Pacafeliz wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:21 pm
Geez some of you folks are friggin wizards.
I wish I had such a talent (or any) too.
Amazing
I am a complete hack. I have nothing memorized, I barely understand why the wiring works the way that it does, and my soldering is hot garbage. I've only got the intonation and action right on two out of the four guitars I've worked on so far. And I've accidentally burned my way through two pairs of work gloves while futzing with hot Dremel bits.
But I am ambitious, persistent, patient, willing to work through a lot of trial and error, and I'm not afraid to ask questions. I'm also good at finding helpful YouTube videos. And by nature, I like to solve problems. I'd like to think that I'm pretty good at pattern recognition, which helps in figuring things out.
This is all to say, I have fun making (A LOT of) mistakes and I highly encourage anyone interested to give it a shot. It's frustrating and satisfying. And I will happily answer any questions people have for me as long as they understand I'm definitely not a 100% reliable source.
If I am a wizard, I'm the wizard that accidentally turned himself into bunch of horrifying stuff first before getting a spell to work correctly and then presented it to the world with a flourish and a hearty "TA DA!"