ayres Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Does anyone have a drilling template that i could use to drill the holes for the tune-o-matic and stop? The body that i am using is an old cort lp double cut copy.. it had a cavity routed for a tremolo.. can i just glue in a block of wood to fill the cavity and sand it down.. i intend to put either a quilt or flame top veneer over top.. thanks, ayres http://myspace.com/charmcitysaints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Does this thing have a carved top? If so, you will find putting a veneer top on it to be harder than you'd probably assumed. It is possible, but a bit involved. You'd at least need access to a vacuum pump meant for vacuum bagging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayres Posted April 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 no, it is not a carved top... i measured my les paul single cut and got some measurements, but i am not sure if they will be the same for the double cut.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Before you go into a project like this you need to read up on basic guitar building, or you wouldn't ask this type of qestion. I recomend Melvin Hiscocks book. Reed it and you will have this question answered together with a bunch of question you didn't knew you would be asking, but will be asking before you are through with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayres Posted April 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Peter, i'll take a look into that book... although i am not building this from scratch.. this is more of a remodel.. but any info is useful info.. the neck is a 24 3/4" Scale 13° neck 22 frets, which is what my les paul single cut has.. so i figured the position of the TOM and the stop should be about the same.. i am going to have to route the pocket, i guess.. A neck pocket angle of 1-1/2 to 3 degrees is required for the TOM... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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