justin8mypants Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 hi everyone I am about to build my first guitar and am new to guitar building ive been playing for 10 years. basically i am wondering how do u know the exact dimensions? did u just eyeball it or do u follow exact dimensions?i am trying to build a gibson firebird body. and how hard is a neck to build and are there any dimensions i should follow for that besided nut width? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 I don't know if PG has any diagrams of a firebird, but you can get access to a whole lot of plans by making a donation to the site. PM someone who has donated and ask them if there are any plans for what you're looking for in the plans section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 I would recomend a book called " Make your own electric guitar" by Melvin Hiscock, before you go ahead and purchase a lot of expensive wood and hardware. The book goes through a complete design of a custom guitar and Hiscock teaches you a lot about building guitars. The mesaurments you need to know is (among others): fret board with at the nut fret board with at the end bridge hight neck angle body thickness and so on This book covers it all. It also have a list of necesary tools, a section on finishin and setup and so on. Im sure there are other good bocks/Videos/DVDs out there to get ou started, but this is the one I started with and I'm still (after 15 guitars) using it for some references on neck angle, fret board with and so on. Good luck Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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