Fishman Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) Fed up with MM's lack of precision* and difficulty finding a third-party scratch plate that actually fits I decided to use my day-job skills as a designer and create a new template that I'll get laser-cut in acrylic This is a scan of a my genuine 2004 Stingray plate that was modified ages ago at Charlie Chandler's for the J pickup (which is slightly off-centre). Note how the screw holes are all over the place, although the MM pickup was perfectly centred horizontally. I have two other Stingray builds in progress which will also use this template (one MM+P, the other P+J), although I might reposition the screw holes, or maybe not as it doesn't really show when it's on the bass. Also, the curves of the original plate are quite odd, almost hand-cut – this template uses only one vector point at each side and one at the bottom for a perfect bezier curve. * As for the strings not lining up over the pole pieces, don't get me started – I know they've fixed that now but it bugged me for years so I always went with closed covers Edited January 10, 2022 by Fishman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Following with interest... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 I've tweaked the outline slightly and will print another paper copy this week to test the fit – then I should be ready to source a laser-printed acrylic copy – just enquiring about bevelling the edges I'm going continue this thread in my Stingray build thread over on Build Diaries: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaggyMan Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 A friend of mine is going to cut an acrylic 4H plate for me..did you create a file that i can use in the end please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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