Invader Zim Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 Before I head to the print shop for my usual method of making a template, does anyone have or know of a line drawing of the Ice-Stroyer as pictured? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader Zim Posted May 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 For some context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf7nI03wRWc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Invader Zim said: Before I head to the print shop for my usual method of making a template, Just out of curiosity, what is your usual method? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invader Zim Posted May 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Bizman62 said: Just out of curiosity, what is your usual method? Getting a good square on photo and follow thusly: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 That's a good method. I wonder if anyone has actually made a tutorial about making templates based on photos. If not, it could be useful for budding luthiers if someone familiar with the process wrote some guiding lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 ok so was listening in on this... we get this request a lot. so I whipped together a quick and dirty walkthrough on how to do this with gimp (a freeware graphics tool). it could probably use some tuning but for the 40 mins I put into it... should get you to the point you can create a template for literally any guitar. In this tutorial I take a picture of an alvarez dana scoop, build a fretboard layout using fretfind2D, the in literally one step I crop out only the body from the surrounding background. I have a lot more experience in photoshop, but opted for gimp since I'm guessing others might not have photoshop. it IS a much better tool... but once again gimp comes through and yout CAN do anything in gimp that you could in photoshop. anywho, hope it helps. MakeGtrTemplateInGimp.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 The Iceman was the one guitar I was concerned about offending the collective Iceman fan base, but I guess anything goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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