Hello everyone! Does anybody know where i can get an original or a genuine "reliable" Fender Stratocaster plan/ blueprint from with all of the dimensions and measurements?
Can i get them from Fender themselves or is it a BIG secret? Cheers Sam.

Big secret, methinks.

Its highly unlikely fmic will share the exact dimensions of their 2nd best selling product with anyone.

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No no and no

These guys will not only sell you a reasonably-priced set of plans for a STrat and other guitars, but they know EVERYTHING about building them.


http://www.mimf.com/

'Course, if you own a Strat - well then the instrument is its own blueprint, isn't it? You just need some decent measuring tools - and away you go.

Cheers - C

I'm intrigued by what you said here, Nick. Surely the Strat is Fender's top seller, isn't it? If not, what is?

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I really like all them "Aster" guitars. You know, like the Stratoc, Telec and Jazzm.

I would like one too. Fender could leave off the dementions, but would it would look cool in a frame hanging up on a wall.

RK

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RK

2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

Why don't you just buy a Fender neck and a body and wire it and call it done?

I'd have thought strings. Maybe they dont make as much money on them but surely they sell more units. I've been through 12 sets this year atleast and havent even worn one strat out.

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No no and no

Amps.

Thankyou for all of the replies. They have been helpful. If anybody has anything else feel free to blog! Thanks Sam

OK, then I will.

I have several Strats and have made careful measurements of them all, transfered to full size plans. You need to be aware that the crucial dimensions vary from one to another by significant amounts.

We all know that body thickness varies by three or four mil (maybe more on some?). And of course the pickup route has changed over the decades, even on SSS routes. Also the control cavity is different on '50s Strats from those that have pickguards with eleven holes.

Moreover, the shape and orientation of the jack socket cavity changes noticeably. And even more important, the dimensions on the front of the body of the trem block cavity change significantly as does the distance from the end of the neck pocket to the front of the trem cavity.

And of course the body contours have changed a little over the years (in the 1970s, a lot!).

The detailed point I'm making is that there is no such thing as a "master blueprint" for a Strat.

When Fender make significant changes to the design (new pickup route, for example) they make master templates in metal. Subordinate templates are taken from those (though these days guitar bodies are not cut direct from templates anymore). Here's a pic:

http://picasaweb.google.com/meridianmus ... 8060310546

If you are interested in building - which I presume is the point of this thread - then you will certainly have the ability to take a Strat and derive plans and templates (like the one above) from it.

No plan you can buy will give you the ultimate set of measurements for a Strat - because there is no such thing.

Does that get you any further?

Cheers - C

Excellent Ceri!

Morning, Hop!

I'm curious to hear more of samstratocaster's needs. This has the potential to be interesting...

Cheers - C

It shouldn't be a big problem! Here you go:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/stra ... BP2201.jpg
That's an original bluprint with ALL dimensions, but it's in imperial units.
And HERE:
http://s_marek.republika.pl/andyguitar/ ... ction.html
are dimensions in meter units. I used it and:
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2746/dscf6776.jpg
more photos here:
http://james25.fotosik.pl/albumy/577080.html

Enjoy And good luck

Yes it should be. It's morning here so I guess its afternoon or later where you are(the atolls of Peckham) Ceri but Good day to you my friend!