Trade Your Neck (strat Or Tele) For My Strat Body

[bscur]

I don't have the equipment to make a neck yet, but I have been having success making nice bodies. Anyone interested in a trade? I need a strat or tele neck. I'll make a strat body for you. Let me know if you have any interest. Here are a few bodies I've made.

Brad

bscur@yahoo.com

Edited March 31, 2007 by bscur

[GregP]

I think it's a GREAT idea... and someone out there is bound to benefit, as well as you. ;-)

But just because I'm that kind of guy, I have to say-- what equipment are you lacking that would stop you from making a neck? You seem to have a router... beyond that, all you really need is a rasp or surform and some sandpaper... no?

[marksound]

If you made those, good job. They look store bought to me, but hey.

[bscur]

Thanks (I think). Indeed, I did make them. Here are a few pics of the in progress work on the brown semi-hollow tele. I do have a router, band saw, table saw, etc. I don't have any of the fretting tools, fret benders, files, radiused boards, clippers, fret presses etc. I'd love to make my own necks, but it seems harder and I have has a difficult time seeing how it's done. If anyone has a good resource for information on making a neck without spending $500 on tools, let me know.

Thanks,

Brad

[WezV]

you should really try to make a neck, it looks like you will be more than capable and it really isnt that hard.

try to remember that a lot of the specialist tools for fretting are not really neccisary. They make the job quicker but there is always another way of doing things.

The basic tools i use for making necks are:

Hand saws for splices

Planes

Router with parallel edge guide

Rasps

Radius block

Fret press caul

triangle files

I also have the stew-mac slotting jig and lots of fretting tools but they are recent purchases and i have done the same work without them in the past. You can avoid all the slotting tools if you buy a pre-slotted and radiused board to make your first time that bit easier.

Notice i have two sepcialist tools on my basic list. A good radius block is a must for me but even this can be homemade. I like to press frets and use the stew-mac caul in a drill press for this. There have been some good homemade cauls for this around here.

It is difficult to see how to make necks untill you try one for yourself - i garantee it will turn out better than you think it can!

[bscur]

Thanks for the encouragement. Maybe it's time I give it a shot.

Brad

you should really try to make a neck, it looks like you will be more than capable and it really isnt that hard.

try to remember that a lot of the specialist tools for fretting are not really neccisary. They make the job quicker but there is always another way of doing things.

The basic tools i use for making necks are:

Hand saws for splices

Planes

Router with parallel edge guide

Rasps

Radius block

Fret press caul

triangle files

I also have the stew-mac slotting jig and lots of fretting tools but they are recent purchases and i have done the same work without them in the past. You can avoid all the slotting tools if you buy a pre-slotted and radiused board to make your first time that bit easier.

Notice i have two sepcialist tools on my basic list. A good radius block is a must for me but even this can be homemade. I like to press frets and use the stew-mac caul in a drill press for this. There have been some good homemade cauls for this around here.

It is difficult to see how to make necks untill you try one for yourself - i garantee it will turn out better than you think it can!

[Mattia]

I'm with Wez on this one; try it, you'll like it! If you can make a body, and know how a router works, you can make a neck. No doubt in my mind. It looks about 50 times more difficult than it actually is, and it's a ton of fun.