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  1. No personal experience with them...but here you go: http://www.tailfeatherz.com/ Travis
  2. I have been on the warmoth site hundreds of times and have never seen that page before! That is amazing! I am totally set. Thank you guys soooooooooooo much! Travis
  3. worst case scenario approach would be to overrout them bigger, fill back in with a contrasting wood, and reroute...sort of like a built in ring. Come to think of it...that could be pretty cool if you built it out sorta like a binding or rosette type deal using laminated wood. Travis
  4. It just occured to me that I could get a damaged body - since I am just wanting to take dimensions off of it. And yes..I will cadd it up if I can... Then maybe I can help someone else out! Thanks, Travis
  5. RGGR - thank you. I agree with you 100%....that was why I didn't like the cad file...because the one that is on guitarbuild isnt perfect.... And I want perfect...or better than perfect! That was my thought with buying the usacustom body...because I know it would be a great way to make a quality template that I did trust. I will take a look at ebay and go and take some measurements...thinking about it today at work, the body shape doesn't matter at all does it....the key is like you said ensuring that the bridge is correctly located etc. As for wood, I have a gorgeous piece of mahogany available for free..... Mahogany Body Blank I just don't want to screw it up! Thanks for the advice guys! Travis
  6. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? :-) I am working OT today and have access to plotters and full blown cadd...so it would be wonderful if someone had a good cadd file that I could print out and get started! Thanks - Travis p.s. I would gladly trade anyone some sets of DR strings... I have electric and acoustic that I am never going to use. I don't know what sizes they are as they are home...but I know I have 6 sets total I think...some acoustic medium and some electric. Thanks - Travis
  7. Can anyone help me out with this? I would love to be able to use cadd files to truly start from scratch. For my first few guitars I don't want to "improvise" the locations of pickups and bridges etc... I am a structural engineer..I am annoying when it comes do doing things "correctly"... I hate the thought of building a body and putting the bridge 1/2" too far back and ruining all that hard work. Thanks guys.. Travis
  8. RGGR - I would totally do what you are suggesting if the cadd drawing was good...but as I see the tele drawing on guitarbuild.com, it shows pickups instead of cavity openings - it doesn't give neck pocket location or bridge mounting holes or through holes for strings etc. Am I missing something with the drawing? I thought i needed to have actually routing dimensions instead of just a finished picture of the guitar. Am I making this too difficult? I know I can cut the body out...it's the drilling and routing of cavities to make things line up and play in tune that I worry about! Thanks! Travis
  9. Less than 100 bucks? 100 bucks is pretty cheap don't you think? Travis
  10. Simo - I did that...but it doesn't look too good... and it doesn't give you all the depths... which is what I thought having the already built body would be good for.. Travis
  11. Hello all, I have been playing with the idea of building a telecaster...or more than one actually. I have good woodworking skills and intend to build bodies from scratch. I would like to build several out of different woods, some chambered etc. I have big dreams... At any rate, I was just going to purchase a template from Guitarbuildingtemplates.com when I noticed that usa custom guitars has 3 piece paint grade bodies on sale. That got me to thinking that it would be nice to have a body to compare my progress to - instead of just pictures. So what do you guys think? Buy a template, or buy a body from usa custom guitars and make my own template? Thanks - Travis
  12. My opinion ain't nothin - but I like it. The only thing I would do different is to make the headstock match "one" or the curves on the body - either the one on the upper part of the body or on the lower part of the body. Does that make sense? Just make the headstock angle match one of the body angles... Travis
  13. It isn't electric - but this is my lacewood guitar. I love lacewood! Travis Lacewood Doolin OM
  14. That is why I told you to go and download the drawing. You can get everything but the neck pocket and the pickup routing from the drawing at guitarbuild.com That way you can at least cut the body out and get started.. Travis
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