Hi folks!
Anyone happen to have a headstock template for f.e. a Fender Electric XII or other similarly structured 12-string in digital format? I tried searching for a PDF from Fender's website, but the closest I came up with was a Parallel Universe Maverick Dorado that I guess has the same shape as the XII, but with fewer tuners.
More than a specific outline or shape, I'm actually interested in the locations of the tuner holes, the angles strings will end up taking from the nut to the tuners (fairly small angles, it seems?) and the distance between the nut and the tuner holes. I'm looking to adapt some other headstocks into a known good format with fairly straight string-to-tuner posts, so any related resources would do!
12-string headstock template?
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12-string headstock template?
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Re: 12-string headstock template?
This is only one I've found in my search for one.
Though, I ended up buying a template from Faction.
Though, I ended up buying a template from Faction.
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Re: 12-string headstock template?
Thanks for the link! The picture is pretty low resolution, though, so not sure how confident I'd feel in adapting it... It does basically look exactly like a grab from one of the Fender parts manuals or whatever they might be called that one can find online. If someone has a link or an original PDF for that, that'd be perfect, since one can extract the outlines precisely from them...karmablock wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:45 amThis is only one I've found in my search for one.
Though, I ended up buying a template from Faction.
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Re: 12-string headstock template?
Here's a tracing I made from a '66 XII.
It's as accurate as I could get it.
It's as accurate as I could get it.
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Re: 12-string headstock template?
Excellent, thank you very much!CROSS_guitars wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:18 pmHere's a tracing I made from a '66 XII.
It's as accurate as I could get it.
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Blake Mills-inspired Strat project w/ Gold Foil and slide pickup
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Re: 12-string headstock template?
Thanks for this!CROSS_guitars wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:18 pmHere's a tracing I made from a '66 XII.
It's as accurate as I could get it.
I also had a 66 XII
I found it uninspiring due to the poor sound but never looked into nut width.
Wondering if this was an added factor to my lack of intrest in playing it..
All my parts build XIIs have had a minimum 44.5mm nut.
For me, every one of them sounded better and was more enjoyable to play.
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Re: 12-string headstock template?
Great tracing!CROSS_guitars wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:18 pmHere's a tracing I made from a '66 XII.
It's as accurate as I could get it.
Is it just me or are the tuner holes slightly offset, left holes being slightly further from the nut than the right 6?
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