FRET DISTANCES

Scale length 628.65mm / 24.75"

42 MM 42 mm
width 1IN11/16"
PEGHEAD DRAWN IN REAL SIZE
Fret Distance from zero-fret

NUT WIDTH
mm inches
CHANNEL FOR U-CHANNEL TRUSS ROD

Sattelbreite
nut1-11/16
23RD FRET (CENTERED ON THE NECK AND AS WIDE AND AS DEEP AS THE TRUSSROD)
0 0.00 0.000

1 35.28 1.389

2 68.59 2.700

3 100.02 3.938
2-9/32 IN
58 MM

4 129.69 5.106

5 157.70 6.208

6 184.13 7.249

7 209.08 8.231
55 mm
MM
3/16"IN
3/16 8 232.63 9.159
467.14 MM
18.391 IN 9 254.85 10.034
NUT SERVES ONLY AS A STRING GUIDE
10 275.83 10.860
457 mm TUNER MOUNTING HOLE 10 MM / 13/32 IN DIAMETER
18"
11 295.64 11.639

15 DEGREES PEGHEAD ANGLE 12 314.33 12.375

13 331.97 13.070

14 348.62 13.725

15 364.34 14.344
PEGHEAD VENEER
3 MM / 1/8 IN THICK HARDWOOD 16 379.17 14.928

17 393.17 15.479

18 406.39 16.000

FINISHING 19 418.87 16.491

NECK: BRUSH ON VARNISH OR SPRAY SEVERAL LAYERS NITROCELLULOSE LAQUER FROM A SPRAY CAN. 20 430.64 16.954
BODY: APPLY DANISH OIL OR WIPING-VARNISH WITH A RAG AND APPLY WAX.
21 441.75 17.392

22 452.24 17.805

23 462.14 18.195

PICKUP SELECTOR SWITCH

SCHALLER MEGASWITCH P-MODEL
POSITION 1: BRIDGE PICKUP
POSITION 2: INNER COILS PARALLEL
FIT YOUR TREMOLO SO THAT THE SADDLES POSITION 3: OUTER COILS PARALLEL
ARE CENTERED ON THE NECK CENTER LINE TONE
500K-OHMS LOG PUSH/PULL- POTENTIOMETER VOLUME POSITION 4: OUTER COILS IN SERIES
AND MARK THE CENTERS OF THE PIVOT-STUD HOLES 500K-OHMS LOG POTENTIOMETER POSITION 5: NECK PICKUP
WITH DOUBLE-THROW MINI SWITCH
OR PIVOT-SCREW HOLES ON THIS LINE

622.30 MM / 24.5 IN FROM ZERO-FRET SLOT

170.06 MM
6.695 IN
12 MM
22.2 MM 1n
15/32 IN
7/8 IN

GOTOH VINTAGE TREMOLO 10n

22TH FRET 16TH FRET 2-7/32" STRINGSPACING 1 7
GOTOH/WILKINSON TREMOLO 150k
54 MM / 2-1/8 IN STRINGSPACING 2 6
3 4 5
19 MM 20n
35.1 MM
1-3/8 IN

PIVOT-STUD

3/4 IN 46 MM
TREMOLO SPRING CAVITY

CAVITY
IN DEEP
BRIDGE PICKUP CAVITY

Neck pickup cavity

73 MM
LINE

1-13/16 IN
16 MM / 5/8 IN DEEP

19 MM / 3/4 IN DEEP

2-7/8 IN
57 MM X 100 MM

mm deep
2-1/4 IN X 3.9 IN

deep
19PICKUP 1/4 IN OUTPUT JACK

57.7 MM
2.272 IN
/ 3/4

2.165 IN
55 MM
NECK CENTER LINE
3/4"
NECK CENTER LINE
19 MM
NECK

NECK POCKET
78 MM
3 IN

24 MM 16 MM / 5/8" DEEP
15/16 IN HOT HOT

R 13 mm
R 1/2" N S N S

MATERIAL LIST
NECK ATTACHMENT PLATE
65 MM X 50 MM NECK-PICKUP BRIDGE-PICKUP
2-1/2 IN X 2 IN - 1 NECK BLANK 700 MM X 80 MM X 19 MM / 27.5 IN X 3-5/32 IN X 3/4 IN
EITHER MAPLE (FLATSAWN) OR MAHOGANY (QUARTERSAWN)

