First Guitar build Ever, Starting with a scratchie.

[farnzie]

hi all,
ill head to carbatec some time this week and pick up some bits but while i'm waiting ill make some humbucker routing templates, i can make the templates with out to much trouble but im a little unsure how deep to route the cavitys, i read some where 20mm does that sound about right? ill be using pick up rings to mount my humbuckers.

[dingobass]

20 mm is the general rule of thumb.

I always measure the depth of the pup and height adjusters just to make sure

[farnzie]

20 mm is the general rule of thumb.

I always measure the depth of the pup and height adjusters just to make sure

No worries DB, think i might of changed my mind and direct mount the pick ups.

Anyway my order came in on friday from stew-mac, i got a rosewood fretboard, truss rod, neck bushings, and a few other bits and bobs, here is the fretboard
on the weekend i finally had some spare time so i jumped at the chance to work on the guitar.
First i made sure the fret board was 12" radius which it was so i stuck it down to my bench and put 40 grit sand paper on top of it and started making a radius block, i went through the grits until 320 and this is what it looks like now.
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After i made my radius block i started on the neck. Im following a youtube channel Flecher guitars, he has a step by step guide on how to build a guitar first up was to route the channel for the truss rod,
after abit of stuffing around with the chisel to fit the barrel in i got the truss rod
in .
also glued the wing on the head stock and drilled tuner holes.
Continued in next post....

[farnzie]

After that was done i had to notch out the end of the fret board to fit over the spoke, .
next step is to glue fretboard on notice my freshly made radius block, came in real handy for the fret board glue up, after it was dry, i trimmed up the fret board edges, thicknessed the headstock to 14mm and put the radius from the fretboard to the headstock.
so next will be shaping the neck.

[stan]

this is superb work farnsie, you are doing a great job

[farnzie]

this is superb work farnsie, you are doing a great job

Thanks stan.

[Fretworn]

Looking really good so far Farnzie!

[wokkaboy]

Farnzie well done that neck looks awesome. You really have done your homework. Are you putting dot markers on the fingerboard ? Should be done before you bang in the frets.
So it looks like a reverse headstock ?

[pablopepper]

Oh man, you are showing a few of us how to do it (me included). Are you sure you haven't done this before?

[farnzie]

Looking really good so far Farnzie!

Thanks buddy

Farnzie well done that neck looks awesome. You really have done your homework. Are you putting dot markers on the fingerboard ? Should be done before you bang in the frets.
So it looks like a reverse headstock ?

Thanks wokka, no fret board markers, just going with side dots, im am indeed going with a reverse headstock.

Oh man, you are showing a few of us how to do it (me included). Are you sure you haven't done this before?

haha, nah i haven't built a guitar before, infact i have never built anything from wood before, I'm a steel fabricator so i been working with hand tools,welders and machinery for 13 years.

I had an hour after work today so i installed the side dots, and i reshaped the trasition from fretboard to headstock, i gave it a bit more of a curve.