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I am thinking about another guitar and I want it to look more professional, less cheesy. I want to use the old Fender 400 for inspiration, I love the retro look. I even love the ridiculous sunburst, but I will probably go with the cream color or maybe telecaster yellow. These pans seem like the ticket! Do they only work with Kluson plate tuners? Also I can't seem to find cutout dimensions, so if anyone knows these that would be helpful.

There is an image of an 8 string template here: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtop ... 43#2887943. The tuners are 1" O.C., there are other options using individual slotted peghead style tuners (Fender did that in later years), but the Kluson plate-mounted tuners are a much better choice and readily available.

Ian Worley wrote:There is an image of an 8 string template here: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtop ... 43#2887943. The tuners are 1" O.C., there are other options using individual slotted peghead style tuners (Fender did that in later years), but the Kluson plate-mounted tuners are a much better choice and readily available.

Thanks Ian, I did find that post, but it is missing some measurements. I was able to figure out an approximate cutout. I will just wait till I get one in hand before I do any routing. You are right about the tuners. That is probably not the place to cheap out.