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Blake Dixon

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Joined: Oct. 13 2011

cutaway

I am looking to build a spanish heel cutway lefty for myself. Cordba builds a nice smooth joint could anyone help me with this design? I am new to the forum if this has been discussed earlier. I did a search and came up with nothing thank you.

Blake.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 23 2011 15:22:30

Sean

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Joined: Jan. 20 2011
From: Canada

RE: cutaway (in reply to Blake Dixon)

Best thing is to trace out your plantilla, then draw up the heel block and cutaway till you have the shape you like. Once you have it worked out full scale on paper it will be a piece of cake, till you have to bend it anyway.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 23 2011 16:23:42

jshelton5040

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RE: cutaway (in reply to Sean)

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ORIGINAL: Sean

Best thing is to trace out your plantilla, then draw up the heel block and cutaway till you have the shape you like. Once you have it worked out full scale on paper it will be a piece of cake, till you have to bend it anyway.

Well Sean, I wouldn't call it a "piece of cake". A properly built cutaway requires even more precision than a regular guitar. There's no room for error on those center lines, not to mention the bending and fitting the side into the spanish foot. A mm or 2 off and the fingerboard doesn't blend into the inside curve (very ugly) and once you have the sides bent there's the problem of bending and fitting the bindings. Hardly a good choice for someone's first attempt at building a guitar in my opinion.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 23 2011 22:28:33

Sean

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Joined: Jan. 20 2011
From: Canada

RE: cutaway (in reply to Blake Dixon)

He mentioned being new to this forum, not that he has never made a guitar before or that this will be his first. If this is your first guitar and you're just looking for a set of plans to get started with its as John mentioned not the best idea. If this is just your first cutaway drawing it out yourself will help you understand it more in a 3D way that looking at a simple diagram someone else sketched up won't.
If you're looking for a simple answer, I have never came across any detailed cutaway plans, certainly not like this one Cordoba uses.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 24 2011 19:15:25