slayer63636 Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 i didnt have a template so i managed to really just sketch it out and here is the end result http://community.webshots.com/user/sanchez63636 please tell me if this rembels a real explorer (i know its off) close enoght Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 I think that if you make the curves "sharper" and move the top "horn" (is that what you would call it?) forward a bit then it would be right on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasabi J Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 It's cool looking the way it is... but IF you are going for authenticity, I would say that you need to make those points sharper, and that the base of the body is just a tad too bowed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 (edited) I think this is more what your going for, I got this pic from BRT-Real metal guitars!! you should check it out he has some realy cool stuff!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/ZAD...tar20Bodies.gif your's is close so with some work it will work out EDIT>-sorry that's the wrong link this is the right one but I cant get it to link right. http://www.brtguitars.com/Guitar%20Bodies.htm !!METAL MATT!! Edited December 15, 2004 by !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer63636 Posted December 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 do u think i can get about 40 bucks for it and a neck with a jackson style headstock but i made it so its not pointy and rounded it. its still in the erly stages of being a real neck, yet alone looking like one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryL Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 (edited) Would YOU pay 40 bucks for it? I think That's what you have to ask yourself. The wood grain is the wrong direction and it looks like plywood to me. This my opinion, Mind you but It needs to be a lot bigger. Edited December 16, 2004 by PerryL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer63636 Posted December 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 it is smaller than a normal explorer since i dint use a template. As far as the wood it is a cheap peace of plywood (pine?oak?) and its only 3/4 thick. i have plenty of this wood laying around my house and i use it mainly for templates. what i ment to say was that if i could get 40 bucks for that shape of the explorer. PerryL - thanks for pointing out that the grain was in the wrong direction, i really didnt take that into mind that it has to go from left to right (wood shop all over again ), u also saved me some embarrisment if i were to cut the alder with the wrong direction of the grain. thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 your best bet would be to make it the correct shape most people are gonna want it correct if you are gonna sell it MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer63636 Posted December 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 the templates at this site i found are 50 bucks. i asked if they just sold the one for th body and they said no. if i could get a template i would be stoked. i only wanna sell this one so i can save some money up for my next guitar: a neck thru flying V with a broken mirror as a top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 have you checked the guitarbuild.com website, they have multiple cad plans of the explorer body style for free MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer63636 Posted December 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 I have checked that site out, and to behonest i have no cule on how u get it to print or even get the messurements right. Also at the school i go to they have a palsma cam machine that runs off of those type of files useing a CAD program. the only problem is that only the kids in the drafting department are the only ones allowed to use it since they have experince. but i get to use it by the end of spring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer63636 Posted December 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 i jsut noticed after that last post i became a fourm regular!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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