mistermikev

some people pay good money for necks that have hollow spots... what I mean by that is that nothing is ever as bad as it seems and the more I learn about building the more I realize you can get away with a LOT! gap in the fretboard is not ideal, but if it's a small gap here or there I suspect it won't be a big deal. afa fwd bow... could be your fretboard pulled your neck out. before you do any compensation you should probably check you truss rod. at the end of the day -as long as it's straight when you put frets on, and then straight when you level those frets... the rest really doesn't matter.

yeah, what they said... walnut looks killer. top looks great too. nice job. I've never been able to play v's - even with that leg flap they put on them in the 80's. great guitar to play standing up... which I never do... all that said I still kind of want one (what's wrong with me?!)

you forgot to add "QED" at the end there.

hehe, actually wasn't too bad only because they didn't have much to pick through so... funny tho... the two boards I got were noticeably lighter than the others... all the grain looked about the sm!

so... got a 9' 10" 8/4 board and a 9' 6" 8/4 board. just weighed one of the sections I had it cut down to and looks like 3.15lbs/bft - yes!

right on. Its funny but I've found that on the occasion where I've worked on a guitar that I didn't care about much (not to say you don't care about this one) or rather didn't have much to loose on... anything I do is effortless and just goes off without a hitch. Much like the rest of life... once the pressures on it's so much harder to not screw up! Like you I've found that scenario the best learning experience and/or confidence builder. also it's more funner!

wow, I wouldn't have guessed something like that could be saved but I know nothing (them me stop me right there) about building acoustics. will be watching with fascination!

in my case... it's going to be a white lacquer finish... my concern is it will be fairly visible on the frets. I guess we can always see... and just not do the extra work if it isn't.

thanks for the reply. afa water... my contention would assume both boards being compared (tight vs wide grain) have been sufficiently dried. I'm in AZ (VERY DRY DESERT) and all the wood I've bought so far has been really dry. Also, it's about to go in a garage where it will reg hit 120 so... whatever moisture is there should be getting naturally dealt with! anywho... paying a visit today so... we'll see how it goes.

just so everyone knows: when I disappear from a thread... it's not because I'm rude... it's because I easily loose track and have no idea anyone replied to me. either way - sorry for that. good video! I actually did much the sm when I first got my strat neck that has a nitro finish... frets were covered in lacquer. Ben is it? he makes it look really easy. when I did my neck it was super brittle as it had probably been drying for months if not a year. I think that might be a key detail there... doing it while it's still soft... of course that means a real risk of dinging things. thank you for this... def builds confidence watching that! that's how my strat neck looked... they just leveled it and didn't take any of the side lacquer off. didn't even realize it was there until it started chipping. I think with a color (white in this case) if you screw up the line at the fret it might show more. guess we'll see when I get to that point. anywho... thanks for the response gentlemen!

not to detail... and just thinking out loud here... but perhaps I should do this... but I don't and kind of surprised to read about it (specifically shaping the neck after stringing). I've arrived at two necks (my first one was not bad but not what I'd shoot for) that have been really great. I did use a profile of a neck that I already liked as my target for facets... and I don't think I do as much carving since I cut my grade in with a router first... so that might explain why. then again, I'm pretty easy to please too!

so I need some ash... place near me has 8/4 for $4bf. great... but it comes in 10' pieces and I'm hopefully going to get a 13" wide board. I am going by myself and as it were... i'm no power lifter. so... I'll have ltd ability to dig through a stack as I'll have to do it myself. so with that in mind... and considering that it's impossible to 'feel' the difference in weight between one super heavy board and another... i have this question: can you make any sort of general prediction about ash based on end grain, or surface grain? I would guess that if the end grain is more tight... it's going to be more heavy... but what say you? other things you would look for in ash? personally, I hate the straight grained ash, and I love the 'swirly' grain stuff - the stuff that no one else seems to like. I gather that it is also possibly/generally more heavy? let the schooling begin...

wow, doesn't even look like an engine block anymore... looks more like a kick@a55 guitar. nice work.

ah... that is an unusual....ly beautiful beast!

i think you mean the inlays right? I imagine you just had to really be careful not to put it on thick.

sorry, yeah, after I posted I looked around and found some on amazon uk... but that's about it. seems like a great product and not sure if there is a us equiv but I will look around and if not it seems like it might be worthwhile to pony up the extra shipping. thanks again for the tip!

sounds an aweful lot like one of those situations where you need to walk away and get over the emotional aspect of it so you can see it clearly and then decide the best path fwd. get a clear head, then assess the situation... can't tell you how many times I've neglected to take my own advice in similar situations!

wow, that looks really cool. I'm going to add the osmo to my link list. def going to try some of that. very cool look! thank you for the tip! seems it is pretty hard to locate the 3044 raw... if you don't mind... where did you aquire?

so this pic here... was wondering if I could ask some questions about. is this your build? if so... is it this white in person or just in the photo? I love how 'white' this piece is. I'm assuming it's just light wood... wasn't bleached or anything? beautiful. also... looking fwd to the crazy acoustic you are going to do!

that's a shame they are pretty sweet looking. perhaps you can trim em down a bit? that's the thing about doing things that are innovative and experimental... sometimes you have to do it a few times! "things I did not know at first I learned by doing twice" billy joel. neck.. yes a little relief is required as the strings move the most at their halfway point and if you compensate for that with the neck you can move them a bit closer. probably not telling you anything you didn't know but honestly, as a younger man i always thought you wanted a straight neck... folks at the music shop always sayin "yup, she's straight as an arrow" kind of misled me!

i don't get notifications all the time so I missed your post... but wanted to say thanks for the advice!

i keep my guns all locked up... but who knows... she's pretty creative!

hehe... if I told her now it might as well be in my will!

"Just tell your better half " - lemme stop u right there. in the words of the great "bartleby the scrivener": I'd prefer not to.

I'm told... at my work... there is a table where a lot of hand work is done... can't even walk past w/o giggles.