The fit between the neck and body on a set neck guitar is critical. The neck pocket needs to be nice and snug to properly transfer vibrations between neck and body. Too loose and the and structural integrity and tone will be lost. It seems almost cli·ché in the guitar building community to take pictures of a guitar mid-build [...]
Here is another sneak preview of the current works in progress. All three are set necks. One in Sapele with a beautiful spalted maple top and the other two are Honduran mahogany with flamed maple tops. Tune in again soon to see the progress.
Taking a build to the next level. I use wood binding on some of my builds and it's available as an option on custom orders. While plastic ABS is flexible and relatively straight forward to install, wood binding can bring a unique set of challenges during the installation process. Wood binding has to be heated and carefully bent [...]
Heres a shot of two bodies I'm working on today. I just got done gluing up the tops yesterday and today they came out of the clamps and had the sides routed flush. I designed my templates so that in the beginning both my bolt on and set neck bodies start off the same. On my [...]