Lristau Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 Hello, I'm going to start build my first guitar. I really like my shecter platinum c1 and would like to build something similar. Could someone point me to some Schecter templates? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 You may already have found this: https://www.electricherald.com/product-tag/guitar-templates/ Note that you'll still have to print them in real size, glue them on MDF or plywood and cut along the lines for routing templates. Then again, for "something similar" you can take a big sheet of paper (wallpaper is very good for that) and draw the outlines with a pencil. There's only a couple of rules in guitar building: The 12th fret has to be right in the middle between the nut and the bridge and the strings should be within the width of the fretboard. Everything else is just shapes. A friend once built a semi-hollow dual cutaway and made the body template by gluing a real size photo on MDF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 bizman has you pretty well covered there... but a little trick that I recently learned that you might find useful in case you opt to trace your actual schecter...solder actually works better than a contour gauge for capturing the neck profile... provided you don't move it. simply form it to the neck at the 1st and the 12th... then trace onto paper. voilla. also... you'll learn a lot building your own templates. Plus you'll have the option to change things you may not like. highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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