CoolJay

Okay, both of you guys mentioned something that I'd like to ask about (if anyone's still reading this). You both said to drill the holes in the body, and then, later, drill the holes in the neck. I've heard this before also, so I just wonder why. I figured that you would clamp it and then drill the neck and body at the same time with the same drillbit, but you guys are sort of implying that this isn't the best way to do it. So I'm just wondering why you'd do them at different times.? Thanks again,. Jay.

@daveq...Thanks. That helps. It's basically the way I thought to do it, but you included the details I wasn't sure about. Thanks, Jay.

Damn, Thanks for the advice. I'm not sure if you were helping me, trying to insult me, or maybe some of both, but thanks for the advice anyway. I understand that you can't just slap 2 pieces of wood together and have it turn into a beautiful guitar. That's not what I'm doing. I don't remember posting that (or anything that even resembled that) at all. I got this body from a luthier guy, and then I had Warmoth make the neck....because I didn't want to run into any problems...I just want this to be my "finishing" project....not my wood-cutting project. The only thing I'm actually cutting is a truss rod cover. I've placed the neck in the pocket, and put the Floyd where it belongs (without the posts though), and everything seems to be a perfect 25.5". I don't think I'm going to have any problems. However, I have never actually drilled neck attachment holes, so I figured I'd ask. I will be using a neck-plate, but I also have neck-ferrules in case I change my mind, but something keeps making me think that a plate is more stable, so I'm probably going to use the plate. My real question was about the trem posts. From your answer, it seems like it's not a problem to laquer over them....and that I actually need to install them first (just as I thought)....I guess that really IS the only way to make sure the alignment is dead-on. The reason the trem stud holes are drilled, is because I asked the luthier to do that for me since I don't have a drill-press large enough, and last time I did that, they came out crooked and almost ruined my whole project. So he did it for me. I told him I was using a Floyd and a Warmoth neck with 25.5 scale, and he got everything right. Thanks again, Jay.

Hey everybody. I've been reading everyone's posts and drooling over most of your guitars. I have a new project going on, and I have a few questions. In my signature, you can see the 7-string that I made. This time, I bought the body from someone, and then had Warmoth make my neck. I really don't have much work to do on this project. This post is gonna be wordy too. Anyway, First, here is a pic of what I'm dealing with. The body is a piece of bloodwood sandwiched between 2 strangely figured pieces of maple. THe neck is flamed maple with a scalloped bloodwood fingerboard. Neither the body or neck have holes in them, so I have to drill those. The thing is, I'm not too sure about the order things have to go in before I do certain things. To drill the neck holes, I figure I need to make sure everything lines up. This would involve installing the trem mounting studs (Floyd), installing the 3 'E' tuners, the locking nut, and clamping it when I get it lined up, and then drill. This seems so simple, but what about my laquer finish? I can't get the trem studs out to do the finish, and I'd of course like to have everything drilled before I do the finish, and I don't know if I can laquer over the studs, so I am a little confused as to what my options are. I guess I'm asking if there's any other way to line up a neck without installing the hardware? Thanks in advance for ANY advice you may have. I'd like this guitar to turn out nice, and I have ALL the hardware and finishing materials I need, so I'm anxious to 'get the ball rollin'. Jay.

Well, anyone with more posts than me (2) has enough to welcome me here. Thanks. And sure, any help I can give, I'd be glad too, but I feel a little bit out of my league just being on this site. On a side note, I just got inside from using that same hacksaw blade to cut some truss rod covers out of flamed maple and bloodwood for my new project guitar. But I had someone else make the body for this one. Later, Jay.

HEY! Someone have a problem with my clothes?!?!?! Thanks for the comments everyone. Jay.