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Tips for measuring and drawing plans?
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Tips for measuring and drawing plans?
Hi dear luthiers,
I want to build a copy of a vintage Gibson acoustic. Therefore I need to draw a good plan. Do you have good tips of how to measure the guitar, especially the interieur like braces or the back+side thickness? Do you have a certain schedule, that you follow? For the position of the braces I will use magnets. But the height, thickness and profile, how do you adress this?
Thanks a lot in advance!
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there’s the Nuclear option:
https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-and-supplies/types-of-tools/calipers/mag-ic-probe-ble-thickness-gaugeAlso the Hacklinger gauge, but I think the digital one would be preferable.
There’s an article in the most recent Guild magazine about making a DIY version that seems to make sense:
https://luth.org/journal/american-lutherie-149-summer-2023/I think there’s a Dan Erlewine/Stewmac video about one of his students measuring a Gibson guitar for copying from a couple of years ago.
I found it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBQ9JZgFPgostewmac.com
MAG-ic Probe Thickness Gauge - StewMac
MAG-ic Probe is an electronic thickness gauge for accurately measuring the thickness of instrument tops, sides and backs.
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Thanks a lot fir the links 🙂
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