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Overview of the electric guitar's parts specs
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Dec 28 - Jan 03, 2020
Hardware Parts Checklist / Pickup Routing
- String retainers. see premierguitar.com article about design and construction
Mar 02 - Mar 08, 2020
Guitar Bodies / Body Shapes
- ST (Strat)
- T (Tele)
- Single Cut (LP)
- Double Cut (SG)
- Hollowbody
- Other Forms
Guitar Bodies / Bridge And Pickup Routing Overview
- Flat Mount Hardtail (Strat/Tele/Schaller)
- Tremolo (Strat)
- Tune-O-Matic (Gison)
- Other (Jazzmaster®, Jaguar®, Bigsby®, Kahler®, Line 6, etc)
- American Standard Tremolo Routing and Single Coil Strat Pickup,
- Vintage Telcaster Routing and Single Coil Tele Pickup,
- Tune-O-Matic Style Routing and Habucker Pickup
Guitar Bodies / Pickup Routing
- Single Coils (Strat)
- Single Coils (Tele Neck)
- Single Coils (Tele Bridge)
- Humbucker
- Wide Humbucker *
- Mini Humbucker
- P90
- Lipstick Tube
- Jazzmaster
- HSS (Strat Humbucker im Steg, Modern Player Tele)
- HSH (Strat),
- HS (Strat, 72 Tele)
- SS (Tele),
- HP90 (Yamaha Pacifica),
- S (Tele Esquire),
- and some other exotic combinations
Electronics / Sound Control with Switches
- Coil Split - "Single Coil Sound"
- Seriell/Parallel Schaltung - "double Single Coil Sound"
- Phase-Switch - "Out of Phase Sound"
Electronics / Potentiometer Knob Styles
- bell
- speed
- domed
Mar 11 - Mar 17, 2019
Guitar Bodies / Other Rare Bridge Variants
- Wrap-Around (bridge-tailpiece combo - the strings are installed through the front side and wrapped around)
Hardware Parts Checklist / Pickup Routing
- Pickguard or pickup mounting rings
- Control plate (only for for standard tele)
- String ferrules (String-thru Top or Bottom - if you use "string through body" instead of bridge)
- Strap holders
Dec 11 - Dec 17, 2017
Scale Length / Active Pickups Electronics
- 572 mm (22.5") or shorter - 3/4 & some travel guitars
- 596,9 mm (23.50") - Fender Jazzmaster/Jaguar guitars
- 629 mm (24.75") - many Gibson guitars
- 635 mm (25") - many PRS guitars
- 648 mm (25.5") - many Fender guitars
- 650 mm (25.5) - typical classical guitars
- 686 mm (27") or longer - Baritone guitars
Apr 10 - Apr 16, 2017
Sound and Playability Influencing Factors
- massive neck, hollow body with wood such as mahagony
Guitar Necks / Fretboard's Radius
- compound (10" - 16") - Warmoth® and others
Guitar Necks / Common Neck Head Shapes
- 3L/3R - "Gobson Stype"
- 4L/2R - "Musicman Style"
Guitar Necks / Tuner Holes
- approx. 8,7mm (11/32") - "Vintage Fender Style"
- approx. 10mm (25/64" = 9,9mm) - "Sperzel Style",
Strings / Active Pickups Electronics
- Tension
Dec 19 - Dec 25, 2016
Strings / Active Pickups Electronics
- Construction (Flat Wound/Round Wound)
- Material (Steel/Nickel) and
Scale Length / Active Pickups Electronics
- quick response, crisp attack
- transparent sound with well-defined basses and heights
- larger finger spread
- higher string tension at constant gauge
- warmer
- more sustain and longer decay
Apr 25 - May 01, 2016
Sound and Playability Influencing Factors
- vintage or jazz pickup with convenient potentiometer and capacitor values
- flatwound strings
- shorter scale length
Guitar Necks / Neck Heel Width and Mounting
- 56 mm (2-3/16") - Width
- 76 mm (3") - Length
- 16 mm (5/8") - Pocket Depth
Guitar Necks / Fretboard's Radius
- 7-1/4" - "Vintage" Fender®
- 9-1/2" - "Modern" Fender®
- 10" - Gibson®/PRS®
- 12" - Ibanez®
- 16" - Jackson®
Guitar Necks / Common Neck Head Shapes
- 6L - Fender Style - left in line
- 6R - for left-handed
Guitar Necks / Tuner Holes
- approx. 10mm (13/32" = 10,3mm) - "Planet Waves Style"
- approx. 10mm on top and 8,7mm bottom - "Schaller/Grover/Gotoh Slyle"
Guitar Bodies / Other Rare Bridge Variants
- Jazzmaster®
- Jaguar®
- Bigsby®
- Kahler®
Hardware Parts Checklist / Pickup Routing
- Jacks & jackplates
- Neck plate (neck-to-body)
- Screws for all parts above
Electronics / Volume and Tone Potentiometer Options
- Resistance: 250K, 300K, 500K, 1M
- Taper: Audio, Reverse Audio, Linear, Balance
- Shaft Type: Knurled, Round & Plain
- Shaft Diameter: 6 mm (0.236 in), 6.35 mm (0.25 in)
- Shaft Length: 17mm, 19 mm (0.75 in), 27,5 mm (1.125 in)