Davey Rock
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- Aug 19, 2020
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PREVIOUSLY...
(Ok so when my account was suspended, had a conversation with both guys. Really cool overall. Didn't think about the websites policy or those that run it. Should've never brought politics into guitar building/music. That's is supposed to be the escape from it isn't it? Anyway instead of focusing on the template itself, I brought a bunch of civil war bs into it, north vs south etc. No more of that. Opinions are just that....opinions. an opinion has no factual evidence whatsoever, so I'd like debating/arguing to be at a minimal. Wouldn't want anyone to get in trouble over a personal view on my post. Not that it would be my fault, but I'd still feel like my forum would have a lot to do with it.)
PRESENTLY......
Ok so I've got a good idea. So my first attempt was on a guitar case. I printed out a template that looked like this...
I didn't use anything but the stars. Cut em out with an exacto knife, and used the holes as the template when I sprayed over it. Problem is, the template can only be as big as a piece if printer paper, so I decided to try another route.
So to start out, I need to go to each corner and Mark out where I would want the stripes. Basically use a ruler and for each corner, I'd pencil a certain number of inches. Like this....
You can just barely see the pencil lines at the both ends of each of the thin masking tape. So at this point, stars are the only thing I'm worried about. So I came up with the FINAL solution....
Upon my future plans of building guitars, I decided it'd be a lot better (and fun) to build my own telecasters, Les Paul's etc. instead of spending upwards of 1500 for both. (Yes I know they are more affordable than that, but I'm just using as an example.) So I found body templates using a meterial I think is called mdf? Sorta like particle board and I think it would be perfect! All's I gotta do, is find the right size stars (probably stickers to trace around) for each size flag template I want. As big as a 335 or as small as a fiddle. Basically, instead of painting the mdf, I'd just cut out the pieces I'd spray into, using it as a piece by piece, step by step process. Lines, stripes, background, stars etc. All in an mdf board. Following in order. Any thoughts, comments, suggestions at all? Not sure where'd I'd get those stars for the larger size, nor how I'd be able to precisely place them. I'd probably have to dilute the adhesive side in water to lessen the sticky, and slowly adjust it until it's perfect, then when it's dry and stuck on, I'd trace around it with a pencil, then cut them out. Obviously this would not work as well with carve tops or arch tops, but Les Paul Jr, telecaster, Paul Jr tele hybrid? That's what I plan on building anyway, so that's not really a set back. For the carve tops, I'd probably have to get some type of meterial that is used for templates like you'd buy at Walmart (but blank and not cut) so I'd be able to get my own shape.
COMMENTARY IS HIGHLY NEEDED.
(Ok so when my account was suspended, had a conversation with both guys. Really cool overall. Didn't think about the websites policy or those that run it. Should've never brought politics into guitar building/music. That's is supposed to be the escape from it isn't it? Anyway instead of focusing on the template itself, I brought a bunch of civil war bs into it, north vs south etc. No more of that. Opinions are just that....opinions. an opinion has no factual evidence whatsoever, so I'd like debating/arguing to be at a minimal. Wouldn't want anyone to get in trouble over a personal view on my post. Not that it would be my fault, but I'd still feel like my forum would have a lot to do with it.)
PRESENTLY......
Ok so I've got a good idea. So my first attempt was on a guitar case. I printed out a template that looked like this...
I didn't use anything but the stars. Cut em out with an exacto knife, and used the holes as the template when I sprayed over it. Problem is, the template can only be as big as a piece if printer paper, so I decided to try another route.
So to start out, I need to go to each corner and Mark out where I would want the stripes. Basically use a ruler and for each corner, I'd pencil a certain number of inches. Like this....
You can just barely see the pencil lines at the both ends of each of the thin masking tape. So at this point, stars are the only thing I'm worried about. So I came up with the FINAL solution....
Upon my future plans of building guitars, I decided it'd be a lot better (and fun) to build my own telecasters, Les Paul's etc. instead of spending upwards of 1500 for both. (Yes I know they are more affordable than that, but I'm just using as an example.) So I found body templates using a meterial I think is called mdf? Sorta like particle board and I think it would be perfect! All's I gotta do, is find the right size stars (probably stickers to trace around) for each size flag template I want. As big as a 335 or as small as a fiddle. Basically, instead of painting the mdf, I'd just cut out the pieces I'd spray into, using it as a piece by piece, step by step process. Lines, stripes, background, stars etc. All in an mdf board. Following in order. Any thoughts, comments, suggestions at all? Not sure where'd I'd get those stars for the larger size, nor how I'd be able to precisely place them. I'd probably have to dilute the adhesive side in water to lessen the sticky, and slowly adjust it until it's perfect, then when it's dry and stuck on, I'd trace around it with a pencil, then cut them out. Obviously this would not work as well with carve tops or arch tops, but Les Paul Jr, telecaster, Paul Jr tele hybrid? That's what I plan on building anyway, so that's not really a set back. For the carve tops, I'd probably have to get some type of meterial that is used for templates like you'd buy at Walmart (but blank and not cut) so I'd be able to get my own shape.
COMMENTARY IS HIGHLY NEEDED.
