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I'm sure others have done this. But I have not seen it yet. I had some maple and ebony veneer just waiting for me to do something with, so I made plywood.   

I laminated them under the headstock.

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Cool! Can't wait to see it under finish!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

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(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Yep...I do the same especially on slotheads...it really looks great in the cutouts as well as in the ramps.

Looking good, Steve!

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JJ
Napa, CA
http://www.DonohueGuitars.com

I really like this, Steve. Very, very neat and tidy work.

Very nice Steve, i love that look !

Nice stuff Steve!
I also do it that way.

Ya know, this is one of those tips where you might think
"naa, im not going to post that, everybody knows about that"
And then you do, and find out that there are a bunch of builders out there that have never seen it, done it or tried it.
One of the tricks that this reminds me of is the flossing of the heel. I built my first two guitars with out flossing the heel, it was a NIGHTMARE getting the neck joint tight, then my buddy Matt Gage said "Hey, you should try flossing the heel" HUH I yanked those necks right off and refit them perfectly.

So yeah, post your tips, simple, hard, what ever they may be, there will always be new folks to this guitar building passion that need to see and read about them

Here is one of mine...

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Lance@LuthiersForum.com

[QUOTE=LanceK] One of the tricks that this reminds me of is the flossing of the heel. I built my first two guitars with out flossing the heel, it was a NIGHTMARE getting the neck joint tight, then my buddy Matt Gage said "Hey, you should try flossing the heel" HUH I yanked those necks right off and refit them perfectly.
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Flossing the heel? That's a new one to me. I'll have to do a search and/or wait until you explain it. Is this dovetail joint onnly thing?
SteveS39029.6725462963

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Steve,
When you do the final fit where the necks cheeks meet the body, to get a perfect fit, run a strip of sand paper between the neck and the body, abrasive side up, toward the neck, pulling out toward the back of the guitar and it will give you a nice sharp join at the heel.

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Lance,
Thanks for that. I use the adhesive backed sandpaper routine on the body, dropping grit size when I get the angle set.
Are you saying that I should follow up with this floss technique?

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I laminated this on my maple neck a couple weeks ago. Started shaping it last night.



It certainly worth mentioning things that! I always like the look of those layers on the peghead.

-j.

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I do mine slightly differently, in that I inlay a thicker piece of the wood on the rear. Same wood as the headplate, usually the same wood as the B&S, I like to keep the number of different woods used down. So the Back/sides/tail graft/headplate/rosette, etc are the same wood.

This one is Cherry neck wood with walnut head and back plate, it only half finished here.



Colin

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