Hi TV, yes, that would be great as ti will be interesting to have a couple of dimensions to compare. I shall do it tomorrow. I'd do it now, but my digital calipers are out in my workshop, and it's we...

@tv101 Hi TV, yes, that would be great as ti will be interesting to have a couple of dimensions to compare. PS I think I must have emailed a reply to the notification that you had posted a message a...

Hi James, Thanks for taking the time to do this. My gut reaction is that this is thicker than it needs to be but who am I to question the likes of Mr Gibson or Mr Yamaha! I will try a pressing at 5mm ...

Hi Darren, My Yamaha AES1500 has an almost 5mm thick top (I try not to do inches). And unlike the 335, it has a neck block and bridge block with a couple of top braces supporting the pickups, rather t...

Would it be relevant, or help, @darrenking, if I tried to manoeuvre my digital callipers into the f-holes of my Yam SA-700 335 alike, and measured the thickness of the top?

Good morning 335 fans! Just a quick question. I have a drawing that shows the thickness of the laminated front and back as being almost 6mm thick (1/16" maple + 1/10" poplar + 1/16" maple). This sound...

YES! @darrenking Looks like you cracked it 😀 !!?

Simples! We just need a guitarmaking.co.uk template set!

Hi James,In all seriousness, some of this is above my pay grade but I’ll have a go!. Whilst I may have 32 years of Adobe Illustrator experience, 20+ years of vacuum laminating and 15 years of CNC rout...

Hi James, I’ll keep this brief. Shit! I don’t know! Regards Darren

Bugger, png with a transparent background isn’t a lot of use, and I can’t edit the post so I’ll add this addendum: Attachment : 335 body contours v5 left.jpg

Hi Darren, I’m probably completely overthinking the issues here, but I’m trying to work out how to fit a 335 style laminated guitar body into a Bailey style workflow. For the avoidance of doubt, I don...

Hi James, I haven't been through everything yet and I need to spend a bit of time sitting looking at the 3D models with the paper plans in front of me to fully understand what I can do with them. Ther...

Fascinating! So, what implications does this have for neck width, heel width and neck joint? I’ve been trying to work out the best way of building a 3D model that would allow for flexibility in how yo...

@boo Yup!

Does that mean that you can recreate the carved top of a 59 LP? @tv101 That sounds exciting @darrenking

(and I got the 59 LP as well whilst I was at it) Does that mean that you can recreate the carved top of a 59 LP?

Exciting news guys! Look what I've found! Yup, finally, a really good, oven ready (not like Brexit!), CNC friendly 3D model of an ES335 (and I got the 59 LP as well whilst I was at it) Bought it, dow...

@boo Nothing complicated inside it’s just a carbon track connected to the rotating centre terminal. Either of the outside lugs can be connected to ground depending on which way you want it to turn. So...

If you bought it from Tonetech you could ask them for a trade account and get a reduced price. You should qualify as a trained painter hoping to do business doing custom spray guitars. They attend gui...