asm Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 im looking at making a prs style 7 string, do people usually scale up the overall demensions of the body when going from a 6 string size to 7? or is it so small it really wouldnt be to noticible? thanks. t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 I don't know about prs as I don't like their terribly overpriced and average guitars and dont care about their products at all. However Ibanez uses the same body dimensions for 6 and 7 string guitars. The Ibanez Universe has exactly the same body then the Jem. I don't think that it is neccessary to change the body size when going from 6 to 7 strings. As you said the difference would not be great anyway.... HTH, Marcel Knappp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted March 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 im not a fan of their prices either. but i do like the cut and the headstock. cool, i figured a few mm in the neck pocket wouldnt need to scale up the body. thanks! t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 i think i heard that the Universe and 7 string rg's are actually a LITTLE different..... the inside of the horns is widdened so that the 7 and 6 string neck's have the same sideway support.... if that makes sense? again just what i heard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 It does mess with the cutaways, though. So in carving your cutaways you may find that you don't just use a tracing of a PRS, but maybe you round the inside of the upper cutaway differently. The PRS body comes into the neck joint with straight lines, so widening the neck might move the neck joint over enough that it's into the carved part of the upper cutaway. But even on a real PRS the top carve seems to start about 1/4" from the fretboard, and that'll accomodate a 7 string. So I guess I'm saying forget everything I just said. But if you're going to do something PRS-like but different, it is something to consider. Even the Universe if you superimposed it over a Jem would show a little difference right at the neck pocket in the way that they round upwards to approach the neck joint, mostly on the treble side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Yep....I forgot to mention that....the neck pocket is surely different and need enough "meat" arround it to still hold the neck properly. But the basic shape of the body stays the same usually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 except in the case of an oddball shape like my version of a v i am having to widen it just a bit to make room for the extra neck width and the neck pickup width Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 RGs are relatively large for a superStrat style body to begin with, so a wider neck doesn't look out of proportion. A smaller body i'd be tempted to just add a few mm to the centre line just to keep things in proportion visually and weight-wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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