LP pickguard template, 1959 shape

Subject says it all: routing template for a 1959 Les Paul pickguard, lasered from 6mm birch multiply.

Distance between pick-ups is 40,53mm (1.596").

Holes are done for metric wood drills with sharp tip, set to 2.5mm (1/10") for pointing.

Scroll down and you can download for free a pdf-plan of this template incl. vintage bore diameters.

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Vintage-cream pickguard material (ABS) you can get separately from us here.

Vintage style pickguard bracket (nickel) you can get here.

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Some info about the vintage "making of":

In the 1950s Pickguards were always routed, back plates were punched, jack plates were punched, finger board inlays were punched and also rhythm/treble rings were punched.
If you look on the edge of '50s back plates you will see an angled edge, this
face shows typical punching characteristics, ie around 1/3 shear and 2/3s
break. The tool was repaired/modded in the later '50s and the control
cavity plate was increased in size by around 1/16th'' on the bottom edge only.
The tool appears to have been re-assembled upside down, as the new
plates had the shear angle running the opposite way (it could have been a completely new tool, too).


Pic below is showing the original routing template from Gibson´s Kalamazoo plant for routing the 1950´s LP pickguards:

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