cheers Jp. Bigsby is probably out because i dont want to overprice this. If i manage to keep production costs quite low then i will have less problems selling it for a resonable price after i am done.. If i start spending too much it might make it just a bit too unique to sell easily for the higher price i would have to put on it. And thats as much as i want to talk about price untill its finished
I was considering doing a bridge humbuker with neck single or just go for my normal two humbuckers - opinions please!!!
Anyway, here is the neck blank all tidied up and roughly marked with a neck outline:
here it is with the truss rod i relieved from another guitar:
this is a two way rod that consist of a rectangular bar and round rod. they are welded at one end and have the edjustment at the other. I like these rods because the welded end is tiny and if you have heel end adjustment you have to remove very little wood from the headstock end of the neck - which i reckon can only be a good thing. I understand that some of you will think heel end adjustment is impractical but my necks dont usually need much adjusting and i would rather sacrifice a little practicality for extra strength in the neck and the ability to get the neck really slim if needs be.
the truss rod channel is routed with a 1/4" round nosed bit:
fretboard has been slotted;
this was done with the same jig bainzy used in his thread. afterwards it is trimmed to size:
Next steep is to glue it onto the neck. what i do is clamp the headstock end on the edge of the workbench with the rest overhanging and attach 4 spring clamps to hold the fretboard in place:
the clamps allow me to align the fretboard perfectly , then remove the fretboard to put glue on it and make sure it returns to the same place.
its then all clamped up and once a few clamps on the spring clamps can be removed to make way for proper clamps:
notice the fretboard shaped caul betwen the clamps and the fretboard
