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@russ top job!

Are the gouges deep? Be mindful that when you carve the neck that it does poke through. You pretty much have 1/8-3/16 of an inch thickness left after installing the truss rod. Might be best just to start over rather…   Read more»

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That’s great. Yes start with a TOM. Get that under your belt first.

Nominal routing depth for neck pockets for fender style bridges with 21-22mm thick neck blanks, 5-6mm fretboards. Start off at 18mm, check to see where you need to go route deeper 0.5 to 1 mm at a time to attain…   Read more»

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@kalimar If the piece is long enough, you can cut off a piece to glue to thicken headstock or do a scarf joint. It is done all the time.

@kalimar surely can. With P-90s you are gonna need a smaller diameter flush trim bit and with fender style bridge, no neck break angle but completely straight with neck string height of 11.5-12mm as opposed to 16mm for tune o…   Read more»