I would appreciate some advice from ES builders and others of course about building my ES-1F.
I have done the mock build and fitted the neck which required a bit of sanding to get into the slot.
The next job will be to dress a couple if high frets and then a light sand.
Now the Questions start to pop up.
1. When should I glue the neck?
There is no hard and fast rule that I can find.
a. I am going to finish the guitar Cherry Red stain and TruOil all over – front, back, neck. I am inclined to glue the neck then do the stain as I will be not trying to protect any areas.
b. I would also be able to hang the guitar from tuning machine holes
c. I could also fill the fine gaps around the neck joint before staining. See next question.
2. Should I fill the Neck Joint?
a. The neck it is a good fit and the joins are pretty tight. However if was building a piece a furniture I would fill the fine gaps.
b. Should I fill the fine gaps around the neck joint?
i. I am thinking either TimberMate or wood glue and sawdust.
3. Should I tape the binding?
a. I have seen reference on the forum to just sanding the binding to 1200 grit making it more difficult for the finish to stick. Then scrape when finished. I notice that Gibson doesn’t tape and only scrapes. But they don’t use stain and TruOil.
4. Can you scrape the Triple Body Binding on the top?
Can’t think of anymore question at the moment I have tried to search the forum for info but the forum search engine doesn’t appear to lend itself to finding specific searches. It does not appear to handle multiple word searches. Or is that me?