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Electric Guitar Specifications

Overview of the electric guitar's parts specs

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This page lists names, links and short descriptions. The original list on GitHub is the source and belongs to its authors.

Guitar Necks

usacustomguitars.com/necks

many neck shape and thickness combinations musikraft.com - additional information for understanding of neck features.

Guitar Necks >Neck Profile

*warmoth

Warmoth Neck Profiles *fender - see "NECK SHAPE" Filter *gibson forum - Gibson Neck Profiles

Guitar Necks >Neck Nut Width and Nut Slot Spacing

graphtech - sizing guide and pre-slotted nuts

Guitar Necks >Fretboard's Radius

youtube.com

understring radius gauges - video demonstration of three different gauges used for guitar setup and fretwork: standard, notched and understring.

Guitar Necks >Fret Sizes

lutherie.net

provides an excellent manufacturer/sizes overview.

Guitar Bodies

music.stackexchange.com

how much does electric guitar's body physics affect the tone and playability.

Guitar Bodies >Bridge And Pickup Routing Overview

callahamguitar.com

technical specifications of some coustom parts.

Guitar Bodies >Pickup Routing

bareknucklepickups.co.uk

dimensions

Bridges

ABM - Aluminium, Bell Brass and Steel comparison

indicates that Bell Brass and Steel shape the guitar sound with character, while Aluminum acts largely neutral in the transfer of tone.

Electronics

buildyourguitar.com - The Secrets of Electric Guitar Pickups by Lemme

"If you know the resonant frequency and height of the resonant peak, you know about 90 percent of a pickup's transfer characteristics. Some other effects cannot be described using this model, but their influence is less important".

Electronics >Pickup Properties

seymourduncan.com

pickup selector dimarzio.com - pickup picker

Electronics >Sound Control with Switches

open.guitars (german)

Hambucker Conductor/Coils switching options.

Electronics >Potentiometer and Capacitor Values

http://www.planetz.com/guitar-tone-capacitors-material-types

comparison of tone capacitor material types and capacitance values.

Electronics >Potentiometer Knob Styles

philadelphialuthiertools.com

Choosing the correct knob for your guitar or bass.

Electronics >Electronics Wiring Schemas

Solder yourself - seymourduncan

Solder yourself - dimarzio

Solder yourself - amplifiedparts

Solderless - EMG

Prewired Classic - mojotone

Prewired Modern - toneshapers

Electronics >Active Pickups Electronics

Custom Buffers (german)

used to decouple the guitar electronics from the sound influencing effects on the shielded cable.

Strings

daddario.com

you can choose between bright and mellow sounding electric strings. ghsstrings.com - also bright vs mellow overview, and tension guide (pdf) thomastik-infeld.com - good jazz and blues strings

Woods

frudua.com

graphical examples for body and neck woods showing relationship between wood hardness, its density and tone.

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