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    Headstock Template

    Hi Guys
    Just ordered the TLA-1 Ash body can't wait for it to arrive.
    Can anybody tell me where I can get a Tele headstock template I can print
    off for shaping the headstock when she arrives.
    I have searched with the Google machine for hours, and have come up with
    a couple, but they don't seem to be to the correct scale when I print off.
    Anybody know where I can get an authentic Tele one from, or does anybody have one, happy to pay for
    a template as well.

    Dodge

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    The GuitarPlansCollection has a lot of useful templates, including a good selection of F-type headstock variants.

    Make sure your printer is set to not 'scale image to fit' or manually set it to 100% scale, otherwise you'll have sizing issues. Usually there is a 1" guide on the templates you can measure to check the scale. You may actually have to tweak the scaling +/- a few percent to match your headstock's size and spacing.
    Scott.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WeirdBits View Post
    The GuitarPlansCollection has a lot of useful templates, including a good selection of F-type headstock variants.

    Make sure your printer is set to not 'scale image to fit' or manually set it to 100% scale, otherwise you'll have sizing issues. Usually there is a 1" guide on the templates you can measure to check the scale. You may actually have to tweak the scaling +/- a few percent to match your headstock's size and spacing.
    Thanks for that WB
    The F Type headstocks is the best link, the other one I have seen before and it talks about Terry Downs, when I click on the link it takes me nowwhere. I have tried Terry downs links before, but they just don't work for me, maybe my machine. Anyway the F Type link is Brill, thanks a lot.
    D

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    Hey Dodge,
    I downloaded this pdf from the link has a heap of different tele and strat headstocks,
    instead of view I said download and keep file, it's too large for me to upload (20kb limit)

    download the "Fender headstocks, again, but different" link has a a few variants
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    Thanks Guys
    Just downloaded one and printed her off and it's exactly to scale give or take a bees nose hair. Just stuck it to some real thick card and about to cut it out. Soon as I get my TLA kit will cut out the head stock. I'm gonna do it by hand with a coping saw rather than the jig saw, and go reeeeal slow.
    Thanks for the help
    Dodge in Oz

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