mustang bass pickguard template

savage94 · Post by **savage94** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:09 pm

hi, im new to this forum but i was wondering if anyone could help me out and show me where i could find a scale template for the mustang bass pickguard. Thank you!

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:48 am

All I got is Musicmaster bass.

James · Post by **James** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:21 am

It might be worth trying to buy one for cheap on ebay, copying it yourself and then selling it on ebay again. It won't cost very much to do and it will likely be quicker to wait for a cheap one to show up than to find a template for something not very common.

savage94 · Post by **savage94** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:26 pm

ok, that sounds like a good idea, but i was looking for an easier way, but ill probably end up doing that. thank you!

Shaguar · Post by **Shaguar** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:28 pm

I made my pickguard template from finding the highest resolution image of a mustang bass and scaling it to size in MS word. Hit print and glued it to a piece of plywood.

savage94 · Post by **savage94** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:00 am

thats what i thought about doing but i dont know what size to scale it to...

savage94 · Post by **savage94** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:53 pm

does anyone know what size i have to scale this pic to for it to be actual size? im thinking about puting p bass pickups in my bronco conversion. any thoughts about that???

thank you!

James · Post by **James** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:12 pm

This is the highest resolution image I see.

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From the nut to the 12th fret is 15", that's 381mm

Measure the number of pixels that are used in that 381mm and then use that number to scale the image accurately. So suppose there are 762 pixels, 1 pixel = 0.5mm (it won't be that neat but you're using a computer to do the calculations so it doesn't matter. If it turns out to be 1 pixel = 1.2768208mm then just use that exact number when calculating to keep it as accurate as you can). You can then crop the image to the pickguard to make it more manageable (don't resize the image of course) and then if your image is 1000 pixels high, resize the image so that the height is 500mm and it will be very close to 1:1 scale.

savage94 · Post by **savage94** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:33 pm

ok, ive got the picture in ms paint. but im a bit confused on what you are saying. sorry, i dont understand how to size it.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:14 pm

Hmm. I have that photo open in Photoshop, it measures 16" from nut to 12th fret. I scaled it down to 15" which would be 1:1 ratio but it looks TINY on the screen for a full size image? I will upload it anyway if you want.

EDIT. I just realised its because of the resolution of the image and the screen resolution... if you print it out it should be 1:1 ratio.

I might have done this wrong, but this should be 1:1 scale when you print it. The on-screen size will depend on your monitor size/resolution i think but printed out it should be ok.

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savage94 · Post by **savage94** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:26 pm

Thank you guys so much! is there any chance u could get me a scale pic of the control plate ??? haha im cheap and my grandfather has a machine shop. so i can save alot.

Edit: i cant see the full size image, full size image link not working.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:54 am

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/9625/mustangbass72dpi.jpg

here's the image with the control plate on too.

I'm pretty sure it will work but someone might know for sure. This is how I did it: Cropped the headstock and the nut off the image so the top of the image was the bottom of the nut/where the strings leave the nut. Then using the rulers on photoshop I set a horizontal line across the image at 15" from the top. Then scaled it down until the 12th fret met this line. So the distance from nut to 12th fret was 15". It looks small on the screen though, which is confusingggg meee.