Hi guys,
Newby to this forum, longtime fan of this website (6 months of drooling now).
After all this drooling I finally decided to build my first complete guitar (5-string bass), I did build a strat body 7 years ago for a vintage Fender 1974 CBS neck I had bought but that was with lots of help. (In reality my friend had done most of the work). It's been made with hard ash I got at the local wood yard, the stupid thing weights a ton!
So finally during X-mas time while I was back home in Canada I bought all the wood and did all the bandsaw cuts I needed. I brought back everything here, in the Netherlands where I live.
I'm now at the part where I have to glue my Pao ferro fingerboard to my Mahogany neck. And truth be told I have NO idea what sorts of glue I should use.
I heard that most luthiers use "Titebond". Is that true? and if so, is there a difference between titebond 1 and 2?
Is there any difference with that and most regular wood glue you find at home depot (or Praxis if you live in the Nethelands)?
What about epoxy?
While I was in Montreal a luthier recommended me cold-cure epoxy from "Lee Valley", is there a difference with epoxies from this guy and other generic epoxies I could find here in Holland?
I can find Titebond here at Vox Humana Guitar center (thanks to whoever posted their link on the guitar project site) but at 16 Euro per bottle it's a lot more than glue you'll find at home depot. And as far as epoxies go, i'd rather buy something here than have something sent through the post from the states or Canada.
Man! my book is finally finished.
So anyway, anybody can clarify this for me, or just give their opinions on what I should use?
Thanks guys.