"What would happen if you won the big prize?" asks a typical running gag at the custom guitar maker community.
For years, the answer: "You'd probably make more guitars, but only until you got paid" (or lost your job). In recent years, many high end guitars making professionals have relied exclusively on second jobs for their living. As the Internet revolutionized and made it easier than ever to get started with custom guitar making, there are now a number of online custom guitar making forums and discussion boards where aspiring makers can gather and share tips and techniques and work together to make and sell guitars. If you're seriously considering pursuing a career as a custom guitar maker, there are a few basic steps you can take to help speed up the process. First, take advantage of the wealth of information available on the Internet. Many guitar making professionals now have a website and they regularly post new products and sales announcements on their websites. The other great thing about online forums is that you can join them free of charge or for a small fee. Once you join a forum, browse through it and see if anyone else is already selling something on the forum. If so, then ask them if they'd be willing to advertise their guitar making business on their forum for you. They will likely say yes, because they know that you'll want to join them, as the competition is fierce. You can also get a jump start on guitar making by attending online guitar maker workshops. If you're serious about making money with your own custom guitar making business, these seminars are a great way to learn how to do the work. They also give you the opportunity to meet other guitar enthusiasts just like you and exchange ideas. If you attend a workshop regularly, you may even find yourself starting your own business through the workshops. When you make the decision to pursue a career in custom guitar making, don't be afraid to do some legwork before you buy an instrument. You can make some great cash with your new hobby in no time at all. Before you even try your hand at guitar making, check out how many other people have tried their hand at guitar making and what they've done to become successful. Ask them who their favorite sources of information were for guitar making information. If you're truly serious about your goal of becoming a successful guitar maker, then you need to spend the necessary time to learn how to make the instruments that you want to make. Don't expect to make hundreds of guitars in a day. You'll probably need a year or more to become a decent custom guitar maker, but don't give up. If you decide to pursue a career in guitar making, then you'll probably need a little bit of money to get started. That money will come from a combination of your own creativity and the money you'll make from a workshop sale of the guitar that you make at the end of the year. Don't rush into anything you're unsure about. It's a worthwhile journey that you'll enjoy. You can get more enlightened on this topic by reading here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_manufacturing#History.
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