Good video. I'm looking for a guitar that is 28-29" overall length. What is overall length of these? I assume they're 30-31". Do you think I could take some off the headstock, and maybe, reduce the number of frets to get to
Mine is just under 35” from tip of headstock to end of body and tail block. You could go with a shorter scale length and trim a bit from head and tail. Here’s a link to scale calculator. This helped me on shorter scale designs like ukes and mandolins. www.stewmac.com/fret-calculator/
Yes. It’s very tinny and banjo sounding. The tone could be better with a bigger sound box. It’s a good practice build though. You could adapt the plans for a deeper box. Thanks for the question.
petermanlumber.com/lumber/hardwoods/imported/ I bought a piece of quarter-sawn African Mahogany at Peterman Lumber. Link above. It was a ten-foot 4"x8. I had them cut it into thirds so it would fit in the van. Just over three feet each. I sealed the ends with wipe-on-poly and let it dry for almost a year before cutting on the table saw and band saw. Hibdon hardwood has precut 1"x3"x36" neck blanks that can work for the travel guitar. www.hibdonhardwood.com/collections/figured-mahogany-neck-blanks Thanks for the question. I thought I was crazy for thinking I could build a guitar out of a big beam of lumber at first. I just kept reading guitar building books and watched more videos. Now it's not so scary or crazy-sounding after doing it.
It seems like maybe you skipped the step thats listed in the blueprints about using a jointer to remove 1/8” of thickness at one end. Is that correct? Thanks for answering questions!
@@heidilynsecor1568 Hi, Are we talking about tapering the neck? I did miss the part about a jointer. I don't have one so I do the best I can with block planes and belt sander.
I really love guitar and I want to learn to make a backpacer guitar like yours, but I don't know the exact size. I hope you will help to give me the pdf plan. because I really don't have the money to buy a pdf plan. may god bless your life
@@danangkenung7791I found the plans here at Harpkit. Trekker travel guitar plans - the original plan has a 25 1/2 inch scale. I modified it to a 27-inch scale for baritone guitar. www.harpkit.com/trekker-guitar-plan-download.html They have lots of other instruments on their site too. Thank you for the kind words.
I updated the link to plans from HarpKit
www.harpkit.com/trekker-guitar-plan-download.html
Me encanta esa guitarra viajera. Felicidades
esxtupendo trabajo y muchas gracias por compartir eres muy generoso en verdad, saludos desde centroAmerica
Thank you for watching.
Good video. I'm looking for a guitar that is 28-29" overall length. What is overall length of these? I assume they're 30-31". Do you think I could take some off the headstock, and maybe, reduce the number of frets to get to
Mine is just under 35” from tip of headstock to end of body and tail block. You could go with a shorter scale length and trim a bit from head and tail. Here’s a link to scale calculator. This helped me on shorter scale designs like ukes and mandolins.
www.stewmac.com/fret-calculator/
@@TheAngryMushroom Thank you. That's a handy calculator.
Curious, do you think it would have move volume and tone if it were deeper?
Yes. It’s very tinny and banjo sounding. The tone could be better with a bigger sound box. It’s a good practice build though. You could adapt the plans for a deeper box. Thanks for the question.
Where do you find a piece of mahogany for the main guitar frame?
petermanlumber.com/lumber/hardwoods/imported/
I bought a piece of quarter-sawn African Mahogany at Peterman Lumber. Link above. It was a ten-foot 4"x8. I had them cut it into thirds so it would fit in the van. Just over three feet each. I sealed the ends with wipe-on-poly and let it dry for almost a year before cutting on the table saw and band saw.
Hibdon hardwood has precut 1"x3"x36" neck blanks that can work for the travel guitar.
www.hibdonhardwood.com/collections/figured-mahogany-neck-blanks
Thanks for the question. I thought I was crazy for thinking I could build a guitar out of a big beam of lumber at first. I just kept reading guitar building books and watched more videos. Now it's not so scary or crazy-sounding after doing it.
Okay thanks so much!!! I’m excited about giving this a try
It seems like maybe you skipped the step thats listed in the blueprints about using a jointer to remove 1/8” of thickness at one end. Is that correct? Thanks for answering questions!
@@heidilynsecor1568 Hi, Are we talking about tapering the neck? I did miss the part about a jointer. I don't have one so I do the best I can with block planes and belt sander.
Please give me a free pdf plan sir🙏.
I really love guitar and I want to learn to make a backpacer guitar like yours, but I don't know the exact size. I hope you will help to give me the pdf plan. because I really don't have the money to buy a pdf plan. may god bless your life
@@danangkenung7791I found the plans here at Harpkit. Trekker travel guitar plans - the original plan has a 25 1/2 inch scale. I modified it to a 27-inch scale for baritone guitar.
www.harpkit.com/trekker-guitar-plan-download.html
They have lots of other instruments on their site too. Thank you for the kind words.