Additional instruction materials
The author also offers additional instruction materials:
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CHANNEL FOR U-CHANNEL TRUSS ROD |
23RD FRET |
(CENTERED ON THE NECK AND AS WIDE AND AS DEEP AS THE TRUSSROD) |
2 58MMIN9/32
467.14 MM 18.391 IN
457 mm 18"
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FINISHING |
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NECK: BRUSH ON VARNISH OR SPRAY SEVERAL LAYERS NITROCELLULOSE LAQUER FROM A SPRAY CAN. |
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BODY: APPLY DANISH OIL OR WIPING-VARNISH WITH A RAG AND APPLY WAX. |
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FIT YOUR TREMOLO SO THAT THE SADDLES |
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ARE CENTERED ON THE NECK CENTER LINE |
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AND MARK THE CENTERS OF THE PIVOT-STUD HOLES |
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OR PIVOT-SCREW HOLES ON THIS LINE |
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622.30 MM / 24.5 IN FROM ZERO-FRET SLOT |
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170.06 MM |
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6.695 IN |
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12 MM |
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22.2 MM |
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15/32 IN |
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7/8 IN |
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22TH FRET |
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16TH FRET |
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MM78 IN3 |
35.1MM 1-3/8IN |
19 MM |
CAVITYSPRINGTREMOLO |
MM100XMM57 |
IN3.9XIN1/4-2 DEEPIN5/8/MM16 |
CAVITYPICKUPBRIDGE DEEPIN3/4/MM19 |
cavitypickupNeck deepmm19CAVITYUPPICKNECK |
deep3/4"DEEPIN3/4MM19 |
MM57.7 IN2.272 |
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MM55 IN2.165 |
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PIVOT-STUD LINE |
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3/4 IN |
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46 MM |
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73 MM |
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1-13/16 IN |
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2-7/8 IN |
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NECK CENTER LINE |
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NECK CENTER LINE |
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NECK POCKET |
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24 MM |
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16 MM / 5/8" DEEP |
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15/16 IN |
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R 13 mm |
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R 1/2" |
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NECK ATTACHMENT PLATE |
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65 MM X 50 MM |
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2-1/2 IN X 2 IN |
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ELECTRONICS CAVITY 38 MM / 1.5" DEEP |
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142 MM |
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5-19/32 IN |
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WIRE HOLE MADE WITH LONG |
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JACK PLATE |
6 MM / 1/4 IN DIAMETER DRILL BIT |
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HOLE FOR OUTPUT JACK |
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TELECASTER CONTROL PLATE |
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RADIUS |
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25 MM / 1 IN DIAMETER |
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25 MM / 1 IN DEEP |
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6 MM |
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1/4 IN |
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40MM |
1-9/16IN |
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45MM 1-3/4IN |
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6 DEGREES |
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420 MM
16.5 IN
WIDTH |
mm42 |
11/16"IN 1 |
MM42width11/16- |
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NUT |
Sattelbreite |
nut |
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5 mm |
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5 MM |
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3/16" |
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3/16 IN |
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NUT SERVES ONLY AS A STRING GUIDE |
