Invader Zim Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Perchance has anyone built a Star and/or have a template for the body outline? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Have not, but that first pic... you should be able to easily make a full size template based on it. use fret2find here to generate the right scale frets pdf, open with photoshop or paint or whatever, scale up the image until the fretboards match and voilla. I've done quite a bit of template hunting just for fun and have not seen this one so... might be a bit of a long shot otherwise. (here's hoping you find what you need!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader Zim Posted December 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 The local printer handled my request..... "I need from from here to here to be 12.75 inches." "Enlarge the image this many %." "Print please." Pleased it has the required Kamikaze motif. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 27, 2019 Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 that looks kickass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader Zim Posted December 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Meant to add the full color image. (used under section 107) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayT Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 the crossed swords fret markers are badass! Do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 Hmm, you will only be able to play Loudness on that. My first guitar was a custom explorer with a large headstock Strat neck that somebody had made. It also had an arm bevel just like a strat. Years later I decided to take a jigsaw to it and make it into a star just like this. You would think it an abomination, but the Strat neck still looked amazingly ok on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader Zim Posted December 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) This was the end result : Edited December 26, 2020 by Invader Zim 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregore Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 This is a BEAUTIFUL design. I like that the points are more severe than some of the other star shaped models from the 80’s. The guild flying star 84 was a cool one too! Do you sell these bodies? Or would you happen to have a template for this design. I would love to build one like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKro Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 17 hours ago, Gregore said: This is a BEAUTIFUL design. I like that the points are more severe than some of the other star shaped models from the 80’s. The guild flying star 84 was a cool one too! Do you sell these bodies? Or would you happen to have a template for this design. I would love to build one like it! @R'lyeh, Zombie post most likely you will not get a reply. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader Zim Posted March 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 On 3/16/2022 at 10:11 PM, Gregore said: This is a BEAUTIFUL design. I like that the points are more severe than some of the other star shaped models from the 80’s. The guild flying star 84 was a cool one too! Do you sell these bodies? Or would you happen to have a template for this design. I would love to build one like it! This is a copy of the ESP Kami/Star. I sent the color file to the local print shop and simply had them enlarge the image by xxx% so the final image would measure 12.75" from the 12th fret to the bridge line. I cut the image out and that was my template. Super simple and easy to do when you have a solid reference measurement to work with. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregore Posted March 19, 2022 Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 On 3/17/2022 at 3:51 PM, MiKro said: @R'lyeh, Zombie post most likely you will not get a reply. Yes, I didn't want to advertise my personal information. But genuinely love this guitar build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregore Posted March 19, 2022 Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 On 3/18/2022 at 7:49 AM, Invader Zim said: This is a copy of the ESP Kami/Star. I sent the color file to the local print shop and simply had them enlarge the image by xxx% so the final image would measure 12.75" from the 12th fret to the bridge line. I cut the image out and that was my template. Super simple and easy to do when you have a solid reference measurement to work with. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader Zim Posted March 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2022 20 hours ago, Gregore said: Thank you! Here is the original template with a legit ESP George Lynch Skull & Snakes neck. ( slightly modified ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader Zim Posted May 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 (edited) I'm gonna necro post here for a bit of background that may useful. ( See the Ice-Stroyer thread. ) From the start this was about the original 21 fret Charvel Star guitars. I wanted a guitar in the spirit those guitars. I like the ESP Kami motif and the image I used was of a Kami model with a very square on front view. Weight, balance and hand position were very much in my thoughts. Two changes that made sense for me was to shift the neck to have a standard bolt-on 16th fret join and a thinner body thickness of 1.1875". This guitar is for Thrash Metal so the glory is in the MIDS. A maple neck, slim mahogany body and an OG Dimarzio X2-N guaranteed a good time. Original quick concept sketch to get my cuts figured out with the wood on hand. The pickup, and the bridge from my OG Schecter Dream Machine in situ. Edited May 22, 2022 by curtisa Re-oriented images as requested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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