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I dont know the actual dimensions your looking for, but I can tell you how to get them. Look up the specs on your guitar and find the scale length. The scale length is the length between the nut and the bridge (the length of the actual vibrating part of the strings). Now you got one dimension for your guitar. To get all the other dimensions you need, your going to have to find a to scale picture (a dead on front view); and print it out, so you can make a few measurements. (try and get a nice larger sized picture for more accurate measurements) First, measure the scale length in your picture. Now take that number and divide it by the actual scale length. Your answer will be the percentage of the actual size. With that percentage, you can figure out any dimension of the actual sized guitar from your picture; by dividing your measurements from your picture by the percentage you got earlier. For example, lets say the scale length is 25". The scale length in my picture is 4.5". Dividing 4.5 by 25, I get .18. So the guitar in my picture is 18% of the actual sized guitar. I like to do everything by hand, not because I dont have the right tools(when I do), but the results always seem better when it takes more work. You can do this other ways too on the computer in photoshop programs and stuff too. I always like to do my drawings on graph paper in .5"= 1" scale. If this all seems to complicated, you can find a few more ways in these forums.

My first performance was when I was 15 too. My first song performed was at school and my band who we called No Remorse played the Metallica song Motorbreath. The kids went nuts and jumped out of the bleachers to come down to the gym floor with us and everything was crazy. I was very nervous at first, then as soon as I kind of looked up and noticed everyone getting into it, I started getting into the song more and it seemed like all my troubles went away. When I was stringing on my guitar before I turned my amp on my legs were so shaky, I could barely stand. But after the performance I had this awsome natural high, and it just rocked. Now here I am about to get a new band together and reach that high a few more times before I leave school for good. I do not recall a rock band playing under the roof of my school ever again since the event of Motorbreath. My good friend was suspended for replacing the last few lyrics of the last verse to swear words. (.... Same song and f^#@ing s#@^ yeah!!! MOTORBREATH its how i live my life....) The staff strictley told everyone to reamain seated for the entire variety show, however they could not stop the massive crowd comming down the bleachers.

Im about to go out and buy some Nitrocellulose lacquer, and I was wondering how much is normally used to finish the average guitar? Also, if I buy the satin finish, how will that turn out?

I think the blank 2 looks pretty good. All the other ones, seem a little over done(in my opinion anyways).

If anyone out there owns a Dean ML, could I please get a few dimensions? Or even a full blueprint would satisfy me very much. I am currently designing an extremly custom Dean ML and I have rough drawings and sketches but nothing to go by to make a scale drawing. So please reply if you have any information or dimensions possible.

Thanx, I have the same two pickups on my Dean Evo, and I love them. I have done a sunburst before at one time on my first guitar(I was kind of aiming at the Dean transblueburst, but made more of like a navyblue burst) Turned out O.K. but sold it to my friend. By the time I get all the money and parts needed together, I should have it done by mid January. The body should be done next week sometime, so I'll put up some pictures of that when the time comes.

Ive never been a big fan of lots and lots of knobs and controls on any guitar, but that retroid design you have there really looks great. Keep up the good work man.

Here is my first post. I have been playing guitar now for about 3 years, and just about a month or so ago I really started thinking about building guitars. So 2 weeks ago I started doing some research, and then I decided what to build and so on. And incidently I come across this site here. So due to my lack of funds/tools heres whats going on. Body Mahogany Explorer from Warmoth Neck 24 fret, 25 1/2" scale rosewood fret board ontop of a maple neck and Jackson headstock shape Hardware 2 Semour Duncan pickups (JB at the Bridge, Jazz at the neck) Gotoh Wilkinson Trem Gotoh SG38 Tuners 2 tone controls and 1 volume control with a 3 way pickup switch And heres how I plan on painting it this picture was done in psp under 3minutes so dont complain about poor quality. Also the guitar in the picture has chrome hardware, mine will have black. Please commet as you like, I have many concept drawings done on paper of future guitars I plan to build.