Members RudysBlues Posted July 28, 2017 Members Share Posted July 28, 2017 The Kit The kit has arrived with a rosewood fretboard, Mahagoni neck and maple plywood hollow body. The fretboard has acrylic block inlays. Preparing the Neck The neck was way off. To korrekt the neck position I made some wooden studs, so I could set the bridge temporarily. With thad I was able to measure the angle for the action and the rotation of the neck. To measure the alignment to the centerline of the body, I used my self made Centerline Finder. With some Mahogany veneer I'v shimed the neck to the proper angle and centerline. The build on YouTube: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted July 28, 2017 Moderators Share Posted July 28, 2017 Where did you get the kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RudysBlues Posted July 28, 2017 Author Members Share Posted July 28, 2017 The kit is from guitarkitworld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted July 29, 2017 Moderators Share Posted July 29, 2017 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted July 31, 2017 Members Share Posted July 31, 2017 Happy New Guitar (Kit) Day. Looking forward to more pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RudysBlues Posted August 13, 2017 Author Members Share Posted August 13, 2017 [h=2]Shim the neck to the soundboard[/h] Through the alignment process, the neck has become a little far up from the soundboard. So I decided to shim the gap to the soundboard. [h=2]Trem screws reinforce[/h] To screw the trem system with two screws only through the soundboard seems a little weak to me, so I made me two blocks of wood to glue under the soundboard. To glue them in the right spot, I made a Template of paper, thad I taped on the inside. [h=2]Glue the neck[/h] To glue in the neck was fairly easy. I glued the neck with Titebond wood glue. I'v spreaded the glue with a thin peace of cardboard on the body side of the joint. The neck I clamped with two clamps an two blocks of plywood thad have a layer of cork. The block on the fretboard side have a radius thad matches the radius of the fretboard. [h=2]Superglue the neck joint[/h] The wood glue has left a slight grove on some spots on the neck joint. This grove I have filled with superglue. On the side of the body and neck joint I made a barrier with painters tape and some teflon to prevent the glue from dripping out. Part 2 on YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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