Two weeks ago I decided to start building a guitar from scratch. Once a custom order is too expensive I decided to build it on my own. So this is gonna take me long as I won't do much work every day as the day is shorter in winter and the only space I have for this job is my balcony lol. Also I guess the neighbours will want to throw their shoes on my head while I cut the woods etc.
Anyway the guitar will be like a Schecter C1 Hellraiser. Actually it'll have the body of the ESP LTD H-1001 and the headstock of the Hellraiser.
Neck-through (easier to build)
all maple (I love the sound of the Kramer Baretta)
Rosewood fretboard.
I was struggling with the plans the last tweo weeks or so. I found some good top-view pictures of the guitar body and headstock, I chose the best of them and designed the plans. These below are what I came out with.
I designed the whole scale with Adobe Illustrator based on the stewmac fret calculator and with the bridge distances provided there I made the plan of the whole scale from nut to bridge so even if the printer was a bit off (which is not), I'd be ok. And last but not least, the neck-through profile.
Today I cut the templates out of MDF and tomorrow I'll go to get the woods (Hard Maple and Rosewood or Bubinga).
Anyway here are the plans. Download them, use them as you like...
You can see the plans here too (edited for non-members):
Pics will come soon.
edit: I made the neck profile like the ESP LTD H1001 which is thicker at nut and thinner at twelve fret. great thought of them if you ask me.
Anyway the guitar will be like a Schecter C1 Hellraiser. Actually it'll have the body of the ESP LTD H-1001 and the headstock of the Hellraiser.
Neck-through (easier to build)
all maple (I love the sound of the Kramer Baretta)
Rosewood fretboard.
I was struggling with the plans the last tweo weeks or so. I found some good top-view pictures of the guitar body and headstock, I chose the best of them and designed the plans. These below are what I came out with.
I designed the whole scale with Adobe Illustrator based on the stewmac fret calculator and with the bridge distances provided there I made the plan of the whole scale from nut to bridge so even if the printer was a bit off (which is not), I'd be ok. And last but not least, the neck-through profile.
Today I cut the templates out of MDF and tomorrow I'll go to get the woods (Hard Maple and Rosewood or Bubinga).
Anyway here are the plans. Download them, use them as you like...
You can see the plans here too (edited for non-members):
Pics will come soon.
edit: I made the neck profile like the ESP LTD H1001 which is thicker at nut and thinner at twelve fret. great thought of them if you ask me.
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