E-Guitar making from practitioner to practitioner Bearbeitet von Norbert Waldy 1. Auflage 2014. Taschenbuch. 144 S. Paperback ISBN 978 3 8495 7669 1 Format (B x L): 14 x 21 cm Weitere Fachgebiete > Musik, Darstellende Künste, Film > Musikinstrumente > Saiteninstrumente Zu Inhaltsverzeichnis schnell und portofrei erhältlich bei Die Online-Fachbuchhandlung beck-shop.de ist spezialisiert auf Fachbücher, insbesondere Recht, Steuern und Wirtschaft. Im Sortiment finden Sie alle Medien (Bücher, Zeitschriften, CDs, eBooks, etc.) aller Verlage. Ergänzt wird das Programm durch Services wie Neuerscheinungsdienst oder Zusammenstellungen von Büchern zu Sonderpreisen. Der Shop führt mehr als 8 Millionen Produkte. www.tredition.de www.tredition.de Author, Norbert Waldy This book shall provide you with the basis and the knowledge to build your own electric guitar. It has been created for be- ginners and for advanced practitioners, focusing on the essential. If you build a guitar on your own, you should en- joy working with wood, sawing, sanding, refining, soldering, assembling and adjusting your master- work. I wish you to enjoy this book and much more, to accomplish your own electric guitar. [email protected] Translator: Rose Mary Herren-Gleeson International experience Translation services German-English German-French [email protected] www.tredition.de © 2014 Norbert Waldy Auflage: 2014 Verlag: tredition GmbH, Hamburg ISBN: 978-3-8495-7669-1 Printed in Germany Das Werk, einschließlich seiner Teile, ist urheberrechtlich ge- schützt. Jede Verwertung ist ohne Zustimmung des Verlages und des Autors unzulässig. Dies gilt insbesondere für die elektronische oder sonstige Vervielfältigung, Übersetzung, Verbreitung und öf- fentliche Zugänglichmachung. Bibliografische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek: Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie; detaillierte bibliografische Da- ten sind im Internet über http://dnb.d-nb.de abrufbar. Norbert Waldy Rose Mary Herren-Gleeson E-Guitar making from practitioner to practitioner List of contents 1. Necessary tools ................................................... 11 1.1. Where to buy, addresses and links ............................. 12 2. Choice of the wood ............................................. 13 3. Sound characteristics .......................................... 14 3.1. Sound characteristics of Ash ...................................... 14 3.2. Sound characteristics of Alder ................................... 15 3.3. Sound characteristics of Maple .................................. 15 3.4. Sound characteristics of Mahogany............................ 16 3.5. Comparison of sound characteristics ......................... 17 3.6. Environment protection ............................................. 18 3.7. Examples of wood colors and their structure ............. 18 3.8. Sound board wood .................................................... 20 3.9. Specific weight of wood varieties ............................... 21 3.10. Purchase of wood, Addresses and links ..................... 21 3.11. Calculation of scale .................................................... 22 3.12. Formula ..................................................................... 23 3.13. Scale chart .................................................................. 24 4. Pickups ............................................................... 25 4.1. Choice of the right pickup ......................................... 25 4.2. Pickup cover .............................................................. 27 4.3. Where to buy, addresses and links ............................. 27 5. Machine heads .................................................... 28 5.1. Closed machine head ................................................. 28 5.2. Open machine head ................................................... 28 5.3. Where to buy, addresses and links ............................. 28 6. Nut ...................................................................... 29 6.1. Where to buy, addresses and links ............................. 29 7. The saddle........................................................... 30 7.1. Where to buy, addresses and links ............................. 30 6 8. Vibrato, Tremolo ................................................. 31 8.1. Where to buy, addresses and links ............................. 31 9. Pickguard and screwing...................................... 32 9.1. Technical drawing of a pickguard .............................. 33 10. Installation plate ................................................. 35 10.1. Technical drawing of an installation plate .................. 36 10.2. Where to buy, addresses and links ............................. 36 11. Basic material for our guitar ............................... 37 12. Making of the body ............................................ 38 12.1. Template .................................................................... 39 12.2. Making a routing template ......................................... 40 12.3. Body blank ................................................................. 42 12.4. Cut of the lateral surface ............................................ 42 12.5. Glue ........................................................................... 43 12.6. Gluing of the body ..................................................... 44 12.7. Flat cut of body and sound board .............................. 45 12.8. Gluing of body and sound board wood ..................... 46 12.9. Sawing of body .......................................................... 47 12.10. Body of a Stratocaster ................................................ 48 12.11. Rough pre-grinding ................................................... 49 12.12. Angle of the neck ....................................................... 50 12.13. Rounding of the edge ................................................. 53 12.14. Rear cant .................................................................... 54 12.15. Curving the sound board ........................................... 55 12.16. Front cant ................................................................... 57 12.17. Potentiometers and switch (drilling holes) ................. 58 12.18. Electrical compartments ............................................. 60 12.19. Neck adjustment ........................................................ 62 12.20. Neck fixing ................................................................ 64 12.21. Milling of pickup ....................................................... 66 12.22. Jack socket ................................................................. 68 12.23. Saddle holes ............................................................... 69 12.24. Connecting pickup and electrical compartments ........ 71 12.25. Strap pins .................................................................. 72 13. Building the neck ............................................... 74 13.1. Inclination of the headstock ....................................... 74 13.2. Truss rod ................................................................... 76 13.3. Preparation of the truss rod ....................................... 78 13.4. Truss rod milling mechanism .................................... 79 13.5. Double truss rod ........................................................ 83 13.6. Placing the truss rod .................................................. 84 13.7. Lateral cut .................................................................. 87 13.8. Das Fingerboard ........................................................ 88 13.9. Fingerboard radius .................................................... 89 13.10. Sawing the frets ......................................................... 91 13.11. Placing the dots ......................................................... 92 13.12. Lateral reference points ............................................. 93 13.13. Where to buy, addresses and links ............................. 93 13.14. Fret wire (preparation)............................................... 94 13.15. Fixing the fret wires ................................................... 95 13.16. Neck profile ............................................................... 96 13.17. Adjusting the nut ....................................................... 98 13.18. Head plate veneer ...................................................... 99 13.19. Head plate designing, drilling of the machine heads 100 13.20. Profile of the neck .....................................................103 13.21. Crafting the headstock ..............................................106 14. Fixing the frets .................................................. 108 14.1. Attaching the neck ....................................................108 14.2. Sticking the fingerboard............................................108 14.3. Adjust the fret wires .................................................109 14.4. Fret wires polishing ..................................................111 14.5. Notches of the nut ....................................................112 15. Fine sanding ..................................................... 115 16. Handling of surface .......................................... 116 16.1. To oil and wax ..........................................................116 16.2. Shellac polish ............................................................117 8 16.3.