I've got an update. Admittedly this is rough, and obviously there is no HTML code inserted yet, but I just wanted to give you guys an idea of where I'm at and what's going on. There is of course much, MUCH more information to be added. And as I was doing this, it became not so much a traditional FAQ, but more a list of definitions. So, if someone wondered what a truss rod was, they click on 'T' and it takes them to all the enteries under T.
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AANJ -- all access neck joint
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Books – There are a handful of books with will prove to be well worth their weight in gold. Not all of these books are necessary, but you’d be well advised to spend a few dollars and get at least one of them:
Make Your Own Electric Guitar by Melvyn Hiscock ISBN: 0953104907
The Luthiers Handbook by Roger Siminoff ISBN: 0634014684
Building Electric Guitars by Martin Koch ISBN: 3901314075
Steel String Guitar Construction by Irving Sloane ISBN: 0933224168
Guitarmaking: Tradition and Technology by William Cumpiano and Jonathan Natelson ISBN: 0811806405
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CA – cyanoacrylates. A chemical adhesive. [tradenames: Hot Stuff, Zap, Crazy Glue, etc.]
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Electronics – A list of some of the more common guitar electronics short hand.
H/H} When talking about pickup configuration
S/S} S denotes single coil,
S/S/S} H denotes humbucker.
H/S/S} The first letter is the pickup nearest the bridge.
dpdt double pole double throw}
spdt single pole double throw } types of switches
spst single pole single throw }
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Guitar – You’re kidding right? Put down that router, slap yourself in the face and go find yourself a dictionary and a music store.
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PUP – Short hand for Pick UP.
Pick Up -- device acts as a detector and captures mechanical vibrations. Some common types of pick ups include: single coil, humbuckers, P-90s and PAF.
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Scale Length – The distance between a guitar’s nut or zero fret and the bridge’s saddle. This can have profound effects on the tone and tuning stability of a guitar. The twelfth fret will lay equidistant between the saddle and the nut.
Common Scale Lengths:
Fender
Jaguar -- 24" or 609.6mm
Strat/Tele -- 25 1/2" or 647.7 mm
Jazz Bass -- 34" or 863.6 mm
Gibson
Byrdland -- 23 1/2" or 596.9 mm
Les Paul -- 24 9/16" or 623.888 mm
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Santana -- 24.5" or 622.3 mm
Tremonti -- 25" or 635.0 mm
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Truss Rod – INSERT DEFINTION FROM BOOK
Tools – Tools need not be overly expensive and expansive, but some of the basic tools you will need to make a guitar are as follows:
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