Building Tutorials and Links Thread

[MaxOfMetal]

Through owning a fanned fret guitar, if there's anything I've noticed to be more important than the actual scales used it's the location of the perpendicular fret.

I hypothesize that moving the perpendicular fret towards the nut will allow for scales of greater difference, yet retain ergonomics and overall playability. It'll allow for more traditional fingering of chords on the lower frets yet still give them an ergonomic fan, in the vein of Strandberg and other minimally fanned guitars. It'll also increase the fan in the higher register, which depending on how you position your thumb when playing can increase ergonomics when playing single note runs.

I'll report more on that when I get my Strandberg.

 

[Levi79]

Does anyone here know any good video tutorials or anything of the like? I have Make Your Own Electric Guitar by Melvin Hiscock and I've learned alot, but I've always been a visual learner.

 

[Pikka Bird]

^Well, you could check out Crimson Guitars. They have a rather expansive workshop diary going, and some very helpful Youtube videos (like this series). Ormsby has a rather wonderful video diary as well.
The Youtube user Floating Bones also has some nifty tips, including some good "wiring for dummies" advice.

...and there are probably loads more, but I can't remember any more properly good ones right ATM.

 

[Levi79]

Thanks very much dude! I really appreciate it. I'll probably be checking out all of them!

Just finished the Crimson Guitars series in one sitting.

 

[Guitarman789009]

I plan on making my first guitar this summer. I own Make your Own electric guitar and have been reading through it but i am interested in making a 7 string (The book only shows 6 strings). So how much harder will it be to make a seven string and where can i find a good tutorial for it?

 

[Levi79]

I plan on making my first guitar this summer. I own Make your Own electric guitar and have been reading through it but i am interested in making a 7 string (The book only shows 6 strings). So how much harder will it be to make a seven string and where can i find a good tutorial for it?

Literally the same thing, except an extra string. And potentially a baritone scale if that suits your tastes.

 

[BlackMastodon]

I think a 7 might be just a tad easier just because it has a built in centre line from the 4th string. You'd just need to find out what thickness the neck will need to be at the nut and 12th fret and you should be ok.

 

[Levi79]

Found this guys videos last night. Some awful humor involved and he seems to think we care about what he's eating and drinking in every video, but regardless, there's some great information in these videos and they're pretty entertaining as well. Probably would be quite helpful for other visual learners like me.
jsullysix - YouTube

 

[Necromagnon]

You said plan?
https://sites.google.com/site/guitarplanscollection/pdf-files/gibson-e

A huge reserve of free access plans, mostly fender's and gibson's, but some other shapes too.

 

[Levi79]

Another great source of information. This guy has some awesome informative videos and a free ebook of a build he did. Some really nice guitars too!
Untitled Document
verhoevc's channel - YouTube

 

[Necromagnon]

Holy f***!

I love his guitars!

 

[Levi79]

Yeah dude, so class.

 

[cajunboy2k]

Here is a list from a website with a bunch of printable plans in both .DWG and .PDF formats. If you use CHROME for your web browser, you can download the AutoCAD WS app for it to view and print the .DWG files.

,DWG
https://sites.google.com/site/guitarplanscollection/dwg-files/fender---ish
https://sites.google.com/site/guitarplanscollection/dwg-files/gibson---esque
https://sites.google.com/site/guitarplanscollection/dwg-files/other

.PDF
https://sites.google.com/site/guitarplanscollection/pdf-files/fender-ish
https://sites.google.com/site/guitarplanscollection/pdf-files/gibson-e
https://sites.google.com/site/guitarplanscollection/pdf-files/other-brands

Hope everyone finds them useful.

Cheers

 

[JackPlaysIbanez]

Recently i found two great sites for those of you looking to build your first guitar, it shows ho to build a 6 string but the skills shown can be easily passed on to make a 7 string.
How to make a neck:http://www.eguitarplans.com/making_a_guitar_neck.pdf
How to make a body:http://www.eguitarplans.com/making_a_guitar_body.pdf

 

[Thyber]

I'm not a handy person, but would you think swirling a guitar body is something I can do myself?

 

[Necromagnon]

I'm not a handy person, but would you think swirling a guitar body is something I can do myself?

If you have some tools, sure. A router and a ball bearing bit, and you're ready. Go read some threads about building here and on project guitar, and you'll be able to make your own opinion on it.

 

[Pikka Bird]

^I don't think routers are all that handy for swirling...

But sure, a large enough container (oil drums seem popular), some borax, Humbrol enamel paints and some patience. There's not much risk in the process, but it might not actually come out looking all that great, depending on a number of factors such as how crazy you get when stirring the paints, and your dipping movements.

I've never actually done it myself, but to my eye it's never a good idea to stir the surface too much, or to dip too "zig-zaggy". Fluent movement is where it's at for me.

 

[Necromagnon]

^I don't think routers are all that handy for swirling...

Whoo
I don't know what I've read (or smoke, i guess) when I wrote this post...

But sure, a large enough container (oil drums seem popular), some borax, Humbrol enamel paints and some patience. There's not much risk in the process, but it might not actually come out looking all that great, depending on a number of factors such as how crazy you get when stirring the paints, and your dipping movements.

I've never actually done it myself, but to my eye it's never a good idea to stir the surface too much, or to dip too "zig-zaggy". Fluent movement is where it's at for me.

I've never done any swirling, but I remember a friend shown us a way to do a swirl paint, just by apllying a large quantity of multiple paints on the body and then using a plastic film apllied on the body, and twisted to swirl the paint. It works really nice, but I can't find the video again...

 

[Pikka Bird]

^Yeah, that'll give you those Jackson vortex-esque swirls. I guess we need Thyber to tell us what kind he's talking about.

 

[bannyd]

hey - i dont know if this has been brought up already, but how much would I be looking at spending if I were to build my own guitar?
between wood, neck, laminate, hardware and all of that?

Thanks