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Adventures in Guitar Building/Repair

In between jobs, errant Otter undertakes to pursue long-held interest in instrument building and repair by attending the Galloup School of Lutherie in Big Rapids, MI.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Neck goes on!











Using a vacuum jig very similar to the one we used for the bridge, we routed the lacquer off of the top of the guitar where the end of the fretboard (or tongue) needs to be glued. The neck is bolted on, but the tongue gets glued to the top. It is now a whole guitar...
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      • Final Buff
      • Strap button
      • Adding a Pickguard
      • Seal of Approval
      • Very first sounds
      • Now the nut
      • b-bump saddle
      • Fret dressing
      • Springtime??
      • Tuners
      • No title
      • Neck goes on!
      • Bridge
      • Making way for the bridge
      • Shine
      • Lacquer
      • Spraying finish and filling pores
      • Etching the Pearl
      • Sneak Peek
      • Final neck shaping
      • Tools
      • Fretting
      • Mah nishtanah?
      • Wandering Jew
      • Neck setting day
      • Beautiful Evening
      • Neck shaping
      • Truss Rod stuff and heel prep
      • Volute
      • Many steps...
      • Fretboard ON!
      • Real Trouble in Boyland
      • Inlay Day
      • She is Everywhere
      • Pilgrimage
      • Gratuitous Wood Curls
      • Headstock
      • Prepping the heel end
      • Truss Rod Installation
      • Humble origins...
      • Fretboard dots
      • Oy.
      • Definitely a Boyland thing
      • Binding and Purfling
      • Flush Cutting and End Wedge
      • Lake Michigan
      • Saugatuck
      • Fret Board
      • Boxing Day
      • Tucking the Braces
      • Side Braces
      • Carving Top Braces
      • Kerfing
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      • Design
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