- 1 PEGHEAD VENEER 190 MM X 80 MM X 3 MM / 7.5 IN X 3-5/32 IN X 1/8”

- 1 TRUSS ROD NUT COVER

ELECTRONICS CAVITY 38 MM / 1.5" DEEP - 1 U-CHANNEL TRUSSROD WITH ALLEN NUT 15/32 IN-WIDE X 13/32 IN-DEEP OR 10 MM X 10 MM
OUTER COILS MUST HAVE OPPOSITE MAGNETIC POLARITY
142 MM - 6 GOTOH LOCKING TUNERS 3 LEFT, 3 RIGHT
5-19/32 IN BRIDGE-PICKUP NECK-PICKUP
- 1 NECK ATTACHMENT PLATE 65 MM X 50 MM / 2-1/2 IN X 2 IN
- 4 NECK ATTACHMENT SCREWS 5 MM X 45 MM / 3/16 IN X 1-3/4 IN

- 1 FRETBOARD: 470 MM X 58 MM X 6 MM / 18.5 IN X 2-1/4 IN X 1/4 IN , ROSEWOOD OR PAU FERRO

- ABOUT 1.5 METERS / 6 IN FRET WIRE

- 3 MM / 1/8 IN PLASTIC ROD FOR FRETBOARD SIDE DOTS
- 1 SYNTHETIC-NUT OR BONE- NUT 42 MM / 1-11/16” LONG /
- 1 SET MEDIUM STRINGS

- 1 BODY BLANK 420 MM X 330 MM X 45 MM / 16.5 IN X 13 IN X 1- 5/8 IN

ALDER (EITHER ONE PIECE OR GLUED-UP FROM SEVERAL PIECES)
WIRE HOLE MADE WITH LONG
6 MM / 1/4 IN DIAMETER DRILL BIT - 1 STRAT-STYLE TREMOLO (E.G. GOTOH VINTAGE TREMOLO OR WILKINSON/GOTOH TREMOLO)
JACK PLATE
- 2 STRAP BUTTONS

- 1 HUMBUCKER FOR NECK-POSITION WITH 3-4 WIRES AND EXTRA CASE GROUND
- 1 HUMBUCKER FOR BRIDGE-POSITION WITH 3-4 WIRES AND EXTRA CASE GROUND
HOLE FOR OUTPUT JACK TELECASTER CONTROL PLATE - 2 HUMBUCKER MOUNTING RINGS WITH SCREWS AND SPRINGS
25 MM / 1 IN DIAMETER RADIUS
25 MM / 1 IN DEEP 6 MM - 1 TELECASTER CONTROL PLATE WITH TWO MOUNTING SCREWS
1/4 IN - 1 MEGASWITCH P-MODELL
- 1 500K-OHMS LOG POTENTIOMETER
- 1 500K-OHMS LOG POTENTIOMETER WITH PUSH/PULL- OR PUSH/PUSH-SWITCH N S N S
- 2 GUITAR CONTROL KNOBS
- 1 CAPACITOR 0.01MF (20NF) OR DIFFERENT VALUE DETERMINED BY EAR
- 1 CAPACITOR 0.02MF (20NF) OR DIFFERENT VALUE DETERMINED BY EAR
(S) (N) (S) (N)
1-3/4 IN
45 MM

- 1 CAPACITOR 0.001MF (1NF)

1-9/16 IN
40 MM

- 1 150K-OHMS RESISTOR (1/4 WATTS)

- WIRE AND SOLDER

- 1 1/4 IN OUTPUT JACK

SOLID-BODY GUITAR
FULL SCALE IN MILLIMETERS (MM) AND INCHES (IN)
6 DEGREES - 1 JACK PLATE WITH SREWS
1 IN = 24.5 MM
TWO GUITARMAKERS’ SUPPLIERS THAT CARRY ALL THE PARTS (FULL LIST AT WWW.BUILDYOURGUITAR.COM): SCALE LENGTH 24.75 IN / 628.65 MM
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