By Martin Koch. A comprehensive photo-illustrated manual for building a solidbody or semi-acoustic electric gutar or bass. Everything from design to finishing and final setup is covered step-by-step. The companion full-scale plan details a solidbody guitar with tremolo, two humbuckers and a bolt-on neck.
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Building Electric Guitars Book: Featuring nearly 700 photos and illustrations, luthier Martin Koch details the complete building process. You'll find valuable information on wood selection, pickup winding and active electronics, too. 236 pages, softcover.
Book contents Introduction: parts of an electric guitar • string frequencies • popular body styles Wood: sound characteristics • drying Hardware: tuners, nuts, pickguards, fretwire, bridges, tremolos, strings and more Electronics: making your own pickups • passive and active circuits • shielding Designing the guitar: scale length • calculating fret positions • truss rod choices • guitar layout • making templates Workshop and tools: routers, planes, scrapers, saws, sanding, sharpening and safety Making the body: making a solidbody from a blank • hollowbody construction and binding • semi-acoustic body construction Making the neck: preparing the neck blank • angled and bolt-on necks • making and installing a truss rod • preparing and installing the fingerboard • fretting • preparing the peghead • neck shaping and fitting Preparing the body: positioning the bridge • installing a tremolo • routing body cavities Assembly and wiring: mounting the hardware • installing and shielding the electronics Finishing: sanding • staining • grain-filling • finishing options and application • polishing Setup: fret dressing • neck relief • setting the string action • tuning • pickup height • intonation Neck-through-body construction: making a headless bass
Solidbody Guitar Plan: The 34" x 24" full-scale plan includes a helpful fret placement chart, materials list and wiring diagram. Dimensions are displayed in inches and millimeters for convenience.
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