Welcome! I am looking to re-grow my absolute favorite community here on Lemmy - to kick it off, I'm sharing my first build that I finished in April.
It was a dream come true to finally be able to build up a workshop and try my hands at this. It took 4 months of weekends and the occasional lunch breaks, and I had so much fun, I can't wait to get going on #2 and dive deep into this craft and all it's secrets.
I could just post pics on one of the 'guitars' communities, I'm hoping this community can become a forum for people who really want to discuss the techniques and the process, not just the final product. Please comment or post if you'd like to see the same thing!
Awesome, same boat - took RIF off my phone home screen and took an evening to try to figure out what's going on over here.
A bigger community will always recommend to start with a kit first so that's definitely not a bad route, but there are more ways to shake that tree. The biggest part is to get some practice with the tools and techniques before you cut/stain/etc your best wood, but you can always do that with scrap wood as you go, doesn't have to be a kit.
A pre made neck is an great compromise, it has the most fidgety and slow bits to make.
Good luck! I hope you get the time to try it out, very rewarding and worth the time.
If I'm being honest, the neck was always going to be premade. Off to the races.