A clothier's measuring tape will do nicely, to.
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| Author: | leerobs42 [ Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:05 pm ] |
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hey all, sorry to bug you guys with this again but it has me kinda stumped. i am building an om model guitar and i am getting ready to start on the sides. the plans that i am using do not have a side template or say the measurements the guitar needs to be. i was going to measure them myself on another om but the only one i own is a martin om28jm and i really dont wanna risk scratching it with my caliper or taping it. are there plans i can get that provide a template or at least the measurements? thanks to anyone who can help.....brandon. |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:13 am ] |
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You know, you don't have to use a caliper, just put your guitar on a piece of poster board, take a sharp pencil, and mark points all the way around the body. Remove the guitar, and connect the dots, preferably not with straight lines. |
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| Author: | Bruce Dickey [ Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:26 am ] |
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Take a 6 inch by 32 inch strip of tin foil and press it over the sides of your Martin. Then, mark the neck and tail and cut those with a pair of scissors, off the guitar of course. Then trim the excess along the sides using the impressions on the tinfoil. Bingo, a perfect template. Tape that to some tempered bath board, I like to use that because it's only 1/8th inch thick and a bunch of templates hang nicely on a nail in the wall. |
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| Author: | Bruce Dickey [ Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:27 am ] |
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Tape that to some tempered bath board, Edit.... then cut out your template and smooth the edges with sandpaper. |
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| Author: | grumpy [ Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:38 am ] |
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A clothier's measuring tape will do nicely, to. |
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| Author: | leerobs42 [ Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:03 am ] |
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sweet....thanks for the info. brandon. 
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| Author: | leerobs42 [ Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:06 am ] |
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hey do any of you do it after the fact? like in the cumpiano book. that was goint to be my next attempt...brandon. |
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