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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

Truss rod in and fillet glued in. I’ll come back to this tomorrow.

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

I am, of course, using the “Bagpress Fret Slotting Jig” from @darrenking to slot my fretboard blank (I still don’t know what wood this is). This jig r...

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

I don’t think a a black or white scratchplate is gonna cut it, I think I’ll order a gold mirrored one.

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

Surface routed the headstock to depth.

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

Drilled the tuner holes.

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

I have two router tear outs and both of them are on the back side of the headstock. I was thinking about repairing them but I’m just going to sand and...

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

Time to remove the template/pattern and the neck from the worktop, CAREFULLY! 😆

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

Attached my new template/pattern to the neck and routed off the excess to leave a perfect neck shape.

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

I have a routing pattern/template for a Strat neck and instead of using it for routing these necks, I’ve made another template from it. I’ll keep the ...

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

Rough cut on the bandsaw.

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

I’ve made the decision to route past the end of the fretboard, into the headstock instead of drilling a hole.

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

Once marked out, I set my router up for routing the truss rod slot. The adjustment end of the truss rod is slightly wider than the rest of it so I hav...

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

Here you can see I used applied a Gibson style nut instead of the usual Fender style.

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

@russ this particular neck is a hybrid nut construction because at the time I only had a fretboard without a Fender style nut slot. This fretboard was...

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

@russ I haven’t got any photos of when I drilled the truss rod access hole in the headstock. Once I had routed the truss rod slot, all I did was eyeba...

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

@russ I made one for this T-type a while ago, same principle to do an S-type at the headstock end. I may have some more photos, I'll have a look.

5 years ago
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RE: S-Type Necks 🎸

@russ Headstock end on both of them.

5 years ago
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RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶

Very sad news indeed, fly high Taylor. ❤️

5 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth

Here is a short video of my customer enjoying his new guitar, he is very happy with it. 💛🤘😁🤘🎸🐝🖤

5 years ago
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