Looking for a les paul template! What woods?

[stankybudz]

A buddy and I would like to build a les paul from scratch. I saw a guy who just traced a les paul template onto a piece of wood and built it all from scratch. Where could I find a good template for this project?

 

[Fat Pete]

I have a few but I think this is one of the better ones: http://www.mondocatto.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Lespaul59-ver10full.pdf

 

[stankybudz]

Sweet man looks good, im usually on the forums on my phone, but when i get on the pc, how do I print this up to scale?

 

[stankybudz]

And is there also a bolt on neck les paul pattern, I'd like to try both.

 

[ihavenothingprofoundtosay]

You could just trace that body onto a blank, route out the neck pocket using this, cut out the body and voila!  Alternately, there's body shapes specifically prepared for strat type necks here.

 

[stankybudz]

Thats what I'm askin, how do I get this template onto paper and what would I print it with?

 

[bagman67]

Try a copy shop - Kinkos/Fedex Office will have a printer that can do the job, or any local copy operation that caters to the legal community. 

 

[stankybudz]

I have a buddy that works at the saw mill in my town, and occasionally has access to Hard Maple, Soft Maple, Hard and Soft Ash, possibly some Walnut, not sure what else, but would all of these be feasible ideas for a homeade LP body? I will order strips of ebony or something for the fretboard(s).

 

[stubhead]

These two sites are the motherloads of templates. They duplicate each other a lot, pages drift in and out, no guarantees but if you hang on to these two it'll help:

http://shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38813

http://www.gitarrebassbau.de/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6&start=0

There's been so many Tele and Strat contours from Fender over the years, if anybody asks for the real one, you can only say which real one...

 

[stankybudz]

Nice find! Thank you!