Make your own guitar plans

 by curt-fullmer
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Hello, if you are a hobbyist electric guitar builder on top of all the costs the one that always gets me is plans. On top of being very difficult to find they're usually $30-50 just for the paper plans. So im gonna show you my method for using an art projector and and various other cheap readily availible materials for cooking up your own full sized plans. This method is also good because you can make guitars that are no longer manufactured.
 
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Step 1: Materials needed

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1.ruler
2,pencil
3.carbon paper
4.art projector
5.poster board
6.picture of the guitar being made, music distributor websites are a free source, photo bucket etc.
7.black sharpie or marker
8.thumbtacks
curt-fullmer (author) says: Apr 16, 2010. 4:12 AM
This guitar is called an Ibanez XV500 i chose to use it for the lesson b/c it has been discontinued, which just makes you want too make it more LOL
pig benis says: Mar 22, 2010. 10:11 AM
what style of guitar body is this
iamtoats in reply to pig benisApr 12, 2010. 7:14 PM
 I think this is an Ibanez.
It says X series in his plan, so im just guessing.... (the x series is all cool shapes and experimental stuff)
It may be discontinued.
Sparrow40k says: Jan 8, 2010. 2:38 PM
Hey, What are the Pick ups on the first pic?
curt-fullmer (author) in reply to Sparrow40kJan 11, 2010. 4:41 PM
i beleive these pickups were called hot rails,I once had a kramer with a similar pickup config and those where hot rails
jeff-o says: Jan 7, 2010. 7:27 AM
Great idea!
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