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hey all,

at the risk of showing how novice i am at building guitars i started on an om (martin style, based on the martin plan from stewmac) project a couple of years ago and recently picked it up again. i purchased the back and sides from lmii and i can't remember the measurements that the sides need to be before i start bending. thanks to anyone that can help.

Hey leerobs42 (Lee?)! I am building an OM now but from a slightly different
plan. It is 4" at the tailblock, and the sides are somewhere near 32", so 4
1/2" by 34" or so should be in the ballpark. Do you not have a set of plans?
If you have a set add some allowance to the finished dimensions. If not, you
need some! Good luck.

If you have the pans take a cloth tape measure like the tailors use and measure the sides of the plan and add a couple inches to the final length to be safe.

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sweet.....what about the height of the sides? it tapers from top to bottom doesn't it? or was it 4" at the neck and 4'1/2 at the bottom? thanks, brandon.

nevermind.....thats listed on my plan...thanks again, brandon.

Looks like you're there but I just measured a 1931 OM, the tail block height (total, from top to bottom including back and sides of course) is 4 1/16,  neck block is 3 5/16.  Maybe that will help as well.

Bruce

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Oops, should have read "including top and back" on the readings, wish we could edit these things though I'd probably wear out that feature in a day or so....

Bruce

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