I love the tape on the sides of the neck while gluing up then taking the tape off to have a nice clean joint without all the glue mess!!! Love the tip! That was something I have never seen before but very useful regularly
Instead of centering the masking tape on the truss rod and having to trim it twice you can align it perfectly on on side and just make one cut. Not much of a time-saver, I know, but every annoying step you can eliminate helps :-)
First time watching your channel! Definitely a very informative and funny channel! I enjoyed the content and your coworker "Yande" I believe is how you pronounced it. It was a joy watching and learning what he does. Amazing work, definitely now a subscriber and look forward to future content 🤘
So where do I place my order? 😁 Much thanks for sharing Mikko. Excellent narration. Really cool to see the whole process. Love the color you applied to it! 👍
I am about to build an ibanez rgms8 fanned fret multi scale neck for the guitar a got online for 60$ its going to be quiet the undertaking..i could definitely use some help. You do nice work man.. impressive job
The distance between strings doesn't match the distance between pickup pole-pieces! It's clearly visible in the beginning of the video. Is it so-called high-end? 😁😁😁
you left that tape there on top of the trussrod? Or you got it out before clamping? If is still there, doesn't it act like a spacer between neck and fretboard?
Stew Mac sells a special table saw blade to make fret slots. They also make templates to use with a sled, or the saw he used in this video, for spacing made easy.
I really enjoyed this session - for future reference, you might get rid of the camera wobble for us motion sensitive folks. I had to stop watching some of the video, I was getting seasick. Thanks for your effort recording this process.
Not to be another one of those guys that's like "mimimi you did xyz wrong" because you guys did do good work, but I don't think the truss rod is long enough for that neck. It'll probably be fine, but ideally the apex of neck relief adjustment would be towards the center of the neck in the 5-9 fret range
Yeah, I would have routed the truss rod slot while the neck blank still was a flat blank with square edges. As long as it worked for them it’s right, but still…
Not sure where you got that information from. Speaking as a woodworker, figuring does not make wood less stable. If that was case furniture builder would stray away from figured wood and only use veneers to avoid stability issues.
@@jeffreycollins7297 Certainly a one off isn't a big deal, I agree. But if this were to become a production, then it would matter. EB didn't invent the 4x2 layout, but they do have it trademarked. I wasn't able to to get a kit guitar with that setup because EB made the kit guitar company change the layout.
Who wants the high notes? You do realise we chose guitar over bass right? Don't get me wrong I love detuning, but the high notes are sorely missed when I do!
@@mlsoundlab PRS makes mostly set neck and their bolt ons are more like bolt ins which make them somewhat tolerable. suhr guitars are nothing special they are way overpriced though.
The reason fretboards are never made that thick is because of how thick it makes the neck. Big lumberjacking necks like this one are an absolute beast to play.
Buy a fretboard from a good company like stewmac. The slots are cut with the neck radius, not straight across like here. The straight cuts leave a nasty gap under the center of the board that sucks tone and makes the neck weak and rubbery. Press the frets in with a drill press and level tbem with straight edges at the same time and save yourself the pain in the ass of leveling and recrowning the frets.
The ebony board from stewmac was 5/16 thick in the center. A CHUNK! LOL i glued th board to the neck using a brass I-beam, it took about six strokes with a sanding block to level. Also, why not put the fret markers in flush, and save yourself another job. I used a silver quarter, brass, red plastic from a coke machine, and a gold celtic cross for the 12th fret. No sanding required. Use a flush cutter for the fret ends and aide marker dots and save yourself a bunch more work!
Hello Great video. I also make guitars but i noticed your chisel in the nut cutting is round. Professionally i sharpen and manufacture surgical instruments. If you ship me your chisels i can professionally sharpen and reshape them. They will be better than new. Cost is about $6.00 ea. Plus shipping.
Have you ever tried lower frets? Back in the 50s and 60s that was the normal... Tall frets that lead to sharpening notes and are harder on fingers came along in the 70s .. as a cost cutting feature, not for better playability.
