by "Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion" (herrquattro)
Published 03/30/2017 at 20:43
by "Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion" (herrquattro)
Published 03/30/2017 at 20:43
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I know this is a bit of a stretch, but would anyone know how to tailor fit a guitar?
I’m making a custom handmade guitar for a girl, and I want it to fit her like a glove. I think most guitars are sold as Small, Medium, Large, etc, but I want this guitar to be tailor made for her.
For her specific measurements if that makes sense.
But I also don’t know what measurements I need to look at to make sure it is tailor made to fit her, and what the corresponding guitar features I need to look at.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
03/30/2017 at 20:50, STARS: 0
I’d say figure out what scale length will work best for her to start with, and then buy a kit guitar neck the right length for that and make the body. You might just get a kit for the whole guitar and then either router/beltsand the body to exactly the right shape or use the body blank as a template for something new. GuitarFetish has some blank do-it-yourselfer kits, just as one example, though I don’t remember if they offer flexible scale length options.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
03/30/2017 at 21:06, STARS: 0
I’d echo what RamblinRover said. Scale length is going to be most important. If it’s too long, nothing else is going to matter. Once you have that determined, you’ll be a lot more free to custom fit the body to her preference.
"Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion" (herrquattro)
03/30/2017 at 21:24, STARS: 0
The problem is I’m doing a custom body style, head stock, fret and everything, so I don’t have anything to go off of as far as harmonics go...
Right now, I’m essentially making a very modified Telecaster design. Im going to use the electronics, pickups, and the scale length of a telecaster.
The body is like a mix of Telecaster, Jazzmaster, stratomaster, and a bit of the special edition offset telecaster...
But I’m really looking at figuring out how to make the body best suit her.
"Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion" (herrquattro)
03/30/2017 at 21:29, STARS: 0
Well, she knows how to play a telecaster so that’s my base for scale length. I’m most concerned about getting the body to fit her properly. Its nothing to crazy and insane, but I want it to be tailor made to suit her.