jstoup111

i got my wood locally and i have all the equipment as far as that goes. the only thing i dont exactly have that would be a big help is an engraver for my fretboard and my inlays

forgot bout truss rod

im looking for a place on the internet where i can get guitar parts for a cheap price. my budget is pretty low so im not going all out on it. somewhere i can get a bridge nut pickups and tuners cause thats all i think ill need and be able to afford for the present moment

how are the locking nuts hard cause i was going to go with one of those

i had heard that tremlos are hard to do but i wasnt sure. i wanted to do one but i guess getting the spring tension just right is starting to scare me a bit which was why i was asking

being my first guitar would you think it a good idea to go with a tremlo or are they just too hard for a first timer?

thank you very much it was a lot of help

because i dont have the dimensions of the bridge what would i measure from? the whole bridge, the saddles or the outside of the string where they touch the saddle?

im guessing the last but i want to double check cause i dont wanna screw this up

im going to use a strat style tremlo it doesnt give enough info on the site (it is only an import)

im doing a v but a custom v. the nut is 1-5/8"

what ive seen is you cut the end with the threads as you need it and then put new threads on. but ive seen truss rods for around $8 im not sure how well it works though

i dont have a neck route routed out yet. at the moment i have 2 blocks of wood. one for my body and the other for the neck

how do i find out how wide my neck is at the neckjoint. im going with a 25" neck with 24 frets

Scale Length: 25.01In.

Fret Number In. from Nut In. from Fret

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1 1.41 1.41

2 2.73 1.33

3 3.98 1.26

4 5.16 1.18

5 6.28 1.12

6 7.33 1.06

7 8.32 1.00

8 9.26 0.94

9 10.14 0.89

10 10.97 0.84

11 11.76 0.79

12 12.50 0.75

13 13.21 0.71

14 13.87 0.67

15 14.49 0.63

16 15.08 0.59

17 15.64 0.56

18 16.17 0.53

19 16.66 0.50

20 17.13 0.47

21 17.57 0.45

22 17.99 0.42

23 18.38 0.40

24 18.75 0.38

just looking for a standar v. i did check guitarbuild.com and found 1 standard v but i want to know the dimensions and it doesnt do a very good job of telling me what they are. as in i dont know how wide its going to be. i have a rough estimate but i want to know what its actually going to be

im looking for some cad files for my first guitar. i decided on a flying v thinking it would be the easiest to build. but of course i have no idea where to start off and cant find any cad files anywhere