Lietuvis Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 Should I shape the sides of the body before attaching them onto the neck? The neck I'm using is a Carvin 6-string neck-thru, and is fretted already... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 it helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lietuvis Posted September 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 (edited) I know it would help, I was just wondering if there was some specific technique of doing this that I was not aware of. I know it would be easier to not run into the fretboard with my saw if I cut them out beforehand, but whatever... I think I'll partially cut the shape out. I'll update my thread, too... Thanks! Edited September 10, 2005 by Lietuvis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 i usually do all of the shaping and sanding first....i usually thickness it afterwards though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 knotch up a second vote for cutting/sanding before gluing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lietuvis Posted September 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 Ya, I'll probably do some of the shaping first, the part by the fretboard, at least, but since I need to glue the sides on like this, I can't shape it completely... Except that it's shaped more like a King V.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 On my bass 5 I did not cut out the body shape first, but then again I had a bandsaw with a 14" throat so it wasn't a problem. But on my next neck-thru, I will. Make sure you're happy with the body shape, trace the shape on each of the wings, then try to cut out each wing in a single pass on the bandsaw (or jigsaw, whatever) without slicing the offcuts in half. Then you can use the offcuts as clamping cauls if you trim a little off the side that will be facing toward the neck blank. Gives you a flat edge for the clamps to grab onto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiewarlock Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 I cut the inside of the cutaways first, I've built neck thru body warlocks, super strats , V's, Sg's etc, and i leaqve my blanks almost square, but i do vut the cuataways first, before glueing them to the neck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lietuvis Posted September 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 (edited) /\/\/\ that's basically what I'm going to do... erik, that sounds like a good idea, too. I would use that if I had limited space, but I have a hand jig-saw, so I'll be able to do more of the shaping once I've got the sides glued on... Thanks for all the input! This has definitely helped me decide what to do... Edited September 11, 2005 by Lietuvis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 In my RGT-7 build I'm building the neck and wings seperately. Marrying them up as late as possible. It doesn't ease up on the workload.....but makes the whole handling of the neck blank (seperate and without the wings) so much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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