does anyone know where to buy Guitar Templates ?
if anyone know tell me the cost of the Guitar Templates
like this:

and anyone know where to buy Strat Pickguards?



This post has been edited by Ex_03: Feb 18 2006, 11:20 PM

can buy strat pickups at bentley's.. think i saw them there..

are you thinking of making your own guitar?

yes just want to try it

whoa. cool.

maybe take some pics, and briefly post your progress here.

wld be a new attraction here at the lyn musicians forums.

trust me.

http://www.guitarbuildingtemplates.com/
good luck man.... just pm me if you need any help

ive been wanting to build my own strat but under my financial circumstances its just not possible.... especially when the tube amp is on top of my priority list

a famous one, and an excellent site : www.warmoth.com

but it's quite expensive.

hey...evo.com, your site is just providing the "shape" of the guitar... but not the actual wood chunk... so you have to get the wood, and then cut it so it looks like a guitar. loads of work ahead...

he wants a guitar template, not the body as mentioned in the 1st post

ex_03, do you have the tools to make a guitar? like the router bits... drills.... and stuff
if youre planning to just build 1 guitar... i would recommend you to just get the body and neck...
that way all you need is a drill... + fnishing supplies
you can get your finishing supplies from reranch.com ... there are kit sets for fender style bursts
for the other stuff you can go to projectguitar.com and browse through their links

i dont have this tool

i dont know where to buy it and how much is it..

i want to but template at http://www.guitarbuildingtemplates.com
but i dont have creadit card still young to use it..

where to find wood?hardware shop?


This post has been edited by Ex_03: Feb 19 2006, 01:18 PM

evo.com, woops misread that...

ex03... renting the tools, finding the wood... that's gonna be hell. (no, you can't buy the wood from hardware shop, you need special aged wood (alder, mahogany...) ). i don't want to stop you, but if you're young and not into those wood works, i can't see how you're gonna make it. You can't improvise yourself as a luthier... you'd better off with warmoth kits.

do you know where to buy guitar wood


This post has been edited by Ex_03: Feb 19 2006, 03:11 PM

no i don't, sorry...

do you know what wood gonna to use to make guitar?

Most electric guitar bodies are made of wood. This wood is rarely one solid piece, as laminating hardwoods in the proper way can produce a body of exceptional strength and superior tone. The most common woods used for electric guitar body construction include maple, basswood, ash, poplar, alder, and mahogany.

Many bodies will consist of good sounding but inexpensive woods, like ash, with a "top", or thin layer of another, more attractive wood (such as maple with a natural "flame" pattern) glued to the top of the basic wood. Guitars constructed like this are often called "flame tops".

The body is usually carved or routed to accept the other elements, such as the bridge, pickup, neck, and other electronic components. Many higher-end electrics have a nitro-cellulose laquer finish on the top, which promotes resonance.

can i use this wood?or Custom made belian wood column, truss or purlins

What's that plywood? lol

If you're makin electric guitar (don't even start on acoustics lolx) alder, mahogany, ash, rosewood, maple, are the common ones. These are mostly imported aged wood from overseas which are specially prepared to make guitars. I know of a luthier who actually imports wood to make his custom acoustics. I think you can purchase wood from overseas - huge risk tho - better still, follow the guys' advice, buy custom bodies already cut and drilled for pups, buy ur own pups and start soldering

do you know what website that sell all kind of wood that you tell?
if i dont use alder, mahogany, ash, rosewood, maple, what gonna to happen to the guitar?

This post has been edited by Ex_03: Feb 19 2006, 11:16 PM

Sounds like crap...... easy.....

But apparently.... if you put EMG's on any piece of wood (even a baseball bat), it will STILL sound good!!!!

ex03,
do you know you have to buy a neck also ?
you cannot design a neck, it's very complicated, so you have to buy it... but ok lah, you can always try.

it'll cost you a bomb to bring wood from oversea, so you'd better off with cheap local plywood (or even palmtree wood ? it just as to be dry and old) -- this way you can still TRY to build your guitar, and at least it won't be too much pain if it happens you can't manage to finish it, or if you do a mistake. Then for your 2nd guitar, you can import wood ?
I don't know where to buy wood in Msia either, but beware the width and length of the planks must be greater than the size of the guitar body.