Jon Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Any suggestions on how to fix this mistake? This was my first go-round with tapering a neck with a router. The clamps weren't down tight enough and eventually slipped. Theres really only one bad area, pictured in the first picture. The rest of the mistakes will be taken out when rounding over the neck. Sorry about the crappy pictures, all you really need to see is what's in the thumbnail. My only ideas are epoxy or glue + sawdust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePlague Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Binding extending past the fingerboard and into the neck wood perhaps? I don't think epoxy or glue and sawdust would ever look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 I would do-over. Look at it this way. You learned a lesson and will take care to not let it happen again. Plus you are not very far along. You are still ruffing everything out so getting it right won't cost much extra time. Peace,Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Epoxy fill and a solid finish? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKro Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Any suggestions on how to fix this mistake? This was my first go-round with tapering a neck with a router. The clamps weren't down tight enough and eventually slipped. Theres really only one bad area, pictured in the first picture. The rest of the mistakes will be taken out when rounding over the neck. Sorry about the crappy pictures, all you really need to see is what's in the thumbnail. My only ideas are epoxy or glue + sawdust. If you are dead set on using this, then make a template to allow you to route off both sides of the neck and glue additional lams on otherwise start over. as others have suggested MK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Thanks for the suggestions guys. I think I'll save this for another project that requires a solid finish to cover up the mistake, and just rebuild this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low end fuzz Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 id cut it right down the center; laminate a new center piece and try again; if your headstock is stretched from the middle, you should still be able to save your original design; the new piece only has to be twice as wide as your mess up;which looks like 1/4" (so 1/2'' piece); ithink right......1/4 " on both sides, i thinnk thats how that works; is that right..................? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 My only ideas are epoxy or glue + sawdust. Well, since you've got access to lots of wood... One thing I've been having fun working with is making wood patches...you could go with the same wood, and the patch would end up more or less invisible. Or you go with a contrasting wood, and end up with something cool --say, a wild type of fretmarker. You can clean up the glitch to the shape you want. Add more of the same up and down the neck. Bet it'd look very cool. What I never understand about a lot of people here: We're building our own custom guitars. But most people here seem obsessed with building guitars that look like they belong on the wall of Guitar Center. When I want a manufactured, over-glossed cookie mold guitar, I go buy one. In fact, I have several. What's interesting about building my own is that I can embrace my mistakes, allow them to force me to find a solution, and see where that takes me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Actually I did a similar mistake on my 8-string bass that I'm patching and keeping myself for the same reasons. This build is for a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 This build is for a friend. Well, that's different! ... although, I'm liking the fret marker patch idea now, I'm thinking of how I can work that in to my own build...hmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 A tapering patch can be inconspicuous to the point of near invisibility if you do it well. The trick is to taper the ends of the the patch, creating a scarf joint which flows into a feather edge. Once the neck is carved it's pretty difficult to find the scarf if you grain match it and glue it tightly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Well then, I'm not giving up just yet. Repair is the fun part in luthiery. Spending extra time fixing your mistakes, the joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acousticraft Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 I made my neck to narrow for the fingerboard for the semi- hollow body I'm building at present so I laminated a strip of the same piece of timber on one side. Once it was cut to shape you cant even notice it. One thing hand building guitars does, is teach you how to hide your mistakes and we all have those at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 I made my neck to narrow for the fingerboard for the semi- hollow body I'm building at present so I laminated a strip of the same piece of timber on one side. Once it was cut to shape you cant even notice it. Ah, I've been wondering about that one...I prepared a couple of really narrow necks, but then I started to have second thoughts, wanted to make them a couple millimeters wider at the nut. I think I'll give it a go then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRossitter Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Take your router and cleanup the gouge. Make it big enough to hold a block of matching wood (follow the grain path). Glue, Clamp and wait. Then just sand it smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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