Saturday, September 29, 2012
Necking in the Shop
I wanted to finish 3 necks today, but it's Saturday and I ended up goofing around and only finishing one. This one is for a single cutaway Envirocaster:
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Four New Necks
While the water-based lacquer is curing on my other guitar projects, I took the time to start on four new necks. Here are some photos of my progress so far:
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| That's one long flamed Maple neck blank! |
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| Marking the necks with a template. |
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| Cutting out a neck. |
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| One of four rough necks. |
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| Four rough necks. |
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| 3/8" tuner holes. |
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| Routing a truss rod slot. |
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| Finished truss rod slot. |
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| Carving and blending the neck's contour. |
