The templates are precision made to make your work easy. These are 12 thick mdf routing templates designed to cut all body cavities including the neck mortise, pickups, control cavities and control cavity plates. Spacing has been calculated evenly with consideration of popular guaged strings. The body template has a universal route to accommodate most pickup configurations. Routing guides for pickups, electronics, body cavities fholes, necks, and fretboards. Printable templates for the telecaster custom, deluxe, thinline. Stewmacs improved templates are now thicker with smooth lasercut edges. Or, if you purchased a plan from, you can print out just the body pages and tape them together. Jazz bass guitar routing templates faction guitars. Master templates take care to make these templates carefully because they will be used repeatedly to machine the body and neck of the guitar.
We are not currently providing guitar neck design files models casually. I scaled it up by measuring known distances, like pickup size or neck width or whatever, worked out the ratio in my case it 1. The body weights 5 lbs, thats too much so i will have to make some relief cavities in the body before the top is glued on in order to reduce the weight. All templates are cad drawn, and laser cut on 14 mdf for accuracy and durability. Simply open this file with adobe illustrator, corel draw, or any other. With the drawings already done, we are able to direct our attention to the more productive task of building guitars. With these you can build either a pbass or pjbass with a jazz bass body style. The tool crib 11 free guitar plans, 20 guitar building jigs.
How to make a guitar body template get into the habit of making templates. I think that is the key why a guitar mustang body could be fine for bass, because the bridge on a bass is way back towards the end of the body. Most of my templates start out as a drawing on 2d cad. Im looking for gibson spec, im not sure if the epiphone specs are smallerthinner or. In this video i show how i make templates for guitar bodies and how i fix imperfections on templates. You can make your own guitar with the help of these free guitar plans. There are dinky little guitarleles and enormous jumbo acoustics. Body index template in order to rout the neck pocket and pickup cavities, the routing templates need index holes outside of the body profile, since there are no other places for concealable index holes on the top of the guitar. The pdf only prints out what will fit on a single page, and what you get is whichever part is showing on the screen. I used a full scale strat copy neck an it looked too long for the body, so i set the neck a little deeper to the bridge which helped. Sstyle template set 62 style control cavity template set. The point of using a template is to accurately transfer the shape from a piece of paper to the lumber that will become the guitar body. All template orders include a set of our blueprints to go along with the templates. Pdf dwg and dxf guitar plans for electric, acoustic, bass, classical, arch top, plus violin, banjo, ukulele.
Fender telecaster jazz guitar acoustic guitar build your own guitar body template guitar chord chart guitar body bass amps ukulele chords. Fender telecaster guitar templates electric herald. Gfs guitar necks and bodies for stratocasters and telecasters. You can do this easily by simply tracing your plan with tracing paper. Figuring out the weight relief pattern for the explorer. They are not necessarily fun to make but will definitely make the guitar building process faster, safer and produce more accurate and cleaner cuts. To make the template, start by making a full size copy of your plan, showing guitars body. How to make an electric guitar body e guitar plans. Neck design files are provided to production partners only. Gibson explorer guitar build diary project electric guitar. How to make guitar templates project electric guitar. Template for guitar design lospennato electric guitars.
I dont think its just a matter of converting a jpeg drawing into a pdf. Simply align the templates laser etched centerlines with the markings on your guitar to get the placement right every time. View download, telecaster body courtesy of mr hawley at tdpri, 17k, v. Music lyrics art body template typography poster design guitar body les paul custom les paul standard learn to play guitar guitar for beginners guitar building. The files enabled us to send it directly to the laser cutter with minor set up because of the closed polylines and offset. Telecaster guitar body template laser cut high quality. You need to print four pages, each containing all of one corner of the. May 27, 2008 i also got nowhere trying to get a free template, so i just took a really good fronton view photo of what i wanted from the internet and drew a template myself. Well, since last year i am a proud owner of well abused 7. In this guide, well take you through them all from smallest to biggest. Musiclily pro cnc accurate acrylic humbucker pickup routing templates set for electric guitar body and pickguard. The ukulele is a small hawaiian guitar with four strings.
Guitar building templates, jigs and luthier tools by. The neck template is included, but you can use your own standard tstyle. Perfect for the full time luthier or part time novice guitar builder. Telecaster guitar body template laser cut high quality for.
