Official Luthiers Forum!

I can't download the plans because something is screwed up with my adobe 6.0. Thank God my new laptop will be here in two days.

May I humbly suggest setting your neck before binding the guitar...if you haven't already.

_________________
"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

What's your reasoning on that Don? I've always waited until the guitar was bound to open the headblock mortise and set the neck. I do a final squaring up of the area where the cheeks will set on the body after it's bound and then mate em' up.
Terry

_________________
It's not what you don't know that hurts you, it's what you do know that's wrong.

Great tips!

Hey, were you nervous on the first cut? I kept expecting the body to fall apart.

Mike

i havent even started building the neck yet. are you speaking of setting the neck angle or referring to the mortise in the body? this is my first so i really have no idea. i wasnt going to start on mr neck until later. would you care to explain further?

_________________
sweat the small stuff.

i was only nervous because i had never used the jig before. i knew the cut was going to be very shallow so i wasnt too worried about it. now when it comes time actually cut the channel i will probably be a little more nervous.

_________________
sweat the small stuff.