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REVISION HISTORY

NOTES:

REV

SCREW SIZES, NICKEL, PHILLIPS

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1. Scale length is 24.625 (24 8).

Use

Type

Size

Overall
Length

Qty

Strap
Button

Oval

1.00

Pickup

Machine,
Round

6-32

0.460

Pickguard

Flat

0.475

Truss Rod
Cover

Round

0.385

Tuner

Round

0.462

2. Body is flat-sawn mahogany (blank 1 8 x 14 x 18).

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1
3. Neck is quarter-sawn mahogany (blank 2 2 (fret surface) x 2 4 (parallel to grain) x 26).
4. Top view shows headstock and fretboard in fabricated planes to reflect their true size.
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5. Centerline shown for use with 8 counterbore for truss rod cavity.
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1
1
6. Fretboard is quarter-sawn rosewood (blank 2 2 x 18 2 x 4)
7. Side dots shown for left hand.
8. Girth - to edges of playing surface. Waist - girth and playing surface perimeter.

DESCRIPTION
Fixed typos.

INCORP BY

DATE

CHECKED

N/A

8APR2011

N/R

3
1832

R12
9
232

5
16

11
116

3
32

0.200

Cream marker
(10 plcs)

3
32

38

131
32

Roundover ends
(20th fret - top only)

12.312

1/4" MOP Dot

(10 plcs)

111
32

1.375

23
32

A
314

1314

7
632

7
116
112

E
1/8" (hole to bridge post)

338

9
716

Cavity deepens
(to 1")

238

1.375

0.250 (6 plcs)

218

Fret Slot
5 Min
64

0.023" Wide
(22 plcs)
SECTION "D-D"
(21st fret)

SECTION "C-C"
(12th fret)
1.040

Mahogany
wedge

Maple
Filler
Strip

Girth: 3.30
Waist: 5.40

2.200

TRUSS ROD DETAILS

SECTION "B-B"
(1st fret)

19 (stock)
0.840

5
8
3 Steel Rod
8

Girth: 2.68
Waist: 4.40

TRUSS ROD WASHER

9
1
16
16
3
16

3
16

3 Steel Rod
16
10-32 Thread
Both Ends

3
8

SECTION "A-A"

3
R16
138

0.627
0.564

0.090

0.591

5 (Bass-side bushing center)

32

9
616

0.30

15
16
Anchor
(21st fret)

3
4

3
16

1.040

20'
1
2

3 (2 plcs)
32

24.625 Nut to Bridge

(ideal w/height @ zero string clearance)

Blend 2" from body.

(After 12th fret.)

13
8

19(Note 5)
0.840

Maple Filler Strip

17

0.483
0.420
118

5
1716

138

183
5
64

Plastic Cover, 0.039

Single-coil
8K

(8 plcs)

R6

Ceramic Disc
22nF

9
16

1/4" Jack
Tone
250K

Volume
250KA

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

DIM ARE IN INCHES
TOL ON ANGLE 0 30'
.XX .03
.XXX .010
INTERPRET DIM AND TOL PER
ASME Y14.5M - 1994
DO NOT SCALE DRAWING

To Bridge Post

THIRD ANGLE PROJECTION

TITLE

MELODY MAKER CONSTRUCTION

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