Morgan88 Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 I have been wanting to start on my 5th build and I am really in to dream theater and like the way that Petrucci's guitar looks like. However, I want it to be a little more original and have some other ideas involved. I would appreciate it if I could get some ideas for the guitar. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 There are limitless things you could tweak... body shape (make it a little more offset), horns (longer, shorter, different relative to each other), etc. etc. etc. The thing that jumps out at me from your EBMM pic is the forearm contour. Maybe change the body shape a bit to make it your own, and use a similar forearm contour. Or incorporate similar contours into other parts of the guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foil1more Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Take measurements between the widest and thinnest part of the body, the horns, and anything else you feel like. Then draw your center line on a piece of poster board (for a full size template) and play around with changing where your measurements are centered and angling your measurements. Example: I took all the measurements for my guitar off a picture of an Ibanez artcore. The width at the widest part was 15". The center of that was at 7.5". I dropped the center an inch so there was 6.5" above the center and 8.5" below and angled the line. I did that with different measurements and ended up with a guitar looking like a mix of an artcore, tele, and jag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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