Generic T style Guitar

By Zoy
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BY-NC-SA 4.0 License
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Updated Sat Jul 19 2025

This is a classic T style guitar that probably has thousands of videos on Youtube showing how to build it. I used a neck made by Warmoth so this will focus on building the guitar body itself. BenchPilot-ready

> 2 hr
Intermediate

86

Instruments

Files Included (2)

  • Generic T style Guide.pdf

    34 kB
  • T style guitar.svg

    16 kB

Materials

Body Blank 1.75" x 14" x 22"

Neck 25.5" scale length

neck mounting plate

Tuners that fit the neck

pickups & electronics

bridge (holes setup for Gotoh Modern T bridge)

control plate & knobs

pickguard

Jack plate

string ferrules (optional depends on bridge)

...and screws to mount everything.

Tools

Shaper Origin

Bandsaw

Drill Press

Drill

Router

Router Table

Sander

Instructions

BenchPilot-ready Although this is the one of easiest guitars to build the steps involved are numerous. I have included a guide PDF for the depths of all pockets and the drill paths connecting them. Lets have a conversation in the Community about all the steps and i'll upload some pictures of my process. https://community.shapertools.com/t/generic-t-style-guitar/2719 If you want to build this you should have all the parts needed to built it prior to starting.


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