templates

makepeace

Does anybody know of a source for templates for guitar builds? I've gone and done a google and I've found this site www.guitarbuildingtemplates.com but they're a bit pricey shipping inclusive.

More specifically, I'm looking for templates for a 69' Tele Thinline. Just the body templates.
Cheers

Gearhead

The thinline outline is a standard Tele shape, thousand .dwg drawings floating around on the web. The chambering of the back is really simple for lack of body contouring - you don´t want to know how much harder a Strat is. The f/hole only comes after that, you probably can igure out where it sits from pictures.
In any case, my advice is not to use anything but swamp Ash. Maybe local Ash is okay but don´t use European.

makepeace

Thanks Gearhead. I've just bought a plan, so I could probably make some templates from that. Just trying to make things easier by buying ready made templates as I don't have the ideal tools at my disposal. I guess I could take the plan to a local CNC jobber and get some made for cheaper.

I was thinking of using Walnut for the body and cap. Any aversion to that?

Gearhead

Heavy, expensive, unorthodox and probably dark sounding in combination with the chambering. Go for it ?

No need for CNC, just get a printout that is accurately 1:1, stick it onto a piece of perspex and put a dot on the plastic every 2mm by sticking a needle through the line on the paper. There is no way you cannot get the exact shape with a jigsaw and a file. The upside of transparant perspex is that you can also scribe centerlines etc onto it.

slyd

Gearhead wrote Heavy, expensive, unorthodox and probably dark sounding in combination with the chambering. Go for it ?

No need for CNC, just get a printout that is accurately 1:1, stick it onto a piece of perspex and put a dot on the plastic every 2mm by sticking a needle through the line on the paper. There is no way you cannot get the exact shape with a jigsaw and a file. The upside of transparant perspex is that you can also scribe centerlines etc onto it.

+1 on this :?

Maybe a slight deviation from the exact shape (accidental or intentional) is even cooler ?
Don't over-think the project. IMHO :-[