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Crafty Fox
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ES 175 plans

Post by Crafty Fox » Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:46 pm

Does anyone know where I can purchase accurate Gibson ES 175 plans?

I got some plans (L 5, ES 335 and ES 175) from a Queensland supplier for Christmas but the 175 dimensions seem to be fairly arbitrary, eg, flipping a traced drawing over shows the neck off centre and the 2 halves have completely different shapes.
I haven't looked closely at the other 2 drawings yet, but if they are anything like this one then they I won't be using them.
If the worst comes to the worst I can choose one side then flip/repeat it for the other, allowing for the cut-away, of course. But which side?
I would prefer to make a more accurate facsimile of the 175. And then I should easily be able to purchase a case for it.

Thanks.
Ken

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Re: ES 175 plans

Post by Francis » Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:00 am

Got mine from: Australian Luthiers Supplies www dot luthiersupplies dot com dot au
Mine is fine for dims and shape... :)

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Re: ES 175 plans

Post by Crafty Fox » Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:21 pm

Thanks Francis,
That's who supplied my plans. So you've built an offset jazzbox? :lol:
Like I said, if I can't get accurate ones, I can just use half their plans and mirror that half.
Sadly, my draughting skills are better than my guitar building skills.
Cheers.
Ken

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Re: ES 175 plans

Post by rocket » Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:26 am

Got mine from ALS, way out of whack, found out the hard way, complained to supplier and got told " we don't guarantee accuracy"" you have to check.

Not cheerful

Rod.
Like I said before the crash, " Hit the bloody thing, it won't hit ya back

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Re: ES 175 plans

Post by Crafty Fox » Wed Jan 18, 2017 8:40 pm

Thanks Rod,
Its a sad attitude, but that's probably what sends me to StewMac most of the time.
BTW, its your builds that have inspired me to attempt an archtop.
Ken

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