PRSpoggers Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 So I got a truss rod from stew mac and it is the low profile 18 inch rod for electric guitars. So I have a 25-26 inch piece of white limba. I know you have to put straight down the middle and cut and ream to the right diameter. It's hypothetically in right, so I am using a template from stew mac (58 strat neck template) When I trace and cut everything, will everything like the nut, fretboard and stuff fall right into place? I got a template for this reason. My main question is, when everything is cut and routed, I can put my truss rod on, then my neck and nut and go on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willliam_q Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 The template will certainly help you and if there are markers on the template that can be good. A template it not a replacement for measuring. You will still need to measure the scale length and length of the fretboard etc to establish your nut placement. I wouldn’t rely on templates alone, I view templates that they are to get a rough shape close to where I want. Then measuring and shaping gets me the rest of the way. as you are new to this I advise looking up fletchers hand made guitars on YouTube. He has an excellent strat build series that will show you what to expect throughout. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 Exactly what @willliam_q said. Read that again. Even with the best templates there's always some play as the builder is not a precision instrument. A hiccup and your hand moves inadvertedly while using a router and the accuracy is gone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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