Beginners Guide | Laying Out an Acoustic Guitar Design

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I draw up plans for a new acoustic guitar model and provide a quick and easy step-by-step guide to laying out such things as your scale length, string compensation, nut width, saddle spacing etc...

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Here are the 14 steps
at a glance:
1: Draw Straight Line
2: Square Line at the Top
3: Fingerboard Width at Nut
4: Outer Strings at Nut
5: Neck to Body Joint
6: Nominal Scale Length
7: Compensation
8: Bridge Pin holes
9: Outer Strings at Bridge
10: Connect Outer String Splay
11: Square Line at Neck-Body Joint
12: Fretboard Width at Neck-Body
13: Connect Fingerboard Taper
14: Trace/Design Body Shape

Fret Calculator:
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Compensation calculator:
liutaiomottola.com/formulae/compensation.htm

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