Wood

Wood used in this project is the same as the original guitar.

1. Body: ash (51 x 35 x 4,5 cm)

2. Neck: maple (69 x 100 x 2,5 cm)

3. Fingerboard: rosewood (60 x 70 x 0,6 cm)

We start with the body. First of all we draw the shape of the guitar using the template. 

We have to be carefull about the way marks in the wood are. We prefer to have them in the same direction as the neck, like the original Fender Telecaster.

Cutting the body template

Using a jigsaw with a fine blade we proceed to cut the wood. Then we polish the shape to obtain the wished margins.

Templates

After having glued the drawing over a 3mm thick wood, we proceed to cut the wood. The measures were 51 x 35 x 0,3 cm

Drawings

The first thing we need before starting is to have a good drawings of the guitar with the correct measures. This templates in paper of the guitar body and neck will be glued in a thin wood piece to build a "solid" templates. We use white glue.

Then we cut and polish the margins to obtain a template that allows us to draw the shape and cavities on the wood we will finally use. The kind of wood and measures will be discussed in another post.

The project starts

Here I start my first guitar building project. I'll start with an american vintage'52 Telecaster. I have to say that I have no experience in such kind of projects but I'll try to explain step by step how I manage to build the guitar. Hope to be a useful guide for anyone interested in building his own guitar and with no experience. I'll thank any commnent or advise you want to send.