitar. When we first started building the guitar – and right up until today, actually
This is the entry for Day 14 of a three week intensive guitar building course I’m doing through the Australian Guitar Making School. There’s a new button for this series on the menu at the top of this (or any) page. Simply click on the “Guitar” button. Or for now, click here. —— We got SO much done today. It
This is the entry for Day 13 of a 3-week intensive guitar building course I’m taking through the Australian Guitar Making School. Click to view the entry for days 10, 11 and 12. Click to view Day 9’s entry. Click here to view Day 8’s entry. Click here to view Day 7’s entry. Click here to view all of Week
This is the entry for Day 12 of a 3-week intensive guitar building course I’m taking through the Australian Guitar Making School. Click to view Day 9’s entry. Click here to view Day 8’s entry. Click here to view Day 7’s entry. Click here to view all of Week #1. —— It’s been busy around here! I had a late
Regular visitors to this website (and Saabs United in the old days) will probably know the name of Jim Coggeshall. Jim is a big Saab fan and a multiple Saab owner. Jim is also a cancer survivor (several times over) and for the last few years I’ve been asking you to support Jim as he rides his bike in the
This is the entry for Day 9 of a 3-week intensive guitar building course I’m taking through the Australian Guitar Making School. Click here to view Day 8’s entry. Click here to view Day 7’s entry. Click here to view all of Week #1. —— We’re Going To Be On The News! Today we were visited by a reporter and
This is the entry for Day 8 of a 3-week intensive guitar building course I’m taking through the Australian Guitar Making School. Click here to view Day 7’s entry. Click here to view all of Week #1. —— Today was a day of little things and big things. We had a bunch of little things to finish off in preparation
Click here to read the review of Build Your Own Guitar – Week 1. Given that we’re covering quite a lot each day, I’m going to try and update this diary on a daily basis. The information is fresher that way and it means less photo handling at the end of the week. — Monday was all about two things
Personal reflection session. Feel free to ignore. I participated in a development session today and one of the ‘tools’ we were exposed to was the philosophy of personal responsibility by way of the following: E + R = O. Event + Reaction = Outcome. That is, when something happens, it’s how you react to that event that is a decisive
