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https://guitarmaking.co.uk/course/design-your-own-guitar/

This is a Free Lesson from one of my online courses at https://guitarmaking.co.uk

How to Design Your Own Guitar.

Overview of the design process

The final lecture of the introductory section. I summarise the design process and you get a flavour - don't worry if the video seems a bit fast - I go over each element in more detail on the course.

Why design your own guitar?

Designing your own guitar is fun and working through the design process is a great way to gain a better understanding of the instrument.

If you like guitars, this is a really interesting way to spend a few hours, but also a great starting point if you want to get a custom guitar made, or build your own.

You could just follow a pre-made plan but it is much more rewarding to design completely from scratch. You can let your imagination run wild as guitars can be virtually any shape.

A working drawing is essential if you intend to build the guitar and an invaluable way to communicate your ideas to your guitar maker should you decide to have it made for you.

Overall Aim

To begin with a blank sheet of paper and work through the entire design process, making vital decisions as you go. You will finish with a custom guitar drawing of your very own.

Step by Step

The course will guide you step by step through the guitar design process from the perspective of a professional builder.

The design will be a real working drawing of a guitar and the course is intended to give you the best possible chance of success if you do go ahead and build.

The guitar designed in this course will be made in the next course - Build Your Own First Guitar.

Over and over again

You will need only a few inexpensive items to complete your drawing. These along with the course material can be used over and over again as many times as you want until you find the perfect design!

The perfect design

There is no such thing as the perfect design. As all guitarists know, one is never enough. You cannot for instance have one guitar with and without a trem, or made with a maple body and a mahogany body. There is an infinite number of ways a guitar can be put together and each way would have its own particular uses, which is why many guitar players are single or at least divorced.

How long will it take?

Drawing a shape for your guitar is the easy bit. Making sure all the important bits are in the right place and that it will actually work as a musical instrument requires a little work.

It will take a couple of hours to go through the process the first time as there is a lot of information to cover but once you have completed the course and understand the process will become easier and quicker.

Whats included

The course contains full instructions and a library of templates to create your own original guitar design and working drawing. It covers all aspects of designing a solid body electric guitar, including vital information on construction styles, wood, hardware, bridges, tuners, pickups , electrics and much more.

Library of templates

(downloadable PDF's) are included for tracing, to aid in your drawing.

Why I wrote it

There is much myth and confusion around the world of guitar design. This course aims to fix that and help to avoid many of the common mistakes made by the unwary.

Whats possible

These instructions cover only solid body electric guitars. Acoustic, semi-acoustic and archtop guitars have other aspects of the design like bracing which is beyond the scope the course.

Left hand or right hand

Left handed designs can also be drawn using this method, usually this will be simply turning the tracing over.

https://guitarmaking.co.uk/course/design-your-own-guitar/