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Alternative guide spacing - completely contradicts everything posted here.
Since you want to use Alconite guides, go with the MN frames (BMNAG). The guides are fairly cheap, order the "normal" guides as requested as above, lay out the guides on teh rod, test cast it. Record all info regarding how far wach guide is from each other - then take them all off.
Take a MN 20, place it no less than 44 inches from the center of the reel. Next MN 16, space it based on a static deflection test. Decide which size ring tip-top you are going to use, 12 or 10. The rest of the guides on the rod can be either 10 or 12's. Place all these guides based on a stress test.
Now go test cast, making sure the line shoots right through the stripper, and notice how the line does not look like it is moving through any of the remaining guides. Also notice, there is no noticeable loss or gain in distance. Also notice how light the rod is compared to when it had the standard guides on it.
Basically, this is the Fuji Low Rider guide layout, using regular MN guides. Although it was designed for longer 12'6 rods, it will make a noticeable diffrence in weight, while offering the same casting distance in a shorter rod such as the one you are looking to build.
I'm not telling you this is the way you should do it, give it a shot, if you like it, go for it, if not, go with teh standard set up. Best part of wrapping your own is it's YOUR rod and you build it as you see fit. All I'm doing is offering an alternative.
I've wrapped an Arra 1204 (which had an 18" extension and broke), then I wrapped an Arra 1321 both with the Low Riders. The rods are (were) light as can be, and they both casted really well.
Another advantage of teh rod being so light, is that you can add another guide near the tip section. This will transfer teh load of fighting a fish down to the beefier part of the blank, thus making it feel "stronger". This is much easier to show if we were in person, but when a rod has a normal set up with 5 or 6 guides, when the blank is loaded, it feels kind of springy. With tha addition of an extra guide i teh right place (and thus re-positioning all guides except the stripper), will result in teh rod having a more solid feel when loaded. THere will be no loss of casting distance with this additional guide, because the line is gathered at the stripper guide, and goes STRAIGHT through all teh remaining guides out through the tip. So you could probably add 5 more guides and not lose much distance due to friction (I'm assuming on this point)
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