Thank you for these great videos! Im in the process of building my first guitar ever ( an archtop ) and Im glad I found your channel. I will definitely make both this jig and your heel cap clamping jig. Keep up the good work and looking forward to see more from you! / Jeff
Very nice. The scarf joint definitely seems like one of the more challenging jobs in making the neck. That looks really interesting and a good way to do it.
I've gone through three different jigs and techniques to do this, every one of them more time consuming and not terribly accurate. Sometimes, a very direct approach works best.
Love the simple jig. I have everything I need for that. Unfortunately, I will have to cut the scarf joint with a hand saw. I have 3 -4 major pieces of equipment to buy yet and a band saw is one of them.
You're probably expecting this: Why did you fit the headpiece to the end of the neck (what I think of as 'electric guitar style'), rather than underneath? Enjoying the videos, by the way. If you could raise the audio levels a little it would be great. Thanks! :)
@@thepragmaticluthier Thank you - that is the same way as I did it for my first two necks (a uke and an electric). I'm building an OM sized acoustic now which uses the other way (headpiece under the neck shaft) with a thick veneer across the joint.
Wood does what it does and there's very little that can be done to stop color change. It needs to be taken into account from the start. On the Other hand, I have an instrument bound in Poplar heartwood and it has been green for fifteen years so far.
Good explanation. Slick jig. I do the same thing by clamping the parts to my bench.
Thank you for these great videos! Im in the process of building my first guitar ever ( an archtop ) and Im glad I found your channel. I will definitely make both this jig and your heel cap clamping jig. Keep up the good work and looking forward to see more from you! / Jeff
Nice jig/appliance/workbench extension. Thanks for sharing, Kevin.
Very nice. The scarf joint definitely seems like one of the more challenging jobs in making the neck. That looks really interesting and a good way to do it.
I've gone through three different jigs and techniques to do this, every one of them more time consuming and not terribly accurate. Sometimes, a very direct approach works best.
Love the simple jig. I have everything I need for that. Unfortunately, I will have to cut the scarf joint with a hand saw. I have 3 -4 major pieces of equipment to buy yet and a band saw is one of them.
You're probably expecting this: Why did you fit the headpiece to the end of the neck (what I think of as 'electric guitar style'), rather than underneath? Enjoying the videos, by the way. If you could raise the audio levels a little it would be great. Thanks! :)
I glue the headpiece on top of the neck shaft because that allows the fingerboard to add to the strength of the joint.
@@thepragmaticluthier Thank you - that is the same way as I did it for my first two necks (a uke and an electric). I'm building an OM sized acoustic now which uses the other way (headpiece under the neck shaft) with a thick veneer across the joint.
What's your plan for keeping the poplar green and not darken to brown over time?
Wood does what it does and there's very little that can be done to stop color change. It needs to be taken into account from the start. On the Other hand, I have an instrument bound in Poplar heartwood and it has been green for fifteen years so far.