They are exact matches to our carved top perimeter and our 1959 exact replica. Ill try to copy my correct strat body templates to files. The tool crib 11 free guitar plans, 20 guitar building. These templates save hours of guitar building time.
Nov 30, 2015 the template is on the bottom and everything in held down with doublestick tape. Made with ash, poplar, and paulownia and in many different finishes including sunburst, butterscotch, vintage cream, gloss black, white, mint green, surf green, red and amber. New guitar dxf files readytocut vector art for cnc. Once the template is made, the shape is transferred to the body blank using a router with a pattern bit. Tinycaster telecaster, 75% size, short or normal scale, great fun for adults travel guitar. Every stage of the template is created in house, from cad to cut. Guitar building is all about making mistakes and learning.
I downloaded a zip full of guitar plans, and printed out a jazzmaster plan. Using reaper and free vst plugins to simulate a 12 string guitar. These templates are based on the original blueprints and cut on a very accurate cnc machine. Free guitar templates available to download all plans are provided in pdf format, and printable 1. When i saw the telelele on tumblr, i was inspired to start building one of my own. Design your body and headstock shape by editing the black lines of the body and the headstock. Accurate template placement is easycrystal clear routing templates allow you to see the guitar body underneath. Diy electric guitar body suits for tl f guitar parts. I also include an alternate part of a pickguard template for a pbass pickup in the neck position, along with the corresponding rout built into the neck pocket template. Nov 21, 2015 i show you how i go from a guitar design in software to a perfect 58 mdf template. Just slide template to desired spacing and run a pencil in the 6 slots for perfect spacing everytime.
Guitar parts center makes and sells custom parts and guitar building tools. Assemble guitar and play to upload sounds to your guitar follow the steps in the online tutorial. I show you how i go from a guitar design in software to a perfect 58 mdf template. You can cut away a narrow strip of one of the layers of the board to create a snug fit with the guitar body. Then youll be taping them together to get one big picture. The mahogany body with a special f soundhole has smooth surface, perfect for you to paint and diy your own.
Accuracy and detail are found throughout each guitar plan. Aug 22, 2017 this is part 1 of a complete series on making an electric guitar at my home. I am trying to find a template or even just some measurements or something for a custom explorer build. I have saved all guitar plans i have ever come across. The free guitar plans require basic to expert woodworking skills depending on the specific guitar project undertaken. Explorer body specstemplate solidbody guitar and bass. Building a bravewood vintage guitar replica how to build an electric guitar or at least my version of it guitar making tutorials 5 electric guitar building videos how to build an electric guitar part 1. T hese routing templates are for professional or amateur builders. One is used with a traditional hand held router and the other is used with a table top router. You need to print four pages, each containing all of one corner of the body. The red lines are fixed they represent the standard parts of a guitar. November 22, 2015 december 31, 2015 araz see video at the end of this article. This is part 1 of a complete series on making an electric guitar at my home.
If you or someone in your family is musically inclined think of the excitement in playing a guitar personally hand crafted. Template for guitar design shapeinentrariola 20191014t15. This real size blueprint of a les paul and a stratocaster will serve you as a reference of size and shape. Our standard bodies are made of 2 pieces of premium tone tapped wood, meticulously joined with special attention paid to grain matching. Guitar bodies usa custom guitars guitar bodies are made from the finest hand selected tonewoods with attention paid to every detail. Hey guys, i did a lot of searching on the net and this forum and couldnt really find what im looking for. How to build an electric ukulele when i saw the telelele on tumblr, i was inspired to start. One of the questions that i have been asked a couple of times is where can i find a guitar body plan and how do i make that into a router. Fender telecaster jazz guitar acoustic guitar build your own guitar body template guitar chord chart guitar body bass amps ukulele chords how to build an electric ukulele. Guide your flush bit router around our templates without second guessing. Really easy to play, thanks to its small body size and short scale neck.
Explorer body specstemplate solidbody guitar and bass chat. Guitar building is all about making mistakes and learning from them. To make the template, start by making a full size copy of your plan, showing guitar s body. This template set includes a main body template, neck pocket template, and pickguard template. Guitar building templates, jigs and luthier tools by potvin. Guitar template sides 5cm about 100cm the step you create by cutting away a strip of one of the layers of the cardboard will allow it to slot in and. The pictures show two of the most common methods of using our templates with a router bit and bearing. Vintage and modern shapes, hollow body, and carved top designs are available to suit all players needs and preferences.
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