It would be interest on peoples thought on what makes the best tone. Agree with what TV said. When plugged in it comes down to your fingers, pickups, and amp. Got an ex band mate who used both solid body…   Read more»

Never done exactly this but I cocked up fitting a Grainger ferule block in a similar way. I tried to make an exact fit for the hole i.e. oval shape at the ends and didn’t succeed which meant lots of…   Read more»

I was bored so I decided to give @Tej‘s suggestion a try. It took well over an hour and the fretboard will need a little more glue & dust in places but I’ve ended up with a usable fretboard (although…   Read more»

Can’t add much to what the guys above said re glue amount and clamping pressure but what works for me is leaving the fretboard slightly oversize when gluing (with centre lines on neck and board as a reference and locating…   Read more»

PS – if you’re not following a template for your body shape and just carving/sanding after cutting roughly to shape, then you probably don’t really need the edge trimming cutter.

It confused me too to begin with 😀  You don’t have to use both bearings at once – use whichever best suits the job you’re doing and where you have the template. Here’s how I do it (the more experienced…   Read more»

I did something far less scientific for thinning down my last neck blank; Masking tape & superglued two long pieces of equal height wood (and higher than my blank) to my workmate. Clamped the neck blank down at either end….   Read more»

Good work on making the jig 😀 
I think common wisdom seems to be bend a couple lower than your radius. I’ve used 14″ for on three 16″ necks and 10″ for a 12″ neck and both seemed to work well.

I started out with https://radiantools.com/collections/router-bits/products/4-flute-dual-bearing-router-bit-19mm-x-51mm (as it was capable of trimming bodies and necks in one pass but you could use a shorter cutter and do a few passes). For cavities I first bought…[Read more]

I bought Radian based on a recommendation but they’re certainly well made, very sharp, and spare parts like bearings are available. I didn’t buy a straight cutter (as a 6mm one came with the router) but the flush trim, plunge,…   Read more»

My two favourites at the moment;
https://youtu.be/VaTl8YNXLtE
Great combination of dirty blues and rock.
https://youtu.be/89gnG9ErOaA
It’s a cover but I think it’s better than the original.
 
 
 

Hi Tej Welcome to the most friendly and helpful forum (for any topic) on the internet. Just to echo what others have said – keep it simple for your first one as it’s certainly not as easy as the videos…   Read more»