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GOTOH VINTAGE TREMOLO
2-7/32" STRINGSPACING
GOTOH/WILKINSON TREMOLO 54 MM / 2-1/8 IN STRINGSPACING
FRET DISTANCES
Scale length 628.65mm / 24.75"
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Fret |
Distance from zero-fret |
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PEGHEAD DRAWN IN REAL SIZE |
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inches |
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0 |
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0.00 |
0.000 |
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35.28 |
1.389 |
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2 |
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68.59 |
2.700 |
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3 |
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100.02 |
3.938 |
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4 |
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129.69 |
5.106 |
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5 |
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157.70 |
6.208 |
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6 |
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184.13 |
7.249 |
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7 |
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209.08 |
8.231 |
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8 |
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232.63 |
9.159 |
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9 |
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254.85 |
10.034 |
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275.83 |
10.860 |
TUNER MOUNTING HOLE 10 MM / 13/32 IN DIAMETER |
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295.64 |
11.639 |
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12 |
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314.33 |
12.375 |
15 DEGREES PEGHEAD ANGLE |
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331.97 |
13.070 |
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14 |
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348.62 |
13.725 |
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15 |
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364.34 |
14.344 |
PEGHEAD VENEER |
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379.17 |
14.928 |
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3 MM / 1/8 IN THICK HARDWOOD |
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393.17 |
15.479 |
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18 |
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406.39 |
16.000 |
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19 |
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418.87 |
16.491 |
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20 |
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430.64 |
16.954 |
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441.75 |
17.392 |
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452.24 |
17.805 |
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462.14 |
18.195 |
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PICKUP SELECTOR SWITCH |
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SCHALLER MEGASWITCH P-MODEL |
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POSITION 1: BRIDGE PICKUP |
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POSITION 2: INNER COILS PARALLEL |
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TONE |
VOLUME |
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POSITION 3: OUTER COILS PARALLEL |
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500K-OHMS LOG PUSH/PULLPOTENTIOMETER |
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POSITION 4: OUTER COILS IN SERIES |
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WITH DOUBLE-THROW MINI SWITCH |
500K-OHMS LOG POTENTIOMETER |
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POSITION 5: NECK PICKUP |
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1n |
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10n |
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7 |
150k |
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2 |
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6 |
20n |
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1/4 IN OUTPUT JACK
HOT |
HOT |
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MATERIAL LIST
- 1 NECK BLANK 700 MM X 80 MM X 19 MM / 27.5 IN X 3-5/32 IN X 3/4 IN EITHER MAPLE (FLATSAWN) OR MAHOGANY (QUARTERSAWN)
- 1 PEGHEAD VENEER 190 MM X 80 MM X 3 MM / 7.5 IN X 3-5/32 IN X 1/8” - 1 TRUSS ROD NUT COVER
