The 2018 theFB Challenge Now OPEN

scottygilbert · January 10

Sesh said:

Alright, I'm in. My DIY Tele kit became a pile of bits over the weekend. The rebuilding saga begins...

I think I could have written that exact post.....home made tele in pieces as I type, awaiting a "facelift"

Will put put up a thread tomorrow....saga indeed....

digitalscream · January 14

How's everyone else getting on?

Trying not to be an over-achiever, but if all goes as well as it has the last couple of days, my first guitar may well be finished by this time next week.

That's a good thing, 'cos I need it ready in time for rehearsal on the 24th to test it before the gig on the 25th...

TTony · January 14

digitalscream said:

Trying not to be an over-achiever,

At least one person has finished already

Roland · January 14

Mine won’t be finished before early March. All the hardware is here. Just waiting on the neck and fretboard blanks to arrive, and then acclimatise. Which gives me lots of time to change my mind about trivial details like body shape, scale length, and pickup configuration.

paulnb57 · January 14

Somewhat annoyingly mine is finished

http://i.imgur.com/bmxWX1o.jpg

and I'm twiddling my thumbs, however there is a Mustang/Bronco Bass mashup in the planning stage - Roasted Ash body, with a natural finish and a recycled Squier Bronco Bass 30" scale neck, Gold Lace Sensor single coil, Mustang control plate......I also plan to modifiy a Squier hardtail Strat for the eldest grandson, away on the North Island next week so will find a suitable donor then....

Sesh · January 14

digitalscream said:

Trying not to be an over-achiever,

I'm trying not to be an underachiever, and failing. Got nowhere really so far. Snooker has been watched, Crash Bandicoot has been played, but the guitar failed to meet the sandpaper all weekend.

downbytheriver · January 15

I am in with my scratch built Strat with certain differences!

eSully · January 17

Fantastic that people are finished already. I don't even have all the parts for mine yet, only got some grain filling and sanding done. It'll be Feb or March before I get a good run at the project.

Adam_MD · January 21

I've decided I'm going to join in too.

Like @Philtre I'm going to build a pedal. I've had a mulitplex pcb in my build pile for almost a year now and I should really get to it. It's a digital based delay which approximates old tape delays like the echoplex and echorec. My current plan is to put the multiplex in a box with an EP3 based preamp, modulation and reverb for some spacey tape style delay fun.

Philtre · January 27

My challenge is "finished" - http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1778430/#Comment_1778430

Well...it is and it isn't "finished". Yes, I've learnt some basic electronics theory and practice and, yes, I have built a pedal...but...there's still two more months left in Q1 so I have extended my challenge to "Build three, or maybe four pedals, as I've caught the pedal building bug and can't stop!" :-)

Andyjr1515 · February 22

Just categorised my Swift Lite 2 build as a C18Q1 entry

With having only started it in Feb, didn't think there was a hope in hell of it being completed by end March but at the moment it's absolutely buzzing along. In for a penny...