Fender Swinger Drawing/Template

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Fender Swinger Drawing/Template

Post by estesNRB » Sat Nov 11, 2017 2:30 pm

Hello,
I'm looking for a tracing or drawing based off a real Fender Swinger body, with proper routes and all. It appears that there was one over at shortscale.org, but the dropbox link has stopped working... Anyone know of another source?
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Re: Fender Swinger Drawing/Template

Post by kdanie » Sun Nov 12, 2017 8:26 am

I have one on my computer, PM me your email and I'll send it as an attachment.

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Re: Fender Swinger Drawing/Template

Post by fernandobocadillos » Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:22 am

Can I have the Swinger/Musiclander template too?

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Re: Fender Swinger Drawing/Template

Post by timtam » Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:06 am

There's a scaled Swinger body template here ...
https://www.gitarrebassbau.de/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6
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Re: Fender Swinger Drawing/Template

Post by estesNRB » Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:53 am

Funny this came us as i finally got the opportunity to actually start building this thing....
Finding an original MM/DS bridge is hard, so i swapped it out with a no-name mustang bridge. I'm still waffling on whether I should build the proper pointy headstock or just use the pictured Mustang neck I had built a long time ago.

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Re: Fender Swinger Drawing/Template

Post by JVG » Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:00 pm

The purists will probably say you need the cut-down headstock, but i think yours looks much better as pictured.

I really love the Swinger body shape too!

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Re: Fender Swinger Drawing/Template

Post by kdanie » Fri Apr 17, 2020 2:16 pm

I no longer have that drawing but you can go here, scroll down to the swinger drawing and download the pdf. I then put that on a thumb drive and take it to a printing place and have it done full size on one sheet.

https://sites.google.com/site/guitarpla ... fender-ish
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