- 1 U-CHANNEL TRUSSROD WITH ALLEN NUT 15/32 IN-WIDE X 13/32 IN-DEEP OR 10 MM X 10 MM - 6 GOTOH LOCKING TUNERS 3 LEFT, 3 RIGHT
- 1 NECK ATTACHMENT PLATE 65 MM X 50 MM / 2-1/2 IN X 2 IN
- 4 NECK ATTACHMENT SCREWS 5 MM X 45 MM / 3/16 IN X 1-3/4 IN
- 1 FRETBOARD: 470 MM X 58 MM X 6 MM / 18.5 IN X 2-1/4 IN X 1/4 IN , ROSEWOOD OR PAU FERRO
- ABOUT 1.5 METERS / 6 IN FRET WIRE
- 3 MM / 1/8 IN PLASTIC ROD FOR FRETBOARD SIDE DOTS
- 1 SYNTHETIC-NUT OR BONENUT 42 MM / 1-11/16” LONG / - 1 SET MEDIUM STRINGS
- 1 BODY BLANK 420 MM X 330 MM X 45 MM / 16.5 IN X 13 IN X 1- 5/8 IN ALDER (EITHER ONE PIECE OR GLUED-UP FROM SEVERAL PIECES)
- 1 STRAT-STYLE TREMOLO (E.G. GOTOH VINTAGE TREMOLO OR WILKINSON/GOTOH TREMOLO) - 2 STRAP BUTTONS
- 1 HUMBUCKER FOR NECK-POSITION WITH 3-4 WIRES AND EXTRA CASE GROUND
- 1 HUMBUCKER FOR BRIDGE-POSITION WITH 3-4 WIRES AND EXTRA CASE GROUND - 2 HUMBUCKER MOUNTING RINGS WITH SCREWS AND SPRINGS
- 1 TELECASTER CONTROL PLATE WITH TWO MOUNTING SCREWS - 1 MEGASWITCH P-MODELL
- 1 500K-OHMS LOG POTENTIOMETER
- 1 500K-OHMS LOG POTENTIOMETER WITH PUSH/PULLOR PUSH/PUSH-SWITCH - 2 GUITAR CONTROL KNOBS
- 1 CAPACITOR 0.01MF (20NF) OR DIFFERENT VALUE DETERMINED BY EAR - 1 CAPACITOR 0.02MF (20NF) OR DIFFERENT VALUE DETERMINED BY EAR - 1 CAPACITOR 0.001MF (1NF)
- 1 150K-OHMS RESISTOR (1/4 WATTS) - WIRE AND SOLDER
- 1 1/4 IN OUTPUT JACK
- 1 JACK PLATE WITH SCREWS
TWO GUITARMAKERS’ SUPPLIERS THAT CARRY ALL THE PARTS (FULL LIST AT WWW.BUILDYOURGUITAR.COM): ROCKINGER GUITARS GMBH, WWW.ROCKINGER.COM
STEWART MACDONALDS GUITAR SHOP SUPPLY, WWW.STEWMAC.COM
NECK-PICKUP |
BRIDGE-PICKUP |
OUTER COILS MUST HAVE OPPOSITE MAGNETIC POLARITY |
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NECK-PICKUP |
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SOLID-BODY GUITAR
FULL SCALE IN MILLIMETERS (MM) AND INCHES (IN)
1 IN = 24.5 MM
SCALE LENGTH 24.75 IN / 628.65 MM
COMPANION MULTIMEDIA CD-ROM AND BOOK AVAILABLE AT WWW.BUILDYOURGUITAR.COM
© 2000 BY MARTIN KOCH
Solid-Body Guitar Plan
Full-scale plan for a 2-humbucker guitar with tremolo and bolt-on neck (shown on page 81)
-24.75“ scale length - Seperate fingerboard - Fret placement chart - All measurements in inches and millimeters - Bolt-on neck - Angled peghead - Locking tuners - Zero-fret - Straight string line from the saddles to the tuners
-U-channel truss rod - Head-end truss rod adjustment - Two humbuckers - Push/Pull Potentiometer
-Strat-style tremolo - Wiring diagram (PRS-circuit) - materials list
CD-ROM: Build Your Solid-Body Guitar
This multimedia compact disc brings the complete guitar building process to life, through detailed text, pictures, and 45 minutes of video and sound. A video clip is linked to the text and photos at each stage of construction. The disc also includes printable templates, hardware list and fret placement chart, and a nonprinting version of the book Building Electric Guitars.
Find more information about this products at the web site www.BuildYourGuitar.com
Acknowledgements
Thanks to all those who have so willingly shared their knowledge with me and kept answering my questions, and to those who, through sharing their ideas and suggestions, have helped me to make progress. Here are a few names of guitarbuilders who I have never had the chance to meet personally, but who I have been in contact with via the Word Wide Web and who, through emails, have contributed to expanding my guitarbuilding knowledge. Thanks in particular to:
Steve Jarman, guitarbuilder, Bexleyheath, Kent, GB Thomas Dramm, DRAMM-Guitars, Asbach, Germany
Thomas Stratmann, Stratmann Guitars, Hannover, Germany
Thanks also to Bruce Johnson for his stimulating articles in the Internet-newsgroup rec.music.makers.builders and the German author Helmuth Lemme for sharing his guitar electronics knowledge.
Thanks once more to Thomas Dramm for reading the German version so carefully, and for his many suggestions and to Cara Smith for her support in correcting mistakes of the English version.
Many thanks to my good friend Franz Luttenberger, who very conscientiously translated this book from German into English. Without him this book would have stayed very regional.
And last but not least, I would like to thank my wife Brigitte for her support in correcting mistakes and help in taking pictures.
Even the busiest author has to leave his/her workplace from time to time, but not everyone has a coauthor that takes over his/her place immediately. So if you find misspellings or such meaningful letter/ sign combinations as “b, ,,fvdzf”...
don't blame me - blame Markus, who was eleven months old at the time when this book was being finished.