Chapter 1: Design or the search of the perfect curves

by Magneto Guitars Aug 20th, 2011

“Design” has become a very common word these days. In the field of electric guitars “Design” not only means the actual shape and form of the guitar but it also includes the technical aspects such as mass of woods, scale length, hardware types, pickup types etc… In short, the design of an electric guitar is very much the combination of all these aspects and the anticipation of the final result in terms of tone and playability.

Since the launch of the Magneto Guitar brand, we always knew we would want to have a 3rd electric guitar type that would not only be different to complement the existing line but it would also respect the Magneto Philosophy both in design and tone. We are clearly talking about a set-neck, 24 ¾ scale, 2 pickup guitar. This was our starting point.

Among the many reasons we were looking forward to this new instrument, was the fact that we have some experience in the field and we knew we could stay true to our original concept: redefining a different body & neck balance.Our guitars traditionally have a body design with less mass and fairly sized necks in order to change the basic vibrations of the instrument, clearly making it different to all other instruments out there.

Last but not least we wanted to create an instrument that would require a bit more work with a set-neck, a carved top, binding, angled headstock etc…

Now that we have defined the rules, time to work on the shape, on the body curves, the body mass, the neck mass, the headstock shape & mass. All these parameters interact and influence each other in a complexe way.

The design of guitar can take anything between 1 and 6 months,

How exciting is that?

Stay tuned!