Aug 22, 2017 this is part 1 of a complete series on making an electric guitar at my home. High quality mdf strong, light, and does not shrinkexpand. Ive always had a miserable time making humbucker routing templates, they are never perfect like the cncmade ones that you can buy. Sick and tired of expensive shipping and high custom duties. I know i could buy the physical templates from stewmac, but i would like the pdfs to put into auto cad and place on the body template. These templates save hours of guitar building time. It enables you to rout the mortise and tenon accurately.
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I did a search of this forum and elsewhere and cant seem to find a pdf of the basic fender lap steel like a champ. All my guitar building templates are either 12 or 34 mdf, with engraved center lines. The pictures show two of the most common methods of using our templates with a router bit and bearing. Once the template is made, the shape is transferred to the body blank using a router with a pattern bit. Full scale pdf cutting templates for the gibson flying v, as well as cad files for automated cnc routing. This process was long and difficult and the end result was less than perfect. This is part 1 of a complete series on making an electric guitar at my home. The jig is simple but elegant as it helps you determine your correct neck angle and then gives you an easy way to transfer the angle to your neck. Robbie obrien came up with this clever neck alignmentrouting jig. The jig comes in an unassembled flatpack, but it is relatively. Does anyone have some quality humbucker routing template pdfs. Laser cutting takes what we engineer at the desktop and brings it out into the real world. A new way to make a humbucker pickup routing template november 27, 2015 december 31, 2015 araz ive always had a miserable time making humbucker routing templates, they are never perfect like the cncmade ones that you can buy.
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Similar names have been used to make finding templates easier. One is used with a traditional hand held router and the other is used with a table top router. In the last article i mentioned how making a template for the neck was only necessary if youre going to make more than one copy of your guitar. Any extra work put into making the edge of the template smooth will pay off in less sanding of the finished piece later. I know, i should just buy one of them, but i love a good challenge. Debuting in 1954, it was a natural evolution to the telecaster. Sstyle template set 62 style control cavity template set. The dg is a variation of the es style template set featuring diamond fholes and a 6 inline headstock. Perfect for the full time luthier or part time novice guitar builder. This template set includes the main body template, a neck pocket template, a neck template with matching vintage headstock, and two different pickguard templates. Guide your flush bit router around our templates without second guessing. A 14 rabbit router cut can also be made between the neck cavity into the wire slot.
I have divided up the guitar templates i use into three types as outlined below. 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. A new way to make a humbucker pickup routing template. Discussion in tele home depot started by iansmitchell, apr 3, 2009. Purchase this router template set based on one of ibanezs most popular models the rg series rg550.
A flexible tool that helps you to createrecreate your favorite necks, or to do more advanced asymmetric neck shapes that otherwise can be timeconsuming. Featuring a double cutaway contoured body and more versatile pickup and wiring options, it quickly became an icon that soared to the stra. Using reaper and free vst plugins to simulate a 12 string guitar. No special software to buy open these pdf files using free software, such as adobe acrobat reader.
Nov 26, 2015 ideally, its simply best to buy a pickup router template, but if you are a diyer, then i believe that this method is the best. How to make an electric guitar body e guitar plans. Making a guitar body routing template part 1 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 template. You can also cut out a few button and cover them with a layer of electric paint. But before taking the router to the wood, the shape needs to be roughed in using a jigsaw or bandsaw.
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