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Posts made in December, 2008

A Year in the Making

Posted by on Dec 31, 2008 in Articles & Tutorials, Product Images

It’s been a year and a few days since my interest in building guitars was sparked again and I started on the design of EGS – the Ergonomic Guitar System. It’s been a lot of fun and it has engaged quite a few people around the world, from encouraging cheers to design suggestions via promises of life altering riches. Now that I am stumblingly close to shipping my EGS tremolo and have sold a number of fixed bridge/tuners, I thought I would sum things up. A year ago, when it all started, I had to find a way to capture and publish the information about my project. This was interesting in itself. I had never blogged before, but it seemed like a great format. I tried out several different sites that hosted blogs, but they all had one drawback of other. Eventually, I discovered WordPress and realized that I was already paying my ISP for hosting, so here we are. Next was refining the design, which was the most fun of it all. Looking back at the posts, I am surprised at how quickly it all took shape and how little things have changed since. I have put in so much effort into this, but all the “real” work...

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