YDoesGodMockMeSo Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 What is everyones average build time for a neck? Nothing super fancy (dot inlays, 24 fret, 25.5") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 i did mine in 2 weeks, no fancy equipment, just router belt sander and orbital palm sander along with drill press and sand paper. Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFC Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 A week for me, nights, weekends. But I only have handtools, so with a planer and a bandsaw I guess I could do it faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 I have no idea for me, but I could have sworn someone on a tutorial here or elsewhere said they can do a neck profile (don't think that included fingerboard and fretting, and definitely not finishing) in 45 minutes. That'd be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grindell Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 I've got it down to about 2 hours to machine the wood, cut the truss rod, and glue the fingerboard on. Then, about another 2 hours to bandsaw to shape, flush trim and shape the back using spokeshaves and rasps. Then, about 1 hour for final sanding, fretting, putting in the side dots and fingerboard dots. So, 5 hours total, then finishing time, maybe 3 horus spread over a couple of weeks. That includes spraying, sanding, and final polishing. Then, about 1 hour for the final fret job and buff and polish the frets, and 1 hour for the nut. I'm really slow when it comes to making nuts, as I hate to have to start from scratch. Soooo, about 10 hours total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 Soooo, about 10 hours total. Same for me....the neck is definately the hard part to build....a body is EASY in comparison! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 it took me 2 weeks in total, get wood, glue up, sand, profile, finish, not fretting though i only had wood class once a day for an hour each period Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YDoesGodMockMeSo Posted May 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 so....average...2 weeks or so-ish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 id say the most tedious and boring and yet the most important is everything to do with the fretboard, besides picking out the wood, the marking the slotting the fretting, and leveling then dressingthe frets all seems like it takes for ever and is very boring, id say the most boring part of the entire guitar building procces, so if you sit down and try to do each step in one sitting then you would drastically cut down on the time spent, for instance it took me about a week to finish redressing my frets after i leveled them because it was so tedious and i couldnt do it for more than 40 minutes and the same with fretting, but surprisingly for me shaping the neck was the fun part, though i did run through an enormous amount of sand paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 I shapped the back of my neck with a fixed belt sander and band saw, my neck is pretty thick too, which is a good and bad thing at same time, good cuz it fits my hand pretty good, back cuz it makes it neck heavy Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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