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Ive made a few electrics and am about to begin my first acoustic. What are some obvious mistakes you make your early builds and what are some tips/tricks you might have? Any and all help is appreciated. -Alex

What are some obvious mistakes you make your early builds

Cutting on the wrong side of the line.

and what are some tips/tricks you might have?

Cut on the right side of the line.

I believe this is what your looking for http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics ... witch.html

The single biggest mistake i ever made building guitars was to build without a fully drawn out, full sized plan. Did that with my first scratch build. Guitar turned out to play and sound great, but there were a lot of asthetic things about the way it went together that could have been much better if I had been working with a plan. If you make a mistake on a part while building to a plan, you can redo. But if you don't know that you're making the mistake until the guitar's already put together, you're pretty much stuck with it. Get a plan. Stick to it. Best advice I can give. I wish I'd listened when others told me.

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Ditto on that! I made templates for the last two builds that were more useful than I would have thought.

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If you're building an acoustic with a cutaway, make sure you brace the correct side of the soundboard.

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Don't angle the headstock AND make it lower than the fretboard gluing surface. I did that on my first build.