This oneis 160mm long and angled down 7.5 degrees.

Using your mensure length, mark where the bridge sits and draw a line to represent your arch height(40mm).Įxtend the arch line by the desired bridge height(160mm).Ĭreate a rectangle to the right of your body length line to represent average edge thickness(7mm). Off to the side, draw a line matching the total length of your top(1114mm) If you’d like, erase the 7.5mm line to keep the drawing from being too cluttered. Start the line at the tip of the nut end of the fingerboard and pass it through the tip of 7.5mm line just drawn.

This is an average of the A and D string heights, and it will serve as a reference point for our string path.ĭraw a line the length of your desired string length(105 cm). Next, add a 7.5 mm line to the bridge end of the fingerboard. 6mm were added to the nut and 16mm added to the bridge end. Create a rectangle using the length of the fingerboard(875mm) and height of the edge(12mm)Ĭontinue by adding the appropriate height at the nut and bridge end to represent the curved portion. The first step is to lay out the fingerboard.

Desired overstand including thickness of top at heel.

Fingerboard parameters including edge thickness, total height either end, and length.

Alternatively, templates can be cut out with a CNC router, water jet, or laser using your CAD file.īefore you begin, you need the following information. Once you’re happy with the design, most programs allow you to make a full scale PDF which can be printed by any print shop. By laying out the neck virtually, you can experiment with different parameters and optimize your design before cutting any wood. One could also adapt this process when resetting an existing neck, and you would like to modify the existing neck geometry.

This process works for new making and for replacing necks on existing basses. Rhino was used to produce this tutorial however the steps shown are not specific to this software. Below you will find a demonstration of drawing a bass neck template using CAD software.

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