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Lordathestrings
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Lordathestrings
Gear Guru
Joined: 01/18/01
Posts: 6,242
08/18/2004 9:26 pm
Originally Posted by: killerqueen... it was more making the body that i dont know how to do... but if you think thats gonna be too hard then maybe not! :D ...
[font=trebuchet ms] Actually, the tricky bit is the neck. The fret palcemnt, the truss rod installation, mounting the tuning pegs in the right place, and slotting the nut, are the keys to a good guitar versus one that can't be played. By comparison, all the body has to do is hold the bridge and pickups in the right places relative to the neck! No small feat either, but considerably less demanding in terms of fabricating the parts.

And the good doctor has given links to the two best sources I know of. StewMac, in particular, has a wealth of info buried like treasure on it's site![/font]
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