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What tools, at the bare minimum would be required to make a good neck? I have the tools to make a body...i.e router, power sander, drill, drill press, clamps. Neck wise I have a 9" radius sanding block. I am not worried about the price..although i am a poor student i will stop at nothing until my guitar is finished. But i don't want to buy anyhting I don't need. I found the tutorial on fretting a new neck by brian very useful. thanks

I know next to nothing about routers apart from how to use them. I have no idea about the type of bits that are available. I have heard on this forum a load of people talking about making templates for neck pockets and things. What is a template bit? I understand it could be a straight cut bit with a bearing on it. Are bits available to buy like this or do I somehow put a bearing onto a straight cut bit? I have started my first guitar project with very little wood working skills. I started on the neck and am really enjoying it. So far things are going well. I would just like to know about this as I don't like the idea of freehand routing!!!! not with my skills at least thanks PS. any searches on google for tempate bits just show up straight cut bits without bearings

I just ordered a graphite nut blank along with all the other bits and pieces for my first guitar project. I have never cut a nut before so is there any special tools i need to do it? thanks

thanks. thats a great help. I like the idea of the TPDT switch, sounds good.

Hi I just ordered 2 riogrande vintage tallboys and a muy grande for my first guitar strat project. the idea is an SRV sound. anyway I want all the standard 5 way switch fender setup. i know how to wire that up thats no probs. I also want to be able to have a sixth setting were by pushing or pulling a switch or pot or something I can get the neck and bridge pickups activated together. Is this possible and if so how can it be done? I know there was a similar post but that was to do with humbuckers and single coils are slightly different. Thanks it would be a great help.

Hi I just downloaded the strat plans from the .zip file. I can open them up in photoshop and acrobat reader but how do I print it across several A4 sheets? I want to eventually join the sheets up so i can make a template to make my first guitar I just bought a router and belt sander. now all i need is the template and plenty of MDF to practise on before i get down to the serious business!

I am looking to start building my first guitar soon and i dont know which book to buy to give me the best advice. I am looking to build a strat replica just to start off with. It will hopefully be a stevie ray vaughan tribute. ie left handed trem on a right handed guitar, texas specials and SRV inlayed on the 12th fret. the tutorials on this site would almost be enough to tell you how to build a guitar anyway but i want a good book for more advice and references as the more knowledge i have b4 i start the better! Ps the tutorial on removing a fretboard by Kevan Geier is excellent. it did take me about 1.5 hours to get a rosewood fb off an old rockwwod strat copy but it did a great job! I am using the neck on my first guitar but am puttin on an ebony fb. The neck is flatsawn so i may replace it later but its still very straight after about 7 yrs of lying about.

This is an email i recieved from the info team at floyd rose today The SpeedLoader is now available. You can buy it at: info@floydrose.com or sales@floydrose.com. Black- $239.95 Chrome-$225.95 Gold- $249.95 Nut widths available are: 1.650in(about the width of an average Strat with 9.5in or 12in radius), 1.6875in(about the size of a Les Paul with a 12in radius), 1.750in.(wide nut for guitars like Ibanez and Jackson/Charvel, with 12in radius) Routing dimenions are available at www.floydrose.com in the information section. YEY!!

cheers i'll look elsewhere then

hi does ne one know how much the speedloader is likely to cost? thanks

i dont need to convert currency...i live in the UK i know that when I go to buy a lenght of timber it is always 20' and I thought that a piece of mahaogany or sumthin mite have a set dimension. hope that explains what probably sounded like a stupid question!

hi. .i am new to the forum although i have been lookin at projectguitar.com for a couple of months. i found a site http://www.craft-supplies.co.uk/ through references section that supplied wood. it is selling 1 piece of brazilian mahogany for £35. does anyone know wat size a piece of mahogany is in inches and is £35 sterling expensive or about the rite price. also does n e one have any ides how much the new floyd rose speedloader is likely to cost? thankx