bluesdaddy aka Rob

you arenot at the wrong place...these guys are debating each other,not you.that's how the info gets here,through debating different ideas. but a 17 year old girl is quite capable of doing an excellent job her first time.in my experience girls are more patient and pay more attention to detail naturally.that's something we guys have to fight every step of the way(our lack of patience) i doubt anyone has a tracing to give you...like was said,most of these guys either design their own or take a front view pic off the net and scale it up. If I come off as "testy", just read the entire thread put yourself in our shoes, first time visitors to this forum. Your debating comes off poorly to newcomers. She will get the guitar built as her shop teacher works for internationally known luthier on the side. The class has accomplished several fine guitar projects. She pulls a 4.28 GPA, and has been playing guitar professionally for over 2 years, so she probably will excel in guitar building as well.

I am probably at the wrong place for the kind of help I am asking for. We are talking about a 17 year old girl that wants to build her first guitar. She has never drawn a plan, or made a template, or blown up a picture of a guitar until she gets it to correct scale. Sorry I asked. I simple tracing of a Warmoth WDG would have been adequate. I am sure all of your suggestions were intended to help, but all I can see is road blocks and arguments.

I tried guitarbuildingtemplates.com and they don't have the pattern. I have tried blowing up pictures with mixed results. It does not always blow up proportional, but it's a very good idea. I was thinking maybe someone might have knocked one off already. It's a beautiful body shape Warmoth gets close but we want to build our own body. Almbeic produces almost an exact copy, but @ $10K it pretty much out of our league. LOL

Hi Folks, I am new to the group, and it looks like it's full of great information. My daughter is about to start on her first guitar building project. She has shown a lot of ability working with wood and has a lot patience. I lack all of those skills, but enjoy the research. Do any of you know of a template for Doug Irwin's Tiger, or Wolf both built for Jerry Garcia? The closest body I have seem is Warmoth's WDG, but they don't sell templates. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rob