Tracing difficulty

[Jules93]

Hey guys,
I’ve been watching the Stew Mac tracing guitar shape video And I want to make a copy of my tanglewood folk small jumbo however mine is a cutaway and I want to build one without a cutaway is there a better technique to trace just the left side which obviously doesn’t have the cutaway?

Also it has a pickup system with the battery pack/ eq controls on the outside

[kiwigeo]

I just run a pencil flattened on one side (tape wrapped around pencil to stop exposed lead rubbing onto side) around the side onto a piece of paper. Any irregularites get tidied up either free hand or with aid of a French curve.

Hey guys,
I’ve been watching the Stew Mac tracing guitar shape video And I want to make a copy of my tanglewood folk small jumbo however mine is a cutaway and I want to build one without a cutaway is there a better technique to trace just the left side which obviously doesn’t have the cutaway?

Also it has a pickup system with the battery pack/ eq controls on the outside

[Mark McLean]

Yep, like Martin said, the trusty half-a-pencil - and mirror image one side to get the other. If the pickup control box is in the way just leave a gap for that bit and I am sure you will be able to fill it in later.