Q. want to build my own guitar and I need to find some RELIABLE sites that I can by a good quality kit
P.S I live in Australia if that makes any difference and this is going to be my first time building my own guitar so if you have any tips they'd be appreciated, Thanks
P.S I live in Australia if that makes any difference and this is going to be my first time building my own guitar so if you have any tips they'd be appreciated, Thanks
Answer
I'd respectfully suggest finding a neck from a busted guitar, and starting with that. If you want to build an acoustic, you need to work for a luthier a few years first. If Electric, any slab of wood will do, as long as the neck will bolt on and you can figure the location for bridge and saddle. The distance from nut to fret 12 is half the distance from nut to bridge, in theory, In practice the bridge wants to move toward the nut a bit (more for the thin strings, less for the fat ones). If you insist on making your own neck, calculate frets as follows: draw a line on paper as long as the scale length (nut to bridge), and draw a perpendicular line 1/13 that distance. Make a hypotenuse. Using a compass, Put the point at the right angle, and the pencil part at the top of the short perpendicular,
Scribe an arc down to the long line. That's the first fret. make a perpendicular from the first fret parallel to the first perpendicular. Set the compass point at the first fret, and the pencil where the perpendicular crossed the hypotenuse, and strike an arc to the perpendicular. That's the second fret. Continue till you have as many frets as you want. When finished, move the nut about 1/8 inch toward the bridge to adjust for string stretch when fretting. String stretch is also why you move the bridge slightly toward the nut. Amount of cheat depends on string height after assembly. Read, read, read, before starting.
I'd respectfully suggest finding a neck from a busted guitar, and starting with that. If you want to build an acoustic, you need to work for a luthier a few years first. If Electric, any slab of wood will do, as long as the neck will bolt on and you can figure the location for bridge and saddle. The distance from nut to fret 12 is half the distance from nut to bridge, in theory, In practice the bridge wants to move toward the nut a bit (more for the thin strings, less for the fat ones). If you insist on making your own neck, calculate frets as follows: draw a line on paper as long as the scale length (nut to bridge), and draw a perpendicular line 1/13 that distance. Make a hypotenuse. Using a compass, Put the point at the right angle, and the pencil part at the top of the short perpendicular,
Scribe an arc down to the long line. That's the first fret. make a perpendicular from the first fret parallel to the first perpendicular. Set the compass point at the first fret, and the pencil where the perpendicular crossed the hypotenuse, and strike an arc to the perpendicular. That's the second fret. Continue till you have as many frets as you want. When finished, move the nut about 1/8 inch toward the bridge to adjust for string stretch when fretting. String stretch is also why you move the bridge slightly toward the nut. Amount of cheat depends on string height after assembly. Read, read, read, before starting.
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