Greetings and Salutations from Pennsylvania,

[Stephendieringer]

Greetings and Salutations from Pennsylvania,

I am glad that I came across this site. It looks to be a wonderful place to share information. I’m certain that I will be able to glean much useful stuff, hopefully contribute worthwhile ramblings as time goes on as well. While was lucky enough to take a hammered dulcimer building class in college, the thought never occurred to me to build a guitar till I came across a kit in a woodworking catalog. Never played the guitar, but thought it would be a cool thing to try and learn at some point. Couldn’t afford it at the time, but it germinated a thought that stayed in the back of my head.
Those of you with kids of a certain age (maybe even yourselves) might have watched “The Magic School Bus” on PBS. To this day I still try and give my kids Ms. Frizzles motto, something like “Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!”
A few years ago I finally got around to buying and building an electric from a kit. It seemed to go well, so I was on my way. Figured once you build the thing you might as well learn how to play it. Then figured Ok, let’s try an acoustic. If it went well I could then build others for the kids and grandkids.
I recently started my first acoustic guitar kit purchased from StewMac. After the initial wtf did I get myself into, I settled into taking it slow, following the instructions in the booklet and DVD. Extremely helpful.
Though I must say, I am proving Ms. Frizzles quote to the T.
Enjoying every minute along the way.

Regards, & Happy Trails.

Stephen,
Welcome to KGF and Ramble On

-tommy

[tippie53]

I am also in PA

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Welcome to the group Stephen.
We'd love to see how you're coming along with your build so don't be shy and post some pics.
Ask questions if you need help, we've all been there.

Kevin

[tippie53]

you never finish something you don't start . Have at it . If you make a mistake and you learn from it , this then becomes a learning experience and not a mistake.

[B. Howard]

Welcome fellow Pennsylvanian.