tate ue “& Das ) | Dennis Waring & .> David Raymond ©Make Your Own Electric Guitar and Bass DT Eee eC MCT REMC eMC ETL a Thomas Randall g SC ma UT em Ce CLon ia) Introduetion 4 Guitars Through tne Ages 5 Constructing a Six-String Guitar 8 Tools and Materials 9 Explanalion of Tools 9 ‘igs, Templates, and the Router 12 Wood Lore and Selection 12 Design Considerations and Preparation 13 Body shape 13 Pats ofthe Guitar 14 Headsiock Design 15 Neck Considerations 17 Neck/Body Connection Options 19 Nech/Boay Angle 19 Btidge Types 20 Creating 2 Fullsize Pattern 22 ‘The Guitar bedy 24 Preparing Wood Stock 24 Moking the Pickup/Neck Pocket Master Template 25 Routing Process for Pickups and Neck Pocket 27 (Cutting and Shaping the Body 28 Routing the Flectionics Compartment 29 Brkige Placement 30 Neck Screw, Ferule Holes, and Truss Rod Nut Channel 32 Carving the Body Contours 32 Neck Pickup Wirlag Holes 33 Neck und Headstock 34 Wood Preparation 34 The Neck 35 The Headstock 37 The fingerboard 38 Proparation 39 Cutting Fret slots 40. Fingerboard Inlays 40 Gluing Fingerboard to Neck 47 Fingerboard arcing 42 Instaling Fieis 43 Finishing Frei 44 Hingerboard side Dots 45 Assemblage 45 Fling Neck to Body 45 Tuning Mechanisms 46 The Nut 46 Instaling Pickups 45 Blectrcnies Compartment Cover 47 Strings and Setup 48 Finishing 4a sanding 49 Staining 49 Sealing Woods 50 Grain Filler 50 Topeoats 50. Rubbing Out and Polishing 5 Finishing the Fingerboard 57 Wax 57 Constructing a Bass Guitar 52 ‘The Neck 53. ‘Truss Rod and Headstock 54 Fingerboard and Inlays 56 Installing Frets 57 The Body 57 Assembling the Body and Routing for Electronics 58 Pickup Cavities 50 Body Roundover and Body Contours 59 Fretting 59 Prefinishing 60 Preassembly 60 Setup 60 Appendix 67 Master Drawings for Guitar and Bass 61 Guitar Patterns 62 Bass Patterns 64 Playing the Blectilc Guitar and Gass 66 Hectronics 71 Wood and Tone 89 Finishing Options 92 ‘Too! Sharpening 93 Index 96