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C. B. Gitty
GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
- SKU:
- 42-001-0X
- UPC:
- 602589217536
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Description
Presenting our second-generation “GEN2” line of plastic fretting templates! A huge improvement over the original model, these templates are ¼ the thickness, include more template features, are nice and flexible, and best of all are much more affordable!
With these templates, you'll never have to guess at getting your fret positions right again!
Key Features:
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Precision-cut templates make marking fret positions easy
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Templates are crystal clear and flexible, no film to remove
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Now much more affordable
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Available in a range of popular scale lengths
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Include special features such as top and side position markers, diatonic fretting and more
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Proudly designed and manufactured in the USA by C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply from American-made materials
These laser-cut fretting scale templates are cut from 0.020 inch (0.51mm or 20 thousandths) thick clear plastic sheet, and allow you to quickly, easily and accurately mark a neck of fretboard with the fret positions for the scale you choose. These templates include 24 frets, and also have cutouts for the fret indicator circles and side position markers. Just use a sharp pencil or a fine-point marker (like the fine-tip Sharpies) and you'll have your fret marking done in no time!
These templates also indicate the frets to skip to create diatonic (dulcimer-style) scale, so they can be used on dulcimers, canjos and Strumsticks and other similar instruments.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE:
To use one of these templates, lay it on your neck or fretboard and then either measure or "eyeball" the location of the indicator marker cutouts to get it centered. The NUT slot should go over the neck-side edge of where your nut will go. You do not have to use all 24 frets on your neck, just use as many as work well with your instrument's design. Skip the frets marked at both ends with an "X" for pure diatonic/dulcimer scale. The frets marked with a double X (XX) are optional - if included, this fret will give you the "6.5" dulcimer fret, sometimes also known as the "blue note".
CARE AND USAGE: There may be minor clouding or cutting stains on the surface of the plastic, left over from the laser cutting process, which can be wiped off with a paper towel.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL when handling these templates. While the material they are cut from is nice and flexible, they will still crack if bent too sharply. We recommend hanging them up from a nail in a wall when not in use. If you do accidentally crack yours, you should be able to tape or superglue it back together, just make sure to get a nice tight join where it cracked so the scale won't be off. Clear packing tape works well for repairs.
All trademarks and brands mentioned in this listing are the property of their respective owners. Strat®, Stratocaster®, Tele®, Telecaster® are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Les Paul® is a trademark of Gibson Guitar Corporation. Paul Reed Smith, National and Gibson are all registered trademarks/brands belonging to their parent companies.
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This was my first experience building a guitar. I watched tons of videos and reviewed all the information I could before beginning. Thankfully I learned about C.B.Gitty who had all of my needs to complete the build. Understanding scale length and back angles took a little thought but it all worked out just fine. The action is set right and the guitar sounds great!

Pennsylvania, USA
Instrument Build

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This was my first experience building a guitar. I watched tons of videos and reviewed all the information I could before beginning. Thankfully I learned about C.B.Gitty who had all of my needs to complete the build. Understanding scale length and back angles took a little thought but it all worked out just fine. The action is set right and the guitar sounds great!

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Instrument Build

Shane Speal Signature Cigar Box Guitar Tuners, Jescar Medium/Medium Nickel-Silver Fret Wire (6 ft), Shane Speal Signature 3-string Cigar Box Guitar String Sets, Cigar Box Guitar Fretting Miter Box Kit, High-quality Fret Slotting Saw - 18TPI - Made in the USA!, GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!, "Cap-o-Tone" Piezo Pickup Harnesses for Cigar Box Guitars - Choose Wiring Option, Compact Digital Tuner for Guitars & More - 5-mode Chromatic Clip-on
This was my first experience building a guitar. I watched tons of videos and reviewed all the information I could before beginning. Thankfully I learned about C.B.Gitty who had all of my needs to complete the build. Understanding scale length and back angles took a little thought but it all worked out just fine. The action is set right and the guitar sounds great!

Pennsylvania, USA
Instrument Build

Shane Speal Signature Cigar Box Guitar Tuners, Jescar Medium/Medium Nickel-Silver Fret Wire (6 ft), Shane Speal Signature 3-string Cigar Box Guitar String Sets, Cigar Box Guitar Fretting Miter Box Kit, High-quality Fret Slotting Saw - 18TPI - Made in the USA!, GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!, "Cap-o-Tone" Piezo Pickup Harnesses for Cigar Box Guitars - Choose Wiring Option, Compact Digital Tuner for Guitars & More - 5-mode Chromatic Clip-on
This was my first experience building a guitar. I watched tons of videos and reviewed all the information I could before beginning. Thankfully I learned about C.B.Gitty who had all of my needs to complete the build. Understanding scale length and back angles took a little thought but it all worked out just fine. The action is set right and the guitar sounds great!

