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Making The Klein Electric Guitar Template

As noted in Time for a New Guitar Template, there were some concerns with my first attempt at an electric guitar template. It was a good first attempt but time combined with an improved understanding of woodworking (I’m new to this), has given me a more critical eye. I’m glad I made this second attempt. […]

Upcoming Changes to Building The Ergonomic Guitar

Following Actoguitar.com’s misuse of my blog content (see my post Actoguitar.com is lifting my Content without Permission!), its misrepresentation of my content’s source as a fictitious participant on their forum and their misdirection of traffic away from my blog, I felt I had to make several changes to the site in order to better protect […]

Time for a New Guitar Template

Now that I have appropriate tools on hand (such as my new Dewalt Router) and spent some time learning more about woodworking, I’ve started looking over my Klein guitar template with a more critical eye. I’ve found a couple of problem areas. One is in the upper bout area where I sanded the curve of […]

Actoguitar.com is Using My Content without Permission!

Building the Ergonomic Guitar Blog was started as a way to document my ergonomic guitar build and as a way for me to collect information on ergonomics. It’s nothing fancy but its mine and I’ve spent some effort on it over the months. For a few months now, I’ve gotten used to seeing my little […]

Dewalt Router Kit Received!

Today I took delivery of the DEWALT DW618B3 2-1/4 HP 3-Base Router Kit! It will play a very large part in the process of making a guitar. I’m very excited. It’s a highly rated router with three bases – fixed, plunge and d-handle. I’ve also ordered the MLCS Woodworking 30 Pc. Carbide-tipped Router Bit Set. […]

Slight return…

Finally, I’m well enough to look toward resuming my electric guitar build project. As I noted in my post Dealing With Repetitive Strain Injury…, I had been suffering from RSI or Repetitive Strain Injury. Unfortunately, the situation got worse before it got better. Fortunately, it did get better from a combination of rest, reduced activity, […]

Make Your Guitar More Ergonomic

Ergonomic design seeks to reduce strain and repetition and create a tool that works in accordance with the human body. And, while a new design may be ideal, a cumulative approach can make a guitar more ergonomic. When looking at a guitar from the perspective of ergonomics, there are several key factors to consider – […]

Dealing with Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)…

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Hats off to Mammoth Guitars

I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge Mammoth Guitars for their great service. Mammoth Guitars was the source for the alder body blank as well as several other bits and pieces. I initially contacted Mammoth Guitars when I saw they could provide me with a custom thickness. As keeping weight down was important, this […]

A Gallery of Ergonomic Guitar Designs

In order to draw upon more ideas, I began to look for ergonomic guitars and found a number of interesting examples. These range from slight departures from the norm to completely different approaches. Here is the Andreas Shark – a good example of a relatively conventional looking guitar that incorporates ergonomic elements. The most obvious […]