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Posts posted by RudysBlues
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The Kit
The kit has arrived with a rosewood fretboard, Mahagoni neck and maple plywood hollow body. The fretboard has acrylic block inlays.
Preparing the Neck
The neck was way off. To korrekt the neck position I made some wooden studs, so I could set the bridge temporarily.
With thad I was able to measure the angle for the action and the rotation of the neck. To measure the alignment to the centerline of the body, I used my self made Centerline Finder.
With some Mahogany veneer I'v shimed the neck to the proper angle and centerline.
The build on YouTube:
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The headstock on my Tele style DIY kit is now shaped. The neck is Stained and the body is sealed.
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Thanks
The Tool at 5:20 is a spokeshave. That's something in between a scraper and a planer.
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Hi
Here is how I shaped the body for my Tele Style DIY kit.
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The common pick's feels to small and have not enough grip for me. There are a few pick's on the market that are bigger, but don't have the right shape for me, so I decided to make my one. The beech Wood will be outworn within a couple months. I think I will try it with ebony in the future.
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Here my self made guitar pick from beech Wood:
My Gretsch Style Guitar Kit Build
in In Progress and Finished Work
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Shim the neck to the soundboard
Through the alignment process, the neck has become a little far up from the soundboard. So I decided to shim the gap to the soundboard.
Trem screws reinforce
To screw the trem system with two screws only through the soundboard seems a little weak to me, so I made me two blocks of wood to glue under the soundboard. To glue them in the right spot, I made a Template of paper, thad I taped on the inside.
Glue the neck
To glue in the neck was fairly easy. I glued the neck with Titebond wood glue. I'v spreaded the glue with a thin peace of cardboard on the body side of the joint. The neck I clamped with two clamps an two blocks of plywood thad have a layer of cork. The block on the fretboard side have a radius thad matches the radius of the fretboard.
Superglue the neck joint
The wood glue has left a slight grove on some spots on the neck joint. This grove I have filled with superglue. On the side of the body and neck joint I made a barrier with painters tape and some teflon to prevent the glue from dripping out.
Part 2 on YouTube
https://youtu.be/ESZTXqyCjTc