Guitar Neck Profile Template
The different acoustic guitar neck sizes and shapes.
Guitar neck profile template. These new templates have exact contours of the back of the neck taken at the nut middle of the neck and more see each template for exact locations. Includes everything pictured above. These match the drawings found on our blueprints. I found some information on the net i thought would be useful to share.
All laser cut on 14. Guitar neck profiles and measurements. We also measured the thickness of the neck with the fretboard and etched the measurements on the tool. Youve got all the dimensions right in hand to get your neck exactly right.
Guitar building templates jigs tools to help you build your dream guitar. The overall size of the neck will depend on both the neck width as discussed above and the shape. Front body routingtracing templates with cavities neck pocket template rear neck screw template pickguard neck profile fingerboard template with fret marking and neck template. This template is 12 scale body height is 219mm on this version compared to a full scale body height of 4376mm enlarge accordingly before printing.
The neck carve or the shape and size of the back of the guitar neck will change the feel of the guitar and how easy and comfortable it is to different players and styles. This is not a 11 scale use the one below for direct printing. This is a four template in one with different configurations according to different tastesthe template on the right is about the measurements from the botton of the neckt to he surface where the neck meets the fingerboardon the other hand the template on the right is exactly the same with the only difference that the profile is complete including the thickness of the fingerboardi point out. A conversion neck allows you to turn a 255 fender scale guitar into a 2475 gibson scale length without modifying the body or moving the bridge.
This is often referred to as the profile of the neck. There are some guitars with quite round and wide shapes and others that are more low profile. Mosrite guitar as used in the 60s. Les paul 59 complete.
Some necks are more rounded with a u or c. Build your own conversion neck with this easy to use template set. Body index template in order to rout the neck pocket and pick up cavities the routing templates need index holes outside of the body profile since there are no other places for concealable index holes on the top of the guitar.