GREGMW Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Hi I am about to start building a Strat style guitar and I was wondering what to do first , the body or the neck? Thanks Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeljac Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 when building a whole guitar, I am starting from a neck. and I build him on measurement, and after that i can build almost perfect neck pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Kind of both at the same time, but you pretty much have to get the heel of the neck and the taper done before you can complete the body. You'll need to be able to test fit the neck into the pocket. But you get a lot of down time waiting for glue to dry to move onto other parts of the build. I'll usually glue up the body one night and get the neck glued up and the fretboard slotted in the same night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko_slash Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 when building a whole guitar, I am starting from a neck. and I build him on measurement, and after that i can build almost perfect neck pocket. I ja mislim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Neck first for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chops1983 Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Body and neck. But i wont route the neck pocket until i have the fingerboard radiused, fretted and glued to the neck so i can check my neck angle with the bridge in a mock position and then the final depth of the pocket. Otherwise there is too much downtime as hocky has said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrkIncGuitars Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Body and neck. But i wont route the neck pocket until i have the fingerboard radiused, fretted and glued to the neck so i can check my neck angle with the bridge in a mock position and then the final depth of the pocket. Otherwise there is too much downtime as hocky has said. I agree with chops. Work them both but until the neck is finished I wouldn't route the neck pocket until the neck is finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhattr88 Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Kind of both at the same time, but you pretty much have to get the heel of the neck and the taper done before you can complete the body. You'll need to be able to test fit the neck into the pocket. But you get a lot of down time waiting for glue to dry to move onto other parts of the build. I'll usually glue up the body one night and get the neck glued up and the fretboard slotted in the same night. neck first....cut pocket to match. hey ihockey. i PM'ed u. didn't know you're from bethlehem, pa. me too. small world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeljac Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 I ja mislim balkan od tokija do milavokija vozdra, Zac sorry for spam ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREGMW Posted June 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Thanks for your all your advice and replies. I suppose now I had better get started. Regards Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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