Pennsylvania, USA
Instrument Build

Shane Speal Signature Cigar Box Guitar Tuners, Jescar Medium/Medium Nickel-Silver Fret Wire (6 ft), Shane Speal Signature 3-string Cigar Box Guitar String Sets, Cigar Box Guitar Fretting Miter Box Kit, High-quality Fret Slotting Saw - 18TPI - Made in the USA!, GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!, "Cap-o-Tone" Piezo Pickup Harnesses for Cigar Box Guitars - Choose Wiring Option, Compact Digital Tuner for Guitars & More - 5-mode Chromatic Clip-on
This was my first experience building a guitar. I watched tons of videos and reviewed all the information I could before beginning. Thankfully I learned about C.B.Gitty who had all of my needs to complete the build. Understanding scale length and back angles took a little thought but it all worked out just fine. The action is set right and the guitar sounds great!

Pennsylvania, USA
Instrument Build

Shane Speal Signature Cigar Box Guitar Tuners, Jescar Medium/Medium Nickel-Silver Fret Wire (6 ft), Shane Speal Signature 3-string Cigar Box Guitar String Sets, Cigar Box Guitar Fretting Miter Box Kit, High-quality Fret Slotting Saw - 18TPI - Made in the USA!, GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!, "Cap-o-Tone" Piezo Pickup Harnesses for Cigar Box Guitars - Choose Wiring Option, Compact Digital Tuner for Guitars & More - 5-mode Chromatic Clip-on
This was my first experience building a guitar. I watched tons of videos and reviewed all the information I could before beginning. Thankfully I learned about C.B.Gitty who had all of my needs to complete the build. Understanding scale length and back angles took a little thought but it all worked out just fine. The action is set right and the guitar sounds great!

Pennsylvania, USA
Instrument Build

Shane Speal Signature Cigar Box Guitar Tuners, Jescar Medium/Medium Nickel-Silver Fret Wire (6 ft), Shane Speal Signature 3-string Cigar Box Guitar String Sets, Cigar Box Guitar Fretting Miter Box Kit, High-quality Fret Slotting Saw - 18TPI - Made in the USA!, GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!, "Cap-o-Tone" Piezo Pickup Harnesses for Cigar Box Guitars - Choose Wiring Option, Compact Digital Tuner for Guitars & More - 5-mode Chromatic Clip-on
This was my first experience building a guitar. I watched tons of videos and reviewed all the information I could before beginning. Thankfully I learned about C.B.Gitty who had all of my needs to complete the build. Understanding scale length and back angles took a little thought but it all worked out just fine. The action is set right and the guitar sounds great!

Pennsylvania, USA
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
I have always wanted a shovel slide guitar like the one Justin Johnson makes, but I couldn't afford it. So I decided to make one and it was surprisingly inexpensive especially with the parts from Gitty. Thanks guys! I tried an experiment to create an unusual paint job which I then covered with 2K Gloss Clear. I was really pleased with how it turned out and it always gets noticed in my collection.

Grand Forks, BC, Canada
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
I have always wanted a shovel slide guitar like the one Justin Johnson makes, but I couldn't afford it. So I decided to make one and it was surprisingly inexpensive especially with the parts from Gitty. Thanks guys! I tried an experiment to create an unusual paint job which I then covered with 2K Gloss Clear. I was really pleased with how it turned out and it always gets noticed in my collection.

Grand Forks, BC, Canada
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
I have always wanted a shovel slide guitar like the one Justin Johnson makes, but I couldn't afford it. So I decided to make one and it was surprisingly inexpensive especially with the parts from Gitty. Thanks guys! I tried an experiment to create an unusual paint job which I then covered with 2K Gloss Clear. I was really pleased with how it turned out and it always gets noticed in my collection.

Grand Forks, BC, Canada
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
I have always wanted a shovel slide guitar like the one Justin Johnson makes, but I couldn't afford it. So I decided to make one and it was surprisingly inexpensive especially with the parts from Gitty. Thanks guys! I tried an experiment to create an unusual paint job which I then covered with 2K Gloss Clear. I was really pleased with how it turned out and it always gets noticed in my collection.

Grand Forks, BC, Canada
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
Something I've always wanted to try, despite the fact I can't play a note. The "Cigar Box" is made with birch and walnut. The neck is maple with a walnut fretboard. The fret markers are the inverse. Tuning head, nut, bridge, saddle and volume knob are padauk. This is made with CB Gitty's strings, screened sound hole covers, bottle cap piezo pick up, turn your own knob kit.

Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
Something I've always wanted to try, despite the fact I can't play a note. The "Cigar Box" is made with birch and walnut. The neck is maple with a walnut fretboard. The fret markers are the inverse. Tuning head, nut, bridge, saddle and volume knob are padauk. This is made with CB Gitty's strings, screened sound hole covers, bottle cap piezo pick up, turn your own knob kit.

Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
Something I've always wanted to try, despite the fact I can't play a note. The "Cigar Box" is made with birch and walnut. The neck is maple with a walnut fretboard. The fret markers are the inverse. Tuning head, nut, bridge, saddle and volume knob are padauk. This is made with CB Gitty's strings, screened sound hole covers, bottle cap piezo pick up, turn your own knob kit.

Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
I built my first guitar with the laser cut scale and it was so easy, I made a practice attempt with a printed off scale and it was horrible. I would definitely recommend using a scale like this. This is my first guitar, I’ve never built one or knew how to play guitar before this. I used other parts from cb gitty on this build including the strings, frets, and machine heads. Some were bought through Amazon and some on the site.

Adrian, MI 49221, USA
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
I built my first guitar with the laser cut scale and it was so easy, I made a practice attempt with a printed off scale and it was horrible. I would definitely recommend using a scale like this. This is my first guitar, I’ve never built one or knew how to play guitar before this. I used other parts from cb gitty on this build including the strings, frets, and machine heads. Some were bought through Amazon and some on the site.

Adrian, MI 49221, USA
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
I built my first guitar with the laser cut scale and it was so easy, I made a practice attempt with a printed off scale and it was horrible. I would definitely recommend using a scale like this. This is my first guitar, I’ve never built one or knew how to play guitar before this. I used other parts from cb gitty on this build including the strings, frets, and machine heads. Some were bought through Amazon and some on the site.

Adrian, MI 49221, USA
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
I built my first guitar with the laser cut scale and it was so easy, I made a practice attempt with a printed off scale and it was horrible. I would definitely recommend using a scale like this. This is my first guitar, I’ve never built one or knew how to play guitar before this. I used other parts from cb gitty on this build including the strings, frets, and machine heads. Some were bought through Amazon and some on the site.

Adrian, MI 49221, USA
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
I built my first guitar with the laser cut scale and it was so easy, I made a practice attempt with a printed off scale and it was horrible. I would definitely recommend using a scale like this. This is my first guitar, I’ve never built one or knew how to play guitar before this. I used other parts from cb gitty on this build including the strings, frets, and machine heads. Some were bought through Amazon and some on the site.

Adrian, MI 49221, USA
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
I built my first guitar with the laser cut scale and it was so easy, I made a practice attempt with a printed off scale and it was horrible. I would definitely recommend using a scale like this. This is my first guitar, I’ve never built one or knew how to play guitar before this. I used other parts from cb gitty on this build including the strings, frets, and machine heads. Some were bought through Amazon and some on the site.

Adrian, MI 49221, USA
Instrument Build

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Newport News, VA, USA
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Western themed 3-stringer using the Gitty jointed license plate box. The neck is white oak with a red oak fretboard w/ piezo pickup.

Newport News, VA, USA
Instrument Build

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Western themed 3-stringer using the Gitty jointed license plate box. The neck is white oak with a red oak fretboard w/ piezo pickup.

Newport News, VA, USA
Instrument Build

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Using all right aligned tuners, I needed to fit the tuners to get the correct position for the strings on the frett board and without realy thinking about the looks I was surprised at how it came out. I used paduk wood for the neck and rosewood for the finger board. Glory to God! Pray-sing-Him-all-ways

Rochester, NY, USA
Instrument Build

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Using all right aligned tuners, I needed to fit the tuners to get the correct position for the strings on the frett board and without realy thinking about the looks I was surprised at how it came out. I used paduk wood for the neck and rosewood for the finger board. Glory to God! Pray-sing-Him-all-ways

Rochester, NY, USA
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!, 4pc. Gold Sealed-Gear Bass Guitar Tuners - 4-Right Alignment
Using all right aligned tuners, I needed to fit the tuners to get the correct position for the strings on the frett board and without realy thinking about the looks I was surprised at how it came out. I used paduk wood for the neck and rosewood for the finger board. Glory to God! Pray-sing-Him-all-ways

Rochester, NY, USA
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!, 4pc. Gold Sealed-Gear Bass Guitar Tuners - 4-Right Alignment
Using all right aligned tuners, I needed to fit the tuners to get the correct position for the strings on the frett board and without realy thinking about the looks I was surprised at how it came out. I used paduk wood for the neck and rosewood for the finger board. Glory to God! Pray-sing-Him-all-ways

Rochester, NY, USA
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!, 4pc. Gold Sealed-Gear Bass Guitar Tuners - 4-Right Alignment
Using all right aligned tuners, I needed to fit the tuners to get the correct position for the strings on the frett board and without realy thinking about the looks I was surprised at how it came out. I used paduk wood for the neck and rosewood for the finger board. Glory to God! Pray-sing-Him-all-ways

Rochester, NY, USA
Instrument Build

GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!, 4pc. Gold Sealed-Gear Bass Guitar Tuners - 4-Right Alignment
Using all right aligned tuners, I needed to fit the tuners to get the correct position for the strings on the frett board and without realy thinking about the looks I was surprised at how it came out. I used paduk wood for the neck and rosewood for the finger board. Glory to God! Pray-sing-Him-all-ways

Rochester, NY, USA
Instrument Build
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