ES-335-Style Guitar Building Templates – 10 mm MDF

ES-335-Style Guitar Building Templates

Would you like to build your own semi-hollow electric guitar?

This set of 10 mm MDF templates is designed to help guitar-building enthusiasts, DIY makers and luthiers build a guitar inspired by the ES-335 model.

The different pieces help prepare the body outlines, internal cutouts, neck and headstock.

Set contents

1. Body template – Front

This first template features the outline of a double-cutaway semi-hollow guitar.

It includes:

• The outer body outline.
• Two f-shaped sound holes.
• Two humbucker pickup cavities.
• Control drilling positions.
• A centreline reference to make alignment easier.

2. Body template – Internal cutouts

This second template is used to prepare the hollowed-out areas of a semi-hollow body.

It includes:

• The outer body outline.
• Two large through-cut cavities.
• A retained central section for the body's structure.
• An upper opening for the neck joint area.
• Four reference holes.
• A positioning centreline.

3. Neck and headstock templates

Two complementary pieces are provided for neck construction:

• A neck template including its mounting tenon.
• A headstock template with six tuner positions in a 3 + 3 arrangement.
• Centreline references to help align the components.

Technical specifications

Why use 10 mm MDF templates?

MDF provides a uniform surface and good stability when preparing guitar-building parts.

Its 10 mm thickness makes it easy to handle and provides a suitable bearing surface for many marking-out or routing operations using a router fitted with a bearing-guided bit.

These templates can be used for a personal project, to prepare wooden parts or to develop your own semi-hollow electric guitar design.

Important: inspired shapes, not exact copies of original models

These templates are freely inspired by the shapes of ES-335-style guitars.

They are not exact reproductions of the original models. Outlines, dimensions, cavities and component positions may differ from instruments sold by the manufacturers.

They are intended for handcrafted construction and the creation of custom guitars.

Before any final machining, we recommend checking dimensions, component positioning and compatibility with the parts planned for your project.

Independent, unofficial product with no affiliation to the manufacturers of the models mentioned.