Making a neck template

 

This is called a contour gauge, available at most hardware stores. It consists of a bunch of fine wires that will move and..... ......hold their shape when pressed against a shape of any kind.

Please be aware that you must protect the neck's finish with thin paper; the wires will scratch the neck's finish!

This is what our neck's shape looks like, We can now transfer this outline to some card stock, and cut it out with scissors. Testing on the neck itself, it's easy to see where we must cut some  more in order to get a good, tight fitting template.
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