Later Guitars




I think it was in 2018 that I got an email from StewMac advertising a Strat style guitar kit. It was on sale for $150 and I thought "Why not, I've never played a Strat so it might be fun to throw this thing together and see if I like it". That's how I got hooked on building guitars again. The kit was mediocre at best. It turned out okay but I fairly quickly realized that I was not a Strat guy. I also realized that I could make better guitars from scratch than any kit I could buy. I put together a few Strat and Tele style partscasters using ready made necks and bodies. Then I started making my own bodies and using ready made necks. I finally realized I could make just as good (if not better) necks myself. That, of course, got me in to buying tools (it’s yet another addiction).