Rick500

I was planning on building my next neck out of one piece, as shown in the lower photo, above. How much of an angle would you consider being "not huge?" I may just try a scarf joint anyway, I don't know.

Some go a little overboard in their attempts to uphold their idea of copyright law. (Speaking of various forums, not you, Southpa.)

There is a "fair use" clause in copyright law that does allow some leeway. Unfortunately, the whole thing is up to interpretation.

(Link to Fair Use explanation: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_...ter9/index.html )

Wow, none of them sounded bad.

I think the second and third sounded better, so I'm thinking, for both dirty and clean: 1. chipboard, (2. LP?, 3. Explorer?).

Really a lot closer than I would have expected though.

The "dirty" recordings were a lot harder to tell apart. I thought #1 seemed a bit thinner though.

I bought quite a bit of StewMac #149 "Wide/Medium" fretwire to get the best price, but I have way more than I need.

If anyone's interested, I have some available at (US)$12 plus actual shipping costs for 10 feet (which should comfortably do 2 guitars)... or $14 for 12 feet if you think you'll need more than 10 feet.

In non-bulk quantities, it's $3.06/(2 feet) plus shipping from StewMac... the price above will just about cover my costs and gas to the post office.

Width: .103" = 2.62mm

Crown: .046" = 1.16mm

Tang height: .067" = 1.70mm

Thanks,

Rick

What did you end up doing about the backbow?

I ask because my first neck, in progress, has a tiny bit of backbow as well. I haven't fretted it yet, or shaped the neck; just glued the fretboard to the neck.

I used a Hot Rod truss rod, so I'm assuming I can just correct the backbow with the truss rod, but I'm unclear if I should do anything else, and if I should make the correction with the truss rod before or after fretting or shaping the neck.

Okay, got the fretboard fixed to the neck. I had a gluing crisis the first time around (the fretboard slipped a little as I was clamping it), and the glue had started to set, so I pulled it back off, removed all the glue, and tried again. Perfect this time.

Now to get a nice transition from the fretboard to the headstock, and shape the fretboard body overhang, then neck shaping. This is the first neck I've made, and it's been easier than I had imagined.

Sorry to hear this. I'll keep an eye out.

"Make Your Own Electric Guitar" is one of the first books I bought when I got into this hobby, and the one I first and most-often refer to.

I have a Bosch router kit as well; I'd highly recommend it. It's a great router. 1617EVSPK, I think is the model.

They're just flat pieces of wood that are thick enough to be carved LP tops. You still have to carve them yourself.

I got my copy from amazon.com . There's only one version as far as I know.

Out of curiosity, why do you need to have a 3/8" diameter bit?

You might check woodcraft.com . They have a pretty good selection of Whiteside bits. (I didn't check to see if they have a 3/8" spiral with a bearing, but they might.)

Nice! I *love* those inlays!

I called them to get clarification, and here in Kentucky anyway, there's a sale price for a lot of Jet and Powermatic stuff that's good through April 30th, but the additional 10% off of that price is a one-day-only April 14th sale.

I was going to try to get the 10% off today, but as it turns out, they're backordered anyway. Looks like I'll see what the outlook is on April 14th and either get the Jet then or reconsider the Ridgid.

Thanks for the comments and links, guys. I read a bunch of stuff tonight and decided to go with the Jet. I'll have to see if I can talk Woodcraft into giving me the 10% off Jet tools discount early... they've got it scheduled for April 14th or something like that.

I'm getting ready to buy a 6" jointer. I've narrowed it down to the Jet JJ-6CSX and the Ridgid JP0610. The two appear to have very similar specs. I can get the Jet for about $360(US), or the Ridgid for $399.

Anyone have experience with or thoughts about either or both of these?

I have a Jet bandsaw and a Ridgid planer, both of which are great tools, so I'm confident buying another tool of either brand.

I've seen the Ridgid in person and it seems solid; haven't seen that particular model Jet yet, but I'm impressed with most of their other stuff.

Just got the fretboard (cocobolo) slotted and getting ready to inlay. (Dots in the pic aren't inlaid yet; have to attach the fretboard to the neck and trim it up first.)

Pic of eveything so far laid out together:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/rick...k_fretboard.jpg

Hey, Chuck, you're about 90 minutes up the road from me. Hope you're enjoying the weather.

What are you building? Any pics?

(And have you found any good hardwood sources nearby?)

If you've not used a router before, be very sure you know what you're doing before you use it. 25,000 rpm razor-sharp blades can get nasty really quick.

Did the original guitar have a shorter scale neck do you think? Would this make a difference?

It could have, and it would make a difference.

What is the length from the fretboard side of the nut to the saddles?

Anyone have the link to the build thread on ReRanch?

Usually there are fret lines, but no frets.

Not sure how much you're looking to spend, but you can get a Jet 12" band saw for around $300. If at all possible, I'd go with a 14" or larger, or at least a 12" that will accept riser blocks, though.

Having said that, I have the 12" Jet and it's a great saw. Can't resaw anything very big, though.

I just bought a Woodcraft spokeshave today for about $25. Turned out to be a rebranded made in England Stanley 151. The guy there advised me to give it a try rather than the much more expensive Veritas they also sold.

It took a half hour to tune it up, but it does a nice job now.

I did a little work on all the surfaces that were supposed to be flat, and put a good edge on the blade. Just some wet sanding from 100 up to 600 grit did the trick.

Not bad for $25. I probably could've gotten it for $20 somewhere other than Woodcraft.

Looks kind of like hickory. Pretty.

I know people are either hot or cold about them, but my favorite bridge pickup is the Carvin C22B. I think they're around $50.