Bmth Builder Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 (edited) Hey I recently glued my fret board to my neck for a guitar I'm working on but when I unclamped and inspected it, I found that an area had not glued properly and there was a gap, there was also no squeeze out from the glue so I'm assuming there wasnt enough clamp pressure in that area. I'm wondering whether I can just insert some glue in to the gap (titebond in a syringe) and re clamp that area or do I have to re do the whole thing? Its a very thin gap, I put a bit of paper in to see how deep it is, and its pretty shallow, approx 5mm before the two peices have glued. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/neil...h/NeckPaper.jpg Cheers Edited June 5, 2008 by Neil Beith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFR Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Hey I recently glued my fret board to my neck for a guitar I'm working on but when I unclamped and inspected it, I found that an area had not glued properly and there was a gap, there was also no squeeze out from the glue so I'm assuming there wasnt enough clamp pressure in that area. I'm wondering whether I can just insert some glue in to the gap (titebond in a syringe) and re clamp that area or do I have to re do the whole thing? Its a very thin gap, I put a bit of paper in to see how deep it is, and its pretty shallow, approx 5mm before the two peices have glued. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/neil...h/NeckPaper.jpg Cheers There are two ways to go. one heat the neck and remove the fingerboard and start over..................OR...................... Take some ebony dust and water thin superglue put the dust in the crack and shoot in some superglue. you will never see the fix. cheers, Roman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammoth guitars Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Or....you can mask the edges and use some Loctite black super glue and fill the gap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmth Builder Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 I'm guessing it will be fine for the two glue types to mix? Super glue isnt going to errode titebond or anything? lol (just to be sure ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 I would heat that area, get some glue in there and re-clamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 just one question - is the thickness of your neck really going to be about 1/3 ebony? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmth Builder Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 No the FB hasnt been radiused or anything yet, it will be thinner than that when complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 yeah i guessed it was un-radiused but i dont see that altering it too much... anyway, as long as you have done your sums i am sure it will be fine... just curious is all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Have you tapered the neck or is the blank still square? I ran into this on my current build and when I tapered it I ended up removing the gap... I guess it was a simple slip with the sanding block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 Or if you have the tools, add some binding and cover it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmth Builder Posted June 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 I was thinking about adding binding, but I dont think I'de be confident enough (especially with the added fretting difficulties) Yeh its tapered to unfortunatly cant use that, and Wez its my first build so I have probably cocked something up but I did plan a lot so it should be fine, I'm using a TOM so I could use a high FB to keep action sensible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 thats such a huge chunk of ebony, i would route a purfling channel down the side and put something cool in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFR Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 I was thinking about adding binding, but I dont think I'de be confident enough (especially with the added fretting difficulties) yeah its tapered to unfortunately cant use that, Since the neck is tapered, and the blank is still square, you could do binding. Just use a binding bit with a bearing. Fretting it will not be much harder than without binding. Fret it first then nip off the fret ends, file them flush and do the binding gibson style. Even though you are not confident you may surprise yourself, and have something to be proud of. Give it a shot! Roman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenspoke Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 The way you learn from your mistakes is by fixing them. A fill job using eboy dust would be the best idea. You can even use any glue you want but suoer glue is faster. Once you shape finish over the edge it will blend in with the neck, Black super glue will work if the board is black with no light lines, looks that way. I would use epoxy because you have a few minutes before it sets up abd you can add black filler to the mix or dust your choice. Just make sure you flatten the fret board on top. Everyone has issues like these they just dont admit that they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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