Solid-Body Guitar Plan

NUT WIDTH Sattelbreite 42 MM 42 mm nut1-11/16 width 1IN11/16"

FRET DISTANCES Scale length 628.65mm / 24.75"

CHANNEL FOR U-CHANNEL TRUSS ROD (CENTERED ON THE NECK AND AS WIDE AND AS DEEP AS THE TRUSSROD)

23RD FRET

PEGHEAD DRAWN IN REAL SIZE

Fret

Distance from zero-fret

mm

inches

0.00

0.000

1

35.28

1.389

2

68.59

2.700

3

100.02

3.938

4

129.69

5.106

5

157.70

6.208

6

184.13

7.249

7

209.08

8.231

8

232.63

9.159

9

254.85

10.034

10

275.83

10.860

11

295.64

11.639

12

314.33

12.375

13

331.97

13.070

14

348.62

13.725

15

364.34

14.344

16

379.17

14.928

17

393.17

15.479

18

406.39

16.000

FINISHING

19

418.87

16.491

NECK: BRUSH ON VARNISH OR SPRAY SEVERAL LAYERS NITROCELLULOSE LAQUER FROM A SPRAY CAN. BODY: APPLY DANISH OIL OR WIPING-VARNISH WITH A RAG AND APPLY WAX.

20

430.64

16.954

21

441.75

17.392

22

452.24

17.805

23

462.14

18.195

58 MM 2-9/32 IN

0

55 mm MM 3/16"IN 3/16 467.14 MM 18.391 IN NUT SERVES ONLY AS A STRING GUIDE 457 mm 18"

TUNER MOUNTING HOLE 10 MM / 13/32 IN DIAMETER

15 DEGREES PEGHEAD ANGLE

PEGHEAD VENEER 3 MM / 1/8 IN THICK HARDWOOD

FIT YOUR TREMOLO SO THAT THE SADDLES ARE CENTERED ON THE NECK CENTER LINE AND MARK THE CENTERS OF THE PIVOT-STUD HOLES OR PIVOT-SCREW HOLES ON THIS LINE

TONE VOLUME 500K-OHMS LOG PUSH/PULL- POTENTIOMETER 500K-OHMS LOG POTENTIOMETER WITH DOUBLE-THROW MINI SWITCH

PICKUP SELECTOR SWITCH SCHALLER MEGASWITCH P-MODEL POSITION 1: BRIDGE PICKUP POSITION 2: INNER COILS PARALLEL POSITION 3: OUTER COILS PARALLEL POSITION 4: OUTER COILS IN SERIES POSITION 5: NECK PICKUP

622.30 MM / 24.5 IN FROM ZERO-FRET SLOT 170.06 MM 6.695 IN

12 MM 15/32 IN

22.2 MM 7/8 IN

1n

16TH FRET

73 MM 2-7/8 IN

1

7

150k 2 3

NECK POCKET 16 MM / 5/8" DEEP

6 4

5

1/4 IN OUTPUT JACK 55 MM 2.165 IN

57.7 MM 2.272 IN

Neck pickup cavity NECK CAVITY 19PICKUP mm deep 19 MM / 3/4 IN DEEP 3/4" deep

24 MM 15/16 IN

46 MM 1-13/16 IN

BRIDGE PICKUP CAVITY 19 MM / 3/4 IN DEEP

78 MM 3 IN

NECK CENTER LINE

GOTOH/WILKINSON TREMOLO 54 MM / 2-1/8 IN STRINGSPACING

20n

TREMOLO SPRING CAVITY 57 MM X 100 MM 2-1/4 IN X 3.9 IN 16 MM / 5/8 IN DEEP

19 MM 3/4 IN

PIVOT-STUD LINE

35.1 MM 1-3/8 IN

22TH FRET

10n

GOTOH VINTAGE TREMOLO 2-7/32" STRINGSPACING

NECK CENTER LINE

HOT

R 13 mm R 1/2"

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MATERIAL LIST

NECK ATTACHMENT PLATE 65 MM X 50 MM 2-1/2 IN X 2 IN

NECK-PICKUP

- 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)

BRIDGE-PICKUP

- 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

ELECTRONICS CAVITY 38 MM / 1.5" DEEP 142 MM 5-19/32 IN

- 6 GOTOH LOCKING TUNERS 3 LEFT, 3 RIGHT

OUTER COILS MUST HAVE OPPOSITE MAGNETIC POLARITY BRIDGE-PICKUP

NECK-PICKUP

- 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 BONE- NUT 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) WIRE HOLE MADE WITH LONG 6 MM / 1/4 IN DIAMETER DRILL BIT

JACK PLATE

- 1 STRAT-STYLE TREMOLO (E.G. GOTOH VINTAGE TREMOLO OR WILKINSON/GOTOH TREMOLO) - 2 STRAP BUTTONS

TELECASTER CONTROL PLATE

RADIUS 6 MM 1/4 IN

40 MM 1-9/16 IN

45 MM 1-3/4 IN

HOLE FOR OUTPUT JACK 25 MM / 1 IN DIAMETER 25 MM / 1 IN DEEP

- 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

6 DEGREES

420 MM 16.5 IN

- 1 TELECASTER CONTROL PLATE WITH TWO MOUNTING SCREWS - 1 MEGASWITCH P-MODELL - 1 500K-OHMS LOG POTENTIOMETER - 1 500K-OHMS LOG POTENTIOMETER WITH PUSH/PULL- OR 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 SREWS 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

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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

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