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Greetings folks,
I am cracking on with my two 3/4 scale guitars (WIP photo's will appear at some point!), and need to think about making the scratchplates to hold the pickups/controls.
I realise I should have planned this out first, but I stupidly didn't, and now have two bodies with all the cavities routed. What would you recommend is a sensible approach to marking out the pickup holes and pickup securing screw holes? And the neck 'recess' too?
I have the scratchplate material, and a bodged-after-the-event paper template of the neck pocket and pickup cavities.
Cheers,
adam
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http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/89942/caspercaster#latest
Hi,
Yes, that would indeed be the sensible approach. Howwever, the body outlines were traced out and shaped by myself. The pickup cavities were added in later on the actual bodies in a "looks like here is a good place to put them" method. Not very clever in retrospect.
The switch and controls aren't an issue as the exact position isn't as critical on the scratchplate.
Cheers,
Adam
The only other thing I could suggest is making careful drawings, perhaps with clear acetate sheet like the stuff we used to use with overhead projectors.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/89942/caspercaster#latest
The clear acetate is a good shout. I will try that I think. And leave with the knowledge for future builds that a template is a must for when a scratchplate is to be made.
One of the reasons I didn't use an off-the-shelf pattern is that I am making 2 different short-scale guitars (copies of a Strat and a Jaguar), and I couldn't find such patterns.
Cheers.
Adam
That gets tweaked over a few days, and I sometimes end up with multiple versions. Once I have settled on a design I stick the card to a piece of MDF and cut it out
acetates a good idea, but you should be able to get there with normal paper
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