Devon Headen Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 I'm housebound for a few days, so I can't get out to the music store, plus this would be easier than tracing. Does anybody know where I can find a tele CAD drawing? I've found the headstock, but no body. MIMF, guitarbuild, and the dl section here were all misses. I might just get a template from a guy off eBay anyway. He said he had a tele template for 15 + 2 shipping. Anubody know anything about member8887464's templates? I got tele fever this past weekend at a music festival. Didn't really like them before, but listening to them, who can say no to all that twang? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_ed Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Check out This website. All they sell is templates. Guitar Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurphC Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Yeah, but is it really worth the 40 bucks? You could just as well trace it at the music store when you get a chance. Just don't accidently sand over your lines... hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 I know his are as accurate as possible so I would have to say yes over trying to do the lines off a body with a pencil in a hurry at a music store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesW Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 I think you'll find that the guitarbuild.com site does have a Tele CAD drawing. Being a cheapskate myself I have found a way to print out full size guitar plans at little cost... If you view a drawing in the Volo Viewer software (link also on same site), then use your own printer's settings to enlarge it the the right size, then print out over several sheets of A4. On my Epson, you can preview the print job before it gets to the printer and delete any blank pages, to save paper. The Tele drawing has ruler scale in inches drawn on it, and through trial and error I found that enlarging the original Tele plan by 366% gave the correct result. Note that this is on my printer, and each CAD drawing will also need a different enlargemnent. Even the small gif files on the mimf.com site could be used in this way to get a full size plan printed out. These gifs are intended to give you a preview of the plans mimf sells, but they can be enlarged and used themselves. You will get a very pixelated low res enlargement, but they're good enough to get the overall shapes of guitars, e.g. a Strat. Now all I'm looking for is a Les Paul plan...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdog Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 All they sell is templates .......and the ones I've purchased have been nearly unusable. His plexiglass P-Bass and J-bass templates aren't even close to actual dimensions....I don't know how good his plywood templates are. There is a fellow on ebay.....member name is ronkirn.....has some seemingly accurate Tele templates, but he is not offering any at this time. Here are a couple pics of a Tele that I made from a set of ronkirn's templates. http://www.fenderforum.com/userphotos/index.html?recid=2973 http://www.fenderforum.com/userphotos/index.html?recid=2958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesW Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 In my lunch break I just went out and bought one of those cheap History of the Guitar type books. It's full of good quality photos of guitars, taken straight on, with no distortion of the guitar shape in the photo. One could use a digital camera or scanner to get the image onto a computer then print it out enlarged or use it to trace onto a CAD drawing. They wouldn't be absolutely perfect but they would be good enough to use as plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarBuildingTemplates Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 All they sell is templates .......and the ones I've purchased have been nearly unusable. His plexiglass P-Bass and J-bass templates aren't even close to actual dimensions....I don't know how good his plywood templates are. There is a fellow on ebay.....member name is ronkirn.....has some seemingly accurate Tele templates, but he is not offering any at this time. Here are a couple pics of a Tele that I made from a set of ronkirn's templates. http://www.fenderforum.com/userphotos/index.html?recid=2973 http://www.fenderforum.com/userphotos/index.html?recid=2958 Those plexi templates were some of the first ones I offered. Since then, I have continued to improve the quality of my templates and are much better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 That's what I was thinking because every template I've bought from you has been dead on accurate, but all the ones I've gotten from you have been nice 1/4" plywood ones. I would highly recommend anyone whose looking to build a specific model check out his stuff. I'm still working on an original design that hopefully he can still cut out for me on his laser machine if the offer still stands that is.. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted July 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 GuitarBuildingTemplates, a word of advice on your webpage. You're picture files are huge. For thumbnail size pics they shouldn't be more than 10K, and you're are like half a meg each. It's taking me forever to see your stuff on dial up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarBuildingTemplates Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 That's what I was thinking because every template I've bought from you has been dead on accurate, but all the ones I've gotten from you have been nice 1/4" plywood ones. I would highly recommend anyone whose looking to build a specific model check out his stuff. I'm still working on an original design that hopefully he can still cut out for me on his laser machine if the offer still stands that is.. lol Of course the offer still stands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdog Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Those plexi templates were some of the first ones I offered. Since then, I have continued to improve the quality of my templates and are much better! Ronny..... Does this mean that you would replace the older-not-up-to-snuff J-bass and P-bass plexi templates with the new and improved versions? The ones I got from you are pretty much unusable....and when I compared them to actual instuments, they were not even close!... Not to mention the uneven, erratic edges. I haven't even stripped the paper coating off of the J-bass set. Here is a pic of a P-bass that I built off of Ron Kirn's templates. http://groups.msn.com/GuitarGallery/shoebo...oto&PhotoID=112 BTW.....I used one of your templates to route the pickup cavity.......It was accurate and I liked the fact that there was a tight radius in the corners(@1/8in)......it makes for a very tidy look.....most other templates have a larger radius in the corners.....which leaves a very open, sloppy look when building an instrument without a pickguard. Also.....you might consider offering a heavier plexi on some sets.....1/8in can be very brittle when removing them. I use 3/8in plexi for any template that I make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 MIMF, guitarbuild, and the dl section here were all misses. Naw it's there. Just needs to be scaled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 nice post Gorecki.. I once had a Les Paul Jr. CAD drawing printed at a blueprint place and it ended up not being to scale, so I have been leary since then to get more done. Maybe it was something that they messed up on in the printout stage, I'm not sure though. Might have been just that one drawing that was out of whack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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