are you thinking of making your own guitar?

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

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.

no i don't, sorry...

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.

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

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.

Ex_03> making a guitar is no easy job. If you don;t even know the basics and stuff, you'll only be wasting money. From what i can tell, you'll probably have trouble essembling a guitar let alone building one, no offence.
Im not telling you to give up, but it'll be wise to do more research before you attempt something like this.

last time i do have a friend who handmade an electric guitar lo...
no idea how much it cost... neck also he did himself.. (i really respect that lo)
bodywood is actually a recycled chop board.. (err cooking utensils.. to chop chiken 1)... pickup he purchased... its a single humbucker guitar if i not mistaken...
how it sounds? err got sound lo
but for the afford... i give it 10/10  hahaha =)

Seriously, you're better off buying a "already made" guitar from the shop.

I mean, the cost of getting the right wood, right pickups, the right hardware, at alone making the guitar (it's not as easy as building a computer rig) is enough to get two super cun guitars.

Unless you want to experience first hand on how to make your own guitar and named it "Ex_03 Limited Edition 03's Stratcaster" and knock out Fender from the global market .... by all means, go ahead

Maybe u can go to GIM (guitar institute of Malaysia) to learn the trade..

Y'know what, I really admire this kid. He makes it sound so easy lol

Go on LAd!!! I'm behind you!! I'm gonna ask my guy if he could give you some pointers, he winds pups and make customs (tho verly expensive one), maybe u could ask him for help or somethin. I'll ask