A new guitar build Part 11: Finishing the Neck

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In this episode of the guitar building series I continue to work on the neck some more.
To start off I'm going to carve the heel of the neck and make the headstock veneer. While the glue of the veneer is drying I'm making the aluminium Unquendor headstock logo. I show you how I install a locking nut and share a tip on how to drill perfect tuner holes.
The finishing touch will be the actual logo inlay.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:28 Carving the heel
3:09 Making the headstock veneer
10:34 Applying the veneer
16:45 Making the headstock logo
18:04 Cleaning up the veneer
19:17 Installing a locking nut
22:18 Truss rod access
23:27 Marking the tuner holes
29:28 Drilling the tuner holes
34:08 Headstock logo inlay
35:39 Outro
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Комментарии : 23

@stephanpalzkill5890 2 года назад

Cool stuff. Got a lot of goog tips from your videos. Keep it up!

@KMarieVermeulen 4 года назад

Proud of what you have accomplished so far. Not giving up. Glad to help in any way I can 🥰✌🏻

@UnquendorGuitars 4 года назад

I couldn't be doing this this without you!!

@michaelmather3817 3 года назад

I learn something new every video! Beautiful work!

@UnquendorGuitars 3 года назад

Hey Michael, Thank you very much.

@mesaton 4 года назад

Amazing work Dan! Also very smart for straight string alignement to take in account the side of the tuning post where the string is instead of the center of the post itself!

@UnquendorGuitars 4 года назад

Thank you. I think taking the post thickness into account is sometimes easily overlooked when designing a headstock. And I just want to be as accurate as possible.

@JohnClothier 4 года назад

Fascinating as always and I learnt a lot!

@jessijamesguitars7502 4 года назад

Another perfect job Dan well done and thanks for sharing. 🤘

@UnquendorGuitars 4 года назад

Thank you once again for your kind words Jessi. And you'r welcome. It's good to hear you enjoy these videos.

@kurtpiron838 3 года назад

Another informative and well made video.

@UnquendorGuitars 3 года назад

Thank you Kurt.

@jaytysver8832 3 года назад

When drilling tuner holes would tape on both side help tear out better

@UnquendorGuitars 3 года назад

Hi Jay, It might help. But I have had some issues with it when using brad point drill bits. The drill bit would cut a perfect circle from the tape and this prevented the drill from actually drilling into the wood. I feel that if you use very good and sharp brad point bits the chance of tear out at the entry side is minimal. And I don't know if tape would prevent tear out at the entry side when using 'regular' drill bits. But it wouldn't hurt.

@richbrack431 4 года назад

Dan, nice work on the headstock, remember measure twice cut once.

@UnquendorGuitars 4 года назад

Thank you. I always double check everything at least twice just to be save.

@davidepassarelli5049 Год назад

Hi !!!! fantastic videos!!! Can I ask you what brand is that protractor? I live in Italy and here it is difficult to find tools like that thank you !

@richarddewit6856 4 года назад

I think a lot of people underestimate what it takes to make a guitar.

@UnquendorGuitars 4 года назад

I feel that might be very true. Even if a lot of the woodwork is done by a CNC machine there is still a lot of work to be done by hand.

@zigzagrz 4 года назад

What kind of neck shape does it have or will have? I do like the fact the locking nut flush with the sides of the neck. Are you going top mounted or floating floyd? The flame and figuring on the neck looks great too!

@UnquendorGuitars 4 года назад

The neck has a D shape and this guitar will have a Schaller floating Floyd style bridge. Next week's episode will mostly be about routing all the cavities for a Floyd style bridge.

@Birkguitars 4 года назад

Great video and the laminate neck looks fantastic. I am hoping to get into guitar building soon. How did you decide on your headstock break angle? I know that Gibsons are a bit steep but I don't want to use string trees so I am not sure what to base mine on.

@UnquendorGuitars 4 года назад

Thank you very much for the compliment. The headstock break angle can be a bit of a discussion among luthiers and guitarist. Anywhere between 10 and 15 degrees should be fine. I always base my headstock angle on the neck blank I'm using and can vary a couple degrees from guitar to guitar without any noticeable differences in sustain, tone or whatever. I think as long as the nut is perfectly cut and the headstock is not to thin, otherwise your tuners wil stick out a lot from the top, the strings will have enough tension over the nut without the need of string trees. I explain and show how I determine the angle in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DM6lltL6cd4.html Good luck and have fun planning and building your first guitar.