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  1. SguitarM527
    i know that, but still, if a chizzel can get through wood with ease, why cant it do some super glue.
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    that sounds liek a finishing question if you ask me. anyways i dont know the answer but hi
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    ok. now im a little bit clearer. so i plan on binding the body becasue im making a tele type shape. now if i choose not to bind the neck, should the frets just be filed down in place of having them overhang the binding?
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    well im really not qualified to answer that question... id try but i dont wanna be responsible for the messing up of ure finish. i would think that with a little knife or chizel, you could get the glue off no?
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    ok the no... was that for do i have to bind the neck... im confused (like the topic title says)
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    ok well if you typed a little bit more clear i might be able to answer your question better. from what i gather you have some sticky glue on the surface of ure guitar. you can scrape it off with a knife or chizel VERY CARFULLY so that you dont scratch the finish. otherwise, im sure theres some cleaner out there that will do the job.
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    well as you know most fender guitars have a nut width of 1 5/8" or 1 7/8". and 21 frets. it could be fake, i dont know. i dont think ive ever seen a 23 fret strat but then again, ive never seen alot of things.
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    ok to start: i did a search on this topic and didnt get any results about this specific topic. the results turned up inlaying and body binding, nothing about this. just to clear my name anyways i was wondering about neck binding. 1.)do i have to bind the neck slash fingerboard. 2.) if so, can i use the same binding i have for the body (i ordered 108 inches, plenty of extra binding) 3.)where should i start the binding? at the neck to bdoy joint? all these questions are active if neck binding even exists...ive never built a guitar before, and "neck binding" isnt in any of the books i ordered, but my current hamer electric guitar appears to have a binding around the neck. thanks for any replies.
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    ive been reasearching since november 27th 2003 (thanksgiving). its now july 2004 and i just started... ive done my fairshare of reasearch. like i said im sorry and in NO way whatsoever intend to be rude or offend anyone. and like i said ill try to use the search feature more often.
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    hey, im not asking HOW to cut it, but rather the best method to use. this is my first custom built guitar give me a break
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    oh right, i have a book that might have those calculations in there... thanks, ill figure all that out tonight. so, once i get the neck taper drawn out, i just sand, or cut the pre radiused, pre slotted fingerboard i ordered down to that size? how would i go about doing that?
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    ha, i dont like search although i know these "clutter" the forum i find it more effective if the questions are answered to my needs.... ill try to use search more often though. by "neck angle" i mean the neck from the bridget, gets less wide progressivley as it moves towards the nut. example: nut I I I I I I I I I I I I bridge although not that dramatic, thats what i mean. anyways whether or not thats neck taper im not sure. i ordered a hot rod from stew mac. so that can be fitted from the front right? following the standard truss rod installation instructions from the several books i have? if this neck taper you talk about is what im talking about than how dramatic should that angle be? im just very curious i dont wanna mess up.
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    as i continue my string of question threads for the noob guitar building i come to the neck. when routing a fenderstyle neck shape (tele), is the neck angled, ie does it get smaller as you go from bridge to nut. as i examine my fingerboard, i dont see an angle, thus if this is true would i have to somehow sand the fingerboard down to shape it? if so, how would i go about doing this. secondly, when fitting a truss rod in a fenderstyle neck, is the truss rod picket routed the same way, ie from the front, under the fingerboard. i assume i would make the access cavity at the rescess of the peghead. please correct me if im wrong. thanks in advance
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    ok i egt it now.... but how do i position them so that theyare in the right place, IE the center of the guitar
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    so im close to the routing part of my project and i have a few questions. first, i was concerned... i have a bunch of books all of which give depths etc of the routing pockets.... but should i just rout them to the shape of the pickup im using...? i dont know which shape to rout or how big to make it. second, im pretty sure on this one but there is no routing needed for a non-trem bridge right? the bridge mounts directly on the body. third, if one and 2 are correct, than if i am using a tele bridge (pickup frame contained) do i just need to rout within that built in frame? if not, what should id o? thanks in advnace.
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    i prefer martin koch's "building electric guitars" to melvins book... i own both though, which is a good thing...
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    thanks for the responses.... i have a wooden template that i used to trace the body shape on, i made it myself from a CAD drawing, but it isnt sufficient for the final project... would that temporary template suffice for sanding.... also, i have a belt sander and a random vibrating sandor... i also have a disc sander drill attatchment... which of these, if any, are best for sanding.
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    ok, for those of you who read my topic on the template situation, ive gone ahead without them. i cut out my body and its hasnt been smoothed around the sides yet i just have a few questions: 1.) Do i need the templates to start smoothing the edges? 2.) which is the best method to use (routing, spindle sanding etc.). thanks in advance
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    ugh... it may not matter as much as i think it does, but when i printed out the "template" of the telecaster from turbo cad, it came on 8 sheets of paper, except there is about 1/10 of an inch on all four sides of each sheet thats just white, no ink is printed, therefore, between each sheet of paper there is 2/10's empty space... im cutting that out using a ruler, a pencil and some scissors, but im afraid my cuts wont be straight and the body will come out a fraction of an inch too small... does this matter as much as i think it does?
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    ok thanks alot, also, turbocad just started working so now im printing out plans for a tele, therefore, i can start, thanks so much guys
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    ok that sounds easy enough... i guess im just OCDing (if thats a word) cause this is my first custom guitar and iw ant it to come out right. I go back to my grandpas vacation house on wednesday, where hopefully the templates will be waiting. i ordered a pre-radiused, pre-slotted fingerboard, a neck blank, and an ash body blank all from stew mac, so thats all set. i just wish this turbocad program would work so i could get the correct body shape... also, i can have it overnighted, how much binding do you think i need... im not sure how much to order.
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    well i did that but for somereason turbocad 2.0 2d wont recognize anything... i dunno, probably something with my computer
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    well im not so sure, is it hippy, or happy? anyways, happy birthday
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    yes i understand that, but the problem is, how do i know the shape, the routing areas and everything else without the template... i mean, obviously i can try to do it freehand and stuff, but its my first guitar and i dont wanna mess it up
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    ok heres the whole story: i am at my grandfathers house in upstate ny, (i live in nj). my grandpa builds furniture for a living so he has a woodworking shop which is very nice. anyways, he has 2 houses a vacation house and a normal house, they are about 5 hours apart. i ordered the template delivered to the vacation house, and we just left there yesterday, and wont be going back untill about 2 days before i leave ny. there is no way i can build a guitar in 2 days so as you know im in a bit of a mess... thats it.
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