Mind if I could ask for your thoughts on it at all, please? As shown on the picture below, you can see the protruding parts on the upper horns of the body. When trying to trace it, I usually get the horizontal and vertical lengths by measuring the nut width with about 0. I often find that all of the pictures are often angled slightly and thusly, throws everything off. Once this is done, the centre line is very rarely 90 degrees all the way down from the nut to bridge.
I use all of the symmetrical parts of the guitar for a good centre-line centre of the nut, 5th fret, 12th, 17th, top pickup, between D and G string bridge posts Am I overthinking this or is this a necessary step to get spot on?
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. How To Make A Template Step 1: Starting from plans on paper, transfer the shape onto the template material by tracing along the edge of the paper using a marker.
Refine the edges of this template so that no more dips and bumps are present along the edges. About araz Passionate about building electric guitars! See all posts by araz. Hey, Araz! Thanks for reading. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Well, its easy! All the work of contracting with Laser cutting services and making your files function in there system is done for you. Router with a large flat base.
Some builders like to cut the pickup cavities and the neck cavity before they shape the outline, for me this causes problems when I shape the outline an i don't have wood in the area of the neck pocket. With these templates you are able to aline all the cuts so accurately that it is not necessary to cut cavities prior to shaping the body. Its good to have the parts pickups, bridge, and the neck you plan to put on the body around when doing this step so you can take accurate measurements and have better end results.
Your going to need to attach the template to the work piece some way. I use double sided tape for this. Watch the video in step one to see how this is done. For the first pass set the depth so that the cutting edge is as close to the edge of the template as possible. I like to use one of the unused template pieces for this. The least expensive templates are one eighth of an inch thick which makes it difficult to cut such a shallow shelf.
You will need to finish off the round overs by hand as well as the round over in the areas of the arm bevel and belly cutaway. You're going to need to do a little bit of carving to get these parts shaped.
It's not difficult but does take a little bit of time. I highly suggest acquiring a razor cut file from Stew Mac for this they cut very cleanly and are capable of aggressively taking out a lot of wood. Also a couple of planes and a template following sanding drum can make this task much easier watch the video. Choose from top routed the "normal" S-Style with a pickguard , or back routed no pickguard.
For the Add to Cart. This set takes care of all the important details including accurate locations for routing pickups, neck pocket, control cavities, Once the steps are cut, you then sand away the rough Easily route neck pockets or neck heels to the correct angle.
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