8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

REVISION HISTORY
REV DESCRIPTION INCORP BY DATE CHECKED
NOTES: SCREW SIZES, NICKEL, PHILLIS
5
1. Scale length is 24.625 (24 8). Overall
H 3
2. Body is flat-sawn mahogany (blank 1 8 x 14 x 18).
Use Type Size
Length
Qty
H
1 3 Strap
3. Neck is quarter-sawn mahogany (blank 2 2 (fret surface) x 2 4 (parallel to grain) x 26). Button
Oval 6 1.00 2

4. Top view shows headstock and fretboard in fabricated planes to reflect their true size. Machine,
5 Pickup 6-32 0.460 2
5. Centerline shown for use with 8 counterbore for truss rod cavity. Round
1 1 1
6. Fretboard is quarter-sawm rosewood (blank 2 2 x 18 2 x 4) Pickguard Flat 2 0.475 7

7. Side dots shown for left hand. Truss Rod

Round 2 0.385 2
Cover
8. Girth - to edges of playing surface. Waist - girth and playing surface perimeter.
Tuner Round 3 0.462 8

3
1832
G R12 G

9
232 5 3 11
16 32 116
0.200
Cream marker
(10 plcs)

F F

3 Roundover ends
12.312 7
632
32 (20th fret - top only)
38
D C 1/4" MOP Dot 111
32
(10 plcs) B
131
32 1.375
23
A 32 A
1314 314 7
116 1.375 238

E 112 E
0.250 (6 plcs)
1/8" (hole to bridge post) B
D C 218
338
9 Fret Slot
716 5 Min
Cavity deepens 64
(to 1") 0.023" Wide
(22 plcs)
TRUSS ROD DETAILS
SECTION "D-D" SECTION "C-C" SECTION "B-B"
(21st fret) (12th fret) (1st fret)
19 (stock)

1.040 0.840 5
Maple 8
Mahogany
D Filler D
wedge 3 Steel Rod 3 Steel Rod
Strip 8
Girth: 3.30 Girth: 2.68 16
Waist: 5.40 Waist: 4.40 TRUSS ROD WASHER 10-32 Thread
2.200 Both Ends
9 1
16 16

3
16
3 3
16 8
SECTION "A-A"

24.625 Nut to Bridge

0.627 (ideal w/height @ zero string clearance)
C 0.090 0.564 1.040 3 C
3 0.591 16
R16 20'
9
616
1
2 15 0.30
138 3 (2 plcs)
32 16
5 (Bass-side bushing center)
32 19(Note 5)
Blend 2" from body. 0.483 17
Anchor 0.840
3 13
8
(After 12th fret.) Maple Filler Strip 0.420
4 (21st fret)
5 118
1716
138
183 9
16
5
64
B Plastic Cover, 0.039 B
(8 plcs)
R6

Ceramic Disc 1/4" Jack

Single-coil 22nF Volume
8K Tone 250KA UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
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